One of them said that despite intimations fromHarvard to the contrary, "We didn't know aboutcounseling opportunities until we [read] what JoeWrinn said [in The Crimson]."
Moreover, guards said they feel likesecond-class security officers, isolated frompolice officers in the Harvard University PoliceDepartment (HUPD).
But HUPD Chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley defendedhis record, saying he shares the guards'apprehensions about their future.
"I'm concerned about that as well," he said."The contract negotiations have a direct impact onthe numbers of guards we have."
Moreover, Riley said he's "gone to greatlengths" to better integrate the security guardsand police officers. But Riley declined tocomment on the specifics of the bargaining.
"I absolutely believe that these contractualnegotiations are more complex...than has beenalleged," he said.
Wrinn, who has been in contact with theUniversity's Office of the General Counsel, wouldonly say the negotiations were "in collectivebargaining."
No other information was available regardingthe mediation process, including who would conductthe arbitration and how the mediation would beregulated