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SECTION 140.17
Child-sensitive arrests
Criminal Procedure (CPL) CHAPTER 11-A, PART 2, TITLE H, ARTICLE 140
§ 140.17 Child-sensitive arrests.

A state or local law enforcement officer who arrests an individual
legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than eighteen
years old shall, to the extent practicable, at the time of the arrest
take appropriate action that is conducive to the child's safety and/or
security and is consistent with the policies and procedures established
pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-i or paragraph (f-2) of
subdivision three of section eight hundred forty of the executive law as
applicable.