FOP Blasts OPS Selection Panel
- The Fraternal Order of Police is accusing Mayor Daley of appointing two people "who have shown nothing but disrespect" for police officers to the committee that will choose the director of the Police Department's Office of Professional Standards.
- "You've got the one gentleman [Grant] who's made a living off of suing the Police Department. And the other individual [Pfleger] who has shown nothing but disregard and disrespect toward our profession."
It's about time that this completely incompetent selection board was brought to light by someone other than this humble website and our readers. We're surprised the Sun Times even published it at all, being in the mayor's pocket and carrying water for him all these years. Not that it's going to have any effect on anything of course:
- Mayoral press secretary Jacquelyn Heard said City Hall "anticipated" the FOP's criticism and Daley has every intention of expanding the selection committee.
Covering all the bases, that mayor of ours.
posted by SCC at 7:23 AM
44 Comments:
The FOP's opposition to this board only gives it a public stamp of approval. We aren't the most popular organization in the city right now. Be aware,be safe. We're all we have out here. Time to circle the wagons. Daley HAS to appease his voting block.
It is about time FOP said something!
Ok Great...FOP blasts daley. But that does nothing. What will the punishment be? Words mean nothing.
What will the FOP do or have us do to counter this nonsense. Its all staged BS. FOP only blasts something/someone when they are told to by whom non other than daley.
NOT TO OFFEND THE GOOD PRIESTS BUT WHY DOESNT "FR" PFLEGER WORRY ABOUT THE WRONG DOINGS OF HIS OWN PROFFESSION
I must be SO easy to be mayor: just screw EVERY one.
Grant was arrested in the 5th district last year after he called the desk seargent a low class nigger and refused to leave. caused quite a scene. I still don't think he realizes a meeting with the feds and states attorneys office was just letting out and all the federal and cook county states attorneys witnessed the whole thing!!! I was at the meeting and he was completley out of control. Desk seargent showed great restaint.... Hope he sued Andre..guess thats the type of integrity our mayor is looking for. How about a couple of members of the HDO on board. I think Quarter Boyle has some free time on his hands, or maybe Acosta.....
I've had to go to Grant's office for a deposition before.
He has all these framed articles and clippings on the walls about the Harris case like he had so much to do with it and he is some sort of messiah.
The best part is the Corp Counsel I was dealing with worked the case too and said he was a lackey who basically carried the briefcases of the real lawyers involved and played no real role.
He is an incompetant jackass who hates the police.
As for Pfleger, that son-of-a-bitch race-baiter, I hope he drives his Caddy into Lake Michigan.
WASHINGTON -- Most of the nation's largest cities got flunking grades on a report card released today that measures how well each city can evacuate its population before or after a major disaster.
Ten urban areas received grades of "B" or "C," six got a "D," and 20 got an "F" in the report by the American Highway Users Alliance. Only Kansas City, Mo., got an "A."
Among those that failed the test: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego, Miami, Philadelphia, Denver, Atlanta and Boston.
If you do get in trouble via some bullshit and find yourself in front of these people.....kiss your ass goodbye. Is the job worth it anymore, anyway? Is the job worth it if you really work hard? Is the job really worth it? I used to think, hell yea. I used to think it...a long time ago.
“Mayoral press secretary Jacquelyn Heard said City Hall "anticipated" the FOP's criticism and Daley has every intention of expanding the selection committee.”
Yea. They forgot to add the family of Fred Hampton, Jessie Jerkoff, Al I’m-not-Sharp-ton, and all of the rest of police hating, race bating, jag pies. They should put John Mark Karr on this “anti-blue ribbon” committee for pedophile vote.
I’m a catholic and am embarrassed every time I see that police hating, I-have-a-race-identity-crisis priest on TV. Why does he think that closing liquor stores in the ghetto will do anything productive? Does he think that people are going to actually go to work if they closed them all down?LOL!! Instead of focusing on how the police “hold down,” “oppress,” and “discriminate” against the people he represents, it’s time to stop making excuses for the stupidity occurring in the ghetto.
Asthma and diabetes should not be a disability or excuse to be stupid. I want to raise some money and put this slogan from Animal House on every friggin billboard throughout the city: “Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is no way to go through life.”
Hey I was wondering who else they could add on to make it even more diverse. How about the fair minded Eugene Pincham? Maybe the holy rev. Jakes??? Someone find out if Wallace Gator Bradley is available....
