Town curfews?

[zfactor]

There's a big town near me that (gasp!) limits anyone under 18. They can't be outside their parents' property after 11:00.

Yay for being (legally) all grown up! (sort of).

Is this curfew just for kids, or is it for adults as well? Because one for adults is fucked up, but under 18 I have no problem with it. It's somewhat effective at keeping annoying wanna-be hoodlums off of the street at night, though I don't think it's something that a kid needs to be arrested for. Just warned and fined a small amount for.

We have one here for under 18 year olds. It's something like 11PM or something... I stopped caring when I turned 18. A curfew for adults is very much unconstitutional (it's implied in there somewhere...) and I would try to do something to get rid of it. But for kids, I think it is OK.

 

[Brandon237]

A curfew for adults enforced by the police? WTF?!
That is just... stupid. How did it pass? How did it not involve explosions? In my city that would result in the police being carried into rubbish bins

 

[dex-dex]

yeah Oakville has that too.
they are suspicious of anyone who does not look like they are forty, and walking around at night. they think we are going to deal out some of the marijuana, have under age sex and drink illegally. Oakville treats anyone under forty as a pain in the ass which is bad because for eight months of the year, at least a fourth of the population is college students.

 

[Shock and Awe]

In my town minors have to be under some kind of supervision after midnight until about 6am, though it isn't to strictly enforced. Usually they will just make a note of it the first time and tell you to go home.

 

[Dags90]

The only "curfew" my town has is just prior to Halloween because of all the pranks. Even then, I think it only applies to minors. The whole point of that curfew is to keep kids from getting arrested. Arresting them for being out sort of defeats the purpose.

Not that houses don't get TP'd anyway...

 

[Woodsey]

Woah, a curfew? As in: you get arrested for walking the streets at night?

I thought that for such thing to happen there need to be tanks on the streets.

It's actually pretty common in America.

Words fail me.

OT: What a waste of money, police time, and basic rights.

I'm pretty sure the first time I found out about it I had the same reaction. I'd been watching an episode of Pokémon with my brother where Nurse Joy talked about a curfew, and we laughed our heads off. The next day, I see three threads on this site about them.

They shouldn't be legal.

Especially in America; the amount of stuff they shit themselves over and yet they have town curfews which you can be arrested for?

 

[Irridium]

Only curfews I've seen were enforced for people only under 18.

If your curfews are for adults and kids its pretty stupid, since I'm sure there's a couple people who have to work night shifts. But if its just for kids, then whatev's. The fuck would kids be doing out on the streets at 12 - 7 AM anyway?

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

...my town in Massachusetts...

Well, there's your problem right there.
-Signed, New Hampshire.


In all seriousness though... that's messed up. A curfew on minors is one thing... but grown adults? You should really move out of there and find yourself a town that realizes it isn't the 1950's still. Or better yet, try to organize a mass protest to wake your town up to the fact that it isn't the 1950's anymore.

I mean, really... how is that even legal, short of martial law? Unless the town voted in favor of it... in which case... why the hell would the town vote in favor of it, and why are you still there?

 

[Sleekgiant]

Wow, only time we had a town curfew was after the recent tornadoes that ripped through our town(April tornadoes through Alabama to be exact). Had to be indoors by nightfall or else 3:<

 

[JET1971]

Theres a curfew here where i live. its for anyone under 18 where after 11pm they are not supposed to be out an about. It is rarely enforced, on a city wide level when the 2 local highschools play games against each other or something like that is usualy about it and then its announced in the paper that it will be strictly enforced, no questions asked. the rest of the time its pretty much just if the kids are acting up or looking very suspicious that they will enforce it.

There are exceptions like when the schools have a dance where the curfew is pushed back to 1 am for students that attended, we have a couple 24 hour restraunts that some go to after the dance. Also if you go to the local movie theater if the movie ends after 11 then its 2 extra hours from when the movie ended, again so you can grab food on the way home. but in either case you will need proof if a police officer decides to question you.

Prior to the curfew there was more vandalism and petty burgalry and cars being broke into. so it does help even if it restricts the teens.

 

[FC Groningen]

This reminds me of martial law. Never seen it myself. Despite that, maybe there is a really high crime rate or a lack of manpower in the police department. Wouldn't know why anyone would invoke a curfew anyway.