{"id":168477,"date":"2017-01-30T13:45:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T03:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=168477"},"modified":"2020-06-29T20:08:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:08:38","slug":"town-curfews-not-a-goer-councillor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/01\/30\/town-curfews-not-a-goer-councillor\/","title":{"rendered":"Town Curfews Not A Goer: Councillor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff <\/figcaption><\/figure>January 30, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The idea of imposing a 10:00pm to 6:00am curfew on Murgon’s youth is not a goer, Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Cr Duff was responding to a request from the Murgon Business and Development Association to look into the possibility of introducing a curfew on young people in the Murgon area to ensure they didn’t wander the town’s streets at night.<\/p>\n

The call for a curfew came after six to eight youths went on a mini-crime spree in the town late last year, breaking into residences.<\/p>\n

While police later apprehended six youths who are now in custody, thanks to help from community members, the incident reignited calls for a town curfew. <\/p>\n

Cr Duff said the South Burnett Regional Council did not have any legal power to introduce curfews. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead, any curfew would need to be legislated by the State Government and if it were, it couldn’t be for an individual town – it would need to apply across the State.<\/p>\n

Cr Duff said she thought it was unlikely the State Government would introduce such legislation because it would impact too many innocent young people. <\/p>\n

“Young people coming back from a travelling sporting event or working late at a takeaway, for example, would be breaking the law if a curfew was introduced,” she said. <\/p>\n

“Police have the power to round up young people out at night, and they do exercise it.<\/p>\n

“Curfews can also be put on juvenile offenders as a condition of bail.<\/p>\n

“This system targets individual offenders, not innocent young people.”<\/p>\n

Cr Duff said the best way for Murgon residents concerned about crime to express their views was to attend Neighbourhood Watch meetings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police brief the meetings on what has been happening in the area and update them on cases they were currently investigating.<\/p>\n

The first Murgon Neighbourhood Watch meeting for 2017 will be held at the Murgon Police Station at 5:30pm on Friday, February 20.<\/p>\n

Murgon Neighbourhood Watch meets every two months throughout the year, and new members are very welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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