"We've put in a huge effort over the last six months [to get computer systems up to speed], bringing the last pieces of it up to code in November," he says. "And in the unlikely event that the Holyoke Center has to close due to a problem with the gas, for example, UHS will have to close down, but arrangements have been made with area hospitals to take diverted emergency cases."
HUPD spokesperson Peggy A. McNamara says University police are similarly prepared to treat this much-anticipated weekend as they would any other.
"Service is not going to be diminished in any way. The University police will be staffed as normal," she says.
On an average day, she adds, the staff consists of two supervisors and
anywhere from six to 15 patrol officers, depending on the shift.
But in addition to keeping up normal staff numbers on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, HUPD has taken active measures to ready itself for the next millennium.
Local coordinators for the department have worked over the past several months with Eagan and Bradner to make their keycard system, alarms and radio communications Y2K compliant.
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