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Do the NYS University Police have an internal affairs bureau? The NYS Park Police apparently do, though there's seemingly very little information online about it.

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Carol Ash today announced that the agency will locate its new Park Police Academy and Training Facility at the former Camp Cass property in Rensselaerville, Albany County. [...]

The site will also serve as year-round home to the park police internal affairs unit and record storage and, for the months the academy is not in session, will be used for employee meetings and training.

"Former Camp Cass Property in Rensselaerville To Become New York State Parks Police Training Facility." February 11, 2008. http://nysparks.com/newsroom/press-releases/release.aspx?r=649

Given how corrupt the SUNY Albany Police are, I'd sought help from other law enforcement agencies. Albany County Sheriff's Office Senior Investigator Sean Spring, Jr. investigated the question of what agency or office holds the SUNY Police accountable and failed to turn up anything in his investigation. I suppose that helps explain why the SUNY Albany Police (if not SUNY Police in general) are so corrupt and so unaccountable?

From: "Spring Jr., Shawn W."

To: [Chris Philippo]

Subject: SUNY

Date: September 28, 2012 at 2:45:11 PM EDT

Christopher,

I do not have an answer for your question. I can only assume that a State Agency is responsible for the oversight of the SUNY Police Department. To make a complaint about the SUNY Police Department, I highly recommend seeking the advice of an attorney with the hope that they will be able to identify the proper agency or explain wether or not the request is a viable request with an end result that would be worth the time and expense of obtaining it.

Sr. Inv. Shawn Spring

Sheriff Craig Apple sez: "I’ve built crucial relationships with every law enforcement agency in the County, as well as the State Police and Federal agencies." Apparently that includes the dirty SUNY Albany Police, even though there's no Memorandum of Understanding or agreement with them?

SUNY Albany Police "Chief" J. "Frank" Wiley seems to be paid more than Sheriff Apple, despite being responsible for far fewer people over a far smaller geographic area, and being far less qualified (indeed, arguably wholly unqualified). Weird, no?

Granted, the existence of an IAB is no guarantee of any kind. Complaints to IAffairs@troopers.state.ny.us are routinely ignored even though their own literature seems to indicate they're always supposed to respond:

Every complaint of misconduct will be supervised by the NYSP Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB).

Upon receipt of a complaint, the IAB will assign the case for investigation. Generally, complaints of a routine nature will be assigned to the employee’s supervisor or commander. More serious or complex matters will be investigated by the Regional IAB Offices. Investigators will:

• Attempt to contact the complainant, the accused employee and witnesses;

• Examine physical evidence;

• Review reports and records, and

• Thoroughly document the facts surrounding the incident and allegation.

"New York State Police Public Compliment or Complaint Process." https://www.troopers.ny.gov/Contact_Us/Compliments_or_Complaints/Pro-ConPamphlet4-2002.pdf

I guess there needs to be an IAB for the State Police IAB.

request in change to GenEd representative for SUNY Albany

UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY

Dr. Jeanette Altarriba

Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education

Phone: 518-442-3950

Fax: 518-442-4959

http://system.suny.edu/academic-affairs/acaproplan/general-education/

Every member of the community, including both faculty and students, shares an interest in maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity. [...] When the entire University community upholds the principles of academic integrity, it creates an environment where students value their education and embrace experiences of discovery and intellectual growth. [...] Maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity insures the value and reputation of our degree programs; these standards represent an ethical obligation for faculty intrinsic to their role as educators, as well as a pledge of honor on the part of University at Albany students. If a violation of academic integrity occurs, faculty, deans, and students all share in the responsibility to report it.

http://www.albany.edu/studentconduct/appendix-c.php

While Chair of the Department of Communication, Jeanette Altarriba knowingly permitted untenured visiting assistant professor of Communication Michael W. Barberich to engage in academic dishonesty in a course meant to fulfill information literacy general education requirement. Mr. Barberich had at least four of his five teaching assistants writing his lectures and lecture notes for him, which he presented in class and online as his own work. At least two of the four TAs plagiarized material in order to prepare those lectures and lecture notes for him. Mr. Barberich permitted students to openly cheat on the daily quizzes, and did not report plagiarism and falsification on work submitted on the information literacy project. Mr. Barberich made errors on his exams, and did not inform students of that fact and Ms. Altarriba said that she would not do so either. Ms. Altarriba claimed, in defense of Mr. Barberich arriving to class late on a regular basis, that most professors at UAlbany regularly arrive late - something I did not find to be true while a student there.

