The city ofMiami Beach prepares to face emergencies in theSpring Break 2024, local authorities said.
The commissionerAlex Fernandez He announced that for that holiday period next year “we are going to have a curfew, we are going to have a restriction on the sale of alcoholic beverages.”
He assured that “we do not want crime in our city” and, although the debate to approve the measures was extensive, everyone agreed to put an end to the chaos that is generated with the arrival of thousands of vacationers to South Florida each year, including murders and armed violence.
Fernández also argued that “we cannot allow this number of people who take over the streets, do not respect the laws, do not respect the police, and do not respect the life of an innocent person to continue returning to our city.”
The mayor of Miami Beach,Dan Gelber, also said that “the problem is that we have almost a mile of public promenade, with businesses on one side and a beach on the other. We must find a way to clear the area.”
Fernández also pointed out that he met with Miami Beach merchants and they agreed to implement these measures and communicate them in advance so that businesses have time to prepare when the crisis arrives.Spring Break, which generally occurs in the last weeks of March.
In the most recentSpring Break, Miami Beach authorities imposed a curfew on March 19, after suffering two consecutive nights of shootings that left fatalities.
Hefirst of the shootings It occurred on March 17, near 7 Street and Ocean Drive, in the middle of the St. Patrick's Day festivities and with a large influx of visitors to the city. One person died and another was injured by gunshot wounds.
In the early morning ofSunday the 19th the second shooting occurred, near 11 Street and Ocean Drive. One person died after being shot, and another individual was injured.
In response to the two shootings and the excessively large and unruly crowds, and to mitigate dangerous and illegal conduct, the City of Miami Beach enactedstate of emergency andcurfew from 11:59 p.m. on March 19 to 6:00 a.m. on March 20. Likewise, the authorities appliedextra emergency measures from March 23 to 27.
In 2022 the city ofMiami Beach also imposed a curfew on spring break, after several shootings occurred in the city in areas where there were crowds of people. Only in the last week of theSpring Break They lifted the restrictions.
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