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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.