When hundreds of thousands of biker arrive
Sturgis Police Dept. runs in emergency mode for 10-days
Surge in Police Presence come early August
Sturgis Police expands drastically during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Town explodes from 7,000 population to somewhere between 200,000 and 400,000. Maybe more.
"It's a difference of night and day."
says Geody VanDewater, chief of the Sturgis Police Department
The outskirts are also flooded with South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers who come in from all over the state.
And a motorcycle gang fight broke out one year on Main Street, and that entire area was immediately swamped with lots of armed law enforcement.