For his part, Linskey said in an interview after the ceremony that he was grateful for the support and assistance that HUPD officers provided when crisis hit at the Marathon.
“We were hit with a tremendous blow to our city and our country, an evil, on Marathon Monday,” Linskey said. “But the best of our law enforcement partners and our community partners came out, and that included, without me calling, the men and women of the Harvard University Police Department.”
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Rea, Stanton, and Riccardi were also honored for their efforts by the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden in April.
—Staff writer Madeline R. Conway can be reached at mconway@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @MadelineRConway.