The proposal comes after thousands of teenagers gathered in Brier Creek and later Glenwood South, resulting in chaotic scenes and several people being injured in shootings. City leaders have since been searching for ways to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
Among the parents backing the idea is Raleigh mother Tabitha Codrington, who said she has mixed feelings about a curfew but ultimately believes it could help.
"I do have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, but at the same time, I feel like it's necessary," Codrington said. "We've all been teens before. And so we want to make sure that we give them freedoms, but at the same time, make sure that our community is safe."
Brittany Gamble, another Raleigh parent, also voiced support for the proposal.
"I would support it. My son's in the house anyway," Gamble said.
Questions remain about how a curfew would work if approved. Key details, including what hours it would cover and how it would be enforced, have not yet been released publicly and are expected to be presented to City Council on Tuesday.
Some parents said a curfew's success would depend largely on parental involvement.
"If the parents would adhere to the curfew. If you have a curfew set in place and the parents don't care if their children are out, or they don't care if their children are out past 12 or 11 even though school is going on, it's not going to matter," Gamble said.
Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce said community input will play an important role as the city develops any curfew proposal.
"We're about to head to school. So we know we're going to have Friday Night Football. We know we got the State Fair coming up. We know we have Halloween on a Saturday night," Boyce said.
Boyce also emphasized that a curfew alone will not solve the problem.
"Curfew by itself is not the answer, is not to fix. We must couple that with other activities, other proven activities that can really help keep our youth safe, as well as keep our community safe," Boyce said.
The City Council is scheduled to review the proposed curfew Tuesday and decide whether to adopt the measure.
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