Two Helicopters
That's right - we've got two of them now:
- The new chopper has all of the bells and whistles, including night vision instrumentation that allows officers wearing night-vision goggles to see in the dark; a gamma radiation detector that could be used to locate dirty bombs; and a LoJack stolen vehicle detection system. It's also equipped with a special map system, powerful video cameras that can downlink pictures to Chicago's 911 emergency center and a searchlight.
What other features does it have? Suggestions welcome - how about a DOC area locator so it won't waste any precious moments it could be spending hovering over a hot spot.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
85 Comments:
Do you have hourly rates for your whirleybird? I would like to rent it to spy on the people at BCC
hey is the commander of the helicopter unit a licensed pilot? just wondering
Well, I must admit they are impressive. There is a CPD helecopter flying at tree level over 105/Central Park. A little research and after a call to a friend at OPS Command it turns out the pilot was giving a demo to a boss and his family down the street.
Hey Cmndr. Holmes (or who ever books these engagments) how about some block party appearances and rides for the kids? Nice waste of resources Dickheads!
Why does the helo have the county emblem on it?
Helicopter 1 sure showed off its stuff today. It made an appearance flying over a "Doc March" I think they called it over Piotrowski Park in 010 today. A whole march that went around a 3 block radius. It was funny how they kept interupting on the busy zone to ask silly questions. Then 15 minutes into it they again came over and stated "squad we are pulling off for a few to refuel." Yeah ok, thanks. Don't get me wrong, I think they can be useful in certain situations, but come on, a community march?
TWO helicopters!?
As a dispatcher I have to say: That's funny, Nobody bothered to mention this little tidbit of info to us !
As far as this feature goes "It's also equipped with a special map system, powerful video cameras that can downlink pictures to Chicago's 911 emergency center " ......... Um, we have NO such equipment at our immediate consoles that can receive any such images! At least not for now. There's talk of us getting our consoles replaced this summer finally. They've only been used 24/7/ 365 for 12 years now. But our Watch Managers cant even explain to us what these new consoles will or won't be including.
WILL they have yet one more screen for us to monitor?
Will we be able to view the POD cameras like the idiots in the O.C. ? (Yes, they are idiots. They are supposed to be viewing the cameras for criminal activity, and when they see it, create an event and send it to the zone for dispatch. But guess what- we're getting events for parkers !!! Yeah, parkers, give me a fucken break! You're gonna sit over there in the comfy cozy OC and send me an event for a fucken parker that is blocking a cross walk! ....And when there is a shooting - we NEVER get ANY info from them. NONE. We get more info from the Fusion Center.)
Sorry, had to vent; But I just cannot imagine the City reconfiguring our already busy consoles with more screens to look at. Maybe they will. Maybe they won't. But if they don't... then where exactly will this new fancy shmancy helicopter be downlinking pictures to?
Inquiring minds want to know.
How about a wolf pack coordinator, seeing that the wolf pack mission is a thing of such worth.....What AssHat thought of that?
Seeing that we lead the country, world, galaxy, and universe, in law enforcement technology,(really, they told us this at the seminar,really, we'll someday be able to predict where crime will occur and be a paperless department true dat)anyway, I submit my list of options that the helicopter should have as standard equipment.
A Lava Lamp
A USB powered Weber Grill(hey, the pilot has to eat too)
A Mr. Coffee Espresso machine
A cordless controller for Play Station 2
A 50" HDTV Plasma Television
A Computerized Etch A Sketch(for crime scene drawings)
A hand held high beam light (this will come in handy to send OEMC morse code when your radio batteries go dead, really
A minifridge
A USB mini desk top aquarium
A Blow-up partner (this may come in handy if and when this unit's manpower is depleted or they get bored and want to stay on the ground in a safe cubicle)
Glad to see that we now have two helicopters. Nothing against them, they are a great resourse. Hopefully we will get more and they will be available around the clock. Now how about getting us working PDT's and cars with less than 100,000 miles on them.
no heavy machines guns on the side doors, we do not want to intimidated the terrorists..
