ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A stolen car hit a Rochester Police officer on Tuesday morning, leading to a 20-minute chase throughout the city that ended when the car crashed into a house on Emerson Street near Dewey Avenue. Five teens ranging from 12 to 17 have been charged.

The whole situation has Mayor Malik Evans saying he wishes he could legally implement a curfew.

“When I was growing up, they would say, ‘It’s 10 o’clock, parents, do you know where your children are? Last night, probably, that was not the case,” Evans said.

Rochester Police say they have five people detained, between ages 12 to 17, who ran from the car. Officers say three were detained immediately after the crash and the other two were detained after they ran to a nearby house on Locust Street. Officers surrounded the house for one hour and found them in the basement.

The officer was treated at a hospital and has been released. The RPD says the door of the vehicle hit the officer as it was trying to leave. RPD says no other officers were injured.

“We believe his injuries to be minor but he’s certainly getting looked at,” RPD Captain Ryan Tauriello said before the officer was released.

During the chase, two RPD cars crashed. News10NBC’s crew saw both cars being towed away on Dewey Avenue, one with damage to the front bumper and the other with damage to the side after hitting a curb.

After the chase, several blocks of Dewey Avenue and Locust Street were shut down for the police investigation but they have since reopened. Our crew saw at least 20 police cars respond.

The driver, a 16-year-old boy, was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, and third-degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was transported to Monroe County Family Court.

A 16-year-old passenger was charged with attempted grand larceny and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, both third-degree. He also was transported to Family Court.

The other three passengers were charged with third-degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and given appearance tickets.

There are no assault charges in connection with hitting the officer; police said in reviewing what happened, they determined that it did not meet the legal definition of second-degree assault.

Police were first called around 4:45 a.m. after getting reports of people looking into cars on South Goodman Avenue. According to RPD, as an officer walked up to the suspects, they got into a stolen Kia that they arrived in and drove into the officer.

RPD says that, during the city-wide chase, the car hit two houses on Curtis Street in addition to the house on Emerson Street, causing minor damage to them all. Out of the people detained, three are boys ages 15, 16, and 17 and two are girls ages 12 and 17.

RPD says the owner of the Kia didn’t know that their car had been stolen that night. Police are asking anyone with information that can help with their investigation to call 911.

Mayor Malik Evans says he’s concerned about kids being out on a school night and causing trouble. He says he wishes he could implement a curfew, but he says that’s not an option, because the New York State Court of Appeals turned it down.

“Last night we had a 5-year-old that was out around midnight, so we have a serious problem of young people being out after hours on school nights, and we will have to revisit on how we address that on how to keep them safe but also keep our community safe,” Evans said.

The mayor added, “I know some people don’t want to hear the mayor talk about a curfew — we tried it, we lost in court — now the question will be, its something I will be talking about with Council and others to see if there are other methods to make sure young people are not out when they shouldn’t be.”