Monday, December 10, 2007

What Scandal is This?

This sounds like a bit of overreach on the part of the City, Department, and supervisors. From the comments:
  • What is the story about a 10th District cop being forced to give his personal cell phone to I.A.D. who then downloaded all the info on it.
  • WHAT HAPPENED IN 010 WITH THE PO WHO WAS ORDERED TO TURN OVER HIS PHONE BY IAD. HEY ZAVALLA HOW ABOUT LETTING YOUR OFFICERS HAVE CONTACT WITH AN FOP LAWYER. NICE TECH IAD BORROWED TO SEARCH WITHOUT A WARRANT THE OFFICERS CELL PHONE. IAD REMOVED ALL THE TEXT PICTURES AND CONTACT INFO ON SCENE. THEY MIGHT WANT TO HELP WITH HOMICIDES SOMEDAY THOSE LAZY GEEK PRICKS. CUELLO DISTRICT SEEMS UP FOR GRABS. NICE GOING ON CANCELING A WATCH PARTY BECAUSE NO ONE SHOWED UP TO THE OVERPRICED OFFICIAL XMAS PART.
We realize that you cannot transport or be in possession of contraband in a CPD vehicle, aside from seized items to be inventoried. We also understand why the order about lockers being subject to unannounced searches was put into place (hey, it's the Department's locker in a Department facility...they can look in it). We still wonder whether IAD had a right to order a certain 010 District copper to open his personal briefcase without a search warrant when they suspected him of wrong doing (seems there should have been a warrant in hand and the item to be searched should have been seized in accordance with the warrant).

We definitely wonder about seizing someone's personal cell phone that they pay for with their own money - unless the phone was used to facilitate some unlawful conduct on the part of an officer or there is some question about whether an officer was on the phone during a traffic accident. And even then, to search electronic devices, we're pretty sure a warrant needs to be involved. And if there is going to be a search, officers are entitled to legal protections and legal advice.

It's funny to see no one going to the District Christmas party though and bosses canceling watch parties in revenge. Seems the watch parties are still a better time than the "official" parties after all these years. Nice to see some things never change.

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82 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Apparently the "ladies" in the commanders office don't get along with the "ladies" on the desk on days and faxed over a copy of the watch party flier to the media in the hopes of them catching some drunken coppers on tape. Unbelievable, it's like a soap opera. This x-mas party heavy handed tactics need to stop. Nobody likes to be forced to buy a $100 ticket before the holidays to a party with shitty food and even shittier entertainment (Brings to mind Sgt Vick's band from a few years back). It's funny how all the tact and gang bosses tell us "you HAVE to buy a ticket or else." Fuck you, or else what, I can't wear jeans anymore?

12/10/2007 12:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

forget the 'official' district/unit christmas parties. let me see..............$40.00-$50.00 per ticket............you have to burn your own time (unless you work somewhere that can alter your hours -ie tact...........what a great deal. ask your friends with 'regular' jobs who pays for the christmas party. not to mention christmas bonuses.

12/10/2007 01:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you can have a watch party without the bosses cant you?

12/10/2007 04:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sue IAD, they needed a search warrant. The problem is that nobody down at IAD probably knows how to write a search warrant for a phone. So, they took the easy way out.

retired guy

12/10/2007 05:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No one cancelled any watch parties-- Amusing, but obviously not posted by someone from the District.
Once again, someone who has no information or only 1/2 correct info is belching out a post to troll for series of responses.
Spank.

12/10/2007 05:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who from IAD?
What "TECH" was borrowed?
What is a "TECH"?

Silly monkey

12/10/2007 07:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Last time I Checked.. If someone "forces you to give up property" it is a robbery! Since it was an IAD rat. It should be "Armed Robbery". Next time you are on a job and the zone tells you to give a call to make notifications. This should be the line to use. "Squad I no longer carry or own a cell phone, when the department issues cell phones I will make prompt notifications" . I for one recently cancelled my cell phone account, put it in a relatives name then, bought a trac phone and put a few minutes on it.. So technically I no longer own a cell phone that anyone can Forcibly take from me. They want to screw with us,lets screw them right back..

