Geneseo Warns Students of Social Host Law Ramifications After 3 Students Charged

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GENESEO – On Halloween, three people currently listed as students were arrested by Geneseo Police under the recently passed ‘Social Host Law.’ The following Friday, a mass e-mail (copied below) from Wendi Kinney, Assistant Dean of Students for Fraternal Life and Off Campus Services for SUNY Geneseo, warned off campus students take reasonable precautions to keep party guests safe.

The law is designed to help protect underage drinkers from the dangers of binge drinking while holding hosts of the party legally accountable. According to Geneseo Fire Chief Andrew Chanler, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, their ambulance crews covered 15 EMS calls, 11 of which were intoxication or drug issues. Of those, 7 patients were transported to the hospital.

“It was unreal,” said Chief Chanler. “Our crews were out the entire night Friday and Saturday.”

Chief Chanler added that at least 2 or 3 more emergencies in Geneseo were covered by mutual aid ambulances from surrounding towns while his ambulances were all out on calls.

Chief Chanler added that by contrast, no similar calls were received the weekend of Nov. 6 to Nov. 8.

The email sent by Kinney on Nov. 6 is as follows:

“It is our understanding that this past weekend local law enforcement conducted several compliance checks at off campus student rentals to verify that students who host parties are complying with the Social Host Law. The law became effective at the start of the semester and requires anyone who hosts a party to ensure that no underaged person consumes alcohol while on the premises. As a reminder, specifics of the Social Host Law and a FAQ handout can be found at https://www.geneseo.edu/safeparty/laws/local_state_and_federal_laws.

Hosts are expected to take reasonable action to prevent underaged consumption. These measures could include: checking guests IDs and marking underaged guests, securing any alcohol present to limit access to those of legal drinking age, and ongoing monitoring of guests to ensure underaged students are not consuming alcohol. Additional risk reduction strategies that can help social hosts plan and implement safe events can be found on the Party Smart website: https://www.geneseo.edu/safeparty/party_thrower.

The College is not notified of scheduled compliance checks ahead of time. Regardless of whether there will be additional compliance checks in the near future, we hope all off campus students will take reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of their housemates and guests each and every time they host a party. Geneseo looks out for one another.”

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