Public Safety Chair Brian Hopkins (2) is pictured at a City Council meeting in April 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Public Safety punted on further discussion of Chair Brian Hopkins’ (2) ordinance to give Chicago police the power to implement temporary curfews to curb incidents of rowdy and sometimes violent “teen takeovers,” specifically those that have frequently occurred in Hopkins’ downtown ward and other areas of downtown during warmer months.