article_snippet: The Bay County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) provided a breakdown of criminal activity between March 5 - 15 this year, with three weeks of Spring Break still to go: . '
article_snippet: Sheriff McKethithen told Daily Mail Online on Friday that Sheriff McKethithen officers, along with the Panama City Beach Police, face an overwhelming wave of criminal activity during the five weeks of Spring Break, when his officers, along with the Panama City Beach Police, face an overwhelming wave of criminal activity during the five weeks of Spring Break, when their community swells from 12,000 people to an estimated 100-300,000 community swells from 12,000 people to an estimated 100-300,000. '
article_snippet: this is not the traditional Spring Break of the past,' Sheriff McKethithen said. '
article_snippet: Sheriff McKethithen called Spring Break an 'emotional roller coaster' both for the students who end up victims of violence and sexual assault and for Sheriff McKethithen officers, who work double shifts to cope with the influx. '
article_snippet: Although Sheriff McKethithen offered no exact figures on the cost of policing Spring Break, Sheriff McKethithen said that the $150,000 given in assistance by the Tourist Development Council 'barely scratched the surface'.
article_snippet: a growing problem - arrests had uncovered a Glock and an AK-47 during Spring Break.
article_snippet: McKeithen said earlier this week that the number of incidents so far this year showed the changes designed to tone down Spring Break haven't worked.