It came into effect last Thursday, and would last for three months.
NCD metropolitan commander Superintendent Fred Yakasa attributed it to mounting threats against police personnel.
Police said it was the result of the latest revelations that one of the recent Bank South Pacific robberies was planned and executed inside a police barracks in NCD.
Yakasa was hopeful that the curfew would minimize on unlawful activities conducted inside the barracks. He said the barracks had also become safe havens and points of contact for criminals and their associates.
“Wild parties, consumption of illegal drugs and other unlawful activities had given the police barracks a very bad name. “This must stop,” he said. “I have an obligation to many hardworking, committed and dedicated police officers to ensure the integrity of the force and its barracks are maintained.”
Yakasa told reporters last week that he wanted to bring back order, decency and respect into the police barracks.
“Now we have cockroaches, rats, pigs, dogs, devils, chickens and you name it; it is a place for just about anybody to walk in and out, and I intend to stop these kinds of unlawful and illegal movements in and out of (police) barracks,” he said.
“I am the NCD commander and I now take custody of the wtate property in which my members (of the force) are living in, and I am warning the public that if you are caught during the curfew hours, you will be charged with unlawful trespassing.”
All private vehicles would not be allowed to enter the barracks when the curfew is on, Yakasa said.
Names of all tenants and their dependents will be collected. He said after 11:30 p.m. movements of barracks’ tenants would be restricted.
