Prince George’s County Council members passed emergency legislation Tuesday that creates a path for targeted youth curfews following last weekend’s teen melee at National Harbor.
The bill allows for the police chief to designate juvenile curfew zones at the request of retail and commercial property owners. Once zones are established, teens age 17 and under would be prohibited from 11:59 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights to 5 a.m. The ban would begin at 10 p.m. on all other nights.
Council members passed the bill in a vote of 10-0-1, expediting legislation that was already under review after reports of wide-scale fighting on Saturday at the retail center along the Potomac River.
District 8 council member Edward Burroughs (D) led the charge of sponsoring and proposing the bill, which was initially introduced last week.
