Children, as the criminal in the juvenile justice system in Indonesia, are treated specifically, because children are the asset to the future of the Indonesia. In this connection, the purpose of this research is to analyze the role of the police in dealing with children as criminal through restorative justice. This research uses a normative legal research type, with the statutory analysis approach and the conceptual approach. All research materials used are primary research material in the form of the Law on the Indonesia Juvenile Justice System and secondary material is scientific writing relevant to this research issue. The result showes that the police has the important role in handling cases of children as perpetrators of the crime through Restorative Justice, namely handling cases of children with the mental guidance approach involving all components of the society.