Oh Shit, It's the Feds!
- The U.S. attorney's office has joined the ongoing criminal probe of an elite squad of the Chicago Police Department, working with Cook County prosecutors to investigate why police officials did not stop rogue officers who allegedly robbed and kidnapped civilians over at least four years, sources familiar with the investigation said.
The move raises the stakes for the Special Operations Section officers who now face the specter of harsher federal punishment and also signals that more cops could be swept up in the probe as law enforcement authorities reach back at least a decade for evidence of criminal conduct.
Federal prosecution means the possibility of RICO charges and that means asset seizures.
SOS is finished and probably won't last out the year at this rate. People are bailing left and right and no one is getting in.
SOS is finished and probably won't last out the year at this rate. People are bailing left and right and no one is getting in.
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posted by SCC at 5:30 AM
190 Comments:
In recent months more than a dozen SOS officers have testified before a grand jury in the case. At least nine of them were granted immunity from prosecution.
Above is from the article in the Tribune. Does that mean they have immunity from FEDERAL PROSECUTION? Or is that just from state issues? How many more will be thrown under the bus? Guess the focus is away from city hall and now on us! monique bond must be salivating as usual to talk more dumb shit!
Dump this unit! Put these idiots back in patrol where they are needed.
SPILL THE BEANS SCC
IF THE FEDS JUMPED IN NOW IT MUST BE GETTING HUGE OR SOMEONE UNDER THE GUN WENT TO THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH THE GOODS.
WOW,
In recent months more than a dozen SOS officers have testified before a grand jury in the case. At least nine of them were granted immunity from prosecution.
In addition, federal prosecutors have more options for charging crimes, such as racketeering and civil rights violations. The racketeering statute allows federal prosecutors to search for crimes committed as many as 10 years ago or longer.
SCC, I agree with you that SOS is done. I have predicted several times that one of the first things the new SUP will do is disband SOS. However it will not be for the other reason you said. SOS is getting applications by the truckload. SOS is getting 300 apps a month from every 3 year wonder on the job trying to get off of midnites.
I'm sure SOS is already disbanded just not officially. The brass has to figure out where they are going to send the officers (1 or 2 new TRU platoons seems likely). The brass has to figure out what they are going to do with SWAT. A big reoraganization is going to happen after we get a new SUP. The dust will settle, tons of retirements, and promotions.
This dust settling could be a great thing for the dept but it won't. The clout babies will find new do nothing spots. New management spots will be created at 35th st for the cowards who refuse to take responsibility for anyones actions and the world of CPD will be at peace again for the taken care of.
DAMN NOW THAT I AM FINALLY ABLE TO GET INTO SOS (SINCE I DONT HAVE CLOUT)NOBODY WANTS TO GO IF I CANT DO HOME INVASIONS AND BEAT PEOPLE AND WALK INTO ANY DISTRICT LIKE I OWN THE PLACE WHATS THE POINT
Who is going down now? Who are the nine that were given immunity? Sounds like some serious clout babies there.
Oh well they brought in on themselves. Hopefully the feds will look at all who signed off on the paperwork.
Maybe they can get Cline and hold him accountable for the destruction of the CPD under his tenor.
SOS happened because Hillard appointed a undisciplined slob, Darling, as it's Commander.
Darling showed contempt for the disciplinary process but he had the 19th Ward behind him.
Hillard and then Cline both had no use for either IAD or OPS and appointed weaklings that they could control and ignore as the leaders of those units.
Those actions will come to haunt us for years to come.
Dump every lousy motherfucker from SOS to the districts...like mine...that they caused the most controversy in...005 and 011.
Man, I cannot wait to see these pukes come to us with their tails between their legs and their heads hung in shame! You SOS shitheads aren't the real police and you never will be.
Just because you had a phone call doesn't make you any better than the real ass kickers out there in the ghetto. You will now see how the districts really feel towards you. It ain't nothing nice!
Get ready for the domestics, constant disturbance calls, alarms and things you considered beneath you. You will now learn to be a beat guy. I love it!!!
-005 dist 3rd watch
What does this mean for the officers and supervisors that have been stripped that may have made deals with the states attorney?
It looks as if the "elite" unit is done for.
A note to the media,
SOS is not an "elite" unit as you keep proclaiming. I am not saying most of the PO's aren't hard workers.
I am simply saying, with the exception of SWAT, they haven't gone through all this specialized training. Let's not make them out to be Navy SEALs. They are PO's, no more, no less.
But I guess it sells more papers when you sell it your way.
Its all legit.CPDs "screening" process is the best.No gang infiltration here.
SOS,OJ WW gave you up. I was asked too. Mums the word. They have more on Vazquez.
Who said this wasnt a fishing trip!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hesitate to encourage all to read Mary Mitchell's column today because it only gives her the attention that keeps her in business.
But it reaches a new low.
She is all but calling for race riots and it will be CPD's fault.
If you notice, her email address is on the website too. Fire the hack off an email and let her know what you think of her.
Are those who received immunity from the state subject to federal prosecution now?
Dont forget to bring the worms what a f@#ken Fishing trip
Anyone catch the Steve McMichael's wife was arrested in Lincolnshire for smoking pot while driving, while pregnant, and UUW?
Classy bitch.
SCC did you see thr cover of the scum times? We are referred to as terrorists now! To the likes of ?Binladen?? The media is irresponsible and wants anngst and a riot, L.A style.
I think everyone who wants an exciting career in LAW ENFORCEMENT should understand one thing. It's "OK" to be a civilian and BREAK the LAW! You don't have to become a POLICE OFFICER to do THAT!!! It's not "OK" to give the LIBERALS something more to slam us about!!!
Retiring next year. If I was a young officer on this job in this political climate I would be looking for another career. It is amazing how fast this job has deteriorated in 20 years. Granted it has always changed, but there was always fun to be had. Now with the missions, deployment, cameras and bosses that only look out for themselves it is a mess. I would like to think that it is this bad in other large cities, but it can't possibly be. You are the police twenty four hours a day and even standing in your own yard, if you get into a verbal argument let alone a physical one you will be left hanging in the wind. When did a bar fight between two adults escalate into aggravted battery charges? We used to drink in police bars and we policed our own. Now everyone goes to "clubs" where I think if you say you are the police dollar signs glow in peoples eyes wondering how much money they can make and take a beating over.
Be careful and don't be sucked into what I believe will be an attempt by others to get you fired and get some money from this city.
stay safe and go home each night to your family.
Does anybody know if the G ever used RICO against those drug dealing gangbanging pieces of shit festering in our city? Or do they just fuck with the outfit and coppers? Anybody know?
LONG LIVE SOS - BEST COPPERS IN THE CITY!
MY LETTER TO MARY MITCHELL ON WESTSIDE POLICE SHOOTING:
Mary,
It's not surprising that your once again on the opposite side of the police
in the Harrison case it's what you do and who you are. However, your article is an exercise in circular reasoning, meant to confuse many issues.
Many people who feel the shooting was "unjustified" are ignoring many key issues. First, his criminal past SHOULD matter. An 18 yr old with more than
a dozen criminal charges, many including drugs shows a pattern in life. And this doesn't count his juvenile arrest history. This was a teen who was lost
long ago, abondoned by those around him, the very ones who are now crawling through the wood work to say that a bright light was just put out. How come
in a City as big as Chicago, it seems that only honor students get shot on the streets of this city? We have the news media showing pictures of him
when he was 11 yrs old, trying to fan the fire and sell more news papers, hinting at the scent of police improprity. Any case that involves the police
shooting and killing a citizen (allegedly armed) deserves to be fully investigated and the family deserves to get the truth. Your right that no matter what the evidence shows, the family will ALWAYS believe thier son was
the victim. You are wrong when you say that this case would have " gone unnoticed." Are you kidding, what are you thinking? The police shot a black teen in Chicago and you say it would have gone unnoticed? Come on! The only
angle that's missing (and I'm sure Jessie and AL where chomping at the bit) is that if the cop had been white - Oh how sweet it would have been for Al, Jessie and Mary had he been. When you say "this stand-off means some really
bad people are benefiting from the choas.." who are you referring to? The teen that's laid out should be included when you refer to some "really bad people." He's an alleged Vice Lord gangmember, with a long criminal history
who has preyed on his own community. Isn' that bad, the criminal element? How bad do you have to be? This is when we sould release his criminal record, examine it, see how he drifted, and lay the blame on the hands of
those who brought him into this world, and those who were supposed to be raising him and guiding him. Your referring to some other bad criminal element out there while a poor innocent honor student is laid out to rest, but isn't HE PART OF THE CRIMIAL ELEMENT THAT YOU CITED??
