It wouldn't be an election year without complaints of stolen campaign signs, and this year is no different, with numerous residents reporting sign thefts to Lubbock police.

In recent days, several people from the Tech Terrace neighborhood have reached out to the A-J or taken to social media reporting thefts of yard signs, most of them for U.S. Senate Candidate Beto O'Rourke.

Many of the reports came in toward the end of last week and over the weekend.

Between Sept. 13 and 14, Lubbock police received over a dozen calls related to political signs being stolen, said Lubbock police spokeswoman Tiffany Taylor.

The majority of the calls were from residents reporting their signs were stolen, while some were to inform police that a sign was stolen from a neighbor's yard.

Grant Gerlich, president of Tech Terrace U.N.I.T. (University, Nineteenth, Indiana and 34th Street) Neighborhood Association, called the A-J after he noticed multiple signs were stolen in the area.

Gerlich said he walks his dog every morning and evening.

During his routine walks, he began to notice O'Rourke signs were stolen from around the Tech Terrace park and nearby houses, including his own.

"My Beto sign was in my planter," said Gerlich. "(Whoever stole the sign) had to walk on my lawn and come and grab it. That's trespassing and you're walking on my lawn."

On Thursday, neighborhood resident Jeffrey Koch, through a Facebook message to the A-J, said every O'Rourke sign on his block of 28th Street had been taken, sharing a Lubbock police report number regarding one of the thefts.

Gerlich said the NextDoor app has been a useful tool for neighbors to share information about the sign thefts, with one thread on the topic attracting more than 30 responses.

Taylor said stealing a sign from a person's yard could carry a misdemeanor theft charge, and anyone found responsible for doing so could be arrested.

"Unfortunately, this is an issue we see every campaign year," she added. "If anyone has video related to these campaign sign thefts, we ask that they contact LPD."

O'Rourke, a Democratic U.S. Rep. from El Paso, is challenging U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in the November election.