Word: hucep
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According to HUPD Spokesman Steven G. Catalano, upon arrival the HUPD officers stopped and questioned the two individuals pointed out by the Harvard University Campus Escort Program (HUCEP) workers. They determined that one party had been assaulting the other, although the victim did not want to press charges...
Catalano said that the incident is an additional benefit of HUCEP, a campus safety program developed by the College and HUPD in which teams of undergraduates or graduate students provide walking escorts to students and faculty after dark...
Unfortunately, at the beginning of this year, the starting hours of HUCEP were cut. According to HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano, “The hours were changed to reflect when the most requests were coming in and when the most escorts took place.” But this line of reasoning fails to recognize the benefits that come from just having HUCEP on the streets. As Brown stated, “The greatest thing we do is our presence.” Furthermore, he correctly pointed out that many of the indecent assaults that happened last year occurred before...
...only serious criticism that the HUCEP program faces is the charge that some escorts take long breaks while on duty, and are not out on the street. The extent of this problem is widely debated, but what is more important is that HUPD has taken these allegations seriously. HUCEP escort Emily M. Mott ’07 said that escorts were periodically reminded of their responsibilities, they were forwarded complaints via e-mail when they came in, and they were also checked up on occasionally by HUPD. According to Mott, this has had a sizable impact on the number...
...HUCEP deserves praise because it is a strong program that helps the Harvard community feel and become safer. We ask all students to take advantage of the great service HUCEP provides...