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December 18, 2006
*_Public Safety Alert_*
On the evening of Friday, December 16, at 11:10 p.m.,
approximately 10 minutes after completion of the NCAA Division 1
Championship Football game, more than 1,800 students began surging into
the plaza of Southwest. UMPD officials operating under standard
procedure issued a dispersal order to ensure the safety of all involved.
Unfortunately, many students were focused on committing destruction of
university property, and committing bodily harm to University, Amherst,
and State Police. A riot ensued, resulting in the arrest of 11 people,
including 10 students, and substantial property damage. Over one hundred
windows were broken in the Southwest area. Although this figure is yet
to be determined, the cost is expected to be quite high. Alcohol and
substance abuse played a significant role in these events.
During the disturbance, many projectiles, including rocks, bottles, full
beer cans, trash cans and other objects were intentionally thrown at the
police. These assaults resulted in two officers being injured at the
scene and many more now reporting substantial bruising. In addition, a
projectile identified to be a one gallon container of a liquid, believed
to be water, was dropped from an upper floor of JQA on the west side of
the quad. This container landed within a few feet of the Chief of
Police. Had this container hit its target severe injury and possibly
death would be the expected outcome.
[[neurophyre did some napkin physics and determined that this amounted to an 8.33 lb object flying at 77.8 mph! Ooh and someone caught this very event on video]]
The University Police are seeking information pertaining to the attacks
on the officers and any aspect of the rioting. If you have information
that may help identify someone involved in the riot, please contact the
University Police in any one of the following ways:
* *_Call 545-0893 and speak with one of the Police Detectives; or_*
* *_Call 577-TIPS (8477) the Police Confidential Tip Line; or_*
* *_Use an Anonymous Witness Form from the UMPD website,
http://www.umass.edu/umpd/About_Us/Anonymous_Witness/_*
Further, the University Police will be posting images of particular
suspects on a daily basis and will be seeking the community's help in
identifying these perpetrators online at http://www.umass.edu/umpd.
Offenders identified will face serious criminal consequences as well as
judicial sanctions up to and including expulsion from the university.
*PSA 06-06-29556*
*_Public Safety Alert_*
On the evening of Friday, December 16, at 11:10 p.m.,
approximately 10 minutes after completion of the NCAA Division 1
Championship Football game, more than 1,800 students began surging into
the plaza of Southwest. UMPD officials operating under standard
procedure issued a dispersal order to ensure the safety of all involved.
Unfortunately, many students were focused on committing destruction of
university property, and committing bodily harm to University, Amherst,
and State Police. A riot ensued, resulting in the arrest of 11 people,
including 10 students, and substantial property damage. Over one hundred
windows were broken in the Southwest area. Although this figure is yet
to be determined, the cost is expected to be quite high. Alcohol and
substance abuse played a significant role in these events.
During the disturbance, many projectiles, including rocks, bottles, full
beer cans, trash cans and other objects were intentionally thrown at the
police. These assaults resulted in two officers being injured at the
scene and many more now reporting substantial bruising. In addition, a
projectile identified to be a one gallon container of a liquid, believed
to be water, was dropped from an upper floor of JQA on the west side of
the quad. This container landed within a few feet of the Chief of
Police. Had this container hit its target severe injury and possibly
death would be the expected outcome.
[[neurophyre did some napkin physics and determined that this amounted to an 8.33 lb object flying at 77.8 mph! Ooh and someone caught this very event on video]]
The University Police are seeking information pertaining to the attacks
on the officers and any aspect of the rioting. If you have information
that may help identify someone involved in the riot, please contact the
University Police in any one of the following ways:
* *_Call 545-0893 and speak with one of the Police Detectives; or_*
* *_Call 577-TIPS (8477) the Police Confidential Tip Line; or_*
* *_Use an Anonymous Witness Form from the UMPD website,
http://www.umass.edu/umpd/About_Us/Anonymous_Witness/_*
Further, the University Police will be posting images of particular
suspects on a daily basis and will be seeking the community's help in
identifying these perpetrators online at http://www.umass.edu/umpd.
Offenders identified will face serious criminal consequences as well as
judicial sanctions up to and including expulsion from the university.
*PSA 06-06-29556*