In Chicago, mayors face annual pressure to demonstrate a proactive approach to violent crime ahead of Memorial Day, the traditional kickoff to warm weather and summer events where crowds gather.
“We are going back to the old days,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in announcing the summer enforcement, afteras hundreds of teenagers gathered on a Sunday night in the city’s popular Inner Harbor district.
According to Scott’s plan, non-law enforcement staff will approach children and teens violating the curfew policy on weekend and holiday nights. First, they’ll encourage kids to go home, but if that doesn’t work, the children will be transported to a youth engagement center that provides a supervised environment to hang out.
Following a half-dozen shootings — including one fatality — in the downtown Detroit area over one weekend in April, Police Chief James White instituted a crowd control strategy including increased police presence. Curfews for minors also will be enforced.
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