Virginia Tech - Campus Strictness

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Police officers visit campus often during the day and evening, but if you’re not doing anything illegal or wrong, they’re usually friendly. During the day, the police pull over people driving too fast around the Drillfield, direct jaywalkers to crosswalks, and catch bicyclists going the wrong way on the roads. In the evenings, the police make their way downtown either on bikes, on foot, or in patrol cars in order to make sure students aren’t drunk in public or driving under the influence. A DUI is a serious offence, and the police set up DUI checkpoints quite often.

The police are sometimes called when parties get too loud off campus. Most of the time, officers issue warnings to loud partiers, tell them to turn their music down, and send their partying friends home. The police in Blacksburg realize that this is a college town, but they don’t have much patience for drunken students. On-campus drinking is regulated by RAs in the dorms, and they watch for underage drinking. The campus isn’t a dry campus, so if students are caught drinking, usually the consequences are softer for the first offense and get stricter if you’re caught again. The campus and the police aren’t too strict, and most of the time they just leave Tech students feeling safe. Most rules and laws that get enforced have to do with alcohol and traffic violations. Less serious things, like having a guy or a girl over too late in you dorm, isn’t going to get you into very much trouble.

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Students Speak Out

VTCG says: Virginia Tech 2016 Engineering

There is a zero-tolerance drug... There is a zero-tolerance drug policy, so that can be a really big deal. I have found that the police aren't really out to bust students and can be fairly lax at times, at least compared to other schools like Radford University, where the police are just looking for people to bust for alcohol violations. 12345 Campus Strictness: March 27, 2009 Report

VTPF says: Virginia Tech 2015 Natural Resources and Conservation

The police are pretty strict on... The police are pretty strict on drinking in the dorms. If you are discrete about it, you will probably be fine, but if you decide to have a large party in your room, you will most likely get caught. The thing to remember is that your roommate gets punished for it, too, even if they are not involved. So don't forget to consider others if you are going to try and get away with something. 12345 Campus Strictness: February 25, 2009 Report

Anonymous says:

The cops are pretty strict and... The cops are pretty strict and pretty active. You have to be careful, because cops do set up DUI checkpoints and will arrest you for being drunk in public or using fake IDs. 12345 Campus Strictness Report

Anonymous says:

Don’t be drinking and driving, and... Don’t be drinking and driving, and don’t let the cops catch you drinking if you are a minor. The least it will get you is community service, and at the other end is jail time. 12345 Campus Strictness Report

Anonymous says:

Not much is tolerated beyond... Not much is tolerated beyond drinking. I know of people getting kicked out for weed; also, you can be suspended for DUIs if you get one around here. Parties are broken up sometimes, while other times they don’t care. 12345 Campus Strictness Report

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