KRS 610.190: Arrest laws applicable to child taken into custody -- Applicability of bail

laws -- Protective custody by peace officer -- Custody by person other than

peace officer.

(1) The law relating to the persons by whom and the circumstances under which a

person may be arrested for a public offense shall be applicable to children, but the

taking of a child into custody under such law shall not be termed an arrest until the

court has made the decision to try the child in Circuit or District Court as an adult.

The law relating to bail shall not be applicable to children detained in accordance

with this chapter unless the child is subject to being tried in Circuit or District Court

as an adult.

(2) A peace officer may take a child into protective custody if the o fficer suspects the

child to be a runaway. A child taken into protective custody under this subsection

shall not be considered to have been arrested and may be held at the locations

specified in KRS 610.220(1), after which the officer shall proceed with an initial

investigation as provided for in KRS 610.200.

(3) When a child is taken into custody by a person other than a peace officer, such

person shall as soon as possible place the child in the custody of a peace officer.