Youth Resource Officers

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Cambridge Police Department

Photo of officer talking with youth.

We interact with youth and their families through schools, teen centers, and afterschool activities to intervene early with substance abuse counseling, mental health, and other diversion supports.

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Program is free!

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The program location changes over time.

  • Both in-person and virtual (online or over the phone).

Our Youth Resource Officers can be found in the schools and youth centers or by calling the unit phone number.

Dates and Times

This is an ongoing program.

Additional information

Youth Resources Officers interact with youth in schools. The YRO’s will also work directly with the City’s Teen Centers, after school and in the evenings and get more involved with kids in their out of school environment, on a whole new level. Middle school-age youth will be a primary focus of the unit. YROs will be assigned those cases involved with their respective schools and will be primarily responsible for diversion cases through the Cambridge Safety Net Collaborative program.

The philosophy is to have an all-encompassing program, working with various community partners to offer alcohol and substance abuse counseling, mental health support and other specialty services. Current partners include the Department of Human Service Programs, Cambridge Prevention Coalition, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge Health Alliance, Clerk of the Courts Office, District Attorney’s Office and the Salvation Army.

Contacts

Family and Social Justice Section

Cambridge Police Department

617-349-3342

Deputy Superintendent Steven Magalhaes

Youth & Family Services

617-349-3001

Kessen Green

Director of Outreach & Community Programs

617-349-6009

Use the form at this link to contact us online: Family and Social Justice Section

Free

Photo of officer talking with youth.

This is an ongoing program.

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Family and Social Justice Section

Cambridge Police Department

617-349-3342
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Last updated Mayo 22, 2024.