Police Enforcing Curfew to Curb Dallas' Street Racing Problem
If you’re under 17 and out in Dallas past midnight, you’d better pump the brakes. Last week, Dallas Police Department announced it would start a drive to boost enforcement of the city's juvenile curfew following a recent increase in crime, including street racing.
Stephanie Keller Hudiburg, executive director at Deep Ellum Foundation, said she supports the move.
“We, like most places in the city, have seen an occasional street racing episode,” she said. “But that’s why it’s important for us to work with our counterparts, because if it’s not in one area, it will pop up in another.”
Since the pandemic began, many Dallas residents have noticed a rise in street racing incidents, some of which have resulted in injuries and deaths. To help counter such activity, police have been working with other local authorities to put speed bumps in racers’ paths, both figuratively and literally.
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