If I got to go before this board sometime soon, I'll cellphone video the proceedings and put it on YOUTUBE.COM. The search word for seeing it? MISTAKE.
I want SCC on the panel....ask him, he knows everything.
Grant now will have the keys to the money room. On one TV clip he asked,"can I still sue the police?" and he will. He has the gotten very rich sueing the police as we know the city does not fight police cases.
I really don't care a damm who is put there, I have nothing to hide, did nothing wrong, everything by the book, all suspect admit to their guilt without the use of any intimidating way, the more they lie the better it looks for me and everything is written on the report and has tons of arrest. So the Mayor or his new board can put anybody he wants and it doesn't concern me.
Expanding it what?
This board will be set up to reflect Daley's views and agenda, regardless of who he chooses and we can expect an even bigger mess racked with problems while slanted to slide more nonsense down on the working officers.
Who is left with any faith in this city administration. Not me that's for sure.
Holy crap, the FOP finally spoke up about something on our behalf. Let's see if they follow it through or just cave as usual.
Happy "Diddy Day" per Little Richard!
The only reason the FOP said anything is because more CR #'s mean less barbeque and booze time for them. Other wise they could care less, they still have their increased salaries, 9-5 mon-fri work week, and holidays off.
FOP can blast the OPS selection committee all it wants, but a member of FOP was not appointed to the panel. This demonstrates FOP's lack of CLOUT!
Channel 7 reported last night that Sergeant John Herman has not been suspended without pay two years after being indicted for aggravated criminal sexual assault and the crime was committed while he was on-duty and in uniform and the allegations are supported by dna evidence.
Could the reason he is still collecting a pay check was he worked for Cline when Cline was a lieutenant in Gang Crimes and later Cline nominated him to be a meritorious sergeant?
If Herman can be indicted and not suspended then the Union should step in and go to court and allow others in similar circumstances to work and be paid until tried.
How about Aaron Patterson on the board. He's about as competent as the others. Maybe he can can parolled for each meeting of this Daley kangarooe committee. I think he's doing life when he's not suing the police.
Please Officers, think well of Mayor Daley.
After all, he made this P. Diddy day!!!!!!!!
Tell Daley its like Diddy says The mo money you make the mo problems you have.
another subject what is going on with police finance many officers are having major mistakes on their checks but yet finance and there director Wilson do nothing to help why?
If their looking for people, what about all the convicts that governor Ryan pardoned? They might be looking for jobs. Wouldn't they be a great addition to the new board.
Hell why not place Diddy aka PUFF DADDY on the panel he is already stamped APPROVED BY MAYOR DALEY.
%&#$%&@
Mayor Daley proclaims today Diddy Day instead of Friday the 13th to honor who other than Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy.
Combs was also allegedly involved in a shooting incident at a night club and was caught with a gun in the car with his then clean girl friend JLO aka Lopez. READ ON and ask yourself about your Mayor Daley and what he is reflecting back to this city. This is not a man to openly celebrate, yeah, yeah he works with kids blah, blah Mayor Daley!
Combs’s businesses include a fashion label, a restaurant, a magazine and Internet properties, as well as a slate of musical acts at Bad Boy Entertainment. One of those is Lopez, his girlfriend of the past year. While Lopez’s image has been squeaky clean, however, Combs has had brushes with violence.
His best friend, the rapper Notorious B.I.G., was murdered in 1997 while leaving a party in Los Angeles, reportedly as a result of a feud between another record company, and Combs’s own. A year earlier, another star rapper, Tupac Shakur, was killed at the age of 25 after a brief career in which he had glorified the “thug life” of urban rappers.
Earlier this year, Combs was found guilty of assaulting Steven Stoute, a fellow record executive, with a champagne bottle and ordered to pay $500,000 (£308,000) in damages and attend anger management classes.
leftisthebest said...
Speraking of religion, triskaidekaphobia (hope I spelled it right!), fear of the number 13, traces its roots to the Last Supper.
Hey Lefty, you spelled triskaidekaphobia right, now learn how to spell speaking.
DIDDY DAY! Mayor Daley declared today as "Diddy Day" in Chicago at a City Council meeting.
Thank God Chicago has no problems that need addressing by Mayor Nimrod and the 50 thieving Aldermen.
They actually spent time honoring this has been hip/hop scum bag from New York.
Must be election time folks.
To: 10/13/2006 06:19:34 PM
Perhaps he is innocent.
