Arizona State University President Michael Crow exploits race & political controversy for a public relations stunt that backfires.

“Expecting an institution that has a long-standing systemic means of re-victimizing victims of sexual assault to care about exploiting race for public relations is the right thing to do, but unrealistic.” the Integrity Report on the Arizona State University Police Department

This is a lesson for Michael Crow to leave public relations to professionals. This time he was in such a hurry to piggy back on all the media attention of the executive order banning travel from 7 countries, that he made a complete ass of the university by labeling Arab Americans, graduates of the university, as foreigners. By rushing to exploit the racial and religious tensions of this issue for university public relations, Michael Crow made the classic bigot error of assuming Muslims are non-American. Unbelievable, he should be ashamed of himself.

Expecting an institution that has a long-standing systemic means of re-victimizing victims of sexual assault to care about exploiting race for public relations is the right thing to do, but unrealistic. Nonetheless we are glad others are noticing the troubled management model of Arizona State University. Take a look at how Arizona State University president Michael Crow was in such a hurry to take advantage of a public relations opportunity, but exposed bigotry in the failed attempt.

Here is the original opinion editorial/failed public relations stunt by Michael Crow:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/Breakthroughs-Voices/2017/0217/Why-we-need-international-students

Here are articles in response to Michael Crow’s original editorial:

The article by 3 TV News in Arizona.

By Amanda Goodman

An op-ed piece written by ASU President Crow about international students included a picture that had three Americans in it. (Source: 3TV/CBS 5)

The picture was later replaced with this one. (Source: 3TV/CBS 5)

MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) –A trio of ASU graduates and American citizens were offended after the university included a photo of them in an op-ed piece about international students.

“It was kind of shocking ’cause I was like this can’t be real,” Nshwah Ahmed said.

In the photo, the three friends can be seen snapping a selfie at their graduation last May. Ahmed was wearing a hijab.

“It’s offensive because especially in today’s current political climate, it’s one that is trying to erase the Arab and Muslim identity as Americans,” she said.

The op-ed was written by ASU President Michael Crow and it ran in the Christian Science Monitor. It was about the importance of inviting foreign students to study in the U.S.

He made reference to the current administration’s travel ban saying, “It’s important to recognize how significant the impact may be on international students studying here and the institutions that both educate and depend on them.”

“By trying to seem accepting they went ahead and racially profiled us and it came off as more racist than anything,” said Ahmed.

She shared the article and photo on Facebook. It did catch the attention of President Crow, who responded to her post saying, “Thanks for bringing this to my attention. We apologize for this error and will see that it is corrected as soon as possible.”

ASU sent this statement in response to the error.

“Over the weekend, the ASU media relations team made a mistake related to the international students op-ed that Dr. Crow wrote. In our search for a compelling image on a tight deadline to go along with Dr. Crow’s op-ed we passed along a picture to the publisher without doing enough due diligence on the people featured in it. There is no excuse for the error, and apologies have been issued to the alumnae in the picture.”

The photo was changed shortly after the university was alerted to their mistake.

Ahmed says she appreciated the quick response but feels this only fuels the current and divisive political climate.

“By implying that, oh, because you look a certain way you’re international or not American, it’s saying you can’t be Muslim and Arab and American at the same time,” Ahmed said.

Ultimately, she says someone should be held accountable and she wants to ensure this never happens again. Right now, she says they are looking at their legal options.

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Feb 07 2017

CLERY, Clueless Command, Department morale, General, Investigative Journalism, Sexual assault, Staffing issues, training issues

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE: Detectives Special Victims Unit is little more than a SAD PUBLICITY STUNT

Q: What kind of expertise and professionalism can victims within the Arizona State University community expect from their police department detectives?

A: Rookie expertise & less professionalism than a fraternity during pledge week.

That’s right folks, virtual world training for detectives on computers at ASU Police Department is a reality VERSUS real world training as a police detective through handling criminal cases, interviewing actual victims, suspects, and mentoring with experienced detectives.

If you are investigative reporters and looking for a story, look no further than one of the most important aspects of a police department besides patrol, detectives, the branch that is supposed to follow up on unsolved crimes and close cases.

