Lynchburg City Council passed an ordinance Monday, June 1 enabling Lynchburg Police to enforce a mandatory curfew from 8 pm until 6 am starting Tuesday, June 2.
The curfew and local state of emergency was imposed after protests turned violent at Fifth and Federal Station in Downtown Lynchburg Sunday.
The adoption of a curfew ordinance enables the Lynchburg Police Department to enforce the curfew and also makes non-compliance of the curfew ordinance a misdemeanor offense.
The LPD will begin enforcing the new curfew ordinance on Tuesday, June 2 between the hours of 8:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m., until further notice.
Under the curfew, people should not be present on any street, road and park with the following exceptions:
- Persons traveling to and from home, work, or places of worship
- Hospital personnel
- Members of the press
- State and City of Lynchburg employees and volunteers
- Military personnel including, but not limited to, National Guard troops
- Employees of public utility companies
- Private emergency medical transport workers
- Persons seeking emergency services
- Homeless persons
A violation of the ordinance shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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