And the Inevitable Lawsuits
We'll be hearing about these for the next ten years:
- The day after an elite Chicago police unit was disbanded, a new lawsuit has been filed against some of its officers and former Police Superintendent Phil Cline.
- It is a lawsuit filed by a South Side bar owner and a patron, who was arrested by Special Operations Section officers
- It is a case that involves a videotape that lawyers believe contributed toward the decision to disband the city's Special Operations Section.
The trigger was set a long time ago on disbanding. And the reason it was pulled on Wednesday was because Daley decided it was time to pull the trigger. Something was needed to push the biggest tax hike in history off the front page - looks like Daley got it.
If that isn't the most biased and anti-police front page we've ever seen, we don't know what is. Finnigan is still in jail, revoked bond, will never see daylight again, and has been gone from the job for probably months now, and this is the headline? Finnigan's gone. Long gone. And so are the co-defendants. And so are a bunch of people caught up as collateral damage.
There was really no need for this inflammatory headline.
And now we're reading that 25% of SWAT got tossed? Including some of the officers involved in the gun battle on Augusta in 2006 that saw them kill two heavily armed gunmen en route to a hit with AK-47's? But don't worry Chicagoans!!! The Interim Superintendent is bringing in almost 20 highly qualified officers who will be able to step right into these openings based on...what was it again? Oh yeah - more phone calls.
Anyone else get the feeling that SOS was advertising for openings just so they'd have enough bodies to dump when Daley finally gave the approval to pull the trigger on disbandment?
If that isn't the most biased and anti-police front page we've ever seen, we don't know what is. Finnigan is still in jail, revoked bond, will never see daylight again, and has been gone from the job for probably months now, and this is the headline? Finnigan's gone. Long gone. And so are the co-defendants. And so are a bunch of people caught up as collateral damage.
There was really no need for this inflammatory headline.
And now we're reading that 25% of SWAT got tossed? Including some of the officers involved in the gun battle on Augusta in 2006 that saw them kill two heavily armed gunmen en route to a hit with AK-47's? But don't worry Chicagoans!!! The Interim Superintendent is bringing in almost 20 highly qualified officers who will be able to step right into these openings based on...what was it again? Oh yeah - more phone calls.
Anyone else get the feeling that SOS was advertising for openings just so they'd have enough bodies to dump when Daley finally gave the approval to pull the trigger on disbandment?
Labels: city politics, corruption
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
234 Comments:
If you think for a second that in some instances CLOUT didn't decide who was SWAT and who was NOT you're a fool! And believe it or not, anyone who wants to get on SWAT will have to pass a pretty grueling physical, much more strenuous than the voluntary CPD fitness test can ever hope to be
(and we all know a bunch of cops out there who will NEVER pass the "voluntary" physical test!!).
Not only have S.W.A.T. officers been dumped (which by the way Dana uttered would not happen) but by getting rid of the remaining good S.O.S. officers there is no more C.I.R.T. (critical incident response team). Which means should there be some sort of chemical/biological incident in the city (say like the Tokyo subway incident) the Shity would have a whole 45 S.W.A.T. officers or so responding (or less when you add in guys who are hurt, on furlough, or just no longer give a damn seeing how the Shity treats them). Hopefully a few reporters/columnists will read this and ask Dana or the Mayor how 45 guys are sufficient for a Shity of around 3 million. I guess water isn't the only thing thats running short in this Shity.
True they are again like the cheap paper the times is selling papers with "old news"! Fuck the times i am done with that rag shit paper! Why is daleys picture being led away in cuffs by the feds not on the front? because he owns all the people and they are his puppets!
This doesn't help our contract does it? SOS - Good Luck and Good Night.
Damn! Thats a nice looking walleye!
the city and this dept knows the po's are like mice and we will continue to bring in parkers no matter what they do to us......po's will never stop working and screwing the citizens with parkers because we are too stupid...we are our own worst enemy!
Federal Monitor, where are you, we need your help on this sinking ship.
will every arrest that finnegan touched for the last 10 years now be reopened and overturned....how much will this cost????
As a long time officer of this city, I think we need to get back to the basics and reinvent CAPS again. If we all give a real effort, the results will be beneficial and by golly we may get that darn olympics afterall.
I don't think the people of Chicago give a shit about SOS being disbanded. Nobody was talking about that shit around the water cooler today. Daley is bitch!
This headline is doing the mayor a favor and taking the attention off the dreadful marathon, thanks jerry!
Kale's Uniform store will make a fortune with all of the SOS officers being dumped. With all of the hot air let go from their big heads, they will surely need new uniform hats, not to mention name tags, uniform jackets, regulation shoes and vests to direct traffic. Is the mayor getting a piece of this too??
Prisoners have been flooding HQ phone lines and writing letters to try and find out if jerry is a top or a bottom guy
REMEMBER THIS: All these front page headlines are going to bite everyone in the ass. Finnegan can rightfully fight in court that there is NO WAY he can get a fair trial anywhere in the midwestern USA. And based on how they already convicted him in the paper (maybe rightfully so) Finnegan has a very valid point.
I have never seen so many prosecutors and law enforcement officials leak so much info to the press on an on-going investigation.
Sounds like maybe they are playing both sides of the fence.
A part of me hopes that bar owner makes some money. Call me crazy!
WOW where is the end to the bad press????????????????????????
Chicago police or city employees "blatantly stole" more than $110,000 in cash and liquor from the E2 nightclub after a stampede killed 21 people there in 2003, the club owners alleged Wednesday in court.
Club owners Dwain Kyles and Calvin Hollins Jr. said the money and liquor were present when police took control of the club shortly after the tragedy on Feb. 17, 2003.
I guess firemen still are holy than us after 9/11
Exempts continually say what they are doing in the future about this problem but has Starks or Cline ever apologized to the average PO or citizen for allowing this to go on for 10 plus years........the mayor is trying to fool the public with a tough guy attitude but they all allowed this garbage to continue as long as the BS numbers were up.... when will the mayor ever be accountable for any failure in this city including poor grades, high taxes, high crime and nepotism and political hiring?
And you still want to do police work?
(CALUMET CITY) Two south suburban police officers were indicted Tuesday on charges of official misconduct for a July incident in which they allegedly beat two juveniles at a south suburban police department.
You dawg asses are lucky Gulliford still isn't the Commander. The picks were obvious, enjoy fucking everything up like you always do. Hopefully one of you fucks will be my driver in a few years. Oh and Sgt S.F. just make sure that the ribbons on your shirt really are supposed to be there.... J.B. your welcome and enjoy your short lived glory!!!!
I remember the new person in charge of SOS coming to our district trying to get us to join. It was a pathetic attempt. He did nothing to encourage us to join. He almost seemed nervous up there.
dont buy the scum times
LT JB, you are welcome for the hard work. Reverse clout obviously was the way to go this time. I love how you advertised how you stole money when you first got to the unit. Enjoy looking after a bunch of people who have never know their heads from their asses. The 153 will be back in a matter of time, in some form or fashion. The best never rest.....
any info on the idiots in 009 that were stripped?
I talked to Jerry very recently. He says that he gets a ton of mail from women who want to meet him and find his newspaper pictures very sexy. I am not saying that this is a good way to date but it does beat buying a woman 5 drinks to hear NO!
The headline "GOOD RIDDANCE" would be more appropriate if was to declare that the SUN TIMES AND TRIBUNE were going out of business.
ICEBERGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA all you SOS pukes got dumped to the shitty districts after bidding in.
More depressingly, the Mayor is quoted in the Tribune as saying that CPD has a culture of covering up police officer misconduct....
A fax will be out this week laying out the guidelines to fill the 25% vacancies in SWAT that were just "created". The directive will encourage Female and African-American applicants. New, more reasonable "standards" for selection will be announced.
We should say Good Riddance to any police work. No contract, no work.
Does Daley expect us to believe that he had nothing to do with SOS being disbanded? Please! It was his decision alone not Starks.
HEY JAGOFF WHOEVER THE FUCK YOU ARE STAY OFF THE BLOG LET ME GUESS YOUR A FED SNITCH? OR YOUR CLOUT GOT YOU INTO DO NOTHING DEA?
My Reply
Hahahahah Thats cute. I never applied to DEA, maybe I should have. I think the one mission focus on drugs kind of discouraged me from becoming a DEA Special Agent. The work I do is a bit more cerebral. If I wanted to do the DEA thing I could have became a TACT Team guy in the Deuce.
One thing for sure is I am quite happy as I prepare to leave my house in Naperville and on the way to downtown Chicago enjoy my morning White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks before settling down in my very comfortable custom made chair with esquisite back support. You calling me a jagoff makes my coffee taste better. After my first cup of StarBucks, from my desk I will proceed to direct and provide oversight of complex investigations that you could never dream of participating in. The cases that my squad develop take years to prepare and result in multi count indictments alleging complex conspiracies of a magnitude you could never wrap your arms around.
