(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]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
Chapter 420A - Oregon Youth Authority; Youth Correction Facilities
Section 420A.005 - Definitions.
Section 420A.010 - Creation and duties.
Section 420A.015 - Director; appointment.
Section 420A.020 - Subordinate officers and employees; appointment.
Section 420A.021 - Authority of Oregon Youth Authority to require fingerprints.
Section 420A.022 - Certification of employees to provide mental health services; rules.
Section 420A.023 - Authority of youth correction officers to exercise power of peace officer.
Section 420A.030 - Oregon Youth Authority Account.
Section 420A.032 - Revolving fund.
Section 420A.100 - Authority to establish and operate; provision of personal hygiene products.
Section 420A.111 - Levels of custody; transfer between levels; significance.
Section 420A.115 - Parole of adjudicated youths; disclosure of information to victims; rules.
Section 420A.120 - Suspension of parole or conditional release; rules.
Section 420A.122 - Notice of release or discharge of adjudicated youth.
Section 420A.125 - Adjudicated youths; intake assessments; reformation plan; placement.
Section 420A.130 - Reentry support and services; rules.
Section 420A.135 - Secure regional youth facilities.
Section 420A.145 - Regional youth accountability camps.
Section 420A.147 - Placement in regional youth accountability camps.
Section 420A.155 - Regional residential academies.
Section 420A.200 - Duration of custody of Oregon Youth Authority.
Section 420A.203 - Eligibility for second look; report to sentencing court; hearing; disposition.
Section 420A.220 - Damage to property of employee of Oregon Youth Authority; claims; payment.
Section 420A.223 - Juvenile Justice Information System; establishment; disclosures; rules.
Section 420A.305 - Facilitated dialogue and responsibility letter bank program communications.