After doing some research, I have taken note that enforcing a curfew for minors does not in fact help. I’m assuming that the main reason the curfew law was put into effect was to reduce crime rate, but if it is not helping anything, then there is not a reason for having it.

It does not reduce crime rate because most crimes in almost all communities are done by adults and are also more severe. The more time and money the police spend enforcing curfews, the less resources they have to fight serious, violent crimes that directly threaten the safety of everyone in the community. Also, it should not be the governments responsibility to control what time children are staying out till. The parents of these children should be the ones who decide. Police are spending more of their time trying to enforce the curfew laws than they are trying to fight the REAL crimes. Another point is that with some teens, it can be very hard to tell weather the child/adult is of age or not. Many young adults, even up close, can be mistaken for minors. The curfew is giving police the opportunity to stop young, law abiding adults for no real cause that is inconvenient to the overall community.

Overall, the curfews that are being enforced as of now are not beneficial to our community. It does not reduce the crime rate in any way, but instead taking away from what our police should really be doing. It would be best for everyone if there were no longer any curfews.

Jessica Parvana
Novi