Overview
- The plan, unveiled Thursday by Mayor Mary Sheffield and Police Chief Todd Bettison, sets a prevention, intervention and enforcement strategy for the summer.
- Police will enforce curfew rules for minors, with a 10 p.m. cutoff for under-15s and 11 p.m. for 16- and 17-year-olds, detention for youths out late, and $250 to $500 fines for parents.
- DPD will crack down on drag racing and drifting with arrests and potential vehicle forfeiture, and it will increase its presence at parks, block parties and large gatherings.
- The city will distribute about 2,000 free gun locks and deploy Neighborhood Safety Action Teams that do weekly block walks to direct lighting upgrades, repairs and focused patrols.
- Officials will scrutinize after-hours venues and can close repeat problem sites, while creating supervised teen options such as a Hart Plaza event and extended recreation center hours, with some businesses hosting youth hubs.