THE SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE BUSIER THAN USUAL FRIDAY NIGHT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL GATHER AT FORT MARCY PARK FOR THE ANNUAL BURNING OF ZOZOBRA. LT. ANDREA DOBYNS TELLS 770 KKOB OFFICERS WILL BE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS. SHE SAYS PEOPLE OFTEN GET DRUNK OR STONED AT THE ZOZOBRA BURNING. COMBINING THAT WITH A LARGE CROWD BRINGS THE POTENTIAL FOR PROBLEMS.
AN ESTIMATED 30-THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED LAST YEAR. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME THE EVENT HAS BEEN HELD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT SINCE 1997 WHEN THERE WAS A FATAL SHOOTING. IT WAS THEN MOVED TO THURSDAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