The only CPD guy I know of that understood complex conspiracies was Chuck Williams. After entering my agency and preparing to transfer to our New York FD as a new 1811 I met then SGT. Charles Williams. I saw him holding court and discussing cases with senior agents in the squad and believe me they listened to him and respected him as an equal or perhaps more. Cynthia White and Charles Williams are viewed by the US Attorney's Office and a legion of Federal Agents as highly ethical, motivated and courageous law enforcement professionals.
Unfortunately the exempt ranks of the Chicago Police Department needs a serious change over with outside talent recruited and directed under federal oversight. Then you wiull get a transparent promotional process, more guys/gals on the street, and crime fighting policies that can withstand the scrutiny of the press, the US Department of Justice, and even Shakedown artists who I will not name.
The CPD SWAT guys got hosed as a result of circumstances way beyond their control. Those guys should take their experience and training to the FBI. The FBI is aggressively recruiting highly fit and qualified individuals with prior law enforcement or military special operations experience. They will offer someone of this caliber accelerated entry into the FBI and a tryout with the Hostage Rescue Team after two years service in a FBI Field Division Office.
The tryouts are brutal. Last month out of 34 candidates only 12 were left after 5 days of evolutions. It is definitely a unit for individuals who are brave, exceptionally motivated, and a bit smarter than the average bloke. If you make the HRT you could be deployed against Al Queada or domestic terrorists. Believe me when the HRT goes into breach the bad guys know it is their moment of reckoning. No reason to stay on the CPD if your talents will not be appreciated.
To all the guys and gals in blue stay safe and I assure you that everyone knows the majority of coppers are about doing the right thing. The beef the public has is with the CPD leadership. Nobody entered law enforcement to get rich. It is a calling that can almost be compared to the Priesthood or the Medical Profession. Now let me head to work. Take care
Working FED/ Former 222 Beat Car Driver
PS. Every morning at precisely 10 AM I take my second StarBucks break at Adams and Clark.
STRONG RUMOR:
An exempt is going to take a hit for the SOS mess
nobody was stripped in 9 nor will they be....Jackass
3 or 4 years ago when some of the exempts were strutting around with their chests out about all the guns and dope SOS were bringing in, coppers with time on the job knew what was going on.
Who in the command structure did anything about it? Too busy patting themselves on the back.
Who is left holding the bag?
It bothers me when I seen the scum times paper inside the police station. I wouldn't wipe my shit stained ass with that paper if it was the last piece of paper in the crapper!
How's Kenny B working out in 008?
He's the boss and will let you know it!
What a tool.
Merit puke.
When he was A/1 Det. (banging that cute white girl in 009) he thought he was the best ever. Rode the coat tails of the real Det.'s
A/1 Det hated him.
Task Force hated him.
OCD/FC-money laundering hated him.
He could barely count to 20 (used his toes). He was in way over his head in OCD.
Big Phil put him there to hide him from the press.
Many,Many lawsuits.
He and a few others are why MERIT promotion should be abolished.
I want SWAT.
Love those uniforms.
Plus, you get to play with the long guns.
Yippie
When will they learn? Even after this fiasco the TRUE POWERS THAT BE insist on the rule of the "Phone Call". To a higher ranking officer in a District, the watch is notified, a certain dumped SOS officer will be assigned to 1st Watch. Watch is later told, "No the PO is going to 3rd Watch". Later, one hour later, "No the PO goes to 2nd Watch". As long as "THE CALL" reigns supreme, there will never be a change in "ELITE UNITS" or for that matter District Patrol. For God's sake, we get calls from the DC put this guy on this car, I got a call from------, hell of a way to run even a Watch. Stick a fork in me, I'M DONE!
Can anyone tell me what the F@#$ is going on in 009. I keep hearing that 4-6 P.O's are stripped or going to be stripped. Can someone answer this, or look into this please? The last thing we need is another black eye for this department.
Hey Daley,When the Fire DEPT AND THE POLICE DEPT WUNT MORE MONEY YOU TOLD US TO go to hell,NOW you wunt more money ..NOW YOU GO TO HELL.HOW ABOUT THE BIG LIE THAT WE ONLY HAVE 9200 pOLICE OFFICERS AND YOUR BUTGET IS FOR 13500 POLICE>>>NO MORE WORK AND NO MORE TICKETS FOR YOUR POCKET YOU THIEF..YOU HAVE BEEN TAKING FROM THE CITY FOR YEARS.YOU NO GOOD RAT ASS BASTARD...
More depressingly, the Mayor is quoted in the Tribune as saying that CPD has a culture of covering up police officer misconduct....
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The ONE time in his life he tells the truth, and you give him crap for it...
SWAT is almost entirely hispanic and black now thanks to Dana. The few whites remaining are working the War Room. WTF?
Good job on eliminating the CIRT team Supe. BTW, do the citizens of Chicago know we have no team NOW to handle a hazardous or crisis situation? We're all fucked!
-swat guy
Man, them media people's rough!
SOS launched D.S and he just made the team last month. Fuckers sent him to 002. What is the deal with SWAT personnel getting dumped? We were told nobody from SWAT would be affected. SWAT, want to know?
Who got dumped to the districts?
Inquiring minds want to know.....
Off the Topic:
Today, our FOP should have a pres conference which they inform the city and media that during negotiations with the city, FOP will now request higher pay raises and a larger city-residency stipend or demand the City lift the residency requirements in response to Mayor’s largest tax increase in the city’s history. FOP should follow this news conference up with a letter to the Mayor’s office indicating that changes in our demands.
Also, the salary compressions must be further reduced. Suburban departments, Arlington Heights, Oak Lawn, Palos Heights, Orland Park, to name a few, reach top pay within the first 6 years of service. We must reach top pay within 20 years with this new contract.
Right now, we would be saddled with the largest property tax hike in the city's history -- and pay more for everything from liquor, parking, telephone service and city stickers, to bottled water, auto leases and DVD rentals.
FOP - please take this to arbitration, with have a lot ammunition to win on these points, but this time please hire competent attorneys that will present a strong case.
How come all of us SOS officers got dumped and not one.....not one of our supervisors got dumped? We have so much shit on them it ain't even funny and believe this yo, we gonna spill it like NEVER before. I'd love to see the FAX Green read from that changed all our lives for good! Who on the list beside me? I ain't doin narry a thing fo this corupt dept!!!
Enjoy the good life while you gots it Sarges.
-no mo SOS
u can't be surprised from this scumtimes bullshit. I would not use that paper to wrap that walleye in.
but how bout that walleye???
from dusable harbor...
I'm definately going to the marine unit now
can we spear fish??
Matt T,The FEDS ARE COMINGand RADKEY AND RESLEY THEY ARE ON THE WAY,,,SO RUN>>OR SHARE A CELL WITH JERRY..YOU CAN TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES
Anonymous said...
A fax will be out this week laying out the guidelines to fill the 25% vacancies in SWAT that were just "created". The directive will encourage Female and African-American applicants. New, more reasonable "standards" for selection will be announced.
10/11/2007 06:28:00 AM
NEW STANDARDS NO MORE PESKY WEAPON QUALIFICATIONS, NO FITNESS STANDARDS SO FATASSES APPLY!
How the fuck did MD get such a cush dump unit assignment? Who does that guy know to get 001? All the Southsiders got fucked but him!Who else got 001? Better yet, who got 018? Is there a list of the REAL clout in SOS?
MARY MITCHELL SUNTIMES HEADLINE TODAY "DISPUTES TURN DEADLY WHEN POLICE ARRIVE"! GUESS FROM THAT HEADLINE WE SHOULD NOT GO TO CALLS WHERE VIOLENCE IS PRESENT WHAT A DUMB BITCH!
HEY GO DO SOME WORK,,NOT
DALEY THANK YOU FOR THE JOB,NOW TAKE IT BACK
In the Sneed article today in the Times (I know, the Times hates the police, but you have to read what the enemy is saying), she says that the probe of SOS centers on top cops whether they knew or should have known what was happening at SOS. Why is Mayor Daley not accountable for all the city officials that went to jail for corruption since it all went on during his watch. Oh, I know, the Machine is alive and well. The citizens are getting what they asked for, an arrogant mayor who is not accountable for anything. How this guy gets away with it should be grounds for a probe in itself. But that will never happen because,"The Machine is Alive and Well."
mannnnn the life boats!!!!!!
mayday.... mayday
Ah...Houston...we have a problem..no check that..we have a bigggggg problem....
And now we're reading that 25% of SWAT got tossed? Including some of the officers involved in the gun battle on Augusta in 2006 that saw them kill two heavily armed gunmen en route to a hit with AK-47's? But don't worry Chicagoans!!! The Interim Superintendent is bringing in almost 20 highly qualified officers who will be able to step right into these openings based on...what was it again? Oh yeah - more phone calls.
