BILL COWAN:
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>> MOST OF THE ARREST COME DOWN TO PUBLIC INTOXICATION, MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL ARE OUR TWO BIGGEST CATEGORIES OF ARRESTS .>> Reporter: BUT COLLEGE STUDENTS LIKE HANNAH HICKS AND CHRISTIAN GERRING FROM TEXAS A & M THINK THE POLICE ARE BEING OVERLY AGGRESSIVE .>> SOMEBODY WAS VIDEOTAPING IN A COPS FACE AND HE SAID YOU ARE INTERFERING WITH AN ARREST SO HE LIKE HOOKED HER UP. IT'S STUPID REASONS .>> I KNOW WE'RE BEING DRUNK AND WE ARE ON SPRING BREAK, BUT WE'RE STILL ADULTS WE'RE IN COLLEGE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEY ACT LIKE WE ARE CHILDREN .>> Reporter: GULF SHORES OFFICIALS BELIEVE THEY BECAME THE HOT SPOT AFTER WORD SPREAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT NEARBY PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, BANNED ALCOHOL FROM ITS BEACHES LAST JUNE. THE NEW BAN IN GULF SHORES IS RAISING CONCERNS THAT STUDENTS COULD NOW MOVE THE PARTY A FEW MILES DOWN TO ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA, WHICH IS DEALING WITH AN 800 % INCREASE OF ITS OWN IN ARRESTS THIS SPRING BREAK. DAN ROWE OVERSEES TOURISM AND CONVENTIONS FOR PANAMA CITY BEACH,
FLORIDA:
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>> THE CITY LEADERS WERE COMPELLED TO MAKE SOME LEGISLATION CHANGES BECAUSE OF INCIDENCES OF YOUNG PEOPLE BEHAVING BADLY .>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, AN UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN WAS ALLEGEDLY GANG- RAPED WHILE ONLOOKERS DID NOTHING. A SHOOTING WOUNDED SEVEN, AND MORE THAN 1, 000 WERE ARRESTED. ROWE SAYS THERE ARE LESS PROBLEMS, BUT THERE IS ALSO LESS MONEY .>> IF THE COLLEGE KIDS AREN'T HERE, THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE CATERED TO THAT COLLEGE SPRING BREAK MARKET ARE THE ONES REALLY TAKING THE BRUNT OF IT THIS YEAR .>> Reporter: LIKE SPARKY SPARKMAN, WHO OWNS SPINNAKER. HIS BEACHSIDE BAR HAS BECOME A GHOST TOWN WITH BUSINESS DOWN 80 TO 90 PERCENT .>> IT'S GONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT SOMETHING, ONCE IT'S GONE, YEAH IT REALLY IS TOUGH TO GET BACK .>> Reporter: IN ALL, PANAMA CITY BEACH ENACTED AT LEAST 20 NEW ORDINANCES TO CRACK DOWN ON BAD BEHAVIOR, AND LIKE GULF SHORES, WILL REVIEW THE ALCOHOL BAN ON THEIR BEACHES BEFORE NEXT MARCH. MICHELLE?
