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Police Plan To Strictly Enforce Noise Ordinance

Des Moines Police Lay Out Strategy

POSTED: 5:42 am CDT May 23, 2006

UPDATED: 5:51 am CDT May 23, 2006

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Des Moines Police Department plan to announce a

crackdown on citizens who violate the city's noise ordinance.

The police department said that past several years, complaints from

residents and neighborhood association about loud music from cars and loud

mufflers are on the rise.

Complaints have come in about city streets, public parks and neighborhoods.

Patrol watches and traffic units have been instructed to take a proactive

approach to enforcing the noise ordinance.

At 9 a.m. Tuesday, Des Moines police plan to lay out their plan to more

strictly enforce local and state sound ordinances.

Those who like loud cars and motorcycles might want to be more cautious

before revving that engine.