ORS 420A.023
Authority of youth correction officers to exercise power of peace officer

(1)

The Director of the Oregon Youth Authority may authorize an individual youth correction officer or group of youth correction officers to exercise the powers and authority of a peace officer in the supervision and custody of adjudicated youth and persons in the physical custody of the youth authority under ORS 137.124 (Commitment of defendant to Department of Corrections or county) or other applicable law.

(2)

The authority of a youth correction officer acting as a peace officer under subsection (1) of this section includes but is not limited to:

(a)

Preventing an escape from the grounds of a youth correction facility by a person in the custody of the youth authority; and

(b)

Going beyond the grounds of a youth correction facility to:

(A)

Pursue a person in the custody of the youth authority who is in the act of escaping from a youth correction facility;

(B)

Search for a person in the custody of the youth authority who is in the act of escaping from a youth correction facility; and

(C)

Recapture a person in the custody of the youth authority who is in the act of escaping from a youth correction facility.

(3)

A youth correction officer acting as a peace officer under subsection (1) of this section retains the authority until the law enforcement agency that has general jurisdiction over the area in which the escape or attempted escape took place assumes responsibility for recapturing the person.

(4)

The Oregon Youth Authority shall inform the appropriate law enforcement agency of the escape or attempted escape of a person in youth authority custody as soon as is reasonably practicable. [1995 c.422 §9; 2021 c.489 §140]

Source: Section 420A.023 — Authority of youth correction officers to exercise power of peace officer, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors420A.­html.

420A.005
Definitions 420A.010
Creation and duties 420A.012
Recidivism 420A.014
Enumeration of duties not exclusive 420A.015
Director 420A.017
Senate confirmation of director 420A.020
Subordinate officers and employees 420A.021
Authority of Oregon Youth Authority to require fingerprints 420A.022
Certification of employees to provide mental health services 420A.023
Authority of youth correction officers to exercise power of peace officer 420A.025
Rules 420A.030
Oregon Youth Authority Account 420A.032
Revolving fund 420A.035
Authorization to deposit money belonging to adjudicated youths and youth in authority custody in trust account 420A.040
Provision of juvenile corrections programs and services to tribal adjudicated youth 420A.100
Authority to establish and operate 420A.105
Rules 420A.108
Policy regarding rules and consequences for violations of rules 420A.111
Levels of custody 420A.115
Parole of adjudicated youths 420A.120
Suspension of parole or conditional release 420A.122
Notice of release or discharge of adjudicated youth 420A.125
Adjudicated youths 420A.130
Reentry support and services 420A.135
Secure regional youth facilities 420A.145
Regional youth accountability camps 420A.147
Placement in regional youth accountability camps 420A.155
Regional residential academies 420A.200
Duration of custody of Oregon Youth Authority 420A.203
Eligibility for second look 420A.206
Conditional release 420A.220
Damage to property of employee of Oregon Youth Authority 420A.223
Juvenile Justice Information System 420A.300
Policy 420A.305
Facilitated dialogue and responsibility letter bank program communications 420A.310
Confidentiality of communications 420A.315
Rules
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§ 420A.023’s source at oregon​.gov