DC Council votes to move teen curfew earlier for the summer

02.07.2025    WTOP    10 views
DC Council votes to move teen curfew earlier for the summer

After instances of groups of teens fighting and destroying property at the Wharf and other spots a call was issued for expanded curfews for young people On Tuesday the D C Council answered that call by approving a proposal by Mayor Muriel Bower to change the citywide curfew to p m for the summer Related stories Mayor Bowser makes event for DC youth curfew Navy Yard residents frustrated by teen violence in their neighborhood New efforts to curb teen violence in DC for Memorial Day weekend The approval effectively moves the start time an hour earlier from the current curfew Now that we re in summer when we know that incidents of violence and crime tend to tick upward citywide especially among our young people we have to have particular flexibility in our juvenile curfew to allow MPD to protect our kids and to protect the general reported Ward Council member Brooke Pinto who introduced regulation to extend the curfew One key change in this rule is that those aged are also among youths who must be out with an adult during curfew hours Previously curfews only applied to those who were or younger The crisis decree also gives the mayor the ability to authorize an urgency curfew and allow the D C police chief to create an extended juvenile curfew zone in areas that are considered hot spots Ward council members authored an amendment that made several changes to the original regulation among them changing how large a group must be before it can be considered a violation The number was changed from three to eight teenagers A group of young people that are grabbing ice cream or leaving a basketball court could have gotten caught up in the original language Ward Council member Zachary Parker explained The provision also paves the way for urgency curfew zones to have earlier start times but no earlier than p m Also the original call for curfew zones has been reduced from -day stretches to four days I m pretty sure teenagers have been causing melee and mischief since there have been teenagers but when we look at hundreds of young people that have gathered that s a different thing and it does require a response Ward Council member Charles Allen noted But Allen added this shouldn t be looked at as the only tool to handle these sorts of situations and encouraged the city to continue outreach programs aimed at young people The DC Department of Parks and Recreation has also provided particular late-night events called Late Night Hype to provide a positive place for kids to hang out Christina Henderson D C council member at large also called on communities to help curve youth violence There are lots of pursuits for young people to do but I also encourage communities to think outside of the box in terms of how to create atmospheres and opportunities on your block on your street and in order to engage young folks Henderson disclosed The new earlier curfew will be in effect through August Source

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