What is the case closure rate of ASUPD Detectives? How is that statistic generated?
What kinds of cases are ASUPD Detectives closing?
What is the ASUPD Detective record on closing drug trafficking cases?
What is the ASUPD Detective record on closing sexual assault cases?
What is the ASUPD Detective record on closing property crime cases?
Do ASUPD Detectives focus on property crimes over crimes against people?
Of the types of cases sent to ASUPD Detectives, how many are left pending indefinitely?
Of the types of cases sent to ASUPD Detectives, how many have been “SAT ON” and the officers handling them, at the supervisor level, made the decision whether or not to forward them to prosecution based on their belief in the likeliness of a conviction?
Of the types of cases sent to ASUPD Detectives, how many actually get sent to the Maricopa County Attorney for prosecution?
Are ASUPD Detectives being directed to do immoral practices and procedures in order to influence crime statistics that portray the Arizona State University in an unrealistically favorable manner?

Since this article came out, nearly everyone in the ASUPD Detectives scattered to the wind and have been replaced? Why?

Why have ASUPD Detectives had 4 Supervisor changes in less than four years?
What kind of training have ASUPD Detectives received to handle the 1000’s of cases sent to them over the last 10 years? If ASUPD doesn’t pay for detectives to be properly trained, mentored, before being on the job, then where is the money going? More importantly, what type of job are they doing for the Arizona State University community?
How come the ASUPD Special Victims Unit was formed to combat the sexual assault crisis at America’s largest college, but former police detectives who came to ASUPD with a wealth of experience were shunned in favor of the same political cronyism appointees we were so used to under the years of John Pickens as chief?
One of these political cronies, Jennifer Bryner, had 1 year on patrol, couldn’t qualify with her pistol, was moved into detectives immediately afterwards, and then was promoted to Sergeant, again over officers with 10-20 years experience after camping out in detectives for a short period.

ASU School Newspaper Article

ASU Police Department adds Special Victims Unit

Under the new management of Chief Michael Thompson, the ASU Police Department has seen many recent changes including the creation of two new roles within the force for Special Victims detectives.

Sgt. James Short, overseer of the Special Victims Unit, wrote in an email that detectives assigned to the Special Victims Unit will investigate cases involving physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence and crimes against children.

ASU defines sexual violence under the ABOR Student Code of Conduct as sexual misconduct, which includes any kind of non-consensual sexual contact attempted or executed without consent or under circumstances in which consent cannot be given, such as when one is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, disabled or a minor.

Sexual misconduct also includes sexual harassment, which is constituted by sexual behavior that creates an environment of intimidation, hostility or offense.

Short said the detectives will be working closely with other agencies such as the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, the ASU Office of Equity and Inclusion, the ASU Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Family Advocacy Center Services and the university’s Title IX Coordinator.

Short said Special Victims detectives will investigate all cases in their jurisdiction, which includes the four ASU campuses, regardless of whether students are involved.

Crimes involving sexual and domestic abuse are of an inherently sensitive nature. While ASU seeks to educate its students about these crimes and encourages all victims to report acts of sexual violence, that is not always what happens, Short said.

“It is the responsibility of anyone having knowledge of sexual misconduct to report the information, but ultimately it is the victim’s choice to pursue one or more of these reporting options,” he said. “It is…the victim’s choice as to how the case will be conducted. If the victim chooses not to take police action, the university has other resources…who can assist in an administrative investigation based on the circumstances and the victim’s discretion.”

Short said ASUPD will also direct victims to support services and on-campus clubs if they wish to utilize them, and a complete list of support services and education programs are available online.

Director of ASU Wellness Karen Moses wrote in an email, “The increase in awareness seems to have had a positive impact, as the percentage of female students who reported having experienced attempted and/or completed sexual assault decreased from 4.7 percent to 3.1 percent from 2014 to 2015.”

Moses said she is hopeful that a specialized unit for Special Victims will encourage more victims to report crimes.

Although sexual assault cases are frequent on college campuses, spokesperson Nicole Franks wrote in an email that there has been a general decrease in sexual assault cases across ASU campuses and that crime statistics can be located in the Annual Clery Report.

Statistics aside, Franks said “focusing two of our detectives on these types of crimes is an effective use of personnel and expertise.”

Adding the Special Victims Unit was just one of the many changes that have happened at ASUPD.

Since Chief Michael Thompson took over, ASUPD has hired more personnel, including two new officers this summer and 15 in the past year. The department began training the force in diversity and cultural awareness, as well as implemented the LiveSafe app.

Franks said the app and its various features have proven successful so far, although there are only 3,336 LifeSafe users, with 1,091 using the SafeWalk feature and 10 using the SafeRide feature, which was launched on July 11 to allow students to request Safety Escort services.

There was also a LiveSafe scavenger hunt from August 11 to August 23 designed to raise awareness for the app.

“We are always looking for smarter policing approaches,” Franks said.

