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The students say it best! The campus police really care about their safety. Students involved in drinking on and around campus never have a reason to be paranoid of getting a citation, unless they’re acting really stupid. Close your dorm room door, and you and your friends can get plastered and bounce off the walls all night. As long as things are kept quiet and no one sees anything, there won’t be any problems from the authorities. The police are here to protect students, not to bust them.

The campus realizes that most CMU students are mature and lets them enjoy their freedom. The drug and party scenes aren’t too large, and they never really get out of control, so the police don’t have much to worry about in the first place. Even though students don’t have much to fear from authorities, they shouldn’t try to test their patience either.

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CMUNF says:

Carnegie Mellon University 2015

Math and Statistics

You don't see very many big...

You don't see very many big problems stemming from drugs. Alcohol-related incidences are handled according to the incident—some things are overlooked and some heavily prosecuted.

Campus Strictness: March 02, 2009
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CMUNB says:

Carnegie Mellon University 2015

Engineering

Campus police are not very strict...

Campus police are not very strict unless you are throwing a house party close to campus and being very loud. If you are stumbling home after a long night, they will not pay you any attention. If you are running through the streets and shouting, they will take care of you. Pittsburgh cops are much more strict than campus police.

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CMUTS says:

Carnegie Mellon University 2014

Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

The police are here to help and...

The police are here to help and protect, not to bust us. RAs and Campus Police are more concerned with our health and safety than with getting us in trouble. They go out of their way early on to let us know about how to indulge safely. There are rarely problems. If the students don't get too outrageous, the cops don't interfere. It's a nice relationship.

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CMUHM says:

Carnegie Mellon University 2016

Engineering

When it come to drugs and drinking...

When it come to drugs and drinking you really have to be pretty blatant about it to get caught. Campus police are just out to make sure everyone is safe. They are trying to be pretty strict about drugs.

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CMUSH says:

Carnegie Mellon University 2016

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

We have strict rules about not...

We have strict rules about not having alcohol in the freshman dorms, but the overall enforcement of drinking policies is rather slack in my opinion. You could easily drink in a frat party.

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What Are You Most Likely to Get Caught Doing on Campus?

  • Having candles and incense sticks in your dorm
  • Running around on roof tops of buildings
  • Bringing food or drink in a cluster
  • Not having a wristband for the gyms
  • Making too much noise in your dorm
  • Downloading copyrighted materials
  • Sending unsolicited e-mail (spam)
  • Public urination or indecency
  • Streaking on the field
  • Running stop signs
  • Drinking underage
  • Parking illegally

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