Original Article 'Bladder beat' targets revelers looking for relief Associated Press Dec. 6, 2004 07:20 AM PITTSBURGH - Officers Matt Turko and Tom Weger are on Pittsburgh's "bladder beat." Since November 2003, Turko and Weger have patrolled the city's South Side, one of the country's oldest Victorian-era shopping districts in the country by day - but one of the city's best places to drink at night. They bust bladder-heavy revelers looking for relief in alleys, the sides of houses and in dark corners. "It's a target-rich environment," Weger said. Turko and Weger have handed out more than 220 citations for public indecency. Emptying your bladder in the wrong place can also empty your wallet. Each ticket comes with a $300 fine. Pittsburgh police Cmdr. Bill Joyce, whose zone covers the South Side, started the Pub Patrol last year amid complaints by neighborhood residents and business owners tired of people using their bushes, trees and buildings for last-minute latrines. "How would they feel if someone walked into their neighborhood and began urinating on their own homes?" Joyce said.