Harvard University closed a police station located in a residential hall because students' felt that the presence itself was a "violent, visual intimidation tactic."
The Harvard University Police Department's substation at the Mather House was closed in February because students felt it created an intimidating environment, according to the Harvard Crimson.
A resident in the Mather House, Faith Woods, told the news outlet that the police are not present to "keep me actively safe."
"I am well aware that the police are not there to keep me actively safe," Woods said. "Having a police car sitting outside of Mather every night — which it does — doesn’t bring me any sense of safety."
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A police car sitting anywhere never bothered me, maybe because I didn't do anything they would care about!
Let the idiots protect themselves.