What about replacement vehicles? The cities pool car fleet has been cut in half.
"hey is the commander of the helicopter unit a licensed pilot? just wondering"
No but his daddy was a big boss and he is one of Mauer's boys so he is more than qualified to run the unit, just ask him.
I heard that in order to save fuel, they are looking into the idea of putting wings and a camera on the horses in the Mounted Unit. I heard the new PDT's aren't working well mounted on the saddles and all, really that's what I heard.
The feed from the helo's are already on the computers. It's in the same spot as the remote feed from the mobile vans. It becomes active when they are transmitting only. the part about O.C. sending out jobs fro parkers needs a little clearification. WHICH ops command are you talking about? Is it Operations Center or Operations Command? Everyone should know that there are NUMEROUS Ops Centers being staffed in the city. CPD Operations Command is located in the Fusion Center and they DO NOT send out jobs for parkers or most anything else for that matter unless it is related to the shotspotter in 011. There is a room at OEMC that is used for monitoring the cameras and that may be what your talking about.
Just as an aside to the whole issue. Chief Helicopter Pilot "Helicopter Harry Hohm" recieves his pension plus his $100,000 plus salary as Chief Pilot. This is the same guy who was forced out of 022 for being such an asshole. Only in Chicago.
The day's of decent cars and PDT's that work ended when Mike Picardi insisted that control of our fleet be turned over to him at the Dept. of Fleet Management. How unfortunate it was that Phil Cline did'nt have the balls to step up to the plate and resist that take over. So people keep enjoying your 100K plus mile squad cars as you look at brand new snow removal trucks and other brand new equipment over at streets and sanitation.
no heavy machines guns on the side doors, we do not want to intimidated the terrorists..
Terrorists..Smerrorists..
We will instead mount two high powered Marshmellow guns on each side, capable of launching 50 marshmellows per second,(larger capacity models are available, in fact, I heard Walmart has a 100 marshmellow bag on sale for those who really mean business),yep, this has been added to the use of force model, but, only a supervisor is allowed to operate this weapon, really.
What, no gunships? What about combatting terrorism? How about a little intimidation? For seat belt missions, of coarse.
The county is part owner of the helicopters and that is why their emblem is on it. That is most likely why it has been used more outside the city lately than in. Markham, Oak Lawn, etc
BUT DOES IT HAVE CUPHOLDERS?
IS IT THE SAME HELICOPTER AS THE TV SERIES "AIRWOLF"?
ok, now this is top secret...
The Department is currently developing a superduper assault weapon.
They've been recruiting pilots for years for the FSC (Flying Stealth Cubicle). Some of these units are currently on display at various units and districts. Not only will they fly, but the pilots are invisible. The pilots are there for take off and landings but you'll never see them during flight.
Also...shh..
The Bean really flys. Yep, in an actual emergency, the Bean is transported to the Skyway afterwhich it is rolled down the roadway and takes off.
They've even given exams for the position of pilot, but, I decided to wait for the answers to be published and take the test when the optional 2nd test is given.
"But our Watch Managers cant even explain to us what these new consoles will or
won't be including".
lol, yeah, I think it might come in handy, knowing what the new consoles can do.
Maybe it's on a "need to know" basis.
I'm still waiting for the day, when someone notifies me that a camera just heard a gunshot.
Anonymous said...
hey is the commander of the helicopter unit a licensed pilot? just wondering
6/02/2007 12:59:00 AM
Yes, CMDR Harry Hohm is a licensed helicopter pilot.
New Helicopter, and no news coverage about the new ppo's who are going to look into the sky at it., ps have great pictures of the mayor getting angry at the graduation
They'll be great for a foot chase. "Squad he's running southbound, tell copter 33 to warm up it's engines!"
Why does the helo have the county emblem on it?
6/02/2007 01:36:00 AM
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Because there are County Policemen onboard. They have pilots and tactical flight officers on loan to the city to help with the taskforce.
The city engaged in a MOU with the county to provide funding and bodies.... The city and the county both win. They get to share a copter and the costs which are just horrendous.