HOLY DIDDY DAY BATMAN! I thought that P.Diddy was dead!
No, wait, that was his career.
Sorry
Gee Batman, maybe Mr. Diddy could be on the OPS board!
Are you guys serious? No way. No way did the Mayor make this a P Diddy Day
Hahahahahhahahaa thank you, I needed that laugh, whether true or not. LOL
I thought the mayor was going to appoint P. Shitty Ditty to the Blue Ribbon Committee to find a new Chief OPS Asshole.
Lefty you are wrong on Phleger. He is a grand standing arrogant jerk. His "efforts" in Harvey drove out of business, a man who single-handedly, helped more addicts recover and get back to God and a straight life than phelger ever did.
pfleger is a publicity hound who is out for himself
John Herman's case is a looser in court. He will not be convicted and if he were not the Police he would never have been charged. Ask anyone who worked the case including the ASA's. Yes he is an idiot for letting a ghetto whore set him up but that is Herman for ya.
As far as FOP speaking up: its all a setup!!!!
Thats to them look like a legit organization thats out there to protect us. Their all cutting backdoor deals w/Daley,Blago for their and their family's future.
There should be daily press releases pressuring Daley to pay his end into our pension fund. Daley has the money, he just said so.
Since Donawho wont challenge Daley, maybe a reporter who reads this blog can say something to Daley at a press briefing about funding the Police/Fire funds.
If we woke up one day to find out our pensions were gone, I wonder how many of uz would be willing to take up arms against this regime, and how many of uz who would bend over and just "take It"?
This pension issue has to be addressed now!!!!!!!!!
The FOP got a lot of balls "blasting" the OPS seclection panel!
What about the FOP political action committee endorsing the about to be jailed Blago over the protests of about 90 percent of the members?
Do as we say, not as we do!
I havent read all the postings here, and I would not want any of these people on the Police Board. The thing is they are on the search committee for the new head of OPS and that is bad enough.
let's add rodney king and jeremiah mearaday onto the ops selection panel while they're at it
I see that certain people are finally getting IT. It does not make any difference who does what. The important thing to ALL police officers is the pension.
With the current pension situation, anyone under 57 or 58 is doomed. It will not matter if you are a Patrol Officer or Exempt. There will be nothing left. Look at the percentage funded in 2000 and look at the percentage funded now. What happens if the stock market and the bond market both exhibit Bear market trends. That Pension Fund is cooked, What will the city do? Bankrupt? Certainly just like Orange County. San Diego has a similar problem and so does a Texas city. Unless the FOP stands up, you may get 40 cents on the dollar of your pension in 2025. Look at the numbers and then look at the advsiors, just like the teachers pension fund, it is not for us but for the politicos to get campaign contributions for steering the money somewhere. Close to retirement and I feel sorry for ALL under 50>
What about the working police,That if you have 20 or more CRs you get dumped.If the officers did not work so hard for the balless basterds bosses,they would not have got those Crs.now that they used the guys and they have no need for them,they toss you.The fop is useless,They are just about bigger sellouts.THey are doing nothing for you.Also the GPS system in the cars cause your radio, wile sitting in the car to fuck up.Fop was called and they said,well look into it.in other words,if you die well fix the problem.this job has turned to shit.and the bosses are just as bad.But besides that the 1st and 16th look goood.just do your time and when somthing bad happens,dont call me.call your boys from 35th st.
BALL LESS: Why a search committee at all? The reason is Mayor Nimrod's fear of ever taking personal responsibility for anything.
"Don't blame me, blame the committee" (If the pick turns out badly as it surely will with the named gaggle of hustlers and low lifes making the pick)
I am an Assistant State's Attorney for 15 years. Some of my best friends are Chicago Police Officers. I have seen lots of good police, real police get fucked over because of politics or they cracked some gang banger's head (when it was necessary). I know the dept. and my office don't always see eye to eye especially when it comes to Felony Review decisions. But I am apalled that the city (Daley) would appoint a police hater and race baiter like Andre Grant to the OPS Selection Panel. He has made a fortune off suing the police. (He sucks as a lawyer and couldn't try his way out of a paper bag)I tried a case against him and kicked his ass all over the courtroom with a little help from some great dicks and tact coppers. He is cut from the same cloth as R. Eugene Pincham, another racist. Same goes for Fr Phleger. He hates the police too. Think Daley is running again? What a joke.
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