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St. Augustine Beach staff to draft narrow curfew authority after police recommend local option for emergencies
Summary
Police chief proposed a narrowly tailored ordinance to allow a city official to enact a curfew during local states of emergency; commissioners supported the idea in principle and asked the city attorney to draft language for future consideration.
The city's police chief raised the topic of a city-level curfew on June 2, saying staff had found the city had been reliant on the county to issue curfews during states of emergency and that a narrowly tailored local authority would provide a useful backstop.
The chief described instances — including recent storm response — when all officers were…
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