VCU Police unveil noise suppression van to curb loud parties
If your party’s rocking, this van will come a knocking!
VCU Police today debuted a new noise suppression van that will help the department curb noisy parties around the Monroe Park Campus.
The van has audio and video recording equipment to measure decibel levels and record footage that may be used as evidence if VCU Police pursue charges.
“A primary focus for VCU is the quality of life for those living nearby,” said VCU Police Chief John Venuti. “This vehicle allows the university to be even more responsive and proactive about handling and suppressing excessive noise in surrounding neighborhoods.”
VCU Police visited 186 residences in response to noise complaints last academic year. As a result of excessive noise complaints, VCU Police assisted with 57 local evictions, 43 of which involved VCU students, according to police.
The department said the new noise suppression van will monitor residences that don’t curtail noisy parties after multiple police warnings. The van, with visually loud graphics and logos, will also be a tangible reminder to party throwers to keep noise levels down.
“We use a scaled approach to address noise issues,” Venuti said. “The van will be used in what we consider to be the most extreme cases of noise violations. When we have ongoing reports of problems at specific houses or apartments, students and neighbors can expect to see the vehicle deployed nearby.”
Photo courtesy of the VCU Police
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Nathan Cushing
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of course if a church or religious institution is incessantly loud they’ll get a pass, right?
I think I’d rather listen to a loud party than look at that hideous van.
Surreptitiously place a gps tracking device on the van and monitor its whereabouts so y’all can scramble before these party poopers crash your bash.
PLEASE bring that van to West Avenue around 7 am on Tuesday morning to measure the decibels of the leaf blower being operated by the city worker! Thank you, Home owning, big property tax paying resident of the Fan since 1988 who has never been disturbed by a VCU party.
Drive by complaint and noise suppression.
“A primary focus for VCU is the quality of life for those living nearby,”
How about the primary focus being the health and safety of it’s students?
“VCU Police visited 186 residences in response to noise complaints last academic year.”
(186 residencies * 4 students per house) /31,000 students *100% = 2.4% of VCU students are throwing loud parties.
This is absurd.
Glad the VCU cops are worried about the important issues..wish they had put this much effort into finding the guys who mugged me on Main St.
What a spectacular waste of taxpayer and student dollars.