This past weekend was full of festivities, including Iowa State’s Homecoming, Halloween and the end of daylight saving time. With all of those events, Ames Police were busy throughout the weekend.

Cmdr. Jason Tuttle of the Ames Police Department said between late in the night Friday to early morning Sunday there were 20 people arrested on 28 different charges.

“We had a few more extra officers out to help,” Tuttle said. “We knew we were going to be busy.”

Most of the charges this weekend were public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Saturday was the department’s busiest day, with 14 people arrested.

Tuttle said on normal football game weekends, they will see somewhere between seven and 10 arrests. Iowa State’s Homecoming football game was much more tame, with only one arrest, he said.

Bars were open an extra hour because of the end of daylight saving time, and officers received numerous calls near bars on Welch Avenue, Tuttle said.

According to daily police logs from ISU police, between Halloween night and early morning Sunday a dozen people were arrested on either charges of public intoxication or operating while intoxicated.

Ten people were cited for underage possession of alcohol, as well, according to ISU police logs.

However, house parties appeared to be more prevalent. Tuttle said officers told him they broke up one party of about 100 and another of about 500.

“That’s a pretty large party on the weekend for us,” Tuttle said. “We see those numbers start to soar at the end of the night.”

Tuttle said the officers try to get out ahead of time and get to parties that are getting out of hand.

“It’s hard to be proactive when we are just going from call to call to call,” Tuttle said.

He added that the officers do their best to educate partygoers about what the department expects and how to party safe, but it can be difficult on busy weekends.

“People start to make poor judgement decisions and start to invite people that weren’t originally invited,” Tuttle said.

An increase in house parties is something the department sees every year during the Halloween holiday because many people want to have costume parties, Tuttle said.