§571-72 Duties and powers; reports. The juvenile crime prevention bureau shall direct its attention specifically to the suppression, prevention, and investigation of crimes committed by children under the age of eighteen years, and any police officer shall have the power and authority to take and detain any minor coming within section 571-11 at the bureau or other suitable places for questioning and investigation. If it appears upon conclusion of the investigation that the minor does come within such provisions, the minor may be counseled and released, and follow-up counseling provided or the minor may be referred to the family court or to a proper agency for treatment, and a written report of the findings of the officer shall be submitted to the court or the agency. [L 1965, c 232, pt of §1; Supp, §333-33; HRS §571-72; am L 1976, c 85, §16; am L 1980, c 303, §3(1)]