Taking alleged perpetrator into custody; protective order
Sec. 2. (a) A law enforcement officer may take a person into
custody if the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe
that the person is the alleged perpetrator of an act against a child who
the law enforcement officer believes to be a child in need of services
as a result of the alleged perpetrator's act. The law enforcement
officer may take the alleged perpetrator into custody under this
section only for the purpose of removing the alleged perpetrator from
the residence where the child believed to be in need of services
resides.
(b) The law enforcement officer shall immediately contact the
attorney for the county department or another authorized person for
the purpose of initiating a protective order under IC 31-34-25 that
will require the alleged perpetrator to refrain from having direct or
indirect contact with the child.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.1-2003, SEC.77.
Last modified: May 24, 2006