Harvard University Police Department 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. Harvard University Police Department 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
Harvard University academic buildings including Sever Hall and University Hall, Memorial Church, and the majority of the freshman dormitories. Sophomore, junior, and senior undergraduates live in twelve residential Houses, nine of which are south of Harvard Yard along or near the Charles River. The other three are located in a residential neighborhood half a mile northwest of the Yard at the Quadrangle (commonly referred to as the Quad), which formerly housed Radcliffe College students until Radcliffe merged its residential system with Harvard. Each residential house contains rooms for undergraduates, House masters, and resident tutors, as well as a dining hall and library.