MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

In late 1984, the University Police began compiling Uniform Traffic Accident Reports. While the City of Oshkosh Police handle all accidents occurring on city streets, the University Police handle the accidents occurring on university property (predominately parking lots). In total, 40 such reports were handled in 2001. The most common characteristic of these accidents is “property damage” as indicated below.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Hit and Run	9	8	12	19	16
Property Damage	26	32	26	31	23
Personal Injury	1	0	0	1	1
TOTAL	36	40	38	51	40

WISCONSIN CITATIONS FOR NON-CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS

Violations of Wisconsin State Statute Chapter 125, 947 and UWS Chapter 18 include violations that may not warrant the physical arrest of an individual. These violations may be handled in a non-criminal manner similar to that of a traffic violation. The university police may handle these violations by simply issuing an individual a written citation and releasing them. The following categories indicate the number of incidents, by year handled in this manner. Chapter 125 violations are those pertaining to liquor laws, UWS Chapter 18 pertain to violations of University System ordinances not requiring criminal prosecution and Chapter 947 violations are those pertaining to harassment.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Chapter 125 violations	286	328	403	463	548
Chapter 18 violations	141	121	231	262	282
Chapter 947 violations	4	3	0	0	0

2001 UWS Chapter 18 Violations

Conduct on university lands	1
Dangerous weapons	9
Fire safety	7
Damage or tamper with locks	1
Alcoholic beverages prohibited	15
Unauthorized presence	6
Persons prohibited from entering campus	1
Throwing hard objects	6
Skateboards, roller skates and blades	7
Disorderly conduct	20
Retail theft	2
Misuse of telephone	1
Resisting or obstructing peace officers	29
Possession of drug paraphernalia/marijuana	146
Vandalism	8
Possession of fireworks	2
Theft	2
Deposit of human waste	19