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September 20, 2012
Despite the University of Richmond Police Department's efforts to be a campus resource, some students have expressed concern about approaching officers because they fear getting in trouble for breaking rules.
According to the police department's website, an overwhelming majority of crimes reported on campus in 2008, 2009 and 2010, were incidents involving liquor law violations.
There has to be some concern from students that if they get too out of control, they will be held liable for their actions, said Chief of Police David McCoy.
"I don't want it to feel like we're infringing, or that we're somewhere we shouldn't be," McCoy said, "but the reality is that high alcohol leads to high risk, and if there is high risk, we have to have police around the area."
Senior Kelsey Guttormsen thinks there are officers who would rather help students than get them in trouble, but that many officers seem to be jumping on opportunities to accuse students of breaking the rules, she said.
"If I needed to contact someone for help in the future, I would probably seek help outside of the campus police," Guttormsen said.
Some underclassmen had different views on the police department.
