The art of McKinley climbing is in serious jeopardy.

Arcata Plaza frequenters will recall the increased law enforcement presence this past New Year’s Eve when compared with previous years. Expect more of that. A press release issued today by the Arcata Police Department indicates that that approach to curbing the chaos will now extend to Halloween.

Full APD press release below:

Due to the damage and criminal misconduct that occurred on the Arcata Plaza last Halloween, the Arcata Police Department has joined with other local law enforcement agencies to significantly increase police presence on the Plaza during Halloween.

Arcata Police Chief Tom Chapman said, โ€œThe destruction that occurred last Halloween cannot be tolerated. We will be actively enforcing all laws and have zero tolerance for any violations. The safety of the citizens and officers as well as the protection of property will be our top priority.โ€

In order to prevent graffiti vandalism, public urination, indecent exposure, and the illegal climbing of the McKinley statue, the center of the Plaza will be cordoned off. Entry into the center area will be strictly prohibited. The consumption of alcohol and the possession of glass containers are prohibited and will result in citation or arrest. The discharging of fireworks in or near a crowd of people is a felony offense and will result in immediate arrest. All laws will be strictly enforced.

The City of Arcata and Arcata Police Department wishes everyone a safe Halloween.

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62 Comments

  1. FUK DA ARCATA PIGS!!

    IF THER ARE 15 COPS WE’LL BE THERE WIT 150 COP-HATERS.

    REVOLDT AND SPRAY WHO YOU ARE EVERYWHER

    !!!!ANARCHY!!!!

  2. Finally. Halloween in Arcata might be worth going to. Don’t take me for some sort of nun, but it’s just so wrong to take kids or friends to a party where people are essentially naked in their costumes, or have things showing that really shouldn’t be.

    Thank you law enforcement for doing something about it this year. It’s time to set an example, because I don’t care how much of a college town Arcata is; there are people who have to live here too.

  3. @Dejanero…Um, so you were planning to take your kids to a party on the Plaza Halloween night? Seems like bar row may not be such a kid friendly place ANY night of the week, costumes or not.

  4. We did it! We caused so much damage last year that the entire force will be centered near the plaze and thin elsewhere.

    The crime-spree shall begin around 8:47pm, I should think

  5. Fire heh heh fire fire, got my box of matches, make sure there’s tons of flammable trash around Arcata on the 31st!

  6. SMASHING PUMPKINS LIVE IN ARCATA HALLOWEEN NIGHT!

    11PM THE SHOW WILL START SO EVERYBODY GRAB A PUMPKIN AND THROW IT AT THE PIGS!

  7. I’ll throw used tampons Ive been saving from a rooftop down to the Arcata Square. They smell rank too!

  8. People will become InSaNe in Humboldt HAROOOOOOOOOOOOON THE DEAD WILL RISE OUT OF THERE GRAVES BY ARCATA flesh give me raw human flesh makes me DROOL

  9. I wonder if I’ll see the naked goblins by the square, my X-RAY spects will point me to them.

  10. While you are on the Halloween topic, I had an uh accident Halloween five years ago. Does anyone know if a 521lbs dead woman will ever decay, it’s been five years and she only lost two inches.

  11. That Presidential statue in Arcata Square is repulsive for he was into killing the Indians and believed in slavery. Tear the damn thing down! Put a giant Redwood tree to memorialize those that man had murdered.

  12. Urinate on city hall and smear infetied sh1t on APD the night of the 31st. A n a r c h y L i v e s On In Humboldt

  13. Go to hell you piglets oink oink your badge don’t mean sht. Put your head up your ass and fart repeatedly. PIGS=COPS=SCUMBUCKET

  14. Wow, I thought LA/Oakland was psychotic this time of the year, Arcata has taken the lead. I think we’ll stay home and guard the place with some weapons. We’ll be ready for whomever comes onto our property. You have been warned.

  15. There’s a dress up Halloween party on Moonstone beach/Trinidad 9:00pm BYOB /Pot/Condoms/Lube/Gayness can win $100 so dress up dahhhling!

  16. On Helloween we’re going to a beach some friends are going to set off some 12 pound aerial boom rockets at midnight. Listeen for some huge definating booms from Eureka to Trinidad!