This is like the two Clint Eastwood movies, each of which was presented from two different sides. Same story - two sides. But you never get to hear the
other side in this city, the side of the officer, confronted by an armed teen, with a split second to decide. Above all else, police are taught one thing- always go home to your family at the end of the night. Unfortunately, there are over 400 retired stars at Police HQ of those officers who never
got the chance to make it home. How many of those cases would have the same view point as the family of Arron Harrison's had the police won the armed battle? Probaly all of them. Shapton would find a way to spin almost all of them his way, cloud the real issue and still make money off the incident. We live in an era of
CSI, and if the facts show (as already reported) that he was shot in the shoulder, (Meeks says the back and shoulder are the same thing) if we find his prints and DNA on the gun, and even if we have independant witnesses who
back the police version, the family and the reverends won't buy it, because Arron was just sitting on the porch and ran when he saw the police chasing
someone else. Is that the story his family gave? See you believe that all black teens run when they see the police, because the police have been so harsh on the teens. But that's not true. See I work in these communities, not behind some desk, I see what TRUELY goes on in the black community. You
know who runs from the police? Those who have something to hide, drug dealers, gun toting teens, armed felons....Arron Harrison???
LOOKS LIKE BIG BOSSES ARE GOING DOWN THIS TIME.
LT J.B. are you consulting with a high powered defense attorney yet?
You should be!
CHICAGO NOW HAS THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING THE MOST PUBLIC CORRUPTION FBI SQUADS IN THE NATION LOCATED HERE.
THE CPD IS RUINED
THE CPD IS NOW THE REAL LIFE SHIELD
From the start of the scandel , i've predicted SOS will be disbanded. The name is tainted. It is like rampart in L.A. only bigger. SOS will take a new name say Rapid Deployment Unit or "RAP". We need an SOS like unit in their hayday they were good.
Go get 'em G-Boys! Feds huh? I'll bet the NEW SOS unit is feeling the strains of extinction right now? What do you expect when you have an old unit running rampant like the days of Dodge City? Well, now you've got the marshals coming in (Feds) and they are going to destroy the very fabric of Unit 153. I told you it was coming...I left saying FUCK YOU!...
You older stubborn SOS boys ought to 'fess up now, before you ALL find yourselves in a heap of trash. Did you really think your past wouldn't finally catch up to you? I'm actually loving the SOS scandal, because it will finally bring back officers to the depleted districts. All you NEW do-nothings that just started in SOS can cry foul, but your ass is still getting dumped like the rest! The ONLY guys I feel sorry for are the SWAT guys, because they really are good people.
-former unit 153
Who was the sgt for this crew and why isn't he charged? What about the Lt?
All you non-workin', conspiracy minded, wannabe store front preachers ought to love this. Everyone knows the FBI is 100% legit. They never just throw people into the shit to see if they have something to say. Point your fingers and call people out; just don't stand up to do any work. I wouldn't want you to die from the strain. There's a reason you're buried where you are.
P.S.
Don't forget to indict & convict every copper you've ever envied or held a pointless grudge against.
Another example of an administration that is incapable of taking care of its own problems and feeds the shit to the press, public (MB Rev's), and washes its hands of any respoosibility. Sad!
I'm not condoning the actions of these officers if they did in fact commit the crimes they are accused of. But WTF!? Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, not the press/media. How pathetic is that?
I'm the police of tomorrow caught up in today...scary!
I KNOW WILL CALL IT TRU.
OH WELL...
SCC you have jumped the shark. You've always enjoyed blowing your own horn, but SOME of the Memorial nonsense was way out of line. You know exactly what you are doing when you bait the reactionaries on here. All the "I'm a hard working, no-clout, 1000 felony arrests-a-month" idiots slobber that lunacy down like free hot dogs. You remind me of the press you decry so much. If you had any class you would shut this thing down. It's too late to go out on a high note.
I have a house of cards I wish to sell.
I would presume that any chance of Debi Kirby becoming the new Superintendent is gone.
The IAD failed to properly investigate the complaints registered against the members of SOS and this failure rests on her shoulders.
She only became the ADS of IAD because Cline knew that he could control her and prevent thorough unbiased investigations.
Does anyone have any insight into what is going on?
Curious about the PO just recently made Mounted unit who surpassed all QUALIFIED others, and yet did not even have the time required to make it.
***OFFICER SAFETY ALERT***
Remember to watch their hands, hands always kill you. This officer almost paid the ultimate price.
http://nothingtoxic.com/media/1186367320/
Lightning_Quick_Cop_Nearly_
Gets_Stabbed_in_the_Face
Is this now followed by your hit meter, where you then tell us how great your site is and how much it is worth b/c everyone wants write some nonsense that they claim to have heard from a reliable source?
Cooking and SOS are ephemeral. You eat food-it's gone. You work in Unit 153-you're gone.
Like the saying goes-you don't know what you got til it's gone.
It's time for your reality check clout babies...........
Where is this information coming from?
SOS isn't the only unit that the Feds will be looking at, IAD and many more to follow.
What about their bosses, who covered for them C.R affter C.R./ Promotions all around!!! A.D.S. Tobias? Give me a fuckin' break!
OFF TOPIC:
Cheney in 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENbElb5-xY&eurl=
Bye,bye,Jake....
scc you are very much wrong. many have bailed from this bogus unit which was never more than a unit for bosses kids who came on the job.people are going there why i dont know. for example, M.S. formely of 009 went there three periods ago.this guy was a loose cannon at best and now works in this corrupt unit that as cpd calls it "the elite officers" on the job.oh god i forsee major problems soon. if this guy is the best that the department has to offer then we are in trouble.thank god i can respond to jobs in the district without worrying about this nutcase riding on my jobs. i havent done a trr or cr statemnet since he left.
I wish those guys well. Stay strong boys!
The worst is yet to come!
Because of the stupidty of Terry Hillard and the deviousness of Phil Cline I can see the Federal Government going into court and requesting a trustee to be appointed to run the Chicago Police Department.
Hillard is responsible because he is the individual who mentored Cline and allowed him to lie his way to the top.
Cline is responsible because of his disrespect for the disciplinary system and his disregard for the rules, regulations and traditions of a great Department.
Daley will take the heat because he appointed those two morons.
looks like some bosses will be goin down
Now that some prosecutors with half a brain are now on the case maybe they'll figure out that Teflon Tobias knew more then we suspect.
Ive always thought if you've done done nothing wrong you've got nothing to worry about.
With a Federal investigation comes the pucker effect that will reverberate up the chain. IMO That only means that the lower level street enforcement will take all the heat, and maybe a sacrificial Lamb in the form of some LT may get burned in all of this, BUT the numbers driven DEP SUP's & Commanders will go untouched.
But I concur with SCC's assessment that $0$'s days are numbered. That will clear the way for an additional company to added to TRU.
Radke
Off topic--what is 2nd watch in 10th district doing about female manpower....K.M. arrested for siccing her dog on police and D.B.now in callback? Who's left to fight the fight. lol
Unbelievable, Instead of going after and finding the killer of Jose V. Instead of putting and end to all these bullshit lawsuits and letting asshats storm the district stations because of a gangbanger who pointed a gun at the police and got shot or tazed. Instead of letting immigrants come to our country and collect all the hard earned money we make. Instead of letting them tell us whether or not they will bel allowed to be arrested even if they do not belong here.Instead of Rev Flager and Jackson crying and all the media and politicians run to kiss thier asses. What the fuck is wrong with the Government, politicians and everybody for putting up with this shit. Grow balls and take your Streets, City and Fuckin Country back. Politicians will sell out the City and the Country just to get thiers. Somebody needs to grow some balls.
j.f. and his lil boys can start packing their bags. can you say... THEY GONE!
8/16/2007 11:35:00 AM
LEAVE SCC ALONE.
YEAH, IT'S ALL NONSENSE.
THAT'S WHY THE COOK COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS PARK SITS EMPTY, A-HOLE, AND WHY THE GOLD STAR PARK WAS BUILT
LIES
SCC said:
"SOS is finished and probably won't last out the year at this rate. People are bailing left and right and no one is getting in."
With this statement I caught you in a lie, Liar!!
First your source is full of shit!!
Majority of the SOS are new people and only a handfull if not nobody from the old regime is left.
And who are you to judge everyone who has been into that unit.
I bet you're an old bitch who likes to yack! I pity your husband and kids if you have one, and maybe not. Liar!!!
The fuckers who got caught doing shit should be hang, because they have tainted the blue I represent. And you SCC you are no better than them.
I hope than after you criticize someone you can follow it up with a bright idea how it should be done.
My neighbor works in the US at's office and tells me that Tobias is now listed as a person of interest.
They will work him till he goes to the federal joint. His better days are all behind him!!
It's a shame too, as he is really a nice guy.
He has done a lot for our latin community and helped advance latin officers to better spots. He has been a major advocate for the undocumented workers and spanish newcomers to our country.
God bless him and may the blessed virgin pray for him.
It's sad to see so called police officers actually expressing happiness in others problems. Hey, did it ever cross your minds that a lot of them didn't do it?
