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"The Boston bombing is prompting the UC Davis Police Department to step up security measures for Picnic Day on Saturday, when an expected 50,000 to 80,000 people will flood the campus for its annual event.The open-house event is billed as family friendly and community-oriented, but is also known as an occasion for partying and drinking.This year, it also happens to fall on April 20, a day known for celebrating marijuana.\"We are rethinking, looking at our plans, making changes and upgrades where necessary,\" UC Davis Police Chief Matthew Carmichael told KCRA 3 on Wednesday. \"We are going to be ever-vigilant this Saturday.\"Carmichael said he couldn't elaborate on specifics because of safety reasons, but explained that the measures involve enlisting help from officers of other University of California campuses, and deploying them on foot, bicycle and electric cars.They also will pay extra attention to entrances and exits, he said.\"Some of those security measures include things like officers in plain clothes in the crowds, looking for out-of-the-ordinary events or suspicious things,\" Carmichael explained.In addition, student-volunteers and police cadets will provide additional security.\"Having Picnic Day on 4/20 should make no difference. We have no tolerance for things like that,\" said Jonathan Wu, event chair for Picnic Day. \"The message behind Picnic Day is to celebrate what we\u2019re all about.\"The Davis City Council renewed the ordinance for the core downtown area for the event.A person having open alcohol bottles, urinating in public or being too loud will be fined at least $408. \u00A0 \u00A0 \u00A0\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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