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Article: Police to continue Water St. crackdown Extra weekend patrol aims to enforce laws in popular bar area
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 25, 2008
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Milwaukee police will again beef up their presence in the Water
St. entertainment area Friday and Saturday, repeating a weekend
operation that will continue until the weather gets cold, according
to a department spokeswoman.
Last weekend's "directed patrol mission" on Water St. resulted in
eight arrests, 19 citations and three traffic warnings, according to
information released by the department this week.
Last Friday and Saturday nights, police shut down Water St. to
vehicular traffic from E. Juneau Ave. to E. Highland Blvd. to
prevent cruising, according to department spokeswoman Anne E.
Schwartz.
According to Schwartz, the operation involved 11 officers and one
sergeant Friday and 10 ...