Should you pick up the juvenile

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You are a police officer assigned to the juvenile division. For the most part, you enjoy your job and believe that you have sometimes even made a difference when the juvenile has listened to you and stayed out of trouble (at least as far as you knew). One day you are told repeatedly by your captain to pick up a juvenile, even though you don't think there is any probable cause to do so. This is the third time you have been ordered to pick him up and bring him into the station. You discover that the detectives are trying to get the juvenile to become an informant because he is related to a suspected drug dealer.

Should you pick up the juvenile?
Should you participate in the attempt to intimidate him or refuse to do so?
Should you report this to a higher-ranking officer or Internal Affairs?
What is or are reasons that you would not report the activity?
What are some of the possible results of the course of action that you chose?

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