SUPD, BR police cracking down on excessive noise

Baton Rouge City Police has issued over 400 tickets since August to violators of the city-parish noise ordinance.
According to police spokesman Cpl. Don Kelly, police wrote 407 tickets for people playing car and truck stereos too loudly.
After a series of town meetings over the past ten months, Chief Pat Englade made silencing offensively loud music a priority.
“The number one citizen complaint throughout the city is motorists who play their music so loud that it disturbs their quality of life,” said Kelly.
Southern University students and faculty are also fed up with the “excessive noise” that is often heard throughout the campus.
“It is very hard to concentrate in class when the windows are rattling as someone ‘beats up’ down the strip,” said sophomore Shandrell Eubank, a chemical engineering major from Baton Rouge. “Most of the time they don’t even attend Southern.”
Kevin Johnson, deputy administrator of the Southern University Police Department said the first response of campus police when they observe students playing extremely loud music in their vehicles is to ask them to turn it down. Repeat violators receive a parish citation.
“We want everyone to have a good perception of Southern and keep the environment conducive for learning,” said Johnson.
The Metro Council approved a parish-wide noise ordinance in May.
Section 12:100 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and East Baton Rouge Parish states that “no person shall make or cause to be made any loud and raucous noise in the parish which is offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities and which renders the enjoyment of life or property uncomfortable or interferes with public peace and comfort.”
Generally, if others can hear your stereo and it bothers them, you are violating the law.
A violation of the noise ordinance is a misdemeanor and carries a fine ranging from $200 to $500.