More Brilliance from Downtown
Where do they get these wonderful ideas?
- To all units detailed out to other areas. Bring extra batteries for your radios. New general order states that you cannot trade dead batteries for fresh ones in another district. Even though there are no numbers on the batteries they are assigned to specific districts and cannot leave that district. Per Cuello, Bureau of Patrol.
Not that any of these batteries hold a charge for more than 6 hours.
Labels: dumb ideas
posted by SCC at 10:01 AM
141 Comments:
Well this does sound like one of the more stupid ideas I've heard. This Bea the mouth person is so out of her legal and has obviously been promoted well beyond her level of incompetence. Instead of just sitting there and looking dumb, she has to issue these assinine orders to really show the world she is an idiot.
Yet another example of what happens when people are over promoted.
As long as it is one for one, what difference does it make. Instead we will waste man hours driving cross country to swap batteries. I give this one a week before it's rescinded. This is an officer safety issue and needs to be addressed as such. Why would u want officers driving farther than necessary with a dead battery.
To all units detailed out to other areas, read your contract and start filing fucking grievances. About time we start fighting back against the fools that have no idea what our contract means and to those who choose to violate it anyway.
The exempt(s) giving these orders do not have any common sense,nor have they ever been the police. I guess if those officers needed ammunition in an emergency they would have to drive back to their unit of assignment.
Aunt Bea should go back to tending bar at 39th and western.
Great now this! I went to Naperville yesterday the Ribfest was great, great music no animals $10.00 to get in but worth it 100%, unlike taste of shitcago, where the animals roam freely, groping, fighting and shooting! The coppers I talked to there have batteries and new radios that last 12 hours minimum nice! I highly recommend this fest it was that good! Last night they had Foghat playing no problems when it got to crowed what happened? they stopped letting people in what a concept unlike our freaknik shit chicago fest! Soon 2 more years I retire then bye to this doomed shit city forever! Hey maybe bond could deliver batteries to us as she does nothing else but talk shit come on j-fed I know she has lots of clout but keeping her?
That is unreal. So on top of signing out radios, a full bag of equipment, perhaps water or food; Now its extra Batteries. i am sure some radio room staff member was bitching that they are overwhelmed with visitors asking for radios.
It could be worse though, if you remember the (1) radio per car or per team during the Bulls "celebrations" or PR fest, or Mexican weekend (all 4 of them), or the Polish eurotrash parades.
At least every man has a radio. At least I think they do.
Have any preparations been made yet for Obama riots on election night? Have they canceled time due for November 4th?
WOW dept cuello really cranking out those good ideas...no we dont need any new strategies to lower crime lets spend time and write up a general order about teams pulled from their areas to work OTHER areas and there batteries..WOW
More small ideas from small minds.
Those batteries are all Ni-Cad type with a life expectancy of around a year, two at the absolute outside. They are all way past their useful life. Of course the CPD still buys Ni-Cads because they are cheaper although there are other battery technologies that will better stand the kind of use we put them through.
It is likely some nephew or relative of the stuttering prick has a warehouse full of Ni-Cad batteries still left to unload.
So you are exchanging your battery, thus not depleting the districts recourses so yea that makes sense. This is what happens when you promote idiots. They need to put out an order here and there so it looks like they have done something. Way to Go B!
What about some accountability from the top?
The CPD is like the Titanic...only the brass are throwing everone into the water and saving the life boats for themselves.
Major changes are needed before we get to a state that cannot be fixed.
This city is sooooo close to a big free for all.
Even after a death on duty, they dont care about our safety...over batteries?
When your detailed out, the energizer bunny brings you a new one. He keeps on going and going.
This is one of the stupidest orders I have heard yet. They are worried about trading in dead batteries for fresh ones at the wrong location. Thats very serious business. How about geting new batteries that might hold a charge for longer then 6 hours. They are all dopes at 35th St.
Hey J Fed its been said before might be time to act on it. Two assignments only. Patrol and detectives. Disband all other units and put all these clowns back in uniform in District Law Enforcement, Man the beat cars, that is where the rubber meets the road.
Holy Administration Batman!!!
It must be a hell of a job being a bean counter...all those batteries, pencils and paper clips to keep track of. I thought my job was bad, trying to stay alive and protect others, 1st & 16th, and furlough.
