You cannot discharge any firearms within the city limits. It's just a matter of physics: What goes up comes down, and the speed that the bullet goes up increases the rate that it comes down, and that can be dangerous.

We are definitely going to be concentrating on fireworks some more.

I have been here over 20 years, and every year we get calls about fireworks. We will go out and issue citations and confiscate fireworks.

We had to get city council approval; they are the representatives of the public.

As for widespread searches, we aren't doing that, but if a lead comes about a location we will certainly check it out.

There have been a trend lately that the person that is throwing the party collects the keys and then gives them back out at the end of the night to those who have not been drinking.

It's a statewide problem; the state legislature has approved this to get uninsured vehicles off the street.

The case will remain open until after the trial, and, technically, after the trial is over and we receive information where the body is, we will search it out.

We just want people to comply with the state insurance laws. If they have insurance on their cars, then they have nothing to worry about.