In an effort to prevent illegal behavior on home football Saturdays, the Lincoln Police Department’s Northwest Team has coordinated an underage drinking project to coincide with the return of school and the Husker football season.
Police say the goal of this project is to impact dangerous behaviors such as binge drinking, underage drinking, wild parties, and drunk driving during home football games.
Additional officers will continue to patrol in and around Memorial Stadium each Saturday.
October 2nd – vs. Northwestern
October 9th – vs. Michigan
October 30th – vs. Purdue
November 6th – vs. Ohio State
November 26th – vs. Iowa
LPD says they issued the following violations during the first two home games of the year
8 citations for MIP
13 citations for Consuming in Public
1 citation for Minor Misrepresenting Age
1 citation for Urinating in Public
3 citations for Narcotics 2 citations for False Information to Officer
1 citation for Fail to Comply with Officer
2 citations for Resisting Arrest
5 citations for Littering
3 citation for DUS
14 Parking Citations
38 Parking Warnings
18 vehicles towed
2 warrant arrests
Funding for the increased enforcement was provided by the NDOT Highway Safety Office