We sent you some very good policemen from CCSPD. Utilize them well.
The city is getting money from the county, hence the county sheriffs emblem.
Leave it to the city to
grab for the $$$$.
I understand that the city provides admin. &
pilots.
County provides the observers.
Up next, the marine unit is putting the Wendella
Boat stickers on the side and is giving tours while on patrol.
The mounted unit will be pulling carriages and giving tours downtown.
All of this for a few bucks.
If you call 911 now you can get both tours for the low-low price...
is han solo going to fly this thing with all its gamma detectors and BS and does this mean when something happens like say a P.O. gets shot it wont take the helicopter 2 hours to get to the scene
To: "Anonymous said...
Why does the helo have the county emblem on it?
6/02/2007 01:36:00 AM"
The helo is also staffed by CCSP Deputies so it can do missions outside the city. I hope Toddler is chipping in for this.
hey im one of the inflight p.os' what a great spot to be ..i guess helee training paid off @? and a old favor from somone above, if you need me ill be thier toop flight !!
Yes the head of the helicopterr unit, Harry Holm, is a licensed pilot. He is the last helicopter pilot left from the 70's.
YEAH BLUE THUNDER, WE GOT BLUE THUNDER!!! My daddy has a lot of friends at 35th St I want to fly the helicopter, no im not a pilot and im sure their are people with a lot more knowledge than myself but FUCK THAT ITS BLUE THUNDER!!!
TWO HELICOPTERS, HUH? JUST MAKE SURE YOU CALL BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM TO 5PM MONDAY THRU FRIDAY IF YOU NEED THEM!!!!!
throw fr. pfleger from the chopper
cool, do you think we could get computers in the cars now that actually work?
Oh, yeah.....we're sooooooooo totally high tech. 25 years ago they told me that "soon we'll be a paperless police department doing our reports on some kind of computer."
We still use fucking CARBON PAPER, fer chrissakes. Go to Staples or Office Depot and try to buy carbon paper.....they've gotta go in the storeroom and blow the dust off the few remaining boxes they have left.
Give me a break.
How about a "wolf howl" that can be played above an area to let people know that they are being "wolf packed." Ah-ooooooooo!
New York has 25 helicopters, and L.A.P.D. has 18. Makes you feel kind of small that everyone is excited about getting a second helo.
gamma detector huh. well lets see. not even half the dept has a simple gas mask.
lo-jack detector huh. we cant even chase a murderer or car jacker with this pussy as ball-less no chase policy in this fucked up city.
hire more police. I'm so fucking tired of a back log everyday and I can't get a single fucking extra day off or a furlough extension. fucking daley bastard. but they have money coming out their asses for choppers, robots, hummer and squad camera's.
oh yeah. FUCK WOLFPACKING. stupid and embarrasing
Wow, that's really fantastic. The CPD gets a heicopter. They had one in the early 70's but didn't believe in this new fangled technology. Much like their approach to computers and computer based case reportingnow.
Other departments have been doing their case reports on computers for years. Not the CPD. they still go hmmmmm, this might be a passing fad, let's wait and see. Maybe one of their friends or family members will sell some shit to the city. Then they will wholeheartedly embrach computer based case reporting. Atleast 10 years after other departments.
The helicopter, oh that, haven't other big city departments had helicopters for many years? But we don't need them here. Not until 2007 when they can get a "state of the art" helicopter.
What a crock. At the CPD I work on obsolete junk computers with Windows 98 loaded. I threw my Windows 98 computer in the trash can three computers ago.
The new whiz bang laptops in our prisoner processing rooms are msotly broken and the ones that work are for shit. Lousy keyboards and no space to do a paper case report, which we must do because, well, read above.
This department is full of shit. If the public only knew how much of their tax money is being wasted on garbage they would storm the gates and have Richy's head on a pike.
Retirement can't come soon enough.
Anonymous said...
hey is the commander of the helicopter unit a licensed pilot? just wondering
6/02/2007 12:59:00 AM
Would it matter in this State?If CPD and County are involved its not legit.Hey Gov. Ryan can I have a CDL??
