The number of charges laid as part of Guelph’s Project Safe Semester continue to drop as the campaign enters its eighth year.
The numbers provided by Guelph police on Wednesday show a significant decrease in offences during week one of Safe Semester compared with the same time period in 2015.
The number of open liquor tickets dropped to just four this year, down from 49 in 2015, while public urination fines went to just one from 14.
BELOW: Guelph’s Project Safe Semester week one stats
The campaign sees police team up with the city and other stakeholders in September to address problems in the downtown area on Friday and Saturday nights.
Police close sections of Macdonell and Wyndham streets on these nights. Any vehicles in those sections are ticketed and towed at the owner’s expense.
Police said drivers are still having trouble getting the message about parking their vehicles downtown during the campaign.
Officers issued 37 parking tickets and towed 20 vehicles.
Safe Semester runs until Sept. 30.