Two years after the kidnapping and murder of 10 year- old Jeffrey Curley, the Cambridge City Council joined cities across Massachusetts in voicing support for House Bill No. 4063, the "Jeffrey Curley Bill."

In a unanimous vote at its meeting last night, the council voted to post "My Eight Rules of Safety" in the parks and schools of Cambridge to teach children personal safety skills.

The Jeffrey Curley Bill, recommended for consideration by the whole House by the Joint Committee on Public Safety earlier this year, would require these "rules" to be posted in schools and parks across the state.

On Oct. 1, 1997, Curley was abducted from his East Cambridge neighborhood by his neighbor, Salvatore Sicari and Charles Jaynes of Brockton, who lured him into their car with the promise of a new bicycle.

The two men later killed Curley and dumped his body in a river in Maine. Sicari was convicted of first-degree murder and Jaynes of second-degree murder in separate trials in 1998.

"It's really easy to turn the other way and pretend it doesn't happen here," said City Councillor Michael A. Sullivan.

State Rep.Alice K. Wolf, D-Cambridge, and State Sen. Bruce E. Tarr, R-Gloucester, argued for the motion before the council.

"A proactive approach to avoid the senseless tragedy we all read about, and hear about and fear for is necessary because there isn't awareness," Tarr said.