Legal Documents of Sweetwater

The purpose of this chapter is to

1. Promote the general welfare and protect the general public through the reduction of juvenile violence and crime within the city;
2. Promote the safety and well-being of minors, whose inexperience renders them particularly vulnerable to becoming participants in unlawful activity, particularly unlawful drug activity, and to being victimized by older criminals; and
3. Foster and strengthen parental responsibility for children.