During Green Key weekend, Safety and Security handled over 60 emergency calls concerning a range of incidents, including theft, property damage, false fire alarms and alcohol and drug use, according to reports submitted by officers to Director of Safety and Security and College Proctor Harry Kinne and obtained by The Dartmouth.
The weekend seemed "slightly busier" for Hanover Police officers than previous Green Key weekends, Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone said. Hanover Police "dealt with" 17 individuals between Thursday night and Sunday night primarily for reasons relating to intoxication but the total number of arrests this year is "difficult" to determine due the Hanover Police Department's Alcohol Diversions Program, Kinne said. Giaccone said he is unable to confirm the number of arrests that occurred over the weekend until he knows how many students will pursue the Diversions program.
Diversions is available to individuals between the ages of 18 and 20 who are arrested for alcohol-related incidents. The program requires individuals to attend a six-hour educational session and a brief one-on-one follow-up session with a counselor. Once participants complete the program, the arrest is removed the their record without formal charges.
"Accepting Diversions would technically not be considered arrest, but students accept or decline later, and those numbers are determined by the Hanover Police Department," Kinne said.
Safety and Security officers responded to 50 incidents over Green Key in 2010, but no students were arrested during last year's festivities, The Dartmouth previously reported.
Eleven students were arrested during Green Key in both 2008 and 2009. The decrease in arrests between 2009 and 2010 follows a change in Hanover Police policy announced in April 2010 under which Good Samaritan calls no longer result in student arrest, The Dartmouth previously reported.
Safety and Security officers responded to a total of 10 medical emergency calls, mostly concerning cases of heavy intoxication, according to reports. On Friday evening, officers arrived at Psi Upsilon fraternity after a highly intoxicated male member of the Class of 2012 tripped, fell and lay unconscious. The student received treatment for his injuries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and was later admitted to Dick's House for treatment, according to the report.
A similar incident occurred at Beta Alpha Omega fraternity where officers found an intoxicated male member of Thayer School of Engineering's Class of 2011 who had fallen over a table and struck his head. He was treated at DHMC, according to the report.
Officers found a female member of the Class of 2012 who appeared highly intoxicated and who was being assisted by two unidentified friends while walking down Webster Avenue on Saturday evening. The student ran away from approaching officers and subsequently fell head first on the street. After she got up and tripped again over the chain fence in front of Beta, the student was transported to Dick's House where medical professionals determined that she required further medical attention, according to the report. A Hanover ambulance brought the student to DHMC and she returned to Dick's House seven hours later, according to the report.
In an incident early Sunday morning, a delivery driver for Everything But Anchovies informed officers of an intoxicated female who was lying unconscious on a bench in front of Andres Hall. She was identified as a member of the Class of 2014 and brought to Dick's House for alcohol intoxication.
After a Dartmouth Dining Services manager reported property damage in the Class of 1953 Commons early Friday evening, an officer who responded to the call found a flooded restroom on the first floor, according to the report. The water had come from a pipe in the second floor restroom, which is under construction. Unidentified persons had opened a valve on the pipe, causing water to flow into the restroom, according to Kinne. The perpetrators also broke several windows and caused damage valued at approximately $5,000, Kinne said.
Safety and Security officers reported four cases of illegal possession of alcohol and drugs on Friday and Saturday. On Friday evening, routine foot patrol officers apprehended to male members of the Class of 2011 and Class of 2012 in a room in Gile Hall after officers detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room. The students were cooperative and admitted to smoking marijuana, and the officers confiscated a small quantity of the substance as well as a pipe and turned it over to Hanover Police, Kinne said.
A Hanover Police sergeant requested the help of Safety and Security officers on Fayerweather Hill, where a male member of the Class of 2014 had been taken into custody on a charge of underage possession of alcohol shortly after midnight on Saturday, according to the report. The student was mildly intoxicated and was admitted to Dick's House for the night, Kinne said.
The Hanover Police and Fire Departments were called to Webster Avenue in response to three separate fire alarms over the course of the weekend, according to the report. The first alarm went off at Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity on Friday evening, but Safety and Security officers were unable to determine what triggered the alarm, according to the report. The second incident occurred at Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity where the alarm was set off by a combination of humid weather conditions and "the activity of persons dancing inside," the report said. The third incident occurred on Friday evening in Bissell Hall, where a dry chemical fire extinguisher on the third floor triggered the alarm, Kinne said.
Two instances of theft were also reported this weekend, according to reports. Officers on patrol Friday night apprehended a male member of the Class of 2013 who was carrying a fire extinguisher on Webster Avenue. The student claimed that he had "borrowed" the extinguisher from South Massachusetts residence hall as a prop for a costume, the report said.
A student Safe Ride driver reported the second incident of theft early Saturday morning after he witnessed an unidentified male attempting to steal a magnetic sign on the Safe Ride vehicle. After a description of the male was circulated to all officers, one officer located the suspect and recovered the sign. The suspect escaped before he could be identified, according the report.
A male member of the Class of 2013 was arrested early Saturday morning for urinating on the outside wall of the Hanover Police station, Kinne said. The mildly intoxicated student was turned over to a "sober, responsible friend," the report said.
A female member of the Class of 2014 left Dick's House twice without permission after being admitted for intoxication on Friday evening, according to Kinne. She was later transported to Grafton County Jail to be monitored at the request of Safety and Security, Kinne said.
In anticipation of the high number of emergencies over the weekend, Dick's House increased its patient-treating capacity by five additional beds, Kinne said. Safety and Security officers also enlisted the assistance of Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services, which responded to several calls, he said.
"We put three extra patrols until 5 a.m. on Saturday night and had [Safety and Security] officers at various events, like the Block Party and the [Alpha Delta fraternity] Lawn Party," Kinne said.
Officers of the New Hampshire State Liquor Control were also on campus during the weekend, Kinne said. He said it is not unusual for Liquor Control officers to be on campus, as they have arrested students for serving alcohol to minors in the past, although he was unaware if the Liquor Control officers arrested anyone this weekend.
"I don't know what exactly they were doing but it appears they were filming some of the events," he said.
