There were more Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officers than usual at the TCU vs. University of Utah football game Thursday, said an assistant vice chancellor.Darron Turner, assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs who manages tailgates for football games, said there were more TABC officers at this event than ever before.

Turner said he didn’t have an average number of how many TABC officers are usually present at tailgates, but said the number at this game was high.

James Parker, assistant dean of Campus Life, said despite rumors the university hires TABC, TCU did not hire the officers.

“TABC isn’t for hire,” Parker said. “TABC sends additional officers to the event at their own discretion.”

Parker said TABC called and told the university it would be sending more officers to the tailgate. He said Campus Life informed the student organizations that sponsor the tailgate additional TABC officers would be at the event.

TABC Lt. Karen Smith said there was an arrest, and 22 citations were written in the TCU area that night. Smith said 13 were given on campus, and the citations were for minor in possession of alcohol and misrepresentation of age.

Amy Igo, paralegal and open records coordinator for TABC, said the arrest was for public intoxication, but the case was not closed as of Tuesday evening. Igo said the woman is over 21 and a TCU student, but said she couldn’t disclose anymore information.

Smith said there were six to eight officers patrolling the area.

“The number of officers depends on the event,” Smith said.

Turner said the arrest is not a university case and Student Affairs is not going to do anything about the matter. He said arrests at tailgates are uncommon.

“I, personally, wasn’t notified that more TABC officers would be there,” Turner said.

TCU Police Chief Steve McGee said having TABC officers on campus during tailgates is not a new practice.

“We inform the students,” Parker said. “If students chose to violate the law, then they have the consequences that go with that.