"We can minimize the need for police intervention and maximize [the students'] ability to get their voice heard and do it in a manner that's safe for everyone," he says.
So far, Riley's approach seems to be working.
Although they cite a variety of reasons, members of PSLM have not yet forced a direct confrontation between HUPD officers and students.
"I think the police have been great," says Amy C. Offner '01, a member of PSLM. "They have consistently been very fair and very professional in their treatment toward us."
And Riley has won almost universal accolades from the administration.
"I think the HUPD has handled [the situation] very professionally and very sensitively," says University Attorney Allan A. Ryan Jr. "I have a good deal of confidence in Chief Riley."
Although successful up to this point, Riley says he and his staff remain watchful, as a wave of sit-ins continue nationally and PSLM steps up its tactics at Harvard.
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