The LSU Police Department and the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control issued 20 summons for minor in possession of alcohol Saturday. Police issued 71 MIPs on Sept. 19, the day of the Louisiana-Lafayette football game. Detective Jason Bettencourtt of LSUPD said fewer summons were issued Saturday because officers were focused on stopping the sale of counterfeit tickets.  “It hindered our ability to give out MIPs,” Bettencourtt said. LSUPD arrested four people for selling counterfeit tickets Saturday, Bettencourtt said. About 150,000 people were on campus for the game against Florida on Saturday. The same amount of people tailgated and attended the Florida game in 2007.  Bettencourtt said counterfeit tickets were a big problem in 2007. He said officers were able to stop several ticket scalpers early in the day. Despite the Gators-Tigers matchup being high-profile, crime level was about the same as every other game day, Bettencourtt said. “The only thing different was the counterfeit tickets — they were much more prevalent,” Bettencourtt said.
 
 
 
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