Local law enforcement officers were kept busy this weekend due to the many fans in town for the Alabama and Ole Miss game on Saturday.

“We were really busy,” said Oxford Police Chief Mike Martin. “It’s one of the busiest weekends we’ve had in a long time — since the Florida and LSU games when Eli (Manning) was here.”

Law enforcement officers with the OPD, Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department and the University Police Department made a total of 80 arrests between Friday and Sunday night.

“We had everybody we had available working,” Martin said. “If you weren’t on regular duty, you were somewhere working.”

On Friday and Saturday, patrol officers dealt with heavy traffic all over Oxford.

“We had parking issues and traffic congestion issues — everything was a parking lot,” Martin said. “Then, in the middle of all that, we started having to deal with people who were already drinking.”

Martin said his department towed about 30 vehicles during the weekend.

“Nineteen of those were from Molly Barr Road,” near Gertrude Ford Boulevard, Martin said. “Where we had great, big, orange signs that said ‘No Parking - Tow-Away Zone.’”

OPD made 60 arrests, while sheriff’s deputies arrested eight people and UPD arrested 12. Most of the arrests were alcohol or driving related with no felony arrests being made.

“It was crazy,” Lafayette County Sheriff Buddy East said. “We had an extra shift on and some part-time folks come in. It was hectic for a while.”

Over at the Lafayette County Detention Center, corrections officers worked around the clock to process the 70-something people who had been brought in over the weekend. While most people who are arrested are taken to the jail, some are given a “notice to appear in court” and allowed to go home without being brought into the jail and processed.

Six of the 60 arrested by OPD were given notices to appear in court, Martin said.

Jail administrator Gerald Clemons said the detention center was full for most of the weekend, but that his staff “had it covered.”

“It was just normal football-crowd stuff,” Clemons said. “For a home game, it was a pretty normal weekend. They’re always pretty busy.”

Clemons said it took a little bit longer than normal to get everyone processed and out.

“But we kept it moving,” he said Monday.