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SI Article: Police During LSU Gameday
Posted on 10/25/18 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 10/25/18 at 8:47 pm
I’m surprised this hasn’t been posted in tRant. Sports Illustrated article:
Behind the Scenes With the Cops Who Contain LSU's Game Day Frenzy
A few highlights:
Behind the Scenes With the Cops Who Contain LSU's Game Day Frenzy
A few highlights:
quote:
Moments later, from a room deep within Tiger Stadium, Walters places the opened binder on a lectern, looks out to more than 300 uniform-wearing men and women seated before him and kicks off the day for the most essential people at any major college football game day: law enforcement officers.
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“It’s a giant game of triage,” Maxwell says. “We have all the problems of a major city in a three-mile block. Tiger Stadium is the fifth-largest city in Louisiana when full and then there are 30,000 more on campus.”
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Visiting teams normally travel with a law enforcement contingent from their own state, but Louisiana also provides two officers for the head coach.
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“We once had a bottle hurled so hard that it shattered a bus window,” Cain recalls. “That was against Tennessee one year.”
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The intensive sweeps of the stadium can produce decades-old artifacts within this concrete and steel structure. “We found an engine block once,” says Blair Nicholson, a captain at the sheriff’s office in charge of game day assignments. “Over in the northeast side of the stadium we found 30-gallon cans of water from the Cold War era.”
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One officer on this Saturday is asked if problems ever arise in transporting referees out of the stadium after games. No, he says: “We only have a problem with the refs on the field.”
This post was edited on 10/25/18 at 8:48 pm
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Posted on 10/25/18 at 8:58 pm to lostinbr
quote:
“Over in the northeast side of the stadium we found 30-gallon cans of water from the Cold War era.”
How...
Posted on 10/25/18 at 9:02 pm to lostinbr
quote:
The intensive sweeps of the stadium can produce decades-old artifacts within this concrete and steel structure. “We found an engine block once,” says Blair Nicholson, a captain at the sheriff’s office in charge of game day assignments. “Over in the northeast side of the stadium we found 30-gallon cans of water from the Cold War era.”
The sweeps must not be all that intensive if they keep making new discoveries of things that have been there for decades.
Posted on 10/25/18 at 9:03 pm to lostinbr
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One officer on this Saturday is asked if problems ever arise in transporting referees out of the stadium after games. No, he says: “We only have a problem with the refs on the field.”
Posted on 10/25/18 at 9:06 pm to jyoung1
TS was a designated fallout shelter.
Posted on 10/25/18 at 9:39 pm to lostinbr
quote:
One officer on this Saturday is asked if problems ever arise in transporting referees out of the stadium after games. No, he says: “We only have a problem with the refs on the field.”
AMEN!!!!!
Posted on 10/25/18 at 10:18 pm to lostinbr
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1 pm role call
So it’s basically a free for all untill that 1pm meeting is over? Just told anyone wanting to do anything to do it before 1 pm. Good job SI.
Posted on 10/25/18 at 10:38 pm to PsychTiger
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The sweeps must not be all that intensive if they keep making new discoveries of things that have been there for decades.
This is what I was thinking.
Posted on 10/25/18 at 10:39 pm to WPsportsman
role call?
And that passes muster for a "respected" national media outlet?
And that passes muster for a "respected" national media outlet?
Posted on 10/25/18 at 10:47 pm to lostinbr
Was riddled with inaccuracies when it was sent to me seeking confirmation that those inaccuracies were indeed inaccuracies.
Posted on 10/26/18 at 1:35 am to lostinbr
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the day for the most essential people at any major college football game day: law enforcement officers.
What a pathetic statist line
This post was edited on 10/26/18 at 1:36 am
Posted on 10/26/18 at 1:41 am to lostinbr
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“We found an engine block once,”
I knew I left that somewhere
Posted on 10/26/18 at 6:04 am to RedPop4
The officers need to be informed of their role?
Posted on 10/26/18 at 6:22 am to TidesofWar
Lol. Yea everybody knows where there post will be just by telepathy. Also once the game starts, some keep there post while others become more security for game
Posted on 10/26/18 at 6:26 am to lostinbr
Really enjoyed this article. Learned some things about behind the scenes.
Posted on 10/26/18 at 7:02 am to TidesofWar
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The officers need to be informed of their role?
Considering that the officers working games come from many different local and state agencies, they need to be briefed on local laws, areas of emphasis, and basic logistics.
Posted on 10/26/18 at 8:16 am to lostinbr
The BINDER is found!!!
Posted on 10/26/18 at 8:18 am to SportTiger1
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“We found an engine block once,”
Just imagine someone hurling that bad boy at saban
Posted on 10/26/18 at 9:26 am to DustyDinkleman
One officer on this Saturday is asked if problems ever arise in transporting referees out of the stadium after games. No, he says: “We only have a problem with the refs on the field
Posted on 10/26/18 at 10:00 am to FreeState
The police do have a pretty sweet tailgate set up in front the stadium.
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