DUMB- wait until someone gets hurt.
Bea Cuello knows how frustrating it is to have her hand held battery operated devise fail and lose battery power just when she needed it most!
Can they get any dumber.
Speaking of Brilliance; have you seen the new order on OFF DUTY traffic accidents.
If it is a PERSONAL injury accident AND the field officer identifies one of the driver's as a po, he must notify his W/C.
A field Lt. or W/C must then respond to the scene to determine impairment and take appropriate action if necessary. ie order you to blow.
Woe to the officer that doesn't make the notification and it's later proven he knew one of the driver's was a P.O. ie on the in-car camera.
Double woe to the officer that only has a couple, enough for a rule 15(intox. on or off duty .04), but not enough for a DUI; then what?
are you fucking kidding me???? So if you're in a city wide unit and all the way across the city when you battery dies, cause it will, you have to go ALL the way back to your unit to get a new battery??? BRILLIANT! Where do they come up with this shit???????
How fucked up is this city when you need fully armed swat teams to patrol a food fest. Rib fest none,summer fest none. Did the swat officers point weapons at head of possible suicide bombers? Why dont 35th street tell us one more time to stop shootings they are going to redeploy swat and put desk people on street. Problem is swat and desk people dont make arrests or even do contact cards. All they do is move crime to another location. But I bet you next week we will read in paper jfed is gonna redeploy swat and take people off desk duty to work street. Anyone see ground hog day?
Fucking Retard non street working assholes. They wouldn't know police work if it bit them in the ass.
i said it once i'll say it again. they give you shit equipment give em shit work. shit cars, no pdt = no work. shit cars bad brakes = responce times go down. oh well, make sure your guns are clean and oiled go home safe.
OTT: CTA Special Employment wants you to work the 3rd and 4th of July for straight time....hahahaha, my sides hurt from laughing so hard....stop it....OK UNCLE UNCLE !!
I was thinking that why in the hell would i even think of doing that on my day off? do deal with chasos or enjoy a cold one at my house? ROUGH choice there. you can keep that straight time and shove it. the city can burn. i feel bad for the tourist whom the animals prey on.
SCC,
As someone who is not a cop, I am amazed at how much bullshit you guys have to deal with while trying to do your job. You deal with people who want to run from or fight the police. You deal with a select group of citizens who don't understand that if you wave a weapon at a cop you will get shot and thecops are shooting to kill. So now you get directives that explains if you don't bring your own back-up batteries you are screwed. Maybe the City can also just give you six hours worth of gas so your radio battery will run out of juice as soon as your squad car runs out of gas.
Poor Bea is totally out of her depth as boss. She hasn't a clue as to what she's doing. Another LAPA hack who holds her position not because of any skill or experience but simply because she happens to be Latina.
It's all politically correct and nice for the Dictator Daley but the citizens of Chicago are paying the price for the incompetance of the CPD command as appointed politically by the lil Moron Mayor.
People are being shot down in the streets and J-Fraud and Daley continue to lie that Chicago is safe. Safe my ass. Someday, when Daley is in prison, maybe Chicago will get a break and get the police it deserves.
Same thing in the Sheriff's department.........the batteries won't even last for 3 hours.
Batteries only good for six hours....oh well looks like a two hour equipment adjustment!
P.S. Dont forget to get lunch
DUMBEST idea I have ever heard--what happens when a PO is hurt due to Cuello's stupidity--then again, just HOW much time did SHE do on the street???? DUMB and DUMBER!!!
Slightly Off Topic but interesting:
From the New York Sun:
The New York City Police Department on July 5th Graduated 1013 police recruits. Thats right over one thousand new recruits in one group. This really makes us look sad doesnt it. Second largest city behind NY and we have what 75 in the academy right now. Pathetic. know they say they have 40,000 police officers using a percentage formula with our alleged 13,500 members we should have a class of about 300 in right now.
B is a bureaucrat, she climbed that latter lord knows how
Hurry Hurry Hurry the Titanic is sinking we must get the deck chairs in order. I'll have another bartender Bea.
Forced choice, I'd take Cuello over Maher in a heartbeat.
how long do the batteries in her BARBIE toyS last. does she carry extras.
