(A) A police officer upon finding or having attention called to any minor on the streets in prima facie violation of this subchapter, normally shall take the minor to the city hall, where a parent shall immediately be notified to come for the minor, whereupon they shall be interrogated.
(1) This is intended to permit ascertainment, under constitutional safeguards, of relevant facts, and to centralize responsibility in the officer there and then on duty for accurate, effective, fair, impartial and uniform enforcement and recording.
(2) In the absence of convincing evidence such as a birth certificate, a police officer on the street shall in the first instance use his or her best judgment in determining age.
(B) Police procedures shall constantly be refined in the light of experience and may provide that the police officer may deliver to a parent thereof a minor under appropriate circumstances, for example a minor of tender age near home whose identity and address may readily be ascertained or is known.
(C) In any event such police officer shall within 24 hours file a written report with the Mayor.
(D) When a parent, immediately called, has come to take charge of the minor, and the appropriate information has been recorded, the minor shall be released to the custody of such parent. If the parent cannot be located, or fails to take charge of the minor, the police officer shall deliver the minor to a relative, if available, and if not, shall deliver the minor to his or her residence and direct the minor to remain there for the duration of the curfew period.
(E) In the case of a first violation by a minor, the Mayor shall by certified mail, send to a parent written notice of the violation with a warning that any subsequent violation will result in full enforcement of this subchapter, including enforcement of parental responsibility and of applicable penalties.
Penalty, see § 130.99