We hope you find this site useful and capable of answering most of your questions. Our office seeks to preserve and enhance the quality of life for all county citizens by ensuring orderly growth and development throughout the unincorporated areas of Bradley County. We are responsible for land use and other policy recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, the County Mayor, members of the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, other elected and appointed county officials, county departments, and all county citizens. These recommendations are to be based on sound research, thoughtful analysis, and the wise use of resources through a combination of established and innovative planning techniques.

We are conveniently located in historic downtown Cleveland in the basement of the courthouse annex just across Broad Street from the main Courthouse. You may enter either from the main entrance at 155 Broad Street Northwest and come down the stairs, or you may enter under the burgundy awning on First Street.

This project is funded under a Grant Contract with the State of Tennessee, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Bradley County Juvenile Court is unique in that we are school-based probation. Each school in the County school system and City school system is assigned a Youth Service Officer who goes to their particular school and meets with any child on county probation, the YSO also assist the school with any and all problems and solutions with any child whether in the Court system or not when asked.

Probation is a consequence given by the Judge to any offender when deemed necessary, this supervision is for at least 6 months but could be extended due to other circumstances. Other types of supervision consists of Pre-Trial Diversion which is for first time offender of none serious crimes lasting for approximately 90 days. Judicial Diversion is another type of supervision lasting up to 6 months.

The YSO will meet with the child on a weekly basis paying close attention to their grades, attendance and discipline issues. A child may also be given community service work, ordered to do counseling, alcohol and drug assessment and are subject to random drug tests. YSO also assist other agencies including the Cleveland Police Department, Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Children Services and all neighboring counties.

Law Enforcement Academic and Fitness Academy was formed in 1997 as a summer program for at risk children involved in the Court system. The staff of the Academy is made up of officers from the Cleveland Police Department, Bradley County Sheriff’s Office and Juvenile Court. The Bradley County School system supplies 2 certified teachers and the Cleveland City School system supplies the transportation and location. The Academy takes approximately 60 students per summer.

The Academy is a 6-week program enrolling children ages 12-17 who have been Ordered by the Court to attend. Each cadet is tested at the beginning of the Academy in language arts and math, they are then assigned to groups based on their knowledge of those subjects.

A day consists of 8:00am until 12:00 physical training (pushups, sit-ups, running, etc.) and team building (relays and confidence course), lunch and academics from 12:30 to dismissal at 3:30. Each academic class is 1 hour with a third block consisting of conflict resolution, peer pressure, drug education, anger management, etc. This third block is taught by counseling professionals from Centerstone, Bradley County Health Department, Cleveland Police Department and Bradley County Sheriff’s Department.

Additional information can be obtained by calling Nancy Stanfield, Director of the Academy at Bradley County Juvenile Court.

The Matrix is located within the Bradley County Juvenile Detention Center. This unit serves as a liaison to the community, court system, and school system for resource linkage. Through the assistance of our case managers, we are able to help link juveniles with resources in our community and/or surrounding areas to help intervene in their area of need.

Such services include but are not limited to the following: mental health counseling, alcohol and drug assessment and treatment, non-custodial residential treatment, free/sliding scale resources, tutoring resources, as well as, researching service options for specialty needs.

These services are available for juveniles from six to seventeen years of age within Cleveland, TN. Referrals to the Matrix can be made through the court system, school system, or by walk-in. Juveniles do not have to be involved with the court system to receive resource linkage. It is our goal to make sure that every juvenile in need receives the proper services to help them succeed.

The mission of the Bradley County Juvenile Detention Center is to provide a safe, secure and cost effective facility for confining juveniles who have been sentenced to detention by the juvenile court, or by law enforcement officers that request the incarceration of a juvenile pending an arraignment, adjudication, mental evaluation, or transfer hearings.