A new lawsuit against Brown University has sparked debate over the secrecy of law enforcement at private collegesPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new lawsuit against Brown University has renewed questions surrounding the secrecy afforded many law enforcement officers employed by private colleges and universities across the U.S. In Massachusetts, the state Supreme Court explicitly ruled Harvard University's campus police were not subject to the state's open records laws because they were a private university. At Brown, the ACLU is representing two journalists who were both denied their public records requests seeking arrest reports made by Brown's officers. ACLU claims Brown's campus police operate under state-authorized police powers, which in turn makes them subject to Rhode Island public records law. Greco has since publicly called for more changes inside Brown University, including testifying in front of lawmakers in support of changing state law to explicitly make universities like Brown subject to open records law.