Rhode Island S2137 prohibits handcuffing children twelve or under at initial police contact unless needed for public safety or if the child is using.

Rhode Island S2137 amends the state's family court proceedings to prohibit handcuffing children twelve years old or under at initial police contact unless necessary for public safety or if the child is using or threatening physical force against an officer. The bill also stipulates that children twelve or under cannot be arrested or adjudicated as delinquent unless there is probable cause that they have committed a felony offense punishable by a term of up to life imprisonment. This act takes effect upon passage.

Rhode Island S2137 prohibits handcuffing children twelve or under at initial police contact unless needed for public safety or if the child is using.

Rhode Island S2137 amends the state's family court proceedings to prohibit handcuffing children twelve years old or under at initial police contact unless necessary for public safety or if the child is using or threatening physical force against an officer. The bill also stipulates that children twelve or under cannot be arrested or adjudicated as delinquent unless there is probable cause that they have committed a felony offense punishable by a term of up to life imprisonment. This act takes effect upon passage.