Curfew Begins Wednesday Evening in Bulloch County

Being out between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. is prohibited beginning Wednesday evening.

As a result of a unanimous decision by the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, March 31, a curfew will be in effect starting Wednesday, April 1, 2020 and continuing through April 30, 2020, unless otherwise extended or terminated.

Exceptions are made for the following professions:

• Employees of public safety
• Employees of public works and public works contractors;
• Employees of transportation and logistics;
• Employees of hospitals and medical providers;
• Employees of utility services;
• Employees of news media;
• Employees construction, building maintenance, and repair contractors;
• military service;
• Employees of local manufacturing facilities traveling to and from their jobs;
• Caretakers for elderly, minors, dependents, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable persons;
• Travel to or from educational institutions for the purposes of obtaining materials for distance learning, for distributing meals, and other related services;
• Travel to return to residence from outside the jurisdiction;
• Travel required by non-residents to return to their residence outside of the county;
• Travel required by law enforcement or court order;
• Employees of grocery stores, conveinence stores, and pharmacies.

The curfew is countywide and will be enforced by local law enforcement.

The executed ordinance is below.