Nuisance party violations increase at this year's Homecoming
Student and CMU fans play beer pong at the student tailgate on Oct. 3, 2015.
Students receiving nuisance party violations were the biggest source of homecoming citations this year.
Mount Pleasant Police Officer Jeff Browne said this was because after receiving noise complaints, students weren't letting police inside houses. Thirteen people were cited for attending a nuisance party, and 13 more were cited for hosting a nuisance party. In total, 122 people were cited or arrested this weekend.
"Unfortunately this year we met some resistance," Browne said. "We were going places and people weren't working with us to resolve the issue, so everyone there received tickets. We had to secure search warrants."
Police responded to 87 calls for service on Friday night and 113 on Saturday, when Central Michigan University played Northern Illinois University. Last year, police responded to 429 calls. Eleven people were cited or arrested for open intoxication. Police gave out 16 minor in possession citations, compared to 27 last year.
Browne said most problems police dealt with were CMU students, different from Welcome Weekend when police traditionally run into issues with students coming from out of town. Browne said these students feel that they have no responsibility for Mount Pleasant.
"It wasn't like Welcome Weekend," he said. "Most of the people were people who are affiliated or formally attend Central."
With five extra officers on duty during the Homecoming tailgate and game, and five more on duty for the night shift, police wrote five citations for disorderly conduct and five for disturbing the peace. One person was arrested for driving with a suspended license.
Two were arrested for drunken driving, and one for possession of drugs. One person was arrested for violating probation.
Browne said this year's Homecoming wasn't anything out of the ordinary for CMU.
"The weather probably helped keep the foot traffic to a minimum," he said. "We did have some, but not as many issues."
