Topic: police respond to call about youths on rooftops

[Paul Kannenberg]

I know i'm going to sound like a roof nazi but this needed to be put up on these forums.

i work as a security guard in sun prairie and in one of the security offices there is a police scanner. on this scanner today sometime between 3 and 6 (can't remember exact time i just got off of work) a call came over the scanner about "three youths on rooftops" i believe the property owner was the one that called it in. the description (as i recall) over the radio was males in athletic shorts one without a shirt. i had to go on rounds before i heard the officer get to the scene, but the moral of the story is that people don't like people on rooftops. if you're going to be on a roof (not getting into the feud over that) but if you are going to be on a roof. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION. it's hard to get but if you do get it at least that person can back you up when the cops show up.

if you read this and were the ones on the roof and got caught. this is why there's such beef about this roof thing.

if it was you and you didn't get caught, just know that the cops were probably on there way when you left. and that's not exciting or cool that's putting a bad face on parkour.

[Muse_of_Fire]

Thanks for posting this, Paul. Wisconsin Parkour does not condone training on rooftops. If there were people up there they were not affiliated with us. Hopefully people will realize that rooftop training is more trouble than it's worth; plenty of things to train on at ground level, and the safety and security risks are not worth the limited amount of training that comes from roofs. You get more out of your training time at ground level.

Thanks for keeping an eye on the roofs and being willing to speak up and set people straight!

[Marquiz Xavier Teniente]

Sun Prairie huh? I bet I know exactly who those three were. I've had a few altercations with them before. Unfortunately some people just won't listen ya'know? I hope they learned their lesson. While we're at it let this be a lesson about tresspassing and breaking the law!