diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper.java
index d875dbedc..d14500cff 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper.java
@@ -7,11 +7,22 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Property;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.RDFNode;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Statement;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.StmtIterator;
+
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.identifier.IdentifierBundle;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.identifier.RequestIdentifiers;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.ifaces.PolicyIface;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.Actions;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.ifaces.RequestedAction;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.propstmt.AddDataPropStmt;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.propstmt.AddObjectPropStmt;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.propstmt.DropDataPropStmt;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.propstmt.DropObjectPropStmt;
 
 /**
  * A collection of static methods to help determine whether requested actions
@@ -28,7 +39,7 @@ public class PolicyHelper {
 			RequestedAction... actions) {
 		return isAuthorizedForActions(req, new Actions(actions));
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Are these actions authorized for the current user by the current
 	 * policies?
@@ -40,6 +51,109 @@ public class PolicyHelper {
 		return Actions.notNull(actions).isAuthorized(policy, ids);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Do the current policies authorize the current user to add all of the
+	 * statements in this model?
+	 */
+	public static boolean isAuthorizedToAdd(HttpServletRequest req, Model model) {
+		if ((req == null) || (model == null)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		StmtIterator stmts = model.listStatements();
+		try {
+			while (stmts.hasNext()) {
+				if (!isAuthorizedToAdd(req, stmts.next())) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+			return true;
+		} finally {
+			stmts.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Do the current policies authorize the current user to add this statement?
+	 * 
+	 * The statement is expected to be fully-populated, with no null fields.
+	 */
+	public static boolean isAuthorizedToAdd(HttpServletRequest req,
+			Statement stmt) {
+		if ((req == null) || (stmt == null)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		Resource subject = stmt.getSubject();
+		Property predicate = stmt.getPredicate();
+		RDFNode objectNode = stmt.getObject();
+		if ((subject == null) || (predicate == null) || (objectNode == null)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		RequestedAction action;
+		if (objectNode.isResource()) {
+			action = new AddObjectPropStmt(subject.getURI(),
+					predicate.getURI(), objectNode.asResource().getURI());
+		} else {
+			action = new AddDataPropStmt(subject.getURI(), predicate.getURI(),
+					objectNode.asLiteral());
+		}
+		return isAuthorizedForActions(req, action);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Do the current policies authorize the current user to drop all of the
+	 * statements in this model?
+	 */
+	public static boolean isAuthorizedToDrop(HttpServletRequest req, Model model) {
+		if ((req == null) || (model == null)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		StmtIterator stmts = model.listStatements();
+		try {
+			while (stmts.hasNext()) {
+				if (!isAuthorizedToDrop(req, stmts.next())) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+			return true;
+		} finally {
+			stmts.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Do the current policies authorize the current user to drop this
+	 * statement?
+	 * 
+	 * The statement is expected to be fully-populated, with no null fields.
+	 */
+	public static boolean isAuthorizedToDrop(HttpServletRequest req,
+			Statement stmt) {
+		if ((req == null) || (stmt == null)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		Resource subject = stmt.getSubject();
+		Property predicate = stmt.getPredicate();
+		RDFNode objectNode = stmt.getObject();
+		if ((subject == null) || (predicate == null) || (objectNode == null)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		RequestedAction action;
+		if (objectNode.isResource()) {
+			action = new DropObjectPropStmt(subject.getURI(),
+					predicate.getURI(), objectNode.asResource().getURI());
+		} else {
+			action = new DropDataPropStmt(subject.getURI(), predicate.getURI(),
+					objectNode.asLiteral());
+		}
+		return isAuthorizedForActions(req, action);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * No need to instantiate this helper class - all methods are static.
 	 */
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelperTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper_ActionsTest.java
similarity index 90%
rename from webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelperTest.java
rename to webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper_ActionsTest.java
index 0d2cf12fe..d76433311 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelperTest.java
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper_ActionsTest.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.Actions;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.ifaces.RequestedAction;
 
 /**
- * Test the basic top-level function of PolicyHelper.
+ * Test the function of PolicyHelper in authorizing simple actions.
  */
-public class PolicyHelperTest extends AbstractTestClass {
+public class PolicyHelper_ActionsTest extends AbstractTestClass {
 	private ServletContextStub ctx;
 	private HttpSessionStub session;
 	private HttpServletRequestStub req;
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public class PolicyHelperTest extends AbstractTestClass {
 		req.setSession(session);
 	}
 
