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Penn State Police Lt. Edward Delaney, left, and Officer Ryan Olson make up one of several teams that patrol parking lots before each home football game. The officers are a visible presence to ensure the safety of fans in town to see the Nittany Lions play.
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In addition to foot patrols, officers use bicycles to navigate the tailgating lots. On their patrols, police inevitably encounter problems in the lots, including unruly parties and underage drinkers.
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Penn State Police Officer Ryan Olson listens to a question from a passer-by who stopped him seeking information.
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The Blue Band gets a police escort each game from the Blue Band Building to the Bryce Jordan Center. This week, the Penn State Police used their new electric motorcycles for the escort. Officers also patrolled tailgate lots and areas surrounding Beaver Stadium on the motorcycles as well.
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Large student tailgate parties such as this one will draw the attention of police, as they patrol the parking areas before football games. While police had stopped by this tailgate early on in the day to warn them to keep underage drinkers away, someone who appeared to be attending this tailgate was cited for underage drinking when the officers stopped by a second time.
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Penn State Police Lt. Edward Delaney's expression shows his skepticism as he performs a field breath test on an underage suspect who claimed not to have had "even one drop" of alcohol. The breath test proved he had consumed more than one alcoholic beverage.
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After performing a field breath test on this tailgater, Penn State Police Lt. Edward Delaney cited him for underage drinking. Here, he explains the citation and the steps that need to be taken by the person cited.
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This person saw Penn State Police Officer Ryan Olson, left, and Lt. Edward Delaney approaching the tailgate at which he was drinking, dropped a can of beer and attempted to flee despite being addressed by the officers. The officers quickly caught up with him, performed a field breath test to determine that he had been drinking, and checked his identification before citing him with underage drinking.
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Penn State Police Officer Raymond Trexler also patrolled the student tailgate lots before the Temple football game on Saturday, Sept. 20, and cited this tailgater for underage drinking.
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Students who plan to return on the day of the game should avoid Park Avenue because game-day traffic patterns will prevent them from getting to their residence halls. Instead, students should approach campus using Atherton Street (Route 322 Business) and College Avenue (Route 26).
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Police officers are stationed in and around Beaver Stadium during Penn State football games. In addition to the University's police officers many different area agencies -- Pennsylvania State Police, Spring Township, Bellefonte Borough, Patton Township, Ferguson Township, State College Police and other Penn State campuses -- are used to staff the games.
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At the end of each game, police ensure that no fans come down onto the field.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