12/10/2007 08:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That officer should have refused to hand over his phone, now he's screwed.

I here he had some "action" shots on there, if you know what I mean.

12/10/2007 08:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Went to 023 Dist. X-Mas party Friday at the White Eagle, it sucked! Who was that goof out there dancing? Are all districts/units seeing the same thing this year...massive no shows. Must be due in part, or whole, to the morale of the department. And yes, they would need a warrant to seize personal items. That cop should know better than to give the item up, especially if there is incriminating evidence, without a warrant?

12/10/2007 08:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sounds like it is time to Bid out of the 10th district..A commander with no balls..

12/10/2007 08:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Sounds like it is time to Bid out of the 10th district..A commander with no balls..

12/10/2007 08:21:00 AM


LITERALLY !! HA HA

12/10/2007 09:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Are all districts/units seeing the same thing this year...massive no shows. Must be due in part, or whole, to the morale of the department."

That seems to be the prevalent theme citywide. Think about it?
In the spirit of the season they're going to put on this facade of Christian benevolence & the rest of the year treat you like a jagoff ??

The Christmas are parties put on by suckholes for suckholes, nothing more.

12/10/2007 09:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Again Where is FOP??????? This whole Dept is GONE!!!

12/10/2007 09:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

UP DATE:

ALLEGATIONS 1
TEXT THREATS TO EX-GIRL VIA CELLPHONE

ALLEGATION 2
IMAGES SENT OF PRISONER DOING STUPID THINGS VIA THE PHONE.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS A DEVICE(TECH MORONS) THAT PLUGS INTO ANY MODEL OF PHONE AND IMAGE(MAKES A COPY!) OF ALL CONTENT INSIDE OF A CELL PHONE. REMEMBER IF YOU DELETE ANYTHING ON A COMPUTER IT STILL IS IN THE COMPUTER. THE SAME THING GOES FOR YOUR CELL PHONE. REMEMBER THIS ALL YOU TACT GUY DOING WEIRD SHIT AND THINKING YOU PHONES ARE A WAY AROUND USING A RADIO.

I FOUND IT WEIRD THAT THIS DEVICE IS NOT USED FOR HOMICIDES AND OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES. THE DICKS DONT EVEN KNOW IT EXIST ASK THEM.

I RECOMMEND THAT ALL PERSONS ON THE DEPARTMENT WHO DO OWN A PHONE NOT HAVE THE PHONE IN THERE NAME AND NOT PAY THE BILL FROM THEIR CHECKING ACCOUNT.

TIP NUMBER 2 DONT GIVE THE NUMBER OUT FOR ANY REASON TO CREDITORS OR THE DEPARTMENT.

TIP NUMBER 3 DONT HAVE THE PHONE DANGLING FROM YOUR VEST LIKE AN ASS-HAT OR EVEN BETTER HANGING FROM YOUR EAR LIKE A DICK CHEESE.

WITH LOVE THE HATER.

PS THE PARTY WAS SPONSORED BY MILLER AND THE COMMANDER WAS MAD THAT THE FLIERS HAD THAT A LIQUOR COMPANY IS THE SPONSOR AND THE PRICE OF TICKET WERE LISTED.

TALK ABOUT USELESS RULES

12/10/2007 09:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cuello might have been good looking once, (looks like she has put on a few pounds) but she is a typical CPD incompetent boss who was only promoted because of her ethnicity and gender.

12/10/2007 09:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have not attended a Christmas party in 27 years! Why? The commander's have "dicreationary" accounts and make 150K+ a year maybe they could show the troops how much they appreciate them and pay for it! Why should I pay? The Christmas parties citywide were not well attended can the exempts and white shirts see why? Morale is at an all time low! We the working blue shirts are not supported with the easy things such as "no time due"! Thanks to all the exempts the drunken exempts, all the way down this job is nothing more than a warehouse job do your job go home! The cell phone in 010 why give them your phone? I hope they try to take mine without a warrant, my "speed cuffing" technique would be swift and quick! Then the media would be called as they observed how a good arrest for armed robbery is made! IAD! nothing but a bunch of clouted punks!

12/10/2007 10:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SGT Vick's band? Straightup Bill plays an instrument? Are you also going to tell me he's a ballroom dancer?

