Mayor Mike Duggan on Monday pledged an unprecedented curfew crackdown as part of the city’s new summer safety plan in response to recent shootings involving young children.
Why it matters: A new emphasis on the city’s curfew is needed because perpetrators have adapted to the tactics Detroit police rolled out last July to quell summertime violence, Duggan said.
State of play: A report of groups of minors out past curfew has been elevated to a first-priority 911 call.
- Overtime pay has been approved so the police department’s mobile field force can patrol until 5am instead of 3am.
- Duggan is also calling on City Council to enact harsher penalties on parents whose children break curfew.
- The city’s curfew is 10pm for those 15 and under and 11pm for 16- and 17-year-olds.
By the numbers: Six juveniles were shot last weekend alone, including four after curfew, police said…