Overview
- The Metropolitan Police set curfew zones Friday for Navy Yard, Chinatown, the Waterfront, the U Street Corridor and the Banneker area from 8 to 11 p.m. through Sunday.
- In these zones, officers stop groups of nine or more minors in public places before the separate citywide curfew that begins at 11 p.m.
- Police say they give warnings, break up large groups and call guardians, and last year logged 279 curfew violations with no arrests in the zones.
- Officials cite recent large gatherings tied to robberies and a March 14 Navy Yard episode where a 15-year-old fired a gun.
- The authority to create curfew zones expires April 15 after the Council paused an extension, with the next meeting on April 21 that could decide whether the tool continues.