In large part, HUPD has tried hard to make its public power acceptable to the community it polices.
Riley has frequently provided to the public and the press information in police reports about crimes committed on campus, even though Harvard asserts he is not required to do so.
He has always made himself available to reporters and students for any reason.
All complaints about the department and the conduct of its officers, even the most frivolous, receive a complete investigation.
And despite their powers to do so, in practice, HUPD officers rarely operate off-campus. They leave these areas to the myriad of municipal departments that also have authority in Cambridge and Boston.
But the division of power is unofficial.
"The jurisdiction that we have is dependent on what I assign people to do," Riley says.
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