Friday, September 19, 2008

Public nudity "treated like other crimes" at TT

From the Daily Toreador at TT, this story:

While it is not a common offense, Tech police officers recently have made arrests for disorderly conduct based on a lack of clothing.According to the Texas Penal Code Title 9, chapter 42.01, subsection (a)(2), a person commits a disorderly conduct crime if they make "an offensive gesture or display in a public place, and the gesture or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace." The offense is classified as a Class C misdemeanor. Col. Gordon Hoffman, deputy chief of the Tech police department, said although the department does not see many of these violations, they handle them the same way as any other arrest.A non-student was arrested during the Texas Tech vs. Southern Methodist University football game Sept. 13 in the C-2 parking lot, near the Jones AT&T Stadium, for exposing their genitals.On Sept. 9, a non-student was arrested in the 2500 block of Broadway Avenue for public intoxication after he was seen naked in the fountains.Hoffman said the responding officer has discretion on whether to jail the person or give them a warning. The officer will give the person something to cover himself or herself with if available, otherwise the person will go to jail naked.

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