Not to even mention that if we take out extra batteries, they will be left in the trunk,glove box or under the seats of squad cars. Silly, just silly!
Since J-Fed has no balls to do the right thing and stand up to the stuttering cocksucker, it's time for the Jersey Shore.
Get out of town with a trace of honor before you're ridden out on a rail, Weis.
You heard it here 1st: Big Bird's movers were down so they created something new to gig the troops with.... "Officer is that an official 26th district saber battery?"
Where are we supposed to keep these extra batteries? Cant keep them in our vest cover, no extra pockets allowed. Great frickein idea ...And wear your hat
Bring your pixie dust too.
I remember when Cuello was making her goodbye speech in 10th Dist. She talked about how she couldn't wait to get in there and "make some changes" and get us better equipment. I knew she was bullshitting us then and she has done nothing but prove it since. Patrol is nothing but a group of ugly step-children to them.
what a dumb ass bitch
ATTENTION MEDIA /
3 July, accident on lake with tour boat and other vessel.( in proper -at anchor)
Per US Coast Guard and Tour boat protocal...
Called CPD Marine unit to administer blood alcohol tests to appropriate parties.
Marine unit had no operable units available. (claimed not charged)???
Parties sent to Northwestern Hosp where a 4 hour wait was in store.
So much for the blood level test accuracy!
YOUR WATCH J-PUD / DALEY
Weasel , you are so out of your element, give it all up before more of us get seriously hurt.
this is because "I have four older brothers" "I'm qualified"
Obviously they don't want us to work any longer than our batteries hold a charge. If they want me to work 8 hours, they will give me an 8 hour battery. And a contract.
"Maybe the City can also just give you six hours worth of gas so your radio battery will run out of juice as soon as your squad car runs out of gas.
7/06/2008 03:08:00 PM"
Wait for it..... Wait for it.....
Many.many years ago,when I was the young brylcream police,we had riot training in the Soldier field parking lot.At that time we had a reciever that snapped to your helmet (the old style ones)that looked like a pair of big earmuffs.You could recieve commands to march diamond formation,right oblique,left oblique,etc.These radios,and batteries were brought to the scene in a 2 wheeled trailor and issued to you at the scene.Why can't they resurrect that trailor full of batteries and radios and bring them to the major events?
Oh forgive me!In my old age I'm getting senile and starting to make sense!ME BAD!
Hey, maybe by saving on batteries. We'll get a raise!!!
Disband all other units and put all these clowns back in uniform in District Law Enforcement, Man the beat cars, that is where the rubber meets the road.
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Who ever wrote this must really miss the 1940's.
Batteries only good for six hours....oh well looks like a two hour equipment adjustment!
P.S. Dont forget to get lunch
7/06/2008 03:40:00 PM
How long do you think this order will last when people on details start asking for relief to return to 016 or 004 to get new batteries?
carrying batteries in the trunk is no big deal and if you go on overtime the radio, will work. What is the big deal when u are detailed out a supervisor will have the x batteries, what is the problem. When Finnighan was doing his criminal activity ask him were he got the xtra batteries. We wanted a change we got a change these people are not here to hurt you, The officers in the can are the ones to send the nasty letters to. We got J-Fed and others because fatso, GQ Starks, Mara H, Latin hot stuff all could not run the department, they are the ones that passed the torch to Daley and the almost the goverment. We almost had as bosses the USA goverment ask La, Detroit, Cincinnati how they like, you people are lucky you have jobs, what else can u do. Be a bartender ?. Not.
what's up with women who get promoted? there is a lt in 011 1st watch who is a stone asshole.
Aunt Bea should go back to tending bar at 39th and western.
7/06/2008 10:33:00 AM
AMEN !!!! just another daley diversity hack that showed her true colors and lack of leadership over the Taste weekend
NOW HERE THIS! BEA'S NEWEST ORDER:
When you fill up with gas you may not leave the area that gasoline is assigned.
If you are reassigned to another district/area you must return the gasoline to the pump where you acquired it and fill up at a pump which is located in the area of your new assignment.
That is all> Bea
IMAGINE ELECTION NIGHT:
If Obama wins there will be wide spread rioting, burning ,
and looting in celebration by the "community".
