After several calm weeks downntown, Greenville Police will be cutting back on the number of officers enforcing the city's curfew, starting this weekend.
The department will reduce the number by half, from 20 to "about 8 or 9", according to spokesman, Sgt. Jason Rampey.
Rampey says that the message has gotten out, and fewer teens have ventured downtown on weekends in recent weeks.
He also thinks the beginning of the school year has affected the numbers.
City leaders enacted the curfew last summer, after mobs of several hundred teens were caught on camera causing problems.
Some are not bothered by the reduced police presence. "I've never felt threatened," says resident, Rose Danning.
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