The more notorious bars have closed and patrons are better behaved. That's our biggest category, either drinking in public or driving under the influence. In the first six months of this year, police made 32 drunken driving arrests. Last year, there were 27 in the same period. Police made 59 arrests on Memorial Day, mostly for drinking and public urination.
People are a lot more safety oriented today.
We'll stop someone, they will have a designated driver. Over the last 16 years, violent crimes, a category that includes murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, have ranged from a low of 3 each in 1983 and 1995 to a high of 18 in 1986. All the violent crimes were solved, the chief said. Police will not tolerate 40 people fighting. Our last murder was in 1984, Norman Anctil, who was stabbed to death by someone he met in a bar.