Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department | |
|---|---|
| Common name | MIT Police |
| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Non governmental: Body corporate |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Legal jurisdiction | MIT property |
| General nature | |
| Specialist jurisdiction | Buildings and lands occupied or explicitly controlled by the educational institution and the institution's personnel, and public entering the buildings and immediate precincts of the institution. |
| Operational structure | |
| Police officers and detectives | 51 |
| Website | |
| police.mit.edu | |
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department (MIT Police, formerly MIT Campus Patrol) is the police agency charged with providing law enforcement to the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The 168-acre (68.0 ha) campus extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), established in 1861, is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1987, MIT had about 65 employees in its police department. In 2011, it had 54: 51 officers and 3 civilians.
In 1987, MIT appointed Anne P. Glavin as its Chief of Police, making her the first woman in New England to be appointed chief of a professional, armed campus police department at a major university.
In 1994, students famously "hacked" (or pranked) the MIT Police by placing a reconstruction of an MIT Police cruiser on top of the Great Dome.
On April 18, 2013, around 10:25 pm, MIT patrol officer Sean Collier, age 27, of Somerville, Massachusetts, was shot in his patrol car while responding to a disturbance outside MIT's Stata Center. Collier was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Institute advised MIT community members on or near campus to stay indoors. One suspect was later shot and killed; the other was captured the next day. Police investigation suggested that the suspects shot Collier in order to further arm themselves. Some law-enforcement officials said the suspects were seeking to provoke a large-scale confrontation with police. Collier had been a member of the Somerville Auxiliary Police Department from 2006 to 2009.
One week after the shooting, Collier's open air memorial service was attended by more than 10,000 people, in a ceremony hosted by the MIT community with thousands of police officers from the New England region and Canada. On November 25, 2013, MIT announced the creation of the Collier Medal, to be awarded annually to "an individual or group that embodies the character and qualities that Officer Collier exhibited as a member of the MIT community and in all aspects of his life". The announcement added that "Future recipients of the award will include those whose contributions exceed the boundaries of their profession, those who have contributed to building bridges across the community, and those who consistently and selflessly perform acts of kindness".
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