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...focus of both Wyatt's pride and Letteri's ire is the internal reorganization of the Harvard force begun in 1975 by David L. Gorski, former chief of University police. Gorski, a "scientific cop" with a tough-guy image, came to Harvard in late 1974 intending to remake the University force in his own image. Drawing on his municipal experience, Gorski instituted a computer system to analyze crime statistics, a specialized crime-prevention unit, and a special task force assigned to high-crime areas. The new system, however, disrupted the traditional union method of assigning shifts according to seniority, rather...
Unfortunately Gorski's smoothness in selling the plan to University administrators did not extend to his dealings with the officers. The Police Association objected, as one might have expected, to Gorski's imposition of a hiring freeze and to his brusque manner in shaking up what once had been a very comfortable department. But the union also had a new gripe; the changes, they said, were so drastic that they lowered morale in the force. Letteri and Henry Wise '18, the union's attorney, made the issue a key factor in contract negotiations last winter, saying they would not discuss...
...chief's job became vacant April 1 when David L. Gorski, the former chief, resigned after a series of confrontations with the Harvard Police Association...
...union protested Gorski's attempts to reorganize the force, which it alleged had lowered morale in the department. It refused to bargain for its new contract...
...Gorski unexpectedly resigned last March, and Wyatt named William A. Lee, a labor-relations expert, as acting chief. Despite Lee's efforts, however, the two sides have been unable to come to terms...