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Friday, March 18, 2011

City of Scottsdale curfew law.

This post was stimulated by an article I read about curfew laws in Phoenix entitled: "Do you know where your child is?"    With Spring break upon us, and the nights lengthening, it's a good question, isn't it?
 For those who may not know, Scottsdale does have a curfew law.  Scottsdale PD will enforce the curfew law in Cimarron Hills in response to a complaint.
The curfew law is:

Scottsdale Curfew Law (7 days a week)


15 years and under - 10:00pm

16 and 17 years - 12:00 am
Exceptions: Accompanied by parent or legal guardian; necessary for work, including going to or returning from work (prior permission by parent or guardian); any reasonable, legitimate and specific business or activity, with permission by parent or guardian. 

Please note that the exceptions do not mean that parents can tell their children it's OK to be out after curfew. Noting from the crime map below that vandalism is one of the more frequently reported crimes in CH (even then it's pretty low), and not recently having seen a senior citizen charged for it, it struck me that this might be a timely reminder.

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