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It costs alot of time and money to train and develop a SWAT officer. Lots of City money just got flushed dwon the toilet.
What will happen with Dana's "hand picked" f- up and get some one hurt? Nothing, ofcourse!
After the marathon fiasco, Shitcago, our great city, now ranks 127th on the International Committee's list for a host city. We rank right behind Terre Haute, Ind.
Anonymous said...
REMEMBER THIS: All these front page headlines are going to bite everyone in the ass. Finnegan can rightfully fight in court that there is NO WAY he can get a fair trial anywhere in the midwestern USA. And based on how they already convicted him in the paper (maybe rightfully so) Finnegan has a very valid point.
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Haven't you learned yet that due process does not apply to the police, JF or not?
Anonymous said...
More depressingly, the Mayor is quoted in the Tribune as saying that CPD has a culture of covering up police officer misconduct....
10/11/2007 05:59:00 AM
MAYBE HE CAN HAVE THOUGH THOUGHTS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS FEDERAL PRISON ROOM MATE REAL SOON... WHAT A JACKASS. WHEN IS OUR UNION GOING TO TAKE OUR CONTRACT FIGHT TO SHITCAGO NO HOLDS BARRED!!! CALL HIM OUT ON THIS KINDA STUFF
Anonymous said...
A fax will be out this week laying out the guidelines to fill the 25% vacancies in SWAT that were just "created". The directive will encourage Female and African-American applicants. New, more reasonable "standards" for selection will be announced.
10/11/2007 06:28:00 AM
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Will they provide them the answers??
It's so unfair, I'm a police officer, I'm a hero, self appointed savior of my neighborhood, the voice of righteousness, I see no evil, speak no evil, do no evil. Its time for some of you to get over yourself, you have a job thats not even ranked with a lowly civil servant, its ran by crooks for crooks. The mayors office on down to the last bunch of bureaucrats. When will you people learn, that if you work for crooks, regardless how honest, how well meaning you are, regardless of how dedicated YOU WORK for CROOKS. Anything and everything that you do will be overshadowed by the crooks that you work for. Take this job for what it is.... a "SHEILD FOT CROOKS".
Heard the same thing that standards will be lowered for SWAT to fill the spots with minorities that are connected to STARKS.
S.W.A.T. officers been dumped.... Too Bad - So Sad
Shoot the duck at 30 feet - win the citys highest honor...Except for getting no more that a Kupie Doll, used to do the same thing at Riverview as a kid. The other two guys that kept the guy contained, while taking fire, they well deserved the honors. Kudos to them - Fu.. the Ninjas
I loved how Risley asked us to hopefully keep his speech off the blog. SCC, I think the blog scares Risley. Ha! Best part of speech was where Risley asked an officer if he felt like the CPD doesn't give a damn about SOS being disbanded? JS's response to Risley was fucking hiliarious! JS got 024...he's now with TC and SM....No surprise there. The gods of sos have spoken.
Where did the other SOS people get dumped to?
Have you guys heard anything about us having a union?
Just wondering.
The ultimate of bate and switch has occured. The headlines should have read "Daley to tax minions". Im sure further down the story King Ritchie would be quoted as saying "SO WHAT" or "What are they gonna do?"
The breaking of the SOS scandal is assuredly orchestrated by City Hall to take away from the Budget which needed tax increases.
Thats the big story here. I never agreed with those that cried for the choice of living outside the city, but we (citizens) are going to get slammed by City, County, State. So does it matter where we live?
I don't think the people of Chicago give a shit about SOS being disbanded. Nobody was talking about that shit around the water cooler today. Daley is bitch!
10/11/2007 12:58:00 AM
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You're more than right. Only time people talk about the Chicago Police is when they're talking to an Officer they know. Other than that, most citizens could give a fuck.
Unless you're some ghetto rat. Which unfortunately, is the people we deal with the most. (And ghetto rat please also include the reverends).
I have a feeling most middle class people with half a brain don't give two shits about what happens in the ghetto.
Daley met with both the Sun Times and Tribune editorial boards yesterday to sell his tax increases. No mention of what flavor Kool Aid was served.
Can some SWAT personnel post the physical that they must take? Inquiring minds want to know
Could J.F. possibly be at all these places at once? He must have had David Copperfield as an FTO.
Now the "Losers" who owned that criminal enterprise formerly known as the "E 2 Nightclub" are claiming the Police and the city stole $$ and Liquor from them! WTF?
Hey Jerry..were you there?!
HAAAAAA-HAAAAA!
Off Topic
U.S. and Mexico to unite currency
nothing really changes... it was reported in both papers that 100 officers from sos will be placed in tru... all they did was change the initials... just like when they disbanded the gang crimes unit and formed sos.. it is all a pr move designed to take heat off the bosses at hq and make it look like they are being proactive.. good cops will always be good and dirty cops will always feel like they can get away with anything they want. the only positive out of this is more cops in beat cars. stay safe and back each other up.
no clout po
BOYCOTT CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont pay for the corruption of the Daley administration. This asshole wants to raise every tax so he can pay for the corruption in this city!! Keep voting Democratic. No city employee should be shopping in the city. If this corrupt piece of crap raises taxes...please go out side the city and do your shopping. Send a message to this jagoff. The citizens of Chicago will not be held responsible and be made to pay the bill for the corruption in his administration that he cannot control!!!!!!!!
Chicago police or city employees "blatantly stole" more than $110,000 in cash and liquor from the E2 nightclub after a stampede killed 21 people there in 2003, the club owners alleged Wednesday in court.
Club owners Dwain Kyles and Calvin Hollins Jr. said the money and liquor were present when police took control of the club shortly after the tragedy on Feb. 17, 2003.
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At least the owners didn't get greedy. It's only $110,000 and not 11 million. Are you surprised that they jumped on the law suit express? I guarantee the law suit express will pick up a few more people before this is all over.
YES ONLY THE NEW PO'S TO THE UNIT WHERE DUMPED, SWAT LOST ONLY 14 PEOPLE.... BS IF YOU ARE GOING TO DUMP THEM!! THEN GET RID OF THEM ALL. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PO'S WHO ARE NOW ON SWAT WHO WORKED WITH JF AND BR AND JB!!! THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON OR THEY WERE APART OF IT. SMOKE MIRRORS AND PHONE CALLS.
THIS JOB IS UNREAL AND THE COPS WHO STOLE FROM PEOPLE ARE WRONG IN DOING SO
Just as importantly with that front page of the paper, I found I am in fact not as smart as a ten year old. Look out HQ, here I come.
"A fax will be out this week laying out the guidelines to fill the 25% vacancies in SWAT that were just "created". The directive will encourage Female and African-American applicants. New, more reasonable "standards" for selection will be announced.
10/11/2007 06:28:00 AM"
KEEP DREAMING, THERE'S ALOT OF MILITARY TYPES WHO WOULD BE IDEALLY SUITED FOR THAT UNIT, BUT THAT AIN'T GONING TO HAPPEN UNLESS THEY HAVE A PHONE CALL. SAD PART, THE PUBLIC& THE RANK& FILE SUFFER. NOTHING CHANGES...
This will probably be the longest retro period in Contract negotiation history. Thanks to the media, not SOS.
They all say a few bad cops shouldn't taint them all, then Jack Higgins' cartoon labels SOS as a large group of snakes slithering away from the light. Please, don't talk to these jags when they want a story.
Someone post the transfer order.
2:49
They were members of the 009th District ELITE B team. The Sgt in charge, B. Lopez is in a world of shit. He is facing the music over his team's scandal.
Way to go B team! Keep making CPD look like common thieves. Asshats!
-009 officer
Like to see a list of those that got dumped to the districts. Anyone got it?
A fax will be out this week laying out the guidelines to fill the 25% vacancies in SWAT that were just "created". The directive will encourage Female and African-American applicants. New, more reasonable "standards" for selection will be announced.
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Starks called to find out the racial divide of the Swat Team. It will not go to qualified applicants but to those that will fill it to equal out the races.
Wow this ALL SUCKS!!!! Will someone PLEASE help!!!!!!!!!!!
SWAT? Theres a SWAT team? Man, they take too long to assemble and come out to a scene. Then when they do they just stand around. They never charge in. Saw them on Diversey a few years back. All they did was throw gas bombs in a house and stand back for about 2 hours. The bad guy was found inside the wall. (he wasn't armed)
Did anyone see the Tribine today???? The two upstanding owners of the E2 nightclub are saying the police or city workers stole their money and booze.....$110,000 worth. it's amazing that it took over 4 years to come up with this one.
VERY NAIVE BUNCH WE WORK WITH.
