§ 34-8. Enforcement generally.

(a) Identification.

If a police officer has reason to believe that a minor is in violation of § 34-3 {"Prohibited conduct of minors – Nighttime curfew"} or § 34-4 {"Prohibited conduct of minors – Daytime curfew"} of this subtitle, the police officer shall seek to obtain from the minor:

(1) the minor's name, address, school or other valid identification, and age; and

(2) the name of the minor's parent or parents.

(b) Daytime curfew.

(1) For a minor believed to be in violation of § 34-4 {"Prohibited conduct of minors – Daytime curfew"}, the minor shall be taken, as appropriate, to:

(i) the minor's school;

(ii) a Youth Connection Center; or

(iii) the minor's home.

(2) If the minor is taken to school or to a Youth Connection Center, the school or center, as the case may be, shall:

(i) notify a parent about the violation of this subtitle; and

(ii) take appropriate measures to reduce the probability that the minor will commit a subsequent violation of this subtitle.

(1) For a minor believed to be in violation of § 34-3 {"Prohibited conduct of minors – Nighttime curfew"}, the minor shall be taken, as appropriate, to:

(i) the minor's home; or

(ii) a Youth Connection Center.

(2) If the minor is taken to a Youth Connection Center, the facility shall:

(i) notify a parent or an adult brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or grandparent to come and take charge of the minor;

(ii) notify a parent about the violation of this subtitle; and

(iii) take appropriate measures to reduce the probability that the minor will commit a subsequent violation of this subtitle.

(3) If the minor is taken to a Youth Connection Center and, by 6 a.m. of the following morning, no parent or adult brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or grandparent can be located or none come and take charge of the minor, the minor shall be, as appropriate:

(i) taken to the minor's home;

(ii) referred to or placed in the custody of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services; or

(iii) released from the Youth Connection Center.

(d) Maximum period of detention.

In no event may a minor be detained for more than 24 hours if the minor is charged solely with a violation of this subtitle.

(e) Notices.

Notice is presumed to be received by a parent if deposited in a depository for mailing United States Mail, properly addressed and with first-class postage paid. The mailing may be shown by the records of the sending agency made in the regular course of its business.