D.C. police are imposing two juvenile curfew zones this weekend in areas that have seen large youth gatherings.
WTOP’s Jimmy Alexander reports that two juvenile curfew zones was set by D.C. police Chief Pamela Smith.
D.C. police are imposing two juvenile curfew zones this weekend in areas that have seen large youth gatherings.
This comes just a week after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed emergency legislation Nov. 7 to reinstate the summer juvenile curfew of 11 p.m. for anyone under 18 years old.
D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said the additional curfew zones will be in effect from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
They will affect the Navy Yard area and the U Street corridor.
The Navy Yard restrictions cover Interstate 695 to the Anacostia River and from 8th Street, SE, to South Capitol Street.
The U Street perimeter covers V Street to Vermont Avenue, NW, and from 9th Street at Florida Avenue to 15th and T Streets.
Within a juvenile curfew zone, persons under 18 are prohibited from gathering in a group of nine or more in any public place.
Bowser’s emergency legislation gave Smith the option to make designated zones where the curfew begins earlier, with the earliest possible start time being 8 p.m. These zones are where large groups of juveniles are expected to gather in ways that could pose a public risk.
The citywide curfew is still in effect for anyone under 18 nightly from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m.
It came as a result of hundreds of teens storming Navy Yard on Halloween night. Some D.C. leaders said the curfews help restore order.
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