The Boston University Police Department (BUPD) is the primary law-enforcement agency of Boston University and provides services to more than 41,000 students, faculty, and staff on 132 acres (0.53 km) of University property and surrounding streets. Its headquarters are located at 32 Harry Agganis Way adjacent to Nickerson Field , in what was once the Braves Field ticket office.
6-457: The BUPD was created through an act of legislation in October 1947. In 2005 a former deputy chief sued the university after being laid off by Chief Robert T. Shea (in 2002). A Massachusetts Superior Court judge dismissed the case but wrote that the plaintiff “reasonably … believed that BU and Shea were engaged in wrongful discrimination.” In 2006, Boston University hired the superintendent of
12-750: The Massachusetts State Police , Thomas G. Robbins, as Chief of BUPD and Executive Director of Public Safety. The department employs 50 sworn personnel and a complement of 10 civilian support staff. Specialized units include a Detective Bureau, a Mountain Bike Unit, a Training and Development Unit, and Community Oriented Policing Services. The department provides services to 33,000 Boston University students; 9,300 faculty and staff members; and campus visitors. All BUPD police are sworn “special State Police officers” and have full arrest authority on Boston University property and adjoining streets. The authority of
18-628: The Superior Court Department of the Trial Court ) is a trial court department in Massachusetts. The Superior Court has original jurisdiction in civil actions over $ 50,000, and in matters where equitable relief is sought. It also has original jurisdiction in actions involving labor disputes where injunctive relief is sought, and has exclusive authority to convene medical malpractice tribunals. The Business Litigation Sessions (BLS) of
24-561: The BUPD is derived from chapter 22C, section 63 of the General Laws of Massachusetts. Additionally, all Boston University Police Officers hold commissions as deputy sheriffs in Suffolk, Middlesex, and Norfolk Counties, giving them arrest powers throughout Boston, Cambridge, and Brookline, where BU has facilities. Massachusetts Superior Court The Massachusetts Superior Court (also known as
30-849: The Honorable Allan van Gestel as its first judge, who was integral to the BLS's establishment and viability. Justice DelVecchio appointed a Business Litigation Resource Committee to provide input and feedback on the new program in its early years. The late Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants had been a BLS judge earlier in his career, as had retired Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Margot Botsford . The Court has exclusive original jurisdiction in first degree murder cases and original jurisdiction for all other crimes. It has jurisdiction over all felony matters, although it shares jurisdiction over crimes where other Trial Court Departments have concurrent jurisdiction. Finally,
36-622: The Superior Court is a specialized business court docket located in Suffolk County (Boston). The BLS has jurisdiction over complex business and commercial disputes. The original Business Litigation Session solely heard cases arising in Suffolk County, beginning in 2000, but over time the BLS became a regional program and finally a statewide business court. The BLS was authorized and implemented by order of Superior Court Chief Justice Suzanne DelVecchio in 1999, beginning operations in 2000, with
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