Stupid Comment
We can't believe someone actually posted this in the comments section, but we thought we'd throw it out here for everyone to enjoy:
- I learned from a friend that a co-worker of his got locked up in 023. So I checked out the arrest, only to find that it was a GANG team who locked him up for .4grams of weed. That is about a $2.00 street value. Since when do gang teams start locking up professionals for bullshit. We wonder why we can't find a jury to side with us when we are victims. We give more breaks to shitheads every single day. Are these two P.O's afraid to lock up a gang banger??? I don't know a thing about these two coppers but unless there was something more involved these two should have a stern talkingto by their SGT and LT.
First up, isn't .4 grams of weed a crime? We didn't know that the City had enacted the "ANOV for Cannabis" ordinance already, but we'll be sure to look that one up real soon.
Second, anyone who says in a public forum that they give out breaks for anything that isn't traffic related is as soft as baby shit.
Third, in this age of video, audio, camera phones, blue light cameras, GPS, squad car cameras, and IAD/OPS greasing the skids for ANYONE and EVERYONE who steps out of line, why in god's name would you even think about dumping .4 grams of weed anywhere except in an Inventory Envelope? If dumb ass was stupid enough to get caught with .4 grams and didn't have the presence of mind to eat it or dump it, he can sit in the back until his prints clear and get his I-bond like every other dumb ass that gets locked up. He'll beat it in court somehow.
And finally, if you don't have any idea that gang teams (and every other team in the city) is numbers driven now and this idiot was just another number, we wonder what inside spot you've been hiding in for the past few years. Their Sergeant and Lieutenant are probably happy that they aren't getting paged at 0400 in the morning for some really stupid shit.
Second, anyone who says in a public forum that they give out breaks for anything that isn't traffic related is as soft as baby shit.
Third, in this age of video, audio, camera phones, blue light cameras, GPS, squad car cameras, and IAD/OPS greasing the skids for ANYONE and EVERYONE who steps out of line, why in god's name would you even think about dumping .4 grams of weed anywhere except in an Inventory Envelope? If dumb ass was stupid enough to get caught with .4 grams and didn't have the presence of mind to eat it or dump it, he can sit in the back until his prints clear and get his I-bond like every other dumb ass that gets locked up. He'll beat it in court somehow.
And finally, if you don't have any idea that gang teams (and every other team in the city) is numbers driven now and this idiot was just another number, we wonder what inside spot you've been hiding in for the past few years. Their Sergeant and Lieutenant are probably happy that they aren't getting paged at 0400 in the morning for some really stupid shit.
Labels: silly people
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
113 Comments:
Professional what...?
I'm certain they are not professional weed smokers - cuz if they were, they never would have been caught.
Not sure what you mad about - Tact/Gangs/TRU are ALL numbers based...this is not your father's police department anymore Toto.
Put away the Vitalis or Protein 29 and go get you some hair gel!
Gotta go - there is a carload of illegals out there, and I need my contact cards!
Commenter is probably the same "Ruby Ridge" survivalist headcase that is always complaining about the area 2 gun team...
Hate to disagree with you SCC, but this is a pussy arrest. Locking someone up for a few bags of weed who did not give you a hard time is pussy police!!! (Unless you believe he is selling it) Same as all of the drinking on the public way arrests. And the soliciting unlawful business arrests!! Here's some advice to all the officers (hint hint... TRU, SOS, TACT, & GANG TEAMS) who make these arrests...GO FIND A REAL CRIMINAL AND ARREST HIM AND SEND HIM AWAY FOR A FEW YEARS!! That is real police work. Anything else is just laziness. 2nd Hint... Try not letting your arrestee get out on an i-bond before YOU even get off duty. It's so sad to see out "elite" SOS unit turn into the TRU unit. But they have. 6 cops and 1 sgt on a TVB with 2 bags of weed. SCC, THIS IS THE TRUE PUSSIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT!! And I hate to hear that You feel otherwise. Sad!
Hey, our tact and gang teams routinely bring in people for d.o.t.p.w , gambling, etc..
I think that any adult that has weed on them is a complete moron and deserves to be locked up. I'd take that guy in a heart beat over the drinker, gambler, etc..
Hey dumbass,
While you were "checking out" the arrest your PC# was recorded at the time of inquiry. Personal interest in the matter? I'm sure IAD would not take to kindly to that. Then you trumpet your findings on a forum accessible to them. Kind of risky in the current enviornment. Sorry, gotta go. Need to go run my ex-wife's new boyfriend.
WEED ARREST.... THE GOOD OLE DAY WHEN A LAD CAN TOKE ON SUM FINE HERB...... OOOPS REMEBERING SIMPLER TIMES.
Sorry SCC... NOW i know that you are a northsider. Your worried about dumping out a little bit of weed on a traffic stop? You DEFINITELY haven't worked in a south side district! (Unless you are TRU or SOS)! We used to do do things a little different on the southside..Like going after guys with guns, or armed robbers. I lost all respect for you. Get a real job Kevin.
I'm not a head case nor am I a survivalist and I live in 016. I have however heard about what the area 2 gun team does from a friend of mine who is the brother in law of a copper. And what they do is inexcusable. Going after middle class law abiding citizens/hunters who happen to keep rifles for hunting in their homes. Executing S/W's at said home in the hope of impressing their Sgt. or Lt. or running up the numbers. True terrorists who have absolutely no regard for the Constitution if you ask me. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Not an arrest I'd make but what a Mary Mitchell-like comment. Thats right, lets blame the police for this tool walking around with weed in his pocket.
Hey how about the baby who got a F.O.I.D. card? The press is saying that even now babies can buy guns. The gun system is a joke.
