Chilling Reminder
We hate to point this out, especially in light of the recent articles about the very poor clearance rate posted by the Department in past days, but this is depressing:
- The murders of two suburban police officers late last year remain unsolved.
On Sept. 27, 2006, Metra Police Officer Thomas Cook was shot in the back of the head while keeping watch over a train station in south suburban Harvey.
- On Oct. 23, 2006, Maywood Police Officer Thomas Wood was shot several times in the head as he sat in his police sport utility vehicle. His police dog, a Malinois shepherd, was unharmed.
One would hope that all murders are solved. One would expect that all murders of police officers, whether on or off duty would be solved, too. But the fact remains that many times (and in recent years, a majority of the time) murders go unsolved. And there was a study years ago that said when there was no progress within 72 hours, the chances of a homicide being solved dropped precipitously.
We heard that the west side is crawling with police from all over the city: Tact teams, Gang teams, Specialized Units, Detectives, even a few hundred recruits beating the bushes for evidence. Keep it up boys and girls - someone somewhere knows something. Find them.
The reward is up to $21,000 according to Channel 7.
We heard that the west side is crawling with police from all over the city: Tact teams, Gang teams, Specialized Units, Detectives, even a few hundred recruits beating the bushes for evidence. Keep it up boys and girls - someone somewhere knows something. Find them.
The reward is up to $21,000 according to Channel 7.
Labels: officer down
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
71 Comments:
Hope we catch and take the gloves off on the SCUM that killed one of our family! Whatever it takes! God Bless that officers family like it was said in another post please post up any benefit information!
I am hoping that the murder of the CPD officer is solved, and soon; I agree, it is troubling that the two '06 murders of the Metra officer and the Maywood officer remain unsolved...
Word is that in both cases of the officers being murder they know who did it and are having a problem proving it or at least getting enough for probably cause to arrest.
Two unsolved execution-style murders of a lone police officer seated in his idling squad car 26 nights and 33 miles apart.
Coincidental?
Bible states..eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.
Not in this fucked up state. When I was a kid I feared the Police. Now this is happening because liberal politicians are letting it.
I hope the families of my slain brothers go after the cities and state. The only way a slime bag politician listenes is when it costs them money.
Police Tuesday identified the gunman accused in Monday night's Trolley Square shooting as Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian MUSLIM refugee who lived in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank said Talovic drove his car to the mall, parked in the west parking terrace and encountered two people who he shot before entering the mall.
There, he encountered a female who also was shot right away, then went into a gift shop where there were five people, all of whom the young man shot. Moving through the mall, the gunman tried to shoot others, Burbank said. The chief said he could not say now how many shots were involved in the entire episode.
Burbank praised an unnamed Ogden police officer who took action at the mall to intervene in the incident, and praised the many law enforcement and other agencies that responded quickly and professionally to the crisis.
Until Salt Lake police arrived, it was "basically a shoot-out between the Ogden individual and this individual," Burbank said.
"As you can see, this individual was well-prepared," Burbank said, apparently referring to the young man's backpack filled with ammunition "He had one purpose."
Six individuals died and four others were hospitalized. Currently, four Salt Lake City police officers are on administrative leave, as is the Ogden police officer.
"This is something in our community that is really unheard of," Burbank said.
I thought I heard they caught the Metra cop killer
Why can't the police memorial, credit union and FOP have funds set aside for rewards that can be applied for such matters? The reward should be $100,000 to start with options for the big corporations based her in Chicago to kick in more. Remember $5 a pay period adds up if everyone donates. May his family find peace and God bless all police.
Were they sleeping in their cars at the time?
Clear up rate imporoved?.............Put Poppa in one of the areas!!!! That will solve it!!!!
What happened to the days when one of our own who was beat-up, shot at, shot, stabbed, killed would bring down the wrath of the Police Dept.
Every swinging dick walking the street got tuned-up and eventually someone gave up the bad guy just to take the heat off the street.
My condolences to the families of these fallen officers.
