Police are on high alert as Londoners celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
Bars across the city opened at 11am, offering breakfast foods, green beer and liquor.
Officers are on patrol in student areas near Fanshawe College, Western University and in the downtown core.
Last year, police issued 74 tickets. Most were for having open alcohol in the streets, being intoxicated in public and public urination.
"Overall, I think they (the police) have been doing a really good job. They're not being too hard near the bars, but checking more on the house parties. Which is kind of what you want to see, right?," says Western Student Mitesh Desai, who hit Richmond Row before noon for a pub crawl.
"Everyone needs a release from studies. We're half way through the last semester," says Alex Parreira. "Everyone wants a break, their break is this. It's St. Patrick's Day and everyone comes out to have fun."
Police have worked with student unions at the college and the university to ensure young people would not be gathering in areas like Thurman Circle and Broughdale Ave.
In 2012, a riot broke out on Fleming Dr. near Fanshawe College. Party goers gathered in the streets near Fanshawe College, setting fire to a CTV news van and pelting officers with bottles.