ASU Police Department battles with uncertain effects of budget cuts

Curious about how your daughter’s potential future sexual assault will be handled? Look at this.

Look at the record from actual Arizona State University students victimized 1st by a criminal, 2nd by how the ASUPD mishandled their cases, and 3rd by how they were victimized again by the ASU Administration. The Arizona State University, like too many colleges in the US, has a disgusting RAPE CULTURE. The university response has been to run a useless publicity campaign.

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Jan 18 2017

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Arizona State University Crime Spree Zone, CLERY, Clueless Command, Department morale, Editorial, General, Investigative Journalism, Media, Staffing issues, training issues

DISMISSED Arizona State University Police Chief John L Pickens, 2 YEARS ON FAKE JOB @ 155,000 a year of your tax dollars!!! Demand a refund.

The watchdogs in the media are on the trail of the curious case of Mr. John Pickens, the defrocked Chief of the Arizona State University Police Department. They are on to the fact the Arizona State University administration is paying him a 155,000 a year, for two years now, to sit on his fat ass and literally do nothing. It is typical of the systemic waste and corruption waiting to be uncovered at the university. How many other witness protection programs like this are being ran out of the Fulton Center?

We would like to congratulate Ray Stern from the New Times for staying on the case of this institutional state corruption and be aware, and believe us, there’s more where this is!

Maybe Arizona governor Doug Ducey should be looking into this avenue of state corruption. Governor Ducey, why are Michael Crow and Morgan Olsen wasting 155,000 a year, for two years ongoing, to keep dismissed ASU Police Chief, John L. Pickens in the silent witness protection program? What corrupt information are they hoping to keep secret?

Many current and former ASUPD alumni know the history of John L. Pickens at ASUPD and the secrets he’s keeping quiet must be significant to employ him at $155,000 to do nothing while students get tuition/fee/inflation increases, while useful staff are reduced, and the Arizona State University Police Department continues to daily struggle to patch holes in shift schedules by routinely offering paid overtime. How many years can the department continue to operate like this?

The new times exposed this issue initially here two years ago: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-police-chief-john-pickens-cushy-asu-job-provides-security-for-pickens-7688403

The new story is here: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/lack-of-video-of-knife-wielding-hostage-taker-exposes-asus-security-camera-shortage-8903566

Lack of Video of Knife-Wielding Hostage Taker Exposes ASU’s Security-Camera Shortage

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2016 AT 7:31 A.M.

BY RAY STERN

Lack of Video of Knife-Wielding Hostage Taker Exposes ASU's Security-Camera Shortage

More than two years after Arizona State University’s former police chief took the helm of a new program that promised to increase the use of video cameras on campus, it’s unclear how much expansion has occurred — if any.

The lack of video security around ASU’s Tempe campus was exposed on Wednesday, December 7, when a knife-wielding man held a faculty member in her third-floor office in the Language and Literature building before releasing her unharmed. The suspect remains at large. ASU police spokeswoman Katy Harris confirmed on Monday that no video evidence of the man was captured, either inside or outside of the building.

In the summer 2014, John Pickens stepped down unexpectedly from his post as ASU police chief a few weeks after the violent arrest of ASU English professor Ersula Ore by an ASU officer. But Pickens didn’t move far: ASU installed him in a new office, gave him the title of director of University Security Initiatives, and continued paying him his $155,000 annual salary. School records showed that his duties were supposed to include planning for the expansion of ASU’s video-camera system, assisting “appropriate staff” to ensure ASU is prepared for emergencies, and collaborating with staff to review design plans for surveillance cameras in the renovated Sun Devil Stadium.

But with a full year under Pickens’ belt, ASU can offer no list of his accomplishments, nor any timetable for achieving any of University Security Initiatives’ goals. What’s more, the program doesn’t seem to exist on paper aside from documents showing that Pickens was selected to lead it, and ASU has no record of any budget for the “initiatives.”

On Monday, in response to New Times‘ request for information about the status of the video-camera expansion, Pickens’ job, and University Security Initiatives, ASU released a statement indicating that there’s room for improvement:

“The safety of the Arizona State University community is something we take very seriously and we continually look for and employ new methods to improve,” reads the statement, provided to New Times by ASU spokesman Gerald Gonzalez. “Because we have 5 open campuses with 25 million square feet of space, we ask all members of the ASU community to immediately notify campus police if they witness suspicious activity or individuals.”

Gonzalez wants students to be aware of the university’s blue-light stations, which allow students who feel threatened to push a button and receive a police response 24 hours a day.

As last Wednesday’s incident demonstrated, the police response can be less than perfect.

