Examples of protective custody in a Sentence
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The unfulfilled recommendations cover a range of issues, including protective custody, reentry programs and serious mental illness.
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Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
Police arrested the couple and charged them with child abuse by injury, and the eight children were put into protective custody.
—Olivia Lloyd, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
The man’s other sons, ages 8 and 4, from a previous relationship had been visiting for the weekend and were also taken into protective custody before being released to their mom, officers said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Police are then able to take the individual into protective custody and request a mental health check.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
Once reported, local law enforcement can either take that person into protective custody or order a mental health evaluation from a medical expert.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
But officers can utilize the yellow flag law to take a person in crisis into protective custody and undergo a medical evaluation.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Authorities arrested five adults and put 11 children into protective custody in 2018 after the boy's body was discovered in a SWAT raid at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico.
—USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
Sheriff’s deputies moved the target into protective custody before he was harmed.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
Police arrested the couple and charged them with child abuse by injury, and the eight children were put into protective custody.
—Olivia Lloyd, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
The man’s other sons, ages 8 and 4, from a previous relationship had been visiting for the weekend and were also taken into protective custody before being released to their mom, officers said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Police are then able to take the individual into protective custody and request a mental health check.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
Once reported, local law enforcement can either take that person into protective custody or order a mental health evaluation from a medical expert.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
But officers can utilize the yellow flag law to take a person in crisis into protective custody and undergo a medical evaluation.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Authorities arrested five adults and put 11 children into protective custody in 2018 after the boy's body was discovered in a SWAT raid at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico.
—USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
Sheriff’s deputies moved the target into protective custody before he was harmed.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Protective custody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protective%20custody. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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