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...Faust wrote that the review was in part prompted by an incident that occurred Aug. 8 in which HUPD officers, responding to a call, confronted a person attempting to remove a lock from a bicycle with tools...
...HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano wrote in an e-mail that the department is enthusiastic about the review...
...According to the HUPD police log, the individual was found to be the owner of the bicycle and an affiliate of the university after questioning by officers. The person has since been identified as a black high school student from the Boston area working at Harvard for the summer. Faust wrote that an investigation into the interaction between the officers and the student has been launched...
...incident earlier this month has raised concerns about Harvard University Police Department's treatment of racial minorities on campus, leading University President Drew G. Faust to announce the creation of a six-member committee to review HUPD's practices...
...review will include consideration of HUPD's diversity training, community outreach, and recruitment efforts, as well as the ways in which Harvard's past experience as well as best practices elsewhere can help inform our future practice,” Faust wrote in an e-mail to faculty and senior-level administration...