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San Antonio
Police Department
YOUTH CRIMES UNIT |
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Description of the Youth
Crimes Services Unit
The San Antonio Police Department's Youth Crimes
Services Unit is directed by Lt. R. Ramirez, who maintains
administrative duties for two details which are responsible
for all youth crime-related issues.
Anyone having information concerning runaways, missing
persons, youth crime or gang activity is encouraged to call
the Youth Crimes Services Unit at (210)207-7660.
Additional numbers include:
Drive-By Shooting Hot Line : 207-7155
Missing Persons Detail : 207-7660
Both numbers are monitored around the clock.
If you would like to learn more about Youth Gangs, Graffiti, and how parents,
teachers and San Antonio residents can keep kids out
of gangs and decrease graffiti, please go to the
Information on Youth Gangs and
Graffiti page.
Missing Persons Detail
Annually there are approximately 6,500 persons
reported missing to the SAPD. The Missing Persons Detail
is responsible for providing investigations necessary to
locate these persons quickly and safely. This detail is also
responsible for processing the estimated 5,400 juveniles
detained each year who commit Class B misdemeanors and above.
The Missing Persons Detail detectives are also responsible
for investigating certain criminal cases which involve
children. These cases include: Harboring a Runaway, Interference
with Child Custody, Sale or Purchase of a Child, Enticing
a Child, Leaving a Child in an Automobile, Abandoning or
Endangering a Child, Agreement to Abduct a Child, and
Contributing to the Deliquency of a Minor.
NEW !!
To view Photos and access Printable Posters of
San Antonio Children and Adults who have been reported
Missing, please visit the
SAPD MISSING PERSONS ALERT page. |
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The City Ordinance Office
The City Ordinance Office focuses on cases where the
City's Youth (Juvenile) Curfew Ordinance
is violated. The City Ordinance Office detective files cases
against the parents of children who chronically violate the
ordinance. The cases are filed in Municipal Court and appearance
in Municipal Court is mandatory for those charged.
Youth Curfew Ordinance
In 1991 San Antonio enacted a nighttime Youth Curfew
Ordinance, and in 1993 the Ordinance was ammended to include
daytime hours.
On September 21, 1997, the Curfew Ordinance
was revised to make it unlawful for juveniles to
be out after 10:30 pm on school nights.
The Curfew has the following features:
- The Curfew applies to persons who are 16 years of age or under.
- The Daytime Curfew prohibits children (without a parent
or legal guardian with them) from being out in public between
the hours of 9 am and 2:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
- The Daytime Curfew is not in effect during the summer
months of June, July and August.
- The Nightime Curfew hours begin at 12 midnight
on Friday and Saturday nights, and, as of 09/21/97,
at 10:30 pm
on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or
Thursday nights, and last until 6 am. These curfew times
are in effect all year round.
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Please click here to go to the
"YOUTH CURFEW"
Ordinance from the Code of Ordinances, City of San Antonio,
Chapter 21, Section V.
Since 1991 approximately 17,000 curfew ordinance violations
have been issued. Anyone having questions about the City's
curfew ordinance should contact the City Ordinance
Office at (210)207-7849.
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to:
SAPD Youth Crimes Unit or
San Antonio Police Department
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