Lincoln police received 51 complaints of wild parties in the city this weekend, the department said Monday.

Authorities wrote 30 tickets on a variety of offenses, including maintaining a disorderly house, minor in possession of alcohol and indecent exposure involving an 18-year-old girl who urinated in public while about 20 people watched.

The 51 complaints were not an exceptional number for the weekend before college classes start, said Police Chief Tom Casady.

Police also made two arrests on weapons violations.

Ryan T. Gifford, 21, 3224 Mohawk St., was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon, being in possession of a stolen firearm, failure to comply with an order and resisting arrest.

Gifford, with his hands in his pockets, allegedly approached a police officer outside 3002 Merrill St. around 2 a.m. Saturday as a party at that address began to wind down. Authorities repeatedly asked Gifford to take his hands from his pockets. Gifford then turned, began walking and dug his right hand deeper in his front pocket, police said.

A scuffle ensued between Gifford and police officers, and he was taken into custody.

Police said they found a loaded Ruger .357-caliber Magnum in Gifford’s right pocket.

In the second incident involving a handgun, police responded to a disturbance call outside 445 N. 25th St. around 7:15 a.m. Sunday.

Upon arrival, authorities saw a man, later identified as Jermaine Sidney, 20, yelling outside the residence.

Sidney indicated he was trying to wake someone to give him a ride home. Police offered to give him the ride, but when he sat his backpack on the cruiser, police heard a heavy, clunking sound.

A search of the bag uncovered a loaded Colt .45-caliber handgun with a loaded magazine.

Sydney was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon, second offense. The first offense occurred in 2003.

Police said Monday that Sydney was one of several people involved in a shooting in which Lerodrick Johns was killed in September 2004. Sydney was not charged in Johns’ death.