Natchitoches Police to strictly enforce juvenile curfew within the city

NATCHITOCHES, La. (KALB) - The Natchitoches Police Department announced that they will begin “strictly enforcing” the juvenile curfew throughout the city. NPD said it is unlawful for any juvenile under the age of 17 to be out in the public between 12 a.m. - 5 a.m. Any juvenile found in the public between those hours will receive a juvenile citation. Their parents or guardians will be responsible for picking up at the Natchitoches Police Department. If a juvenile has a second offense of the curfew law, the parents or guardians will be summed to appear in City Court. Below are the juvenile hours of curfew within the Natchitoches Code of Ordinances: Sec. 20-39. - Hours of curfew. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of seventeen (17) years to be or remain in or upon any public street or thoroughfare or in any public place, within the city limits of the City of Natchitoches, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. for any day prior to a school day and between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. for any day not prior to a school day, unless one of the exceptions under section 20-40 applies. (b) A school day shall be any day on which the school in which the minor is enrolled, or would be enrolled if in school, holds classes. (Ord. No. 15-1990, § 4, 5-29-90; Ord. No. 06-2004, § I, 9-13-04; Ord. No. 09-2005, § II, 2-14-2005)