The most controversial portion of Riley's plan may be his decision to integrate Harvard's security guards into the community policing plan.

The plan is the first attempt to increase cooperation between security guards and police, who have been at odds in the past.

Security guard-police relations have always been tenuous because the role of HUPD officers and security guards in policing has always been unclear.

While the plan is still in the works, according to Riley, he says that guards will be full team members in the near future.

Riley's plan, however, may meet opposition from the security guards' union.

Currently, the security guards are in the process of filing a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to break off from Local 254 and form their own union.

Riley says he must wait to announce the details on the security guards' place in his plan until the NLRB assigns a new representative for the guards.

"Integration cannot take place until labor negotiations and other administrative matters have been taken care of," Riley says.

After looking at the generally more friendly and comfortable relationship between students and the Harvard security guards, Riley says he was impressed with rapport between guards and students.

Riley says he saw that the security guards have a definite place in campus life--students constantly see them patrolling the campus or eating in the dining halls.

While Superintendent for Security Services Calvin J. Kantor reports to Riley, the chief says there has been limited interaction between the two departments on a regular basis.

Riley says the guards are in the ideal position to act as a community liaison between the Harvard community and the HUPD.

With the help of the guards, the chief says he wants to establish more community-based activities for the HUPD.

"It seemed to me that we already had that function in place with the guards," Riley says. "It was just a matter of training the guards to act as liaisons.

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