The homicide of P.O. Vasquez is a particularly troubling tragedy because is was the REAL police and was carrying his weapon. It's a shame that he didnt have the chance to use it. People in other countries get away with killing cops all the time. And Cook County is a known Safe Zone for Illegal Aliens. You never know if the guy you're stopping is wanted for killing a cop in some third world country. Let the shyster loevy continue to enrich himself, I'm coming home to my family. May God give peace to the family and Widow of P.O. Vasquez.
www.magicalmemoriesinmotion.com click on all shows and check out the CPD memorial. Great dediction to CPD
"Two unsolved execution-style murders of a lone police officer seated in his idling squad car 26 nights and 33 miles apart.
Coincidental?"
Other than being Murdered in Predominantly Black Suburbs, probably not. But if our predecessors weren't rubberhosing suspects & conducting horseshit investigations we wouldn't be where we're @ now. You can boo hoo all you want,but law enforcement is paying for past transgressions NOW!!
I wish they had the old S.O.S. crews from 3-5 years ago working on this, I can guarantee that this poor excuse for a person would be begging to be put away. Shit, the new S.O.S. looks like the damn TRU unit. Besides all the alleged B.S. that went on, there was still some great police work being done by both watches. Jose, may you rest in peace BROTHER. This is a fucking wake up call, STICK TOGETHER. SCREW THE FOP, they only care about their take home cars and cushy spots!!!
GOD BLESS OUR FALLEN BROTHER, AND GOD BLESS THE CPD AS WE FIND THIS SCUM BAG. UNTILL THERE IS JUSTICE WE WILL NEVER ALLOW PEACE.
We should find this S.O.B. ourselves and take care of business the old school way! Asta La Vista Baby!!!
When are services for P.O. Vasquez?
I hope the word PROBABLY cause was a typo!
It's amazing how people can leave such touching words about our fallen brother, then next week rip on a copper because he works in sos, tru, 016, 008, 022, etc. It's times like these we need to look at ourselves in the mirror & grow up! Realize, the city does not care about us, the exempts could give a shit about us (they're too busy kissing ass to get promoted), and the media hates us. The media slants stories in an attempt to pit the public against us. ALL WE HAVE IS EACH OTHER! Back each other up, be safe and LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER!!!!
That is all....
Unfortunately this is a grim reality. I pray this isn't the case in this incident.
James Alfono Jr. succumbed to his wounds two days after being shot in a ambush on Aug. 14, 1970. His killer(s) were never caught.
A great site that honors the fallen is www.odmp.org.
Tom Cook/Tom Wood said...
Two unsolved execution-style murders of a lone police officer seated in his idling squad car 26 nights and 33 miles apart.
Coincidental?
2/14/2007 01:42:00 AM
Yes.
I hope the CPD does everything possible to bring this individual to justice and will hopefully keep his loved ones informed of their progress during their investigation.
Father of a Fallen CPD Officer
if anyone can recommend any books on dealing with death/loss - that are not too hokey - this p.o. would really appreciate it. thanks in advance.
As a former female mayor told J.B. when two p.o.'s were killed by the J-brothers, "do what you have to do."
REGARD DEALING WITH DEATH...Father Nangle use to have a great booklet on the subject. Check him out, he probably still has some.
THE DICKS OF TODAY ARE NOT YOUR DADDYS DETECTIVES. THUS SO MANY UNSOLVED MURDERS.
Vazquez services are as follows:
Wake: Thursday, 15 Feb 07, Montclaire-Lucania Funeral Home, 6901 W. Belmont, 1400-2100 hrs. St Jude @ 1900 hours.
Funeral Friday, 16 Feb 07, Resurrection Church, 2840 W. Nelson, 1000 hrs. Interment still pending.
if anyone can recommend any books on dealing with death/loss - that are not too hokey - this p.o. would really appreciate it. thanks in advance.
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Our police memorial has gone through Hal Brown, LICSW for almost 8 years now.
Hang tight. I emailed him about the book you're looking for and will post it for you.
Give Fr. Nangle a call. He helped me lots of times. Also ODMP.org and National COPS web site too.
Good Luck...... God Bless
I took a course called Death & Dying during my undergrad days. The text book (which I still have) seemed pretty good. It is titled, Understanding Dying, Death, & Bereavement, Fourth Edition (1998), by Michael R. Leming and George E. Dickinson. The publisher is Harcourt Brace. Maybe there is a more recent edition?