12/10/2007 10:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No search warrant, no phone. I hope this officer has a good lawyer and eats IAD and the city alive. Hell do the same thing everyone else does. Ask for 20 million dollars. You rights were violated and now your scared that IAD will steal your phone everytime you show up at work.

12/10/2007 10:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

010th District beware! Jimmy the Weasel has been selling everyone out at HQ.

12/10/2007 10:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Went to 023 Dist. X-Mas party Friday at the White Eagle, it sucked! Who was that goof out there dancing? Are all districts/units seeing the same thing this year...massive no shows. Must be due in part, or whole, to the morale of the department. And yes, they would need a warrant to seize personal items. That cop should know better than to give the item up, especially if there is incriminating evidence, without a warrant?

12/10/2007 08:20:00 AM

wasnt the cash register dance was it?

12/10/2007 11:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our districts party is a Christmas/Retirement Party. I ALWAYS go to show thanks to those who have weathered the storm & made it to retirement in this past year. I could give 2 shits about the distrrict, but I DO respect those who have given so many years to this charade & are leaving in 1 piece!
BE SAFE!!

12/10/2007 11:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those idiotic baffoons in 010 are destroying the real reason behind the Christmas Party. It's to honor the retired coppers from 010.
You aren't really hurting anyone by not attending, but you are showing your fellow officers who are now retiring that their service meant nothing.
When are the high school antics going to end kiddies?

-Old 010 guy

12/10/2007 11:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who was the hooker at the Narcotics Christmas Party???? Oh, that was the commander's secretary. And who is the LT. she has been getting cozy with? And why does the commander's secretary get a covert car????? She must be good at her "job".

12/10/2007 11:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Only one retiree out of five attended our district X-Mas party. Even the retirees want nothing to do with the ass-kissing that goes on there and they're $55.00 tickets were paid for.
I don't attend the X-Mas party or St. Jude because I want the bosses to look like how they treat me. Shit.

12/10/2007 01:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If he did in fact give the cell phone to IAD he does not have a foot to stand on.

If he refused and demanded they get a warrant for the phone and a separate warrant for the info, and was disciplined or the phone taken forcibly then he would have cause.

The only tool and fool here is the stupid copper who gave up his phone- oh and the guys who keep saying sue, sue, sue. Must be your son's name.

12/10/2007 01:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

THIS IS THE SIXTEENTH STRAIGHT YEAR, THAT I HAVE NOT ATTENDED THE 025 DISTRICT X-MAS PARTY.
I LIKE TO ENJOY MY HOLIDAYS.

12/10/2007 02:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sounds like a nice law suit pending!

12/10/2007 03:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the x-mas parties are also a good way for the 2 year wonders to get in good with the bosses and make tac/gangs (it works too) and suck to em to stay on the 3rd watch if needed. thats what it is. but i don't think im willing to burn 8 hours to hang out with a bunch of office city workers. however i'll go to the watch party instead and hang out with my fellow officers. again and again the job is a joke, go out there and take care of eachother and screw the city all you can.

12/10/2007 04:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

REMEMBER THIS ALL YOU TACT GUY DOING WEIRD SHIT AND THINKING YOU PHONES ARE A WAY AROUND USING A RADIO

yeah, it's the tact guys...

12/10/2007 04:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

29 & a day said...

You can have a watch party without the bosses cant you?
------------------------

Exactly.

I don't think the "bosses" are paying the for the Watch Parties.

We still woke up in America today. You can party 24 hours a fuckin' day if you like.

12/10/2007 04:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sgt. Vick...any relation to Mike Vick?

12/10/2007 04:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Newsflash...narcotics doesn'thave a commander! There is a deputy chief so are you referring to his secretary as the hooker?? Inquiring minds want to know?? What LT are you referring to??

12/10/2007 05:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

we HAVE TO GET A search warrant to GO THROUGH A PRISONER'S PHONE, OR A consent to search. do not give your cell phone over to IAD. HOWEVER, RULE#1, don t be an IDIOT either by having something on your cell phone.

12/10/2007 05:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let IAD seize the property then sue their and the city's ass for violation of civil rights.

