The likelihood of altercations, force, and injuries. The procedure of detainment involves the police determining a person’s age, although they do not have a solid answer.
In this situation, it is legal, within policy, and standard procedure for law officers to handcuff minors. But according to the statement, Sheriff Shelley “agrees that going forward,
It will be OCSO policy to notify a parent or guardian of any juvenile who is detained for criminal investigative purposes, no matter how brief the encounter is.”
