Update: Harrison rejects curfew

Mississippi Gulf Coast law enforcement agencies are recommending a two-week, 24-hour curfew starting in the evening of March 23, according to the City of Biloxi. A letter has been circulating via social media, signed by Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson and police chiefs of Biloxi, Gulfport, Long Beach, Pass Christian and D’Iberville, recommending a curfew through April 6. Gulfport Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich said the letter was “written for discussion purposes” and expects it to come up at Monday morning’s Harrison County Board of Supervisors meeting. Harrison County released a statement in a March 21 media release saying the board has not yet discussed a curfew. The document “is apparently a suggestion created and signed” by area law enforcement officials prior to presenting their suggestions to city/county officials. In a city Facebook post, Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes’ office said law enforcement “in their zeal to underscore the critical nature of COVID-19 outbreak, put their recommendations in writing” to coastal mayors. Those concerns are “understood and appreciated (but) the Mayors rejected adopting those recommendations, favoring … a more measured approach." On March 20, the state health department recommended closing all bars and restaurant dining rooms. Coastal cities/counties enacted local resolutions enforcing it. (Source: Sun Herald March 21/20) https://www.sunherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241405021.html?#storylink=cpy UPDATE: On the advice of South Mississippi Coast mayors, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors rejected imposing a curfew at its meeting Monday, March 23, but all warned that day could be coming. (Source: Sun Herald 03/23/20)

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