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New, Outsourced Security Guards Criticized by Some HUPD Officers

"I've heard positive stuff [from students]," says Ronnie Levesque, the Superintendent of Quincy House.

By keeping Ellis at Quincy, Riley says, SSI is only following through on a promise it made to the University.

"SSI says they will try to keep the same people at all the Houses," Riley says.

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Still, some question whether SSI's high turnover rate will hinder security efforts.

Guards at companies like SSI do not usually stay very long--typically only three or four months, according to industry estimates.

Guards, police, and students all question whether that gives guards enough time to learn the campus.

"Turnover [at SSI] is 100%," says one University guard. "We know the Harvard community. That's the biggest difference."

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