Mayor Muriel E. Bowser declared a citywide youth curfew Saturday, after an incident on Halloween night led to the arrests of 10 teenagers in Navy Yard. Powered By

The curfew, which affects all young people under the age of 18, will run between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. starting Saturday night and end on Wednesday at 11:59 p.m.

The order also gives D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith the power to designate special curfew zones in areas at “high risk for disorderly conduct by juveniles,” where enforcement would begin at 6 p.m. Smith was also authorized to declare a temporary curfew zone in areas where she determines that groups of at least eight young people are expected to gather and where the safety of the public “is endangered,” according to the order.

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