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Harvard cancels course on controversial policing method under pressure from students Share on Facebook Karen TownsendPosted at 9:01 pm on January 27, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) canceled a course that was to be offered this semester due to pressure from students. The course features a controversial policing technique called Counter Criminal Continuum Policing, or C3. The title of the course was Data Fusion in Complex Systems: A Case Study. The course was to have focused on evaluating the use of C3 to disrupt g...

Harvard cancels class exploring C3 policing methods employed by Springfield police after student outcry Updated Jan 26, 2021; Posted Jan 26, 2021 Facebook Share A course at Harvard University set to examine the effectiveness of the Counter Criminal Continuum (C3) Unit of the Springfield Police Department has been canceled following a student petition. “Over the last few days, several concerns have been expressed online about a new course – ENG-SCI 298R: Data Fusion in Complex Systems: A Case Study,” wrote Francis J. Doyle III dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering &...

Harvard Cancels Course On Policing Techniques After Uproar This story was updated at 4:10 p.m. with new information. Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is canceling a new course focused on evaluating the efficacy of military-style counterinsurgency techniques used to fight crime in Springfield, Massachusetts, after critics raised concerns about the ethical implications of that approach. The decision was announced Monday afternoon in an email from Harvard SEAS Dean Frank J. Doyle. "I want to assure members of the SEAS community that we are aware of, and take seriou...