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 and Boston campuses.  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.

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Divisions

• Patrol Division
• Criminal Investigation Division
• Dignitary Protection Unit

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Law Enforcement Authority

All sworn members of the Harvard University Police Department are sworn as special state police officers under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 22C Section 63. This gives them full powers of arrest in and upon all property owned or controlled by Harvard University. Additionally, all officers hold commissions as deputy sheriffs for Middlesex County and Suffolk County, which gives them powers of arrest throughout Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston, where Harvard has facilities.

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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 filed suit against HUPD in 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 Massachusetts legislature that would provide greater access to records at all private police departments throughout the state, including campus and hospital police. An amended version passed the Senate and proceeded to a third reading in the House but was not enacted.

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See also

• Campus police
• Harvard University
• Cambridge Police Department (Massachusetts)
• MIT Police Department

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References

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External links

• Harvard University Police Department
• Harvard & MIT Police radio scanner in streaming MP3 format

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