Another asshole! Must be young and college educated as this shows lack of street smarts! Whoever you are get ready you will next indicted as you will do something stupid!
i think the point here is that quality has been thown out the window for the all consuming persuit of empty numbers. rather than take the time to put together a good case against a real bad guy these teams are being pressured to beat last year/monthes numbers. so instead of lockups/courts handling felonies resulting from search warrants they are clogged with addicts/recreationalists.
the so-called professional probably bought it from a gangbanger. Makes perfect sense for the gang team to go after him. Get a toe hold on a little fish, maybe he'll take him up the ladder to the dealers. That is what good police would do. Appearently the "professional" was too interested in protecting his illegal drug source and not his community as a whole. So he has a court date now. Bring a lawyer, fool! That's the problem with America today. It's only a problem untill you get caught. Maybe you should not be hanging around friends that do drugs? Maybe you should go take a pee test if you are so offended by pot smokers getting locked up.
please dont use department databases for personal reasons, I know who your are.
IAD
You think thats bad--
A PO in the 4th ditrict locked up a retired 67 yr old PO for city disorderely because he wanted to see a copy of a accident report that his wife had in which she was not the person that was wrong and the PO refused to show him (the retired PO)any thing and then he went to court and lied anout everything--- and the retired PO was found not guilty-- And guess what the reired PO never had to testify.
That was one of your best posts. I know the Sgt. and the Lt. could care less on the weight; a cb is a cb. As far as your father's police department comment, years ago there was a point system for each head you got and gun recovered. Twenty years ago it was about heads and twenty years from now it will be about heads. And if you don't realize it then get your head out of your rear end.
Truth hurts huh Bitches, little overwhelming guilt SCC, over the pimpy dummy arrests you made the brief time you actually were on the street?
Enlighten us Urban Crusader....
TFB Too F*cking Bad
.4 grams? embarrassing. i don't care who you are or what team you're on, unless the guy was a jag (i.e. banger or an asshole) he shoulda been thrown back in the pond. i do realize that today is a numbers game and it is sad how much time and energy is wasted on countless misdemeanor arrests that are only going to get tossed in court. but to take a "professional" and a gang car off the streets for a couple hours to process a .4 grams p.o.c. is a terrible waste of our tax money. again, unless the guy was a jackass.
SCC, pointing out this comment either shows you DONT work outside, or you think the public doesnt know what we do.
Everyone one you stop with a little weed goes to jail right? Everyone you encounter committing any type of crime goes to jail?
Get off it Mr. High and Mighty.
Hell yeah we give breaks, every shit head knows that. You get caught with a blunt or a nickle of weed you probably wont get arrested because it's a waste of the cops time.
PUSSY ARREST HUH? HOW ABOUT YOU POST YOUR ADDRESS ON THE BLOG AND WE CAN TELL ALL THE GANGBANGERS DRINKING AND SMOKING WEED THAT THEY SHOULD HANG OUT ON YOUR BLOCK SINCE APPARENTLY YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT
You think thats bad--
A PO in the 4th ditrict locked up a retired 67 yr old PO for city disorderely because he wanted to see a copy of a accident report that his wife had in which she was not the person that was wrong and the PO refused to show him (the retired PO)any thing and then he went to court and lied anout everything--- and the retired PO was found not guilty-- And guess what the reired PO never had to testify.
5/16/2007 07:50:00 AM
WUH??? How bout tossin' a couple commas or periods in there douche bag? You know what? Forget it, lame fucking story.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PIMPY ARREST IF YOU GET PAID IT IS A GOOD ARREST IF YOU GET INDITED ITS A BAD ARREST, HOW HARD IS IT TO OBEY THE LAW I CANT BELEIVE A POLICE OFFICER WOULD TAKE THE SIDE OF THE IGNORANT BAD GUY, AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT OTHER OFFICERS ARRESTS AND START WORRING ABOUT GETTING BALL CANCER YOU BITTER OLD MAN THAT IS MISERABLE AND WASTING YOUR LIFE AWAY
AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED A "REAL CRIMINAL" IS ANYONE WHO IS COMMITING AND KIND OF CRIME REGUARDLESS OF HOW PETTY IT IS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY SHOULD NEVER BE ANOV'ED YOU ARE JUST PISSED CAUSE YOU ARE SCARED TO LOCK UP GANGBANGERS
HAVE ANY OF YOU YOUNG NEW LADS THOUGHT THAT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE THIS YUPPIE WAS A FUCKING JAGOOF TOWARDS THE POLICE AND THEY FOUND SOME WEED ON HIM AND STUCK IT UP HIS YUPPIE ASS? YOU KNOW THE SAYING "FUCK ME? NO, FUCK YOU!!!!"
IM SURE IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THE WEED WOULD HAVE BEEN TOSSED.
AS FAR AS THE SOUTH SIDE BEING THE ONLY PLACE TO DO POLICE WORK, I CAN SAY THIS MY FRIEND, IF YOU WERE DOING POLICE WORK THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO SEND ALL THE NORTH SIDE COPPERS TO THE SOUTH SIDE TO CLEAN UP YOUR SHIT.
GET SOME TIME ON THE JOB SAY AT LEAST TEN YRS THEN LET'S HEAR YOUR TAKE ON THINGS, TILL THEN KEEP ENJOYING YOUR 1A 2B FURLO, AND YOU HAD TO SPLIT IT ON TOP OF IT.
Anonymous said...
Hate to disagree with you SCC, but this is a pussy arrest. Locking someone up for a few bags of weed who did not give you a hard time is pussy police!!! (Unless you believe he is selling it) Same as all of the drinking on the public way arrests. And the soliciting unlawful business arrests!! Here's some advice to all the officers (hint hint... TRU, SOS, TACT, & GANG TEAMS) who make these arrests...GO FIND A REAL CRIMINAL AND ARREST HIM AND SEND HIM AWAY FOR A FEW YEARS!! That is real police work. Anything else is just laziness. 2nd Hint... Try not letting your arrestee get out on an i-bond before YOU even get off duty. It's so sad to see out "elite" SOS unit turn into the TRU unit. But they have. 6 cops and 1 sgt on a TVB with 2 bags of weed. SCC, THIS IS THE TRUE PUSSIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT!! And I hate to hear that You feel otherwise. Sad!