ALL NEW SUPES GET SPOTS TO FILL.
LOOK FOR A LOT OF COLOR TO SUDDENLY GET PROMOTED.
I SEE DANA IN THE MAIN SPOT FOR A WHILE. DA MAYOR GONNA USE HIM TO CLEAN OUT THE OLD CLOUT SPOTS.
LOOK FOR THE SPECIALIZED UNITS TO GET NEW BOSSES. DANA'S PUTTING HIS
PEEPS IN. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE NEW MERIT LIST OF LT'S. STARKS IS LOOKING TO USE ALL THE SPOTS. SO ALL THE COMMANDER OF THOSE DISTRICT
THAT THINK THEY CAN PUT A HORSE IN THE RACE ARE IN FOR A SURPISE.
THE HEAD LINES ARE GOING TO BE LIKE
THIS FOR MONTHS GET USED TO IT.
ALL YOU IDIOTS WHO DRIVE AROUND DOING PARKERS REALLY BLOW. I WISH I COULD TREAT MY DOG LIKE THEY TREAT US AND HE WOULD STILL DO TRICK 4 ME. THE CITY NEEDS CASH BAD AND WE STILL DONT USE ARE LEVERAGE 4 THE CONTRACT. SAD LADIES THINK BEFORE YOU RIGHT THOSE HYDRANT LOSERS.
How much is it to run in the marathon ? 10/08/2007 10:40:00 PM
The race fee was $110 this year, increased from $90 in 2006.
10/10/2007 11:27:00 PM
well 45,000 runners times 110 = 4,950,000.00
by law do they have to show where all the monies go to ??
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not.
You know who you are! Now put back that cognac and marschino cherries!! Don't think we didn't spell the vat of Seagrams Gins on your breaths!
Who is the F*cking dork that keeps posting sh*t about 009? Nothing happened you piece of sh*t. Quit trying to get your rocks off on false rumors of fellow PO's being in trouble. If you think something happened and are that much of a little gossip queen why don't you march into 009 and ask us in person? That's the problem with this site, anyone can post any rumor they want on here and people start to believe it. Let me repeat, NO officers in trouble or stripped in 009. Is that clear enough for you, you little 7th grade whiny rumor spreadin b*tch.
If the Mayor would allow citizens to register handguns within the City for $1000.00 filing fee. We can close the budget shortfall in 2 days.
The advertising for applications for SOS shortly before it was disbanded is an old trick. The do that to dis=spell any rumors of the unit being disbanded so the personnel within that group keep working and then they swing the hammer and cut the unit. Not the first time I have seen it used.
Many guys from S.W.A.T. will be transferred to the Cook County Sherrif's S.W.A.P. unit. Have fun cleaning the side of those roads guys!
Volunteers are being seek to help remove all the Chicago Police Memorial Bricks than contain Jerome Finnegan's name. Please bring your own hammer and chisel.
Dear Jerry:
Hi Buddy! Can I ask you a favor. When you make my license plate can I get a special one that reads: SOS COP.
Thank You!
for sale...............use S.O.S. hoodies...
very cheap!
contact officers in 03,05,06 and 07th Districts
I can see why you guys are always in trouble. You guys never grow up and act like little boys no matter how old you get. Spend a little less time on the blog blasting us and maybe a little more time with growing up.
To all who read this.
Protect yourself...
Bid into Districts where you reside. Watch your home and family.
Why risk your job/ or life for some ghetto rats?
I heard the mayor and dana " D -BONE" are starting their own tact team. anyone intersted should drop a mysterious, blank envelope on city halls doorstep after business hours. Thanks and goodluck....... signed the mayors new RAT !!! he hehhehehehehe more cheeesseeeee.
r.r. from 009 and jf should become bed buddies in the slammer...
Ironic that SOS (stands for the international distress signal) is the name of the unit that sank quicker than the RMS Titanic.
I used to get all wrapped up in this kind of thing.....but once you start to do the bare minimum and ensure that your dvd player has plenty of juice, this job gets a lot less stressful yet pays the same... this is, apparently, what the mayor, the brass, and the citizens expect (demand), so im more than happy to join netflicks and lay low till the climate changes....
Easy solution. Pay FTOs D3A pay and extend the time PPOs are with FTOs.
Too many two year wonders and "hot heads" teaching recruits.
Encourage expereince and training instead of arrest numbers.
I hereby predict the next unit involved in a scandal which you will be reading about in five to eight years is the Badge repair section, that unit reeks of scandal. Who would know that they sent all 42 members to Las Vegas for a conference on proper badge maintenance and few know about the trip to Europe to see how Sharpie markers are made (and Sharpie isn't even made in Europe) and their uses in replacing missing badge numbers. Plus the scandalous practice of badge rubbing and polishing. I won't even get started on hat shields.
If ANYONE in SOS believes the bullshit spewed forth by the fat prick Risley yesterday let me know? I want to sell you cornfields in Florida's Everglades. We were all screwed hard by the administration and the CPD didn't even supply K-Y.
To you new SOS officers that didn't have a clue about the SOS of old I say good luck. You didn't deserve to be thrown away like useless garbage! I sure as fuck don't recommend you wasting away in TRU.
The time is NOW to unite as officers and put an end to the media'a bashing of a non-existent unit. No matter where you were sent, just remember you are always going to be a part of SOS. Not the bad stuff mind you. We are family and we must continue to watch over each other.
Do you understand this SFG? You shouldn't turn on your family. Your fucking name changed...you did not! Yea, what the fuck do I know right? Fuck off!
-153 old guy
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/598416,CST-NWS-SNEED11.article
boy now I know what the Salem Witch Trials must of been like.
Nobody stopped Finnigan, because he comes from a prominent Irish heritage in Beverly. He and the Joyces were friends. It's simple folks. Daley knew not to upset the balance of power between the City's upper elite...Finnigans, Joyces and Daleys to name a few... Irish cops are given passes until they finally exhaust all means. Finnigan's SOS was no different. Darling knew it. Daley knew it. Now the world knows it.
$100,000.00 Dollars in new Boxing equipment to be installed in 19 parks in the city. Announced today by mayor Daley.
You gotta be kidding me here. He announces yesterday that the City needs to continue to move forward and it gonna cost $300,000,000.00 so up go taxes. But now he has an extra 100K laying around.
Dont forget he is asking for a big turnout to the Boxing event at the end of the month.
A couple from Los Angeles jumped on the CPD lawsuit express. Any ideas where the next stop is?
the city and this dept knows the po's are like mice and we will continue to bring in parkers no matter what they do to us......po's will never stop working and screwing the citizens with parkers because we are too stupid...we are our own worst enemy!
10/11/2007 12:48:00 AM
You are a fool if you think the city needs us to write parkers. Department of Revenue and Streets and San are writing so many parkers, they will soon be able to chop off plenty of numbers of sworn officers, couple that with their cameras, you will never see them fill the PO vacancies, why should they when the officers don't produce any activity? There is no economic reason to keep the numbers of officers up, and PLENTY (millions of tickets) of reasons to lower the number of sworn, extremely expensive police officers. Keep laying down on the job, you aren't hurting the city at all with that game plan...
Kale's Uniform store will make a fortune with all of the SOS officers being dumped. With all of the hot air let go from their big heads, they will surely need new uniform hats, not to mention name tags, uniform jackets, regulation shoes and vests to direct traffic. Is the mayor getting ...
No, they never wore their correct uniform to begin with, name tags? they didn't need any stinking name tags.... all they have to do is search their old uniforms for name tags... don't worry, I can't see them buying any new uniforms, the coddling will begin asap and continue until their morale increases....
4 POLICE OFFICERS WERE STRIPPED IN THE 009 DIST. FOR STEALING FROM BOX CARS. RUMOR IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME AND THAT SERVEILANCE CAMERAS WERE SET IN PLACE.
147 SOS PO'S OUT OF A TOTAL OF 271 THAT WERE IN THE UNIT WENT TO TRU. YES MR. MAYOR, YOU AND DANA SURE TOOK CARE OF THAT LITTLE PROBLEM. GUESS IT WILL BE TRU'S TURN NEXT.
G.I. just heard what happened to you,anyone that knows you would stand behind you 100%. You will prevail stay strong. J.W.
I don't understand why they all went to TRU they're going to find out fast that they can't do what they used to. SOS is a lot different then tru. In many ways...
TO 7:15AM
I know who u are: your coldtype/lefty....
U can run u commie/liberal POS, but u cant hide!(even w/the feds)
Can some SWAT personnel post the physical that they must take? Inquiring minds want to know
It consists of a mile and a half in 13 minutes, 40 situps in a min and 40 pushups in a min. These standards are the standard no matter how old or what gender. You have to do a timed body drag wearing a ballistic helmet and swat raid vest. And you must shoot the swat/hbt course with an 80 or better. This is not an easy task (to be posted later).
