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Now that it's carnival season, many wonder how New Orleans police will enforce a new 8:00 p.m. teen curfew in the French Quarter.
This weekend will be their first test.
The St. Augustine High School marching 100 prepares to march in 11 parades this carnival season.
“You have to be dedicated to be a part of the marching 100,” said Jeffery Hebert, St. Augustine Dir. of Bands.
And being the leading band in most parades this season, some lasting well into the, "after curfew" hours, the band, made up of all teenage boys, have to abide by curfew rules.
“With curfew in effect, we don't normally have a problem with parents being on time to pick up their child. I don't normally have a kid who is hanging out, doing the wrong thing, in the wrong area, or get caught up into something,” said Herbert.
Herbert says discipline in his program is what keep his students out of trouble.
On Bourbon Street, Charlie Bateman with the French Quarter alliance says he's seen teens in the quarter well into the night, for years.
“The quarter always attracts the young kids,” said Bateman. “Nowadays, they have a lot of gangs that come down here, and when I say gangs, I mean groups of young kids, who run together, who you can see that they are up to something. The quarter is no place for a young kid, 16 or 15 years old, on any given Mardi Gras night, or weekend night around here.
Which he believes, could lead to bigger crime issues later on.
As of last month, unsupervised teens will not be allowed in the French Quarter after 8pm, any night of the week. Anyone under the age of 16, has to be with an adult all the way to Elysian Fields Ave., and on Frenchman St.
Councilman John Johnson wants the same teenage curfew enforced, not only in the French Quarter, but across the city.
“It's a measure that I think some people are interested in trying to implement as one of the tools in the tool box as an effort to try and deal with the problem of crime that we have in this community,” said Johnson.
The hardest thing at this point is enforcing it.
“It's hard for police to enforce it, and the police have been very good, especially the past few years,” said Bateman.
“That's one of the reasons why we are moving slowly as far as the city wide effort is concerned, we don't want any racial profiling, we don’t want any individuals to be singled out, because of the way they look, or because of the way they are dressed,” said Johnson.
Those caught out past curfew in the French Quarter end up at a curfew center in Mid-City where parents are called, and the teenager picked up.
Meanwhile, some argue police already have their hands full, without adding another public safety law to the list.
