HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/03/04AN ORDER OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE POLICE CHIEF
DECLARING A CURFEW IN
THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE
(HURRICANE FRANCES)
WHEREAS, THE Fort Pierce Police Chief has made the following determinations:
1. Pursuant to Section 870.042, Florida Statutes, the Police Chief has the power to
declare a state of local emergency within the City of Fort Pierce to provide for the health and
safety of persons and property and to exercise the emergency powers conferred in Sections
870.041 - 870.047, Florida Statutes.
2. The National Hurricane Center has identified Hurricane Frances as a Category 4
hurricane and has issued Hurricane Warnings for the east coast of Florida, including St. Lucie
County.
3. The presence of Hurricane Frances has placed the City of Fort Pierce in a state
of emergency, exposing the citizens thereof to the threat of imminent violence and to danger to
life and property.
4. On September 2, 2004, at .LJ ,~__.m., the Police Chief declared a state of
local emergency in the City of Fort Pierce (copy attached).
5. In order to respond to such emergency, upon this declaration, the Police Chief is
authorized to initiate and take such actions authorized by Sections 870-041 -870-047, Florida
Statutes.
6. As a result of the effects of Hurricane Frances, there is a clear and present
danger of civil disorder in the City of Fort Pierce and widespread disobedience of the law and it
is necessary to declare a curfew as hereinafter defined in order to suppress the threat to public
peace which now exists and to prevent substantial injury to persons or property.
NOW, THEREFORE, I am issuing the following Order:
1. Effective September "~, 2004, at ~ /~.m., there is a curfew imposed from
~_.m. to '~:'m. in the City of Fort Pierce. During the curfew, all pedestrian and vehicular
movement outside homes is prohibited except as provided herein. All persons in the City of
Fort Pierce are commanded to remain in their homes during the hours of curfew unless
otherwise directed or authorized by City, County, State of Florida or federal officials.
2. The curfew shall not apply to those persons who need to travel in connection
with designated essential services including, but not limited to, emergency personnel, such as
ambulance drivers, firefighters, hospital workers including physicians, law enforcement officers,
and utility workers.
3. This Order imposing a curfew shall remain in effect for seventy-two (72) hours
unless terminated, modified or extended. This Order imposing a curfew shall automatically
terminate upon a declaration terminating the state of local emergency or upon further Order of
the Police Chief or the Fort Pierce City Commission. This Order imposing a curfew may be
modified at any time by subsequent Orders of the Police Chief or the Fort Pierce City
Commission. This Order imposing a curfew may be extended in not more than seventy-two
(72) hour increments by subsequent Orders issued by the Police Chief with the concurrence of
the Fort Pierce City Commission by duly enacted ordinance or resolution in regular or special
session.
4. This Order shall, as promptly as practicable, be filed in the office of the City
Clerk and delivered to the appropriate news media for publication and radio and television
broadcast thereof.
Signed this _~day of September, 2004, at
Eugene Savage,
Chief of Police
City of Fort Pierce