Following mayhem Saturday night on the Country Club Plaza, a spokesman for Kansas City Mayor Sly James said today he is drafting a letter regarding a possible new citywide curfew.

Spokesman Danny Rotert said a copy of the letter is not yet available, but he expects it will go out today. Rotert said discussions are underway at City Hall about a possible new curfew, and Mayor James wants to invite people into the conversation about that policy change.

The city’s current curfew is midnight on weekends and 11 p.m. the rest of the week. But talk of a possible 9 p.m. curfew gained traction after three teens were injured in shootings late Saturday as large crowds of teens congregated on the Country Club Plaza. The mayor was at the Plaza assessing the crowd situation, and his bodyguards pushed him to the ground as they heard shots ring out.

Highwoods Properties, which owns the Plaza, had called for an earlier curfew even prior to Saturday night’s violence.

Rotert said the mayor’s office is now looking to advise stakeholders such as school districts, parents, police and merchants that a new curfew may be coming. Rotert said the current discussions concern a 9 p.m. curfew citywide, not just on the Plaza.

The City Council would have to approve a curfew change, and could do so as early as its legislative meeting this Thursday.
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/15...ew-curfew.html


Something for Detroit to consider?

17 and under on the street after 9PM, you get picked up and held until a parent or legal guardian picks you up.