How bout some 2.75" rocket pods and a mini-gun for CAPS activities??
County provides some of the personal for the helo program.Kinda scary actually,thank god they have a 240lbs weight limit for canidates,some of those jail guards are huge.
CPD may have to switch to a CH-34 to lift more Cheetos and Whoppers.
the flight instructor is hot!
hey is the commander of the helicopter unit a licensed pilot? just wondering
6/02/2007 12:59:00 AM
No. Nor is he a certified Scuba Diver.Just like Georges had zero quals before him.It reminds me of the classic statement by that dummy steppinfetchit Hillard, "I might have been the Chief of Detectives but I wuznt no Detective"...
"They get to share a copter and the costs which are just horrendous."
Really? How does a city like Indianapolis afford to have 3 helos up and running?
Typical County Clown suckass, same guy that mows his lawn with the shoulder rig on just to let the neighbor kids know he's "packn".
What a stroke...
Anonymous said...
cool, do you think we could get computers in the cars now that actually work?
6/02/2007 05:10:00 PM
What are you talking about??? Mine works perfectly. Oh wait thats because I bring my own laptop with broadband card, surf the net, watch movies and look at fantasy stats. The funny thing I do this all on city time, and there isnt a dam thing anybody can do about it. Im a DOG and proud of it, just keep that 1st and 16th checks rolling in. Woof Woof Woof
The County emblem is on the copters to save the Todster some embarrasment. He wanted to flitter his fairy wings like Tinkerbell and fly over the entire County searching for bad men! Upon advise of his Daddy, He settled for the chopper instead.
Does it only fly in the daytime when it is nice out? Is it 25/7? another waste of more millions! How about using the billions daley has to shore up our pension funds and maybe just maybe HIRE MORE OFFICERS TO WORK IN THE DISTRICTS THAT WOULD SURELY HELP! ALSO HOW ABOUT FIRING EXEMPT ASSHOLE GEORGES ALONG WITH KEATING FOR THE BRILLANT CHA PLAN! 2 OFFICERS ARE NOW HURT THANKS TO THE BRAIN TRUSTS OF LITTLE JIMMY THAT GOT HIS POSITION BECAUSE OLD MAN DALEY TOOK LITTLE JIMMY FISHING AT THE MICHIGAN COMPOUND! AND GOERGES IS MARA GEORGES KIN AND THAT IS WHY HE WAS MADE HANGING ONTO A GIRLS APRON AS USUAL RIGHT GEORGES?
That's great the new helicopter has all that, but does their new PDT work? Mine hasn't for a year and no one knows how to fix it. Called Fleet, Elec. Maint, OEMC (talked to 10 different people there) finally I put it back on the shelf. Maybe we should make sure we can run names and plates on the new Panasonics before we can detect gamma radiation. And I bet that doesn't work.
POOL FLEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT FLEET???????????? PUT DOWN A CAR TWO DAYS IN A ROW AND TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO POOL VEHICLE FOR US CITY WIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!! SPEND SOME MONEY ON CARS BEFORE A "CO-TER"
I want a January 1st and a December 31st hour meter reading, so we can see how many $$$ an hour over a years time the thing REALLY costs.
Pool cars!!!!! Mike Picardi and Glenn Tatara sold all those to that towing and salvage company in Evanston. I believe it was Northwest Towing. Some were shipped over to the middle east and some were resold right here in the states probably as reconditioned cabs. Mike and Glenn however live in mansions on the northwest side, belong to exclusive country clubs and golf almost every day. Keep hope alive though maybe someday those new cars will arrive and we may have a stockpile of trade in's as pool cars, that is if Picardi and Tatara don't sell them off again for some pocket money.
AFTER THEY LEFT Piotrowski Park THEY ACTULLY ASKED THE ZONE FOR NUMBER IN THE DOC ZONE...... R YOU KIDDIN ME
the new helicopters are a part of the Marine unit , which is now called the Marine and helicopter unit. which Cris kennedy is the commander of.