Here's an unpopular spin on this murder of a Chicago Police Officer. Anyone look into his past in SOS? Reports of an "argument" prior to the shot being heard. Arguing with an armed robbery offender? Argue with someone you know,not a stranger. The neighbor who heard the shot then called PO Vazquez's wife, not 9-1-1. The more on hear about the reports coming out, my fears are worsening. The Detectives odered a "swab" on "someone in the house". I'm on CW 2 all the time so I heard the request. Is this an unusual thing to do? I won't say what i'm thinking here, but most will understand the implication i'm making here. If this is the case, you may not have to look too far away to "clear" this case.
Anonymous said...
if anyone can recommend any books on dealing with death/loss - that are not too hokey - this p.o. would really appreciate it. thanks in advance.
2/14/2007 04:59:00 PM
Here is what I recommend, and neither are too hokey. In my short lifetime I have lost both parents and three out of my five siblings; I liked these two books, they made me feel better. I HOPE THEY HELP YOU! If not, please talk to somebody, anybody, just talk. This job has a way of making you try to "tuff" it out; that is not always the best way.
On Death and Dying. Author:Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Author: Mitch Albom
Monday night's Trolley Square shooting as Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian MUSLIM refugee who lived in Salt Lake City
Yea....let some more of these fuckin towel heads in. Fuck all of them and allah!
To person Looking for book on Death & dying by Kubler Ross. Think spelling is right>
To View the Gold Star Family Memorial And Park video Copy and paste link below. You will be promted to instal a harmless PX file. You need this file to view the Memorial.
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Off topic but does anyone else know what a shit hole police department Crestwood Police Department is?????? A bunch of part time weekend wonders tht don't know the fucking law and are as LAZY as Hell.
What is sos?
The argument raises some questions the dicks have to look into.
God bless your soul my dear BROTHER and may you rest in peace. You know what if this happened to some relative of one of our top brass I bet my life that they'll catch the person who did this especially when the murderer have P.O. Vasquez cellphone. Technology in this era is there already. So how do you think they were able to get the offender who rob Cline's kid in such a short period of time. Oops! did I say something I shouldn't? Oh damm that was supposed to be a secret.
The United States Post Office is offering $100,000 reward for the person responsible for sending pipe bombs through the mail; one ended up at 311 S Wacker. I don't believe anyone has been seriously injured or killed.
A Chicago Police Officer was murdered and the best we can come up with is a reward of $27,000. What a disgrace. Every district in the city should be collecting money for P.O.Vasquez's family.
The city gets the Detectives they want.
A good book to read is "On Death and Dying" by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. I read it when I was dealing with the death of my partner a few years ago. Hope it helps.
THE DICKS OF TODAY ARE NOT YOUR DADDYS DETECTIVES. THUS SO MANY UNSOLVED MURDERS.
Spoken like a newscaster, not a cop. Stay off our board.
Now the State has the nerve to require proof. Go fuck yourself. The homicides now are more random and completely senseless. Lone shithead gets killed in the middle of the night by one gunshot ... no witness ... just a shell casing... you solve it.
You better be a former Detective who made Sgt. to make a fucking liberal shithead comment like that one.
And if so, tell us about your homicide clearances. You struck a fucking nerve with that one you fucking ignorant cocksucker.
In light of all this. We must remEMber that our Brother Jose has been done an extreme un-justice. We must take revenge on every & all criminals. No one should be safe, except the real innocent. We know who they are & who the real bad guys/girls are. If you knew Jose, you know he really is a nice guy & a great person. The fucking piece of shit that did this should not go to trial. He is guilty & should be exicited by us. We all knoW saturating the area may or may not help. But if by chance one of us find the real killer. Do not let him go to trial. We should give him the same courtesy as he did Jose. Have you ever seen Jose smile? I have. HaVe you ever talked to Jose? I have. It was when he was just a brilliant PPO. Such a nice guy. What is a nice guy like you doing on a job where no one appreciates you? Why? I said. I just want to help the real people that want to lead a good life. And that's just what he did. He put away bad guys. Just like most of us do on a daily basis. We pUt our whole lives on the line for this job. Family, marriage, and all the other things we miss out on because we "HAVE" to work. Most of the time we want to. But as this job of ours goes on, Society, with the help of our city, Ball-less Bosses, & Politicians, they are binding our hands & not letting us be " THE POLICE". Go to Hell Bosses and the City Officials. Jose is an Angel. God Bless! Semper Fidelis!
