New juvenile curfew rules in effect through summer

The City of Miami Police Department will be enforcing the Juvenile Teen Curfew over the summer in an effort to keep children safe. But this seems more like they want to keep the City safe from teens. Coral Gables, Key Biscayne, North Miami, none of the other municipalities in the county seem to be enforcing this Curfew.

Stepped-up enforcement started June 1 and will continue through the summer.

The Juvenile Curfew Ordinance makes it unlawful for any person under the age of seventeen (17) years to linger, stay, congregate, move about, wander, or stroll in any public place in Miami-Dade County, either on foot or in a vehicle during curfew hours.

Curfew hours are 11:00 pm through 6:00 am, Sunday through Thursday. Curfew hours on Friday and Saturday are midnight through 6:00 am. I'm not sure how I feel about this, but when you think about it, do 16 year olds or younger kids belong on the streets past midnight?

A juvenile under the age of 17 is legitimately exempted from the restrictions of the Miami-Dade County Juvenile Curfew Ordinance if the juvenile:

1. Is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or by someone 21 years of age or older that has permission to be responsible for the juvenile
2. Is working, or traveling to or from work
3. Is traveling interstate
4. Has written permission from a parent or guardian to run an errand
5. Is aiding or assisting in an emergency
6. Is traveling to or from a school, religious, civic, or county-sponsored event
7. Is emancipated by marriage or court order
8. Is homeless
9. Is exercising First Amendment rights
10. Is on the property of his/her residence, or a neighbor's residence if the neighbor does not object
11. Is attending or returning from a public event which began before 10:00 p.m and has written permission
12. Is authorized by the County Commission. (This one makes me laugh, the teen needs to get permission from the County Commission to override the City Commission's rules on being out late?)

Basically, if you read the rules, kids can be out for legitimate reasons.