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_ M M Mr. Lindsey assumed that the statistics involve repeat offenders and asked how many of the students in the schools are involved in criminal offenses, and Officer Gage responded that he did not have exact figures but estimated that 100 to 200 individuals cause the problems repeatedly and need some type of intervention. Commissioner Eggert asked what type of intervention seems to be most helpful to those who are already in trouble and those who are potentially at risk. Officer Gage responded that the juveniles who are habitually in trouble need one type of intervention, and the young ones must be identified and placed in other types of programs. Every segment of the community must be involved. Information must be shared in the early stages because when a student or child becomes a repeat offender, and we start digging and checking their records and combine all the information, we find that the problem was predictable in the beginning but it was missed because the information was fragmented and scattered. Confidentiality has been required by law to a certain extent, but it is also an issue of protection of the turf or work product of the agencies. He noticed a movement toward sharing information in the past year but he stressed that more cooperation is needed. Officer Gage did not want to give a bad impression of our schools because students are in school only about 19 percent of their time, and he felt that the schools are doing quite a good job. He clarified that we must deal with the children who are here presently as well as the children who are to come. CHILDREN AND THE LAA State Attorney Bruce Colton explained that the State Attorneys' Association, the Florida Sheriffs' Association and Florida's Attorney General were involved in the development of the following proposed legislation to create a Department of Youth Corrections: 7 �AN 311994 BOOK 9�. PD;� 69-03 .