By Sara QuamThe warm weather typically brings a slight increase in crime, according to Sheriff Mike Winkels, and that holds true in the last quarterly report for activity in the city of Luverne. Winkels shares activity reports with the city of Luverne as a part of the contract agreement for law enforcement services.Liquor violations and vandalism are generating slightly more attention from the Rock County Law Enforcement Department, mostly because high schools and colleges are on summer break.Vagrancy is slightly more than last quarter, again because of the weather. Traffic violations show higher numbers this quarter because of a state-wide "Click It or Ticket" campaign.Winkels said there were even more warnings issues than tickets during that effort.Some highlights from this quarter include:
34 seatbelt citations (There were two last quarter and 58 in all of 2005.)
23 speeding citations (There were nine last quarter and 29 in all of 2005.)
Five DWIs (There were seven last quarter and 24 in all of 2005.)
18 under-21 consumption arrests (There were none last quarter and 18 in all of 2005.)
14 disorderly conduct complaints (There were five last quarter and 29 in all of 2005.)
62 dog and animal complaints (There were 26 last quarter and 183 in all of 2005.)
20 family or child abuse complaint calls (There were nine last quarter and 47 in all of 2005)
27 investigations of vandalism (There were 14 last quarter and 67 in all of 2005.)
12 incidents of vagrancy (There were five last quarter and 30 in all of 2005.)
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