‘We’ve got an eye on things:’ How Evansville Police will handle Fall Festival Safety

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Crowds growing larger and larger each year at the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival.

What’s also growing larger? Security measures.

“In the past, the officers, we just showed up and walked around,” Capt. Jason Thomas, Special Operations Commander for the Evansville Police Department said.

“Every year, we modify it, we add, we take away, we make it better every year than it was the previous year,” Thomas said.

A temporary no fly zone will be in place, prohibiting drones from flying over the festival from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. This is the second time that’s being put in place.

We’ve also previously reported that instead of plastic water barricades, they’ll be switching to concrete barriers.

“We also had some help from IMI concrete. They’ve donated and are lettin