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...wake of the recent arrest of Joshua M. Elster '00 on charges of sexual assault, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) was found to be in violation of Massachusetts state law by failing to record both the report of the rape and the arrest itself...
Under the old system, police reports on sexual assault cases were tagged as "confidential" and were protected by a computer system from being entered into the police log. The omission of Elster's arrest from the blotter stemmed from an error in which the arrest was reported under the original confidential call and was therefore also kept out of the blotter...
Numerous people have spoken with me and written to The Crimson to protest what they believe has been a "trial by media." Some took issue with the fact that defendant Joshua M. Elster '00 was named in The Crimson; some alleged that the prominence of Elster's name and picture on the front page, under the words "Rape" and "Assault," have damaged Elster's reputation and violated his right to a fair trial. Many more were disturbed by the profile, which included both anonymous quotations and characterizations of the defendant...
...Granade, there is an important distinction in the fact that Elster was charged with this crime, and not merely accused. Crimson Managing Editor Andrew S. Chang '99 cites The Crimson's role in reporting crimes, and in making the community and the public aware that serious crimes do happen on campus--a fact that University police are unlikely to publicize...
...HUPD logs did not report the Jan. 31 arrest of Joshua M. Elster '00 on three counts of rape and two counts of assault and battery. Under state open records laws, HUPD is required to report all police responses and arrests in a public...