City council to discuss proposed juvenile curfew for Charleston's central business district
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Charleston city council will discuss a proposed ordinance that would establish a juvenile curfew within the central business district.
The curfew was initially discussed during a May 20 public safety committee meeting, and now members of city council are set to discuss and vote on a first reading of the ordinance during a meeting Tuesday inside City Hall.
The push for a juvenile curfew comes amid a joint effort between the city and the Charleston Police Department to curb underage crime. The curfew would apply to those 17 and under.
Officials said there have been large groups of teens involved in or causing crimes over the past few months, specifically in the city's central business district.
'There are clips all over the internet about it. It's pretty obvious, these are not folks going to and from work or going from one house to another. These are gangs of kids that are congregating in given locations – parking lots, hanging out on street corners, and it's not one or two of them. It's 20, 30, 40 teenagers,' said Mayor William Cogswell in a May 20 interview with News 2.
The curfew would be in effect from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. Thursdays through Sundays. It would be enforced every day during the summer.
There are exceptions for those who are working, have an emergency, a sponsored event, or are using their First Amendment Rights.
'Summer is really when you see these things spike,' Mayor Cogswell previously said. 'They've also had some curfews put in place, apparently, outside of the area, not inside the City of Charleston, that has resulted in more and more of these teens coming to King Street in particular. So, it's something that we want to try to be proactive on and address.'
The meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. inside Charleston City Hall.
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