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DC council debate over juvenile curfew extension ends with measure withdrawn after reconsideration
Summary
Councilmembers debated extending emergency juvenile curfew powers that let the mayor and police set temporary curfew zones and extended hours for 17-year-olds. The emergency declaration failed on first vote, was later reconsidered and then withdrawn by the bill’s sponsor for further work with colleagues.
The Council of the District of Columbia debated whether to extend emergency juvenile curfew powers that allow the mayor and the chief of police to declare temporary curfew zones, extend curfew hours to 11 p.m., and apply the order to 17-year-olds.
Councilmember Brooke Pinto moved the emergency declaration, describing the measure as “very successful without resulting in any arrests.” Pinto said the measure gave the mayor and chief authority to “extend the juvenile curfew hours in DC or in specific areas, when appropriate, to protect public safety or to protect private property,” and that Metropolitan Police Department reporting showed “0 curfew violations during the extended curfew…
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