Return to C&J Online News home page

Liquor law violations rise on campus

C&J by SARAH KRAMER, C&J 271

Arrests for on-campus liquor law violations are down, but violations are not.

Reports from the UNM Police Department show liquor law violation arrests in 2006 down by nearly two-thirds from 2005, when the total was 82, and 2004, when there were 79 arrests.

The report shows 23 arrests for 2006 liquor law violations. However, referrals, or campus disciplinary action without arrest, for liquor law violations reached 301 in 2006. In 2005, 182 liquor law violation referrals marked a drop in over 100 offenses from 2004’s count of 286 referrals.

In all three years most of the referrals for liquor law violations occurred in campus residential areas.

The reports also show a rise in motor vehicle theft since 2004, when 45 reports were made. In 2005, 63 motor vehicle thefts were reported, a trend that continued in 2006 with 69 reports.

Burglary reports are also up from 33 in 2004 to 55 in 2006.

A single instance of reported on-campus arson in 2006 matches the numbers for 2004’s arson report, a return from the spike of five counts of arson reported to campus police in 2005.

All three years share a constant count of zero reports for homicides and non-forcible sex offenses.

October 26, 2007

Go to Top