JAN 31, 1992
Questioning whether a law enforcement officer can arrest or detain a juvenile when the officer has probable cause to believe that the juvenile has committed an offense without a pick-up order or other formal arrest warrant. Also, if a formal arrest document is necessary, must it be a pick-up order, or is some other arrest warrant or document permissible?
Requested by: The Honorable L. Mendel Rivers, Jr., Judge, The Family Court of The Ninth Judicial Circuit
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