The D.C. Council has voted to extend the city’s expanded juvenile curfew policy until April of next year.

Tuesday’s vote to extend the policy comes as lawmakers debate whether stricter curfews should become permanent.

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Anyone under the age of 18 faces daily curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. in D.C.

But police can create additional extended curfew zones to deter large gatherings, barring kids from meeting up in large groups at certain spots, starting as early as 8 p.m.

“This curfew policy was in effect over the summer and then the

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