Probably not. Now go back to stabbing your fellow officers in the back, scumbags.
I just think it's hilarious that the cowards who work in IAD will now know what it feel like to be put under a microscope for "doing your job". I hope the FEDS ass rape every one of you pathetic, useless, losers!
I dont have any ties to SOS or anything like that. I have 11 years on though and I basically quit. These last few years have been too much. I will show up for work, but police work is no more. Not because of the SOS but because we are the enemy, and that is enough.
Now that some prosecutors with half a brain are now on the case maybe they'll figure out that Teflon Tobias knew more then we suspect.
8/16/2007 05:19:00 PM
He told new Sgts he was not aware. He knew nothing. Now he ruined the academy. Filled academy with SOS rejects, hockey players and political hacks. Fired numerous recruits and PPO's to cover up his mistakes in SOS. Lawsuits are numerous in academy. Time for a new ADS. Is it still possible to find a honest exempt?
Dugan,Tobias,Gulliford,Kirby,Radke,Cronin,Cline,and Hillard will have some splainin' to do.Maybe Darling will do some..But he dumped Finnigan from SOS.
sos was the best place to work and a lot of fun yes a few coppers fucked it up. not ever copper ther e was b.s there are some very very good and hard working pos there. so if u like to talk shit it ok a dirty cop is dirt cop but not everone there.
Anonymous said...
SOS happened because Hillard appointed a undisciplined slob, Darling, as it's Commander.
Darling showed contempt for the disciplinary process but he had the 19th Ward behind him.
Hillard and then Cline both had no use for either IAD or OPS and appointed weaklings that they could control and ignore as the leaders of those units.
Those actions will come to haunt us for years to come.
8/16/2007 08:50:00 AM
Hey genious, all of the people who screwed up S.O.S. came in well after Darling was long gone. Why don't you look towards M.T. They even came in after Dugan was gone. That's about 6 years. Get your facts straight, dogass. You obviously aren't a worker because if you were J.D. would have had no problem with you. He's was one of the only bosses who worked the street and encouraged old school tactics towards locking assholes up. And I don't mean home invasions and kidnappings. Ask around dickhead.
Anyone catch the Steve McMichael's wife was arrested in Lincolnshire for smoking pot while driving, while pregnant, and UUW?
Classy bitch.
8/16/2007 09:30:00 AM
As opposed to most of today's pro gangbangers, I mean athletes, Steve McMichael has been a big supporter of the police and police benefits, so I'm inclined to listen to their side of the story.
He issued a statement calling the media to task for sensationalizing the arrest. Says she wasn't smoking and even though she offered to do a field sobriety test, the cops didn't think she needed one. If you caught the coverage, the cop spokesman was contradicting himself about whether of not she'd been smoking in his comments. Must have gone to the same spokesperson school as our own Monique Bond.
"Anonymous said...
CHICAGO NOW HAS THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING THE MOST PUBLIC CORRUPTION FBI SQUADS IN THE NATION LOCATED HERE.
8/16/2007 10:41:00 AM"
Whoo Hoo!!!
We're #1! We're #1! We're #1!
Allegedly,ADS Kirby wrote a letter of recommendation for Finnigan stating he did not have any open CR numbers.He was being recommended for a DEA Task Force.Who twisted her arm on that one?
When the biggest organized crime mobsters in the United States testify in Fed. Court that Chicago Aldermen are corrupt and in cahoots with organized crime, we have a serious, serious problem here in this city. We can only hope that the Feds continue to clean house, only hopefully at a higher and larger scale way. Please sweep this corrupt city clean Mr. Fitzgerald, you have our blessing. This City is a disgrace to live in, and to work for. Only wish I got out of here years ago before I got stuck here, hopefully I can retire in a couple years, and make those remaining work years by holding my nose from the stench of this City.
The Feds will be taking over the CPD because of this scandal.That will happen under the RICO Laws and if they can show that the high-ranking Exempts furthered this activity by protecting the accused officers,it will happen...
the SOS unit is a citywide disgrace, and should be disbanded immediately. If there weren't so many bosses kids and relatives in it, it would be way gone long ago.
Anonymous said...
SCC you have jumped the shark. You've always enjoyed blowing your own horn, but SOME of the Memorial nonsense was way out of line. You know exactly what you are doing when you bait the reactionaries on here. All the "I'm a hard working, no-clout, 1000 felony arrests-a-month" idiots slobber that lunacy down like free hot dogs. You remind me of the press you decry so much. If you had any class you would shut this thing down. It's too late to go out on a high note.
8/16/2007 11:35:00 AM
SCC, Don't quit. You are the best thing this Dept has ever had. You are the only truthful forum we have to discuss CPD issues.
I sure hope the feds are looking long and hard at Teflon Tobias. That he was a PO, Sgt. and Lt. IN this unit and the COMMANDER of this unit when all this went down should cause a good, long HARD look at this arrogant asshat.
It's about damn time that he faces the music. And, the fact that this guy teaches ETHICS to supervisors is a DISGRACE.
Great coverage on the wgn news when a crowd of morons shut down the police board meeting and assualt officers at the meeting and nothing is done.
It has already been proven by the brass, shitty districts beware, if they do not care about our own headquarters they will not give a dam about you in the district.
Let the ghetto burn down. Answer calls and code out of give paper. Do not do any pro active police work cause you will nto be covered.
Those who lock people up for the court time ask fellow po's about side jobs to make your money.
No clout baby bosses will go down. The Feds will get the word from above not to mess with City Hall and their people. Every one else associated can expect a knock on the door from the gmen. Remember its a Federal Offense to lie to a Gman. Consent Decree coming for honest and good coppers.
I have no connection to SOS, but hearing so many of you talking trash about fellow PO's is Sickening. I have learned to expect it from the media/Revs but what happened to sticking together? The majority of these guys are hard working and not JUST phone calls.
With that said, I would love to see them supplement the districts.
First of all the Special Operations Section is an Elite unit. In the U.S. Military all of their elite units fall within the Special Operations Command. They actually copied that name from the CPD SOS because we're just that good! In fact, if you look at the best practices of the Navy SEALS and Delta Force you are really looking at the tactics and techniques first developed by Lt. Fred Bosse (ret.) and the legendary ADS Frank Radke (ret). This nation and commandos around the world owe a debt o gratitude to these visionaries and to SOS.
Off topic. I just finished watching the 9:00 P.M. WGN News regarding the protesters at the Police Board meeting. The reporter then interviewed a protester. The protester was no other than Kenny Shannon. Yes, the same Kenny Shannon that is a top leader for the Conservative Vice Lords. Yes, the same Kenny Shannon who is responsible for at least 20 years of murder and mayhem on the westside. Nice!
-005 dist 3rd watch
8/16/2007 08:58:00 AM
Hey biatchhh,
I've forgotten more about being
a beat guy then you have ever
known.
We are not going any place
by the way.
If you are such a tough guy,
then you should be able to handle the shit, instead of
crying like a child.
Next time you see SOS in
your district say hello,
if you have the balls.
Anonymous said...
LOOKS LIKE BIG BOSSES ARE GOING DOWN THIS TIME.
8/16/2007 10:36:00 AM
LETS HOPE AND PRAY THEY FINALLY SCOOP UP SOME WHITE SHIRTS CLOUTED BOSSES IT IS ABOUT TIME! FUCK EM!
But I concur with SCC's assessment that $0$'s days are numbered. That will clear the way for an additional company to added to TRU.
8/16/2007 05:23:00 PM
This has been spouted since
this scandal began a year ago.
If you predict the end of the world often enough eventually
it will happen.
SOS will disappear when
da mare gives the nod.
Daley will take the heat because he appointed those two morons.
hahahahahahaha. oh that is funny.
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS. We would come into your district because your bosses would cry for us to be sent there. With less than 100 officers on one watch SOS was responsible for the recovery of more than 20% of the firearms recovered in one year. You can criticize all you want the numbers don't lie.
suggestion to chicago police board
have meetings in the 1st district so there's a lock up available for disorderly citizens
enough TRU and like units. FULLY MAN THE DISTRICTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its nice to see how all of you can rip on the states attorneys and question their ethics. Arent these the same attorneys that have indicted these officers. Other than the indictments do any of you even know anything about their cases. Yet you automatically assume they are all guilty of evrything the states attorneys said they did. Nice to see how officers today stick together and back each other up. This is the reason this department and job sucks becuase the officers dont give a shit about each other. Why not let the case play out and see what hapepns before you judge?
Chicago Police Board monthly meeting up for grabs tonight. Over 60 Westsiders started hooting and hollering so they had to rush Dana Starks out and cancel the rest of the meeting. Had to call in officers to breakup the mob.
It is time to lay down on the job!
