Erie police increasing presence for St. Patrick's Day weekend
There will be an increased police presence in the City of Erie all weekend as streets will be closed down for the St. Patrick's parade on Saturday morning and celebrations to follow.
According to Deputy Chief Rick Lorah, 20-30 extra bike and foot patrol officers will be working city streets over the next few days.
State police conducting DUI enforcement St. Patrick's Day weekend
In addition to keeping the peace and cracking down on drunk driving, Lorah said they will be enforcing the city's curfew and truancy laws to help keep young people safe.
'With the weather changing and the holiday weekend, we're gonna put out multiple patrols so Monday there's gonna be a truancy patrol obviously in the morning. We'll have a curfew control at night. During the day, our bicycle patrol officers will be out,' Deputy Chief Lorah said.
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In addition to increased DUIs, police traditionally see a higher number of fights break out downtown on St. Patrick's Day weekend. They hope their increased presence will be a deterrent this year.
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