The Hartford Courant reported that on Friday, October 3, NBPD issued 36 tickets to underage students who officers caught drinking at a house party on Stanley Street (“New Britain:36 At CCSU Face Alcohol Citations”, Oct. 7, 2008 Hartford Courant). Neighbors residing on the streets surrounding the campus have been publicly complaining for years about the problems with noise, vandalism, and even problems with littering caused by the students. I am sure the neighborhood was delighted about the news regarding these 36 students who were charged Friday.
City police did a great job in this case, but if the university would do a better job keeping its students under control, perhaps the police department wouldn’t have to be tied up writing these kind of tickets in the first place. Let’s not forget that current staffing is way too low in the police department and the chief is actively recruiting to fill 17 vacancies.
This incident should be a wake up call to the mayor and city leaders to look into the problems facing the campus neighborhood and to work with CCSU leaders to try to prevent further incidents. According to the Courant article, student conduct codes still apply to the students in their off campus housing and the university administration needs to be encouraged to utilize this code to maintain better conduct from its students.
I trust that both police departments will take notice of your alert.
ReplyDeleteI am sick of picking up beer cans from my front lawn and these are suppose to be college students?
I have a good friend that lives in the neighborhood and she describes it as "like living in a housing project."
ReplyDeleteThe Belvedere neighborhood has been puting up with this crap for 25 years that I know about. Since the mayor isn't capable of doing his job or just doesn't care about this neighborhood, maybe the town council could appoint someone to address this situation on behalf of the neighborhood. The police are doing what they can but the big problem is that the college president doesn't seem to give a crap anymore than the mayor does. I was hoping someone from the council could be our last resort.
ReplyDeletePlease please please please please please help.
The Colege President should get on the stick. He apparently doesn't care about the problems the neighabors of the campus have to endure
ReplyDeleteWOW, another story where the mayor is letting down a group of citizens. What else is new? I'm still looking for a story where he did something right. Maybe I will live long enough to see one.
ReplyDeleteAn old republican saying " there you go again" And the Mayor is going to the ccsu neighborhood to resolve the existing problems created by the students.
ReplyDeleteAgain, blame the school and blame the city. Lets blame the landlords and parents as well. Lets blame the beer companies. Students need to take responsibility for their actions. I think these tickets need to continue to be issued, along with arrests if this is what is needed to deter this type of behavior.
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