Navajo Police enforce curfew in Tuba City
Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero
A Navajo Police officer with the Tuba City District speaks to a driver about the curfew that went into effect on the Navajo Nation at 8 p.m. on Monday. Navajo Police began stopping traffic after 8 p.m. No citations were issued.
TUBA CITY
Navajo Nation Police in Tuba City on Monday night were busy enforcing the Navajo Nation curfew in an effort to curb the rising number of coronavirus cases.
The police took to neighborhood streets and got on the intercom to tell people they needed to stay inside.
As a public service, the Navajo Times is making all coverage of the coronavirus pandemic fully available on its website. Please support the Times by subscribing.
How to protect yourself and others.
Why masks work. Which masks are best.
Resources for coronavirus assistance
Police officers pulled over drivers to tell them there was a curfew in effect that started at 8 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m.
The Navajo Nation issued a new public health order on Sunday that extends the current “stay-at-home” order and includes the curfew, which went into effect on Monday night.
The order gives essential employees with an official identification and/or a letter from their employer stating they are authorized to work, the OK to be going to and from their jobs.
A message posted on Facebook Monday by the Navajo PD states, “the Navajo Police Department will support the emergency public health order by continuing our efforts of education … Those who fail to abide by the order may be subject to sanctions outlined by Navajo Nation law.”
Highway 264,
I-40, WB @ Winslow