2 Seattle detectives honored for work with children

Two Seattle police detectives have been honored by the Center for Children and Youth Justice for their "innovative" work with children and young people.

The center, founded in 2006 by former state Supreme Court Justice Bobbe Bridge, is a private nonprofit dedicated to breaking down the walls between the agencies that are supposed to help children, and to reforming the state's juvenile-justice and child-welfare systems.

The two juvenile detectives' efforts were recognized Wednesday at the third annual Norm Maleng Advocate for Youth Award Breakfast at the Washington Athletic Club.

According to the Seattle Police Department, detectives Kim Bogucki and Al Lebar received the President's Award by Bridge for their "innovations aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable children and youth."

Lebar guides at-risk young women and men through an outreach program that teaches love, relationships and the law. Bogucki is co-founder and producer of The If Project, an essay and video program involving incarcerated women who inspire others to avoid their mistakes.