While many Fairfield students are aware of the recent policy changes targeting students at Fairfield Beach, few seem to fully grasp how exactly they, and their social lives, could be effected.
Now, loud parties, trespassing, alcohol in public and other similar infractions will result with the immediate arrest of the offending parties.
Previously, officers could choose to issue a verbal or written warning rather than taking more serious action, such as making an arrest, if they saw fit. In other words, this policy establishes arrests as the only means of dealing with any prohibited behavior.
The new policy is not a change of a law or a new injunction. Rather, it is a directive ordered by the newly-appointed police chief David J.Peck as an attempt to reinforce the “zero tolerance” policy that wasrecently put into effect at the Fairfield Beach area.
The new directive only targets the beach area, where students are known to reside. In contrast, if these same offenses were to be committed anywhere in Fairfield other than the beach area, police officers could still issue warnings before making any arrest.
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