No. Paterno's only interest was in notifying the Athletic Director. Here's Paterno's Grand Jury testimony:
Q: To whom or with whom did you share the information that McQueary had given you?
Mr. Paterno: I talked to my immediate boss, our athletic director.
Q: What is that person’s name?
Mr. Paterno: Tim Curley.
Q: How did you contact Mr. Curley?
Mr. Paterno: I believe I did it by phone. As I recall, I called him and I said, hey, we got a problem, and I explained the problem to him.
Q: You indicated that your report was made directly to Tim Curley. Do you know of that report being made to anyone else that was a university official?
Mr. Paterno: No, because I figured that Tim would handle it appropriately. I have a tremendous amount of confidence in Mr. Curley and I thought he would look into it and handle it appropriately.
So even if Schultz was the university police (and he wasn't), Paterno didn't contact the university police. He contacted the Athletic Department.
Next, Here's a copy of the Penn State organizational chart. Notice where the Senior Vice President of Business and Finance (now the SVP of Finance and Business/Treasurer) is. Then look down at all of the full departments that report to him. Commonwealth Operations, Physical Plant, Human Resources, among the ten.
Do you think mentioning to Gary Schultz that there was a light out in Room E-328 of the Minsky Building was the same thing as contacting Physical Plant? Why then would drawing the Sandusky matter to his attention be the same as contacting the University Police, just one of ten departments under him? It's just as likely he was contacted because he was in charge of Human Resources (after all, Schultz never let anyone inside the police department, including the chief of police, know about the Sandusky matter).
So, no. Paterno didn't contact the university police. By his own testimony, he only contacted the Athletic Department.
Then, by the time Schultz was brought into it, it was a Senior Vice President of the university to whom Human Resources reported, just the same as the University Police and Physical Plant. Bringing Schultz into the mix had nothing to do with "police," and Paterno didn't bring Schultz in anyway.
Bringing Schultz into the mix had nothing to do with “police,” and Paterno didn’t bring Schultz in anyway...
...you’ve made some excellent points, and have aided greatly in understanding what went on here...to the extent that the author’s original input on the ‘facts’ now seems more like just opinionated rambling...as far as Paterno goes, as others here have mentioned, he is in God’s hands now, as such beyond our ability to hurt or help him any further...I still think he should have been allowed to finish out the year, or be placed on some sort of leave (his ultimate illness may have justified that). The benefit of whatever little doubt there may have been his role in all of this should have been allowed to him...
...but for the record, I’m glad PSU has a new head coach, should have had one years ago, and hopefully will proceed apace in a new direction...