‘Nothing good happens after midnight’: Windcrest juveniles who break curfew may face community service

Takas Park Pond at Takas Park, 9310 Jim Seal Dr. in Windcrest, on Friday, May 2, 2014. The pond is surrounded by a concrete path and has benches, trash receptacles and dog stations. The pond is stocked with a variety of fish and fishing is allowed on a catch and release basis. MARVIN PFEIFFER/ mpfeiffer@express-news.netInstead of paying a fine, kids caught wandering Windcrest at night could soon have to attend a tutoring program or do community service.

Specifically targeted at people younger than 17, the curfew empowers peace officers with the Windcrest Police Department to stop, question and request identification from minors out and about in public between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays while school is in session and between midnight and 6 a.m. every day of the week. It is set to expire Monday.

Specifically, violators will no longer be considered a class C misdemeanor, and parents of violators will no longer be subject to penalties even if they knowingly permitted their children to commit the violation, the text states. That community service could include attending a tutoring program, a mentoring program, an alcohol or drug abuse program or a preparatory class for the Texas high school equivalency exam offered by a governmental entity, a nonprofit organization or an educational institution.Mayor Dan Reese said data negatively correlating the curfew and the city’s crime rates had been “back and forth.” However, Mayor Pro Tem Joan Pedrotti believed the curfew had utility.

This is one of those policies that seem like a great idea at first, but if you think about it a little, it teaches people that unpaid labor is a reasonable punishment. Gotta train them young! Make sure they fall in line.

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