STURGIS, S.D. – The Sturgis Police Department released their first rally update of the year Saturday.
Chief Geody VanDewater says parking has emerged as the usual leading problem.
As of Saturday, police had reported a dozen illegal parking calls – which covers a time frame from 6:00 a.m. Friday to 6:00 a.m. Saturday. That number is expected to increase as numerous parking calls were coming in during the day Saturday.
Some of those calls included illegal parking in front of driveways in residential areas.
Police says it’s not just motorcycles – they were also getting cars and trucks parking in illegal areas.
The usual D-U-I and drug arrests were right in line with last year. Police had reported 4 D-U-I’s, which are down five from last year at the same time, and three felony drug arrests, equal to last year’s number. S.P.D. also reported 6 unwanted/intoxicated person calls.
VanDewater says they are also having some early headaches with the city’s open container allowance – now in its second year. He says they are finding people going outside the boundaries of where open container is allowed. The city is planning to print bigger and hopefully, more noticeable signs that indicate where the boundaries are.
There was one injury accident Friday and three non-injury accidents within Sturgis city limits.
Police reported 15 non-traffic arrests and 14 traffic arrests. There were 11 people booked into the Meade County jail.
