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WHEN WILLIAM A. LEE took over as acting chief of University police yesterday, replacing David L. Gorski, he stepped into the shoes of a man who spent most of his time at Harvard getting the hot-foot. For Lee, who is a labor relations specialist, the extra heat may not make much of a difference; trained to deal with disgruntled employees and union leaders, he should be able to take the flak that last month convinced the publicity-shy Gorski to pack his bags. But no matter who sits in the chief's office in Grays Hall, the Harvard police...
...suit in contract negotiations with the University, and the status of the talks reflects the relations between Harvard and the policemen. Both are rocky. The police have been working without a contract since January 1, and the two sides have spent three months without settling their substantial differences. Gorski's decision to leave delayed the talks for a few weeks, as both sides reassessed their positions in light of the change in administration. But even before Gorski's departure, the talks were proceeding at a snail's pace. The union and the University disagree on two separate fronts, and thus...
...SIDES are far apart on money, they are even more sharply divided on the issue of organizational change within the department. When Gorski came to Harvard in January, 1975, he immediately started to reshape the police department in his own image--that of a tough new "scientific cop." He instituted a new computer system to analyze crime statistics, sent members of the force to a police academy to bone up on the latest crime-fighting techniques, and hired a number of plainclothes "special agents" to investigate campus crime. At the same time, Gorski began an efficiency drive to complement...
...talks broke down on February 25 when the federal mediator in charge of the talks ordered both sides to call in an outside party to help settle the union's complaint that the reorganization efforts of David L. Gorski, outgoing chief of the University police, had lowered morale in the force...
...this is only a first step. Lee, who has no previous police experience, is only an interim appointee, without the authority to modify Gorski's organizational innovations. Harvard must realize that the officers are more interested in making sure that Gorski's permanent successor--whom it will choose before next fall--will be likely to listen to their position and judge it on its merits. The University should stage an intensive search for a chief who will combine Gorski's extensive knowledge of police procedure with a willingness to deal with all sides of the reorganization problem. Moreover, it must...