Word: gorski
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gorski adds that on a year-round basis, 12 additional cops would only mean two more men on the beat each day. "It would be a sad commentary on the state of affairs here if the University had to hire more security personnel while cutting back on faculty," he says...
...University requested a given amount of police protection and assistance, on an annual basis, and was billed according to its request. Deployment of the force was in large part determined by laymen who were without access to any scientific means of analyzing their actual needs. Under the Gorski system, the police force assigns personnel to the departments based on statistical evidence of need, then bills them accordingly...
...Gorski plans to hire a new captain to work solely in administration and records and is significantly increasing the number of police patrolling in cars, instead of on foot, in a concerted effort to improve visibility...
...issue hanging over Gorski's head right now is the prospect of a new police contract. Although the old contract has expired, spokesmen for the University and Patrolmen's Association head Lawrence Letteri say negotiations are completely stalemated. Letteri originally demanded the addition of 12 patrolmen to the 49-member force, citing a 17 per cent increase in crime at Harvard over the last two years. Gorski, who is not in the union, acknowledges a rise in property crimes, but points to a decrease in crimes against person and adamantly opposes any jump in the size of the force...
...Twelve new employees would mean an additional expenditure of $170,000," Gorski says. "If our goal is to reduce crime, that sum of money could be far better spent, perhaps on mechanical devices such as alarms and sophisticated locks...