News, Events, and Announcements

Announcements

Dashboard
HUPD released the latest update to the Department's Dashboard. To review, please visit the Dashboard webpage.

HUPD in the News

Campus Advisory - Missing Person - Update
The missing person has been located and is safe. The search has concluded. Disseminated at 5:28 PM on Thursday, 6/4/26. At approximately 11:57 AM hours, the Harvard University Police Department received a report of a missing person. This individual, Sung...

Timely Warning - Assault and Battery at Lowell House - Update
UPDATE The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has positively identified the suspect in the incident that occurred at approximately 5:30 PM, Tuesday, May 19, in Lowell House. Earlier this afternoon, the suspect was arrested by a local law...

Dashboard
HUPD released the latest update to the Department's Dashboard. To review, please visit the Dashboard webpage.

Timely Warning - Explosion in the Goldenson Building, Boston
CLOSE OUT Arrest made. Earlier this morning, acting on a tip received by law enforcement, investigators positively identified and arrested two suspects. The arrests were made by a multi-jurisdictional team that included the Harvard University Police...

Campus Advisory - Scam Targeting Harvard University Affiliates
The Harvard University Police Department wishes to inform our community of an ongoing scam targeting Harvard University affiliates. The scam appears to originate from a Harvard email address and offers recipients free musical instruments, in exchange for...

Timely Warning - Adams House Burglary
Last evening (10/26/24) at approximately 11:58 PM, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to a report of a burglary at Adams House, Randolph. In this incident residents reported that an unknown individual accessed their room through an...

2023 Annual Security Report
The 2023 Annual Security Report is now available. To review the Report, please visit the Annual Security Report webpage.

Campus Advisory - Email Scam
The Harvard University Police Department wishes to inform our community of an ongoing scam targeting Harvard University affiliates. The scam appears to originate from a Harvard email address and offers recipients free musical instruments, in exchange for...

Timely Warning - Burglary at Matthews Hall
This morning (7/24/23) at approximately 7:20 AM, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to a report of a burglary at Matthews Hall. In this incident , residents reported that an unknown individual accessed their room through a window...

Safety and Self-Defense Class
The HUPD is hosting a safety and self-defense course on Thursday, March 9, 2023. The class will be held at the Wasserstein Caspersen Center, Milstein East A from 6PM to 8PM and free for all Harvard community members.

Community Engagement Dog, Sasha
HUPD welcomes Sasha, the Department's first Community Engagement Dog, tasked with bringing comfort and support across the Harvard community.

Toys For Tots
It’s that time of year aga in and the holidays are rapidly approaching! Each year the Harvard University Police Department helps the United Stated Marine Corps Reserve bring toys to children in need in time for Christmas, through Toys for Tots. We will be...

Safety and Self-Defense Classes
The HUPD is hosting a safety and self-defense course on Thursday, December 1, 2022. The class will be held at the Hemenway Gymnasium from 4PM to 7PM and free for all Harvard community members.

Timely Warning - Burglaries in River Dorms
On Saturday, October 29, 2022, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to four (4) reports of unlawful entries into undergraduate residences; two (2) at Quincy House, one (1) at 20 DeWolfe St, and one (1) at Adams House. In all four...

2022 Annual Security Report Available
The University is required by federal law (The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, 20 U.S.C. 1092(f), known as the “Clery Act”) to publish an Annual Security Report and an Annual Fire Safety Report. The...

Community Advisory - Burglaries in Yard Dorms - UPDATE
On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, HUPD detectives sought criminal complaints at Cambridge District Court for the unlawful entry into Wigglesworth Hall on July 11 th. The Court granted complaints against the offender for Breaking and Entering in the Nighttime and...

Community Advisory - Burglaries in Yard Dorms - Update
This morning, at approximately 1:00 AM, an HUPD officer on a directed patrol in response to a series of recent burglaries in Harvard Yard, observed an unidentified male behaving in a suspicious manner around several undergraduate residences. The officer...

Community Advisory - Burglaries in Yard Dorms
Over the last week, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to two (2) reports of unlawful entries occurring in Mower Hall and Wigglesworth Hall. In both instances, occupants reported that while they were sleeping, someone climbed...

Community Advisory - Drink Spiking in the Cambridge and Boston Areas
The Harvard University Police Department has received information from the Boston and Cambridge Police Departments that they have seen an increase in reports of spiked beverages at bars in their cities. Drink spiking is when an offender adds a scentless...

Toys for Tots
The HUPD is excited to join the Marines and their long running program, Toys for Tots, this holiday season. If any community member would like to participate, please feel free to bring a new, unwrapped toy to our donation box located at the lobby of HUPD...

Safety and Self-Defense Classes
The HUPD is hosting two safety and self-defense courses on Sunday, November 14 th and Saturday, November 20 th. The classes will be held outdoors at the Sunken Gardens on Appian Way from 10AM to 12PM and free for all Harvard community members.

Child Safety Seat Event on 9/30/21
The HUPD urges parents and caregivers to ensure their child safety seats are properly installed. On Thursday, September 30, 2021, HUPD will have certified technicians available to provide free hands-on child safety seat inspections and advice from 2PM...

Chief's Greeting
To learn more about Chief Clay, please see his greeting.

Welcome, Chief Victor Clay
The HUPD would like to welcome Victor Clay as the new chief of police for the Harvard University Police Department. Chief Clay comes to our community with more than 35 years of law enforcement experience, marked by an outstanding commitment to community...