A person matching the description of the knife-carrying man was seen an hour before the faculty member’s brief kidnapping, trying faculty office doors on the building’s fourth floor. A professor called police, who responded six minutes later but couldn’t find the man. It isn’t known whether he remained in the building or departed and then returned an hour later, just before 1:30 p.m.

The suspect is believed to be Hispanic or Native American, in his 20s, about 5-foot-9 with a medium build. He was wearing a black-and-white bandanna, a dark sweatshirt, and blue jeans. He had acne on his forehead and bloodshot eyes, ASU police said.

Until the promised camera expansion occurs, ASU encourages students and faculty to download the LiveSafe app that allows users to send ASU police real-time anonymous tips, including video.

Some faculty members and students criticized the decision by authorities not to broadcast a mobile-phone alert about the suspect. Students for Self-Defense at ASU, a group that seeks the repeal of the campus weapons ban, wrote on Facebook over the weekend that the incident “highlights the fact that ASU’s weapons prohibition policies don’t actually work the way they’re meant to.”

ASU policy bans guns and knives with blades longer than five inches but allows consumer-type self-defense sprays.

Ray has worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He’s won many awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club’s Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.

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Nov 21 2016

Arizona State University, A Tier One PARTY SCHOOL but now headed towards another title, MOST DANGEROUS COLLEGE CAMPUS IN THE USA.

The Arizona State University has long been known as Tier One, PARTY SCHOOL but now headed towards another title, Most Dangerous College Campus In The USA.

Two separate ARMED ROBBERIES occurred in the past week in and around the Arizona State University campus. One happened on Thursday morning 11-10-16 and the other early Sunday morning 11-13-16. ASU students have been murdered in prior armed robberies around the campus for items they were carrying in public.

The first armed robbery occurred at about 4 a.m. outside of the District on Apache, about a quarter-mile away from Barrett, the Honor’s College.

According to the Tempe Police, the man was held at knife point by the suspects, described as two black males. A third unidentified suspect drove the two men, but no further description of the other man was obtained, Tempe police said. Sources confirm the victim was an ASU student. Meanwhile, the Arizona State University Police were too busy moving officers from one campus to another to appear as if they have staffing. ASU Police have had a STAFFING CRISIS for about 10 years running.

Tempe Police said the suspects were driving a silver or gold Toyota Camry and the victim was not injured.

In a statement to its residents, the District on Apache, known for frequent criminal activity, addressed the robbery.

“Because our goal at the District on Apache is to foster and create a happy, healthy and safe community for every resident, we want to alert you that we have had a report of an alleged robbery in the vicinity of the property,” the statement read.

The second robbery occurred outside of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication building on the Downtown Phoenix campus at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday.

According to a statement released by ASUPD, two suspects approached the victim while he sat at a table outside of the Cronkite Building. The suspects stole the victim’s bag, threatening to shoot the victim if they resisted, ASU police said.

According to ASUPD, the victim was treated for minor injuries by police and released. We are happy to report this victim survived the encounter, not everyone is so lucky.

“Anytime a crime is committed against a member of the ASU community it concerns all of us within the department,” said ASU Police in an email. The Arizona State University Police have only email fluff to offer because they can’t adequately staff any of their campuses. ASUPD added that the ASU community should remain vigilant, especially when traversing the campus at night. Especially since they will be lucky to ever see police, all the money goes to fat cats who never leave office spaces.

“We ask that everyone in the ASU Community always remain alert and aware of your surroundings, and trust your instincts. If a situation feels unsafe, take appropriate safety precautions,” ASU PD stated in an email.

On a positive note, the inability of the ASU Police Department to staff it’s police department gives the Arizona State University Criminal Justice Department something to study. They can learn more about how to not manage a police department so citizens can get the adequate public safety they deserve.

Oct 08 2016

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Arizona State University Crime Spree Zone, CLERY, Clueless Command, Editorial, General, Investigative Journalism, Sexual assault

What is going on with the BOGUS CLERY CRIME STATS reported by the leadership at the Arizona State University Police Department?

The Arizona Republic once again produced a story looking into the crime reporting being done at the Arizona State University through CLERY, but there is a problem.

The problem with this is that outsiders can only see finished numbers, not what goes into making a flawed product in the final CLERY report.

Here are a few things not considered when investigating ASU for CLERY reporting.