I hear the copters will have fully loaded super soakers placed on both sides of the flying machine.
Anonymous said...
Pool cars!!!!! Mike Picardi and Glenn Tatara sold all those to that towing and salvage company in Evanston. I believe it was Northwest Towing. Some were shipped over to the middle east and some were resold right here in the states probably as reconditioned cabs. Mike and Glenn however live in mansions on the northwest side, belong to exclusive country clubs and golf almost every day. Keep hope alive though maybe someday those new cars will arrive and we may have a stockpile of trade in's as pool cars, that is if Picardi and Tatara don't sell them off again for some pocket money.
6/02/2007 11:00:00 PM
These guys are so incompetent! That is why picardi was dumped from S&S but his mafia clout kept him afloat! These guys would not know a spark plug from a tire if no one told them! again what else do expect from a criminal enterprise city with no clue! Hey! maybe they can use more millions to rent more cars from enterprise for all the hard working LOL IG and IAD assholes!
Anonymous said...
"hey is the commander of the helicopter unit a licensed pilot? just wondering"
No but his daddy was a big boss and he is one of Mauer's boys so he is more than qualified to run the unit, just ask him.
6/02/2007 07:56:00 AM
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im sure he's a certified scuba diver too since he's in charge of the marine unit hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
hey is the commander of the helicopter unit a licensed pilot? just wondering
6/02/2007 12:59:00 AM
Yes, CMDR Harry Hohm is a licensed helicopter pilot.
6/02/2007 10:37:00 AM
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hohm aint da commander there anymo
Anonymous said...
hey is the commander of the helicopter unit a licensed pilot? just wondering
6/02/2007 12:59:00 AM
Hohm the chief piolet is licenced fixed wing and rotery, also a licensed instructor and many advance licenses for aircraft.
Well with the wieght limit on the CPD birds we know that "phat phil" will never be airborne.
remember when i was a kid.... flying officer vick of the chicago police department. wgn traffic copter... way ahead of his times, for does who didn,t know, he crashed along the eisenhower x pressway and was killed....rip
Indianapolis has three copters but it does not have a police department anymore. The county there I believe its Marion County, not sure,took over the entire police department. No more city police. There almost as negative as most of you now.
With the way the city of Chicago maintains their equiptment ...I wouldt go up in one of those choppers for all the tea in china!
Does it only fly in the daytime when it is nice out? Is it 25/7? another waste of more millions! How about using the billions daley has to shore up our pension funds and maybe just maybe HIRE MORE OFFICERS TO WORK IN THE DISTRICTS THAT WOULD SURELY HELP! ALSO HOW ABOUT FIRING EXEMPT ASSHOLE GEORGES ALONG WITH KEATING FOR THE BRILLANT CHA PLAN! 2 OFFICERS ARE NOW HURT THANKS TO THE BRAIN TRUSTS OF LITTLE JIMMY THAT GOT HIS POSITION BECAUSE OLD MAN DALEY TOOK LITTLE JIMMY FISHING AT THE MICHIGAN COMPOUND! AND GOERGES IS MARA GEORGES KIN AND THAT IS WHY HE WAS MADE HANGING ONTO A GIRLS APRON AS USUAL RIGHT GEORGES?
Mara Georges is no relation to Steve and Spiro Georgas.....
the new helicopters are a part of the Marine unit , which is now called the Marine and helicopter unit. which Cris kennedy is the commander of.
He's not a Commander, he is the C/O of the unit, a Lts. spot...
I wonder is the mechanics are real mechanics or "merit"
Harry Hohm is a retired Commander. He is now the civilian "Chief Pilot" for the helicopter unit. He holds more FAA certificates than he has fingers on his hands. He is an expert on aircraft and a good choice for that position.
Think maybe they could attach a satelite dish so i can better tv reception at least it would be useful during the daylight hours it only operates what a joke? can it watch over fuel facilities at o'hare and midway maybe they could prevent an incident like what was prevented at jfk!
I wanna be a chopper-copper
Isn't Hohm the same guy who drove his squad car into Lake Michigan??
