(A) Before taking any enforcement action under this subchapter, a police officer shall ask the apparent offender’s name, age and reason for being in the public place or establishment during the restricted hours.
(B) A police officer shall transport any minor found in violation of § 132.22 of this chapter to the city’s Police Department. The police officer shall immediately contact the Elizabeth City/Pasquotank County school system attendance counselor. The police officer shall immediately thereafter contact the parent or legal guardian of the minor. A minor transported to the city’s Police Department will be released to the custody of his or her parent or legal guardian at the city’s Police Department.
(C) The officer shall not prepare a juvenile petition, issue a citation or make an arrest under this subchapter unless the officer reasonably believes that an offense has occurred and that, based on any response and other circumstances, no exception or defense in § 132.23 of this chapter is present.
(D) If a minor is suspended or expelled from school, that minor’s parent or legal guardian, for the duration of the suspension or expulsion, shall:
(1) Personally supervise the minor or arrange for a responsible adult 21 years of age or older to supervise the minor at the times that the minor would have been required to be in attendance at school and he had not been expelled or suspended; and
(2) Prohibit the minor from being in any public place at the times the minor would have been required to be in attendance at school had he or she not been suspended or expelled unless:
(a) The minor is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian or a responsible adult, 21 years of age or older, selected by the parent or legal guardian to supervise the minor; and/or
(b) The minor is employed pursuant to a work permit or schooling certificate during the actual working hours or traveling directly to or from the job site.
(2005 Code, § 50-122) (Ord. passed 9-15-1997)