[Ord. No. 843 §1]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
The City of Palmyra, Missouri.
Actual authorization by a parent or legal guardian or is
silent acquiescence by a parent or legal guardian having knowledge.
Need not be actual knowledge of the exact location of the
minor in question, rather it may be imputed from the knowledge that
the minor is not at home that the minor has an ultimate destination,
and that the minor may make a diversionary trip on his way to or from
the ultimate destination.
Anyone under the age of seventeen (17) whose care and custody
are in a parent or legal guardian. It does not include anyone under
the age of seventeen (17) who is legally married.
Any public street, public park, public square, bar, bowling
alley, cafe, drive-in restaurant, drive-in theatre, drug store, grocery
store, hamburger stand, hotel, ice cream parlor, lobby, parking lot,
pool room, restaurant, tavern, shopping center, supermarket, theatre,
or any place dedicated to amusement and entertainment, to which the
public is invited, whether enclosed or out of doors, and includes
any accompanying parking lot or pedestrian walkway, or any apartments
thereto which is used by the public.
[Ord. No. 843 §2]
No minor shall be present in or on any public place within the
City of Palmyra between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. of the
following day without the knowledge or consent of a parent or legal
guardian having the care and custody of said minor.
[Ord. No. 843 §3]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the City of Palmyra to require identification from any minor present in or on any public place within the City of Palmyra during the hours specified in Section 245.020, and whose actions, appearance, demeanor, or other fact within the knowledge of the police officer give rise to a reasonable belief that the person is a minor. Such identification shall include the person's name, age, and home address.
B.
If the
person stopped in question is not a minor, the person shall be allowed
to proceed freely with no record made of the inquiry.
C.
If the
person stopped and questioned is a minor, the police officer shall
inquire the person's home phone number or phone number of the person's
parent or legal guardian having care and custody of such minor, and
whether or not the parent or legal guardian having care and custody
of such minor has knowledge or has given consent to the presence of
said minor in or on the public place involved, and the name of said
parent or legal guardian.
[Ord. No. 843 §4]
A response by the minor that a parent or legal guardian neither
has knowledge nor has given consent to the minor's presence in or
on the public street, park, square or public place in question shall
constitute grounds for the officer to escort the minor in question
to the address given, and to inform the parent or legal guardian of
the actions of the minor in question. Should no parent or legal guardian
be found at the address given, or if no address is given, the police
officer shall call the parent or legal guardian of the minor at the
phone number given, or at the phone number registered and listed with
the phone company, and shall escort the minor home or to any other
place within the City of Palmyra as desired by the parent or legal
guardian. Should no parent or legal guardian answer the phone, or
if no phone number is given or listed, the police officer shall turn
the minor over to the proper juvenile authorities in Marion County,
Missouri. Failure of the minor to respond to the police officer's
inquiry shall be treated as a response by the minor that a parent
or legal guardian neither has knowledge nor has given consent to the
minor's presence in or on the public place in question.
[Ord. No. 843 §5]
A.
A response
by a minor that a parent or legal guardian has knowledge of and/or
has given consent to the minor's presence in or on the public place
in question shall constitute grounds to call the parent or legal guardian
of the minor, at the phone number given, or at the phone number registered
and listed with the phone company, for a corroborating statement by
the parent or legal guardian.
1.
Should the parent not corroborate the statement of the minor, the police officer shall escort the minor home or to any other place within the City of Palmyra as desired by the parent or legal guardian. Should no parent or legal guardian answer the phone, or if no phone number is given or listed, the police officer shall escort the minor home and shall follow the procedure in Section 245.040.
2.
Should
the parent or legal guardian answering the phone corroborate the statement
of the minor in question, the police officer shall allow the minor
to proceed freely or shall escort the minor home, or to any other
place within the City of Palmyra as desired by the parent or legal
guardian.
[Ord. No. 843 §6]
If the minor is a non-resident of the City of Palmyra, the police
officer shall allow the minor to proceed freely and the police officer
shall notify the juvenile authorities of Marion County, Missouri of
the presence of such minor.
[Ord. No. 843 §7]
No parent or legal guardian having the care and custody of a minor shall fail to properly supervise and care for such minor. The presence by a minor during the hours specified in Section 245.020 in or on a public place within the City of Palmyra without the knowledge or consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian having the care and custody of such minor shall constitute prima facie evidence of failure by the parent or legal guardian to properly supervise said minor.
[Ord. No. 843 §8]
A violation of this Section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00).
[Ord. No. 843 §9]
It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the City of
Palmyra to maintain records of those minors having been stopped by
police officers, and of those parents or legal guardians having been
informed of this Chapter. Said records shall include the name of the
minor stopped and questioned, the name of the parent or legal guardian
who was located and informed the location at which the minor was stopped
for questioning and the date on which it occurred. All information
pertaining to the minor and not to the parent or legal guardian shall
be maintained as privileged and confidential.
