DeKALB – In a six-minute Thanksgiving message, Northern Illinois University President John Peters announced three operational reviews targeting departments touched by scandal.

His video message, posted online at niu.edu/president/messages/thanksgiving_2012.shtml, doesn’t specifically mention the nine people indicted in connection to the coffee fund investigation, nor the NIU police chief and lieutenant on paid leave over mishandled evidence in a rape case involving an NIU police officer and an NIU student.

However, Peters acknowledged that investigations take time, and policies must be followed.