Correction: "EXICUTIED", not excited. Please forgive me for my mistake.
Semper Fidelis(Always Faithful)
Please do not disgrace this officers memory with petty rumors or bathroom wall talk. only two people know what happened in that alley, our brother and an offender. Bend steel, break doors, bust heads until whatever slime this dog sleeps with gives him up to us...but do not put your unfounded rumors on this post. stay safe my family
I wish they had the old S.O.S. crews from 3-5 years ago working on this, I can guarantee that this poor excuse for a person would be begging to be put away. Shit, the new S.O.S. looks like the damn TRU unit
Why because they arent in hoodies anymore? that crew you speak of was in the news recently weren't they? enough with the devisive bs... a 011th dist officer.
Anonymous said...
Here's an unpopular spin on this murder of a Chicago Police Officer. Anyone look into his past in SOS? Reports of an "argument" prior to the shot being heard. Arguing with an armed robbery offender? Argue with someone you know,not a stranger. The neighbor who heard the shot then called PO Vazquez's wife, not 9-1-1. The more on hear about the reports coming out, my fears are worsening. The Detectives odered a "swab" on "someone in the house". I'm on CW 2 all the time so I heard the request. Is this an unusual thing to do? I won't say what i'm thinking here, but most will understand the implication i'm making here. If this is the case, you may not have to look too far away to "clear" this case.
2/14/2007 07:53:00 PM
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Unless you were there when this all went down, keep your conspiracy theories to yourself.
Very poor form. Disgusting.
Monday night's Trolley Square shooting as Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian MUSLIM refugee who lived in Salt Lake City
Yea....let some more of these fuckin towel heads in. Fuck all of them and allah!
2/14/2007 08:24:00 PM
What does this have to do with a PO being murdered? Besides being racist and inaccurate, it is disrespectful to our fallen PO. Do you realize that when you say "fuck all of them and allah" you are saying "fuck God," in Arabic?
LQQKING for a 'book' on death/loss?
I agree...look to Fr. Tom [Nangle] He's been there, done that.
Fr. Tom is OUR go-to guy! Time/space does not allow me to expound his virtues. Call the Chaplains Ministry, ask him to call you back. Books are fine...Fr. Tom will shoot from the hip [no pun].
The 'real' police respect and deserve his experience and expertise.
There is NO jacket when you talk to 'Fr. Tom'....WE are here for YOU!
Good Luck, my brother!!!!
O V
Anonymous said...
Vazquez services are as follows:
Wake: Thursday, 15 Feb 07, Montclaire-Lucania Funeral Home, 6901 W. Belmont, 1400-2100 hrs. St Jude @ 1900 hours.
Funeral Friday, 16 Feb 07, Resurrection Church, 2840 W. Nelson, 1000 hrs. Interment still pending.
2/14/2007 06:36:00 PM
Per the Dailey Bulletin, the services are private. Please come out and show your support to P.O. Vazquez' family....
make sure that the denziens of the 011th dist know about the reward
"EXICUTIED", ???????
E X E C U T E D !!!
RIP and I hope the vermon no matter who is found and justice has its day. The comment about SOS now a days being TRU. That is a real truth, most of these SOS guys and gals I see got like 2-3 years on. Elite?? I say lowest time on the job
TO 2/14/2007 10:59 P.M.
Excellent observation. I agree.
Keep that TROLL off this blog.
Why wont they let us be the POLICE.
In this day & time, we(police) are working for COWARDS(most exempts).
Correction: "EXICUTIED", not excited. Please forgive me for my mistake.
Do you mean executed?
Three Year Wonder said...
In my short lifetime I have lost both parents and three out of my five siblings; I liked these two books, they made me feel better. I HOPE THEY HELP YOU!
