Montgomery County police are arresting more juveniles, demonstrating why the county needs a teen curfew, County Executive Ike Leggett told the County Council Tuesday. But Councilman Phil Andrews, who is staunchly opposed to the plan, pulled out his own studies showing that the District’s curfew law did not reduce juvenile arrests in the late 1990s.
Proposed in July as an effort to reduce juvenile crime, the curfew legislation would make it punishable by a $100 fine if anyone under 18 is in a public place between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights or between midnight and 5 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights. Exceptions include minors out with a parent, on an errand authorized by a parent, working, responding to an emergency, or at a movie, concert or sporting event.
