“The way we do policing is fundamentally ineffective,” [J. "Frank" Wiley] said.
St. Amour, Madeline. "UAlbany-sponsored police forum sparks discussion about community-police relations." Albany Student Press. January 27, 2015. http://www.albanystudentpress.net/ualbany-sponsored-police-forum-sparks-discussion-about-community-police-relations/
Given Wiley's lack of education, lack of training, lack of experience, lack of intelligence, lack of ethics, etc. it's pretty much a given the way he and his underlings do policing is fundamentally ineffective. Kudos to Wiley for the admission. Wiley, being Wiley, then went on to lie his ass off, naturally.
[Wiley's] suggestions were to create a concrete code of “officer behavior” and a policy to enforce this code, to allow for system complaints, to increase transparency, to conduct climate surveys, and to incorporate direct observations through the use of body cameras. He also talked about involving the community through advisory groups that specifically target the youth, as well as academics (so that research can be put to practical use). Finally, Wiley proposed a new way of looking at policing: he said that the focus should be on “advocacy and support” rather than enforcement.Wiley supports a kind of policing known as “community policing” and he referred to the “Peelian Principles,” which are a set of nine principles created by Sir Robert Peel, meant to be guidelines for what an ethical police unit should do and be. Wiley said that at UPD, officers must use at least one principle in every decision they make. He suggested to the crowd that they learn the principles and ask that their police force use them.
There are some concrete codes of officer behavior and a policy to enforce it: the SUNY Police Manual and the UAlbany Police Manual. Both are poor, but they are in writing - yet they're not enforced in part due to Wiley's idiocy and corruption. Wiley doesn't believe in transparency, and if they were to use body cameras they would inevitably in some cases "lose" the video they take. It certainly figures that Wiley thinks that law enforcement officers should cease focusing on law enforcement: he's a lawless man.
The "Peelian Principles" are a bit of BS the UAlbany Police regularly use to pad out their annual reports, accompanied by false statements about how the UAlbany Police allegedly abide by those principles. In reality, the UAlbany Police do not use those principles.
Our philosophy, strategies and tactics are, and have always been informed by Sir Robert Peel, the father of policing. Among his standards for effective policing are:UAlbany Police do not have a "high presence" on campus (what they do all day other than attend athletic events for their own enjoyment, I don't know) nor do they engage in "robust educational programming." "100% of all crimes are followed up": BS. The only way that's true is by virtue of "followed up" being so vague; throwing a report of a crime into a trashcan could constitute "following up." "No personnel complaints": BS. Many people don't feel it would be safe to make them; when they are made the UAlbany Police will ignore them, or they'll be "investigated and determined unfounded." The UAlbany Police and the SUNY Police do not have internal affairs bureaus, so one can imagine how often complaints are actually taken and genuinely investigated.1. THE ABSENCE OF DISORDER ‐
Emphasis on prevention through high presence and robust educational programming;
Restrained use of force with no personnel complaints for 2012 alleging the improper use of force.
2. RESPONSIVENESS TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS ‐
100% of all crimes are followed up;
99% of calls for service were responded to within four minutes or less.
3. POLICE ACTIVITY ‐
University at Albany Police Department cleared 50.3% of its crime cases; the national average is 20%.
4. IMPARTIAL SERVICE OF THE LAW ‐
There were no allegations of biased policing;
Three personnel complaints were filed. They were investigated and determined to be unfounded;
All gender, racial, and ethnic demographics are published, as we believe impartial service is best demonstrated through absolute transparency.
http://police.albany.edu/UPDAnnualReport2012.pdf
UAlbany's clearing of its crime cases is one of the more outrageous lies. There's no way in hell they really clear 50% of crime cases: they might get there by refusing to take reports about crimes, by declaring cases to be unfounded without properly investigating them, and other methods that amount to facilitation of crime.
