Project LEARN 2019 sees less warnings, tickets, and charges

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London Police found less warnings, tickets, and charges during Project LEARN 2019, which kicked off Sept. 1 and lasted for four weeks.

Project LEARN (Liquor Enforcement and Reduction of Noise) 2019 saw the number of provincial offence notices, warnings, and charges in downtown London and neighbourhoods nearby Western University and Fanshawe College decrease.

The London Police Service released the statistics of the four week period on Oct. 7.

Project LEARN 2019 resulted in 30 provincial offence notices, 17 of the tickets regarding the nuisance by-law, 97 warnings, three arrests, and one federal charge.

Another London Police press release from Aug. 30, which announced the Project LEARN 2019 kick-off on Sept. 1, said during Project LEARN 2018, there were 313 warnings, 36 provincial offence notices, and nine federal charges.

Project LEARN, first launched in 2007, aims to protect property and public safety and encourage students to be responsible when partying. Fanshawe and Western’s administration and student leaders partner with the London Police for Project LEARN.