If Obama loses there will be wide spread rioting, burning, and looting in protest by the "community"
So the forcast is for wide spread rioting, burning, and looting by local democRATS.
"Who ever wrote this must really miss the 1940's.
7/06/2008 06:31:00 PM"
And whoever wrote THIS must still be wearing Pampers.
Not to defend Cuello, but...
Like any rechargeable battery, the batteries can only be recharged a certain number of times before they start losing their ability to hold a charge. Each unit's batteries are replaced every two years, for this reason. If outside units are exchanging their batteries at a district, then you are mixing batteries of different ages. It is usually because a district has been taking in batteries from outside units that there are ones that are not holding charges. So, in her defense (and trust me, only this time) she is actually trying to help solve the problem of batteries not holding charges.
This one's no more silly than the email she sent out about sparklers being illegal. She confirmed the ordinance prohibiting their sale and then stated, quote, "now we can go lock up K-Mart."
Brilliant, Bea. Absolutely brilliant.
order came out weeks ago.
by the way that was the Salvation Army handing out water today at PO Francis' wake. I asked if I could help defray costs and they would not let me.
really nice.
If your battery goes a chirpy chirpy, stop what you are doing and go back to your unit of assignment and get a new battery.
If police change their batteries at any police station, then some police stations will end up with too many batteries, thereby leaving other police stations with not enough batteries.
WHO CARES IF IT WASTES MAN HOURS? Your entire shift had better be a waste of man hours because if you are out there digging up crime, you will either lose your job, end up in an assignment where you don't need a radio, or go to jail.
Just because the media feeding frenzy has slowed down, does not mean you are safe to do police work again.
The really scary part of this story is,this is the incompetence we can see. It's a ha ha, and nobody really gets hurt.
Just think of the things they are doing, that we can not see.
Just think of your future in the hands of these incompetent people.
They might actually think they are helping you, when they are too incompetent to know all the different outcomes to a problem.
Good example is Monique Bond.
It her own mind she probably walks away from those news interviews thinking how clever and interesting her comments are.
We are in a hold lot of trouble, and its too late to be afraid.
I've noticed that they have been putting uniformed cops out ticketing cars on foot... I've seen it in 5 places - even at 11 pm last night in Ukranian Village... Is this the plan to get revenue and put feet on the street?
the solution is simple. one guy don't turn your radio on until your partners fails or you need to transmit.
together we can do more with less so that the king has more to disperse among his cronies.
Guess you have to turn off your radio for 2 hours so save some juice. An order like this can put an officer in danger. Nothing like wasting gas to go back to your unit/district instead of the nearest district to get a fresh battery.
Someone passing out radios had his/her undies yanked way up and cried to da boss. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
All city wide and detailed units should down themselves at the sixth hour of work to go get a new battery. Then take your sweet time traveling back to your unit to get it and vuola(sp) tour is over and no detailed personel on the street for the last 2 hours. Eventually somebody will catch on and rescind this stupid idea. Bea you fucked up 010 and now you're trying for the whole fucking dept. Go to hell and die you dumb bitch.
WE HAVE GOT TO BE THE LAUGHINGSTOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT!!!!!
the difference between the Titanic and the CPD?.......the Titanic had a band....
Puentes in 021 can do no wrong, he now got Captain Cindy White covering for him. He never backed anyone up or did work, but he can show up late and get spots all bc White has a thing for his flavor of love. She is good police so wish shed stop degrading herself
During a stint I had working the district radio room it got to be a little routine seeing two or three officers daily coming in off the street with dead radios to pick up fresh batteries. I decided to call EMMD to see about replacing our 150 or so batteries, and this is how the conversation went:
Me: “Many of our batteries are consistently dropping their charges within two to four hours. What do I have to do to get them replaced?”
Him: “How many do you need to replace?”
Me: “All of them if possible, about 150.”
Him: “WHOA! Wait a minute. Can’t do that. Give us your worst batteries. I can trade out about ten per week.”
Me: “Can I do this every week?”
Him: “Yep.”
Me: “So eventually we can have all new batteries, just not all at once.”
Him: “That’s about right.”
