"Social" media?

www.albany.edu/news/release_4370.shtml

UAlbany staff have the most irritating habit of looking at a profile when they could always just write and ask whatever they're itching to know. I might actually answer, particularly if the staff writing were to share my concerns about the security of the UAlbany campus and the safety of students, faculty, staff, and visitors there, or share my concerns about academic integrity there, etc. Relatively few administrators at UAlbany (or SUNY) seem concerned about such things.

If staff are able to read the following on my profile, why is it they remain content with such a sad state of affairs?

Peter Barry, Vice President and Legislative Director of New York State University Police Officers Union, Local 1792 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFSCME, Council 82 and AFL-CIO has stated, "decentralized structure promotes erroneous crime reporting and record keeping. One possible cause for this is that SUNY police chiefs serve at the pleasure of the campus president, thus are motivated to keep crime stats down by any means […] SUNY can no longer afford to staff, or overstaff, a body which is subject to inefficiencies, manipulation, cronyism, ill motivation and mismanagement" (127-128).

http://www.nysenate.gov/files/SUNY%20Testimony%20pt.%203.PDF

That rather galling known security problem doesn't pose dangers just to students but to members of the faculty, staff, and to visitors. Who could possibly be OK with that?

Even the Albany County DA's wife has been assaulted on campus. What has the DA done about security problems at UAlbany? Seemingly nothing.

Furfaro, Daniel. "Soares to sit out case due to link; DA's wife was the person allegedly threatened by teen at UAlbany." Albany Times Union. May 18, 2006: B1. http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6399606

Lyons, Brendan. "A prank leaves a sour legacy; Family of student stabbed while trying to steal hat upset at DA's handling of case." Albany Times Union. October 14, 2005: B1. http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6302276

A couple guys from a banned fraternity trailing someone at night in a car then assaulting him and trying to rob him: have I got that right? That's a "prank"?

"While six sexual assaults have been reported on the UAlbany campus since September, university police contacted Albany County District Attorney David Soares' office for only one - the alleged rape of a freshman woman by the three football players. In the five other cases, the victims declined to press charges. In the case involving the football players, the district attorney's office was called by a television station before receiving a call from the UAlbany police. [...] Soares has not responded to several requests for an interview. On Wednesday, his spokeswoman, Rachel McEneny, said the office's sexual assault team is on call 24 hours, seven days a week and is eager to assist in an investigation, regardless of whether an arrest has been made."

Crowley, Cathleen F. "Handling of rape case defended; UAlbany police chief says officers followed protocol in dealing with alleged assault." Albany Times Union. October 26, 2006: A1. http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6365244

In fact the DA's office is not so eager to assist in investigations. Contacting the DA's office for help, at least in my experience, is the surest way of never receiving any.

Mr. Miller, we'd probably have several interests in common. The Town of Bethlehem also getting a new police chief, for example: http://minervawept.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-elephant-in-office.html - and an end put to the illegal dumping at cemeteries in the town. The Bethlehem Cemetery's indicated they've had a problem with construction & demolition materials being dumped at their cemetery. I've seen junk that's been dumped at the Beth Emeth Cemetery, St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery, Holy Spirit Lutheran Cemetery, and I wouldn't be surprised if the problem exists or has existed at other cemeteries as well. The town won't do anything about the problem, and won't give me permission to remove the junk at my own expense to the dump. Isn't that strange?