Police: Noise Complaints Up 50 Percent

Rise 50 Percent In City

Lt. Doug Brenner, Oneonta Police, told Common Council tonight that complaints for noise were up nearly 50 percent from last year. — OPD Lt. Doug Brenner tells Common Council tonight that complaints and tickets for noise complaints at college party houses were up nearly 50 percent from last year. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JASON BIRKELBACH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

ONEONTA – Two months into the colleges' fall semester, calls to the police complaining of noisy parties and rowdy neighbors have increased 50 percent from last year, Oneonta Police Lt. Doug Brenner told Oneonta Common Council this evening.

The number of complaints filed this fall jumped from 107 in the same period 2015 to 154 this fall. Brenner said he issued 27 tickets to landlords throughout the whole 2015-16 college year, but this semester alone he has written 19.

“Our greatest fear in any of this is that something bad happens at these parties and something bad happens with a lot of people packed in,” Brenner said.

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