Town curfews?

[Bleedingskye]

I recently found out my town in Massachusetts has been enforcing a curfew. I live on the outskirts and 1. can't stand the town police 2. can't stand the people's attitude 3. dislike the town in general so I rarely ever go into to town for anything.

As far as I know, you can no longer be outside past midnight.

This is infuriating, I was never informed of a vote on this (this is something the town should vote on) and why?!?!?! this town is white bread all over. It's boring, kind of ol' tyme, lots of retired, only one bar, golf courses, nothing to do past 6 pm really. I don't see any reason why this would need to be enforced.

I heard about it through a story at work where 2 girls were walking home from a friends house after 1am and were arrested on the spot.

After looking around I found a few towns in MA where there's a curfew.

I just can't believe you're NOT allowed to be OUTSIDE after a certain hour (you can be in your yard as long as you don't look like you're having fun) It just seems like completely backward thinking, I honestly can't mentally comprehend it. It only makes sense in an area where crime is insane , and in order to be safe, it's a GOOD IDEA to stay inside at night.

Anybody else have to deal with this? Anybody think this is a good/bad idea?

 

[aba1]

That sorta thing always sorta struck me as morally wrong to enforce mosly because it takes away your rights to go as you please if you havent done any crimes why are you being held inside like a prisoner? I dont see how it is right esspecially if you work nights what then your going to have to be out at nighttime

 

[Worgen]

well if you dont have a curfew then all the ladies who are out will be raped and all the men who are out will rape all the ladies, its just common sense

 

[Dalek Caan]

Full town curfew? Try to enforce that were I live and there will be blood. Imagine a city wide curfew, in London prehaps.

 

[JaneDoe]

Do you have to get some kind of special permission slip if you work past 12?

I'd definitely move. A curfew is a ridiculous infringement on your freedom, I'm shocked it even exists!

 

[Treblaine]

I recently found out my town in Massachusetts has been enforcing a curfew. I live on the outskirts and 1. can't stand the town police 2. can't stand the people's attitude 3. dislike the town in general so I rarely ever go into to town for anything.

As far as I know, you can no longer be outside past midnight.

This is infuriating, I was never informed of a vote on this (this is something the town should vote on) and why?!?!?! this town is white bread all over. It's boring, kind of ol' tyme, lots of retired, only one bar, golf courses, nothing to do past 6 pm really. I don't see any reason why this would need to be enforced.

I heard about it through a story at work where 2 girls were walking home from a friends house after 1am and were arrested on the spot.

After looking around I found a few towns in MA where there's a curfew.

I just can't believe you're NOT allowed to be OUTSIDE after a certain hour (you can be in your yard as long as you don't look like you're having fun) It just seems like completely backward thinking, I honestly can't mentally comprehend it. It only makes sense in an area where crime is insane , and in order to be safe, it's a GOOD IDEA to stay inside at night.

Anybody else have to deal with this? Anybody think this is a good/bad idea?

Hey, why do you think these "nice towns" have such low crime rate? More than just low crime, but low "ruckus-rate".

The police and government keep the peace by ruling with an iron fist! Really, you can't get it any other way.

In the UK we don't have anything approaching a curfew and it is absolute anarchy every weekend night and plenty of weekday night as well while the police are up to their aresholes with pissing-themselves-drunk revellers, celebrating nothing except the joy of being shitfaced.

It is a massive drain on resources. You never see the coppers during the day on patrol, or paroling suburbs fr burglars, most of the man-hours are spent playing babysitter to literally thousands of drunken trouble-makers.

Lesson: the British style "please obey the law" softly softly approach does not work, at least it doesn't work in so much in enforcing law and order. More for being a good "public face" only stepping in when things really get out of control and the threats and yelling turn to actual bloody violence.

 

[Dagnius]

My town has a curfew, I think it's 5am-10pm on week days, and take/give an hour for weekends.

