"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....