Juvenile Division is dedicated to protecting children by investigating physical abuse, neglect, sexual exploitation, and other crimes involving minors. Its mission is to pursue these cases from the initial report through prosecution while prioritizing the safety and well-being of child victims.
The Division conducts specialized follow-up investigations involving abuse or neglect by parents, guardians, or caretakers, child homicides involving victims under eleven years of age, suspicious or undetermined child deaths, and cases involving Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigations. Juvenile Division also works closely with outside agencies, shares juvenile-related intelligence, and provides Department-wide guidance, training, audits, and oversight on juvenile policies and procedures.
General Information
South Bureau Team and Central Bureau Team
100 West 1st. Street, 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, California 90012-4112
Hours: Mon-Fri, 6 AM- 4 PM
Phone: (213) 486-0570
Valley Bureau Team and West Bureau Team
6240 Sylmar Avenue
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Hours: Mon-Fri, 6 AM- 4 PM
818 374-5415
Stuart House- Sexual Abuse Cases Only (West Bureau and 77TH)
1250 16th St
Santa Monica, Ca. 90404
Hours: Mon-Fri, 6 AM- 4 PM.
424-259-7100
Monday-Friday
6 AM- 4 PM
213-486-0530
Safety Tips for Parents and Children:
There are several ways parents can protect their children from becoming victims of these predators on the Internet. The following are some examples:
Choose an online service that offers parental control features.
Purchase blocking software and design your own safety system.
Monitor children that are online and monitor the time they spend online.
Ensure children never reveal identifying information about themselves on the Internet, in a public chat room, on an electronic bulletin board or in their E-mail messages.
Ensure children do not give out personal information about themselves such as their age.
Consider using a pseudonym or not listing your child’s name.
Get to know the services your child uses.
Block out objectionable material through your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Never allow a child to arrange a face-to-face meeting with another computer user without parental permission.
Ensure children never respond to messages or bulletin board items that are suggestive, obscene, belligerent or threatening.
Encourage children to tell you whenever they encounter such messages.
If you or your children receive a message that is harassing, sexual in nature, or threatening, forward a copy to the message to your ISP and ask for their assistance.
If you become aware of the transmission, use, or viewing of child pornography while online, report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Teach children that people online may not be who they seem.
Teach children online service providers never ask for passwords and they should never give their password out.
Teach children to never let anyone pressure them into doing something they feel uncomfortable doing.
Teach children to never enter an area on the Internet that charges for services without asking permission from a responsible adult first.
Some children have access to the Internet at school. Check with the school authorities to ensure your children are properly supervised and monitored by a responsible adult.
Know your children’s friend and their parents.
Set reasonable rules for computer use by your children. Discuss the rules with your children and post them near the computer as a reminder.
Take It Down Tool
Tool: https://takeitdown.ncmec.org
Take It Down is a free service that can help you remove or stop the online sharing of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos taken of you when you were under 18 years old.