Drug arrests have risen on campus while reported burglary offenses have declined, according to the University’s 2009 Annual Security Report released Monday. This year’s report gives an overview of campus arrests, offenses and safety guidelines between 2006 and 2008.     “We’re trending downward in general areas,” said Maj. Helen Haire, LSU Police Department spokeswoman. “It speaks well of our campus.”Reported on-campus burglaries decreased from 119 in 2007 to 99 in 2008. And reported aggravated assaults have decreased from 10 in 2006 to six in 2007 to four in 2008, according to the data. Although those numbers have decreased, drug arrests jumped from 36 in 2007 to 98 in 2008. Haire said LSUPD’s Crime Interdiction Unit, a small group of investigators responsible for patrolling campus for suspicious activity, is part of the reason for the spike. She said CIU officers are stopping more people and investigating more suspicious activity on campus, leading to more arrests. Haire also said more students are calling LSPUPD to report possible drug offenses. “We’ve gotten a lot of help from the University community,” Haire said. While the most arrests on campus — 216 — were for liquor-law violations in 2008, those arrests have declined since 2006, when there were 341 arrests. The Dec. 13, 2007, murders of graduate students Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam were also included in the report. Haire said the murders have affected the way students, faculty and staff view safety on campus. “It heightened awareness for the campus community,” Haire said. “Crime can happen. It’s up to all of us to keep this campus safe.”——Contact Kyle Bove at [email protected]