The Eugene Police Department stepped up patrols for the weekend of Oct. 26 and for Halloween in order to effectively respond to parties, EPD Lt. Ron Roberts said. The city has a history of disruptive parties on and around Halloween.
Officers issued a series of citations to residents and others in the “campus region,” which EPD spokeswoman Jan Power said includes campus itself and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Power said the most common citations handed out were for Minor in Possession of Illegal Substance, with 17 issued on Friday and 19 on Saturday. However, 29 MIPs were issued Wednesday night alone.
Disorderly Conduct citations came in a close second with four issued on Saturday. One Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor citation was issued on Friday and a total of three Allowing Minors to Consume Alcohol citations were issued for the weekend. One allowing citation was issued Wednesday night.
Two Special Response Fee Notices were issued over the weekend, which will charge the recipients for the costs incurred by officers responding to the parties.
One person was also cited for urinating in public on Wednesday night and 11 people were cited for having open containers in public. There were four Consumption in Public citations issued 0over the weekend and 15 issued Wednesday night.

— Lindsay Buchele