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The Kids Curfew, yup, it's back in the news tonight. Today we spoke to Southside Commander Chester Williams, who responded to the strong position that UNICEF has taken against the Kids Curfew. The initiative has been in place for the past two weeks and half and since then there have been a handful of youths who have been picked up by police. So is the kid's curfew program really working? UNICEF doesn't seem to think so, and surely the kids that have been picked up don't seem to think so either. So what does Williams say to that?:

"I must say I am happy that for the most part parents have taken heed to the curfew and since the announcement of the curfew the presence of children on our street has become less prevalent. We have only picked up over the pass 2 to 3 weeks no more than 10 or 11 children; and again that goes to show that parents do have the ability of ensuring that their kids remain at home. And of those few that we have picked up majority of them were under the age of 16 and when we do talk to the parents when they come in, the parents are happy that the police picked them up because according to the parents they cannot control them, cannot speak to them and there are children who basically want to do what they want to do without even paying attention to what the parent had to say."

"I will tell you I saw an interview last night with one of the child we had picked up who was saying that he was chased by the police and treated like El Chapo. That child was at the police station Friday night. He was dealt with Saturday, his father was there and you know what his father said? He said officer I don't even want to see him, I cannot control him. He thinks that he's the man in the house, I cannot speak to him. But these are some of the things that the media need very careful about because often times we tend to interview these people and we make then glorify themselves and go around and spread rumours that are totally far from the truth."

Emanuel Pech

"So that was not true?"

ACP Chester Williams - OC, Eastern Division South