5/16/2007 12:37:00 AM
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Easy there Serpico.
A head is a head is a head.
No matter if you work Tact/gangs/sos/tru, a cb is a cb.
Sorry these PO's in SOS/TRU don't have the connections in the Cali cartel that you do and cannot lock up people on a daily basis for kilos of blow.
Last time I checked, even a few bags of weed is illegal. I get my court time and keep my boss happy, what's the problem?
But I do thank you for my free lesson on how to be the "real police."
Boner.
To various commentators critical of our post who appear to have reading disabilities:
We never said it was a super duper quality arrest. It is obviously just a number. Period. Nothing more. We were taking the person to task who, for whatever reason, would openly advocate committing Official Misconduct on an open internet forum. We purposefully didn't give our opinion on the arrest because we weren't there. Maybe the "professional" was an asshole and needed to get locked up. Regardless of the the reason for arrest, the point of this post was THE COMMENT advocating actions that will get you indicted, fired and jailed in the current political climate. Stop reading into what we haven't written.
As to the comment calling us a northsider and not dumping the weed, first of all, read the previous paragraph. Second, we aren't going to comment on what actions have or haven't been taken on traffic stops - there is no statute of limitations on Official Misconduct. If you don't think Cline, Daley and Devine wouldn't throw you under the bus in a second
to further their careers, you're a fucking moron.
And to the other tiny brain, sure we've made pimpy arrests. We needed numbers and court dates every so often. Anyone who says they haven't is either a liar or hasn't arrested anybody. We've also made some spectacular pinches that imprisoned some people for decades and made the papers. We still work the street and have done so for the vast majority of our careers and due to our lack of clout, will more than likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
God knows this wasnt a "Westside" district Tact/or Gang arrest. In districts where drugs are falling out of the sky, these geniuses sandbag people for Reckless Conduct and Soliciting Unlawful Bullshit. Their ears are better than the rest of their senses because they can always hear BOOBOO yelling "rocks, blows" yet don't have the time or the skill to find the dope. Also, Streets and San. must be swamped cleaning up all the broken glass from those thrown bottles on the Reckless Conduct arrests. The 011 district lockup is littered with these two year wonder Officer Pinnochio arrests.
To the idiot Southside copper who is too good to make misdemeanor weed arrests: You are the reason the southside is so fucked up. You probably work in a district where dope spots have been working 24/7 for decades. Your such a great officer yet they don't think twice about robbing or shooting people at any time or place. They know most of the dogs that work in these districts will show up only to do a report and never follow up on tracking them down. You live on a block where they sell dope and hide it underneath your car, but I bet the Escallade rides smooth!!
Its economically smart to arrest professionals.
If they batter you, you can actually sue them and get some money.
How can you get some compensation from a shit bird? The old way was physical compensation. Not anymore, unless you want to be arrested and fired.
Let the savages loose. 2nd amendment will protect all you civilians, we cant.
If a gang/tact team cannot make a "bullshit dope arrest" than what arrest can they make?
Maybe they would actually have to respond to the radio and assist in responding to calls and avoid lengthy lunches and early departures.
I got a fever....and the only cure for that fever is
MORE HAIR GEL!
09:40 took the words right out of my mouth.
THE EAGLE DOES NOT HUNT FLIES.
What is the difference between this and the one bag wonders who cannot do any other type of police work. If you have "professional" friends who smoke dope, it is time to get new friends.
A head is a head. As far as I am concerned we should lock up more of these "professionals". Who cares. Guy is dumb enough to get caught on the street with his dope should get pinched.
There is no such thing as a good head or bad head. Some head is better than no head.
I take time at the end to go out drinkin, and tellin war stories at Dou**** and kissin nasty fat white broads. I dont have time for arrests anymore not that I ever made any.
Well I see knowitall made the blog, now tell me another story you putz!!
Offical Misconduct for looking at arrest reports? I do not think so. I Department reports are for Department use only. You work for the Department, you can view the reports and learn how they are to be done correctly and in other cause incorrectly.
No if you go an then use the information that you gained from those reports for personal resaons, say confronting an officer or asking one to drop charges then you are looking at Offical misconduct.
Mearly viewing reports and it being recorded by you pc number is not Offical Misconduct
.4 gram is a Class C misdemeanor,thats 3 months(not in Cook County),$75.00 fine or drug school.That is a total PIMP arrest.I know that the specialty units are numbers oriented,but stop flooding the system with crap and go after some real bad guys.
Dump the pimp weed and paraphernalia crap in the sewer.
CPD is following the Suburban model.
first off, we can't be the real police! they don't want u doing shit! no cr#'s, with good police arrests comes cr#'s.
I hope this city blows up w/ crime. Please, all u motherfuckers, quit going out on a limb for these asshole bosses! Go home to your families, retire, live long and collect all the well earned pension u can. AND leave this city behind to rot to the shitheads and illegals!!!
Sorry about the grammer
I guess your a perfect asshole
But the story is true
There is no such thing as a minor infraction, there is only the law, and the city pays me a damn good salary to enforce it. He is a criminal and I hate him. I will do everything in my power to catch him.
Anonymous said...
To the idiot Southside copper who is too good to make misdemeanor weed arrests: You are the reason the southside is so fucked up. You probably work in a district where dope spots have been working 24/7 for decades. Your such a great officer yet they don't think twice about robbing or shooting people at any time or place. They know most of the dogs that work in these districts will show up only to do a report and never follow up on tracking them down. You live on a block where they sell dope and hide it underneath your car, but I bet the Escallade rides smooth!!
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TRUE DAT OFFICE, TRUE DAT!!