How many reported rapes, drug crimes, robberies, burglaries, assaults etc are RECLASSIFIED AS OTHER CRIMES in order to keep them from going in the CLERY report? MANY HAVE.
How many crimes are reported to ASU Residential Life in ASU Student Housing and ARE NEVER REPORTED to the ASU Police Department?
Of the crimes that are reported to the ASU Police Department, how many of these CRIMES are sat upon and NOT FORWARDED TO THE Maricopa County Attorney to be evaluated for prosecution?
Of the crimes that are reported to the ASU Police Department, how many of these CRIMES are MISMANAGED BY ASU POLICE DETECTIVES DUE TO AN ACUTE LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING and are then NOT FORWARDED TO THE Maricopa County Attorney to be evaluated for prosecution or are dismissed for the lack of followup and accompanying evidence.
When you look at Universities much smaller than ASU, how do they have the same or higher crime statistics? When you look at the crime averages across the United States, it’s impossible for the ASU Stats to be accurate. The Arizona State University Police Department staff compiling the CLERY stats have been lying for many years to the public and Federal government. With the continual exposure of this issue there is complicity all the way up to ASU President Michael Crow, ASU Board of Regents.

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Institutions are required to report on crimes such as:

Murder (including nonnegligent and negligent manslaughter)
Sex offenses (forcible/nonforcible, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking)
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary
Motor vehicle theft
Arson
Arrest

Institutions are required to report on persons referred for campus disciplinary action for:

Liquor law violations
Drug-related violations
Weapons possession

Institutions are required to report on crimes or bodily harm related to/caused by:

Hate crimes

Here is the latest Arizona Republic article on crime reporting at the Arizona State University:

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2016/10/01/asu-ua-clery-report-statistics-crime/91342452/

Arizona State University and the University of Arizona published their annual campus-crime statistics Friday, a federally mandated report that provides insight about crimes that occur within campus boundaries.

Clery statistics include crimes against anyone on campus, not just students, but they exclude virtually all crimes that occur off campus. Most students at Arizona’s three public universities live off campus.

AZCENTRAL

How crossing a street can make crime invisible at ASU, UA, NAU and other schools

The most-reported crime on both campuses in 2015 was burglary, with 57 reports at ASU and 33 reports at UA.

READ THE REPORTS: ASU | UA

At ASU there were 14 reports of rape in 2015, up from 7 in 2014, and two reports of domestic violence, compared with one in 2014. At UA there were 18 reports of rape in 2015, down from 28 reports of rape in 2014, and 19 reports of domestic violence in 2015, compared with 18 in 2014.

Trends at the two universities

The Clery Act requires colleges and universities that get federal funding to publish an annual security report including their crime and fire statistics and their safety and security policies. For context, the reports cover a three-year period.

UA had fewer liquor-law incidents but more drug-law incidents than in 2013 or 2014. It was almost the same at ASU, which in 2015 had the most drug arrests at 325 and fewest alcohol arrests at 314 in its three-year period.

CRIMES AGAINST COLLEGE STUDENTS

In 2015 both universities had their first hate crime reported in the past three years, all classified as “intimidation incidents.” The two at ASU involved racial bias, and the one at UA involved sexual-orientation bias, according to the schools’ reports.

Sexual-assault reports have been on the rise across Tempe, according to Tempe police stats analyzed earlier this year. The department attributed the increase to a larger national awareness of college sexual assaults.

ASU: More sexual-assault reports reflect positive change

“As ASU has fought to prevent sexual violence and harassment, the university has worked to create an environment in which people feel empowered to seek help,” ASU said in a statement.

“Researchers and advocates emphasize that, as colleges and universities do more to encourage reporting, the number of reports will rise as awareness and trust grow.”

ASU cited a recent survey from the American College Health Association survey which showed that 60.9 percent of ASU students reported they had ever received information from their university about sexual assault and relationship violence, up from 50.1 percent two years ago.

AZCENTRAL

ASU sexual-assault cases: Few convictions

The statement also cited ASU’s prevention efforts including required sexual-violence awareness and prevention education for students, mandatory training for staff and faculty, a student-support network, training for ASU police officers and much more.

“Those steps mark substantial progress, but we are determined to do more. We find in this year’s crime data ample reason to increase our already aggressive education and awareness efforts, both in terms of mandatory training and support for peer-to-peer advocacy. Our goal is nothing short of a campus where all members of the ASU community feel safe and respected.”

Failings of the Clery Act

In April, The Arizona Republic investigated off-campus crimes near ASU’s Tempe campus and found the number of reported rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults and burglaries would increase dramatically if off-campus crimes were added to Clery stats.

