Section 784. Use of police records


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  • All police records relating to the
      arrest and disposition of any person under this article shall be kept in
      files separate and apart  from  the  arrests  of  adults  and  shall  be
      withheld  from  public  inspection,  but  such  records shall be open to
      inspection upon good cause shown by the parent, guardian, next friend or
      attorney of that person upon the written order of a judge of the  family
      court  in  the  county  in which the order was made or, if the person is
      subsequently convicted of a crime, of a judge of the court in  which  he
      was convicted.