12/10/2007 06:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There's no shows at the x-mas parties because we're all fed up with the fights and shit head drunk coppers. Oh and also the bosses all down the line that do nothing about it. Fuck the x-mas parties.

12/10/2007 07:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In light of the alchol related fatalities by CPD, and a few 501's where CPD officers were arrested why in the world would Cuello or 10th District office people advertise a Christmas party sponsored by Liquor Distributor??

Didnt anybody see the Streaming Video with Kasper in it? Sad very Sad. I understand that consequences exist for you actions, but I still felt sorry for that PO's mom.

How much did the Liquor company kick in? Where they the only ones who up'd with some extorted cash? That begs the question of how much money was being deposited into the discretionar account of the 10th Dist? Where does that money go? What does it get spent on?

12/10/2007 08:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

boys and girls he GAVE CONSENT

12/10/2007 09:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is a joke. I was a Detectie on the CPD for over 20 yrs. before I retired and went into private investigations. You can get info on any phone activity cell or otherwise without the person (s) knowing you have it. Once you know whats on the phone record you make up a BS story and get a warrant. Investigation 101.( Not that IAD can figure this out). Advise; use your cell phone as if everyone was listening. Go out and buy a throw away one like the bad guys use. Pay cash for it. You can buy them at Dominicks and nobody will know anything.

Retired, Thank God.

12/10/2007 09:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To stay on topic, the officer who gave up his phone is an idiot.

Now onto the off topic rants. I buy a ticket to the Christmas party because I'm told I have to. I never show up and piss off my Sgt.

I could care less about the majority of the old timers. The majority of them haven't done an ounce of police work in 10 years. The guys who deserve to be recognized I tell them to their faces that I looked up to them and that they will be missed. I guarentee that meant more to them then getting an applause from all the suckholes in the back office and caps office.

12/10/2007 10:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

...You can get info on any phone activity cell or otherwise without the person (s) knowing you have it...

Unless you're looking for photos on it.

12/10/2007 11:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Violation of civil rights!!!!!! Need I say more... Copper get a clue... get rich... Everyone else does....

12/10/2007 11:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Those idiotic baffoons in 010 are destroying the real reason behind the Christmas Party. It's to honor the retired coppers from 010.
You aren't really hurting anyone by not attending, but you are showing your fellow officers who are now retiring that their service meant nothing.
When are the high school antics going to end kiddies?

-Old 010 guy

12/10/2007 11:26:00 AM


EZ there sgt v

12/11/2007 12:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
boys and girls he GAVE CONSENT

12/10/2007 09:35:00 PM


Did he sign the concent to search form in the presence of a boss? I hope not.. If not thats a violaton of the rules right there by the IAD guy...

12/11/2007 12:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hopefully at some point we will get the "real" story about the cell phone and the rat squad,but I'm sure in the end IAD will be the sneaky rats that they are.If this copper was done wrong I hope he has the balls to make some noise to make this right,fuck IAD.

12/11/2007 12:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sgt. Ken Biggs from IAD you are a rat, it isn't bad enough that you screwed over a PPO in an auto accident in 011. Now you lie to a P.O. to get his cell phone. You should of stayed passing out needles to hypes you liberal piece of shit.

12/11/2007 03:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

THEY CAN ADMINISTRATIVELY ORDER YOU TO GIVE UP YOU PHONE.

12/11/2007 03:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Boys and girls he gave consent"_ I am sure that IAD has the documentation that he gave consent- as a consent to search? JF used verbal consent to gain entrance to various locations, did IAD only get verbal consent?

12/11/2007 04:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sorry, but in my mind I'm still trying to connect an incident about a cell phone with a Christmas party ........... It seems sad that people can't get over their pettiness long enough to attend a function that honors people for their decades of service. Many retirees bring their families, and their families have EARNED the right to see them honored. Somehow, people think that the success/failure/absence of a Christmas party has something to do with the Commander and/or supervisors. It doesn't. The party is mostly for the P.O.'s, and is mostly organized by the P.O.'s. If you need a form of protest against the Department, please choose another. The Christmas/Retirement party is just what it says it is, and nothing more.

