Commentary Outline

Issue: Cops using illegal tactics to give excessive dui's on campus
Point #1: Cops need to be monitored and not allowed to pull people of for infractions that they didnt even violate
-pulling people over for illegal lane change in an effort to give dui
-hiding in bushes/trees in order to catch people making minor infraction to give them dui
-cops automatic assumption that if you are driving on campus during a certain time then you are drunk
-complete negligence for the original violation you were pulled over for if it turns out that you are sober

Point #2: Give personal and example and friends example
-friend andrew pulled over for tail light being out at 2 am on campus
-was not the case
-let go when he blew
-personal story about being pulled over
Point #3: Give resolution and how this can be fixed
-This can be fixed by ucf cracking down on cops
-needs to be a stricter policy of who should and should not be pulled over
-cops need to be taught that they are not above the law but rather enforcing it
Conclusion:
UCF is a great school and has many great aspects about it. This is just one of the downfalls that ucf has. As students we are in fear of driving on campus at night even if we are sober and this should not be the case.

Memoir Draft

There are many issues plauging the ucf campus, but there are some issues no matter how small they may seem that need to get the most attention. As UCF students we cannot ignore the fact that cops will go to any measure to hand out duis on campus. They are pulling people over at night for the most ridiculous traffice violations with one intent, to give you a dui. This si not something that I am simply taliking about because of a bad experience that I have had, but rather because it has become a much more widespread issue around campus that is affecting everyone. Students are afraid to be on campus at night and this cannot happen. People who are not the least bit intoxicated will shy away from being on campus at night just because they know they will get pulled over anway. This is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately and will only be solved through ucf seeing and addressing the problem.
The police on ucfs campus have taken their actions to more and more of an extreme as I have been going to this university. It seems as if they think that they are above the law and will go to any measure to simply get someone pulled over and have them handcuffed in the back of their care. The amount of dui's on campus hs gone up 30 percent in the past 3 years and this is not because people are drinking and driving more but because of the cops and their insane tactics of handing out dui's.

Commentary Assignment Topic Choice

The abundance of police pulling people over on campus at night just looking to give them DUI's

It has come to my attention that it this is a very widespread issue around campus and many student are being affected by this. After doing a bit of researcher and asking around I have discovered that the overwhelming majority of students at ucf are afraid to drive on campus at night, intoxicated or not. The ucf police have began to crack down on drunk drivers on campus, but it seems as if they have gone to far. They are simply pulling everyone over they see for insigificant reasons and forcing them into doing a sobriety test. My friend andrew was driving home his two friends who lived on campus the other night and was pulled over as soon as he got onto campus. Since the people he has driving smelled of alcohol he was forced to do a sobriety test and was not able to pass it even though he was completely sober. Eventually, he was given a breathalizer and it was discovered he was sober and was allowed to go. The ucf people have it out for anyone driving on campus at night and it is affecting ucf students in a very negative way. People will shy away from going on campus at night even if it is for school related work. This is not all though, people are developing a stronger and stronger anger towards the ucf police and ucf in general and this hurts the moral of the school. It is clear that these supposively "random" stops are being taken to an extreme and they need to be monitored much closer by ucf for the sake of the students.

Commentary Assignment

Three main issues

1. The lack of use of the transportation system provided(i.e the busses/shuttles)
2. The abundance of police pulling people over on campus at night just looking to give them DUI's
3. The lack of tradition in any facit of college life on campus in comparision to other universities across the nation.