Anonymous said...
The feed from the helo's are already on the computers. It's in the same spot as the remote feed from the mobile vans. It becomes active when they are transmitting only. the part about O.C. sending out jobs for parkers needs a little clearification. WHICH ops command are you talking about? Is it Operations Center or Operations Command? Everyone should know that there are NUMEROUS Ops Centers being staffed in the city. CPD Operations Command is located in the Fusion Center and they DO NOT send out jobs for parkers or most anything else for that matter unless it is related to the shotspotter in 011. There is a room at OEMC that is used for monitoring the cameras and that may be what your talking about.
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Yes, For clarification: when I said the O.C. sends us events for parkers, I was referring to the Operation Center located IN the OEMC. [[ Police Officers do not work in there. Civilians do. Some may be retired cops, I don't know for sure. However, if your job is to view cameras around the city, why aren't you sending us jobs/events for fights in the street, car accidents, persons with guns? We really don't need events for parkers. The citz are good at calling those in. We don't need any more! ]]
We, as dispatchers never refer to Operations Command as O.C. We just call that "operations command" or "ops command". Furthermore, personally I was not aware that there are several Ops centers being staffed in the city as you stated.
I have 2 questions:
#1 Where exactly is the Fusion Center located?
#2 What is this shotspotter in 011 that you're talking about? Thnx
Spiro Georgas, isnt that clout baby in TRU???
I have 2 questions:
#1 Where exactly is the Fusion Center located?
#2 What is this shotspotter in 011 that you're talking about? Thnx
6/04/2007 12:47:00 AM
The conFUSION center is located at 3501 S. Michigan on all floors!
The shotspotter was located at jefferson tap and now has moved to a bar near you!
Spiro Georgas, isnt that clout baby in TRU???
Fusion Center......
Anonymous said...
With the way the city of Chicago maintains their equiptment ...I wouldt go up in one of those choppers for all the tea in china!
6/03/2007 12:22:00 PM
BINGO!X-ray the rotor blades "X" amount of hours?Magnaflux the jesus-nut??Nah...just doctor the log books...its chi-town you know.
Anonymous said...
I wanna be a chopper-copper
6/03/2007 07:47:00 PM
The PP taste so good The PP taste so good.You know what to do.
so is cpd actually going to see the choppers when we need them... the only time i have heard of them being used is over the suburbs. what the hell is the city doing paying all this money when they are never used IN THE CITY!!!! never once have i seen the chopper being used in 007 or 008 or 009 on third watch or midnights... wait, im sure that the chopper would be more useful over oak lawn or palos heights than these three districts...
"They get to share a copter and the costs which are just horrendous."
Really? How does a city like Indianapolis afford to have 3 helos up and running?
**How should I know? Perhaps they got some grant money? Donations from corporate citizens? INDY500 money? Your guess is as goos as mine pal.
Typical County Clown suckass, same guy that mows his lawn with the shoulder rig on just to let the neighbor kids know he's "packn".
**NONE of the coppers on the detail are suckasses.... Tony and company from CCSP are more of a policeman on a bad day than you'll be in your whole career! What's the matter? A little jealous that you couldn't make height/weight restriction for the unit? Too dumb to get a pilot's license? Allergic to Nomex clothing? hmmmm?
What a stroke...
6/02/2007 07:58:00 PM
No sir, YOU are the stroke.
Actually, you probably couldn't pretend to be a pimple on a real policeman's ass! Now go be a hall monitor over at 35th Street, you reject blue turd!!
having 2 helicpoters is like having a cow with 2 heads, you get twice as much head.
GIVE EM NAPALM!
I love the smell of bullshit in the morning.
I know a cop with pimples on her ass. She couldn't shoot or fly a helicopter.
With 2 helocopters, given the probablility that these "golden" boys and girls are in a Sat-Sun DOG. When will these birds fly? Are they authorizing overtime on holiday's? Even if they are in a regular DOG, 2 helos and required scheduled maintenance dont add up to any effective benefit for us.
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