By Sarah Metcalf and Mike Naughton

While the Red Sox and Yankees face off at Fenway Park Friday night, campus police and Boston police will be joining forces, in part to ensure there will be no repeats of last year’s sports-related riots.

In an effort to increase police presence and prevention methods during baseball and football playoff season, the Boston Police Department announced its plan last week for the upcoming home games.

Lieutenant Kevin Foley said police tactics will be modeled after the ones used during the Democratic National Conven-tion (DNC), including communicating with area university officials and incorporating several remote cameras. The cameras, which were purchased for the DNC, will be set up around Fenway and will be able to send real-time information to police headquarters.

Some of the portable cameras will be put in place around Hemenway Street and Sym-phony Road, Foley said.

In addition to using their own cameras, Foley said universities such as Northeastern, Boston College and Boston University have offered their support by allowing police officials to use campus surveillance cameras to monitor certain areas.

Northeastern Police Captain Albert Sweeney said he will be patrolling the streets during home games while other Northeastern administrators will be at Boston Police headquarters.

“We will have a joint operations center with Northeastern and Boston Police so our students can be safe,” Sweeney said. “We will be sharing information so we can have real time information to be able to respond to situations appropriately.”

In addition to having a multi-organization police command center and surveillance cameras, Sweeney said there will also be direct communication between a BPD associate at the NUPD headquarters.

Despite the possible repercussions if a riot were to occur, not all students said they believe cameras are enough to hinder a celebration should the Red Sox win.

“I don’t think when [fans are drunk, they’re] going to be thwarted by a security camera,” said Elizabeth Brina, a senior English and philosophy major. “It might make it easier for the cops to get there faster if something starts, but a lot can happen before they get there. Besides, [having cameras is] kind of offensive to the people who wouldn’t riot and who weren’t there last year.”

After the death of James Grabowski, 21, in last year’s Super Bowl riot, some students said although police may be unpopular, they are glad to have a few extra officers around campus during the series.

“It would make me feel safer to have cops around,” said Nicole DePalma, a freshman athletic training major.

Some students said police are underestimating the passion of fans in Red Sox Nation.

“[The fans] are just so into the game, they don’t care what’s going on around them,” said Nada Razzouqi, a junior political science major.

Sweeney said although the number of police will be increased, he has faith in students’ behavior, especially after the incident-free Busta Rhymes-Method Man concert Sept. 18.

“We are increasing police presence to ensure the safety of our students,” he said. “We are looking forward to an uneventful World Series.”

– Correspondent Elizabeth Dudek contributed to this report