I just watched the POLICE BOARD meeting get surrendered to the less-than-civilized segment of society, as some gang-banging thug (possibly Fred Hampton Jr.) was getting all loud and "beating his chest" and the Auntie of the dead (former alterboy/volunteer for the handicapped/angel)gangbanger was asking "just give me the name of the officer that shot him in the back." (Yeah..right! so you guys can retaliate?..FUCK YOU!)
Then after watching that episode of MUTUAL of OMAHA's, "Wild Kingdom" I change channels to see that the (2) dispatchers from the Dirkin Park zone were suspended without pay for 15 and 20 days. The asshole Director (Ruiz?) in typical Chicago fashion say's something to the effect of, IF I COULD FIRE THEM I WOULD HAVE..I WANTED TO..BUT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PREVENTS blah,blah,blah...
What there weren't any supervisors that were partially culpable here? Yeah, just throw the lowest person under the bus..AS USUAL!
I mean there have been a shitload of lawsuits filed already and as usual the retard spokespeople say the "WRONG THING" to ensure that the 100% politically connected law firms reap HUGE REWARDS from fast eddie and his all powerful finance committee VIA the inept defense provided by corporation counsel's office!
Since they are paying anyway..why not say "we found a glitch in our system and added redundent safeguards and additional training to all staff to ensure that the system performance is enhanced to prevent any similar reoccurence in the future!" Than add some B.S. about punk gangbangers "acting like fools and demand to know where there parents are."(shift blame)
BUT Nooooo, it's easier to fuck the little guy rather than ask the tough questions like..
"Jesse Jackass, Al"not so" sharpton, & Montgomery, esq., WHEN ARE YOU STROKES GOING TO DEMAND THAT YOUR HOODRAT's BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,ALMOST ALWAYS BAD,(normal)BEHAVIOR?"
It's easier to address everything BUT the real issue!
So I say lay down. Don't do shit anymore!
I mean the power structure in this city is so paralyzed by fear that the westside is going to explode again..that they'll sacrafice a few dozen cops (example SOS)to the US Atty so that they can quell it by saying "look what we did..we rooted out corruption, blah,blah,blah!" and after paying off the usual cadre of reverends,lawyers,and community activists (gangbangers)IT'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
Fuck it! When will the good citizens demand that we root out the corrupt, lazy, gangbanging, shithead thugs, that we see doing all the "hooting and hollaring" on T.V.?
UNTIL THAT HAPPENS..I'm officially R-O-D (retired-on-duty.)
Sorry SCC..I had to vent. Thanks. I feel better now. Plus it's cheaper then seeing a shrink!
Angry crowd spurs police meeting's end
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-harrison_17aug17,1,3009037.story
http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/819534.php?contentType=4&contentId=807001
There is going to be a riot in Chicago
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5577389
Its amazing how you whiny, crybaby coppers bitch & moan about SOS and only remember the bad shit they did when in fact, they took alot of guns, dope & shitheads off the streets. I know Jerry Finnegan and while I don't understand why he did what he did, he was a great policeman before he got caught up in all this.
Whats with the paper we signed from the city's CFO bragging about how the city has to incurr costs of having employees?
Talk about toot tooting.
It is about time that the house mouses got to see what we have to deal with on a dialy bais. Maybe this will wakeup the Police Board and all the Ivory Tower types to what we the working police must deal with day in and day out.
Wishful Thinking
Cheney in 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENbElb5-xY&eurl=
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Very timely. IT'S 13 YEARS OLD YOU DUMMY!
here's the deal: SOS is officially, or unofficially, DOA; the dept. will find a way to disband most of it, re-assign the specialized functions. Whoever the new Supt. is will have the task of trying to "mend with the community". which is political bullshit for appeasing the loudest, most unproductive members of society, all in the name of keeping the peace while da mare works to get the Olympics...the most intelligent, productive initiatives which might impact the dept., like re-organizing or disbanding useless units, re-assigning or demoting clout bosses, eliminating merit promotions, re-assigning politically connected and/or useless employees, will fall by the wayside while the city focuses on activits like the almost rev. sharpton and his minions..all for the sake of image....
...Community activist Queen Sister of the It Takes a Village organization told the board that the community suspects that police are planting on civilians the same guns turned in during gun buy-back programs...
I was wondering where we were getting all those drop guns. LOL
2:36
Fuck you coward! I miss the crazy SOB. M.T, not M.S, always had a copper's back in 009. I'm glad he made it to SOS! Unlike you.....Pussy!
-3rd Watch in 009
Dump every lousy motherfucker from SOS to the districts...like mine...that they caused the most controversy in...005 and 011.
Man, I cannot wait to see these pukes come to us with their tails between their legs and their heads hung in shame! You SOS shitheads aren't the real police and you never will be.
Just because you had a phone call doesn't make you any better than the real ass kickers out there in the ghetto. You will now see how the districts really feel towards you. It ain't nothing nice!
Get ready for the domestics, constant disturbance calls, alarms and things you considered beneath you. You will now learn to be a beat guy. I love it!!!
-005 dist 3rd watch
I've worked in 005 and you are full of shit!!! More like go hide in holes and sit on jobs and let citywide units do all the work. But don't bother stopping and backing one up even when they are fighting with offenders. If you were the real police roseland wouldn't be such a shithole and every person you stop wouldn't be such an asshole, face it you fear your criminals, that's why we are there, jackass!
Friends don't let friends post drunk.
With this statement I caught you in a lie, Liar!!
Oh, this should be good, just judging by the opening line
First your source is full of shit!!
Our source is the Tribune article, no one else.
Majority of the SOS are new people and only a handfull if not nobody from the old regime is left.
Yeah, we assumed that when we saw the last few transfer orders - people out and no one in. Did you read the numbers lately? SOS is down almost 75 people from budgeted strength
And who are you to judge everyone who has been into that unit.
Where did we judge anyone? You're seeing things that aren't there again. Put down the booze.
I bet you're an old bitch who likes to yack! I pity your husband and kids if you have one, and maybe not. Liar!!!
Ok, now you're hallucinating. The only bitch here appears to be you.
The fuckers who got caught doing shit should be hang, because they have tainted the blue I represent. And you SCC you are no better than them.
We didn't realize the trials had been held already. We must have missed that coverage. Otherwise we'd assume innocent until proven guilty, which we've advocated all the time. And again, where did we say we were better than anyone? Though we will point out that our names don't appear on any indictments, sealed or otherwise. As to anyone tainting anything, your entire post is a taint on the Chicago Public School system of social promotion.
I hope than after you criticize someone you can follow it up with a bright idea how it should be done.
We didn't criticize - we reported the Tribune story. And the only bright idea we have is to let the process take it's course - something you've neglected to do.
Anonymous said...
Now that some prosecutors with half a brain are now on the case maybe they'll figure out that Teflon Tobias knew more then we suspect.
8/16/2007 05:19:00 PM
CC ASA's could not bring a bag full of dog sh!t to trial, let alone this monster.
That is why the Fed's are looking. J.F. and crew HAVE to go to jail. Maybe they got some goods and have a way out!!!!!
Maybe Darling will do some..But he dumped Finnigan from SOS.
8/16/2007 06:36:00 PM
So who brought him back??
I dont have any ties to SOS or anything like that. I have 11 years on though and I basically quit. These last few years have been too much. I will show up for work, but police work is no more. Not because of the SOS but because we are the enemy, and that is enough.
8/16/2007 06:19:00 PM
Amen brother! A 'working copper' these days is just begging for trouble.
-A Dog, and proud of it!
Just read the online version of the Tribune story. Unless they left a bunch of their web site, I see the Feds invstigating IAD, but no where did I read about the RICO act or any of the other stuff that SCC put up. I think a little sensationalizing for the purpose of the BLOG is on this one. I could be wrong, but it appears that this post is blown way out of proportion.
If you did nothing wrong you got nothing to worry about.
Anonymous said...
MY LETTER TO MARY MITCHELL ON WESTSIDE POLICE SHOOTING:
Mary,
It's not surprising that your once again on the opposite side of the police
in the Harrison case.............
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Great letter! I agree whole heartedly, but don't think for a second that your going to change her perspective on anything. I've sent her letters before. She is like the Reverends. Just like them, she is a race baiting, money hungry, fame driven "bunt". Can I get away with that SCC. =)
To 10:26pm. As you stated SOS will be gone once da mayor gives the nod. The mayor gave his nod, he was for us. SOS has recovered more firearms than any other unit in this city. What does the Honorable Ricard M. Daley and company want, guns off of the street. That is what we do best, get guns and lock people up all over the city. Keep your bitching everybody. Even if we do get sent back to the districts, which is highly unlikely, we will probably work with you for a period until we get on the gang or tact team. So keep hating everybody. Just keep each other safe and stop your rumorville and whining......
Frank Radke was the patron to Jerry Finnegin, jimmy eldridge and most of that crew.
Anonymous said...
