We Have to Get This Contract
Anyone feel like pitching in with us to buy some half-assed camera company and then selling units to the City at wildly inflated prices? From Channel 7:
- The Chicago Transit Authority is testing high-tech cameras and other technology to combat terrorism, robberies and other crimes. The six-month pilot project will begin this month at rail stations and on 40 buses. The tests will be in all parts of the city.
CTA President Frank Kruesi said the mobile security network uses fiber optics, a wireless transmitter and global positioning. It allows the CTA, Chicago's Office of Emergency Communications, and police in squad cars to monitor video from the cameras.
From everything we've heard about the current cameras in CTA buses, they're just about useless. The citizens regularly vandalize the cameras and steal the video. Or they just don't care. We can relate a number of stories of gang members dragging other bangers and dope customers off buses they took refuge in and having the daylights beaten out of them.
Cameras AREN'T stopping crime. But we'd like to make a few bucks off of the gullible taxpayers, too.
Cameras AREN'T stopping crime. But we'd like to make a few bucks off of the gullible taxpayers, too.
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
7 Comments:
Actually I know you know everything "But" the cameras do not deter alot of crime. They have been successful in the apprehension of individuals for pick-pocketing, aggravated battery, and lower level crimes. I hate to give the City or CTA any credit, but these cameras have truly been beneficial for law enforcement to capture criminals as they become wanted.
Just goes to show you the morons running this department haven't got a clue. Just ask any tact or gang guy in 017. LT Bill is out of control, no clue, no leadership ability which will soon = no activity. Wake up Chuck launch to looser
Off topic but more of Daley spending. Guess only certain area's have low income seniors and people with SOULS.
TITLE: City backs
housing to help 'people rebuild their lives'
December 3, 2006
BY JANET RAUSA FULLER Staff Reporter
A slew of new "supportive housing" -- for recovering addicts, those formerly homeless, grandparents caring for their grandchildren and young adults transitioning out of state care -- is going up on the South and West sides.
Mayor Daley on Saturday detailed plans for developments under way in North Lawndale, Washington Park and West Englewood totaling 164 new housing units.
The developments, which will offer one- to four-bedroom apartments, are for people with incomes that are less than 50 percent of the area median.
"You can build any homes you want. But also you have to rebuild, I call it, the souls of people. It's helping people rebuild their lives," Daley said.
It's unreal how RMS keeps getting these contracts to roll out products which are everything short of what they touted to the likes of CPD and OEMC. Now CTA wants in on a failed program.
Even Indianapolis PD has had the Ron Hubmerman wool pulled over their eyes >>
http://officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=33808
For Christmas I want to have the contract selling sewer covers to the City of Chicago. I understand that these sewer covers are made in Canada and whenever the City needs any, they contact their politically connected middleman (aka minority contractor). This middleman then orders the sewer cover which are sent directly to the City. No storage, no handling and mucho dollars. Does this middleman have to live in the City?
Nah, man he don't have to live here. only us suckers do.
This is the contract I want. There was a minority contractor who sold deicing fluids to the two airports. The contractor had a run down empty warehouse that he called his place of business. Nothing was ever stored at the warehouse. When the airports needed fluids they called the contractor. The contractor called the chemical companies and those companies delivered the fluids. The companies billed the contractor and the contractor inturn billed the airports with a nice markup. The city loved this contract because it was a nice percentage of their minority contract.
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