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This article explains what the Piedmont curfew requires for minors and when it starts. It also shows where Missouri people can find online crime and crash data, including maps and reports.

Piedmont youth curfew hours and rules

Imagine you’re a teenager and you just want to walk home after work, or to practice with friends. A curfew can feel like a “surprise rule” that changes your daily routine overnight. The Piedmont ordinance spells out clear cutoff times and specific exceptions.

Curfew hours for minors

According to the Piedmont curfew ordinance that was approved in 2001:

  • During the week: minors cannot be outdoors later than 12:00 a.m. (midnight)
  • On weekends: minors cannot be outdoors later than 1:00 a.m.

Approved exemptions

The ordinance includes exemptions for minors, including:
- Minors with late-night jobs
- Minors involved in late-night activities with their parents’ permission

When it takes effect

The curfew became effective May 1.

Where else towns used similar youth curfews

The Piedmont curfew was part of a wider trend. The report notes that Piedmont youths were “a month away” from having a government-imposed curfew “like their friends” in other area towns, including:

  • Yukon
  • Mustang
  • El Reno
  • Edmond
  • Oklahoma City
  • and 16 other area towns

Missouri crime and traffic data through the SAC site

When people look for crime information, they often run into a problem: there’s a lot of data, but it’s scattered. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) provides organized tools to query data and generate maps.

A key point: the SAC website includes options for crime, traffic crashes, traffic arrests, and more—using selections that break data into categories.

UCR Statistical Query and what it provides

The SAC includes a section labeled UCR Statistical Query. In general terms, this is where users can pull federal-style crime statistics (based on the UCR structure) for analysis.

The site also groups crime and statistics into clear report types, including:
- Crime Index
- Violent Crime
- Property Crime
- Domestic Violence
- LEOKA (Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted)

Missouri Sex Offender Registry purpose

The SAC menu also links to the Missouri Sex Offender Registry.

The primary purpose of a sex offender registry is to:
- track and provide information about registered sex offenders
- help the public and agencies stay informed

Accessing Missouri traffic crash reports online

The SAC site lists Traffic Crashes Online Report as an access option. That indicates there is a way for users to get traffic crash information online.

What an online arrest report includes

The SAC menu lists Online Arrest Report. That points to online access to arrest-related details—typically used to see arrest outcomes and key arrest identifiers.

Goals and responsibilities of the SAC

On the SAC website, the “About SAC” section is organized into:
- Goals
- Responsibilities

From the site structure, the SAC role is to support public safety planning by compiling and reporting data in a way that is understandable for analysis and decision-making.

Current projects on the SAC site

The “Current Projects” section lists several ongoing areas, including:
- Incident Based Reporting
- DWI Tracking System
- Sex Offender Website
- Death in Custody
- Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Program (NCAP)

The SAC page includes external link categories such as:

Federal links

Includes major federal resources, such as:
- Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Department of Justice
- FBI Home Page
- FBI UCR
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Fatal Analysis Reporting System
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- US Census Bureau
- and more

Missouri links

Includes state government and data-related tools, such as:
- State Home Page
- Missouri General Assembly
- Statute Search
- Secretary of State
- Department of Public Safety
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Corrections
- Missouri Census Data Center
- MCDC Mapper
- and more

Organizations links

Includes safety and crime-related organizations such as:
- American Society of Criminology
- Association of State Uniform Crime Reporting Programs
- National Safety Council
- Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
- Missouri Victim Assistance Network
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- Missouri Juvenile Justice Association
- and more

Can users access federal crime statistics

Yes. The SAC site includes Federal Links, including items like FBI UCR and FBI-related pages, showing that federal resources are accessible from the SAC website.

Missouri state government resources

Yes. The SAC page lists Missouri Links that include state portals and agencies such as:
- State Home Page
- Statute Search
- Department of Public Safety
- Department of Revenue
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Corrections
- and other official resources.