SCC you have jumped the shark. You've always enjoyed blowing your own horn, but SOME of the Memorial nonsense was way out of line. You know exactly what you are doing when you bait the reactionaries on here. All the "I'm a hard working, no-clout, 1000 felony arrests-a-month" idiots slobber that lunacy down like free hot dogs. You remind me of the press you decry so much. If you had any class you would shut this thing down. It's too late to go out on a high note.
8/16/2007 11:35:00 AM
Oh, just sit down and shut up!
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS. We would come into your district because your bosses would cry for us to be sent there. With less than 100 officers on one watch SOS was responsible for the recovery of more than 20% of the firearms recovered in one year. You can criticize all you want the numbers don't lie.
no, but the methods by which all those guns were attained is definitely suspect.....
I've worked in 005 and you are full of shit!!! More like go hide in holes and sit on jobs and let citywide units do all the work. But don't bother stopping and backing one up even when they are fighting with offenders. If you were the real police roseland wouldn't be such a shithole and every person you stop wouldn't be such an asshole, face it you fear your criminals, that's why we are there, jackass!
I agree, the most unpoliced district in the city is 005, the mouthiest unchecked people i've ever come across....
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS. We would come into your district because your bosses would cry for us to be sent there. With less than 100 officers on one watch SOS was responsible for the recovery of more than 20% of the firearms recovered in one year. You can criticize all you want the numbers don't lie.
8/16/2007 10:49:00 PM
the numbers don't lie eh? Ok, super cop, how many paper jobs, seat belt missions, domestics,calls for service did you repond to while getting the guns? If all I had to do was drive aimlessly around, it wouldn't be that hard to find a weapon, especially for a member of an "elite" unit.
Rather than be divisive,we should all realize every unit/has it's good and bad. We all have our jobs to do, we should focus more on unity rather than tearing away the cohesiveness which bounds us all.
Although I take issue with your assumption that district officers "are jealous and not doing their jobs", I still thank you and anyone officer for getting that weapon off the street. You probably saved a life and made the street much safer for all of us to work.
Anonymous said...
Maybe Darling will do some..But he dumped Finnigan from SOS.
8/16/2007 06:36:00 PM
So who brought him back??
8/17/2007 12:56:00 AM
He wasn't there when JD was there, none of them were.
SOS and TRU are needed in the busy districts because the beat coppers working there are too busy running from job to job to do many stops. Fully man the districts and this need will diminish, but not go away. The little time district beat cars have in between ghetto nonsense is spent making stops and taking well deserved breaks. Yes there are dogs who do no stops, milk and blow off jobs in the ghetto, but most there are good guys. Yes there are dogs in SOS and TRU, but most there are good guys.
Most coppers in SOS and TRU are hard working guys who always back up each other and the district beat cars. SOS and TRU have good numbers because they dont have to answer jobs, period. SOS's problem was obvious. They thought they were invulnerable. Certainly not every one of them but we all know that that unit had more then it's share of "Fonzerellis" who were too cool for school and we all know where that attitude will get you. TRU's current problem is that you could cut the unit down by half and, you guessed it, return the cut half to the districts where they are sorely needed. How bad do we really need contact cards?
Please stop slagging each other lads. I know it sounds corny but if we stood together we could accomplish so much. When we pick and bicker it is truly pathetic.
Be safe, its been a hell of a summer and it looks like it most likely will get worse before it gets better.
8/16/2007 11:19:00 PM
AMEN! I AM THE SAME! GET MY COFFEE,PAPER,AND JUST RESPOND TO MY JOBS THE ONLY TIME LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED IS WHEN AN ASSIST FOR US OR NATURALLY A 10-1 EVERYTHING ELSE I OBEY EVERY TRAFFIC LAW! I WANT TO RETIRE AND GET A DECENT PENSION, NOT BE IN SHIT! WITH DALEY APPOINTING THAT NEW OPS GIRL AND HIM IN CONTROL I PRAY FOR ANY COPPER THAT STEPS IN ANY SHIT! WHY HAVE THE FEDS NOT INDICTED DALEY AND HIS CLOSE CRONIES AND ALL THE ALDERCLOWNS? COULD THEY BE WAITING FOR THE THE CITY TO BE BANKRUPT FIRST? HEY DALEY IF THE ANIMALS RIOT DO YOU THINK THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WILL THINK THIS IS ANOTHER OLYMPIC EVENT? OR DO YOU THINK IT IS BYE BYE TO THE CITY YOU TOTALLY DESTROYED?
I've worked in 005 PROBABLY ONE TOUR and you are full of shit!!! More like go hide in holes and sit on jobs and let citywide units do all the work. WHAT WORK? TRAFFIC STOPS? ANSWER SOME CALLS, TOUGH GUY... But don't bother stopping and backing one up even when they are fighting with offenders. WRONG, WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN, IT RAINS POLICE IN 005, IT'S GREAT! If you were the real police roseland wouldn't be such a shithole THAT'S THE CITIZENS, NOT US GENIUS and every person you stop wouldn't be such an asshole, YEAH THEY WOULD face it you fear your criminalsLOL, YEAH, OK..., that's why we are there, jackass!WRONG, YOU ARE HERE TO JUSTIFY YOUR UNITS EXISTANCE, BUT THANKS FOR PLAYING FRANCIS
IN SUMMARY, FOR ALL YOU COPPERS TALKING ABOUT GET THESE SOS GUYS TO WORK IN A BEAT CAR.... WELL I AM WORKING A BEAT CAR LEFT SOS A YEAR AGO.. I HAVE NOT SEEN NOTHING NEW I STILL DO MORE THAN OTHERS, THATS CAUSE I LOVE MY JOB. OTHERS BEEEN BEAT OFFICERS FOR YEARS AND WORK HARD BUT HAY TERE ARE A FEW THAT JUST SOX, SAME AS IN SOS SOME SOX THAT S WHY SHIT HAPPPEN. ANY WAY I AM SICK AT HOW OTHER COPPERS POINT THE FINGER AND ASUM EVERY COPPER THAT LEFT SOS AS OF TODAY LEFT NOT CAUSE THE WANT TO HIDE PLEASE THE LEFT CAUSE THERE IS NO REASON TO BE THERE. EVERYONE GETS TREATED LIKE SHIT BY SGT.LT.. COMM NOT THAT GREAT. ONLY LT BL IS GREAT HOP HE STAYS AND MAKES COMM.
Anonymous said...
Just read the online version of the Tribune story. Unless they left a bunch of their web site, I see the Feds invstigating IAD, but no where did I read about the RICO act or any of the other stuff that SCC put up. I think a little sensationalizing for the purpose of the BLOG is on this one. I could be wrong, but it appears that this post is blown way out of proportion.
If you did nothing wrong you got nothing to worry about.
Did you read the whole article or just what mommy told you? Here's the fourth paragraph:
>The new federal push will look at "the entire SOS unit" as well as the role played by the department's Internal Affairs Division, which investigates allegations of wrongdoing against officers, the sources said.
See how the phrase "the entire SOS unit" is in quotes? That means the reporter is getting an answer right from the feds. SOS is history as soon as these trials start. See the other phrase "as well as"? That means the investigation is getting bigger.
And as the feds don't have an "official misconduct" statute on the books, the only reason they'd want to run this case is because of the RICO convictions that will pad the resumes of a whole bunch of younger guys who will be the new generation of SAC's nationwide.
This SOS scandal is going to make a lot of careers, on the federal side. SCC is just pointing out the obvious conclusions.
Anonymous said...
Frank Radke was the patron to Jerry Finnegin, jimmy eldridge and most of that crew.
8/17/2007 02:13:00 AM
interestingly the FEDS hopefully will talk to maybe indict radtke for pure stupidity!
Even in it's best year, SOS took in 1,200 guns or so. SOS was always 9 to 12% of the guns taken off the street, never anywhere near 20%. They even tried to get a Unit Commendation for the numbers.
How high will they go? maybe to exempt (PLEASE)! lock em all up! whenever it is a blue shirt some white shirts rejoice YOUR TURN NOW ASSHOLES! GO GET EM'!
Anonymous said...
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS. We would come into your district because your bosses would cry for us to be sent there. With less than 100 officers on one watch SOS was responsible for the recovery of more than 20% of the firearms recovered in one year. You can criticize all you want the numbers don't lie.
8/16/2007 10:49:00 PM
Not to hard to do when you're not handling 20 domestics a night and you're well rested after your 2 hour lunch in 018 or 001.
All the indicted SOS officers are INNOCENT.
God bless all Police officers, everywhere.
i'm surprised the media hasn't called the unit son's of supervisors . after all - that's what it is right ?
Anonymous said...
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS. We would come into your district because your bosses would cry for us to be sent there. With less than 100 officers on one watch SOS was responsible for the recovery of more than 20% of the firearms recovered in one year. You can criticize all you want the numbers don't lie.
