NY S08260

Requires police officers to immediately notify parents or guardians when arresting juvenile offenders, adolescent offenders, or persons sixteen or seventeen years old, including the detention/questioning location and arraignment court, date, and approximate time.

Mandates that local probation departments make reasonable and substantial efforts to secure parental or guardian participation in risk and needs assessments, though may proceed without them if absent.

Establishes that parents or other persons responsible for care of juvenile or adolescent offenders shall be present in all proceedings under Article 722, but courts may proceed if reasonable and substantial effort to notify such persons has been made.

Corrects a typographical error changing "thosuand" to "thousand" in references to the year 2019.

Effective immediately for most provisions, with Sections 1-4 taking effect on the same date as corresponding 2017 law provisions, and Sections 5-6 coordinating with the effective date of Section 1-a of the 2017 law.