The southside is a shithole
to the original comment you obviously haven't been on the job long. If you were you'd realize that these "profesionals" flaunt the law all the time. And the expect to get a pass, be it ona traffic stop, ANOV or arrest. I work in a yuppie area and believe me, they are worse than most gangbangers out there in their disrespect and "me" attitude towards the law. How many shotbags have you locked up for pimpy shit that they just realized "it's my time to go" and they went. But the yuppies out there all have that "I have a job and pay your salary" attitude so we should put ourselves in the trickbag and let them go, right? NO! If they break the law they should be held to the same standard that we are. If you're educated you should respect the law even more and not break the law. With that said I don't know if I would have made the arrest either but I bet there were enough circumstances that waranted the arrest.
Was it on the DOC?
If I had the choice between locking up Mr. Pothead Yuppie or Mr. Shitpants Crackhead, the yuppie goes everytime! And to anyone who has never had the privlige of locking up a yuppie, let me tell you, you've never heard so many threats, whining and sobbing in your whole life...except for maybe what you read on this forum.
I'll second the poster who said any adult ( over 25, I'll cut the college brats some slack ) who is carrying weed deserves a night in lock up just on general principle. The Law is the Law.
even our fathers police department was numbers motivated. its same garbage as always just with weaker leaders. i love how theres tac/gang lt's who never were tac/gang officers, or real patrolmen none the less. all for one i guess cus no one else is looking out, not even our fellow officers. its a sad times, hopefully this is just a fad that will pass and comradery, loyalty and real police work will prevail.
HMMMM. Sounds like SCC took this one a little personal. Maybe it was one of SCC's arrests.
nickel bag-a-weed yo! said...
.4 grams? embarrassing. i don't care who you are or what team you're on, unless the guy was a jag (i.e. banger or an asshole) he shoulda been thrown back in the pond. i do realize that today is a numbers game and it is sad how much time and energy is wasted on countless misdemeanor arrests that are only going to get tossed in court. but to take a "professional" and a gang car off the streets for a couple hours to process a .4 grams p.o.c. is a terrible waste of our tax money. again, unless the guy was a jackass.
5/16/2007 09:26:00 AM
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We can both agree that it's a numbers game if you are on tact or gangs.... it IS expected that you bring in heads no matter what even on slow days. Hell, I wish I could bring in a gun or two everyday. But I do have to settle with a drinker or a nickle bag more often than not just to keep the bosses off our backs with these BS numbers.
But you are also saying that because this guy was a "professional", he should have been let go? BULLSHIT! You, "nickel bag-a-weed yo!", are the the jag and the asshole. You are saying we should only screw over the lower-class but not the upper-class professional yuppie. (isn't this discrimination?). Is this how you use your discretion? Throw him back in the pond if he or she is a professional?
Who do you think is buying the most of the weed (and other drugs) from the gangbanging drug dealers, you goof?! PROFESSIONALS!!! DUH! They come off the expressway in their VW's, Land rovers, and Volvos from the rich suburbs to score their shit. So he was caught with .4 grams of weed.... so friggin' what? He's a "professional", he can afford a lawyer. Besides, if he smokes weed he was bound to get caught sooner or later. Professional or gangbanger... they know the risk.
And since when does it take a couple of hours to process an arrest for >1.0 grams of weed??? Shouldn't take no more than 45 min to an hour once you are in the station with your partner. So I guess that means you don't know what you are doing, huh?
SCC said...
To various commentators critical of our post who appear to have reading disabilities:
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wow SCC taking shots at his readers now for his post having a small tone that sounds like he was on board with the arrest. Maybe I was right, maybe it was SCC's arrest.
Keep letting the criminals go with their .4 grams of weeds while you're waiting to catch them with a gun or committing an armed robbery. Meanwhile leave them standing on the corner while the good citizens watch in disbelief as the police let the criminals run the streets. Locking them up every chance you get sends a message to them and the liberal judges like the one in BR43 that they are not wanted around. It makes them move to another area where the real police are looking to make that quality pinch. However in the mean time three of them are trying to shoot at rivals and miss. They kill a mother walking with her children. The real police make that big arrest of three murderers (good job, quality pinch). Maybe, just maybe if they were sitting around waiting for an I-bond things would have turned out differently. Maybe they were high on that little bit of weed when they decided to go shoot someone. Maybe if the police locked them up enough they would move to the suburbs, maybe some children would have their mother and maybe we could all live happily ever after.
Hey, I locked-up a mo-fo for residue on his crack pipe and impounded his car. I got 3 hrs @ the probable cause hearing (Judge found no PC-not that I care), then I got 3 hrs @ the vehicle impound hearing and the CTA got money from asshole for riding buses/trains. I kept the Judge, County Sheriff guys, Public Defender, and ASA employed. I'm one happy dude!
Never second guess your fellow POs for making an arrest and play Monday morning quarterback. Asshole probably deserved it and shame on him for carring .4g of any illegal substance.
At least in the ghetto you might get some respect, the yuppies up north hate your ass and tell it straight to your face. They tell you how to do your job because they pay your salary and then get CR# if they're not happy with they way you talk to them.
Good job guys, lock 'em all up!
I'm glad they locked him up, mr professional should know better. As far as pimpy arrests, fuck these assholes, don't you wonder boys realize this is a game, sometimes you catch them good, some times not, but you lock them up and inconvience them for awhile, make them miserable and tired of getting locked up, get them off the corner, they can't be offenders in bigger crimes from the lockup and they can't be a victim.
i resent the ruby ridge comment. randy weaver was and still is a patriot who was ahead of his time. he and his family were gunned down by an oppresive u.s. govt. because he refused to cave in and go along with the current "agenda" being propigated at every turn. and i not kidding.
These are the same two guys that locked up and towed a a teenage couples' car for having sex, in their car, at the lake front. These are both PIMPY arrests! What does this or the other arrest have to do with the gang problem in 023? To all you that lack discretion I hope you never run into a cop like yourself, who lacks discretion, one night on the way home from a couple of beers.
