At around midnight last night, a Cellular on Patrol team noticed two young people walking along Finesilver Dr and another jogging on Sweetwood. The patrol did not stop the individuals, all of them females, but the observations prompted a check of the city curfew ordinance.
As it happens, the San Antonio City Council revised the youth curfew just last month. Under the old rules, the time youths were supposed to head home varied by day of the week. For instance, children were to be off the streets by midnight on Friday and Saturday nights.
Now, kids aged 10 to 16 years must be inside by 11:00 pm regardless of day of the week. The ordinance provides a graduated enforcement procedure for SAPD, depending upon the number of times a youth has broken curfew. The curfew doesn't apply when youths are accompanied by a parent or another adult approved by a parent.
In the interest of safety (see the suspicious vehicle incident reported in the June 2009 Safety Committee Report SAPD Responses) and to reduce the potential for property crimes, please ensure your children are off FSR streets by 11:00 pm.
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