Public Safety confiscates bikes during Fall Break
Joe Battaglia
Issue date: 11/3/06 Section: News
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During fall break, Public Safety officers cut locks and confiscated more than 80 bicycles on campus. Bikes that were either unregistered or locked to anything besides a rack were taken.
There is currently no policy in the Guilford handbook that requires students to register bikes.
"After receiving many complaints of the excessiveness of bicycles that were parked on poles, rails and things other than bike racks, we wanted to clean up the campus," said Keifer Bradshaw, security coordinator.
"Before the fall break we announced in The Buzz that if you have a bike please come down to the Public Safety office and register it, and if you have it tied to or connected to anything other than a bike rack please remove it, because during fall break we will being removing bikes from those areas."
Bradshaw went on to say that last semester, a bike registration policy was structured and planned to be included in the handbook.
"Some students are saying that policy is not in the handbook, which is true," Bradshaw said. "We were under the assumption that the policy was in the handbook because it was brought to the table last semester to be put into the handbook, but it was not put into the handbook."
Many students who had their bikes confiscated have grown very angry about the situation. Since fall break, complaints and opinions appeared repeatedly in The Buzz. Several students organized a public discussion that took place in front of Founders hall on Nov. 1.
"It is imperative that they abide by the handbook," said first-year Hannah Johnston. "Public Safety should be held responsible for any damage done."
Initially, students whose bikes were taken were asked for a $20 storage fee and a $5 registration fee in order to recover the bicycle.
"Those fees were waived, and if they came and got their bike on (Oct. 23), the fees were waived after Monday," Bradshaw said. "If anyone charged the fee to their account or had to pay, they will be reimbursed … the charge will be taken off."
There is currently no policy in the Guilford handbook that requires students to register bikes.
"After receiving many complaints of the excessiveness of bicycles that were parked on poles, rails and things other than bike racks, we wanted to clean up the campus," said Keifer Bradshaw, security coordinator.
"Before the fall break we announced in The Buzz that if you have a bike please come down to the Public Safety office and register it, and if you have it tied to or connected to anything other than a bike rack please remove it, because during fall break we will being removing bikes from those areas."
Bradshaw went on to say that last semester, a bike registration policy was structured and planned to be included in the handbook.
"Some students are saying that policy is not in the handbook, which is true," Bradshaw said. "We were under the assumption that the policy was in the handbook because it was brought to the table last semester to be put into the handbook, but it was not put into the handbook."
Many students who had their bikes confiscated have grown very angry about the situation. Since fall break, complaints and opinions appeared repeatedly in The Buzz. Several students organized a public discussion that took place in front of Founders hall on Nov. 1.
"It is imperative that they abide by the handbook," said first-year Hannah Johnston. "Public Safety should be held responsible for any damage done."
Initially, students whose bikes were taken were asked for a $20 storage fee and a $5 registration fee in order to recover the bicycle.
"Those fees were waived, and if they came and got their bike on (Oct. 23), the fees were waived after Monday," Bradshaw said. "If anyone charged the fee to their account or had to pay, they will be reimbursed … the charge will be taken off."
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