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Unruly Crowds to Draw More Cops in Lower Port

Increased police presence Thursday through Saturday nights will be a result of rowdy summer crowds coming out of bars, according to a Port Times Herald article.

While Upper Port saw an earlier this year and residents - - have about the area, patrols will be on the rise in Lower Port as an increase in summer traffic has brought out some rowdy crowds, particularly on weekend nights, according to the Port Times Record.

Considering Thursday is the new Friday for some, more Suffolk Cops are reportedly expected to be on the streets down in the village on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, on the lookout for disorderly drunks.

Trustee Larry LaPointe told the Record that incidents - whether it's carrying open alcohol containers, or public urination, or even theft - arise with "people coming out of the bars who had too much to drink and that leads to incidents in the street."

Click here to read more on the Port Times Record.

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