8/16/2007 10:49:00 PM
Anyone can recover lots of weapons doing home invasions.
Anonymous said...
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS. We would come into your district because your bosses would cry for us to be sent there. With less than 100 officers on one watch SOS was responsible for the recovery of more than 20% of the firearms recovered in one year. You can criticize all you want the numbers don't lie.
8/16/2007 10:49:00 PM
I am a boss and never requested SOS, In fact have requested SOS not to come into the district. And the powers that be say different. And you are correct numbers don't lie.
How about when 35 th was built? remeber when the bullets were being fired from the projects at the headquaters? Who did Hillard back then send into the , and use to exterminate the projects floor by floor? SOS. They got used by the booses throughout the years
Let me share a little story
Page 1
There was a PO John B who was with SOS and then on the FBI task force who stole his own car and hid it at a station and was called on it and then he decided to tell a story to the States Attorney after he was kicked off the task force and going to loose his job. This is the first chapter in the book stay tuned for the next page
It certainly will be interesting when the Feds look into the "entire sos unit" for sake of their argument.
With all the recent transfer orders in sos, there have to be individuals here that the Feds are already keying on or using?
Believe this sportsfans, there are a lot of older sos guys who will not give the time of day to these new transfers. Many believe that they were placed here. Conspiracy? Paranoia? You be the judge.
Before you criticize my opinion, ask yourself why are there guys in the unit who came over by themselves? Just look at the transfer orders. History has always shown that the majority of officers bring a partner or know someone here already to work with. I tell you--I don't trust anyone new if they came over unattended. You follow me? A few of these new guys have no background if you know what I mean? Sure, we hear they are a "good guy" or so and so came from "that district" or "that team"...I am not buying into it! Anybody can say that. No...I smell a snitch. Don't talk to them. We older guys don't. Neither should you!
Not to hard to do when you're not handling 20 domestics a night and you're well rested after your 2 hour lunch in 018 or 001.
8/17/2007 10:15:00 AM
YOUR LYING 2 HOUR MORE LIKE 3-4 HOUR LUNCH! "HEY CAN'T YOU SEE I AM FROM AN ELITE (LOL) UNIT WHY DO I HAVE TO NOW PAY FULL PRICE?"
7:43AM
It's sad that SOS are the most hated police officers in the country. Even our brothers and sisters in blue are attacking us with malice. You are calling us idiots? SOS has become an evil acronym now and the letters are associated with criminal activities.
After reading all of this negativity on the SCC blog, I would hope that at least the officers assigned to SOS will stand strong behind each other. We're all we have. Lord knows the districts aren't backing us up anymore. I urge anyone working in SOS to keep their head up. The storm IS coming, but if we unite, we will weather it together. FYI, the TRU unit doesn't have room for all of us SOS personnel, so we will indeed be sent back to the districts.
"you're not handling 20 domestics"
Yeah...okay. Write back when you get off probation.
"Anyone catch the Steve McMichael's wife was arrested in Lincolnshire for smoking pot while driving, while pregnant, and UUW?
Classy bitch. "
8/16/2007 09:30:00 AM
If Mongo heard you dissing Missy he'd pop your head like an over ripe zit which it probably is...
"Not to hard to do when you're not handling 20 domestics a night and you're well rested after your 2 hour lunch in 018 or 001.
8/17/2007 10:15:00 AM "
THANK YOU WELL SAID & ON THE MONEY.
NICE TO SEE SOMEONE PUT THESE MOUTHY CRYBABY PUNKS ON NOTICE, GOOD JOB
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Maybe Darling will do some..But he dumped Finnigan from SOS.
8/16/2007 06:36:00 PM
So who brought him back??
8/17/2007 12:56:00 AM
He wasn't there when JD was there, none of them were.
8/17/2007 05:30:00 AM
RADKE the Bill Powers leadership award winner. What a joke. I hope things change for the better.
Hopefully the rumor that the Feds will take over the dept. will be true, as it operates in an outdate and corrupt manner, and has for decades. There is no way to stop it without outside intervention. Far too much crooked politics, payoffs, and mob involvement.
Anonymous said...
I know Jerry Finnegan and while I don't understand why he did what he did, he was a great policeman before he got caught up in all this.
8/16/2007 11:34:00 PM
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What's your point?
OJ was a great football player before he cut his wife's head off.
What was, was. What is, is.
A crook's a crook, regardless of what he did before he became a crook.
No police department can have cops running around like they're trying out for "The Shield" or "Training Day". Fail to aggressively address the problem and reap the consequences in public distrust.
Hey 8/16 0937 You sir are a true ASSHAT! Do you really believe your own bullshit? I was in SOS and bailed when I got the chance. Nothing special about it at that time, only HBT. Darling was a jagoff and let so much shit go on it was sickening. I am surprised it took this long to get the ball rolling on these bad apples.
What ever happened to the Revs case,(CPD employee) that was giving the TVL's info off a wiretap
WRONG, YOU ARE HERE TO JUSTIFY YOUR UNITS EXISTANCE, BUT THANKS FOR PLAYING FRANCIS
Wrong! we are there because we are requested by the D/C or Dep. of the area, coupled with the stats of the district compiled for the DOC, believe me we would NEVER want to volunteer for that shithole.
You coppers talk about the Thin Blue Line, but from I can tell, you are hyprocrites.
Why all the hate against SOS? It's not even the same people, so what gives?
I'm not in SOS, but I have to say you are being pretty hard on them for mistakes of a squad.
Personally, they are pretty cool when you meet them and I don't mind the additional help. Thanks fellas!
-006 dist
Anonymous said...
IN SUMMARY, FOR ALL YOU COPPERS TALKING ABOUT GET THESE SOS GUYS TO WORK IN A BEAT CAR.... WELL I AM WORKING A BEAT CAR LEFT SOS A YEAR AGO.. I HAVE NOT SEEN NOTHING NEW I STILL DO MORE THAN OTHERS, THATS CAUSE I LOVE MY JOB. OTHERS BEEEN BEAT OFFICERS FOR YEARS AND WORK HARD BUT HAY TERE ARE A FEW THAT JUST SOX, SAME AS IN SOS SOME SOX THAT S WHY SHIT HAPPPEN. ANY WAY I AM SICK AT HOW OTHER COPPERS POINT THE FINGER AND ASUM EVERY COPPER THAT LEFT SOS AS OF TODAY LEFT NOT CAUSE THE WANT TO HIDE PLEASE THE LEFT CAUSE THERE IS NO REASON TO BE THERE. EVERYONE GETS TREATED LIKE SHIT BY SGT.LT.. COMM NOT THAT GREAT. ONLY LT BL IS GREAT HOP HE STAYS AND MAKES COMM.
8/17/2007 09:41:00 AM
Go Back to 003. Better yet go back to school and learn how to spell. Of course, with your GED you may go places on this job.
The midget on the fifth floor is sitting there rubbing his hands in glee as he watches all this mudslingling and name calling. He's managed to divide us once again. Nice job Richie.
I worked TARA in numerous dists over the last year. You hardly see any of the other beat cars backing each other up. Nobody talks to each other at roll calls. You backpack police better wake up and start acting like the police not like a bunch of college kids before someone gets hurt.
Domestic calls, well being checks, heat wave check, doc checks, bus checks, in progress calls, paper without arrest.transporting our own aresstees to lock-up, movers, parkers........... get the point unit people!! ( i forgot the most important thing .....BACK LOGS because there are too many Real police in the units! go fuck yourself)
It's sad that SOS are the most hated police officers in the country. Even our brothers and sisters in blue are attacking us with malice. You are calling us idiots? SOS has become an evil acronym now and the letters are associated with criminal activities.
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I think the anger is this.
SOS, will bring a huge black eye to the dept for robbing people at gunpoint.
Abbatte a drunken tact officer made the dept famous for beating a women in a bar around the world.
Jeff Tap made the news for months.
Notice a pattern?
Hello fellow Officers My name is Anonymous Dog-ass and I,m a 018th District Pussy. I choose to come to 018 to do absolutely nothing. I decided a few years ago that working has gotten me in nothing but trouble and lawsuits. So for me it's no court, no arrest unless on signed complaints and do nothing but have fun. This is a sad thing to say because I loved being the police. But in this era I feel it is foolish to work. I wish all the S.O.S. guys the best of luck. And as always while working remember to "SHAKE A HAND AND MAKE A FRIEND". And take advantage of the tuition reimbursement before this is history. God Speed Ahead!!!
If there is a God then finally the most corrupt white shirt ever on this job will get indicted, Frank "the rat" Radtke. Radtke all those years myself and others watched you fuck over and fuck with working coppers because you could,while taking care of the corrupt coppers like Finnegan not to mention the bullshit you said and did to the Sgts and Lts in 015 after the "Broken Star" indictments. You talked shit and treated them like shit even though not one of those you did that to were even remotely involved. Well Frank sometimes life is a round table and maybe just maybe this one time what goes around will come around and it will be your turn to finally get what you deserve. I hope the Feds get you Frank before the booze does because in over 20 years as the police I never saw or knew an exempt member that deserves being indicted more than you. Just think Frank no more white shirt and now if justice is served no more pension.
