OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2022-2
WHEREAS, an increase in the number and seriousness of violent and property crimes committed by minors within the City has created an emergency and an immediate dangerto the preservation of public safety, health, and welfare in thc City of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, the large number of minors who are permitted to remain in public places and establishments at night in the absence of adult supervision has, in part, caused this increase in crime; and
WHEREAS, regulating the hours during which minors may remain in public places and in certain establishments without adult supervision, and imposition of certain duties and responsibilities upon the parents or other adult persons who have custody of or responsibility for minors, can reduce the amount of crime; now, therefore,
I, LORI E. LIGHTFOOT, Mayor ofthe City of Chicago, do hereby order as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
Tlie terms "establishment," "guardian," "parent," "public place," and "remain" have the same meaning as that ascribed to them by Section 8-16-020(a) ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago ("Code").
The term "minor" means any person under 18 years of age.
The term "Superintendent" means the City of Chicago Superintendent of Police.
The term "ticketed or sponsored event" means a civic, charitable, community-sponsored or neighborhood-sponsored, entertainment, sporting, or other event: (i) organized, promoted and carried out in full compliance with the City of Chicago's laws, rules and permit requirements by a not-for-profit or for-profit entity in good standing with the City, and (ii) that requires a ticket or wristband for admission.
SECTION 2. INCREASED ENFORCEMENT.
The Superintendent is ordered and directed to immediately increase enforcement of Section 8-16-020 of the Code ("Curfew Hours for Minors").
Thc Superintendent shall direct officers to use de-escalation and dispersal tools regularly employed to educate minors...
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