Lock the fuckers up. You must be the "REAL POLICE." Give me a break, not the law breakers. It might be a pimpy arrest, but you do not know who you are dealing with out there. Better to do a little paper and computer work and play it safe. Who knows who is watching. Plus whatever you put on your PDT is being reviewed. I've been doing dope pinches for 15 years and it's better to play it safe and CYA!
"Professional" or "businessmen" - lock all of them up when they break the law. Do it for .001 grams. I remember when a bar fight ended in the bar, now "professional" or "businessmen" cry all the way home. And to the comment about finding a jury, this "professional" will have to disclose the fact that he was arrested and will be kick off the jury anyways. Lock them up.
There is no such thing as a minor infraction, there is only the law, and the city pays me a damn good salary to enforce it. He is a criminal and I hate him. I will do everything in my power to catch him.
Okay Francis! I can't even begin to fathom how screwed up your personal life must be!
I f a copper from Shitcago had .4 ounces of cannbis on his person he would be destroyed . The are held higher than other, then so should "professionals" and "alderman" and da mayor, all should be charged to the fullest.
if your gonna lock someone up for .4grams Then you mine as well TVB everyone you stop as well. WOW .4grams. Almpst dont believe it
Hey how about the baby who got a F.O.I.D. card? The press is saying that even now babies can buy guns. The gun system is a joke.
5/16/2007 06:39:00 AM
Hey dumb fuck if you read the article you would see that you STILL need to be 18 to purchase a firearm, the writer was simply poking fun at the fact that the state police issues a FOID card which for someone UNDER the age of 18 means they can by law use a firearm.
How would you like drinkers, weed smokers and gamblers hanging out in front of your house? Even worse, having a tact team drive by and say, "its ok, only 4 grams". Not every arrest can be a winner, and any cop who works on the street knows that. 023 isnt Englewood, in the nice neighborhoods, 4 grams is a CB#. This guy sounds like a fucking douchebag!!
Aloha!
As we say on Maui...
"Pakalolo mo' bettah! Top of da line; da kine!"
Mahalo, brah!
I don't see why the fuss over who locks up whom, or why. Last time I checked, marijuana was illegal. Lots of people are throwing the word "illegal" around quite a lot nowadays. "Illegal immigrants" is just one of them. And wasn't there some kind of documentary that linked "illegal drugs" to $$$, to gangs, to guns (which leads to other crimes), to arms dealers, to more $$$$, to terrorists? So the a-hole got locked up. What's it to you? No reason we can't make some of all that $$$$ being thrown around.
These "professionals" must have been of the same caliber as the "professionals" at the Jefferson tap. The Jefferson tap "professionals" didn't get locked up and look what happened to the officers,agg. batt. my ass.Lesson learned, lock up all "professionals".S.C.C. feel free to quote.
That's why they call it DOPE
Child finds marijuana in Happy Meal
The Associated Press
May 16, 2007, 12:25 PM CDT
OTTAWA, Ill. -- A 17-year-old fast-food employee is facing drug charges after allegedly hiding marijuana in a Happy Meal that ended up with a young child.
Ottawa Police Chief Brian Zeilmann said a man and his three children went through a McDonald's drive-through Monday to order Happy Meals.
One of the children, an 8-year-old girl, found a lighter, pipe, and bag of marijuana in her Happy Meal, Zeilmann said. Her father went to the police.
Anonymous said...
Hate to disagree with you SCC, but this is a pussy arrest. Locking someone up for a few bags of weed who did not give you a hard time is pussy police!!! (Unless you believe he is selling it) Same as all of the drinking on the public way arrests. And the soliciting unlawful business arrests!! Here's some advice to all the officers (hint hint... TRU, SOS, TACT, & GANG TEAMS) who make these arrests...GO FIND A REAL CRIMINAL AND ARREST HIM AND SEND HIM AWAY FOR A FEW YEARS!! That is real police work. Anything else is just laziness. 2nd Hint... Try not letting your arrestee get out on an i-bond before YOU even get off duty. It's so sad to see out "elite" SOS unit turn into the TRU unit. But they have. 6 cops and 1 sgt on a TVB with 2 bags of weed. SCC, THIS IS THE TRUE PUSSIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT!! And I hate to hear that You feel otherwise. Sad!
5/16/2007 12:37:00 AM
Hey he-man. You forgot to state your pedigree.
What i-lete unit are you
in, making all of these stud like pinches?
Do tell, the rest of us
wait with baited breath.
Got to go...I see a piss- bum begging.
WUH??? How bout tossin' a couple commas or periods in there douche bag? You know what? Forget it, lame fucking story.
5/16/2007 09:33:00 AM
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To 2:59:00 PM
Randy Weaver was a whack job suvivalist who sold sawed off weapons to a ATF agent and then he jumped bail.
I bet you loved it when the Waco bunch opened up on the ATF when they went to get the .50 Cals and the rest of the automatic weapons.
I bet you had Tim McVeigh's 6 when he blew up the Murrah building and killed a bunch of coppers, federal employees and little kids in a day care center.
The only thing sad about the Weaver case is that his wife and baby died. But Weaver provoked it and the FBI put the sniper out on a spit to appease the media who bought Weaver's bullshit.
You Sir--Are a Whack Job
And, I'm not kidding.
I think that drugs have done some really good things for us. I really do. If you don’t think that drugs haven't done some good things for us, take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your CD’s and burn them. Because you know all the musicians that made all that great music that has enhanced your lives throughout the years----reeeeaaaallllllyy f*cking high on drugs.
"Dump the pimp weed and paraphernalia crap in the sewer.
CPD is following the Suburban model."
Maybe there's less crap in the suburbs cause they don't let people get away with stupid stuff?
