Thursday, October 22, 2009
The first gameday this football season, Emilio Breyer had a rockin’ party at his house near the student ghetto. It had all the elements of a successful party: a band, tons of people he didn’t know — and two visits from the cops.
Luckily, Breyer, Overland Park senior, and his housemates didn’t receive the $250 fine they should have for receiving multiple noise
complaints in one evening. Perhaps they escaped the fine because they lied about receiving the first warning, but Breyer attributes their good fortune to the level of respect they showed the police.
“As long as you’re being polite, most Lawrence cops don’t really care,” he says.
Lawrence Police Department spokesman Sgt. Bill Cory confirms cooperation is key.
“The officers are used to dealing with people who have been drinking,” Cory says, “and all they are looking for is cooperation from the people at the party.”
As long as you tell everyone who you don’t know or who is underage to leave the party once the cops arrive, you’ll be fine, Breyer says.
He’s actually had several more parties since the incident with the police and has had no problems, he says, because they’ve been making sure to keep people off the porch and inside.
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part2 (anonymous) says...
This story could have been summed up in two words: be nice.
Okay, got it.
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