The Junction City and Grandview Plaza Police Departments along with the Geary County Sheriff’s Department are encouraging the public to enjoy their New Years Eve, but are reminding everyone to be smart and stay safe.

Junction City Police Chief, Tim Brown explained that there will be extra officers on patrol looking for drunk driving.

“We’ll have an extra patrol out there tonight involving officers looking for just that activity,” said Brown. “I would urge everyone who intends on going out and partying, and consuming alcohol tonight, to have a designated driver or any alternative, call a taxi or a friend to come pick you up.”

Brown is also asking residents not to shoot any firearms off into the air when the clock strikes midnight, this has been a problem in the past.

“I would remind them whatever goes up, must come down. Should there be some type of injury or a fatality from some type of activity such as that, firing a gun into the air, that if an individual was killed or seriously injured by that, they would be charged with a very serious felony concerning that type of activity.”

Fireworks are also not allowed to be fired off on New Years Eve, or any other time other than the 4th of July Holiday.