As A 20 Plus year Veteran ,15 of which have been working on various Tactical Units, I would say that it has been nothing but a numbers game. The Boss wants to look good and he does this by the number of arrests in his district. More to the point is the number of arrests on a Beat where the citizens are complaining of a specific problem.It is up to the individual Officer to decide if He wants to make less Felony Pinches,which take time,or more midemeanor arrests so he could stack his numbers.I always did the former and never got any grief from Bosses.
It never ceases to amaze me how we sit around and complain about how the media never gets the full story and puts their own biased spin on things, and then we turn around and do it to each other. Big deal if your asshole buddy got pinched for weed. I would look up the arrest too if it were my friend, but it would be to laugh at him for being stupid. He was wrong, got caught, and when its thrown out in court for weight will move on. But your outraged over his arrest because hes a friend of yours, and you have only your buddies word for whatever happened. But its just a pimpy arrest right? Well I'll bet your buddy wont be back in the area buying weed anymore will he, and that solves half the problem right there. And yes, the bear, or eagle does hunt small fish and flies when there is nothing else to eat at the time.
Once again, if you were not there, try giving your fellow coppers the benefit of the doubt. Thats what you would want isnt it?
And to the guy bitching about the retired po getting locked up in 4, again, you werent there. And a retired P.O. has no more right to "inspect" an accident report then joe citizen does. His wife would have the only copy they are entitled to. If the desk people want to dig it out for em, thats up to them, but it sounds like they didnt want to and that is where it should end. I'm thinking he didnt just say thanks anyway and walk out.
After working amongst your "professionals" and your ghetto crowd, I have always said I'd rather deal with the ghetto crowd. The "professional" always seems to know the law 10 times more than you, claims brutality if you just raise your voice, and believes you have no right to even touch them. In the ghetto, they know, and even expect, what might happens if they run or mouth off.
Do these "professionals" care about YOU or your FAMILY when they get these crazy law suits on you? Do they consider YOU are a "professional" as well, who was just doing his job? NO!
Nowadays, it seems everybody hates and blames the police for anything. Therefore, to please them, LOCK ALL THEIR ASSES UP! Our own city and department has no hesitation to screw you and doesn't care about you or your family. Fuck um all...lock um ALL up.
MORE HAIRGEL!!
I love it!
Aren't 4 PROFESSIONALS involved in the Jefferson Tap incident?
Don't think a PROFESSIONAL won't fuck a copper in hearbeat.
Tell your buddy and his co-worker to go fuck themselves both.
As a matter of fact, you hardworking copper, GO FUCK YOURSELF TOO!!!!
The police do their job now and it's a bad thing?????
Great post SCC! What the arrest report will never include is "subject was being a complete fucking jagoff!" How did they come into contact with this ofender in the first place? Is the 023 gang team doing street stops w/ search on "professionals"? I sincerely doubt it. I can only imagine the attitude yuppies for a bonafide offese while the animal is totally resigned to the Reckless and DOPW arrests.
"Twenty years ago it was about heads and twenty years from now it will be about heads. And if you don't realize it then get your head out of your rear end.
5/16/2007 08:04:00 AM "
As Cool Hand Luke said, "DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT BOSS"
If the " professional" was wrong fuck him. I'm sure he'd be the first to sue your ass for detaining him and then the media would be calling him a "businessman" when they reported your "official misconduct" for giving him a pass.
I just started reading this blog because my son is on the job. He gets a kick out of it when I bring up something about the dept that he doesn't think I would know. (Of course, he thinks I'm too old to know anything useful anyway.)
Help me out though, what exactly is the deal with "hair gel" police so I can use the term correctly and surprise him again.
Stay safe.
This thing is funny. So keep up the good work or we won't have any entertainment. Like the arrest of a young couple under the "L" track for having sex in their car and then their car was towed. Yeah it makes the Sgt. and Lt. look so darn good. Those two P.O's aren't the only ones making the quality arrests in 023. Keep searching. Ha! Ha! Ha!
DAMN THIS POST MUST HAVE STRUCK A CORD WITH ALOT OF P.O. 'S
MAKE ALL THE ARREST YOU WANT WHEN ITS TIME FOR YOU TO GET JAMMED UP FOR ANYTHING THE CITY WILL THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK.
NEED A COURT DATE SAD,VERY SAD
to-5/16/07 9:00 P.M.
The wife did ask for a copy of the report which they refusd to give her-They never gave her the state required report.
Do not second guess if you dont know what your talking about
She asked the desk Sgt & watch CO
they told her to leave the station which she did
If you get ot for the arrest so be it! It is the "broken windows" process that Rudy G. (Next President) used in New York that reduced overall crime! Get the jaywalkers also! Lock everybody up!
The whole thing about the FOID card shows that the system is flawed. Do they really do an honest back ground check? Even the name of the card is flawed. Having a card does not mean you own a gun. Maybe those gun teams use state police info to hit homes?
Anonymous said...
I just started reading this blog because my son is on the job.
What exactly is the deal with "hair gel" police so I can use the term correctly.
THE OFFICIAL DEFINTION:
Hair gel is a hairstyling product that is used to stiffen hair into a particular hairstyle. The results it produces are usually similar to but stronger than those of hair spray and weaker than those of hair glue or hair wax.
THE CPD DEFINITION:
In the Chicgo Police Department venacular, HAIR GEL is used to commonly describe the newer police officer, also known as the “College Educated” officer; (which also brings about the remark: too much college – not enough high school).
It seems that any old timer will tell you that if you have not hit the mandatory age of reason (ten or more years on the job – which flucutates according to each district, and each old timer) then you are too new, and you wear hair gel.
Hope this helps you with your son, just tell him get Protein 29 - the old timers love it!
i'll lock up your momma for a roach clip
In the Chicgo Police Department venacular, HAIR GEL is used to commonly describe the newer police officer, also known as the “College Educated” officer; (which also brings about the remark: too much college – not enough high school).
