While thousands of people are expected to flock to Columbia for Homecoming, local police say they don’t have plans to bring in extra reinforcements this weekend.

“We don’t really plan on treating this game any differently than any other home game,” MU Police Department spokesman Capt. Scott Richardson said. “We haven’t needed to bring in extra support for past home games, even for Homecomings.”

MUPD will not be involved in the centennial Homecoming parade Saturday morning.

“The parade is really only overseen by Columbia PD,” Richardson said. “All we will do is have a few cars lead the way at the front of the parade.”

Of all large campus events that have posed problems at recent Homecoming weekends, Richardson said that the crowd that met ESPN’s “College GameDay” crew on the quad last year was actually the most difficult to keep under control, due to the fact that such an uncommon event drew such an enormous crowd.

CPD is in charge of Saturday morning’s parade, but does not oversee campus activities such as tailgating, the game and other student events.

Despite an influx of thousands of Missouri fans and alumni alike expected within the coming days, CPD will not deviate from its usual Homecoming procedures.

“This year’s Homecoming isn’t going to be treated any differently than those of past years,” CPD spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said. “The fact that it is the hundredth won’t bring about any more problems than any other years. There won’t be any reason to treat it differently than any other home football game.”

Richardson said MUPD takes all home football games seriously, regardless of whether or not it is the Homecoming game. The centennial aspect of this year’s game will not be too much for a typical amount of officers to handle, he said.

“We don’t see the need to bring in any extra enforcement,” Richardson said. “It’s going to be treated the same as all of the other home football games.”