Banned by Police from Cajun Field

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agghh the joy of laughter of life..

big hey, to you two posting right after my last in here..

may i strech for my reply..

head(s) or my tails flip... i only live with the hope of awaking tomorrow

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_ i long for the old days when the campus police (usually students doing part time work) task was to only give out parking tickets and were affectionately called pecans .. "the world is a changing" .. thanks mr dylan for the "heads-up" _

Ah yes, the Pecan Patrol. I recall because I was one of them! Hey, it paid for my beer!

[Shammy]

Did he have a mushtache
igeaux.mobi

[CJNmktrs]

I thought that I was he only one that this happened to. About a month ago when the work first started my girlfriend, friend, and I went out to the field to see the work going on. Sure enough Barney Fife rolls up with the spotlight on us like we were on cops. Finally when back up showed he asked if he could search my vehicle since I had my weapon. He took my gun apart and proceeded to dry fire it making comments like "dang that trigger has a short throw." After searching and finding nothing he felt it necessary to flex his UL Police Muscle. He asked to see my student ID and let me know that the next stop would be jail. He accused me of stealing the nice round signs at the gates. I figure that there has to be something better for the UL rent-a-cops to be doing.

I wonder what the athletic department would think about someone getting arrested for that.

Perhaps we could get Meche's to set up a shop on campus to distract them.

[Kal]

Perhaps we could get Meche's to set up a shop on campus to distract them. _

I like to believe that the majority of police officers are really good people. But there are those that get those power trips and the UL PD seems to have more than their fair share of them.

I don't think that a donut shop would help the situation. As the old addage goes: "you are what you eat". If that's true then it sounds like this guy likes to eat the missing half of the "rocky mountain oyster platter". Cuz he sounds like a real....well you can fill in the blank.

[CajunNation]

I've been harrassed too by the UL PD.

Atl east when I was there, I found most of them to be uneducated, out of shape, smelly, and with a huge chip on their shoulders.

F 'em.

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personally, i wish they would either clean up the UPs or get rid of them all together. They serve no purpose outside of getting people upset, screwing up investigations or getting the university sued.

[trd1282]

http://police.louisiana.edu/Vacancy%...0Newspaper.pdf

Check out the qualifications, its no mystery why they pull this stuff all of the time. Basically all you need is 30 credit hours, be 18 years old, and not a felon.

[jimbo]

Yep the good ole "pecan patrol". They can't even tell you where to park at football or baseball games...but they sure can tell you that you can't enter the stadium to look at the new field. It's a shame that the university's own "rent a student cop" program can't force them to be fans of their own employer. To quote the immortal Rob Halford of Judas Priest..."Breakin' the law, breakin' the law", keep on admiring the new field turf, we as fans deserve it too!

[Frenchie35]

I go every other day and sometimes every day and never had a problem. Just today two UP drove up while I was taking pictures and the only thing out of their mouth was "It's looking great", and wanted to know when I thought it might be finish....I guess they were two of the good one's......

[bjc6267]

I actually got to see the field on two separate occasions while they were taking the turf up. Cops kind of gave me a hard time once, but it was for a project so they backed off. It was definitely a surreal and almost sad feeling seeing the field coming up. I am glad they are changing it, but seeing the field that I grew up with being taken up within days of my graduation was definitely a moment that I will not soon forget. Getting closer every day to Cajun Football Season. The day can't come soon enough.

[ulforlife]

I thought that I was he only one that this happened to. About a month ago when the work first started my girlfriend, friend, and I went out to the field to see the work going on. Sure enough Barney Fife rolls up with the spotlight on us like we were on cops. Finally when back up showed he asked if he could search my vehicle since I had my weapon. He took my gun apart and proceeded to dry fire it making comments like "dang that trigger has a short throw." After searching and finding nothing he felt it necessary to flex his UL Police Muscle. He asked to see my student ID and let me know that the next stop would be jail. He accused me of stealing the nice round signs at the gates. I figure that there has to be something better for the UL rent-a-cops to be doing.

I wonder what the athletic department would think about someone getting arrested for that.

Perhaps we could get Meche's to set up a shop on campus to distract them.

Wow, I guess they get together and decide exactly what they are going to do in these situations cause this is spot on.

Im not going to stop going out to look at the field, im just going to have to watch when i go. Im willing to bet it will be just any other cop the next time though, this guy sounded like he had never heard of the project