For instance, if the area near the ASU campus in Tempe were included in the school’s crime report:

The number of reported rapes/sexual assaults would more than quadruple.
Robberies would increase 15-fold.
Aggravated assaults would jump more than 20 times.

What is the Clery Act?

The Clery Act is named after Jeanne Clery, a college student who was raped and murdered in her dorm in 1986. It requires colleges and universities that get federal funding to share information about campus crime and their safety and security policies.

Click here to read more about the law.

Experts who have studied the Clery Act say that’s a huge shortcoming of the law: The statistics include some crimes but exclude others based on where the crime occurs.

“It’s the only number that we have, but it is not highly reliable,” said Steven Janosik, an associate professor of higher education at Virginia Tech who has conducted at least eight studies of the Clery Act since 2003.

Parents don’t draw the distinction between on-campus and off-campus crime if their child is the victim, experts said.

Here was a good article on understanding CLERY.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2016/08/12/campus-safety-guide-arizona-state-university-university-arizona-northern-arizona-university-crime-sexual-assault-clery-act-fraternities-sororities/88039260/

ASU POLICE will send you dumb ass advisories like this, while they cannot staff the police department 10 years running without sending out requests for officers to work overtime to cover shift shortages. (AS LOW AS 1, 2, 3 officers on patrol at any campus, some none at all.) ASU will send you advisories like this, while not telling you about DEAD BODIES, ARMED ROBBERIES, RAPES, BURGLARIES…BUT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT STRAY FOXES AND BEE HIVES that pose a threat to nobody by a person who might have a bee allergy.

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Oct 04 2016

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General

Arizona State University Police has 3 Supervisors on Administrative Leave – Accountability?

Wow…what the hell is going on at the Arizona State University Police Department these days? Is it something never before seen above the rank of officer at ASUPD? A feint at accountability? Who knows, but what we do know is that the commanders who have taken over the department from Chief Michael Thompson are on contract and have to find scapegoats to answer for how the department has been so mismanaged for so long.

Sky high super dorms are popping up all over Tempe with aggressive student housing growth at all campuses planned for the near future. Most of the Arizona State University will grow tremendously year after year with the exception of the ASU police department.

Growth is good, but for people relying on the ASU Police department for public safety it’s going to get really dangerous. The potential for ASUPD to safely police the New American University will be increasingly nill because it cannot fix the toxic workplace created by leadership.

As we near closer to 2017 the ASU police dept still scrambles to staff each campus with as little as one officer per campus! This is unacceptable, irresponsible, and shows how toxic the ASUPD workplace really is. Worse than anything, it continually puts the community at large in a dangerous situation.

The ASU Police Department remains a consistent under performer which is grossly mismanaged by management that is hostile to its own people and keeps the staffing numbers dangerously, irresponsibly, and consistently LOW LOW LOW and YEAR AFTER YEAR.

We once heard someone use the line, “ASUPD, home of the THICK BROWN LINE.” and unfortunately they are right. Police departments traditionally have a thin blue line where they support one another and work as a team. Not at the ASUPD! It’s everyone for themselves as employees become part of the despotic clique or get victimized by it.

Watch what happens as all plans to fix the department fail once again because all the unacknowledged problems remain and worsen. It would be comical, but lives are on the line, and families losing loved ones or suffering increased victimization to police mismanagement is no laughing matter.

Aug 30 2016

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ASU Police career assasination, Brady Law Violators, Clueless Command, Department morale, General, Lawsuit, Staffing issues

How is ASU Police Commander Christopher Speranza NOT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE with fellow Brady listers Lieutenant Jason Latella and Sergeant Nate Deveney? Welcome to the ASUPD clique protecting it’s own.

A we previously reported, Commander Chris Speranza was actually assigned by ASU Police Chief Michael Thompson to investigate himself in a complaint against himself. Why isn’t he on administrative leave with the other two unethical reprobates in uniform, Latella and Deveney?

Can no rank ASU Police Officers investigate their own complaints against them? Hell No. Continue reading →

Aug 30 2016

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General

NINE!!! NINE Police Officers and counting are gone from ASUPD after shift bid! Clueless police mismanagement at it’s best!!!

Nine Police Officers gone in the blink of an eye! Are we on bloopers or are the COMMAND at ASUPD really this INCOMPETANT ?

Within a matter of a few months and right before the start of the fall semester; Officers Clinton Martinez, Damar Smiles, Craig Woodruff, Daniel Gaughan, Mike Johnson, and Sgt Taylor Romney are all gone from patrol, with Lieutenant Jason Latella, Sergeant Nate Deveney, and Officer Matthew Mansfield on administrative leave.

