Let's face it, teens cause trouble.The
first point I want to address is the problem of teenagers causing trouble late
at night as the rest of the community is settling down for the night. When
families decide to move into a neighborhood, they are not pre-warned of the
minors that are causing trouble late at night. Teens often ignore the fact that
there are other people around that do not enjoy the noise that they make.
Despite the suggestion that they should be inside and off the streets by
11:00p.m., and the “threat” that there may be some legal action taken if they
do not abide by this, minors overlook this fact and continue with their
whereabouts.
There are very few police officers that patrol average family
neighborhoods in order to ensure that minors are following the curfew rules. With
that being said, we cannot expect all minors to judge an appropriate time to be
in before it becomes a disturbance to the people and families around them. In
an academic journal by Editor Jeffery Wilson, he states, “Many cities such as
New Orleans, Atlanta, and Washington D.C., require individuals under the age of
17 to be off the streets by 11 p.m. Teenagers found violating this curfew are
held at a police-designated truancy center until a parent or guardian claims
them.” (Wilson 494). In these large, metroplex cities that have created a
city-wide curfew, it can be automatically assumed that there is less commotion
in the wee hours of the morning. As of right now, and it being quite rare for a
city to make a general curfew of 11p.m., minors do not usually “start the party,”
if you will, until late, late hours after everyone else has gone to bed. Many
teens are out looking for trouble when they feel that there isn’t anything
better to do. Creating this city-wide curfew, specifically for the Dallas/Fort
Worth community (since it is local) will make for a much more peaceful
environment for the families not engaging in this teen play. With that, I move
to my following point.
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