It seems that any old timer will tell you that if you have not hit the mandatory age of reason (ten or more years on the job – which flucutates according to each district, and each old timer) then you are too new, and you wear hair gel.
N.M IS OUTTA THE AREA FOUR GUN TEAM. I HEAR HE IS GOING TO WAIT IT OUT IN 23, UNTIL HE CAN GET TO 8. GOOD JOB L.S.! MAYBE HIM AND YOUR GODSON CAN HIDE UNDER THAT BIG COMMANDER'S DESK OF YOURS; WHEN IAD COMES LOOKING FOR THIER JOBS. WHAT A JOKE
WHO THE FUCK IS THIS CROSBY GUY IN THE 023 DISTRICT MIDNIGHTS? DOES ANYONE LIKE WORKING WITH THIS GUY.
at least someone set this 'brillian comment' straight. for the love of all things that are holy, we need someone saying that the police are not enforcing the laws on the 'professional class' in the atmosphere the department has been in lately.
reminds me.. how many shitbirds have come up to you at lunch or even on a stop and asked ifyou're gonna beat up a 5'2" bartender? Seems that the 'professionals' (asshole yuppies) are the ones that a) think theyre above it all, and b) take that holier than though attitude, so fuck em. Im not losing a job for either a shitbird or a 'professional'
Anonymous said...
There is no such thing as a minor infraction, there is only the law, and the city pays me a damn good salary to enforce it. He is a criminal and I hate him. I will do everything in my power to catch him.
5/16/2007 12:17:00 PM
You are the criminal.You cheat the tax payer of REAL police.You should arrest yourself for impersonating.Anyone can be a police officer..but it takes special breed to be COP.
To every moron who thinks this was bad arrest, Fuck Off!!!! Most of the clowns blasting this arrest probably back Rudy Guliani. Do you know how Rudy took back New York??? He had his police lock everybody up. If you break the law you go to jail. If Chicago ever adopted this policy the shitheads would be running scared and nobody would dare mouth off to us like they do.
To many coppers on this job are only looking to add more bogus awards to their resumes. As another poster said, the soldiers lead to the generals. You can't start at the top.
Laws are written in black and white and apply to everyone. Sounds like a bunch of racists think only duke, jose, or will should go to jail for minor offences. The scales of justice are blind. Just because everyone who actually goes to court knows the case will be tossed means nothing. If the judge or states attorney drops the case so be it. The arresting officer did his or her job. Tell your legislators to change the law if you think its pimpy. Thats what the liberals do everyday.
Yuppies beware this summer, I am initiating a Just Cause on all of them!!!
randy weaver was a person who wouldn't accept affirmative action the embracing of homosexuality and all of the other leftist socialist propaganda being forced upon us. he removed his family to a place where that didn't exist. he was badgered by a freelance informant for the atf who only got paid if he was able to make a case. it took over three months for him to get randy to agree to alter a shotgun which then became a federal case.if you were aware of history then that was the era when the govt. was attempting to infiltrate and crush white separist groups. not supremacists but separists. i could go on but i'll stop here. this is all part of a much bigger picture.
Hope this helps you with your son, just tell him get Protein 29 - the old timers love it!
Thanks. He's got five years on and been to college but he doesn't wear hair gel. I'll have to work to figure out how to get this into the conversation.
TO THE ORIGINAL POSTER
I spoke to the PO's involved. They told me that this guy lied several times during the stop. He also may have just toked up. Would it have met your arrest standards if they had DUIed him?
To make matters worse, the guy was operating on a fresh ticket issued by CPD after posting his DL as bond, but he had a just issued DL in his possession. Can he do that?
But my favorite part of the story is this. This guy works for WF Mortgage. He tried to get off by telling the POs that he was initiating a program to get cheap mortgages for cops and that he had several cop friends. He was given the opportunity several times to contact one of these cops to vouch for him. He would not call any of his cop friends. The POs believed he was lying. Now it is obvious that his only cop friend is you and you are probably some IAD rat that the POs wouldn’t have had any respect for. The POs gave him more breaks in this case than charges. Not good enough for you though.
I guess you want a someone high and abusing drugs arranging your mortgage and having access to your financial and personal information.
The POs involved feel different and I agree with them. Not with you.
You had better pay this guys legal fees because now I’m sure that the POs involved have become motivated to prosecute this guy thanks to your anonymous critique. Great Job!
But what I just don’t understand is this. Since you are such a good friend to this guy why didn’t you reach out to the POs rather than blast them here on the public blog like a little punk? You know where they work. Heck, At the least show up in court with your boy!
If you can’t meet these minimums then I suggest you drink a big glass of shut the fuck up!
5/16/2007 03:00:00 PM
Wrong two cops asshole.
0.4 grams of cannabis = $2.00
Towing the yuppies car = $1000
Po getting 3 hrs for Misd court and 3 hrs for impound court
PRICELESS!!!!
To whomever posted this comment:
I can tell you right now that any friend of mine would be extremely embarrassed to admit to me that they associate with douche bags like this looser who likes to toke up. Your friend had no problem talking to you about it. This obviously shows the type of person you are and those you choose to associate with. You better whatch out because if I were IAD, I'd be all over your ass watching every move you make.
This is typical of what is wrong with this department these days. If somebody is out there working, allbeit not up to someone else's standards everyone picks on them. Peolpe need to woory about themsleves and stop watching what the other guys are doing.
I know when I worked a Tact team and yes it was on the Northside, sometimes we would grab a quick head to make the boss happy and then work on the guys we really wanted to lock up. Eeverybody should agree this takes time and patience.
I'm sure I'll catch shit for being a company guy, but if a head a day kept me out of a beat car writing paper on domestics all day, then a company guy I am. Making the Sgt happy also allowed me extra time to spend with my family or the ability to go out for a beer once in a while. If you don't agree then evidently you just don't get it.