12/11/2007 05:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
There's no shows at the x-mas parties because we're all fed up with the fights and shit head drunk coppers. Oh and also the bosses all down the line that do nothing about it. Fuck the x-mas parties.

12/10/2007 07:04:00 PM

True! I have my family parties and a few close copper friends i don't want to see all the asskissing and all the asshole white shirts anyway!

12/11/2007 06:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OK boys and girls, reality check time. Let's go over the real reasons that people don't attend the parties.

1. Ever try to get money from a copper? At least 10% of the people in any given district won't spend a dime on anything. Whether it be lunch, tavern, retirement party, benefit, whatever. The most popular excuse is "I need to go to the cash station". For these people to reach into their pockets and take out more than $2 for someone else is out of the question.

2. Another 10% are just plain miserable people. They don't like their fellow P.O.'s, their bosses, the citizens, their spouses, or their relatives. Like a disease, they infect others, and make them miserable, too. For them, attending anything is out of the question.

3. Then we have the whiners. At least 10% of the people feel they have been wronged because they couldn't get a day off, or couldn't get a car, or couldn't get a specific start time because as we should all should have known, "I have babysitting issues", or the boss had the nerve to ask them for a little activity.

4. At least 10% of the people don't care about anything that is not directly related to them. These are the people that never show up at your job just to make sure that you're OK, that would start their tour by "discovering" your missing flashlight and fail to return it to you, and would get a big chuckle over seeing you do their work. They would never consider trying to help another P.O.

You know who these people are, and you do the math. Nearly half of the potential attendees are people that the other half wants nothing to do with. When you go to work today, look around, and ask yourself which group you belong to.

12/11/2007 07:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is part of the top story in today's Southtown paper:

All modern cell phones track their position - even when not in use - by measuring the distance to the nearest cell-phone towers and then triangulating the results.

Cell phone records have proved crucial in the prosecution of several recent high-profile cases, including the reckless homicide conviction of Charlton McKay, an off-duty Chicago cop who drunkenly ran down a 15-year-old boy.

Chicago Lawn district police supervisors are testing a cell-phone system that allows them to use the same technology to track officers' locations in real time.

12/11/2007 07:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm going to load up my cell phone with pictures of my willy. I hope it disgusts IAD as much as it disgusts me.

12/11/2007 08:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is a joke. I was a Detectie on the CPD for over 20 yrs. before I retired and went into private investigations. You can get info on any phone activity cell or otherwise without the person (s) knowing you have it. Once you know whats on the phone record you make up a BS story and get a warrant. Investigation 101.( Not that IAD can figure this out). Advise; use your cell phone as if everyone was listening. Go out and buy a throw away one like the bad guys use. Pay cash for it. You can buy them at Dominicks and nobody will know anything.

Retired, Thank God.

12/10/2007 09:57:00 PM

That's all well and good, but the problem is the pics some of these goofs in blue are allegedly taking with the camera feature on the cell phone, then passing around for others to see. Not smart.

As for the conduct of any criminal activity, if you use a phone, ANY phone, you will eventually get caught. I know it's hard to believe, but there is always someone smarter than you out there. Gotta be like Paulie from Goodfellas, no phones. Ever. Your "untrackable" cell phones are a lot easier to trace than you think.

12/11/2007 09:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those idiotic baffoons in 010 are destroying the real reason behind the Christmas Party. It's to honor the retired coppers from 010.
You aren't really hurting anyone by not attending, but you are showing your fellow officers who are now retiring that their service meant nothing.
When are the high school antics going to end kiddies?

-Old 010 guy

12/10/2007 11:26:00 AM

the retirees dont even show up
we had 1 out of seven show up

12/11/2007 11:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those idiotic baffoons in 010 are destroying the real reason behind the Christmas Party. It's to honor the retired coppers from 010.
You aren't really hurting anyone by not attending, but you are showing your fellow officers who are now retiring that their service meant nothing.
When are the high school antics going to end kiddies?


most of the coppers retire in january and are forgotten in march why would you come to a party if they ment that much you in the first place you would be golfing or seeing them at the monthly retirement meetings. its all bullshit

12/11/2007 11:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
THEY CAN ADMINISTRATIVELY ORDER YOU TO GIVE UP YOU PHONE.

