5.3.2. Diversion Officer The diversion officer should immediately investigate the personal circumstances of the young person and his eligibility for diversion after notification from the police. Where the diversion officer is satisfied that a warning is necessary at this stage, he will refer the young offender to the police so as to be dealt with in terms of the police guidelines. The diversion officer would produce a report which will be submitted to the Area Public Prosecutor for consideration. The report should contain the age of the offender, the socioeconomic and demographic circumstances, the personal circumstances and contact details of relatives or guardians, the nature of crime committed, the circumstances surrounding such commission, whether the young person admits his guilt, the justification for diversion and the recommended activity to which the young person will be subject. 5.3.3. Area Public Prosecutor After preparing the docket, the police should bring the young offender together with the docket with the diversion officer`s report to the prosecutor. The prosecutor can make a decision after going through the evidence and circumstances of the case including recommendations by the diversion officer in the report. The prosecutor would then cause a meeting to be convened by the diversion committee to deliberate on whether the case is suitable for diversion. Where necessary, the diversion officer may be required to provide additional information on the offender. The prosecutor would proceed to decline to prosecute and endorse such decision on the police docket or arrange for the charges to be formally withdrawn before plea before a magistrate when a matter is finalized without due process. A prosecutor is a representative of the Prosecutor General`s Office and has the power to decide whether to prosecute or not in any matter. Reservations were made about the desirability of the prosecutor to solely decide on the suitability of an offender for diversion in an impartial manner considering that the prosecutor represents the victim's rights and is in the business of bringing offenders to trial and seeking their conviction. The result is that they may be fewer cases for diversion hence the small multidisciplinary committee to make the decision had to be constituted as the diversion committee. 5.3.4. The Diversion Committee The Diversion Committee consists of the Area Public Prosecutor, the Provincial or Resident Magistrate, Superintendent in charge of crime and in his/her absence a Commissioned Officer appointed by him/her to represent him for the Zimbabwe Republic Police, preferably not in charge of a station, the District child welfare officer or a senior child welfare officer in his/her absence and the Diversion Officer. Where the committee agrees by majority that the young offender should be diverted, such decision should be implemented immediately by the Diversion Officer. All record of proceedings and decisions reached by the committee should be kept. Where a finding is made that the young offender is not suitable for diversion, the diversion officer should refer the case together with the assessment report to the public prosecutor who would deal with the matter in a normal way. Where a matter is before a Magistrate who is of the opinion that the matter is eligible for diversion, he should request the public prosecutor to urgently consider the matter for diversion and refer the matter to the diversion officer for a report to be made. When a report is made, the diversion committee will also be called to handle the matter. 5.4. DIVERSION OPTIONS A young person may be made to undertake the following activities before charges can be withdrawn or prosecution declined.  Reparation 26