So, tonight, 9 persons are detained under the SOE - and though none of them are minors, the SOE imposes an 8:00 pm curfew on minors. Deputy Jones explained what processes they have in place in the event that a minor is detained.
Bart Jones, Deputy Commissioner of Police
"The regulations have a provision in there that speaks to minors being unaccompanied minors between the hours of 8:00PM and 6:00AM the following morning. That we will try to enforce to ensure that not for us to detain but to ensure that minors are not just wandering about in the declared area."
"We have put in place special procedures as it relates to in the unlikely event that a minor is detained to so that special procedures internally are in place to address the specific rights of minors so we wish that we don't have to but if that occurs there will be special measures put in place to safeguard the rights of those minors."
