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Skateboarding banned

Stacy Smith

Issue date: 10/16/07 Section: News
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Media Credit: Christian Millan
Skateboarding on both the LAC and PCC campus has become a growing concern. Such a concern that a policy has been put in place that officially bans the use of skateboards on both campuses.

Officer David Fritz said, "Yes it is a hazard,", "This is not some skate park, it's a school. When someone is out in the quad and they do a trick on their skateboard, the skateboard sometimes gets away from them, goes flying and hits someone by accident."

Signs will soon be posted around both campuses that state skateboarding is no longer permitted. Until the signs are put in place "students caught riding their skateboard will only receive a warning, but when these signs are up; citations will be given out to any student that does not follow this new policy," Officer Fritz said.
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Ricardo Linarez

posted 10/28/07 @ 5:08 PM PST

I understand why this could be a problem. Someone may get hurt. And as soon as signs are posted this will be enforcable. What I don't understand is why police do not enforce the signs LBCC does have posted. (Continued…)

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Matt

posted 10/29/07 @ 1:30 PM PST

I can see Ricardo's reasoning, but it is a false analogy. You can't compare injuries from skateboarding to smoking.

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brad

posted 11/15/07 @ 10:11 PM PST

They should ban cop cars from driving on campus not skateboarding.

A student at LBCC said, "Yes it is a hazard","This is not some race track, its a school. (Continued…)

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Jo-Ryan Salazar

posted 12/14/07 @ 8:52 AM PST

There's another snide way to give the college/cops more hard-earned revenue. What's next: a citation for riding you bike when commuting around campus (if it hasn't already)?

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Pigs? No Thanks.

posted 10/10/08 @ 10:20 PM PST

It seems like the police go WAY, WAY overboard when dealing with skateboarders. Just look at these clips on Youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgWrV8TcUc

http://www. (Continued…)

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