Confusion remains over ‘closed area’ rules in Maloney

Sev­er­al res­i­dents of Mal­oney Gar­dens con­tin­ue to claim they are be­ing or­dered in­doors dur­ing the day, out­side of­fi­cial cur­few hours, and are call­ing on au­thor­i­ties to clar­i­fy whether the re­stric­tions amount to an ex­tend­ed cur­few.

Mal­oney was de­clared a “closed area” un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act on Tues­day night, fol­low­ing a non-fa­tal shoot­ing the pre­vi­ous day. Po­lice said the height­ened se­cu­ri­ty mea­sures were in­tend­ed to pre­vent any es­ca­la­tion of gang-re­lat­ed vi­o­lence.

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Un­der the se­cu­ri­ty arrange­ments, a cur­few is in ef­fect from 9 pm to 5 am, with res­i­dents re­quired to ob­tain per­mits to leave the area for work, med­ical emer­gen­cies or oth­er le­git­i­mate ur­gent needs.