Wellington termed herself a "strong proponent of the community policing model" who stresses accountability and sensitivity to the community, especially students.

As a campus police officer in Northeastern, Wellington received an award for her work as police liaison to the deaf community. She was also the department's senior rape investigator and served as a facilitator for discussions with students on multicultural issues.

Wellington recently left a position as the legal affairs coordinator at Casa Myrna Vasquez, the largest battered women's shelter in New England. Fluent in Spanish, Wellington worked at the Cardinal Cushing Center for Spanish-Speaking People in the South End of Boston.

Wellington also volunteered for a year as a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of ColoredPeople's legal redress clinic in Boston.

"Being a lawyer itself can add anotherdimension," she said. "We [as lawyers] areschooled to really identify a lot of legal issues.For a police chief it would be particularlyhelpful in civil liability, criminal law,constitutional law issues."

Other potential candidates, such as MIT PoliceChief Anne P. Glavin and Boston Lt. Det. RichardC. Cox, told the Crimson that they had not appliedand were not interested in the position.

In a telephone interview this month, HarvardPolice Lt. Lawrence J. Murphy, who has served asacting chief in the past, would neither confirmnor deny his candidacy. Asked whether he hadapplied for the position yet, Murphy would onlysay, "I'm sure there are a number of internalcandidates who are interested in the director'sjob."

Some veteran police officers told The Crimsonin March that they hoped to see Saul L. Chafin,Harvard's police chief from 1978 to 1983, applyfor the position. Chafin now works as police chiefat Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.

In a telephone interview earlier this month,Chafin would neither confirm nor deny hiscandidacy for police chief. He would only give asomewhat cryptic response: "[Harvard is] a greatinstitution; it had a good department there when Iwas chief."

A source said that Chafin has put his house inTennessee up for sale. The former chief refused tocomment on the matter, terming it "rumors."

Student Advisory Group?

In the past few months, students have asked tobe represented on the advisory group.

Those appeals have not been granted, butMarshall said several students have been consultedthrough the Dean of Students office.

Assistant Dean of Students Sarah E. Flatleysaid "about" seven student leaders wereinterviewed in March.

"We tried to take a diverse sample [of thestudent body] and ask them if they could checkwith other students [and] solicit opinions,"Flatley said.

Among those selected were Sanjay Shetty '96 andMerry J. Chan '97, the co-chairs of the HarvardFoundation's student advisory committee, andUndergraduate Council President Joshua D. Liston'95, according to Shetty.