Contrary to a statement by Yale College Dean Mary Miller last week, the University will not be fined for the public disruption caused by bladderball. But administrators said they are investigating who planned the event, which violated a 27-year-old ban.

New Haven Police Department Chief James Lewis said that city police will not seek any fines for public safety violations or police overtime resulting from the Oct. 10 game, in which about 1,000 students passed around a multi-colored, jumbo-sized ball from Old Campus to Cross Campus. In response, Miller recanted Monday a statement she made in an e-mail last week that Yale would have to pay fines.

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And, at least for now, the organizers will not face punishment. Lewis added that police would only have been able to fine violators arrested on the day of the event. But on the University’s part, both Miller and Council of Masters chair Jonathan Holloway said Yale officials are investigating who planned the event without University approval.

Holloway said he did not know the status of the investigation, and Miller declined to comment on the status of the investigation, saying that she could not comment on any potential actions of the Executive Committee, which handles undergraduate discipline. Still, she added that bladderball remains a banned event on campus and that she endorsed an opinion piece signed by the 24 residential college masters and deans that condemned the game and described it as a chaotic event that disrupted lives.

Bladderball shut down Elm Street traffic for about half an hour when student participants flooded the roadway. The New Haven and Yale Police Departments responded to the scene, with Yale using all on-duty officers to control the disturbance. University Deputy Secretary Martha Highsmith, who oversees Yale security, said in an interview Monday that no Yale police went on overtime.

But Highsmith added that blocking a street is a violation of city traffic rules, an act punishable by fines. But Lewis said the police will not seek any fines from Yale officials or students.

“[The] only way that would be possible is if someone came down to the department or was arrest on the spot the day of,” Lewis said, adding that he does not believe there is a follow-up investigation by the city.

Miller wrote in an e-mail to the News on Monday she is “pleasantly surprised” that Yale has not been issued any charges.

She added that because Yale officials did not expect the bladderball event, they did not request extra officers in advance to patrol the area and thus did not need to pay for overtime.

Highsmith said Yale was lucky not to have suffered worse consequences from what she described as a dangerous event.

“With all police officers in one place, we were very fortunate not to have had something worse happen elsewhere,” she said.

The impact on Yale-New Haven relations, Miller added, is difficult to measure but is of great concern to the University. She said many New Haven residents called the Yale Police Department to complain about the chaos of bladderball. Some of the callers were drivers of the cars that were stalled on Elm Street, whiles others were parents afraid for the safety of their children, Highsmith said.

Egidio DiBenedetto, Lauren Rosenthal and Greta Stetson contributed reporting.