The standard will be 3 years and you MUST pass all the tests to be on the qualifying list. The better you do on each part you will get points to bump you up the list.
We want to see the SOS list of the guys sent to the districts and TRU...Don't be shy now!
Anonymous said...
Can some SWAT personnel post the physical that they must take? Inquiring minds want to know
10/11/2007 11:09:00 AM
It the ILEAS physical fitness standards, check it on their web site. 1 1/2 mile run under 13 minutes, 40 sit ups under minute, 40 push ups under minute and min of 5 pull ups
MARY MITCHELL SUNTIMES HEADLINE TODAY "DISPUTES TURN DEADLY WHEN POLICE ARRIVE"! GUESS FROM THAT HEADLINE WE SHOULD NOT GO TO CALLS WHERE VIOLENCE IS PRESENT WHAT A DUMB BITCH!
10/11/2007 09:15:00 AM
I'm going to make a Mary Mitchell VooDoo doll and stab it with pins everytime she writes about the police!
female cop and proud of it! said...
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not.
10/11/2007 01:58:00 PM
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Uh yeah...sorry to disappoint you, Officer, but are you forgetting MH from SOS? She was right there in the thick of the action: stealing, lying,etc. Just one of the boys,right? Women like her have set good female cops back about 50 years.
--ANOTHER female officer
"Irish cops are given passes until they finally exhaust all means. Finnigan's SOS was no different. Darling knew it. Daley knew it. Now the world knows it.
10/11/2007 04:32:00 PM"
WHAT, THE "F" ARE YOU SMOKING? I REMEMBER WALKING INTO MY NORTHSIDE DISTRICT AS A RECRUIT 20YEARS AGO SPORTING AN IRISH SURNAME, THE W/C WHO ALSO HAD A IRISH SURNAME STATED "YOUR 30 YEARS TOO LATE". IT'S A NEW DAY, AS IT HAS BEEN ASSMUNCH, THE IRISH GOLDEN YEARS ON THIS DEPARTMENT ARE LONG,LONG GONE....
daleys a little BITCH!!!!!!!!
Anonymous said...
Nobody stopped Finnigan, because he comes from a prominent Irish heritage in Beverly. He and the Joyces were friends.
Jerry lives in garcia ridge not Beverly and before that lived in brighton park, he never lived this far south!!!!!
147 SOS PO'S OUT OF A TOTAL OF 271 THAT WERE IN THE UNIT WENT TO TRU. YES MR. MAYOR, YOU AND DANA SURE TOOK CARE OF THAT LITTLE PROBLEM. GUESS IT WILL BE TRU'S TURN NEXT.
That's a lie, nobody from SOS went to TRU, stop it already will ya....
To all of you that are throwing a party over the disbanding of S.O.S. are showing how narrow minded and self centered you are. In the twenty five plus years I have been on this department there has always been some type of S.O.S. and a need for this type of unit. Yes S.O.S. would come into a district and make what some officers would consider bullshit arrests. But that was there function. To flood a high crime location and lock up everyone that was breaking the law. If you get them off the street for minor offenses that may prevent major incidents. Did the officers have an attitude, some did, just like district Tactical Officers. But to fault the officers for incidents that happened four years ago is bullshit. Seventy percent of the officers have been replaced over the two years. With all of the cars having G.P.S. the unit was the most supervised in the department. Even the latest video is from March 2004, most of those officers are gone. Is J.F. and his crew to blame, yes and fuck them, but the media had a good part in keeping the story going and keeping it one sided. I have been disbanded before and survived. My heart breaks for the younger officers who gave it their best and can't understand it's not personal. Well I will try to make the best in my new district, but I have one question for the media, I looked at the S.O.S. activity for this year as I left, Over 3000 arrests, 400 guns and just under 100 stolen cars recoverd, do you feel safer?
officers
DANA'S PUTTING HIS
PEEPS IN. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE NEW MERIT LIST OF LT'S. STARKS IS LOOKING TO USE
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Don't forget Dana = "Rev." Meeks!
Dana got in trouble for going on WGCI and backing Meeks in teh made up race bait traffic stop. That's what got him knocked out of the Partol Div.
Wow, is this place Out of CONTROL!
Today, our FOP should have a pres conference which they inform the city and media that during negotiations with the city, FOP will now request higher pay raises and a larger city-residency stipend or demand the City lift the residency requirements in response to Mayor’s largest tax increase in the city’s history. FOP should follow this news conference up with a letter to the Mayor’s office indicating that changes in our demands.
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This is the FIRST thing I thought about today! He is just trapping us more. He hates city workers. Why do we not do something, protest, sign petitions, whatever.
FOOLS: By attacking one another you play right into the lil moron mayors hands. Grow up.
Daley is the enemy, not people from SOS.
4 POLICE OFFICERS WERE STRIPPED IN THE 009 DIST. FOR STEALING FROM BOX CARS. RUMOR IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME AND THAT SERVEILANCE CAMERAS WERE SET IN PLACE.
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Rumor... nobody was stripped (yet).
Today, our FOP should have a pres conference which they inform the city and media that during negotiations with the city, FOP will now request higher pay raises and a larger city-residency stipend or demand the City lift the residency requirements in response to Mayor’s largest tax increase in the city’s history. FOP should follow this news conference up with a letter to the Mayor’s office indicating that changes in our demands.
Also, the salary compressions must be further reduced. Suburban departments, Arlington Heights, Oak Lawn, Palos Heights, Orland Park, to name a few, reach top pay within the first 6 years of service. We must reach top pay within 20 years with this new contract.
Right now, we would be saddled with the largest property tax hike in the city's history -- and pay more for everything from liquor, parking, telephone service and city stickers, to bottled water, auto leases and DVD rentals.
FOP - please take this to arbitration, with have a lot ammunition to win on these points, but this time please hire competent attorneys that will present a strong case.
10/11/2007 09:00:00 AM
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Did you fax this over to FOP??? Why don't ya.
As for the mayor's tax hike, I'll shop elsewhere and spend as little $ as possible in this city. I go outside the city for gas and cigarettes. I can buy my beer & bottled water elsewhere too. Screw this blood sucking mayor.
SWAT? Theres a SWAT team? Man, they take too long to assemble and come out to a scene. Then when they do they just stand around. They never charge in. Saw them on Diversey a few years back. All they did was throw gas bombs in a house and stand back for about 2 hours. The bad guy was found inside the wall. (he wasn't armed)
10/11/2007 01:21:00 PM
HEY FUCK STAIN.... GET OFF THE MEDICAL & GET A CLUE! OR COME OUT FROM BEHIND THE FUCKING DESK!!! 500 W MADISON ST JOB? DOES THAT RING A BELL??? WAKE THE FUCK UP!
I find it ironic I.S. Dana dumped SOS officers because they needed closer supervision. Riddle me this Batman, “Who was supervising John Smith when he stole kilos of cocaine from E&RPS”?
female cop and proud of it! said...
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not.
10/11/2007 01:58:00 PM
blah, blah, blah...Ill wave to ya from my seats ABOVE the glass ceiling!
Damn! Thats a nice looking walleye!
10/11/2007 12:44:00 AM
why you bringing j walsh into this?
To put an end to the rumors, no one from SOS went to TRU with the exception of one person who was detailed to SOS from TRU. They merely ended the detail. The only thing TRU is getting from SOS is some of their vehicles for their new platoon which will be open for everyone citywide. The people that stayed in SFG were hand picked by their LT. No juice involved. People who did decent work without getting a lot of CR's were chosen. Still uncertain what their main job or function will be but it will be decided shortly. To those that think they merely renamed SOS are completely wrong. They really did end SOS. Now we have to rely on TRU to pick up the slack. God help us all!!!
Swat was told to cut 20% manpower.In a couple of weeks the Swat test will be available city wide. Let me see! 20% cut leaves 20% management spots. So much for the credibilty of Swat. Dump the guys with tons of training. But the City is safe!!
Can some SWAT personnel post the physical that they must take? Inquiring minds want to know
10/11/2007 11:09:00 AM
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Starks and bone chokers can lower the standards all they want. The CPD SWAT team is part of a mutual aid agreement with ILEAS. To benefit from this Federal $ pool, which also enables Illinois police officers and outside agencies to pour into Chicago ....say post 9-11 style event within Chicago....and witnessed by CPD SWAT officers running down to New Orleans ....post Katrina Hurricane.... CPD Emergency Response Officers (SWAT) must (READ - MUST) pass the mandated standards for Physical and Firearms. There are several courses that the SWAT officers must also attend as listed in the link I've provided below.
Then there is the rappeling from hights, masking up and handling live nerve agent, and having a troll from Bomb and Arson blow cigar smoke all over your work area... D mcG Sr. you f(*&^in glove sniffer !
