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A scene from last year’s parade.
Police Chief Frank Limon is asking attendees at Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade to come without the alcohol.
Police plan to conduct DUI checks and to hand out citations of up to $99 for violations of laws banning “public drinking from open containers, disorderly behavior and sale of alcoholic beverages other than in licensed establishments,” Limon said in a release issued Friday.
“The New Haven Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is a rich, family-oriented, cultural tradition. Come and enjoy the parade, leave your coolers and alcoholic beverages at home and avoid having a citation spoil your St. Patrick’s Day celebration.”
The parade starts at 1 p.m. Sunday at Sherman Avenue and Chapel Street. It proceeds down Chapel to Church Street and ends at Orange and Grove. Organizers expect 3,700 marchers in the parade itself and another 300,000 people to watch.