A party at Jefferson Commons, which required police intervention, has resulted in stricter security policies for the apartment complex.

On the night of Aug. 27, six days after the first move-in date, residents launched beer bottles from the third story in the direction of police vehicles, leaving the officers with no choice but to break up the parties.

The apartment complex is located close to Sacramento State, at 6730 4th Ave., and the majority of its residents are Sac State students.Since this incident, there have been many changes in security policies at Jefferson Commons. The original security company, which did not last longer than a week, has been replaced with a new one, with stricter rules for non-residents on the premises.

Under the new company, security guards flock to the main entrance and exit checking for identification and proof of residence. When a guest arrives on the property, tenants are advised to come meet them at the gate and give their approval.

If these requirements are not met, the guest is asked to leave the premises. Security guards are calling this their form of a curfew.

Jefferson Commons’ employees, as well as the security guards, claim that the new company has more authority because they are a branch of Sacramento Police Department. However, the police department seems to think otherwise.

“We have no affiliation with Jefferson Commons,” said Michelle Lazark, assistant public information officer for the Sacramento Police Department. “We do not endorse any security companies.”

Residents at Jefferson Commons feel that this new process is not only inconvenient, but something they never even knew about.

“I live here to be away from my parents, not to be in a jail,” said Sac State sophomore Danny Sullivan, a resident of Jefferson Commons.

Many policies in the lease state clauses referring to restrictions on guests on the premises. However, the lease does not refer to any curfew in which guests without proper identification or approval at the gate are asked to leave.

Jefferson Commons and its parent company, JPI Property Management, were unaware of the policies being enforced at this new apartment complex.

“We have a new security company who was acting on their own doing more than what the management wanted. I have no idea what happened the night of the 27th, but we do need to provide protection for our guests and ensure everyone can enjoy their living space,” said Kristen Reed, a representative for JPI.

Reed said that JPI did not know about this problem on the night of Aug. 27, but the company said that tactics are being used in order to control the environment at Jefferson Commons.

“We are not trying to go overboard, but we do not want people to think (Jefferson Commons) is crazy,” Reed said.

Executive vice president of property management group JPI Joane Blalock is also aware of the new changes taking place already this year.

“The previous company did not do an adequate job,” Blalock said.However, Blalock said she did not approve of the new company either.

“I was not aware of some of the procedures that were going on. Any time you make a change in something like security, there are always bugs to be worked out, and we made a change,” Blalock said.

Both management and residents at Jefferson Commons hope that the changes in security policies will solve problems with guests being turned away and as well as crime issues in general.