More parties have not been broken up this semester despite rumors of a police crackdown on parties.
Boulder Police spokeswoman Huntley said that in 2006, 32 citations were issued. In 2007, 97 citations were issued and in 2008, 155 were issued. She added that from January to Sept. 30, there have been 62 citations.
“If anything it looks like we will actually be down by the monthly average,” Huntley said. “There are no new enforcement strategies.”
Huntley also said that parties might be bigger this year and that could be why people feel that more parties have been broken up.
Evan Crabdree, a 20-year-old sophomore history major and member of CU’s Restorative Justice program, said his program is seeing more citations this semester despite police records.
“Parties broken up always spike in the beginning of the year, but we are seeing more students getting ID’ed and cited,” Crabdree said.
Eric Bullock, a 19-year-old sophomore sociology major, said he felt that more parties had been shut down by police this year compared to others.
“I know that our house and all over our house parties have been broken up,” Bullock said. “We keep getting warnings and everyone is pissed.”
Bullock lives on 17th St. and Cascade Avenue on the Hill, which he said is a common area for parties to be visited by police.
Margho Kirsch, a 19-year-old sophomore marketing major, said her parties have not been broken up but she feels that more police have been around.
“I have seen the police out a lot more, especially on the Hill,” Kirsch said.
Chris Carson, a 21-year-old senior economics major, said he disagrees that more parties have been broken up.
“We had a lot and the cops haven’t come,” Carson said. “But I guess I’m 21 now so it doesn’t matter.”
He added that police had come to his parties in past years.
Amanda March, a 19-year-old sophomore international affairs major, said she has also thrown parties that police have not visited.
“I think if you are smart about it the cops shouldn’t come,” March said. “Although, the cops came to many of my friends’ parties and they were smart.”
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Sara Fruman at Sara.fruman@colorado.edu.
