"It was more important to do the renovationsthat were more important to them. They put therenovations in front of the safety of theemployees," Kotowski said. "They did improvementsupstairs for upper management--the conferenceroom, offices, they redid bathroom upstairs. Nowthey went downstairs and they didn't touch thelocker room."

Adjacent to the men's locker room is the men'sbathroom, which also has large holes in itsceiling. The ceiling tile is flaking above theurinals, which officers complain leak, causingfloor tiling to buckle.

A vent located directly above the two bathroomstalls is covered with a gray, soot-like filth. Asimilar substance can be found in gratesthroughout the police department.

A green garden hose projects from a cabinetbeneath the women's bathroom sinks. Two womenofficers said this exposed hose used to carry rawsewage.

Kotowski and other officers said they haverepeatedly brought their concerns to policedepartment management. Yet each time, they say,officers are told Harvard does not have thefinancial wherewithal to bankroll improvements inthe locker rooms, bathrooms and other locations.

Kotowski said he has appealed to Brian D.Sinclair '62, assistant director for finance andadministration for the police department,describing officers' concern about workingconditions within the building.

"We repeatedly approached them...I'm veryserious about what people in my union deserve,"Kotowski said. "We've pointed out to them the factthat we need showers, that we need cleanerbathrooms." Kotowski said he proposed that ifrenovating the showers was too expensive, thedepartment should consider purchasing aself-contained shower at a lower cost.

Sinclair did not return repeated telephonecalls yesterday.

Police Lt. Lawrence J. Murphy, the actingchief, said yesterday that the maintenanceproblems were temporary inconveniences stemmingfrom the installation of a handicapped rampoutside the station. He said the tile in the men'sand women's bathrooms was replaced a month ago,and that the new tile does not contain asbestos.

Photographs of the women's room, however, showthe tiles there to be almost identical to the tilein the locker room, which has been in place foryears. Asked about the deteriorating condition ofthe bathroom tile in the women's room, Murphysaid, "it gets beat up real fast." The actingchief also said that the locker room tile willsoon be replaced.

In the women's bathrooms, asbestos-containingfloor tile and mastic, a resin-like cement oftenused with such tiles, shows heavy damage. Sometiles are cracked and buckling, others are dustyand flaking.

Tiles are visibly decaying. Some are brokeninto pieces. And according to Harvard's ownasbestos report of the building, such crumblingmay make the asbestos in the tile "friable,"releasing it into the air and making it moredangerous.

Says the report: "The floor tile must betreated as asbestos-contaminated."

Although the upstairs communications area hasbeen newly renovated--complete with recessedlighting and a more open, spacious receptionarea--there is asbestos debris in the basementelectrical room as well as in pipes which runthroughout the building, according to Harvard'sown investigation of the building, a copy of whichwas obtained by The Crimson.

Officers say three separate asbestos removalprojects have taken place at the station thisyear, but that little has been done in the lockerroom or bathrooms. A few months ago, workersinstalled new tiles in part of the men's room sothat an electrical conduit could run through thefloor.