CCJD has partnered with the Plessislaer Police Station since 1997, when the station offered an office space for CCJD’s first community justice office. Over the years, the collaboration has focussed on gender-based violence and child abuse. In recent years the South African Police Service (SAPS) has highlighted the number of juveniles offenders—children in distress who commit violations that introduce them to the cycle of crime in the area.