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CU officials braced after Fort Collins riot

60 officers will be on University Hill after CU-CSU game

By Brittany Anas, Camera Staff Writer
August 22, 2004

A Fort Collins riot early Saturday morning has officials in Boulder hoping that University of Colorado students don't play follow the leader with their northern neighbors.

Fort Collins police used tear gas to break up a riot around 12:15 a.m. after people started smashing bottles, uprooting signs, rocking cars and setting a small fire in a street one block from the Colorado State University campus.

No injuries were reported and damage was minimal.

Three people were arrested for rioting and obstructing police, and about a dozen people were ticketed for noise violations.

Boulder police officers and university officials have taken measures they hope will prevent riots on Sept. 4, when CU hosts an evening football match between the Buffs and the Colorado State Rams at Folsom Field.

To combat riotous activity and send students an educational message, 30 police officers will be stationed on the Hill for the next two weekends, which is 26 more than there are on typical weekends, said Boulder police Sgt. Dave Seper.

After the CU-CSU game, the 30 Boulder police officers stationed on the Hill will be joined by an additional 30 SWAT team members from the Boulder Police Department and the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Seper said.

But, the Fort Collins riot is shocking, Seper said.

"It definitely shoots up red flags," Seper said. "There seems to have been no apparent reason or source for the behavior."

Brian Dea, a 19-year-old civil engineering freshman at CSU, said the riot in Fort Collins erupted for no apparent reason.

Dea was at a house party when he saw the 1,500 to 2,000 people flood the street early Saturday morning.

"They were knocking down street signs and when the fire started, that's when it seemed the cops took charge," Dea said. "Once they wanted it broken up, it was."

Fort Collins police said it took about 10 minutes to disassemble the riot.

Dea said the area where people were rioting was CSU's equivalent to the Hill because it is a neighborhood with student renters.

Craig Durham, a freshman film major at CU, said the police presence on the Hill is noticeable, and he has not heard any campus buzz of riots either at the school's orientation or from fellow students.

The last Hill riot was in 2001 after the CU football team won the Big 12 Championship.

After the game on Sept. 4, a small brush truck from the Boulder Fire Department will be available to put out fires, Seper said.

Any alcohol, rioting, violent or party-related crimes that CU or CSU students are ticketed or arrested for will be reported to the respective university judicial affairs departments, Seper said.

City of Boulder University Liaison Jennifer Korbelik said earlier this month that CU is planning to show an outdoor movie on campus following the game to divert out-of-control activity on the Hill.

Carolyn Carlat, a Hill resident who lives on 15th Street near Cascade Avenue, said her neighborhood has been noisy the last few nights, but she is not particularly concerned about riotous activity. She said the activity around her house is annoying but not threatening.

"At 1 or 2 in the morning kids are running up and down my street screaming. I'm too exhausted to get out of bed."

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

Contact Camera Staff Writer Brittany Anas at (303) 473-1132 or anasb@dailycamera.com.

 
 

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