NORMAL AND EMERGENCY CURFEW FOR YOUTH TO BE STRICTLY ENFORCED DURING ANGELS' NIGHT

DETROIT - The City of Detroit is urging the parents and legal guardians of youth who are under eighteen years of age to keep a watchful eye on them during the Angels' Night period. In addition to the City’s normal curfew for minors, the City has enacted an emergency ordinance, which makes it unlawful for a minor under eighteen years of age to be on any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, playground, vacant lot or any other unsupervised outdoor public place, or in any arcade, billiard or pool hall, bowling alley, restaurant, theatre, or place of amusement or entertainment from Friday evening, October 29, 2010, at 6 p.m., through Saturday morning, October 30, 2010, at 6 a.m., and from Saturday evening, October 30, at 6 p.m. through Sunday morning, October 31, 2010, at 6 a.m.

During emergency curfew hours, youth under eighteen years of age who are in public and unaccompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or a responsible adult who is over the age of 21 years and has care, control or custody of the minor, will be in violation of the curfew and will be detained and subject to a fine, unless the youth is 1) traveling to or from work or school, and 2) can present proof of employment or enrollment.

The curfew periods are as follows:

Normal curfew hours for Thursday, October 28:

For minors age 15 and younger: begin at 10 p.m. on Thursday and end at 6 a.m. on Friday.

For minors ages 16 and 17: begin at 11 p.m. on Thursday and end at 6 a.m. on Friday.

Emergency curfew hours for Friday, October 29:

Minors 18 years of age and younger: begin at 6 p.m. on Friday and end at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday

Emergency curfew hours for Saturday, October 30:

Minors 18 years of age and younger: begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday and end at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday

Normal curfew hours for Sunday, October 31:

For minors age 15 and younger: begin at 10 p.m. on Sunday and end at 6 a.m. on Monday.

For minors ages 16 and 17: begin at 11 p.m. on Sunday and end at 6 a.m. on Monday.

Youth in violation of the applicable curfew will be transported to the police station of the district or precinct in which they are stopped.

Central District 7310 Woodward, 596-1300
Southwestern District 4700 W. Fort, 596-5300
Northeastern District 5100 E. Nevada, 596-1100
Eastern District 11187 Gratiot, 596-5900
6th Precinct & 8th Precinct 11450 Warwick, 596-5600
10th Precinct 12000 Livernois, 596-1000
12th Precinct 1441 W. 7 Mile Rd., 596-1200

The City of Detroit reminds parents and legal guardians that the “Parental Responsibility Ordinance” will continue to be enforced by the Detroit Police Department when persons under the age of seventeen (17) are detained for curfew violations and/or criminal activities during the Angels’ Night period. The parent or legal guardian will be issued a citation, have to appear in court, and will be subject to a fine. Repeated neglect of parental supervision under this statute could result in the parent receiving up to a $500 fine and/or 90 days in jail.

AGAIN, ALL NORMAL AND EMERGENCY CURFEWS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.