Policy Text
Procedure Number: E3
Revised: 02/06
Revised: 12/10
Revised: 03/13
ARREST OF JUVENILES AND ADULTS
AUTHORITY
California Code Section(s):
Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 625, 626, 627, and 627.5
Penal Code Sections 825, 830.5, 833, 835, 835a, 841, 843, 1203.2, 1203.016,
1203.017, 1203.018, 3450, 3453, 3455, and 3465
Related Probation Officer Procedures:
D9 Division of Juvenile Facilities Commitments
E2 Search and Seizure
E4 Advisement of Rights
E9 Transportation of Offenders
F2 Use of Force
F8 Arming: Use of Firearms
F11 Safety Equipment for Non-Armed Probation Officers
H11 Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP)
H16 Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS)
I10 Juvenile Home Supervision Program (JHSP) and Juvenile Electronic
Monitoring Program (JEMP)
Related Probation Department Policies:
IV32 Department (County) Vehicles
Related Probation PRIORS Procedures:
A1 PRIORS Case Management System
INTRODUCTION
Persons under the age of eighteen (minors) are adjudged wards of the Juvenile Court pursuant to
§725(b) of the Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC). Persons age eighteen and older (adults) are
granted formal probation by the Criminal Court pursuant to §1203 of the Penal Code (PC),
ordered to supervision under Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS), or ordered to
Mandatory Community Supervision (MCS) by the Criminal Court. At any time during a period
of wardship, or formal probation or community supervision, any Probation Officer who believes
there is probable cause that a minor or adult is in violation of any term or condition of his/her
probation or community supervision has the legal authority to arrest the person (§625 WIC,
§1203.2 PC or §3453(s) PC) and book him/her into a Juvenile Detention Facility (JDF) or the
County Jail. This also applies to any minor who is ordered to the Juvenile Home Supervision
Program (JHSP) or Juvenile Electronic Monitoring Program (JEMP) (§628.1 WIC) and adults
placed on the Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) (§1203.016 PC, §1203.017 PC and
§1203.018 PC) who are determined by the Probation Officer to be in violation of program rules
or Court order.
Minors under supervision pursuant to §654 WIC, on probation pursuant to §725(a) WIC,
and on Deferred Entry of Judgment pursuant to §790 WIC, and adults monitored in
statutory programs such as those defined in §1000 and §1210 PC, shall not be arrested by
Probation Officers, for a violation of probation/supervision/diversion, unless pursuant to a
valid arrest/bench warrant issued by the Court.
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