Mifflin street block party will be turning 50 years old this saturday.

The unsanctioned celebration has had it's highs and lows, but as our chris lueneburg shows us, no matter what happens, madison police are ready for anything.

While mifflin street block party will be celebrating half a century this year, lt.

Dave mccaw is celebrating his 23rd year in attendance.... as a police officer.

(((every year since '96.))) from quiet to loud and safe to dangerous, he's seen it all.

(((everybody's intention is to go there and have a good time, yet violence hapens.

Every year since 96, except for two years, there has been at least one sexual assault.

One year as many as 8 sexual assaults at the event.

There's been times when every ambulance from madison fire has been responding to the mifflin area.))) so he and his the special events officers run drills for just about anything.

One common scenerio in which an attendee needs medical attention could look like this.

(((scene))) according to city officials, even though first responders are taking precautions, it seems like nothing can take the steam out of this unstoppable party.

(((wither or not there's a riot, wither or not a student is almost murdered at the event, it doesn't end the enthusiasm and the tradition from occuring again with no sponsor, no organizer.))) for lt.

Mccaw, the biggest priority is simply public safety.

(((what we would like to do is train every possible scenerio and run through it so when it happens, people are like, it's just like training.))) though there are no street closures planned for the event saturday, police say to