It's more of a juvenile curfew than an all out curfew. I've been stopped several times walking home from a friend's house after midnight... Usually the police will just ask what you're up to and ask for your ID. As long as you're over 18 they'll just go back to patrolling.

 

[exessmirror]

if they put curfews here, they would have an full blown riot, from Molotov cocktails and barricades to tear gas and rubber bullets from the fucking army

 

[SilentCom]

I think the town I used to live in had a curfew but I don't think it was ever enforced or taken seriously.

 

[Snork Maiden]

It's more of a juvenile curfew than an all out curfew. I've been stopped several times walking home from a friend's house after midnight... Usually the police will just ask what you're up to and ask for your ID. As long as you're over 18 they'll just go back to patrolling.

We had a curfew in my village that was similar - you couldn't hang around in groups larger than 2 in very specific areas within the village centre if you were 16 or under. The idea was to stop the massive group of underage kids trying their luck in pubs and then congregating around the bus stop in the middle and causing trouble.

It sounds kinda rough (at least it did to 14 year old me) but in practice all it meant was Police could disperse people dicking around and being a nuisance without them having to commit real crimes, and if you were just walking around doing nothing wrong it didn't really affect you.

Granted a full blown curfew for all ages sounds outrageous.

 

[Woodsey]

Woah, a curfew? As in: you get arrested for walking the streets at night?

I thought that for such thing to happen there need to be tanks on the streets.

It's actually pretty common in America.

Words fail me.

OT: What a waste of money, police time, and basic rights.

 

[Bezz_Ad]

There's not actually a forced curfew. Only recommended.

It's like: "We recommend not to go out at night only if you really need to, unless you want to be kidnapped, involved in a shootout, shot, and stuff."

My city is a mess.

 

[player3141]

Imagine a city wide curfew, in London prehaps.

That reminds me of V for Vendetta.
OT: Is a town even allowed to pass a law like that?

 

[Caveworm]

I can't imagine that going down well where I live. All the triple strength larger drinkers would be out in force.

I could only imagine something like that in a desperate situation; natural disaster, serial killer, zombies...nocturnal zombies...


Bit 1984 for my liking.

 

[Luthir Fontaine]

if its for kids under 18 then i agree with it...There is no reason for kids to be out that late. For adults I disagree with it.

 

[zfactor]

There's a big town near me that (gasp!) limits anyone under 18. They can't be outside their parents' property after 11:00.

Yay for being (legally) all grown up! (sort of).

Is this curfew just for kids, or is it for adults as well? Because one for adults is fucked up, but under 18 I have no problem with it. It's somewhat effective at keeping annoying wanna-be hoodlums off of the street at night, though I don't think it's something that a kid needs to be arrested for. Just warned and fined a small amount for.

We have one here for under 18 year olds. It's something like 11PM or something... I stopped caring when I turned 18. A curfew for adults is very much unconstitutional (it's implied in there somewhere...) and I would try to do something to get rid of it. But for kids, I think it is OK.

 

[Brandon237]

A curfew for adults enforced by the police? WTF?!
That is just... stupid. How did it pass? How did it not involve explosions? In my city that would result in the police being carried into rubbish bins

 

[dex-dex]

yeah Oakville has that too.
they are suspicious of anyone who does not look like they are forty, and walking around at night. they think we are going to deal out some of the marijuana, have under age sex and drink illegally. Oakville treats anyone under forty as a pain in the ass which is bad because for eight months of the year, at least a fourth of the population is college students.

 

[Shock and Awe]

In my town minors have to be under some kind of supervision after midnight until about 6am, though it isn't to strictly enforced. Usually they will just make a note of it the first time and tell you to go home.

 

[Dags90]

The only "curfew" my town has is just prior to Halloween because of all the pranks. Even then, I think it only applies to minors. The whole point of that curfew is to keep kids from getting arrested. Arresting them for being out sort of defeats the purpose.

Not that houses don't get TP'd anyway...