D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith placed a curfew for the District’s Navy Yard area that started Sunday night.
The Juvenile Curfew Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 gives the police chief the authority to order a Juvenile Curfew Zone in an area where large groups of youths are gathering or intending to gather in a manner that poses a risk to public safety.
The Juvenile Curfew Zone, prohibits teens 17 and under from gathering in a group of nine or more in any public place, or on the premises of any establishment unless part of an exempted activity.
The curfew began Sunday at 8 p.m. and dovetails into the citywide curfew from 11 p.m. through 6 a.m. all summer.
Any adult who violates the Juvenile Curfew Act is subject to a fine not to exceed $500 or community service, and a minor who violates curfew may be ordered to perform up to 25 hours of community service.
Minors are exempt from the curfew if they fall under one of the following:
- Accompany a parent or guardian
- Complete an errand at the direction of a parent or guardian, without detour or stop
- Ride in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel
- Work or return home from a job, without detour or stop
- Become involved in an emergency
- Stand on a sidewalk that joins their residence or the residence of a next-door neighbor, if the neighbor did not complain to police
- Attend an official school, religious, or other recreational activity sponsored by the District of Columbia, a civic organization, or other similar group that takes responsibility for the juvenile (this includes traveling to and from the activity)
- Exercise their First Amendment rights protected by the聽, including the free exercise of speech, religion, and right of assembly
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