610.190 Arrest laws applicable to child taken into custody -- Applicability of bail
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laws -- Protective custody by peace officer -- Custody by person other than
peace officer.
(1)The law relating to the persons by whom and the circumstances under which a
person may be arrested for a public offense shall be applicable to children, but the
taking of a child into custody under such law shall not be termed an arrest until the
court has made the decision to try the child in Circuit or District Court as an adult.
The law relating to bail shall not be applicable to children detained in accordance
with this chapter unless the child is subject to being tried in Circuit or District Court
as an adult.
(2)A peace officer may take a child into protective custody if the officer suspects the
child to be a runaway. A child taken into protective custody under this subsection
shall not be considered to have been arrested and may be held at the locations
specified in KRS 610.220(1), after which the officer shall proceed with an initial
investigation as provided for in KRS 610.200.
(3)When a child is taken into custody by a person other than a peace officer, such
person shall as soon as possible place the child in the custody of a peace officer.