WOW. IF THAT IS TRUE, I FEEL BADLY FOR YOU. YOU COULD PROBALLY WRITE A BOOK - I'M SURE THOSE TWO BOOKS ARE VERY GOOD THEN. ALSO, FR. TOM NANGLE OF THE CPD IS GREAT, AND SO IS CFD FR. TOM MULCRONE, VERY GOOD TOO. HOPE THIS HELPS THE P.O. AND THE P.O.'S FAMILY.
RIP and I hope the vermon no matter who is found and justice has its day. The comment about SOS now a days being TRU. That is a real truth, most of these SOS guys and gals I see got like 2-3 years on. Elite?? I say lowest time on the job
Of course they have short time on, who with 10 yrs etc wants to go? by then they are on days, tac or at 35th, we don't consider ourselves elite, that's a media thing..... let's stay together!
There are several books on handling grief that are written in police speak. I found them very helpful. Here are the ones i recommend.
COPS DON'T CRY : written by Vali Stone
COP SHOCK : written by Allen R. Kates
FORCE UNDER PRESSURE: Written by Lawrence N. Blum, PhD
You can order them from amazon.com
I would like to send my heartfelt sympathies to the Vazquez family. I worked with Jose in SOS, he was always a gentleman, a great cop on the street. He truly will be missed by all of us he touched. May you rest in peace our brother in blue.
"SOS now a days being TRU. That is a real truth, most of these SOS guys and gals I see got like 2-3 years on. Elite?? I say lowest time on the job"
Can you say "Sons of Supervisors"?
They're much too talented to be left floundering in the Patrol Division. Daddy wouldn't stand for it. Therefore they go to a unit and the rest of you can shut your pieholes,
"Cuz you haven't earned it"!!
Yes I meant, "executed". I was drunk last night when I wrote that. Thanks for your ingnorance.
To 2:35pm. Sons Of Supervisors. Wow and original comment, and it almost sounds like you know what your talking about. Obviously you are a media bait, so get fuc&&& and write about how you wish you really were in charge of your sorry ass newspaper.
SCC, we know you KNOW everything, but when the facts come out....the rumors aren't sounding so good.
come on post my comment about 8:04am
SOS=Elite=No time on the job, believing everything,hair gel sporting, leather glove wearing, I need a sergeant to help me, tubesteak !
Anonymous said...
come on post my comment about 8:04am
2/15/2007 11:32:00 PM
We aren't posting gratuitous comments about someone's old lady, even if they are anonymous,
To 8:04am. Obviously you woke up too early in the morning to pull your head out of your ass. To post a comment about SOS guys and gals having 2-3years on the job is in poor taste and just ignorant at this time. No one under 4-4.5 years is assigned to the unit, and for you to pretend like you have a fuc**** clue about this department and city is actually commical. Hopefully in four years when the next sgt test is you can work for me, but until then keep you sorry ass mouth shut.... A good officer lost his life this week, all you can think about is your jealousy, I think you have your own issues to work on before you pretend to solve other peoples.
there I cleaned it up for you. 8:04am, and in future won't dis the old lady
You want to solve crimes in chicago call out Supercop Boroff and the italians will back him up ( so he says)
The homicide of P.O. Vasquez is a particularly troubling tragedy because is was the REAL police and was carrying his weapon. It's a shame that he didnt have the chance to use it. People in other countries get away with killing cops all the time. And Cook County is a known Safe Zone for Illegal Aliens. You never know if the guy you're stopping is wanted for killing a cop in some third world country. Let the shyster loevy continue to enrich himself, I'm coming home to my family. May God give peace to the family and Widow of P.O. Vasquez.
2/14/2007 12:24:00 PM
REAL POLICE? That's assinine. REAL POLICE doesn't mean what it used to. Look at what comes out of the academy these days. REAL POLICE, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Have you or anyone in your family had the occasion to call the REAL POLICE for some kind of service. Did they show up, or if and when they did, who showed up? Were thay helpfull? If they were lucky, they got one of the small percentage of decent coppers, but most likley they got a shit-lazy bird. REAL POLICE. THAT'S A JOKE AND YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A TOOL. WHAT A DORK!
bring back burge
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