What crime categories are available on the website

The SAC crime tools allow users to select offense categories. The “Please select an Offense” list includes categories such as:

  • Total Arrests for All Crimes
  • Total Arrests for Part I Crimes
  • Total Arrests for Part II Crimes
  • Aggravated Assault
  • Arson
  • Burglary
  • Curfew
  • Disorderly Conduct
  • Driving Under the Influence
  • Embezzlement
  • Forcible Rape
  • Fraud
  • Larceny-Theft (except Motor Vehicle Theft)
  • Liquor Law Violations
  • Motor Vehicle Theft
  • Murder
  • Robbery
  • Runaways (Under 18)
  • Sex Offenses (Except Forcible Rape
  • Simple (Non-Aggravated) Assaults
  • and more

Crash data categories available

For crash data, the SAC organizes “Crashes” by topics such as:
- Severity
- Rates
- Circumstances
- Speed
- Alcohol
- Young Drivers
- Older Drivers
- Motorcycle
- Commercial Motor Vehicle

MSHP traffic arrests information

The SAC includes a section for:
- MSHP Traffic Arrests

It is broken into:
- Moving Violations
- Alcohol Violations
- Licensing Violations
- Other Traffic Violations

Publications available

The SAC menu includes:
- Publications
- Crime
- Traffic
- JAG Grant Monitoring
- Other
- and Death in Custody information and forms

Death in custody data

The SAC site includes a dedicated area for Death in Custody, including:
- Information
- Forms

Crime index maps and geographic scope

The SAC includes Crime Index Maps and also a Drug Lab Map tool.

Geographic scope options

For maps, the site lets users choose scope including:
- Statewide
- All Counties
- plus county selection choices

Offense locations used for mapping

For crime mapping, the “Area” selector includes:
- All Offense Locations
- plus detailed location choices such as ADAIR CO - RURAL, ST. LOUIS CITY, ST. CHARLES, and many others

How a drug lab map is generated

The SAC mapping tool includes a Map Type dropdown with:
- Drug Lab Map
- Crime Index Maps

The page shows a step-by-step style workflow:
1. Select a Time Frame
2. Choose a Map type
3. Select a County
4. Select the Area for the map

Then the map can be produced for the chosen settings.

What “Part I offense” statistics include

The site explicitly provides:
- Part I Offense Report
- plus supporting reports for assaults, robbery, and motor vehicle theft.

So the statistics available for Part I offenses are shown through those Part I breakdown reports.

Assaults by weapon used

The SAC provides:
- Assaults by Weapons Used

This means assaults are broken down by weapon categories (as part of the assault report structure).

Robbery by weapon used

The SAC provides:
- Robbery by Weapon Used

So robbery is broken down by the weapon categories used in reported robberies.

Motor vehicle theft categories

The SAC provides:
- Motor Vehicle Thefts by Type of Vehicle Stolen

That indicates motor vehicle theft is categorized by vehicle type.

Arrests broken down by age, sex, crime, and race

The site provides arrest breakdowns including:
- Arrests by Age, Sex, Crime with Race Totals
- Arrests by Age and Race by Crime
- Total Arrests for Part I and Part II Crimes

So the data can be filtered and summarized across those traits.

Supplemental Homicide Report

The SAC includes:
- Supplemental Homicide Report
with details such as:
- Victims by Age, Sex and Race
- Offenders by Age, Sex and Race
- Deaths by Type and Location

Arson presentation including property damage values

Arson data is presented with:
- Arson by Structure and Values of Property Damage
- plus Supplemental Arson Report
- including additional categories such as arsons cleared and arsons cleared involving Under Age 18
- and arsons of abandoned or uninhabited structures

Supplemental Domestic Violence Incident Report

The SAC provides:
- Supplemental Domestic Violence Incident Report

Property stolen categorization

The SAC provides multiple property-loss breakdowns, including:
- Property Stolen by Part I Crime Classification
- Property Stolen by Nature of Larceny
- Robery Loss by Location
- Property Stolen and Recovered by Type and Value

Burglary by method, location, and time of day

The SAC provides:
- Burglary by Method of Entry, Location and Time of Day

This explicitly covers three key pieces:
- method of entry
- location
- time of day

Officers killed or assaulted in the line of duty

The SAC includes LEOKA-style reports:
- Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
- Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted in the Line of Duty
- plus breakdowns:
- assaults by weapon
- assaults by activity
- by time of day

Full-time law enforcement employees

The SAC includes:
- Full-Time Law Enforcement Employees

This supports broader staffing and agency context for analysis.

