Baltimore residents and businesses shared mixed reactions on Friday ahead of the first night of a new summer youth curfew.
The curfew impacts kids 16 years old and younger.
Anyone under 13 years old is expected to be home by 9 p.m. while ages 14 through 16 have an 11 p.m. curfew.
“I really have high hopes that it will work,” said Jen Hale, of Fells Point.
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While Hale is hopeful the curfew will have a positive impact, she also described to FOX45 News what she’s seen in her neighborhood.
“Just large groups of young kids who are, you know, interacting with people in a more abrasive way,” said Hale. “It can be off-putting.”
“I’m kinda on the fence with [the curfew],” said Lillian, a former Baltimore resident who told FOX45 News she raised her own children in the city.
“If you love your parents and if you like nice things – I’m gonna say follow the rules,” said Lillian.
According to the youth curfew plan, parents face possible fines if children are cited for curfew violations multiple times.
“I don’t know if it will work,” said Brynne Kelly of northeast Baltimore. “The kids probably won’t stay in, they wanna be with their friends, they wanna go out and do what they wanna do and sometimes that includes debauchery.”
Kelly also described to FOX45 News the posts she sees on Citizen App.
“I’ll see a lot of reports of teenagers doing very crazy acts -- jumping on people’s cars, carjackings in the middle of the night -- they’re bored,” she said.
Some employees at businesses in Fell’s Point were unaware of the curfew set to begin this weekend.
Others shared concerns with FOX45 News about enforcement and questioned if teens will stay off the streets.
Some store owners and workers declined to go on camera -- citing safety concerns -- due to their businesses being open until the early morning hours.
“Baltimore has had a curfew ordinance in place for much of my lifetime,” said Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott during an appearance on CNN Friday.
The Mayor doubled down on the city’s plan ahead of Memorial Day Weekend.
“We’re gonna do everything to save our young people, including enforcing curfew,” Scott said in part.
“Law enforcement will not be going out and pulling and pushing young people into their vans all of these things that folks think,” Scott also told CNN.
Details of the city's summer youth curfew can be found here.