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| 1 | | shall question
the arrestee as to whether he or she has any |
| 2 | | children under the age of 18
living with him or her who may be |
| 3 | | neglected as a result of the arrest or
otherwise. The peace |
| 4 | | officer shall assist the arrestee in the placement of
the |
| 5 | | children with a relative or other responsible person designated |
| 6 | | by the
arrestee. If the peace officer has reasonable cause to |
| 7 | | believe that a child
may be a neglected child as defined in the |
| 8 | | Abused and Neglected Child
Reporting Act, he shall report it |
| 9 | | immediately to the Department of Children
and Family Services |
| 10 | | as provided in that Act.
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| 11 | | (3) A peace officer who executes a warrant of arrest in |
| 12 | | good faith
beyond the geographical limitation of the warrant |
| 13 | | shall not be liable for
false arrest.
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| 14 | | (4) Whenever a peace officer has a warrant of arrest for |
| 15 | | the person or has reasonable grounds to believe that a warrant |
| 16 | | for the person's arrest has been issued and the peace officer |
| 17 | | has contact with the person because the person: |
| 18 | | (a) reported that he or she is a victim of sexual |
| 19 | | assault; or |
| 20 | | (b) requested or received emergency medical assistance |
| 21 | | or medical forensic services for sexual assault; |
| 22 | | if the warrant of arrest is not for a violent crime as |
| 23 | | defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of the Rights of Crime |
| 24 | | Victims and Witnesses Act, the peace officer shall not arrest |
| 25 | | the person but shall issue a notice to appear to the person. In |
| 26 | | this subsection (4), "sexual assault" means an act of sexual |