12/11/2007 03:47:00 AM

and in can ADMINISTRATIVELY throw it to the ground or flushing it down the toilet or just getting it wet

12/11/2007 11:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

plain and simple cuello needs to go

12/11/2007 11:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

""You aren't really hurting anyone by not attending, but you are showing your fellow officers who are now retiring that their service meant nothing. When are the high school antics going to end kiddies?""

OK old 010 guy--maybe we dont want to spend $100+ a babysitter at christmas time to attend some stupid party. Music is ghetto, food is so,so and 1/2 the coppers are #$%tfaced. Does that really show that their service meant something?
Personally when I retire, I'm not planning on going to the party, and if I did, I would certainly understand if some coppers felt as I feel now and would NOT hold it against them.

12/11/2007 03:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OK boys and girls, reality check time. Let's go over the real reasons that people don't attend the parties:
12/11/2007 07:21:00 AM


You have hit the nail right on the head. Excellent post.

12/11/2007 04:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the retirees dont even show up
we had 1 out of seven show up

12/11/2007 11:03:00 AM

lol

12/11/2007 04:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

THEY CAN ADMINISTRATIVELY ORDER YOU TO GIVE UP YOU PHONE.

12/11/2007 03:47:00 AM

NO THEY CAN'T! it is your personal property. They cannot order you to turn over your personal property.

12/11/2007 06:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, was that beer company related to Jesse J's son the big beer distributor? What were they thinking putting a beer logo on the 10th Dist party flyer? What is going to happen to the Cmdr for this? (probably nothing) Don't we have enough trouble with PO's intoxicated off-duty? Now we are promoting it?

12/11/2007 09:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've been to a couple of "Christmas-Retirement" parties. They do nothing to honor the retiree. It's a roast where a few jokes suffice in place of a list of that officer's accomplishments. Now we have civilians, crossing guards, and janitors a part of these gala events. Let the civilians and the others have their own parties. Like was said by somebody else, its all a show so the commanders can puff up and pretend they know all about the officer's career, or what he's done over his last 20 odd years. They give you the proverbial gold watch, a pat on the ass, a kiss on the cheek, and you're out. There's no honor here, just a show. I don't plan on attending my own, now would I bring my family either.

12/11/2007 09:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

NO THEY CAN'T! it is your personal property. They cannot order you to turn over your personal property.

YES THEY CAN.

12/12/2007 05:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

YES THEY CAN.

12/12/2007 05:49:00 AM

PROVE IT.

12/12/2007 07:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nanny Society strikes again.

So what if there is a beer logo on the ticket? Is anyone under 21 attending? When did we lose responsibility for our own actions?
Is the beer logo going to make me drink more or less?

Last year at a Cub's game they were giving out magnetic schedules sponsored by Old Style. They wouldn't give them to kids because of the sponsorship. So what do the parents do with these? They put them on the refrigerator where the beer is kept and kids keep their milk. What ever happened to telling your kid--touch my beer and I crack your hand?

Maybe if these so-called honor students had a live-in concerned father, the crime lab wouldn't be flipping their bodies.

12/12/2007 08:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SON, I'm hearing that Doty in 006 has a Xmas Party that will be off the hook!!! He's telling everyone to stay the night at the hotel where the dinner's at, so that if there's partying to be had....hooking up with da females that ain't da wife, whatever....it's ALL GOOD baby!!!
Can't wait to hear the stories outta that party!

12/12/2007 11:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just bought a trac phone from walmart..all of $9.95..Picked up a card with 400 minutes on it for $29 bucks.. Called in from someone's else' phone and activated it..Never asked for my name or anything.. So if someone ask if you have a cell phone..just say no.. Go flush it down the f*&king toilet. Just like joe on the street would..

12/12/2007 04:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They really can't seize anything from you unless they have a warrant. However, they can fire you for refusing an order. The unions need to jump on this, like now.

12/12/2007 06:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To someone who is not from
010, “Nobody likes to be forced to buy a $100 ticket before the holidays to a party with shitty food and even shittier entertainment"

The 10th District Party tickets were only $65, and the food (I had a wonderful prime rib), was great. Good parking, the room had a wide view of the city at night, attentive service, several door prize baskets, and good short speeches by our retirees.

