Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling would be empowered to declare a four-long long curfew anywhere in the city with 12 hours notice, under a revised crackdown proposed Wednesday that’s tailor-made to avert another mayoral veto.

Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) is trying again to strengthen Chicago’s curfew ordinance to stop a repeat of the teen takeover that became violent and culminated in last month’s deadly shooting after Chicago’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Millennium Park. A 14-year-old was killed and eight other teens were wounded in the shooting.

Instead of empowering Snelling to declare “snap curfews” anywhere in the city with just 30 minutes notice, Hopkins is lengthening the lead time to “not less than 12 hours prior to the start time” of a curfew, and requirin

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