Nashville finds curfew effective in reducing crime, disturbances
CURFEWS ARE USED TO COMBAT
CRIME. ONE TOWN HAS HAD THIS
RULE IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN
A YEAR NOW FEEL THE W ARIEL'S.
JULIAN GRACE IS JOINING US LIVE
TO LOOK AT THE CURFEWS AND HOW
SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE.
>> WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S
BEEN MANY CURFEWS AS SOME OF
THE MALLS HERE IN OUR AREA LIKE
THE TRIANGLE HERE, JUST BEHIND
ME. BUT WE WANT TO SEE HOW THE
CURFEWS ARE WORKING. 44 MILES
AWAY IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA.
>> IN THE TOWN OF NASHVILLE,
THE CLOCK HAS BEEN TICKING FOR
A WHILE FOR STAGGERING 570
DAYS. TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN UNDER
CURFEW HERE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
CURFEWS FOR TEENS? WELL, LIKE
I SAID, I THINK IT'S I THINK
IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO JUST KIND
OF START OUT WITH AND SEE HOW
FAR YOU GET WITH THAT. THIS
DECISION CAME IN RESPONSE TO A
TROUBLING SURGE OF CAR
BREAK-INS SHOOTINGS AND
DISTURBANCES.
>> ALL OF THAT DISRUPTED THE
PIECE IN THIS TOWN. WE HAVE
TO TAKE YOUR THIS OUT. JUST
THIS WEEK, THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE JOINED A GROWING
LIST OF PLACES PUTTING IN ITS
OWN CURFEW. AND IT'S NOT JUST
HOUSE POPULAR MODELS LIKE
CRABTREE VALLEY, THE STREETS
OF SOUTHPOINT AND TRIANGLE TOWN
CENTER ALSO HAVE RESTRICTIONS
IN PLACE FOR UNSUPERVISED
TEENS. SO HOW'S IT GOING IN
NASHVILLE? WE WANTED TO KNOW.
SO WE ASKED THE NASHVILLE
POLICE IF THERE HAS BEEN
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CURFEW, I
THINK WE'VE ISSUED VERY LITTLE
VERBAL WARNINGS.
>> AND WE'VE HAD TO CHARGE, YOU
KNOW, WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS
WHERE THE
>> WOW, NO CITATIONS FILED IN
NASHVILLE. NOW THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THEY WILL BE
WORKING AWAY THIS UPCOMING
WEEKEND. THEY HAVE A CARNIVAL.
AND AS YOU KNOW, CARNIVAL
BRINGS LOTS OF TEENS, BUT THEY
JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT OPEN
DOOR OF COMMUNICATION TEENAGERS
AND ALSO WITH THEIR PARENTS
THAT THERE IS A CURFEW IN PLACE