City-County Council to vote on making stricter youth curfew in Indianapolis permanent

City-County council set to vote on new curfew

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Monday, the Indianapolis City-County Council is scheduled to take a final vote on a proposal that would extend the city’s curfew for people under 18 years old. If approved, it would make it stricter than the state’s curfew law.

Under the proposal, teens between the ages of 15 and 17 would need to be off the streets starting at 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night. Sunday through Thursday night curfew would start at 9 p.m. Meanwhile, for children 14 and under, the curfew would start at 9 p.m. every night of the week.

The proposal came after a fatal mass shooting in the early morning hours of July 5 that left two teenagers dead and five others hurt…

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