Student leaders at UMCP have long advocated for a Good Samaritan Policy for students contacting police and emergency services for students dangerously under the influence of alcohol. The policy has gained significant student support in past years, but broader campus community has been resistant.
A committee was formed last year to review this issue to develop a policy for the University Senate (the campus shared governance body) to consider the policy. The Diamondback reports that the new proposed policy addresses many concerns of faculty and staff raised in previous years. The policy protects both the student under the influence and the student contacting emergency personnel from sanctions. Of note, UMCP students approved the policy by referendum during last year's election with 90% support.
In my view, the policy is long overdue at UMCP; it's also a policy that other campuses should consider. The policy protects students who choose to make responsible decisions in siding with safety. The policy is long overdue, and is one that when implemented, sets a tone that student safety is a first priority.
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@anon: interested in your reasoning. This is relatively uncharted territory. Possibly you have relevant experiences or further thoughts on the issue.
Who wouldn't support this?
Less people dying + less people getting in trouble for saving said people = brilliant and incredibly obvious policy
Seems like a good idea to me.
Having recently called in an emergency that coincided with a drinking engagement, I wish this policy was already in place. There was a health emergency unrelated to alcohol consumption, but all parties involved were cited because of earlier consumption that evening. Some have received civil citations and have to go to court. We thought we were doing the correct thing at the time of the emergency, now our faith in the campus police has been lost. I am now more hesitant to call them again in case of another emergency. It was all a little excessive.
I think the policy is a good idea. It protects students who are trying to do the right thing and stay safe.
More rules and regulations concerning alcohol? Don't we already have too many? I agree with the first post, "sounds like a bunch of shit."
To the commenter talking about the citations, those are definitely unnecessary and I thank you for realizing that. However, your words "doing the right thing" are out of place. You are in no position, no matter who you are, to decide "the right thing" for anyone. The reason there are so many rules in the first place is because too many people think they can choose "the right thing" for others, and punish those who don't abide by that rule. It's sickening.
This school is a bunch of shit when it comes to rules.
It's a great idea that I have advocated for at other institutions with little success.
As an EMT, I've responded to treat more sick or injured drunks that I can possibly count, and police always respond with us to that type of incident because it is not uncommon for a fight to break out and firefighters/rescuers find themselves in a dangerous situation.
However, whenever police are on the scene of an incident that results in an ambulance transport, they are trained to *always* document the incident. This is a good thing, because drunken injuries often result in lawsuits against the property owners (if on campus, that'd be the University), or the EMT/Paramedics who provided medical treatment - potentially that'd be me, so I sure as hell want every last detail documented by two or three sworn police officers.
Unfortunately, the downside of this is that when police document an incident, their superiors are going to slap them silly if their report clearly indicates underage drinking was taking place on campus, yet they didn't issue any citatations to the residents for allowing it.
This could be easily fixed by a good samaritan policy - law enforcement officers would still fully document the situation, but they would not be obligated to issue citations or referrals to campus judicial unless there was an exceptionally compelling reason to do so - for example, someone started a fight, or intentionally injured someone else.
Freshman year, I was woken up at three in the morning because my neighbors were having a party with *gasp* underage drinking, and a 19 year old female jumped off of a table after dancing and she slammed her head into the corner of a TV - she lost conciousness, broke her nose, and was bleeding profusely. My drunk and stupid neighbors knew I was an EMT and feared what would happen if they called 911, so instead they brought me over. Needless to say, at least to you sober readers out there, in a situation like this they absolutely needed to call 911 first, and *then* send someone to get me.
I was an RA the next year (disclaimer: the was NOT at UMBC). After seeing first-hand why people *need* to know to ask for help and not be afraid of the consequences, I told all of my residents that if there is any sort of medical emergency, they could wake me up and as long as everyone cooperated, I would not write anyone up. I won't go into specific stories, but suffice it to say I am very glad I made that policy and I think it made a very positive impact on the lives of my residents. However, after awhile, an assistant director of housing got wind of my "policy" and told me that either it goes or I go.
Anyway, I didn't mean to write a whole essay here, but my point is that a good samaritan policy is long overdue in colleges nationwide and would result in, as a previous anon said, "less people dying + less people getting in trouble for saving said people = brilliant and incredibly obvious policy".
-Josh Paiva
Candidate for SGA Senate
While I support Good Samaritan laws, I think I'd like to see a general, overall, better judicial system at the UM colleges.
In my personal case, I was forced to report an 'abuse'. The problem was that the student was put on probation and banned from the residential areas. It wasn't even an abuse, but a psychological issue. No one was hurt, but in order to get the number for the psychologist on hand (as this was at night), I had to explain the situation. That ended up leading to more psychological trauma.
Frankly, I don't trust the administration at UMBC anymore. (Nor do I trust the psych department. I had to file a complain to the APA due to violation of ethics.) They messed up the case. (The higher level was much more understanding and dropped the charges, thankfully.)
Students would be better off not being so stupid as to drinking way past their limits. If it's one thing you should learn in college, it's self control. It's not the policies that need to change, it's the people.
Sounds like a good idea to me. The fact that such sanctions exist deter people from actually contacting emergency personnel. This policy would solve all of these issues, and save more lives in the process. I am surprised this policy has not been considered sooner.
Sounds like a few college students need to learn about the time-honored tradition of shoving someone who's hurt while doing something illegal into the back of a car, and dropping them in a hospital parking lot.
The drive to the nearest ER is measured in minutes, get on it kids.
I feel as if both people brushing this off as "a bunch of shit" and just "more rules and regulations" are missing the point. This policy would not support underage drinking, it would allow for a more safe environment in which students could drink if they so choose.
Also, whether students drink way past their limits or know self-control or not is moot. This deals with the reality of the situation, which is that underage drinking happens, and if an emergency arises (related to said drinking or not) students often hesitate or altogether avoid getting help when it may be needed.
Whether you support a lowered drinking age or not, when there is an emergency, the more important issue at hand should be helping the victim, not an alcohol citation.
-Zach
To the EMT: Perhaps you shouldn't put yourself in a situation that a rowdy jerkoff is going to fight before the police get there. Evidently you have not bothered to do the "Scene Safety" size-up. Sounds like you're too dumb to be a decent or aware provider, I highly doubt you could be a helpful member of SGA Senate.
Yeah, I couldn’t agree more. Where do EMTs get off helping people? They really need to wait before rushing in with guns blazing and saving lives.
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