"We didn't have any problems," Hampton Police Department Cpl. Allison Quinones said. "Having dealt with the Phish crowd before, we knew what to expect with the large crowds."

Hampton also used undercover officers and help from outside agencies, Quinones said.

But Jubilee pointed out he won't have at least one piece of help Hampton did.

"They even used NCIS," he said of the Virginia-based Naval Criminal Investigative Service. "We don't have NCIS."

While the Atlantic City deputy chiefs would not give specifics about their security plans, they said a bigger-than-normal presence is planned. It was unclear what kind of overtime that might mean. Off-duty officers will also be used as part of the special detail Boardwalk Hall has planned.

"We have no doubt it will be a safe weekend," said Greg Tesone, the hall's general manager. "It's going to be a larger than normal contingent of our own security and of the off-duty police detail that we would normally have."

Phish Heads — as the band's faithful followers are known — are not the only group that will be making Atlantic City its trick-or-treat destination.