Word: patrollers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...three shifts. Some work the 8 a.m.-to-4 p.m. shift where officers are called to cruise around the B-school to make sure there are no shady characters defiling a gilt statue, an ivy-covered edifice or, God forbid, a Bloomberg box. From 4 p.m. to midnight, officers patrol local liquor vendors searching for underaged, fake ID-toting frosh trying to smile like their 22-year-old brothers. Frequenters of Louie's Superette on Banks Street beware. They close out the night with the midnight-to-8 a.m. graveyard shift. In the depths of the darkness, officers encounter anyone...
...uniformed force is responsible for more than just keeping drunken students from passing out in the MAC quad. From money transports across campus and late-night patrol around Au Bon Pain to plain-clothes detail and a host of other duties, they are charged with keeping Cambridge from ending up like New Haven...
...women of the HUPD are fully trained to deal with shoot-outs, crack busts and grand theft auto--should it arise. Like any other police agents, they attend a six-month training school where they learn the intricacies of criminal law, first aid, CPR, court procedures, self-defense, patrol procedure and firearm training. Think police academy, but without Proctor. Each officer packs a gun, along with other implements of destruction like batons and mace, for stunning even the most rabid pre-med intent on stealing a little nitrous after a chem final...
...uniform patrol, you cover a sector, you are in a marked patrol car and people notice who and where you are. Uniformed police presence can be a deterrent to crime. On the other hand when you're in plain clothes no one knows who you are. It's much easier to conduct surveillance on a suspect; you can be right next to a suspect when he or she commits a crime...
...encourages officers to meet and communicate with individual students to become familiar with their concerns. Officers know many students by name, eat meals in the campus dining halls and stop and chat while on foot or bike patrol...