Tough police stand on student misbehaviour

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By Ellie Constantine on Mon, 22 Feb 2010
University of Otago | News: Dunedin | Orientation
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Alastair Dickie
Alastair Dickie
Dunedin police will work with other agencies in order to target anti-social student behaviour over the next two weeks.

Dunedin emergency response commander Inspector Alastair Dickie said extra staff would be on patrol in and around the campus area to ensure things were "orderly and don't get out of hand".

With Dunedin getting busier and events under way, he had a simple message for students: "Engage the brain or experience the pain".

If students were going to be "silly" they would be dealt with through the courts and could breach the University of Otago code of conduct.

"They have come here to learn, but if they do get involved in silly behaviour there could be serious effects on how they progress in their careers."

The police would work in conjunction with the proctor and Dunedin District Licensing Authority agents to encourage responsible drinking.

Licensing authority co-ordinator Kevin Mechen said the agency would promote the responsible message.

"We want people to have a good time, but be responsible with it."

Licensing inspector Tony Mole had been talking with liquor licensees reminding them of their obligations and would keep an eye on them over the next two weeks to ensure promotions were within guidelines, he said.

ellie.constantine@odt.co.nz

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Students are back

Submitted by Snowden22 on Wed, 24/02/2010 - 11:45am.

Perhaps you need to move out of Dunedin and stop complaining, or look at the positive side of being in a town that has a university smack bag in the middle of it. Being a first-time parent and taking our eldest to Dunedin over the weekend, we were welcomed with good ol' southern hospitality. Every one was polite, interested and gave good service - a rarity in the North Island, I can tell you. When you have the number of students in one condensed area you are always going to get mess etc. Look at other cities - they have the same problem with litter. It isnt just Dunedin. The students I met - first, second and third year etc  - were funny and polite. Hey, they are out to "make a statement", but laugh with them and enjoy them. They bring $$$ into your community, and remember - they do grow up and become boring old adults just like us......eventually!

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Students are back

Submitted by scubadoo on Mon, 22/02/2010 - 2:55pm.

You only have to drive through Dunedin and see the traffic problems, all the broken glass, the bottles and the rubbish everywhere to know that what New Zealand considers 'students' are back in Dunedin. Then there is the shouting, the screaming and the jumping out in front of cars. Not to mention throwing things at passing vehicles. Having worked in universities all my life, and having lived in many university towns around the world, I have never seen such disgusting, disgraceful and positively third-world conditions. When will Dunedin wake up and realise that this is not normal or acceptable? When will the council, police and the university deal with the mess? These are supposedly the best and brightest of the country? The country's future does not look good.

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