Child-sensitive arrests

Criminal Procedure

Section: 140.17

Jurisdiction: NY

Bluebook Citation: N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 140.17

§ 140.17 Child-sensitive arrests.\n A state or local law enforcement officer who arrests an individual\nlegally charged with the care or custody of a child less than eighteen\nyears old shall, to the extent practicable, at the time of the arrest\ntake appropriate action that is conducive to the child's safety and/or\nsecurity and is consistent with the policies and procedures established\npursuant to section two hundred fourteen-i or paragraph (f-2) of\nsubdivision three of section eight hundred forty of the executive law as\napplicable.\n

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