ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Atlantic City is making sure kids know when they should be home and not on the boardwalk or city streets.They put the new system to the test Thursday morning and just like at City Hall the optimism flowed.City residents, the press and anyone who happened to walk by learned firsthand from Mayor Marty Small and emergency responders like Deputy Police Chief James Sarkos that AC is serious about curbing violent crime.
They hope the system helps by sounding off at 10 p.m."So we are going to proactively enforce that curfew ordinance. We think the sirens will aid us in our ability of doing that.
They’ll serve as a reminder to the youth that they need to get home by 10 p.m. And a reminder to parents that it’s 10 o’clock — do.