Police respond to 271 calls for service, seize 6 weapons in Tuscaloosa during packed A-Day weekend
Updated 9:36 PM;
Today 9:02 PM
Tuscaloosa police stationed multiple officers on the University Strip to patrol anticipated crowds following the A-Day game. Overcrowding prompted Tuscaloosa Police Chief Brent Blankley to order people to leave the area, which was already closed to vehicle traffic as part of game-day operations. (TPD)
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Crowds packed Tuscaloosa over the weekend for the annual A-Day spring game, keeping police busy as they responded to 271 calls for service during a 24-hour period between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday.
Officers who work the midnight shift were called in two hours early, and several working evening shift stayed overnight to handle the large number of calls. Despite a planned heavy law enforcement presence, said Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman Stephanie Taylor, there were multiple incidents overnight that led to several arrests and
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2.
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2. The
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3. The
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