NEW OPS GIRL AND HIM IN CONTROL I PRAY FOR ANY COPPER THAT STEPS IN ANY SHIT! WHY HAVE THE FEDS NOT INDICTED DALEY
Wrong! This applies only to those with no connections. those with connections are still going to walk away from shit. (Daley is in charge)
All the indicted SOS officers are INNOCENT.
God bless all Police officers, everywhere.
8/17/2007 10:27:00 AM
Well if anyone thought you had any credibility, there it goes! I worked with several of the clowns in SOS. GUILTY. End of story. You obviously never worked there, and if you did, then you are a liar to say they are all innocent. In fact, it looks most of the guilty are going to escape prosecution so they can rat on the others. What a great system we have...
Anonymous said...
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS. We would come into your district because your bosses would cry for us to be sent there. With less than 100 officers on one watch SOS was responsible for the recovery of more than 20% of the firearms recovered in one year. You can criticize all you want the numbers don't lie.
8/16/2007 10:49:00 PM
Yes, SOS did do some good work. But they didn't get any radio calls. They had the run of the city. And they could home invade with no fear of any accountability. If a district sergeant determined that accused officers in a CR were from SOS, he could not send the investigation to SOS. SOS would just invent a reason to send it back. That explains why the SOS officers have all the problems they now have.
Frank, Fred, Jimmy, Jerry and the rest of the crew had to poor themselves another wake me up when they read the Trib.
"I worked TARA in numerous dists over the last year. You hardly see any of the other beat cars backing each other up. Nobody talks to each other at roll calls."
Easy to talk shit when you're visitng for the day @ time and a 1/2 Detective.
Maybe the better question is how this situation you so acutely observed has come to this??
this city always changes. this department always changes but I have to tell you, in my 18 years career, I have learned to HaTe BoTh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am ashamed of what this police dept has become. I am counting the days to retirement and I don't recommend anybody taking the test or becoming a Chicago Police Officer. Go somewher else where you are apprecicated, where you get good pay and don't have to fight for table scraps, have little or no corruption and have ample mapower. God Bless.
First of all shut up about frank, he is a great guy. Secondly, who needs enemies when we have our "brothers" in blue! You self serving little jags already have these guys dead and buried without even a fair trial. All of you haters make me sick! I wish never to make a mistake in the presence of you rat lowlifes! It must be so hard to be perfect! I hope God forgives you and I hope you little rat bastards can live with yourselfs, you judgemental vile scums!
Anonymous said...
"I worked TARA in numerous dists over the last year. You hardly see any of the other beat cars backing each other up. Nobody talks to each other at roll calls."
Easy to talk shit when you're visitng for the day @ time and a 1/2 Detective.
Maybe the better question is how this situation you so acutely observed has come to this??
8/18/2007 12:36:00 AM
FIRST THE AIRPORT SPECIAL IS GONE, NOW TARA IS HISTORY, DAM HAVE TO WORK THE SCHOOLS AND CTA! SORRY YOUNG GUYS CTA WILL BE OVERCROWDED ONCE AGAIN! MAYBE YOU COULD GET ANOTHER PART-TIME JOB AT WALGREENS! AHH YES SENIORITY PREVAILS,AT LEAST FLOP IS GOOD FOR SOMETHING BESIDES TAKING TRIPS AT OUR EXPENSE!
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS.
Do you have no clue about what is going on around the city? We don't don't need SOS we need you all back in the Districts where you belong. Crime can't possibly be down. Not with the number of calls my district has been getting. The case reports are endless. SOS isn't what it used to be. When I came on 14 years ago SOS was what I would consider "elite". It was the best of the best and had some BAD ASS COPPERS who knew what they were doing. I was always happy to see them on my jobs. On a hot job in a busy district you used to have to give a slow down multiple times. The only job you rode alone on was a paper job. Now forget it. You are on your own. Working 99, you are REALLY on your own. Sos isn't much use to us in some districts. I for one have NEVER seen them, not even on a detail in my district for the past 6 years. NOT ONCE EVER!!!!
IMO, SOS went to shit once they got federal money to add people to the unit. They needed bodies, so they took ANYONE. They didn't care how qualified you were.
Also, it's funny how the years ago SOS guys knew more than anyone out there yet didn't walk around with inflated egos. I don't give a crap if you are TRU or SOS now, it doesn't automatically get you respect. So don't let your head get too big. And no, I don't want to be there, never applied, so don't think I am bitter about being rejected.
I think those of us that have been on the job long enough know. The great coppers don't walk around talking about how great they are. They just are. The ones who feel the need to tell war stories and how great they are.....just aren't.
SOS. Hope you are gone by the end of the year. We sure could use the help in the districts. TRU too. Useless in my opinion.
8/19
5:15AM
Tell it to your "brothers" from SOS who got the immunity.Looks like your "brothers" with the immunity might have buried your "brothers" before the trial.Stay off the computer when you're drunk at 5 in the morning and make sure you change Frank "the rat's" diaper before you put the drunk to bed.
I sure hope the feds are looking long and hard at Teflon Tobias. That he was a PO, Sgt. and Lt. IN this unit and the COMMANDER of this unit when all this went down should cause a good, long HARD look at this arrogant asshat.
It's about damn time that he faces the music. And, the fact that this guy teaches ETHICS to supervisors is a DISGRACE.
8/16/2007 08:44:00 PM
He teaches ethics and leadership yet does political favors for everyone. He ruined SOS now the academy. Filled academy with politics and useless PO's. Academy is new hiding place for 35th street rejects. Teflon does not last forever MT!
FIRST THE AIRPORT SPECIAL IS GONE, NOW TARA IS HISTORY, DAM HAVE TO WORK THE SCHOOLS AND CTA! SORRY YOUNG GUYS CTA WILL BE OVERCROWDED ONCE AGAIN! MAYBE YOU COULD GET ANOTHER PART-TIME JOB AT WALGREENS! AHH YES SENIORITY PREVAILS,AT LEAST FLOP IS GOOD FOR SOMETHING BESIDES TAKING TRIPS AT OUR EXPENSE!
8/18/2007 07:22:00 AM
Nothing bothers me more then a fat fucken lazy copper why don't you retire already and give us some young guys a chance old man.
O.K. I'll give you the truth on S.O.S. I was there 5 yrs., yes, it was a phone call. But it was a great 5 yrs., the guys were great, excellent teams, who produced great numbers. No, not always how other jerks think they got guns and dope! No matter where you are, there are always a few strokes, even SOS. Morale was great, just about everyone got along, we helped eachother out on and off duty! We did not feel superior to anyone else. Yah, we did have free reign of the city, one of those perks. But, we produced great numbers. I actually looked forward to going to work. The Lt. was under alot of pressure from the higher ups to produce. The rules were bent, but dude don't play fair on the street!
It was a good experience to go there, but, all good things come to an end. I did adjust to the beat car, and met a whole new group of guys. Don't knock these SOS and former SOS guys, they would back up anyone in a fuckn second, I know that to be a fact!!! Stick together, fuck all this B.S., these reverends and so-called ministers want us to fight among ourselves. Some bad apples, but we r being our own worst enemy right now! SCC, quit thriving on the B.S. and find a way for positive change among the blue shirts!!! Some of us have a long career left, BE SAFE, and quit hatn on one another!!!
Question for the feds to ask:
Which exempt member helped Jerry F move about freely from SOS to Midway Airport to 008 and back to SOS? Which boss did the same for Carl S moving him from the Marine Unit to SOS?
The whole time they know about all the beefs they were racking up. You and I would have been dumped to midnights in cal city.
When will Shackmann be applied to CPD?
12:20 poster AMEN.
With all the arrogant specialized unit assholes running around the 009 dist lately, it was cool to see one SOS po is still down-to-earth. I mean you see guys go to TRU/SOS and they act like they are fucking celebrities! It's all about them. Freakin' Paris Hilton clones! They totally forget other coppers. MT aka "Purple Shades" hasn't changed since leaving. Saw him in the station last night. He's still just as respectful as I remember. ALWAYS talking about veterans and the military. Nothing different except he wasn't wearing the colored glasses. Whatever. That's just him. It's not about where you go in CPD that makes a po's personality change. It's all about heart. He bleeds blue. I hope he never lets someone in CPD change that quality. Stay up!
-Midnights/009
I am a boss and never requested SOS, In fact have requested SOS not to come into the district. And the powers that be say different. And you are correct numbers don't lie.
