WASHINGTON (7News) — If you’ve noticed fewer teenagers on the streets of D.C. this summer, that’s because a youth curfew appears to be working to keep them out of trouble and off the streets at night.
There’s a city-wide juvenile curfew in place for those 17 and under every day from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., but the Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith also has the power to enact stricter curfew “zones,” which are enforced from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. for a few days at a time. That’s when groups of nine or more are prohibited from gathering in any public place or establishment.
7News has covered these designated zones, which have been established in Navy Yard, the U Street Corridor, and parts of Northeast D.C. so far this summer…