Detroit toughens curfew enforcement after youth violence

State of play: A report of groups of minors out past curfew has been elevated to a first-priority 911 call.

• Overtime pay has been approved so the police department's mobile field force can patrol until 5am instead of 3am.
• Duggan is also calling on City Council to enact harsher penalties on parents whose children break curfew.
• The city's curfew is 10pm for those 15 and under and 11pm for 16- and 17-year-olds.

By the numbers: Six juveniles were shot last weekend alone, including four after curfew, police said.

What they're saying: "We are going to do a level of curfew enforcement this city has not seen before," Duggan said Monday at a press conference.

What we're watching: Duggan wants the Council to increase parents' curfew responsibility fines from $75 to $200 for the first offense and, for the second offense, $100 to $500, the maximum allowed under law.

The bottom line: Curfew enforcement is now a priority for every member of the police department, police chief Todd Bettison said.