40 Push-ups in one minute or less
40 sit-ups in one minute or less
1.5 mile run in 13:00 minutes or less
Link to required standards:
http://www.ileas.org/response%20teams/Special_Response_Teams/training.pdf
Why beef about Starks putting his people in? What about Risley, Cronin, Patton, Egan, etc.?
female cop and proud of it! said...
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not.
10/11/2007 01:58:00 PM
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WOW!
Where to Start?
First of all females do not have to do any work on this job. Do no work, get no CR numbers. Some of you do work but a greater percentage of females are dogs on this job then males. Many times I have seen you gals in over your heads and have to call for male Police Officers to bail you out.
You make up a smaller percentage of Officers on the CPD so it stands to reason lesser of you would be in trouble.
You should also pay more attention to your ethics training. There are some female Police Officers who have messed up in the past. This is usually those who like to lay down with the Gang Bangers.
Don't confuse lack of CR numbers for being a good Police Officer. When you hide in the female lock-up, in the front office, in the caps office, behind the desk or become some bosses secretary and get a merit promotion because you are eye candy you are less likely to get in trouble.
The ultimate of bate and switch has occured. The headlines should have read "Daley to tax minions". Im sure further down the story King Ritchie would be quoted as saying "SO WHAT" or "What are they gonna do?"
WHILE RDO TODAY, I WAS OUT IN THE GARAGE BANGING OUT DENTS AND SANDING RUST OFF MY HIGH SCHOOL DREAM CAR [YEAH, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO]. I HAD SOME OLD NEWS PAPER SPREAD OUT TO KEEP THE FLOOR CLEANER. LOOKED DOWN AND LOOKED AT THE "WIZARD OF ID" COMIC STRIP FROM THIS PAST SUNDAY.
LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT MAYOR DALEY FIGURED TO A TEE...
the city and this dept knows the po's are like mice and we will continue to bring in parkers no matter what they do to us......po's will never stop working and screwing the citizens with parkers because we are too stupid...we are our own worst enemy!
10/11/2007 12:48:00 AM
You are a fool if you think the city needs us to write parkers. Department of Revenue and Streets and San are writing so many parkers, they will soon be able to chop off plenty of numbers of sworn officers, couple that with their cameras, you will never see them fill the PO vacancies, why should they when the officers don't produce any activity? There is no economic reason to keep the numbers of officers up, and PLENTY (millions of tickets) of reasons to lower the number of sworn, extremely expensive police officers. Keep laying down on the job, you aren't hurting the city at all with that game plan...
10/11/2007 04:53:00 PM
Let's see, a total of 2.9 million parkers were written last year which yielded the city 160 million dollars. That's 55 dollars per ticket on average. I see on the check-off sheet goofballs that write 15-20 parkers every night. Their paying their own salary, and then some.
The city doesn't care about parkers? Then why does my W/C come to rollcall asking for more parkers for the index?
Right now Daley is searching everywhere possible looking for more revenue. One of his proposals was an increase in parking fines. Coppers writting parkers for the city is a VERY important source of revenue. You are a fool, or a Boss, to say otherwise.
Please post the SOS list.
Nobody stopped Finnigan, because he comes from a prominent Irish heritage in Beverly. He and the Joyces were friends. It's simple folks. Daley knew not to upset the balance of power between the City's upper elite...Finnigans, Joyces and Daleys to name a few... Irish cops are given passes until they finally exhaust all means. Finnigan's SOS was no different. Darling knew it. Daley knew it. Now the world knows it.
10/11/2007 04:32:00 PM
ACTUALLY YOU MAY WANT TO GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU MAKE INCORRECT ASSUMPTIONS....INTERESTING BUT IT SURE SEEMS TO ME IF YOU ARE A WHITE MALE REGARDLESS OF ETHNICITY ON THIS DEPARTMENT, AND YOU HAVE NO FAMILY CLOUT (AS JERRY DID NOT) THEN YOU ARE THE ONE BEING PASSED OVER!!!
LMFAO, all you no time on the job, hair gel, college morons, keep working your asses off. Me, I just sit in my car and drink my free coffee and enjoy my bald spot. I haven't bought a new pen in about 5 years. Shit, I don't even know if my cuffs work anymore. Run up the stats for the bosses little suck-holes. While you're doing that I'll make a lunch run for the watch-comander and never be denied time off. Bawaahaahaa !! (evil laugh)
female cop and proud of it! said...
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not.
10/11/2007 01:58:00 PM
Uh. No. If your hot, then you work the caps office right after probation. If your ugly the you work a beat car...for life. Have you ever seen the female P.O's at HQ. They never hit the streets. Exempts gobbled them up. The caps offices around the city have fashion shows every day.
I hear that the dumped swat guys are talking to a top lawyer.
With the alleged lowering of swat standards they obviously are qualified.
Of course there will be a time in the near future that a remaining swat officer reaches the 9 cr mark and isn't launched.
They will most likely never see swat again but losing their jobs due to race will net them some tall USC.
good luck boys.
Working FED/ Former 222 Beat Car Driver
please shut up...you're an idiot
you wanted to be the "G", now fuck off
my experience is that anyone who aspires to federal law enforcement thinks they are better than the people they work with and the job they are doing
you wanted to stand over there...now stay there
stay off our blog
Nobody stopped Finnigan, because he comes from a prominent Irish heritage in Beverly. He and the Joyces were friends. It's simple folks. Daley knew not to upset the balance of power between the City's upper elite...Finnigans, Joyces and Daleys to name a few... Irish cops are given passes until they finally exhaust all means. Finnigan's SOS was no different. Darling knew it. Daley knew it. Now the world knows it.
10/11/2007 04:32:00 PM
you sir, are a fucking moron..Finnigan is from Bridgeport with no ties to the Joyces you moron...
Hey Fed,
The "B" is not capitalized in Starbucks. Mocha must be the federal kool-aid.
emale cop and proud of it! said...
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not THERE WAS A FEMALE COPPER ON THAT TEAM FROM SOS ASSHAT.BUT SHE TURNED RAT SO GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.
They all say a few bad cops shouldn't taint them all, then Jack Higgins' cartoon labels SOS as a large group of snakes slithering away from the light. Please, don't talk to these jags when they want a story.
10/11/2007 12:22:00 PM
That was the most tasteless cartoon I have ever seen..Any boss or P.O. for that matter that tips off the media to anything is a fool...it's us vs. them folks, for the rest of our careers..I don't think the Department can ever recover from this the way the media depicts us..Every-single-day the print media and the news attempt to portray us in a negative light anyway they can, and I've had it. Why Sun-Times, do you not harp every single day on the fact that you have a wife-beating columnist writing for you? Oh, he said I'm sorry one day in his column, so he's in the clear right?
Sun-Times, Mary Mitchell, Mark Brown, Ben Bradley, and Carol Marin; A great big collective "Fk You" from one of Chicago's Finest, because God knows one day in the near future you all are going to need us for something, and unfortunately, we'll be there....
A fed-up Sgt.
NOW WE SHALL BEGIN OUR TIME OF HEALING AND FORGIVING, REMEMBER THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE OF US THAT ACTUALLY WENT AND DID ANY POLICE WORK. GOOD LUCK TO THESE POLICE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND MAY THIS ALL WORK OUT FOR THE BEST. AMEN
female cop and proud of it! said...
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not.
10/11/2007 01:58:00 PM
WOW!!! So Meg HOPKINS was a DUDE???? UNREAL!!!!
S.W.A.T. officers been dumped.... Too Bad - So Sad
Shoot the duck at 30 feet - win the citys highest honor...Except for getting no more that a Kupie Doll, used to do the same thing at Riverview as a kid. The other two guys that kept the guy contained, while taking fire, they well deserved the honors. Kudos to them - Fu.. the Ninjas
You ignorant, bastard. How dare you compare the shot that Nunez had to take to ANYTHING you did at Riverview. Lets see, if you played anything at Riverview that makes you at least 45 years old, possibly fat out of shape and disgruntled. Lets see you run your out of shape ass the 100 yards from the car after you put on the 70plus lbs. of gear to the elevator, to the 35th floor, stack on a wall, go up 3 flights of stairs in formation to the 38th floor stack down the hall from a madman that has just executed 3 people and at the time is holding a pistol at the head of another person saying hes going to kill her and using her body for cover. And then after you have run the 100 yards, ascended the stairs with the 70plus pounds of gear in formation, with your adreniline pumping so hard you can hear the guys behind you heart beating, step out of formation, take aim, and fire ONE SHOT BETWEEN THE EYES, past the head of the hostage being used for cover. Lets see you do that you sorry excuse for a human being. Why in the hell would you ever belittle any police officer from your own department when they had the balls to stand tall and go in when an armed offender has already killed 3 people and shot at the police. Yes we should give praise to the first beat cars on scene God bless them they stood tall and risked their lives for this thankless city but we should also praise anyone that went in their knowing what was at stake. Why do we do nothing but tear one another down on this thing, did you see the cover of the Sun-times yesterday thats not directed at just SOS that was towards all of us . Instead of slamming one another lets hold the line and have each others back, if we dont hang together we will all hang separately.
