50 FBI, Police To Visit Bentley Campus: Here's Why

WALTHAM, MA — If you see a swarm of police at Bentley next week, police want to let you know it's nothing to be alarmed about. Some 50 law enforcement officers, including FBI and some in uniform and in both marked and unmarked cars will be driving around campus next week.

The Bentley University Police Department is hosting a Crisis Negotiation Course to be conducted by the FBI, beginning Monday, May 13 and running through Friday, May 17. The classroom portion of the course will be held in Jennison Hall from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day with a role-playing exercise occurring on Friday, May 17 in Slade Hall.

Police sent out a heads up Friday to let anyone nearby know it was coming.

"We don’t want anyone to be alarmed by the influx of law enforcement on campus," said the campus police chief in an email.

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