Word: gorski
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...Thinking about crime is a lot like going for a physical or buying life insurance," Harvard's new police chief, David L. Gorski says. Gorski says his primary concern is crime prevention, and under his leadership, the Harvard University Police Force has taken on a slick, sophisticated, and highly technical look. A proponent of "security consciousness" in the community as the best deterrent to crime, he has also encouraged the development of crime detection techniques...
...university it's critical that we maintain an open environment, a sense of free access for members of the community," Gorski says. "But that, of course, adds another dimension to security work." With a budget of $1.4 million, 90 per cent of which is in salaries, the Harvard cops have to do their work within fairly limited means...
...Gorski's major technical innovation has been the installation of the Management Information System, a computer which records and prints out all daily police activities, and is supposed to make police deployment and general crime prevention work more scientifically. "We have to equal out the work load among out personnel," says Gorski...
Wages and vacations have also been an issue in the negotiations. Letteri said, but Gorski said that "we just started to talk about economics...
Letteri would not comment specifically on Gorski's proposals. He has been advocating an increase in the size of the force for more than a year...