Whatever were doomed as a department.
Anonymous said...
SOS launched D.S and he just made the team last month. Fuckers sent him to 002. What is the deal with SWAT personnel getting dumped? We were told nobody from SWAT would be affected. SWAT, want to know?
10/11/2007 08:42:00 AM
The Interim has insisted on DIVERSITY!!!
Anonymous said...
4 POLICE OFFICERS WERE STRIPPED IN THE 009 DIST. FOR STEALING FROM BOX CARS. RUMOR IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME AND THAT SERVEILANCE CAMERAS WERE SET IN PLACE.
10/11/2007 05:02:00
I work in 009 and I haven't heard shit about it. Sounds like You are very much misinformed! If it was true Sun-Times would be all over it !
TO THE ASS HAT WHO IS A FED NOW HO USED TO BE A A PATROLMAN ON BT 222 MY REPLEY TO U IS YOU, YOUR NOT WORTH MY TIME AND U WOULDNT KNOW HOW TO DO REAL POLICE WORK UNLESS U HAD TECHNOLOGY BACKING YOUR ASS UP AND AN UNLIMITIMED AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT TO MAKE YOUR CASE. SO TELL ME WHAT KINDA OF CASE HAVE MADE AGAINST THE REAL TERROIST LATELY IN CHICAGO AND IM NOT TALKING THE MONEY MAKING MUSLIMS MOM AND POP STORES ON THE WEST AND SOUTHSIDE. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE AGAINST THE SCOURGE THAT PRACTICLY CONTROLS THE WEST AND SOUTHSIDE IF THERE WASNT THE BOYS AND GIRLS IN BLUE TRYING TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AGAINST THEM. YOU SIT BEHIND A DESK AND MAKE A CASE TO ME U ARE A COWARD. A GUY THAT WHEN IN CAME TO POINT A YOU MADE IT TO POINT B BUT WHEN IN CAME TO POINT C = COURT YOU PUNKED OUT. SO GO FIGHT THE REAL TERRORISTS GD'S,VICELORDS,LATIN KINGS ETC. BUY THE WAY IM NOT ANONYOUS THEY USED TO CALL ME CAPT HAPPY IN 015 IF NOT I DONT DRINK LATTES BUT BUT YOU CAN FIND ME AT RACINE AND MONROE CONDUCTING ROLL CALL HERES AN EXTRA HIT MY DOG IS 7 COME FIND ME LETS TALK. ONE MORE HINT I MAKE D3 SORRY FOR THE SPELLING I TRIED BE SAFE OUT THERE.
Looks like the woman who caught that nice walleye is getting some free exposure.
sir donkey, esq. said...
Damn! Thats a nice looking walleye!
10/11/2007 12:44:00 AM
And the salmon its holding aint bad either..........
Well.sommerville-60's,marquette 10 80's, The S cience O f S tupidity 00's........Just think the next assholes to lose their minds could still be in preschool, Which makes sense because you can't trust preschoolers, with their snotty noses and their bed wetting.
4 POLICE OFFICERS WERE STRIPPED IN THE 009 DIST.
Dumb Motherf@ckers...I think I'm going to pull my hair out.
Thats odd The last 5 to get caught stealing in the last year all lived in 008 including finnigan...and I'm Irish and from a police family and I'm sitting in a beat car in the ghetto...boy did I get screwed! lets see finnigan (irish)suchocki(polish)herrera(mexican)druniak(polish)
and his partner was arabian the guys from 007 were black....clearly its the united nations of crooks.
female cop and proud of it! said...
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not.
10/11/2007 01:58:00 PM
Let me think about his one for a second, it seems to me that a certain female M.H. on J.F.'s crew was the one that left a thumb print behind. That in turn caused the family to put it in the news which caused IAD to start the process of stripping the SOS crew.
So do all of us a favor and drop the shit about females do no wrong. Most females don't do wrong because they don't do anything.
You are a fool if you think the city needs us to write parkers. Department of Revenue and..... 10/11/2007 04:53:00 PM
City bonds and Insurace ratings determine how many police and fire employees are needed. Why do you think the magic number is 13,500?
d2a amanda said...
I can see why you guys are always in trouble
Hmmmmmmmm the dept. computer only shows one Amanda as a 9165
Maybe next time smarty pants use a better name to hid behind.
Congrads your on SWAT. Good for you. Now quit trying to talk to the "Real Police" that deal with these animals everyday, as if they are beneath you. I admit we need a Good SWAT team. But can you admit that most of your time is spent like a fireman "waiting". Dont lie and tell me how you drill everyday all day and practice for 8 hours. You are like a fireman Pure and simple, all the best gadgets, gear, weapons and vehicles. But we are the ones outside looking everyday for the enemy and having direct close up contact with them without containment or back up already in place. You get to shoot them or wait it out from a very safe distance with every possible safe guard in place. Now go clean your gun and quit having the pompus arrogant atittude.
To the punks that begrudge SWAT. Quit being a jealous little snot nose whiney bitch about whos there and who has better qualifications that got passed over. The rest of us dont give a rats ass. Just do the job you were hired for.
Thats odd The last 5 to get caught stealing in the last year all lived in 008 including finnigan...and I'm Irish and from a police family and I'm sitting in a beat car in the ghetto...boy did I get screwed! lets see finnigan (irish)suchocki(polish)herrera(mexican)druniak(polish)
and his partner was arabian the guys from 007 were black....clearly its the united nations of crooks.
10/12/2007 12:27:00 AM
Finnigan only claimed his Greek heritage, he hated that he was half - Irish. This is true.
Hopefully the Greek heritage will help him in jail...
4 coppers in 9 were striped not stripped. They were napping in the parking lot when Streets ans Sans accidentally painted parking spot lines on them....yuck yuck !
female cop and proud of it! said...
If you haven't notice this may I bring it to your attention. All these scaandals, all the leading CR number officers have one thing in common. They are all males. Maybe this is why us female are offered better spots, merit promotions and positions of authority. As the US Congressional Speaker of the House said, "Maybe it is going to take a woman to clean house!".
You don't see Hillary Clinton doing the things her husband was doing. Face it boys, the women are the way to a better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future, likeit or not.
10/11/2007 01:58:00 PM
LMAO most the women on this job couldn't back up anything they say on the street when confronted by the hate the police thug. Thats why they just ask for more cars then one of us "leading CR number officers" come on scene and put mr hate the police in his place. However the way the job is going even those days are coming to an end. Better, brighter, cleaner and stronger future my ass. As long as there are police fighters you will never be the future. Most of your kind are protected at the desk, secretary, 35th and many other hiding spots that used to be given to old timers who put there time in on the street. Now flooded by bosses daughters and other pretty women of CPD who need to hide at all cost. For the girls with no CPD mommy or daddy who havn't made it in yet just keep flirting or sleeping with the bosses they will always find a inside place for you. For over over a century this was a all male dept. Do you think a all female CPD could last even half that time? For the FEW good women on this job who work get beat up and still come back looking for more it is a shame that most of your kind are here to get protected and collect a check.
Anonymous said...
d2a amanda said...
I can see why you guys are always in trouble
Hmmmmmmmm the dept. computer only shows one Amanda as a 9165
Maybe next time smarty pants use a better name to hid behind.
10/12/2007 12:54:00 AM
Your either dumb as hell or someone is using your name dumbass!
TO THE ASS HAT WHO IS A FED NOW HO USED TO BE A A PATROLMAN ON BT 222
Wow Papi eres muy enojado conmigo..... Que Pena para ti Papi. Dude I have bought cases to the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, Southern District of Texas, the Northern District of Illinois and others. I have never lost a case. All of my cases have involved complex conspiracies, superseding indictments and cases that have been international in breadth and scope. Now as a GS 1811/14 I supervise agents and attempt to help them become law enforcement professionals. The gals and guys in my squad are taught to respect and try and learn as much as possible from our state and local partners. I worked in Gangs South, 009, and 002. I was a working copper and to this day I respect working coppers. The former SWAT guy who posted a very well written reply to an obvious jerk is a guy I would love to have speak with my subordinates and perhaps offer them tactical training with respect to conducting entries.
As for your characterization of me as an asshat. Its great free speech is a cornerstone of our American democracy. It even allows those who cannot engage in intellectual debate to have their voice heard.
