Overview
- The City-County Council, which voted Monday, approved a temporary move to start curfew earlier for minors by a 21–2 margin under a 2025 ordinance.
- The measure is not active yet because it needs the mayor's sign-off and public notice, after which enforcement would run for 120 days.
- Children under 15 must be home from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., ages 15–16 face a 9 p.m. curfew on school nights and 11 p.m. on weekends, and 17-year-olds stay under state law, with exceptions for school or religious events.
- Police outlined stepped enforcement that starts with warnings, can include transport to a reunification center for pickup by parents, and can send cases to juvenile court without creating an arrest record.
- IMPD Chief Tanya Terry backed the change, citing a 22% rise in youth shooting victims in early 2026 and noting that about one in three juvenile-victim homicides this year happened during curfew hours.