Commandant Eric Lassard wouldn't've stood for this

Suppose you don't like the name of your school, or what you studied: why not just change it?

"He graduated from the S.U.N.Y. University Police Academy in April 1989 with highest academic honors" [emphasis added].

http://police.albany.edu/Member2.asp?LName=Berger&FName=Paul

SUNY didn't have full police in 1989; they had peace officers which then changed to full police officers in 1999 by act of NYS legislature. The bio used to state:

"He graduated from the S.U.N.Y. Public Safety Academy in April 1989 with highest academic honors" [emphasis added].

http://web.archive.org/web/20000712215006/http://police.albany.edu/staff2.html

His bio changed from "S.U.N.Y. Public Safety Academy" sometime between March 8, 2001 http://web.archive.org/web/20010308180829/http://police.albany.edu/staff2.html (where it still states "Public Safety Academy") and June 30, 2002 (where it states "S.U.N.Y. University Police Academy") http://web.archive.org/web/20020630134103/http://police.albany.edu/staff2.html

They seem to be two different things. See N.Y. CRIM. PROC. LAW §2.10 for "persons designated as peace officers"; N.Y. CRIM. PROC. LAW §1.20 (34) for persons designated as police officers. Specifically, N.Y. CRIM. PROC. LAW §1.20 (34) (s) identifies a "university police officer appointed by the state university pursuant to paragraph 1 of subdivision two of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law."

N.Y. EDUC. LAW § 355 (2) (l) states:

[The state university trustees are further authorized and empowered, subject to the provisions of the plan or general revisions thereof proposed by the state university trustees as approved by the regents pursuant to section two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter:] To appoint university police officers who shall have the powers of police officers and to remove such police officers at pleasure; provided, however, that any person appointed a police officer must have satisfactorily completed or complete within one year of the date of his appointment a course of law enforcement training approved by the municipal police training council in consultation with the university. It shall be the duty of such police officers to preserve law and order on the campuses and other property of the university, including any portion of a public highway which crosses or abuts such property.

Subject to the approval of the chancellor, the president of each state-operated campus of the state university shall enter into a written agreement with adjoining law enforcement agencies establishing protocols for the exercise of authority by such university police officer off-campus, including mutual aid and assistance. Such written protocols shall not be deemed to supersede the authority of other police officers. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any of the state institutions and property referred to in section five thousand seven hundred nine of this chapter [pertaining to "special deputy sheriffs" at Cornell University].

So why not just change it? Well, it seems like it might not be precisely legal...

N.Y. EDUC. LAW § 224 (4) No diploma or degree shall be conferred in this state except by a regularly organized institution of learning meeting all requirements of law and of the university, nor shall any person, with intent to deceive, falsely represent himself to have received any such degree or credential [...] Counterfeiting or falsely or without authority making or altering in a material respect any such credential issued under seal shall be a felony; any other violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor; and any person who aids or abets another, or advertises or offers himself to violate the provisions of this section, shall be liable to the same penalties. [emphasis added]

Fake IDs: would it take having one to know one?