Los Altos Municipal Code Ch. 7.20 Curfew

Any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years on or about any street, alley, or other public place in the city after the hour of 11:00 p.m. and before the hour of 5:00 a.m. of the succeeding day may be stopped and questioned by any police officer of the city. If, in the judgment of the police officer, it is for the best interests of such minor or the community, the minor may be detained and taken to the police department. However, immediate efforts shall be made to communicate with the parents or persons having the custody, care, or control of such minor, and he shall be released provided no crime has been committed, or suspected of having been committed, by such minor to the parent or adult persons having the custody, care, or control of the minor, unless the parent or person is deemed unfit to assume responsible control and custody of the minor. If the parent or person having the care, custody, or control is deemed so unfit, or is proven unable to exercise custody and control of the minor, the minor may be taken to the detention home of the county and detained until the matter may be considered in the best interests of the minor by the juvenile authorities of the county.

(Prior code § 4-4.01)