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Posted on Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 5:58 a.m.

City administrator: 112 citations issued as University of Michigan students returned to Ann Arbor

By Ryan J. Stanton

City Administrator Steve Powers said the Ann Arbor Police Department issued 112 citations during welcome weekend as University of Michigan students returned for the fall semester.

That included citations for excessive noise, open intoxicants, minors in possession of alcohol and other ordinance violations from Thursday through Sunday.

Powers, reporting the figures for the first time during Tuesday night's City Council meeting, said the overall number of citations actually was down slightly from last year's welcome weekend.

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City Administrator Steve Powers

Ryan J. Stanton | AnnArbor.com

He said the department dipped into its overtime budget to increase police staffing for the weekend, and the same will go for upcoming football Saturdays.

"In addition to our normal shifts, we added officers through overtime, and that will continue for the football Saturdays through September, and we'll reevaluate for October," he said.

Asked how many officers were staffed, Powers said it varies depending on the hour — anywhere from 13 and 16 is regular, he said, and that's bumped up by four to five officers.

"We're trying to be responsive through the use of overtime, through the use of resources that have been allocated," he said. "It's a priority and we'll expend the overtime budget accordingly."

Despite a number of violent assaults reported in Ann Arbor, area police said they weren’t surprised at the amount of crime they had to deal with over the weekend.

At least two women were arrested and six people were hospitalized after weekend assaults that coincided with the return of University of Michigan students in Ann Arbor.

Police said on Tuesday they were looking for suspects in three separate sexual assault cases in which women reported being groped — one in the city of Ann Arbor and two that were reported on U-M's campus after a crime alert was sent out Monday morning.

Two women accused of attacking a 45-year-old Whitmore Lake man in an alley off Willard Street were arrested after allegedlly hitting the man with a shovel, bucket, bottle and broom before attempting to flee the area in a Ford Escape.

Ryan J. Stanton covers government and politics for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at ryanstanton@annarbor.com or 734-623-2529. You also can follow him on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.

Comments

Sam

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 8:04 p.m.

In response to "eyesofjustice',If STUDY HALL becomes another DREAM NIGHTCLUB that would be welcome news to the various minority groups at the U OF M, because DREAM was a favorite hangout for people of every ethnicity in Ann Aarbor to hang out in a peaceful and leasurely surrounding 99% of the time.What i find interesting is that its ok for 110 thousand people to show up at the stadium and go crazy with plays by the "minority"student body but when the same players find a place to enjoy themselves then the place becomes a problem a la bird of paradise & fifth quarter. Covert racism is alive and well in Ann Arbor. Just follow the actions of city council and the city attorney.

Jack

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 10:41 p.m.

Fights, guns and other weapons, people in the streets blocking traffic, noise, ad nauseum. A real peaceful place.

rs

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 6:51 p.m.

its the Michigan difference!

Ryan J. Stanton

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 4:25 p.m.

An additional memo from City Administrator Steve Powers: "You requested additional information regarding 2012 student move-in activity compared to 2011. For the same four day period of student move-in weekend 2011, we issued 129 code citations. However, only 80 were issued by the midnight shift and party patrol (compared to 112 this year). The other 49 were issued during pregame alcohol enforcement. We did not have any pregame enforcement for this 2012 move-in weekend because there was no home game. "Our overtime staffing was the same for 2011. Our regular patrol staffing was higher this year. We averaged three to four more officers each night in 2012 than in 2011."

bunnyabbot

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 3:18 p.m.

Gotta love these people. New high rise developements aimed at student tenants, 10s of millions of dollars spent on dorm renovations, school costs 20g a year and then so many act like complete idiots. Why doesn't higher education mean decency and respect for yourself and others? Why has parenting dumbed down to not include teaching these things and preparing the next generation from being total dunderheads.

Hemenway

Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 1:13 a.m.

Money, and too much of it.

xmo

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 2:10 p.m.

It is so nice to live in a college town where something happens all of the time.

Mike

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 1:53 p.m.

Gotta love those students; they contibute a lot to the economy around here in more ways than one...........

music to my ear

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 2:13 p.m.