The entertainment was a DJ, a 17th District cop who did a fantastic job with a real good selection and played requests. Who did you want, Guy Lombardo?

There’s still a lot of good camaraderie on the watches in
010. Nobody got drunk and stupid and I had very good time. Thanks to everyone who made it possible.

Stay Safe, and Lighten Up.

12/12/2007 07:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If I were ordered to gived up my cell phone, I would demand a warrant. I would place the phone on the table and in front of witnesses, state that that is my phone. I do not give my concent to your search and seizure, if you do seize my phone I will sue you and the department for violations of my 1st and 4th Amendment Rights.

I would say that if you are so convinced that you are willing to bet, your house, your pension that the city will defend you or pay me off then you do what you need to do.

A cell phone is a needed 24/7 item these days, especially if you have kids to worry about. Be smart, have a non-camera phone, if you have a camera phone,don't do anything stupid. It's a backup when your radio got out. You can get service in any name you want, and with the new taxes coming, billed outside the county. You can set your phone to defeat "Caller ID".

What about phone records, even home phone records, without a warrant.

12/12/2007 07:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please remove the comment of 12/10/2007 09:56:00 AM.

A gentleman never discusses a lady.

Commander Cuello has to put up with goofs like this all day long. She is not a bad boss, better than many I have seen, and just think who might replace her eventually.

Think of who the aldercreatures, like Dixon, might want, and get.

12/13/2007 12:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i usually go to our Christmas Party. I work midnights and with everyones lives being the way they are, it's the only real time per year that I can socialize with my coworkers. The food is always OK and there aren't that many drunks at our parties. I enjoy them and I enjoy shaking the retirees hands and wishing them well. The 017 Retiree and Christmas Party is always just fine. IMO. Grumpy!

12/13/2007 02:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody who is going to waste their time going to Doty's HO-tel 006 Xmas Party is really going to be pissed off this year......CAPS office po in the know

12/13/2007 12:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow--I miss Guy Lombardo.

12/13/2007 04:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Nobody got drunk or stupid...""

BORING!!!!!

12/13/2007 04:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

why do exempts get to go to the 1st dept xmas party to get drunk while driving their m plated city vehicles? hmmmmmmmmm over at 47th and king see how many bosses were lit driving the city unmarked cars?
good thing somone let the media know and all the drunk bosses are on tape. watch for the special report coming soon!!!!! payback is a bitch!!!

12/14/2007 01:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TO: "good thing somone let the media know and all the drunk bosses are on tape. watch for the special report coming soon!!!!! payback is a bitch!!!"

How noble of you. We'll have the media follow you next since I'm sure you never had a drink at a department party.

Yeah, let's call the media every time we take a shit. Good idea! Let's be just like P.O. B. Kelly. So much for backing up your own. You have an empty sack.

12/14/2007 02:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SNITCHING ON BOSSES IS SOOOOO WRONG.


OH WELL. I WONT LOSE ANY SLEEP IF THEY WANNA DRIVE AROUND IN M PLATE CARS DRUNK.

CONGRATULATION DANA ABOUT TIME YOU SETTLED DOWN DONT SCREW UP. REMEMBER YOU AINT GOING TO BE THE POLICE NO MORE

12/14/2007 10:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If this nonsense is the worst you can say about Commander Cuello then shut up. I was there when she became a sergeant and I worked for her when she made Lieutenant. She is a hardworking bright woman who has been tested on this job.She has done what you better hope you never have to do on this job and then went through all the court and administrative crap that comes with it. If you think she is hard to work for, be glad you weren't here in the old days.

12/15/2007 01:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now adays the only time a commander has balls is when he's fucking over a copper.

12/19/2007 07:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Boys and girls,some of us actually had a good time at 008's Christmas/Retirement party.
What a difference a new commander can make. Last year the party was like a wake when Commander Carroll a.k.a. Minnie Me "ran" the district. Some of us actually like working for Leo because he treats you like you should be treated. But most of us were there for the retirees who showed up; three good bosses.

12/19/2007 12:22:00 PM  

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