Child-sensitive arrests · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 140.17 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.
When a state or local law-enforcement officer arrests a person legally responsible for a child younger than 18 years old, the officer must, as far as practicable at the time of arrest, take appropriate action for the child’s safety or security consistent with the policies under the named Executive Law provisions. ★
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.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.