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Police: Surfside trailer parking enforcement to resume; siren noise tied to statutory emergency driving rules
Summary
Orono Police told the council they will remind patrol to enforce Surfside trailer-parking restrictions and that frequent siren noise is largely governed by state statute that regulates emergency-vehicle operation; residents raised complaints about noise and nearby turnarounds at private lots.
Orono Police Department staff told the Mound City Council on May 13 that patrols will resume enforcement of new Surfside trailer-parking restrictions and that recent increases in siren noise are largely the result of emergency-vehicle operations governed by state law.
A police spokesperson said officers are monitoring newly installed stop signs at Bartlett and Commerce and will remind patrol units to check the Surfside lot, especially on Saturdays and Sundays. "We can start as early as now... I'll just send an email to the patrol and make sure they... start hitting it," the spokesperson said in response to a…
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