Harvard University Police Department
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The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), a private police agency of Harvard University
, is a full-service police
department responsible for the safety and security of students, faculty, staff, and visitors at the university's Cambridge, Boston, and Watertown, Massachusetts sites. The HUPD’s chief of police, since 1996, is Francis D. "Bud" Riley. The chief performs his duties under the direction of the university’s general counsel, Robert W. Iuliano.
This culminated in The Harvard Crimson v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al. in 2003 where the Harvard student daily newspaper, The Crimson, filed suit against HUPD in the Massachusetts Superior Court. The case was ultimately transferred to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and won by Harvard in January 2006.
In January 2007 a bill, H. 3249, was introduced in the Mass. legislature that would provide greater access to records at all private police departments throughout the state, including campus and hospital police.
A revised version of the bill passed the Senate and proceeded to a third reading in the House but was not enacted. A substantially similar bill, S. 1421, was reintroduced in the Senate in January 2009.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, is a full-service police
Police
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department responsible for the safety and security of students, faculty, staff, and visitors at the university's Cambridge, Boston, and Watertown, Massachusetts sites. The HUPD’s chief of police, since 1996, is Francis D. "Bud" Riley. The chief performs his duties under the direction of the university’s general counsel, Robert W. Iuliano.
Police logs controversy
The HUPD has been the target of requests for greater transparency in the records it keeps or publishes about its officers’ actions.This culminated in The Harvard Crimson v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al. in 2003 where the Harvard student daily newspaper, The Crimson, filed suit against HUPD in the Massachusetts Superior Court. The case was ultimately transferred to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and won by Harvard in January 2006.
In January 2007 a bill, H. 3249, was introduced in the Mass. legislature that would provide greater access to records at all private police departments throughout the state, including campus and hospital police.
A revised version of the bill passed the Senate and proceeded to a third reading in the House but was not enacted. A substantially similar bill, S. 1421, was reintroduced in the Senate in January 2009.
See also
- Campus policeCampus policeCampus Police or University police in the United States and Canada are often sworn police officers employed by a public school district, college or university to protect the campus and surrounding areas and the people who live on, work on and visit it....
- Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- Cambridge Police Department (Massachusetts)Cambridge Police Department (Massachusetts)The Cambridge Police Department is the municipal police department for the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The department has 266 police officers and 42 civilian personnel. It was organized in 1859. The Cambridge Police Department completed their headquarters relocation as...