To each there own, be safe.
i think the saying goes get some time on the job kid.if you did then you would know its not quality its quantity. as one of my sgt's used to say its a line drive in the box.
The wife did ask for a copy of the report which they refusd to give her-They never gave her the state required report.
Do not second guess if you dont know what your talking about
She asked the desk Sgt & watch CO
they told her to leave the station which she did
5/17/2007 06:47:00 AM
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All I have to go by is the original post. I wasnt there, and I doubt you were either. The original post mentions nothing about her not getting her copy. It just says retired po comes in and wants to look at the report, and after being denied, ended up being locked up for disorderly. I am not the one doing the second guessing, the original poster is about the p.o.'s involved. So your getting snippy with the wrong person. And no matter what district you are in, nobody wants to lock up a 67 y/o retired p.o., so what does that tell you about what went on? Again, wasnt there but you cant get bent out of shape for people commenting on a post when the poster doesnt post all the facts. And I still stand behind the overall message of my post, give your fellow officers the benefit of the doubt. And try not being so naive as to believe everything that is posted here under the blanket of anonymity.
to 6/17/07 10:39
I AM THE RETIRED OFFICER I WAS THERE WITH MY WIFE.
LISTEN ALL YOU YOUNG KIDS OUT THERE. I HAVE MADE GOOD ARRESTS AND PIMPY ARRESTS. IT'S ALL ABOUT PAYING THE RENT, GETINNG HEADS, POINTS, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT THESE DAYS. I HAVE LOCKED UP JAGOOOOFFFFFS FOR BIG TIME DOPE AND VERY SMALL TIME DOPE (RESIDUE) AND THE SMALL TIME SHIT WAS FOR ATTITUDE, THAT IS BAD ATTITUDE, TOWARDS ME, THE FUCKING REAL POLICE, FIVE-O, BLAH BLAH BLAH.
YOU ALL ARE LOOOSING SIGHT OF THIS, ITS ABOUT THE ASSHOLE YUPPIE WHO WAS A JAGOFF TO THE POLICE AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A VERY SMALL BIT, BUT ENOUGH WEED TO STICK IT UP HIS ASS. SHOULD THEY HAVE BEAT THE FUCK OUT OF HIM? MONEY TALKS BULLSHIT WALKS. BY THE TIME THIS YUPPIE IS DONE THAT .4GM OF WEED WILL COST HIM ABOUT $1,000.00 DOLLARS IN LAWYERS FEES NOT INCLUDING TO GET HIS RECORD EXPUNGED. BELIEVE ME HE WILL THINK ONCE, TWICE THREE TIMES OVER BEFORE HE WANTS TO FUCK WITH ANOTHER COPPER. ITS NOT NORTH SIDE SOUTH SIDE ITS ABOUT FUCKING THE ASSHOLES THE BEST WAY WE CAN SO THE NEXT TIME YOU ALL DEAL WITH THEM THEY ARE CLUED IN TO HOW IT IS........... TILL THEN, BE SAFE BITCHES!!! (LIGHTEN UP IM KIDDING)
Thats just it, you are retired. Take your clip-on badge and get out of the station.
Thanks. He's got five years on and been to college but he doesn't wear hair gel. I'll have to work to figure out how to get this into the conversation.
5/17/2007 05:47:00 PM
Get that boy some HAIR GEL!!!!
:)
Just bust his stones about it the next time you can...he'll enjoy it and I think he would get a laugh.
Man, that guy who stated he's retired. That's what's wrong with today's department. Man, obviously yout're not thinking about being retired because you have three years on the job. Retired police officers should be treated like every other police officers, as a brother. But beacuase many of the new police officers take thi job beacuse they can get free tuition at Jerry Lewis, they are not real policeman. It sickens me to think that a police officer who worked in the 60's 70's or 80',lost 8, 9 officers a year to gunfire, had shit thrown at them at the Democratic convention, Black Panther assasinations, has to put up with a 3 year, hair jell, Notre Dame Grad's disrespect. Hurry up and finish you r masters, and then go work for Humerman at the CTA>
To 5/19/07 10:54
Thanks for your support--this was just a lazy do nothing PO that had
a grudge against me because he had a illegal business and My CO didnt like him- so he took it out on me cost me $1500.00 He is a super cop so he thinks--and yes I did make all the city events from 1965 to 2001 Grant park was fun.
keep the faith and CYA
Be safe out there & remember the citizens do not love you
St Jude is the only one that will help & protect you
For the record.... I transported the .4grams arrestee to the 23rd Dist. and This guy was a straight up jag off. This wasn't even my arrest and he kept saying bitching. He said "I know a bunch of cops and some are bosses so maybe you guys should rethink this!" What the hell does that mean? The professional asshole kept reading my name tag outloud and said I'm gonna remeber that and your badge number....big fucking deal... like I'm scared. I am guessing the people writing bad shit about these cops are the arrestee's buddies who are cops trying to make the arresting coppers look bad since they didn't let him go. I say bravo for locking the professional idiot up.
Thats a large quantity of an illegal subastance. Send the arresting team to PRPD they can work for me.
Just like the ghetto when it comes to small amounts and other petty charges. I always use discretion when it come to making an arrest, but if the guy holding the weed didn't have it on him, he wouldn't get locked up. He's the idiot even though it's a small amount. Why did he get stopped in the first place?
What's the difference between this incident and when a "professional" is walking down the street with a open beer near Wrigley and he gets stopped and then arrested for dopw? If he didn't have it in his possession, he wouldn't have to worry about getting arrested. And they're usually arrested for being &^%$@ drunk and out of control.
True, they could have given him a break, but why would a SGT or LT care what kind of arrest they got? Are you going to start talking to everyone in the department about 1-rock or 1-bag drop cases???
Also, maybe as in every frikin incident, THERE MAY BE MORE TO THE STORY! OH, maybe that's the 023rd district LEVEL II DOC---ZERO TOLERENCE...LOL.
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