WASHINGTON — The Bowser administration is seeking to permanently implement the stricter youth curfew that was prompted by a series of disruptive mass gatherings of kids and teens across the District.

DC Police Chief Pamela Smith and Deputy Mayor of Public Safety and Justice Lindsey Appiah told members of the DC Council that they are seeking a long-term implementation of the three-month program that was approved in July and expired earlier this month.

The enhanced summer curfew allowed Chief Smith to designate zones across the city where groups of no more than eight kids or teens could congregate starting at 8 p.m. It also established a universal 11 p.m. curfew for those 17 and younger.

The current curfew in the District does not apply to 17-year-olds and, on certain days, allows childre

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