6-2-3: DETAIN VIOLATORS; NOTIFY PARENT OR GUARDIAN:
It shall be the duty of any police officer finding any child upon the streets of the City under the age of eighteen (18) years in violation of Section 6-2-1 to detain such child, for which purpose such child may be taken to any lawful place of custody for juveniles of the City, and it shall be his further duty to notify the parents or either of them, the guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, that the child is so detained; or, in case it is impractical to detain such child at such lawful place of custody for juveniles, it shall be the duty of such officer to take such child to the place of residence of the parent or either of them, the guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, and to there notify the parents or either of them, the guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, that such child was unlawfully upon the streets of the City. (1973 Code § 9.74.030)