Sheriff says curfew won't cause automatic traffic stops

Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler made a statement saying the sheriff's office would not be using the county's stay-at-home curfew as a reason to stop vehicles.

County Judge Ruben Becerra issued a curfew from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. not 11 a.m., which began Thursday night, in response to COVID-19.

When deputies see a vehicle on the roads of Hays County, regardless of the time of day, they will assume it is because someone is going to work at an essential business, or doing something else permitted by the judge's order.