Ms. Altarriba also allowed Mr. Barberich to engage in sexual harassment, and to joke about torturing one of his minority students. Ms. Altarriba claimed to me in writing that she had addressed the things I'd reported, which manifestly was not true.

I reported Ms. Altarriba, who had refused to grant me academic accommodation and forced me (and others) to remain in Mr. Barberich's class continuing to be subjected to his offensive and alarming behavior as a condition of receiving a degree in Communication and graduating, over my objections - quid pro quo sexual harassment. She assisted Mr. Barberich in his retaliation.

Her promotion to Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education was, of course, completely unacceptable, as is her being General Education representative for SUNY Albany given her support of sexual harassment, academic dishonesty by students, teaching assistants, and faculty, and her acts of retaliation.

There is ample documentation for Ms. Altarriba's unsuitability for employment at any institution of learning... much of which I expect SUNY already has?

"no known incidents involving Yik Yak" at UAlbany... d'oh!

"'There has always been an underbelly' to social media, said University at Albany spokesman Karl Luntta, who reported no known incidents involving Yik Yak at his institution."

McGuire, Mark. "Shenendehowa bomb threat made via Yik YakTeen charged in false bomb threat." Daily Gazette. October 21, 2014. http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2014/oct/21/1021_shen/?free

"A bomb threat on an anonymous social networking site has led to a felony arrest of a UAlbany student.

"Police at the University at Albany say they received several calls about an anonymous post on the social networking site Yik Yak, threatening to bomb the campus."

Holiday, Liz. "Police make arrest in UAlbany bomb threat posted to Yik Yak." News10 ABC. November 6, 2014. http://www.news10.com/story/27316151/police-make-arrest-in-ualbany-bomb-threat-posted-to-yik-yak

Maybe Luntta shouldn't have been so eager to speak in the Shenendehowa case, which after all doesn't seem to have involved UAlbany. His continued employment is somewhat mystifying, or would be if it weren't for the multitude of problems UAlbany embraces.

"No official word on why the law enforcement officer felt it necessary to wear a weapon while moving his child out of the dorm. Although it's apparently legal for an off-duty officer to carry a weapon, Luntta said he was not sure if the man's possession of the gun on campus was a violation of school policy"

Waldman, Scott. "Campus Notebook: Tense moments for UAlbany students." Albany Times Union. May 16, 2013. http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Campus-Notebook-Tense-moments-for-UAlbany-4523960.php

It's not hard to learn what the school policies are about weapons on campus. There's a multitude of rules, all saying more or less the same thing: it's not allowed.

"The rules of the State University Board of Trustees (8 NYCRR §535.3 (j)) prohibit the possession of air guns, firearms, rifles, shotguns or other weapons on a state-operated campus of the University without the written authorization of the campus president."

"No air gun, firearm, rifle, shotgun or weapon may be possessed, stored, discharged, loaded or used on property owned or leased by the University unless the person in possession of said device meets the requirements set forth in these administrative procedures. The president of each state-operated campus may, in accordance with the provisions of section 590.3 of the rules of the University Board of Trustees (8 NYCRR § 590.3), grant written authorization to students, faculty, staff or other persons to permit the possession and storage of air guns, firearms, rifles, shotguns and weapons on campus only where such possession is required or permitted for the purposes specified in said section. When authorized, they will be stored unloaded in an appropriately secured area within or under the control of the University police department of each state-operated campus."

"When authorization is given to University police officers to carry firearms on duty, the weapon to be carried shall be state-owned and approved by the campus president. Only an officially issued firearm will be carried at any time on duty."

"Firearms on State-operated Campuses" policy item http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/documents.cfm?doc_id=367

Evidently Mr. Luntta's paid around $98,255! http://new-york-employees.findthebest.com/l/323009/Karl-Luntta If only we were all so well paid for our own ill-advised or ignorant statements....