The UA is part of the trend of decreasing weapons violations, along with its peer institutions, during the past few years.
The University of Arizona had 16 weapons violations in 1997, 13 weapons violations in 1998 and eight last year, said Sgt. Mike Smith, UA Police Department public information officer.
"I do not know where credit is due, but it could be because of education," he said. "We have two officers who have spoken about crime prevention at freshmen orientation for the past two years."
However, the UA has consistently had the highest number of weapons violations compared to its peer institutions.
Arizona State University had seven violations last year, University of California at Los Angeles had five and Oregon State University had only one violation.
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