The Dallas Police Department tallied a higher than average number of arrests last weekend, a jump its officers attribute to the Red River Rivalry.

The number of public intoxication arrests was higher than it is during a typical weekend, but was average for OU-Texas weekend, said Dallas Police Department Senior Corp. Kevin Janse.

The department reported 62 arrests, all of them for public intoxication, Friday night before the OU-Texas football game at locations popular among the crimson and burnt orange crowd.

There were no major incidents this weekend, and most of the citations the department issued were to students who were out of control, said Dallas Police Department Corp. Jerry Monreal.

The department had extra officers on duty, both in patrol cars and on bicycles, the night before the game to monitor the five most popular spots where Sooners and Longhorns gather in Dallas.

“Showing presence out there, I think, deters people from acting up,” Monreal said.

His department had extra officers patrolling the West End, Victory Plaza, Deep Ellum, Greenville Avenue and Main Street, Janse said. He said the West End and Deep Ellum are the most popular.

There were no arrests in Victory Plaza or Deep Ellum, but there were 35 public intoxication arrests in the West End, 24 on Greenville Avenue and three on Main Street between 2 p.m. Friday and 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Janse said.

Janse said he thinks the arrests were OU-Texas related because of where they took place, but Monreal said the State Fair of Texas, which was also going on during the weekend, could have contributed to the number of arrests.

Some OU students have personally experienced the result of an increase in the number of officers on the street.

Environmental design senior Eric Martin was arrested last year during OU-Texas weekend by a Dallas police officer for having an open beer container outside. Martin said the beer he was holding was his first of the night.

“The policeman looked at me and goes, ‘You’re going to jail,’” Martin said.He was handcuffed and placed in a police car for an hour the Friday night before the game. Martin said he was then taken to a holding cell, where he stayed until he was released the next morning.

While he was being booked, Martin said he saw about 15 or 20 OU students at the jail.

Martin said he went to Dallas again this year but did not visit the West End.

Monreal said some of the hotels in Dallas popular with students employed their own security forces for the weekend. He said the department did not mind the extra help.

“Everybody is going to work together once they’re out there,” Monreal said.