Police put pressure on obstreperous college parties

By Staff writer

"If you thought you saw a lot of squad cars in Duluth's college neighborhoods in recent weeks, you were right."

"A saturation effort in neighborhoods near the University of Minnesota Duluth and St. Scholastica helped keep finals-week parties quiet and complaints to a minimum, the Duluth Police Department said Tuesday."

"Police ramped-up their patrols and interactions in several eastern neighborhoods where college rentals are common, and officers say they conducted "extraordinary enforcement" on May 8 and 9 and again May 13 through May 17, making contact with more than 300 people at various parties. ..."

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