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GO 5K01 Juvenile Procedures Page 1 of 15 Rev. 01/16/22
GENERAL ORDER
507 JUVENILE OPERATIONS
REVISION DATE: 01/16/2023
BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
SUNNY ISLES BEACH
POLICE DEPARTMENT ORIGINAL EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/16/23
PREVIOUS REVISIONS:
RESCINDS: All previously issued directives REFERENCE : 2.02,16.01 M,16.02 M,16.03M,16.04M,
21.01 M,26.07 M
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. PURPOSE .......................................................................................................................... 1
B. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................... 2
C. POLICY ............................................................................................................................. 2
D. DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................. 2
E. PROCEDURES ................................................................................................................. 4
F. SPECIAL NOTIFICATIONS .......................................................................................... 4
G. CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION OF JUVENILES ................................................... 5
H. NON-CUSTODIAL INTERVIEW .................................................................................. 7
I. TAKING A JUVENILE INTO CUSTODY.................................................................... 7
J. CONTACTS AT SCHOOLS ........................................................................................... 8
K. RELEASE OR DELIVERY FROM CUSTODY ........................................................... 9
L. USE OF JUVENILE INFORMANTS ........................................................................... 10
M. TRANSPORTATION OF JUVENILES ....................................................................... 11
N. JUVENILES IN NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION ..................................................... 11
O. FINGERPRINT AND PHOTOGRAPH OF JUVENILES ......................................... 12
P. TRUANCY ...................................................................................................................... 13
Q. JUVENILE TRAFFIC OFFENSES .............................................................................. 13
R. DEPENDENT/ABUSED CHILDREN .......................................................................... 14
S. RELEASE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING ARRESTED JUVENILES ........ 15
A. PURPOSE
1. The purpose of this directive is to describe the circumstances under which juveniles may become the subjects
of a contact with police and to provide guidelines for members to follow with regard to juveniles. Florida State
Statutes Chapters 39, 984 and 985, govern the handling and treatment of juveniles and shall be referred to for
additional guidance in juvenile matters.
2. During juvenile related encounters, members shall keep in mind that the intention of juvenile law is to divert as
many juveniles as practical from the formal aspects of the Criminal Justice System into counseling, warning,
mentoring, or other alternative situations.
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GO 5K01 Juvenile Procedures Page 2 of 15 Rev. 01/16/22
B. SCOPE
This directive is applicable to all sworn members of the Department.
C. POLICY
1. It is the policy of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Police Department to promote public safety and reduce juvenile
delinquency by maintaining the integrity of the substantive law prohibiting certain behaviors by juveniles while
at the same time taking into consideration the unique characteristics and needs of children. In all cases, the
Constitutional rights of juveniles taken into custody will be protected regardless of whether or not the juvenile
will be processed or released in the field.
2. The words “juvenile,” “child,” and “youth” as used in this directive shall be synonymous with each other.
D. DEFINITIONS
Child in Need of Services: (FSS 984.13) - Means a juvenile for whom there is no pending investigation into an
allegation or suspicion of abuse, neglect, or abandonment; no pending referral alleging the child is delinquent, or
no current supervision by the Department of Juvenile Justice or the Department of Children and Families for an
adjudication of dependency or delinquency. The child must also have been found by the court:
1. To have persistently run away from the parents or legal custodians despite reasonable efforts of the child, the
parents or legal custodians, and appropriate agencies to remedy the conditions contributing to the behavior.
2. To be habitually truant from school, although subject to compulsory school attendance.
3. To persistently disobey the reasonable and lawful demands of a parent or other legal custodian and to be beyond
their control.
Delinquent Act: An act which, if committed by an adult, would be a violation of law. This includes felonies,
misdemeanors, criminal traffic violations, violations of City ordinances, and, when applicable, violations of federal
law.
Delinquent Child: A juvenile who is found by the court to have committed a felony, misdemeanor, contempt of
court, or a violation of a local ordinance (punishable by incarceration) and whose case has not been prosecuted as
an adult.
Dependent Juvenile/Child: A child who, pursuant to FSS 39.401 , is found by the court:
1. To have been abandoned, abused, or neglected by a parent or legal custodian/s.
2. To have been surrendered to the Florida Department of Children and Families or licensed child-placing agency
for the purpose of adoption.
3. To have been voluntarily placed with a licensed child-caring agency, a licensed child-placing agency, an adult
relative, the department, or the former Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, after which placement,
under the requirements of this chapter, a case plan has expired and the parent or parents or legal custodians
have failed to substantially comply with the requirements of the plan.
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