(1) A juvenile may be taken into temporary custody by a law enforcement officer without order of the court when there are reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has committed a delinquent act.
A juvenile may be taken into temporary custody by a law enforcement officer executing a lawful warrant taking a juvenile into custody issued pursuant to section 19-2-503.
A juvenile probation officer may take a juvenile into temporary custody:
Under the circumstances stated in subsection (1) of this section; or
If he or she has violated the conditions of probation and is under the continuingjurisdiction of the juvenile court.
A juvenile may be detained temporarily by an adult other than a law enforcementofficer if the juvenile has committed or is committing a delinquent act in the presence of such adult. Any person detaining a juvenile shall notify, without unnecessary delay, a law enforcement officer, who shall assume custody of said juvenile.
The taking of a juvenile into temporary custody under this section is not an arrest,nor does it constitute a police record.
Source: L. 96: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1626, § 1, effective January 1, 1997.
Editor's note: (1) This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-201. Prior to relocation in 1996, the said section 19-2-201 was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of that section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-2-101 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
(2) The former section 19-2-502 was relocated to section 19-2-108 when this article was amended with relocations in 1996.