The Juvenile Officer shall have charge of all juveniles either in the police station or in any penal institution of the city, and his or her duties shall be as follows.
(A) He or she shall make investigations on all matters referred by the city’s Police Department wherein juvenile subjects are involved.
(B) He or she shall complete all papers required by the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court, St. Clair County, Juvenile Division, for and in the processing of juvenile subjects brought before that court by the Juvenile Department.
(C) He or she shall investigate all reports received by the city’s Police Department or the Juvenile Department involving the desertion or neglect of minor children and make reports thereon to the Chief Probation Officer of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court, St. Clair County, Illinois.
(D) He or she shall process all juvenile subjects and maintain records on all juvenile subjects.
(E) He or she shall prosecute all juvenile offenders when, in his or her discretion, such prosecution is necessary, and further, shall prosecute parents when, in the opinion of the Juvenile Officer, such prosecution is warranted.
(F) He or she shall maintain liaison between the county’s Probation Office, and the city’s Police Department and the city’s Juvenile Department.
(G) He or shall direct the Police Matron to assist him or her in all investigations involving female juvenile subjects and shall direct her to keep all papers necessary in the processing of all female subjects.
(1960 Code, § 3.32)