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Action-level tests
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 	@Test
 	public void authorizedForActionsNull() {
 		createPolicy();
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper_StatementsTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper_StatementsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86da9b457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/PolicyHelper_StatementsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import stubs.javax.servlet.ServletContextStub;
+import stubs.javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestStub;
+import stubs.javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionStub;
+
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Property;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Statement;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.testing.AbstractTestClass;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.identifier.IdentifierBundle;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.ifaces.Authorization;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.ifaces.PolicyDecision;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.ifaces.PolicyIface;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.ifaces.RequestedAction;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.propstmt.AbstractDataPropertyAction;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.propstmt.AbstractObjectPropertyAction;
+
+/**
+ * Test the function of PolicyHelper in authorizing statements and models.
+ */
+public class PolicyHelper_StatementsTest extends AbstractTestClass {
+	private static final String APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI = "test://approvedSubjectUri";
+	private static final String APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI = "test://approvedPredicateUri";
+	private static final String UNAPPROVED_PREDICATE_URI = "test://bogusPredicateUri";
+	private static final String APPROVED_OBJECT_URI = "test://approvedObjectUri";
+
+	private ServletContextStub ctx;
+	private HttpSessionStub session;
+	private HttpServletRequestStub req;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setup() {
+		ctx = new ServletContextStub();
+
+		session = new HttpSessionStub();
+		session.setServletContext(ctx);
+
+		req = new HttpServletRequestStub();
+		req.setSession(session);
+
+		setLoggerLevel(ServletPolicyList.class, Level.WARN);
+		ServletPolicyList.addPolicy(ctx, new MySimplePolicy());
+	}
+
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Statement-level tests.
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	@Test
+	public void addNullStatement() {
+		assertEquals("null statement", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(req, (Statement) null));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void addStatementWithNullRequest() {
+		Statement stmt = dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI,
+				APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI);
+		assertEquals("null request", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(null, stmt));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void addAuthorizedStatement() {
+		Statement stmt = dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI,
+				APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI);
+		assertEquals("authorized", true,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(req, stmt));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void addUnauthorizedStatement() {
+		Statement stmt = dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI,
+				UNAPPROVED_PREDICATE_URI);
+		assertEquals("not authorized", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(req, stmt));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropNullStatement() {
+		assertEquals("null statement", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(req, (Statement) null));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropStatementWithNullRequest() {
+		Statement stmt = dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI,
+				APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI);
+		assertEquals("null request", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(null, stmt));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropAuthorizedStatement() {
+		Statement stmt = dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI,
+				APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI);
+		assertEquals("authorized", true,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(req, stmt));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropUnauthorizedStatement() {
+		Statement stmt = dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI,
+				UNAPPROVED_PREDICATE_URI);
+		assertEquals("not authorized", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(req, stmt));
+	}
+
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Model-level tests
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	@Test
+	public void addNullModel() {
+		assertEquals("null statement", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(req, (Model) null));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void addModelWithNullRequest() {
+		assertEquals("empty model", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(null, model()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void addEmptyModel() {
+		assertEquals("empty model", true,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(req, model()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void addAuthorizedModel() {
+		Model model = model(
+				dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI, APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI),
+				objectStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI, APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI,
+						APPROVED_OBJECT_URI));
+		assertEquals("authorized model", true,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(req, model));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void addUnauthorizedModel() {
+		Model model = model(
+				dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI, APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI),
+				objectStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI, UNAPPROVED_PREDICATE_URI,
+						APPROVED_OBJECT_URI));
+		assertEquals("unauthorized model", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToAdd(req, model));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropNullModel() {
+		assertEquals("null statement", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(req, (Model) null));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropModelWithNullRequest() {
+		assertEquals("empty model", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(null, model()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropEmptyModel() {
+		assertEquals("empty model", true,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(req, model()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropAuthorizedModel() {
+		Model model = model(
+				dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI, APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI),
+				objectStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI, APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI,
+						APPROVED_OBJECT_URI));
+		assertEquals("authorized model", true,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(req, model));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void dropUnauthorizedModel() {
+		Model model = model(
+				dataStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI, UNAPPROVED_PREDICATE_URI),
+				objectStatement(APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI, APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI,
+						APPROVED_OBJECT_URI));
+		assertEquals("unauthorized model", false,
+				PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedToDrop(req, model));
+	}
+
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Helper methods
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/** Build a data statement. */
+	private Statement dataStatement(String subjectUri, String predicateUri) {
+		Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();
+		Resource subject = model.createResource(subjectUri);
+		Property predicate = model.createProperty(predicateUri);
+		return model.createStatement(subject, predicate, "whoCares?");
+	}
+
+	/** Build a object statement. */
+	private Statement objectStatement(String subjectUri, String predicateUri,
+			String objectUri) {
+		Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();
+		Resource subject = model.createResource(subjectUri);
+		Resource object = model.createResource(objectUri);
+		Property predicate = model.createProperty(predicateUri);
+		return model.createStatement(subject, predicate, object);
+	}
+
+	/** Build a model. */
+	private Model model(Statement... stmts) {
+		Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();
+		model.add(stmts);
+		return model;
+	}
+
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Helper classes
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	private static class MySimplePolicy implements PolicyIface {
+		@Override
+		public PolicyDecision isAuthorized(IdentifierBundle whoToAuth,
+				RequestedAction whatToAuth) {
+			if (whatToAuth instanceof AbstractDataPropertyAction) {
+				return isAuthorized((AbstractDataPropertyAction) whatToAuth);
+			} else if (whatToAuth instanceof AbstractObjectPropertyAction) {
+				return isAuthorized((AbstractObjectPropertyAction) whatToAuth);
+			} else {
+				return inconclusive();
+			}
+		}
+
+		private PolicyDecision isAuthorized(
+				AbstractDataPropertyAction whatToAuth) {
+			if ((APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI.equals(whatToAuth.getSubjectUri()))
+					&& (APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI.equals(whatToAuth
+							.getPredicateUri()))) {
+				return authorized();
+			} else {
+				return inconclusive();
+			}
+		}
+
+		private PolicyDecision isAuthorized(
+				AbstractObjectPropertyAction whatToAuth) {
+			if ((APPROVED_SUBJECT_URI.equals(whatToAuth.uriOfSubject))
+					&& (APPROVED_PREDICATE_URI
+							.equals(whatToAuth.uriOfPredicate))
+					&& (APPROVED_OBJECT_URI.equals(whatToAuth.uriOfObject))) {
+				return authorized();
+			} else {
+				return inconclusive();
+			}
+		}
+
+		private PolicyDecision authorized() {
+			return new BasicPolicyDecision(Authorization.AUTHORIZED, "");
+		}
+
+		private PolicyDecision inconclusive() {
+			return new BasicPolicyDecision(Authorization.INCONCLUSIVE, "");
+		}
+	}
+
+}