NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT - New Albany, Ohio

eleased to a parent, legal guardian, or other responsible adult. If a parent, guardian, or
other responsible adult cannot be located after reasonable efforts have been made to do
so, the on duty supervisor may have the juvenile transported to Franklin County/Licking
County Children’s Services or turned over to the Franklin County/Licking County Court of
Domestic Relations, Juvenile Court. The on duty supervisor may authorize the release of
the juvenile(s) to his/her parent(s) from the scene of the detention/incident or from the
Police Department.
B. As outlined above (in the introduction), juveniles who have been harmed or are in danger
of being harmed shall be taken into custody. In such cases, a New Albany Police
Department Detective shall be contacted so that an investigation may begin.
C. The constitutional rights of juveniles shall be protected. If a juvenile is to be
interviewed/interrogated concerning the offense(s) for which he/she may be charged, the
juvenile will be advised of his/her constitutional rights. The procedures that may be used
for custodial interrogations of juveniles are outlined in Directive 4.1.3.
D. Unless a juvenile is in need of medical treatment, he/she will be processed and released
to the parents(s) or legal guardian(s) without unnecessary delay or transferred to the
Franklin County/Licking County Juvenile Detention Center within the time period as
specified in section F, below.
E. The parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of a juvenile who has been taken into custody shall be
so notified. The parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of a juvenile who has been detained for
the purpose of issuing a traffic citation (for a minor violation) is not required to be notified
(also see Directive 2.1.2).
F. Pursuant to O.R.C. §2151.311, if a juvenile is taken into custody for an act that would be
considered a felony if committed by an adult, he/she may be detained at the Police
Department for a period not to exceed six hours. During this detention, the juvenile must
be separated (by both sight and sound) from adult detainees and must be under direct
supervision at all times. Juveniles who have committed alleged delinquent felony acts
will be transported from the Police Department to the Franklin County/Licking County
Juvenile Detention Center within this six-hour time limit.
Juveniles who have committed a delinquent act that would be considered a misdemeanor
if committed by an adult may be detained for a time period not to exceed three hours.
Juveniles that have been detained for misdemeanor offenses such as OVI/OVUAC may
be brought into the holding facility and held for the amount of time it would take to collect
a breath and/or urine sample. After collecting the breath and/or urine sample, the juvenile
must be placed in a non-secure location within the Police Department. Non-secure
locations include the lobby interview room, Detective’s Office interview rooms, Roll Call
room, Community Policing Office, or conference room. Male adult detainees that are in
the holding facility must be secured in holding cell #1 or #2 and female detainees in
holding cell #6 (sight and sound separated) prior to the juvenile entering the holding
facility.
All juveniles that are detained and held in a secure or non-secure location in the Police
Department will be logged by the on-duty dispatcher. Officers shall provide the dispatcher
with the following information when a juvenile is held in a secure or non-secure location
of the Police Department:
Name
Age
Sex
Race
Most serious charge/offense
Location of detention
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