An estimated 20,000 people packed the 400 and 500 blocks of Mifflin Street Saturday to celebrate the annual spring bash. Approximately 125 Madison Police Department command staff and officers were assigned to work the block party. Madison Police arrested 225 partygoers who were charged with a total of 317 violations. Despite the high cost of police enforcement Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said "I would really be shocked if the police costs were not covered by the fine revenue because so many people were ticketed."A Mifflin Street Block Party reveler confronts a City of Madison Police Officer after the officer seized the man’s Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Approximately 125 Madison Police Department command staff and officers were assigned to work the block party and were deployed at 10 a.m., making their first arrests at about 11 a.m.