Probation Department Policy/Procedure Manual

4.21 WIC300 Booking Procedure

Location Juvenile Services - Intake and Investigations
Section
Subject 4.21 WIC300 Booking Procedure
Purpose To establish a procedure for the handling of juvenile hall admissions of minors who are concurrently subject to a WIC 300 petition.
Effective Date 9/30/2019
Previous Effective Date

 

This procedure applies to any minor booked into juvenile hall who is currently a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to WIC section 300 or any minor who is the subject of a petition to declare them a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to WIC section 300.

  1. Exception - Minors booked into juvenile hall who are 14 years or older for the personal use of a firearm for the commission or attempted commission of a felony or any offense listed in WIC section 707(b) are excluded from this procedure.
  2. Procedure - Upon receipt from law enforcement of any minor who is currently a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to WIC section 300 or any minor who is the subject of a petition to declare them a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to WIC section 300, the following procedure will be followed:
    1. The on duty or on call Juvenile Hall Supervising Deputy Probation Officer (SDPO) and the Superintendent of the Juvenile Hall shall be notified. 
    2. Upon receiving notification of a minor’s booking after business hours, a Juvenile Hall SDPO will contact the appropriate parties including but not limited to the on-call social worker and whenever possible the minor’s assigned social worker and placement. During business hours, this follow up will be conducted by a Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) from the Juvenile Court Unit or designee.  
    3. Based upon time and circumstances, information regarding the case shall be gathered as soon as possible but no later than 12 hours from the time of booking.
    4. The Superintendent of the Juvenile Hall and/or the Chief Deputy of the Juvenile Division shall be briefed on the status of the case within 12 hours from the time of booking.
    5. Only the Chief Probation Officer, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Chief Deputy Probation Officer over Juvenile Services or the Superintendent of the Juvenile Hall shall make the determination a minor subject to this procedure will be detained.​
  3. Detention Exclusions - Pursuant to WIC 628 (a)(2), (A), (B), and (C), the minor cannot be detained for the following reasons:
    1. The minor is a dependent of the juvenile court
    2. The minor’s placement will not take the minor back
    3. The Department of Social Services has no other placement for the minor

Once it is determined the minor is not to be detained, the Chief Probation Officer, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Chief Deputy Probation Officer over Juvenile Services or the Superintendent of the Juvenile Hall can allow the minor to remain in juvenile hall up to 24 hours awaiting pick up by the Department of Social Service.  Under no circumstances can a minor, who is not to be detained, remain at Juvenile Hall longer then the detention time frames set out in California Rules of Court 5.752.