"They were very reassuring while taking reports and were quick to offer helpful advice to my students on how to avoid situations like that in the future," Ko said.
Other students--even those who are often at odds with the University administration and the police department--praise the department.
Progressive Students Labor Movement (PSLM) member Stephen N. Smith '02, who has participated in a number of protests requiring police presence, offers only good words for the HUPD officers he has interacted with.
"I have been consistently impressed with their professionalism and good will," he says. "Members of the HUPD are some of the most under-appreciated and irreplaceable components of the Harvard community."
Despite some tense moments during the six-hour PSLM takeover of Byerly Hall during pre-frosh weekend last year, Smith says HUPD officers on-scene "handled the situation well."
Katherine M. Gregory '01, a member of Crimson Key Society, says that in addition to working with HUPD to plan orientation events for first-years, she took a self-defense class taught by several officers.
"I really think they're great," she says.
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