As temperatures soared and people throughout the region flocked to local beaches this weekend, police made at least a dozen arrests while increasing patrols at Revere Beach and Carson Beach. .
On Saturday, officers made seven arrests at Revere Beach, according to a post from the Massachusetts State Police.
Of the people arrested in Revere, four were juveniles.
At Carson Beach in South Boston, five people were arrested by state troopers, according to a post from MSP.
Officials estimated that thousands of people were at Carson Beach at closing time Saturday, with WCVB reporting that officials were trying to disperse a crowd by corralling them. .
One member had his cover set on fire while trying to perform an arrest,” the State Police Association of Massachusetts said in a statement.
Ten people were arrested Saturday at Hampton Beach in New Hampshire as officers worked to disperse a large crowd, according to a statement from Hampton police.
Police made the decision to disperse the crowd, which left the beach itself and moved to the middle of Ocean Boulevard
Five people were arrested, mostly juveniles, last Saturday at Revere Beach
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