Policy Text
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GENERAL ORDER
TITLE ACCREDITATION
Juvenile Escapees None
PRIOR REVISIONS
PROPONENT UNIT 07/01/98
Operations
ATTACHMENT:
NUMBER ISSUE DATE REVISION DATE TOTAL PAGES
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I. PURPOSE: This Order establishes guidelines regarding juvenile escapees.
II. POLICY: The Gainesville Police Department shall take into custody juvenile escapees and
return them to the proper detention facility.
III. PROCEDURE:
A. Escape:
1. Juvenile Facility: A Department member who investigates an alleged escape
from a juvenile detention or residential facility of restrictive level VI (half-way house)
or above shall:
i. Complete and submit an Investigative Report,
ii. Complete and submit an arrest mittimus for escape from a juvenile facility,
iii. Issue a BOLO for the escapee,
iv. Complete FCIC/NCIC entry request and forward it to Records via MCT for entry.
The investigative report shall include the NIC number and Records Division
personnel name and ID number.
The investigating member shall code the juvenile as a runaway and indicate in the
remarks section that the juvenile escaped from a court-ordered detention facility.
2. Furlough: If any delinquent child committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice
(DJJ) escapes or fails to return to a juvenile facility while on furlough, it shall be
considered an escape from the facility to which the child was committed.
Members will follow the procedures outlined for escaped juveniles.
3. Interface: Interface is not a secure detention facility, thus the procedures for
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B. Regaining Official Custody:
1. Clarification: Members will consider a child to be in official custody if that
child has been detained by or turned over to law enforcement.
Members who receive information that does not indicate an official custodial
situation, (such as a child is with a family member) shall complete a
supplemental report detailing the information, and who provided it, but shall
not consider the child recovered for the purposes of clearing the report, the
charge, or the computer entry.
Substantial information shall be turned over to the jurisdictional law
enforcement agency as soon as possible to target the apprehension of the
juvenile.
2. Inside Jurisdiction: Sworn members who locate a child who has escaped from a
DJJ facility shall:
i. Take the child into custody,
ii. Complete and submit an Investigative Report or supplement to the original
report,
iv. Complete FCIC/NCIC exit request and forward it to Records via MCT for exit.
The investigative report shall include the NIC number and Records Division
personnel name and ID number.
v. Deliver the child to the appropriate DJJ personnel and
a. Complete an arrest mittimus, if the pick-up order has not yet been processed,
b. If a pick-up order has been issued, DJJ personnel will notify the ACSO to
respond and serve the order.
c. Pick-up orders addressed to all law enforcement agencies may be executed
by police officers.
vi. Cancel the BOLO
3. Outside Jurisdiction: If a juvenile who escapes from Gainesville is taken into
custody outside of Alachua County and the juvenile cannot be immediately turned
over to the GPD due to the location of the arrest, the arrest information shall be
forwarded to the front desk officer who will:
i. Verify the location of the child, via a teletype, and that the child is being securely
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detained while awaiting DJJ transport.
Request that the arresting agency take the child’s fingerprints and photographs.
This would assist in verifying the identity of the child, if needed.
ii. Complete a supplement report, to include:
a. Circumstances under which the child was taken into custody, including
additional charges, if applicable.
b. Copies of the detaining agency’s reports, if available. If not immediately
available, cite the case number, at a minimum.
c. Copies of all related teletypes.
d. Complete FCIC/NCIC exit request and forward it to Records via MCT for entry.
The supplement report shall include the NIC number and Records Division
personnel name and ID number.
1) First run an FCIC/NCIC check to obtain a copy of the information on the
computer ‘hit’ for the child. Include the information in the supplement report.
iii. Notify DJJ personnel of the arrest and where the child is being held,
a) Depending upon the hour, contact JAC or JDC. Identify in the supplemental
report the staff member to whom the notification was made.
b) Generally, DJJ will be responsible for retrieving the child.
iv. Cancel any existing BOLOs
4. Assisting Department of Juvenile Justice: Because circumstances may arise
which are not covered in this order, members, if requested, will assist DJJ when an
escaped juvenile who has been returned to our jurisdiction needs further processing.
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By Order of
Signed Original on File in
The Accreditation Unit
__________________________
Tony R. Jones
Chief of Police
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