Sorry bosss but you either work in a slow district and don't need support units or you are not a very good administrator to not want all the extra bodies TRU and SOS bring. Which is it? and don't say you don't want their problems and beefs because that comes with ramped up enforcement..
SOS. Hope you are gone by the end of the year. We sure could use the help in the districts. TRU too. Useless in my opinion
How about getting the people on the watch to actually work, we all no who I am talking about, the people who stay down on simple paper jobs, burglar alarms, type a accidents,standing around the desk bullshitting half the night,or the guy who gets a job and finds an unavoidable tvb and gets the job he just received re-assigned, etc etc etc, everyone else has to pick up there slack and handle their beat; how about ending all these details and missions everyone gets held down on all the time, nobody does anything but can't take jobs. How about ending the practice of sending a car and or a tac/gang team from your district to the west side every night? these are all viable solutions that would help with backlogs, we are too busy for seatbelt, curfew, traffic, community concern missions. It's not support units job to do these things, they come in , do zero tolerance enforcement, things we are too busy to do in the district.... just another opinion......
To: 8/18/2007 11:00:00 a.m. Go fuck yourself, you two-year (if that) wonder. No, I'm not that poster that you're calling "fat and lazy", I'm another copper that has more seniority than you, subsequently allowing me the PRIVILEGE to make time-and-a-half while you have a hard time getting days of special at CTA. Pay your dues, crybaby bitch, and if you're still on the job in 10 more years, maybe you can work TARA, Housing, etc. Until then, Andy Frain's always looking for help; I heard they have a high turnover rate with guards. All this reasoning assumes that you'll still be on the job in 10 years; my prediction is a PUSSY like you will probably eat your pistol when your high school sweetheart leaves your sorry ass. I hope fate never lands me in a squad sitting next to you.
SORRY, BUT CTA EMPLOYMENT IS NOT BASED ON YOUR LENGHT OF TIME ON THE JOB!
Why is Jerry's supervisor, Sgt Jimmy E. stripped but then sent to work at Equipment and Supply instead of Call Back? Who is taking care of him again?
"SOS is finished and won't last out the year at this rate"--SCC
It can't happen soon enough.
When i first came on the dept 10 years ago, I was trained by some pretty good guys in 007. From that I learned how to make good arrests and continued to do that for the next 9 years. When I first started though you heard about the dawgs and what they never did. Thinking that they were pieces of shit. You learn 10 years later that they were the smart ones. Cant get sued or a cr number if your not creating any activity, dont have to worry about fighting the city to pay for your IOD, don't have to worry about crashing into anybody if your not racing to bullshit calls. Unfortunately I work in 007 on a tact team for 6 years. I used to love doing police work and making arrests. I definitely have slowed down because of where this dept. has brought us. Through my years I have been around alot of talented PO's that work on the southside and heard of many from the west side. Could anyone imagine with all that talent that is in this dept, if they were allowed to do what they do best and produce numbers, the crime rate would probably be next to nothing. I still miss the thrill of chasing the beast as SGt Azlan says but I gotta think of my family first. Maybe by the time retirement comes we can be the police again.
I am a boss and never requested SOS, In fact have requested SOS not to come into the district. And the powers that be say different. And you are correct numbers don't lie.
Hey "Sarge"
quit pretending you're a boss.
You a merit ass puke, now go get your shinebox!
Nothing bothers me more then a fat fucken lazy copper why don't you retire already and give us some young guys a chance old man.
8/18/2007 11:00:00 AM
that is why the hair gel sos police are going to PRISON! stupid ass college punks! No I will not retire I enjoy watching you college children who spent all of mommies money then hid under her apron, come on this job and think your the "real Police", like your boy abbate and the jefferson park tap kids your so fucked! KEEP WORKING PENSION WILL BE BROKE BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE DID YOU START A 401K? JAGOFF!
Not all the SOS guys are complete tools. Just ask them.....
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Little John B who then said that he was on a bust and they found a bag of powder and he gave it to Jerry and he licked his finger and tasted it LIKE Don Johnston in Miami Vice and then they puured coke in it to make the bust. and then he was given money but after two years he gave it to the church Anonymous of course.
Anonymous said...
All of you jealous district cops make me laugh. If you were doing your jobs there would be no need for SOS. We would come into your district because your bosses would cry for us to be sent there. With less than 100 officers on one watch SOS was responsible for the recovery of more than 20% of the firearms recovered in one year. You can criticize all you want the numbers don't lie.
8/16/2007 10:49:00 PM
Let me guess - you have 8 years on??? The reason SOS was ever called into a district is because there is no manpower in the districts. You should all be in the districts then the patrol division officers would have time to do something besides case reports, detox runs, premise checks, walkdowns, etc. Apparently you didn't do much time in patrol because you don't have a clue. Check the sheets in the districts when you are there. Often an entire sector is down because of low manpower. So, you are right, numbers don't lie!!
Anonymous said...
Its amazing how you whiny, crybaby coppers bitch & moan about SOS and only remember the bad shit they did when in fact, they took alot of guns, dope & shitheads off the streets. I know Jerry Finnegan and while I don't understand why he did what he did, he was a great policeman before he got caught up in all this.
8/16/2007 11:34:00 PM
It is easy to be a "great policeman" when you are playing the game right along with the criminal!!
M.T. is next he's pulling all his guys close, opening slots at the academy(got rid of a bunch of the coppers who actually have brains and could teach) so he can keep eyes on his guys. Actually told staff during a staff meeting that he wanted to surround himself with people he could trust.
Check the sheets in the districts when you are there. Often an entire sector is down because of low manpower. So, you are right, numbers don't lie!!
Well let us tell the truth the sheets do lie, the WC will put a officer who is working inside or the lockup on a Veh, when he isn't really on that veh. to show man power. I have worked in 6 different dist and they all did it. Now thats a lie along with BS.
I'm not jealous or anything, but how can a "mad dog" like MT from 009 become SOS? SOS people must be scraping the bottom of the barrel to select MT. Seriously, the guy is a loose cannon. SOS? I saw the ticking time bomb in 009 last night and he STILL makes me nervous. SOS wants a guy like that? NOW that's a scary thought. Hey, I'm a po like him. I'm just being on the real.
3rd watch in 009
IF TOBIAS WANTS PEOPLE AROUND HIM HE CAN TRUST....WHY THE HELL DID HE BRING SGT. RH OVER TO THE TRAINING DIVISION? APPARENTLY, RISLEY DIDN'T FEEL HE COULD TRUST THE GUY, AND RAN HIM OFF THE SWAT TEAM. IF YOUR BOSS DOESN'T HOLD THE SNAKE, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO?
2:54
Sound pretty jealous dude. Now go finish your whiskey and cure what ails ya.
-009 copper
2:54 poster
How did he get in? He applied.
It's very easy to get into SOS now. All you have to do is apply. You don't need a brain either. Clout don't matter anymore son. They will take any schmuck off the street. Qualifications don't mean shit in this unit. They don't interview like they used to. If the guy has a heartbeat, then he's in. There is no background run, so if the guy, MT from 009 you're blasting is a "mad dog", then nobody will know. He'll be another indicted asshole and we'll all be able to say you told us so. Thanks for the tip. The unit sucks now. Nobody wants to be there except for the new guys who don't know shit of how it used to be. It will benefit us when the higher ups send SOS officers back to the districts. Dump this retarded unit!
-former Unit 153
009 just isn't the same since the Crusher went to SOS. MT was the only guy in 009 that the savages truly feared. With that fear came the respect. That is no lie. Even now bangers on the street will ask where he went? It's funny, they'll say something like "Hey office, where'd that crazy cop who wore the sunglasses at night go? Ain't seen him for a minute? He ain't nothin nice!" I would have to agree. To them he was a nightmare! Truth is, while he was here the bangers didn't fear 009's b team or tac officers....they did however fear "Purple Shades" MT. I wish him the best in SOS.
- po in 009
2:54
Before you cast anymore dispersions on MT's character ask yourself why are you such a flaming pussy? I mean WTF! Hey fuckwad, MT commanded troops over in Afghanistan. He was a real leader, unlike a majority of ball-less brass in CPD. He is a soldier.
On a personal level, the guy devotes time and energy to veterans. Not to sound cliche, but he's not just a member of his veteran's group, but he's also President. The guy is ALL about family. The guy has saved many a copper in 009 from getting seriously hurt. He's a fighter make no mistake. He'll fucking put a hurt on somebody to the likes I've never seen. Why? To save a pussy ass like your's from becoming a casualty. Think about that when you bash the guy!
SOS selected him because he IS the perfect guy for a team. He knows how to care for his fellow officers. You haven't a clue smartass. Go eat your gun you fucking waste of space. Guys like you make me puke!
Give them hell Marty wherever you go and don't forget your friends in 009 who will always have your back. Remember, you are ALWAYS welcome back. We love you brother.
Say hi to Pop for me.
-fellow veteran
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