Details of Anti-Crime Measures

Provisions of legislation approved yesterday by the D.C. Council that will take effect as soon as it is signed by Mayor Anthony A. Williams:

Curfew: Youths younger than 18 will not be allowed on District streets after 10 p.m. unless they are with a parent, on the way home from work, or attending a civic or church outing.

D.C. police officers have taken about 2,000 juveniles off the street for curfew violations this year, according to police. The old curfew was midnight in the summer, 11 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends during the school year. The youths are taken to one of two curfew centers, which have rows of chairs and are similar to a doctor's waiting room. Parents are called and asked to pick up their children. Police might open another center this summer.

Juveniles : Police will have access to information about repeat violent juvenile offenders who are released from custody. The information will include where the youths will be living and special conditions of their release.

Cameras: The District has downtown 19 surveillance cameras, which are switched on during major events and heightened terrorism alerts. Most recently they were used during the Fourth of July celebration. Last year, police used them 10 times for special events.

The city's camera system was first used the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Police say they have access to four cameras that can be installed almost immediately. These would be placed in high-crime neighborhoods to help identify criminals and deter crimes.

-- Allison Klein