DeKalb Police say the biggest worry they will have during the Homecoming weekend isn’t rowdy partiers, it’s traffic.

Fifteen extra DeKalb Police officers will work the Homecoming parade Saturday morning, said DeKalb Police Lt. Charles Beierlotzer. “It’s pretty much a routine schedule for Homecoming weekend, but we beef up our manpower to accomodate the parade. We’ll have extra patrols for the parade to block the roads, but that’s it. You’ll see the difference of Homecoming in increased traffic.

“A bar can only hold so many people. They are stuffed to the gills every weekend anyway,” he said.

The 11 University Police who will be working Saturday shouldn’t worry about visitors bringing trouble with them to NIU, Webster said. “This is a tranquil community. Homecoming shouldn’t be a problem. We don’t have as many alums coming to campus for Homecoming as we did 20 years ago,” said UP Capt. James Webster.

Even if there are a few more people in town for the festivities, Beierlotzer said, “more people do not equal more fights.” This year’s crop of students is more combative than groups from previous years, Beierlotzer said.

“We have many more argumentative people now who don’t want to quiet down and obey the law,” he said.