Francis Carino, Esq.

Instructor

Involved in the prosecution of juveniles in Connecticut for almost forty years, Fran was the first full time juvenile prosecutor appointed in Connecticut and served as the State's Chief Juvenile Prosecutor from 1979 to 1996. In 1996, he was transferred to the Division of Criminal Justice where he is currently working as a Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney in the Chief State's Attorney's Office in Rocky Hill. Fran has developed numerous programs used for training thousands of State and municipal police officers and recruits as well as juvenile probation officers, detention workers and judges. He has spoken about the juvenile court process to school administrators, staff and students from the elementary school level to law school. He has also made presentations about the Connecticut juvenile justice system at national conferences in Alabama, Maryland and Oklahoma. Fran taught an online class on the subject of Juvenile Justice Issues for Public Safety Officers at the University of Connecticut and has spoken to classes on various juvenile justice issues at Manchester Community College, Capital Community College, Housatonic Community College, Northwestern Community College and the University of Connecticut School of Law.