Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Local practices
in Region I. Upon notification, all of the youth service team offices listed in
this subdivision will prepare the warrant and deliver it to the appropriate law
enforcement agency for execution.
(1)
District 1, City of Buffalo: Call the Youth Service Team Office at 600 Delaware
Avenue, Buffalo, (716) 881-6800.
(2) District 1, outside of the City of
Buffalo: Call the Youth Service Team Office at 125 Main Street, Buffalo, (716)
842-4310.
(3) District 2, Monroe
County: Call the Youth Service Team Office at 8 Exchange Street, Rochester
14614, (716) 325-6075.
(4) District
2, Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, Livingston, Genesee and Orleans Counties: Call the
Youth Service Team Office at 2325 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, (716)
461-4300.
(5) District 2, Yates,
Steuben, Schuyler and Chemung Counties: Call the Youth Service Team Office at
214 East Chruch Street, Elmira, 14901, (607) 733-6656.
(6) Industry School: Industry School follows
the procedures in this section with the exception that for youths from region
I, District 2, Monroe, Wayne, Seneca, Ontario, Yates, Orleans, Genesee and
Livingston Counties, warrants are issued directly from Industry
School.
(b) Local
practices in Region II. Call the office of the youth service team worker
assigned to the youth. They will record the necessary information, complete the
warrant and deliver it to the appropriate law enforcement agency for execution.
Facility personnel may issue a warrant and deliver it to the local law
enforcement agency if they believe that the youth is in the immediate area.
Regardless of who issues the warrant, the Central Services Unit at 333 East
Washington Street, Syracuse, New York 13202, (315) 473-8023, should be notified
and advised of the AWOL and the warrant.
(c) Local practices in Region III.
(1) District 1: Call the appropriate Youth
Service Team Office. They will record the necessary information, prepare the
warrant, and deliver it to the appropriate law enforcement agency for
execution.
(2) District 2: Call the
appropriate Youth Service Team Office. They will record the necessary
information, prepare the warrant, and deliver it to the appropriate law
enforcement agency for execution.
(3) Goshen Center and Brookwood Center:
Generally, these facilities do not issue warrants. Rather, they notify the
State Police and other appropriate local police. However, they will deliver
warrants to these agencies if they request them, an infrequent occurrence. The
youth's youth service team is notified and they may issue a warrant in the home
community. Call central office (518) 474-8635 with any questions or
problems.
(d) Local
practices in Region IV:
(1) Districts 1 and
2:
(i) Call the appropriate youth service
team office.
(ii) The youth service
team office then calls the Division for Youth Central Services Unit at (212)
488-7773 (No. 2 World Trade Center). The central services unit provides a
warrant number to the youth service team office.
(iii) The youth service team office then
prepares the warrant and a warrant information sheet containing other
information which may be helpful in locating the youth.
(iv) The youth service team office then
prepares four copies of the warrant and distributes them as follows:
(a) one copy and the original warrant and two
copies of the information sheet are sent to the central services
unit;
(b) one copy is sent to the
juvenile center (Spofford);
(c) one
copy is sent to the person or facility who notified the youth service team
office of the AWOL; and
(d) one
copy is retained by the youth service team office.
(v) The central services unit gives the
warrant and the information sheet to its transfer agents who, time being
available, take the warrant and search for the youth. The central services unit
also delivers the second copy of the warrant to the central warrant squad of
the New York City Police Department for their use in locating the youth (active
warrants are delivered to this warrant squad as they are issued).
(2) District 3:
(i) Call the appropriate youth service team
office. They will record the necessary information, prepare the warrant and
deliver it to the appropriate law enforcement agency for execution. Facility
personnel themselves may issue a warrant and deliver it to the local law
enforcement agency if they believe that the youth is in the immediate
area.
(ii) If the appropriate youth
service team office cannot be reached (for example, if a warrant is sought to
be obtained after business hours or on weekends) call the Brentwood Center,
Commack Road, Dix Hills, New York, (516) 667-1188, and request a warrant. They
will record the necessary information, prepare a warrant and, in consultation
with the requestor, deliver the warrant to the appropriate law enforcement
agency for execution.