With respect to resources allocated to federal agencies your characterizations are a bit off the mark. My investigations are not focused on narcotics or terrorism. One thing I know for sure is that the CPD is rich in cash as a result of asset forfeiture sharing resulting from federal investigations. The HIDTA initiative also pumps a lot of money to the CPD. So perhaps the CPD command structure needs to examine how they utilize the resources they have.
I admire the guys that go out and lock up our domestic terrorists. However, I don't see you as being smart enough to do so based on your post.
To all the gals/guys wearing the CPD uniform and working hard each and every day much respect and adoration for ya!
Let me go and start my morning with my White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks.
Former CPD 222 Beat Driver/ Working FED
ONE SHOT BETWEEN THE EYES, past the head of the hostage
10/11/2007 11:05:00 PM
AMEN, brother.
FP is a great guy.
And anyone who would slam a P.O. for taking out one of the clowns in this crazy circus is out of line. FP did a great job. He saved the life of an innocent victim, and removed ne more misfit from exostance. Both are a plus.
Uh. No. If your hot, then you work the caps office right after probation. If your ugly the you work a beat car...for life. Have you ever seen the female P.O's at HQ. They never hit the streets. Exempts gobbled them up. The caps offices around the city have fashion shows every day.
10/11/2007 09:58:00 PM
Maybe that is why there are so many hot gals at 35th street! nails done,hair perfect,smell nice!
SWAT at 500 W. Madison? Hardly, they just shot a corpse. The guy had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Those swat sissies just blasted a corpse, saw the body at the morgue.
Anonymous said...
Can some SWAT personnel post the physical that they must take? Inquiring minds want to know
10/11/2007 11:09:00 AM
It the ILEAS physical fitness standards, check it on their web site. 1 1/2 mile run under 13 minutes, 40 sit ups under minute, 40 push ups under minute and min of 5 pull ups
10/11/2007 06:15:00 PM
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1 1/2 mile run under 13 easy
40 situps in a min no prob
40 pushup in a min no prob
5 pullups that's it? yea
what are the shooting standards?
If the shooting standards are as easy as the physical standards, this is gonna be a joke.
To Capt. Happy-
Please, please put the bottle down and go get some sleep. You are embarrassing yourself and us. When you wake up, go on the Internet and Google "How to construct an intelligent and gramatically correct post". Perhaps then and only then you will not come across as a complete idiot.
What has the "FED" posted that has upset you or some of the other nitwits that post here? Has he once said anything that is incorrect? Has he once slandered you, me or any other member of the Chicago Police Department? If your answer is yes, show me the post.
No sir, I think that perhaps the anger shown here towards the "Fed" is not really anger but perhaps a little jealousy instead. Are you upset because he had the smarts and foresight to get out of this cesspool when he could while we foolishly stayed behind to proudly boast that we are "The Real Police" which as we all should know, means nothing in the over scheme of things? Are you upset because YOU didn't do what he had the balls to do? I think so. Sounds like it anyway.
Do you know this man? If not, how can you make any statement about what he does or does not do, what cases he's worked on or is working on? You can't yet you come here and lambast him.
Capt., I, as you, have the utmost respect for what the men and women in blue do every single day. They are undermanned, out gunned and ill equipped to complete the mission that they are sent out on everyday. But that doesn't give us the right to slander or ridicule someone who used to be one of us but has since moved on to bigger and better things now does it? A man whose only "sin" is that he came here and posted some truths that while they may not be what we want to hear, are actually pretty insightful and spot on.
No sir Capt. Happy, it looks to me that we have a friend in the "FED", a man that used to be one of us. Do we not need friends in other L/E agencies? Would it not be to our advantage to have a friend in the "G"? Or is it all about us?
Now please, go get some sleep. When you wake up and your head clears I'm sure you will want to delete your last post and repost something that's just a little more intelligent and doesn't alienate our friends and former co-workers.
Over 3000 arrests, 400 guns and just under 100 stolen cars recoverd, do you feel safer?
Can you tell me how many in 016? That is where I live. Oh right. They never were in 016. Neither are the tact or gang teams. FUCK SOS 90% of the people didn't earn the way. I think they are better of split among the districts.
Is it beneath you to handle the jobs of a beat car? We need the help. It's dangerous with the manpower shortage.
Let's see, a total of 2.9 million parkers were written last year which yielded the city 160 million dollars.
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most south and west side "citizens" don't pay their tickets. They pile them up in their rides, or they catch the boot!
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
SOS launched D.S and he just made the team last month. Fuckers sent him to 002. What is the deal with SWAT personnel getting dumped? We were told nobody from SWAT would be affected. SWAT, want to know?
10/11/2007 08:42:00 AM
The Interim has insisted on DIVERSITY!!!
10/11/2007 11:08:00 PM
it will work you will see!
I think the bigger story on the front page of the Sun-Times is the 6 1/2lbs. walley caught in the Chicago River!!! You see, there are BIGGER FISH TOO FRY!
1 1/2 mile run under 13 easy
40 situps in a min no prob
40 pushup in a min no prob
5 pullups that's it? yea
what are the shooting standards?
If the shooting standards are as easy as the physical standards, this is gonna be a joke.
10/12/2007 08:00:00 AM
yeah? thats why over 70% of applicants dont pass the CPD swat standard shooting test, much less the ILEAS test.... cuz its a joke! better start practicing fuckers!!!
ANYONE NOTICE???
Since Dana has taken the Helm, he's attitude towards white p.o.'s has change. He's less social with white p.o's, and very arrogant. Get this g.e.d. clout baby out from the top seat and driving us futher down the depths of hell. Mr. Mayor get a hold of your balls and get that outsider for new Super! If you have Dana take over your just adhearing to the Rev's. We are yelling ICEBERG and your not listening. Mayor, You will be responsible for the LACK of competent CPD leadership and be voted out of office the next time around. Including, your tax increase, and the cover up a financial resources of the exploritory bid for the 2016 olympics. HUM??? Your loosing control of being Mayor, please retire soon.
Cynthia White... are viewed by the US Attorney's Office and a legion of Federal Agents as highly ethical, motivated and courageous law enforcement professionals.
You forgot to add "Hates Whitey" to that legendary resume.
...Finnigan only claimed his Greek heritage...
That explains SO much.......lol
get rid of the district gang teams we need them to answer radio assignments
put tactical unit back in uniform
would you want your family to be stopped by these fools wearing blue jeans , t shirts ,baseball caps backwards no wonder the people complain
"Anyone else get the feeling that SOS was advertising for openings just so they'd have enough bodies to dump when Daley finally gave the approval to pull the trigger on disbandment?"-SCC
Sorry fellas but those fucks in SOS cooked themselves--as did the bosses who let them run rampant. This isn't a media issue, it's about the complete lack of accountability and an atmosphere of invicibility that was allowed to grow and fester in that unit for years. FINALLY the boil was lanced and it's for the best.
Stay safe
Dear SCC
There are way too many posts on this thread.
I don't have time to read them all.
I am getting dizzy with all this scrolling down.
Can you summarize??
Don't feel bad for the new SOS officers sent to the districts. They were all given a SPECIAL BID today to go to any district they want. That's right! Their choosing...
They are the source of their own happiness or anger. They were not allowed to bid to specialized units, but any district in the City was their's for the taking. TODAY ONLY....
-SFG guy
Why Sun-Times, do you not harp every single day on the fact that you have a wife-beating columnist writing for you?
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Why does anybody read the Scum Times? With Mary & Jesse writing, it's a black man's paper.
Who f'n cares? We all know (at least I do) the SOS officers that got dumped are all going to TRU next period. It's the same old shit! You'll see...
TRU will get all the SOS dumpees and the districts will get fucked over once again.
I have seen this dog and pony show one too many times and I have learned not to get my hopes up when I hear there will be more help in the districts.
From what I hear, many of the SOS officers went to 018, 001 and 024. Yeah, those districts need help...How about 3,4,5,6,7,11,15 and 25? That is where the REAL POLICE fight constantly. You want to make a difference send them there. 001 or 018? C'mon they don't need officers like in 004...
TRU will get all of these dumpees for their 5th platoon and soon we'll be reading how TRU has a corrupt crew of officers in their midst. Nothing new. I'm still waiting for Tobias to step on his dick. He already got his "boy" at the academy in hot water, so I'm guessing his turn is almost here.
SOS=SFG=TRU...it's only a name change folks. Trust me...I was dumped back in the day too. I was recalled asap too. It will happen again. WHY? The CPD is going to need a specialized unit to fight gangs and drugs...TRU ain't the answer!
-015 po
The only reason to read the Sun-Times---
To quote Alec Baldwin in HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER--
"It is wise to know the ways of one's adversary."
A friend of mine from SOS says that the po's that got dumped to the districts got to choose today where they really wanted. The only catch was they had to bid to a district. Not all the districts were choosable either.
Anyone else hear about this special bid?
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