INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee will not recommend a proposal that would enforce parental penalties for youth curfew violations. This follows a stricter curfew that passed Indianapolis City-County Council Aug. 12.
Under Proposal 245, parents would first receive a letter on the first offense, followed by progressively more expensive fines for subsequent curfew violations. For the second offense, parents would have been subject to a $500 fine, and for the third and subsequent violations, a $1,500 fine would have been imposed.
The Indianapolis City-County Councilors couldn’t agree on giving the proposal their seal of approval. Four councilors voted to recommend the proposal, while seven voted against it…