  17. How many officers does Arcata have? There’s no way they can oppose the celebration of people in at least 1000-4000 wasted youth. They’re just trying to scare them ahead of time. The Arcata Police sucks.

  18. Why does the little city of Arcata need such a Incident Command Vehicle? I say with a group 10 people we can tip the vehicle over in 5 seconds trapping the policedorcks inside.
    Anarchy Lives!

  19. Satan shall rise and push to Hell all PIGS and SNOBS on October 31! May Hell burn them alive for eternity.

  20. A printout of the comments here would be a perfect tool for soliciting donations to police departments throughout Humboldt. Just look at the morons they’ve gotta put up with.

  21. what will ya do when we anarcists take over Arcata we’ll kick all you tie wearin mufo out of humbud

  22. Why not go to one of the many events that the hardworking venues in the area are providing to celebrate the holiday? The Jambalaya and Humbrews both have great shows scheduled for Halloween night…

  23. ‘Why not go to one of the many events that the hardworking venues in the area are providing to celebrate the holiday?’

    NO MONEY AZZHOLE!!!!! GIVE A BUCK YOU FUK

  24. You know what will really terrify me, Weedlvr, is when you “anarcists” become intelligent enough to use proper spelling and grammar.

  25. All the “Anarchists” in Arcata are really nothing but vagrants and methheads, I’ll bet you that 90% of them are from So Cal

  26. Would’nt it be cool if we lockd all the pigs up in Arcata jail. We’ll fuq them up pissin and shittin on their heads. F.U. TRY TO STOP ANARCHYSTS

  27. I just love Arcata, it’s one of the few places that you can find a hippie sharing a huge joint with a skinhead at a party.

  28. The major ruckuses that Arcata has had in the past are NOT a bunch of HSU students, it is a bunch of no-good punks from the Bay to San Diego. I’m tired of people always shifting the blame. What have you done that’s productive today? If you would take a stand and DEMAND that things change to a City Council meeting, you will find overall much calm and serenity. It’s the children today that will run things tomorrow, don’t FUCK IT UP.

  29. I am hereby calling forth the citizens of Arcata in order that they shed thy clothes and make love to a multitude of goats, pigs, and gay-men upon the evening of Arcata Plaza October 31.

  30. Were collecting human feces at the CO-OP parking lot for a Halloween prize that the cops will never forget. Please us zip-tied plastic and a brown paper bag to hold it and look for the girl named Crow.

  31. You disgusting vagrants! You scumbag bums aught to be ashamed of yourself. You’re probably going to incite a riot when Obama loses to huh. Get a life or die, take your pick scumbags.

  32. It’s like playing whack-a-mole, but we try to weed out foreign spammer/scammers like Coach Factory Online.

    Local spammers like Uma R we tend to leave alone. BTW, Uma shares an ISP address with ATTN, Grunge Punkster, Toby Smokes Crack, Normal, Portly Petra, ILuvArcata, Peckerwood and Roberto Saschina, so what appears to be a clutch of anarchy is actually just one loner ranting at his/her keyboard. And a whole nother set of made up commenters – Norton, Wicked Wanda, (fake) Beau Devito, Praise God and War, Blood Red Wine, Yo Bama, LaFlatita, Beeeiiittthhhh, Bald Heads Unite!, Mr Dynomight, Gene Roberts, Wom Man Lovers, speedy 50, SPEEDY, FireworkMcKs, Zackster, J Man, Demon Seeds, Huff da Paint, CRITTER, WeedLvr, and more, also seem to be the same person.

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    Detailed information of 75.30.76.128:
    IP addres: 75.30.76.128
    75.30.76.128 – Country code: USA (US)
    75.30.76.128 – Country name: United States
    75.30.76.128 – Region code name: CA
    75.30.76.128 – City name: Eureka
    Continent code: NA
    75.30.76.128 – Geographical latitude: 37.3073
    75.30.76.128 – Geographical longitude: -121.8568
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  35. I was about to say that most of these comments are clearly from one person using multiple identities, but thank you Bob for confirming.

  36. IP Location is
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  37. “Local spammers like Uma R we tend to leave alone.”

    Given the quality of the comments, why not do us a favor and delete them?

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