Selecting offense types for arrest data

On the arrest selection tool, users can pick from an offense list that includes many categories like:
- Aggravated Assault
- Arson
- Burglary
- Curfew
- Disorderly Conduct
- Driving Under the Influence
- Embezzlement
- Murder
- Robbery
- Sex Offenses (Except Forcible Rape)
- Weapons Charges
- and others

Homicide categories and circumstances

For homicide data, the SAC includes:
- All Homicides
- Murder and Non-Negligent Homicide
- Manslaughter by Negligence
- Justifiable Homicide
- Domestic Violence-Related Suicide

And for “circumstances,” the tool lists options such as:
- Independent Act of Murder
- Rape
- Robbery
- Burglary
- Larceny
- Motor Vehicle Theft
- Arson
- Domestic Violence
- Gun-Cleaning Equipment
- Sniper Attack/Ambush
- Gangland Killing
- and more

Arson incident classification

The SAC shows arson classification options such as:
- All Arsons
- Number of Arsons Cleared
- Arsons Cleared involving Under Age 18
- Arsons of Abandoned or Uninhabited Structures

Weapons used in reported crimes

For weapon breakdowns, the SAC lists categories including:
- Unknown Firearm
- Handgun
- Rifle
- Shotgun
- Other Firearm
- Cutting Instrument
- Blunt Instrument
- Motor Vehicle
- Personal Weapons
- Poison
- Explosives
- Fire/Incendiary
- Drugs/Narcotics
- Drowning
- Strangling/Hanging
- Asphyxiation
- Other (Unknown)

Rural, city, and place-based context

Crime data often looks very different depending on where you are. The map tools include area choices like ADAIR CO - RURAL and city/metro areas, so you can compare rural and city patterns instead of treating all places as the same.

Historical note about women in the West

The search also includes questions about women in the American West from 1890 to 1920—a time when society expected women to stay focused on home and domestic life. Many did, but others pushed back.

The pressure of traditional roles

Between 1890 and 1920, Victorian ideas shaped society’s expectations:
- women were expected to do domestic work and childcare
- opportunities for women working outside the home were often limited by gender

How some women challenged domestic roles

Some women challenged those expectations by choosing careers even when it was hard or frowned upon—sometimes out of financial necessity, and sometimes by personal choice.

Examples of non-traditional careers and women

The exhibit describes women who worked in fields like:
- artists
- gamblers
- prospectors
- musicians
- actresses
- and rodeo roles

Specific women highlighted

  • Mattie Babel became known as a cow-girl cornetist
  • Kate Barnard was the first elected female state official in Oklahoma and worked on child labor laws and prison reform
  • Evelyn Cameron used photography to document women pioneers and non-traditional work in Montana
  • Calamity Jane gained fame through frontier adventures and her public image
  • Texas Guinan became an actress and nightclub owner and navigated Prohibition-era New York challenges, including closures related to curfew law
  • Fox Hastings broke barriers in rodeo as a bulldogger and trick rider

Music, entertainment, and performance created chances for women—but still within limits. Women could be accepted as performers or teachers more easily than in many other jobs.

What this all means for readers

A youth curfew changes daily life with exact rules, while Missouri’s SAC tools help people find detailed crime and arson data, crash information, and maps by county or statewide. And the historical section reminds readers that rules about who can live a certain way have always been contested—by women who chose work over confinement.

Data tools at a glance

Topic What the SAC site includes
Crime queries UCR Statistical Query and offense selection categories
Maps Crime Index Maps and Drug Lab Map
Crash data Severity, rates, speed, alcohol, young/older drivers, etc.
Arrest data Arrests by age, sex, crime, and race
Homicide detail Supplemental Homicide Report with victims/offenders/deaths
Arson detail Arson by structure and property damage values
Domestic violence detail Supplemental Domestic Violence Incident Report
Law enforcement harm LEOKA killed/assaulted with breakdowns by weapon/activity/time
State/federal resources Federal links plus Missouri government and organizations

Diagram of how the map workflow looks

flowchart TD
  A[Select Time Frame] --> B[Choose Map Type]
  B --> C[Select County]
  C --> D[Select Area or Offense Location]
  D --> E[Generate Map]

This diagram matches the SAC page structure shown in the mapping section: pick the time, pick the map type (Drug Lab or Crime Index), choose a county, and then select the area/location view before generating results.