[Redshirts] Thursday night shift report: police called

[Ben Kochie]

That is NOT what I said.

"Calling the cops *for that* is not excellent"

My opinion still stands. Our standards for Noisebridge getting police
involved are VERY high. This precedent was set well before your time Johny.
At one point at 83c we were talking about how to remove problem people from
the space. I suggested calling the cops to have them removed. I was told
no, this was not OK, and internal solutions were required for anything
short of physical violence in the space.

We do not want cops around, we do not want become "that place" for law
enforcement. Anyone calling the cops for anything short of having to remove
a violent individual is not welcome at Noisebridge.



On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Johny Radio <johnyradio at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 9/5/2013 11:54 PM, Ben Kochie wrote:
>
> Calling the cops for that is not excellent.  I consider this person
> unwelcome in the space.  Please post a description and ask them to not
> return.
>
>
> Vee is one of the best people in the space. She a bit of an odd bird, but
> she does not use the space for cooking etc. She cleans up all the time, she
> organized the library, pushes non-hackers to clean up when they leave
> messes and complains to them when they don't clean up, and she has worked
> the door for me as greeter multiple times when i've organized hacking
> events. She never creates drama.
>
> Saying "calling the cops is not excellent" as a blanket statement is not
> legit, as members and others have called the cops many times to deal with
> threatening or inappropriate people.
>
> Whether it's appropriate to call the cops for almost throwing away her bag
> is maybe not, but you did almost discard her belongings without first
> giving her a chance to claim them. Yeah, she over-reacted, but she was not
> trying to cause trouble.
>
> -
>
> Johny Radio
>
> Stick It In Your Ear!
>
>
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