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Council approves emergency juvenile curfew with amendments; members add audible‑warning and body‑camera guardrails
Summary
The Committee approved an emergency juvenile curfew measure (Bill 26‑286) that authorizes temporary, geographically targeted curfew extensions after Committee amendments that added warnings and body‑worn camera recording requirements, raised the earliest curfew hour to 8 p.m., capped the emergency period at four days, and set a group threshold of eight juveniles.
Council member Brooke Pinto introduced an emergency juvenile curfew measure (Bill 26‑286) giving the mayor limited authority to extend juvenile curfew hours across the District or in designated geographic zones when necessary to protect public safety or property. Pinto said the measure responds to a recent pattern of large youth gatherings that have led to assaults and property disturbance in areas such as The Wharf, Navy Yard, U Street…
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