Prince George’s juvenile curfew continues, and will be reevaluated in January
Alsobrooks will “announce next steps for the curfew” in early 2023, a spokesperson for the county executive said., with some community members praising officials for responding to rising crime and others calling it a politically motivated solution to a deeper and more complex issue. In the months since, Alsobrooks and Aziz have said the curfew was always intended to be one tool in officials’ broader efforts to prevent and reduce violent crime, especially among young people.
Alsobrooks and Aziz announced the curfew after one of the county’s deadliest months in history, with 24 homicides in August. Though the curfew had been county law since 1995, it had not been enforced by the police department in decades. Under the law, children under 17 must be home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 11:59 p.m. to 5 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Prince George’s County's 11 p.m. curfew for kids 16-years-old and under went into effect on Sept 9. Teens and parents in Lanham, Md., shared their thoughts. , Prince George’s police officials said officers have had a total of nine interactions with young people who violated curfew. Those interactions involved 14 children under 17, according to a police spokesperson, including one incident in which two 16-year-old boys and a 17-year-old boy crashed a car on Ritchie Road at about 3:15 a.m.
During a news conference in October announcing the extension of the curfew, Alsobrooks and Aziz said overall crime had decreased by 20 percent during the hours of curfew in the first month of enforcement compared with the previous 30 days. Parents and community members cooperated and became more involved in keeping young people safe, too, Alsobrooks said.
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