University of Colorado: Students encouraged to narc

I was absolutely disgusted when I read this article this morning and equally disgusted when I visited the Colorado.edu Police Photo Page and saw several photos labeled "IDENTIFIED". I can't believe that peers would do something so vile as to turn a fellow student over to campus police for smoking a joint.

We as hardworking common citizens of this country should be very alarmed at how quick a state institution would attempt to turn friends against each other in college, usually considered a right of passage in American society. This cowardly, passive-aggressive attempt at police "work" cannot be tolerated by UofC students or parents who put money in the pockets of such men that would so quickly turn our children's reputations into that of child molesters.

Please contact the University of Colorado Police Department Operations section at 303-492-8168 to tell them what you think about their cowardly assault on their own student body.

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BOULDER â?? Hundreds of people called University of Colorado police Friday to name people photographed at last weekâ??s â??4/20â?� marijuana smoke-out on Farrand Field.

Police posted 150 pictures online Thursday of people lighting up, exhaling and even streaking at the annual event. For each positive identification, CU is offering a $50 reward.

Tipsters, who will remain anonymous to the offenders but not to police, began calling early Friday, said CU police Lt. Tim McGraw.

â??The phones have been ringing off the hook,â?� he said. â??One person called in and IDâ??d five people.â?�

Andrea Hansen, 19, was among the estimated 2,500 people who gathered at 4:20 p.m. April 20. When she heard about the online photos Thursday night, she visited the site immediately. The CU freshman said she was relieved to see she had succeeded in avoiding the cameras, but some of her peers werenâ??t so lucky.

â??There are two pictures of my friend,â?� Hansen said. â??She got all freaked out.â?�
If police canâ??t confirm that those identified in the pictures were puffing marijuana, they still can be ticketed for trespassing on the closed CU field, officials said.

A person must be charged and cited for tipsters to be rewarded.

Hansen said she was surprised to hear that hundreds of people had responded to the police departmentâ??s reward offer.

â??But $50 is a sack,â?� she said, referring to the price of marijuana. â??So thereâ??s your incentive.â?�

A Boulder-based group that advocates marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol said Friday that CUâ??s attempt to punish the 4/20 revelers is â??cowardly.â?� Mason Tvert, campaign director for Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, said CU is treating pot-smoking students like â??child molestersâ?� by â??sticking their photos online.â?�

â??I think this is unbelievable,â?� he said. â??Theyâ??re using money to turn this campus into a culture of informants. If they asked students to call in every time they saw a student drinking, it would be an incredible mess.â?�

Tvert said CU should be focusing its efforts on alcohol abuse and encouraged anyone pictured online to call his organization.

â??Iâ??m sure there will be lawyers and other people upset about this,â?� he said. â??I donâ??t know what we can do for them, but weâ??re hoping for some public outcry because this is clearly a waste of time and money.â?�

Lt. McGraw said alcohol abuse is a top priority but that CU has to discourage blatant marijuana smoking.

CU spokesman Barrie Hartman said he didnâ??t know how long it would take to identify and charge the pictured suspects. Students could face a $100 fine and a â??strikeâ?� against their school record, CU officials said.

â??But school is out very soon,â?� he said. â??So the clock is working against us on this thing.â?�

The â??4/20â?� smoke-out has been drawing crowds for years, but this is the first year CU police have tried to catch participants with online pictures. Hartman said he thinks CU will succeed in charging a â??representative sample, to set an example.â?�

But Marc Muniz, 22, said he doesnâ??t think anyone will get in trouble.

â??I just think the police are trying to appease the citizens and make it look like theyâ??re doing something,â?� said Muniz, a CU senior. â??But I donâ??t think theyâ??re going to get anything done.â?�

Dude I will KILL thats right, i mean murder iin cold blood, drape your inards on the laundry line and rape their kids, if i found out the name of someone who narced on one of my people.

hahaah one of my friends is IDENTIFIED. sucks for him



thats pretty much the most disguisting thing ever

damn you colorado

damn dude
that sucks

HOw fucking sad !

Glad the UK not like the states, im not dissin the states but it sure has a fucked up way of doing things, sometimes....

Peace

http://www.colorado.edu/police/420_P...%20145_jpg.htm
shes pretty hot

Man, this is horrible, the police don't even have to do their jobs anymore, they have the citizens do it for them.

first of all....go CU for having the smoke-a-thon, thats fucking sweet.

second of all....hurray for all the people who STILL went out knowing they would be photographed....thats evfen cooler.

sucks that people are actually getting caught...but its not THAT bad...$100 and a 'strike', not THAT bad...

http://www.colorado.edu/police/420_P...%20041_jpg.htm

this dude looks just like me

they have a total of 420 people posted up!
btw: this is the gayest thing i've ever
heard cops do with bribery

this is terribal shame on you colorado!!shame!!

Thats sad they are turning on each other for 50$..those snitches should have their pics put on the internet..they most likely enjoy MJ also..for 50$ they sell a fellow student/friend out...loyalty is expensive these days sounds like..

Wow, great article.

I go to a very ANTI-marijuana school. I mean we have our tokers but it's nothing compared to the average college scene. From what I hear from friends Colorado has some of the best weed and there are a ton of smokers. In fact, Denver has decriminilized less than an ounce of weed. However, since it got passed as a state bill, there is some complication regarding the law.

That's very cool how they had the balls to just do that. I wish I had open-minded, fun, hot-looking girls who like to toke up at my school.

The whole site looks like they are just trying to intimidate and scare the kids. I doubt there is going to be any serious action against them, aside from the fine and the mark on their record. I'd be more upset about the mark on my record than the $100 fee.

More kids "identified" since I posted this article. This is still the most relevant development in our scene. Please give these "good" officers a call and tell them what you think about them scaring kids that are paying big bucks to put money in their pockets.

Education > Ego > Government > Stupidity.

This WILL happen at your school.

Wow! This is rediculous, I cant believe they would be trying this now that the laws are becoming even more relaxed... the police needs to be out doing more constructive things...

That's fucked up but not surprising. :(

JUST THINK, about 1% of those people are from colorado....


snitches should be strung....

i am in favor of bringing back reverse crucifixions JUST for the assholes who thought this one up..... and snitches WILL be crucified and their corpses will line the road to my house..... come get me motherfuckers.

Someone here said that we should all just go outside ot one point and blaze... I'm starting to think that ACTUALLY might be a good idea.