Enforcement

A. Before taking any enforcement action, a police officer who has a reasonable suspicion based on articulable facts that the minor, parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor, or person being the keeper, operator, or person in charge of any public place, is in violation of sections 9.24.020 , 9.24.040 , or 9.24.050 of this chapter shall ascertain the minor's name, address, and age; the name of the minor's parent or guardian; the reason or purpose for the minor's being in, on, or upon the establishment, public place, or street during the time prohibited by section 9.24.020 of this chapter; and any other information reasonably necessary to determine whether a violation exists. The police officer shall not issue a citation or make an arrest unless the officer has a reasonable belief based on articulable facts that an offense has occurred and that, based on any responses and other circumstances, an exception under section 9.24.030 of this chapter does not apply. B. In any prosecution for violation of sections 9.24.020 , 9.24.040 , or 9.24.050 of this chapter, the State shall bear the burden of proof that an exception under section 9.24.030 of this chapter does not apply. (Ord. No. 3580, § 6, 2008)