I agree, with all that money from the citation , it might keep more police on the streets to give more citations. its just a cycle. look out students you all are being watched easy targets for the city to cash in (but you all need to behave regardless ) r-e-s-p-e-c-t what your parents are providing you , an education. not everyone is handed that gift. put down your fist pick up a pen and go to work on your future.

RUKiddingMe

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 1:45 p.m.

Perhaps my memory is fuzzy, or perhaps my searches on A2.com for crime reports LAST move-in were unsuccessful, or perhaps A2.com didn't deem last move-in period as newsworthy, but this certainly seems a lot worse than the last few move-ins I can remember. I know there's a lot of minors in possession and noise violations annually at this time, but this whole alley attack and hospitalized people with multiple bones broken in their face seems a LOT worse to me. This council and these voters really need to start focussing on important matters. I don't know if any readers have been to Yale (New Haven), but that place is a seriously rundown crime-ridden unsafe area like IMMEDIATELY starting at the campus lines. All it takes is a little denial and skewed priorities, and Ann Arbor could be very similar very quickly. I'm tired of the time and money being spent on art and expanded services tat show no immediate need for the expansion. These people should walk around downtown, spend some time at Liberty Plaza. Half of East Hron looks like trash with broken sidewalks and weeds growing through the cracks, and I haven't felt safe walking around at 2 AM. Part of the reason I moved back here was because of how relzed and comfortable I could feel walking by myself late at night. This town is quickly losing that feeling. Stop looking for new and different ways to waste money; spend it on fixing what is clearly wrong right now. We don't need a new library, we need to make it so kids can return or check out books or walk around after dark.

RUKiddingMe

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 2:14 p.m.

It IS directed at officials, but it is ALSO directed at the 80 to 90% of people who live here that don't vote. Perhaps this is exactly the direction people are OK with, but sometimes, aanative, I get the impression that people are too busy or too trusting; it's not easy to watchdog everything that goes on with the people in charge, but I think recent developments would indicate that people capable of voting need to pick up the pace. Several of the people I know who live in the city haven't even been aware of the fountain debacle or the mayor and council's push for the new train station.

aanative

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 2:05 p.m.

"...this council and these voters..." ? Seems like your comments would be better directed at elected officials and city staffers who could effect change.

Lets Get Real

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 1:32 p.m.

Welcome back students! We're so glad you are here.

widmer

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 7:41 p.m.

It's a college town. Relocate if it causes you so much pain and suffering...

Brad

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : noon

"one in the city of Ann Arbor and two that were reported on U-M's campus " Dearborn campus? Flint campus maybe? Glad it didn't occur here in Ann Arbor.

SEC Fan

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 12:52 p.m.

Lots of Nits...keep on picking...

dconkey

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 11:39 a.m.

The real question is how does this stack up with Boulder CO when the students moved in there?

MRunner73

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 11:26 a.m.

Lots of information available these days so the point is that it may be a case of a typical spike in citations upon the return of students. This is Ann Arbor, not Grosse Point.

GoNavy

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 12:22 p.m.

Grosse Pointe?

eyesofjustice

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 11:19 a.m.

This is just the start of the school year, with all the cuts the current council has made in police staffing will they be able to keep up? There is a new night club opened on South U called the "Study Hall" its in the basement of the Blue Leprican.....I heard there were many issues with under age patrons and a couple altercations with frats fighting. Lets hope this place dosnt turn into another Dream Night Club.

Jack

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 10:28 p.m.

Eyes - Wouldn't be that you were the owner/operator of Dream, could it? And now want every other place to suffer the fate of Dream?

eyesofjustice

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 4:01 p.m.

It is also a fact that many AAPD,U of M athletic s taff and also underage athletes, drink and eat for free at the Blue Lep

eyesofjustice

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 3:45 p.m.

http://www.annarbor.com/news/u-of-m-student-sexually-assaulted-inside-ann-arbor-bar/

Mike

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 1:55 p.m.

And those problems existed even when the police department was bigger. So what's your point?

BOBBY

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 1:03 p.m.

the closest this place came to being another 'Dream Night Club' was when it was Touchdowns. The Blue Leprechaun is a lot better!

Arieswoman

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 10:51 a.m.

"offers were staffed"?????????????????

Ryan J. Stanton

Wed, Sep 5, 2012 : 12:05 p.m.

That should read officers. Thanks for the catch.