Cy-Hawk crime is in a downward trend

Michael Murrell

The Ames and ISU Police Departments had a combined 55 charges during the weekend of the Cy-Hawk rivalry.

Ames Police arrested and charged 34 people. The charges included 11 public intoxications, five disorderly conducts, five illegal possessions of alcohol and three assaults.

ISU Police had 21 charges. Of those 21 charges, 15 were public intoxications and alcohol violations.

Jason Tuttle, investigations commander for the Ames Police Department, said they were busier than they are during a regular weekend.

“On the UNI game we had 215 calls for service from Friday evening to Sunday morning, and this weekend we had 369,” Tuttle said.

Tuttle said Campustown was their busiest area, with a lot of activity on Welch Avenue.

“From Ash over to Sheldon Ave. is kind of our university impacted area,” Tuttle said. “That area is where we spent most of our time.”

While crime rate was up from most weekends, Some positives resulted from the weekend.

Tuttle said while some people were kicked out of the stadium this weekend, none were arrested at Jack Trice. This is a decrease from the eight arrests during last week’s UNI game, despite the fact they had one of their largest crowds ever.

The crime rate was also down from the Cy-Hawk game two years ago in Ames. Ames Police charged 50 people two years ago, compared to the 34 charges this year. The biggest drop was in public intoxications with 15 fewer than two years ago.

Tuttle said they are expecting crime to go down at the Kansas game Oct. 3.