VERGENNES — Vergennes police emphasized enforcement of traffic laws between May 19 and 25, conducting 42 traffic stops and issuing a number of tickets and warnings for moving violations.

Many of those traffic stops occurred during two special details on Main Street, one on May 21 and one on May 24.

On May 21, officers stopped a half-dozen vehicles and issued five tickets for improper use of cell phones and one for driving an unregistered vehicle. Another driver was warned for an offense that was not specified in the department’s weekly report.

Then, on Saturday, May 24, the department conducted a detail focused on distracted driving. Collectively, four officers issued 13 tickets and seven warnings.

During a traffic stop that day on Monkton Road, city police also arrested a passenger on two outstanding warrants, one each from the Criminal Divisions of Addison and Rutland counties’ superior courts. Arrested and processed at the station was Brian Larrow, 37, of Addison.

In other actions between May 19 and 25, Vergennes police conducted nine other directed patrols, a foot patrol and a VIN inspection; processed three fingerprint requests; responded to one false alarm and one 9-1-1 hangup call; conducted three welfare checks; and also:

On May 19:

• Served an abuse-prevention order on a city resident.

• Served a no-stalking order on a city resident.

• Took a call from a Hillside Acres resident that a neighbor was yelling in her apartment. Police spoke with the woman who had been yelling, who said she was fine and declined assistance. Police then called the original complainant and suggested a call to property management.

• Received a report of a minor accident on North Green Street for insurance purposes.

• Looked into a report of a suspicious person in the Mountain View Lane/School Street area.

• Were told children were being mistreated at a Green Street residence. Police checked the children and determined they were fine.

• Looked into a report of a suspicious person in the Main Street/Monkton Road area.

On May 20, were told of a possible domestic dispute in a vehicle at the intersection of Main Street and Monkton Road. Officers couldn’t find the vehicle and issued a be-on-the-lookout request for it. A short time later, a deputy with the Addison County Sheriff’s Department found the vehicle in Monkton and determined nothing criminal had occurred.

On May 21, responded to a report of panhandling causing a traffic issue near Shaw’s Supermarket. Police told the individuals about local food assistance resources.

On May 22:

• Boosted patrols in the Adele Drive/Bowman Road area after a report of a vehicle speeding there.

• Heard from a relative of a resident of Vergennes Grand with dementia that she had allegedly more than once walked away from the facility without staff being aware. The caller also alleged incidents of “delayed medical response,” according to police. Police referred the case to Adult Protective Services and made sure all officers were aware of this resident should she wander off again.

• Looked into a report of a suspicious person in the Main Street area.

On May 24, helped a city resident get a no-trespass order on a family member and also provided the individual information on how to obtain a relief-from-abuse order.

On May 25:

• Patrolled and enforced parking laws during the city’s Memorial Day parade.

• Cited Terry Adams, 31, of Monkton, for violating his conditions of release.