Before this latest mass departure the department was scrambling to cover shifts, offering overtime, moving officers from one campus to another driving all over the valley, and operating below ASUPD’s super low minimal staffing levels, and far below the DOJ standard we’ve been reporting on for almost 3 years now and we aren’t going to stop.

You would be hard pressed to seek out and locate police management as out of touch and woefully incompetent as the ones running ASUPD command right now. 9 Officers gone overnight, this is unheard of for a department this small. How can the Arizona State University Administration continue to operate like this? Does it honestly care about the safety of the students or just appearances?

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3. THE ASU POLICE VIDEO CHRONICLES: VOLUME 3 STREET FIGHTER EDITION ORE VS FERRIN WITH CHIEF THOMPSON’S TRUTHFUL OPINION : https://vid.me/CNM8

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Aug 26 2016

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Arizona State University Crime Spree Zone, ASU Police career assasination, Brady Law Violators, Clueless Command, Department morale, Editorial, General, Lawsuit, Media, Staffing issues, training issues

It’s Official: Justice is blind and dead for employees at the Arizona State University Police Department.

It appears that the refiling date for the lawsuit against the corrupt management of the Arizona State University Police Department has come and gone without news of a refiling. This is truly a dark day for the Arizona State University community and the people who depend on it to fulfill the public safety needs of the community. This is a critique of ASUPD command, and by no means is this a critique of the patrol officers of ASUPD, who are doing all they can do despite being critically understaffed for years. Once again the Arizona State University administration allows corruption, cronyism, discrimination, bullying, and violations of law to run unchecked at the den of ill repute, known as the Arizona State University Police Department.

Arizona State University Police Chief Michael Thompson is running the ASUPD just as his predecessor had run the department, straight into the ground. Chief Thompson retained the same miscreants in his command that worked for Pickens. They couldn’t do right by people if they tried because they lack even the most basic respect for integrity in this profession.

We call on all the plaintiffs in the lawsuit and anyone with knowledge of wrongdoing at ASUPD to join with us and release all the information they are holding because the public has a right to know what’s going on when their Public Safety is at stake, when those trusted with managing it are failing.

Look into the eyes of the victims of crime throughout all the news articles about students from the Arizona State University, look into their eyes, think of their families, and tell yourself that you don’t want to make your information public!

For any future employee victims of ASUPD, let this be a lesson to you to be sure to do your own research about the attorneys who are going to represent you. The judge’s response to the lawsuit was more of a rebuke of how the attorneys failed their clients and not what the people they represented had put forth. Every employee with more than a few years on at ASUPD knows damn well that there are many issues with the department that could lead it straight into a courtroom.

Aug 12 2016

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Arizona State University Crime Spree Zone, ASU Police career assasination, Brady Law Violators, CLERY, Clueless Command, Department morale, General, Staffing issues, training issues

ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE for 2 ASU Police Supervisors: Lieutenant Latella & Sgt. Nate Deveney who are BOTH BRADY LISTERS, but protected

ASU Police just completed ETHICS TRAINING in time for TWO of it’s supervisors to find themselves out on ADMIN LEAVE. Never in the history of the Arizona State University Police Department have 2 supervisors been placed on leave at the same time! Even crazy ASU Sgt Michael Roper only received 8 days off for threatening to shoot ASU Detective Dustin Melton. It’s only a shell game, not professional accountability. Both of these supervisors will be set free of responsibility, especially Latella.

Are we surprised?

No, not at all.

Are Chief Thompson and his command trying to do the right thing?

No, not a chance, it’s just a feint.

Should thorough investigations be done on both of these known liar ASU Police supervisor Brady listers? ABSOLUTELY.

Chief Michael Thompson’s bosses are on notice and the flunkies of ASU Police command are finally under a token modicum of professional scrutiny. Without ethics or competent police department management skills, their typical unprofessional clusterfuck management style always rises to the top.

Chief Michael Thompson, his Assistant Chiefs, and Commanders are looking for lower level scapegoats for what they thought would be another routine career assassination move on a ASU Police Officer they targeted.

We have received word that the 3rd floor of 325 E Apache Blvd Tempe AZ is in a 4 Alarm Fire over attempting to orchestrate the termination of ASU Police Officer Mathew Mansfield.

Good luck to you Officer Mansfield, they are doing all they can, and we have seen this routine from them for years. Be very careful in dealing with them because they are willing to say/do anything they think they can get away with. Hold them accountable with everything possible by making sure everyone above them and every outside entity available is aware of what is going on.

