2016

Community Advisory - Boston University Public Safety Emergency

November 18, 2016

November 18, 2016 9:40 AM - FINAL UPDATE

Harvard Alert- BPD reporting the emergency at BU was a hoax. There is no continuing public safety threat.


November 18, 2016, at 9:35 AM - Update #1

Harvard Alert - Harvard community members should avoid the BU area. Storrow Drive has been closed. Expect travel delays in the area.


November 18, 2016, at 9:25 AM -

Harvard Alert- BPD reporting a heavy police presence at a BU build on Comm Ave. in response to an emergency. Unaware of any impact or connection to Harvard.

Community Advisory - Mt. Auburn Street Indecent Assault and Battery

August 13, 2016
August 15, 2016 - COMMUNITY ADVISORY UPDATE
Today, at approximately 3:35 p.m., the Cambridge Police Department arrested an unaffiliated male, on a warrant out of Cambridge District Court for Indecent Assault and Battery on a Person 14 or Over. The male was identified as the suspect involved in Friday evening’s alleged indecent assault and battery.
Disseminated at 5:25 PM on August 15, 2016.
 
On Friday, August 12, 2016 at approximately 9:25 PM a female graduate student reported to the Harvard...
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Community Advisory - Business School Bomb Threat

May 18, 2016

May 18, 2016 2:00 PM - CLOSEOUT

All buildings have been cleared and reopened.

 

The investigation into the bomb threat is active and ongoing.

 

May 18, 2016 11:21 AM - update #1

The following buildings have been evacuated:

  • Morgan Hall
  • Esteves Hall
  • Aldrich Hall
  • Chao Center
  • Tata Hall
  • Hawes Hall
  • Batten Hall

 

If you are not in one those buildings it is okay for you to stay...

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Community Advisory - River Houses and Yard Dorms Burglaries

April 25, 2016

 

Over last weekend, 4/23/16 and 4/24/16, the Harvard University Police Department responded to ten (10) reports of thefts occurring in River Houses and a Yard dorm. All but one of the thefts occurred in River Houses. In eight (8) of the ten incidents the room doors were either unsecured or propped open. In three of the incidents a suspect(s) entered rooms that were occupied. In one of those incidents a resident woke to find a suspect in the room. In that incident that suspect fled the area without any physical contact between themselves and the resident. Thirteen (13)...
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Community Advisory - Longwood Campus Bomb Threat

March 23, 2016

 

March 23, 2016 12:58 PM - CLOSEOUT
 
Harvard Alert- BPD has cleared the package at the HIM building. Building is clear and occupants are reentering. The incident is closed.
 
March 23, 2016 12:45 PM - UDPATE 1
Harvard Alert- No other buildings on the Longwood campus are being evacuated at this time.
 
March 23, 2016 12:38 PM -
Harvard Alert- A suspicious pack has been located in the HIM building at Longwood. Three floors have been evacuated. BPD and HUPD on...
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Community Advisory - Shooting near Mt. Auburn Hospital

March 22, 2016

 

On March 22, 2016 11:52 PM - Final Update
Cambridge Police continue to investigate a shooting near Mt Auburn Hospital. Avoid area. This is last message, unless new info develops.
 
On March 22, 2016 at 11:09:56 PM - Update #1
Cambridge Police continues to investigate double shooting near Mt. Auburn Hosp. Avoid area. Stay indoors if in area.

On March 22, 2016, at 10:36 PM -
Police are responding to reports of two persons shot near Mount Auburn Hosp. No suspect info avail...
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