CPL § 120.85

Child-sensitive arrests

§ 120.85 Child-sensitive arrests.

A state or local law enforcement officer who arrests an individual legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old shall to the extent practicable, at the time of the arrest, take appropriate action that is conducive to the child's safety and/or security and is consistent with the policies and procedures established pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-i or paragraph (f-2) of subdivision three of section eight hundred forty of the executive law as applicable.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/120.85

In plain English

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.