Created: 1/26/2009 9:40:37 AM 
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Following a Monday afternoon ribbon cutting ceremony, the Duval County Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC) is open again.
The re-opening comes one year after Mayor John Peyton announced the Jacksonville Journey had provided enough funding to make it possible.
The JAC is in place to serve troubled youth in the county, and had closed down due to a lack of money in 2005, but the Jacksonville Journey made its reopening a key recommendation.
In early 2008, Sheriff John Rutherford requested seized drug money to be used to get the building ready to reopen.
In October, it began serving young people again, but didn't have its official reopening until Monday.
The center is important to law enforcement because it keeps more officers on the streets. With out the JAC, when a teen is arrested, the officers have to find someone to look after the person.
An operational JAC has responsibility for that, so police can get back to work sooner.
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