According to University officials, two SSI guards can be employed for the price of one Harvard guard--a huge savings for facilities budgets.
Although current guards refused to disclose their pay, one guard did say that, as an SSI guard, he would make "a lot less" than if he was a Harvard guard.
Some Harvard guards have decided to join SSI.
Mike Cavanaugh, a 10-year veteran of the Harvard force, has accepted a University buyout of his Harvard contract--and accepted a job offer from SSI. He'll switch uniforms, but he will likely remain in place at Lowell House.
For University and HUPD officials monitoring security, so far, so good.
"Our experience has been all positive," Lichten says.
But some students say they've noticed the change.
Albert K. Kim '99-'00 used an Adams House e-mail list to protest Gibbons' departure. The e-mail message he sent praises Gibbons for the personal touch he brought to Adams.
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