The command of ASU Police routinely target employees, but when they terminate officers they attempt to concoct a way for them to have their AZPOST peace officer certification revoked.

How many times were the ASU Police Command successful? ZERO

How much INTEGRITY does the ASU Police Command have? ZERO

A Police Department managed without INTEGRITY is an absolute 100% LIABILITY to the community they are expected to serve.

If ASU Police Command did a complete and proper investigation into the conduct of themselves, then you would start seeing employees from the ASU Police Department losing their AZPOST certifications.

(Commander Chris Speranza was actually assigned by ASU Police Chief Michael Thompson to investigate himself in a complaint against himself. Can no rank ASU Police Officers investigate their own complaints against them? No, so either ASU Police Chief Michael Thompson is a complete idiot OR he is a corrupt piece of shit. Which one is it Chief Michael Thompson?) We think it’s both!

a blog examining the gross mismanagement of the Arizona State University Police Department

“Expecting an institution that has a long-standing systemic means of re-victimizing victims of sexual assault to care about exploiting race for public relations is the right thing to do, but unrealistic.” the Integrity Report on the Arizona State University Police Department

Here is the original opinion editorial/failed public relations stunt by Michael Crow:

Here are articles in response to Michael Crow’s original editorial:

The picture was later replaced with this one. (Source: 3TV/CBS 5)

Q: What kind of expertise and professionalism can victims within the Arizona State University community expect from their police department detectives?

A: Rookie expertise & less professionalism than a fraternity during pledge week.

What is the case closure rate of ASUPD Detectives? How is that statistic generated?

What kinds of cases are ASUPD Detectives closing?

What is the ASUPD Detective record on closing drug trafficking cases?

What is the ASUPD Detective record on closing sexual assault cases?

What is the ASUPD Detective record on closing property crime cases?

Do ASUPD Detectives focus on property crimes over crimes against people?

Of the types of cases sent to ASUPD Detectives, how many are left pending indefinitely?

Of the types of cases sent to ASUPD Detectives, how many have been “SAT ON” and the officers handling them, at the supervisor level, made the decision whether or not to forward them to prosecution based on their belief in the likeliness of a conviction?

Of the types of cases sent to ASUPD Detectives, how many actually get sent to the Maricopa County Attorney for prosecution?

Are ASUPD Detectives being directed to do immoral practices and procedures in order to influence crime statistics that portray the Arizona State University in an unrealistically favorable manner?

Since this article came out, nearly everyone in the ASUPD Detectives scattered to the wind and have been replaced? Why?

Why have ASUPD Detectives had 4 Supervisor changes in less than four years?

One of these political cronies, Jennifer Bryner, had 1 year on patrol, couldn’t qualify with her pistol, was moved into detectives immediately afterwards, and then was promoted to Sergeant, again over officers with 10-20 years experience after camping out in detectives for a short period.

ASU Police Department adds Special Victims Unit

Curious about how your daughter’s potential future sexual assault will be handled? Look at this.

We would like to congratulate Ray Stern from the New Times for staying on the case of this institutional state corruption and be aware, and believe us, there’s more where this is!

Lack of Video of Knife-Wielding Hostage Taker Exposes ASU’s Security-Camera Shortage

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Here are a few things not considered when investigating ASU for CLERY reporting.

How many reported rapes, drug crimes, robberies, burglaries, assaults etc are RECLASSIFIED AS OTHER CRIMES in order to keep them from going in the CLERY report? MANY HAVE.

How many crimes are reported to ASU Residential Life in ASU Student Housing and ARE NEVER REPORTED to the ASU Police Department?

Of the crimes that are reported to the ASU Police Department, how many of these CRIMES are sat upon and NOT FORWARDED TO THE Maricopa County Attorney to be evaluated for prosecution?

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Institutions are required to report on crimes such as:

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CRIMES AGAINST COLLEGE STUDENTS

ASU: More sexual-assault reports reflect positive change

Failings of the Clery Act

What is the Clery Act?

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A we previously reported, Commander Chris Speranza was actually assigned by ASU Police Chief Michael Thompson to investigate himself in a complaint against himself. Why isn’t he on administrative leave with the other two unethical reprobates in uniform, Latella and Deveney?

Can no rank ASU Police Officers investigate their own complaints against them? Hell No. Continue reading →

Nine Police Officers gone in the blink of an eye! Are we on bloopers or are the COMMAND at ASUPD really this INCOMPETANT ?

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Look into the eyes of the victims of crime throughout all the news articles about students from the Arizona State University, look into their eyes, think of their families, and tell yourself that you don’t want to make your information public!