Me: “So if we end up trading them all anyway, what’s the difference between getting them all now when we need them instead of just ten at a time?”
Him: “For you, about fifteen weeks.”
Policies and procedures established for no reason other than to have them regardless of whether they make sense or not. This is a good example of how our silly paper shuffling red tape department operates – if you’re lucky enough to talk to the right person at the right time you might have a chance of getting what you need if you do a little fishing, a little song and dance, and you play their game on their terms. It would be no surprise at all to learn the authors of said terms have never experienced keying a dead radio microphone trying to call for help when it’s needed most. Obviously the necessity for dependable, potentially lifesaving radios is pretty low on the 5th floor.
Disband all other units and put all these clowns back in uniform in District Law Enforcement, Man the beat cars, that is where the rubber meets the road.
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Who ever wrote this must really miss the 1940's.
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disband the ET's and have 2 ETs per watch!
Did anyone else read the new g.o. Special Situations? Do we even have a union?
Where does the FLOP Safety Committee stand on this one? Oh that's right most of them are housecats that don't use Radios, so it doesn't effect THEM!
They Rubber Stamp every order the Dept. issues w/impunity.Pathetic.
Btw,nice 1/2 paragraph of double talk regarding Contract Talks. Then in true Punk fashion drag up the tired "we don't negotiate in the media" crap & blame some mystery Officer. Your crew is beyond the Pale. What you sell us out for this time, Summer furloughs for the Marine Unit?
This Department went to hell when they did away with the callbox!
Should I also bring my toolbox to repair my pool car if/when it breaks down?
I'm sure that the "higher-ups" have hashed that out as well.
Nothing surprises me anymore.
If you look at the whole concept of this it is not that bad. Districts continually have problems with batteries not lasting a full tour. The order now starts that if a radio starts to chip during the tour that battery will be brought back to the radio room and set aside, not back into the rack for charging. Then at the end of the period those batteries will be replaced with new ones. So in theory if this is done and people set them aside, over time all the old batteries will be replaced with new ones.
Now if all these outside units keep dumping there old batteries in the district and grab new ones the cycle never ends. If each district/unit does the right thing an the city actually buys news ones the problem of crap batteries will work out.
If you work in a unit grab an extra battery and if one dies bring it back and dump the battery in a box to be replaced.
I am not saying this is a great idea coming out of 35th street but it is not as dumb as people are making it out to be.
Everyone bitched above crap batteries and now they set something up to try and change that problem and all people do is complain
Times are not "a changing" FOLKS! THEY HAVE CHANGED.FOP GOLF OUTTING= CASH BAR???????????
And another week of Leadership brilliance [fubar], comes to an end, in Little Moscow by the Lake.
More IDIOT Bosses, just what we needed!!!
How about the morning memo/order saying ALL working police required to wear the dress uniform to the wake today??
Were they trying to stop us from paying respects? Officer Francis was killed in a blue uniform worn every day, the 1st responders wore the same or civilian dress. I'm pretty sure his family doesn't care what we wear to the wake as long as were working (don't look like a bum)!!! Working police don't have their dress blues in their locker Supt. Weiss!!!!
You Sir. have bad advisers and a worse command staff!!!
"Everyone bitched above crap batteries and now they set something up to try and change that problem and all people do is complain
7/06/2008 11:04:00 PM"
Gee, how about issuing all new batteries to every district?
And doing it every 2 years?
How about that?
Costs covered by reducing the mayor's private little bodyguard squad and eliminating Burke's.
That should cover it, and then some.
Off Topic. About people saying they should charge an admission price to get into the Taste of Chicago, that might not be the answer. Yes Milwaukee charges an admission price to get into all their summer fests and they have hardly any problems. To have, and then enforce, the admission price policy is the key. If Daley said there will now be an admission price, some aldermen and reverends would scream racism. It would be the farthest thing from racism because it would protect all Taste goers, but they'd yell it anyway. Secondly, you know the city would gives hundreds, if not thousands of free passes to the Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Housing Authority, Church groups, Cease Fire, Community Organizations, and Aldermen. The only people who would have to pay are the average citizens who aren't the problem to begin with. It would just be more frustrating.
Anonymous said...
To all units detailed out to other areas, read your contract and start filing fucking grievances. About time we start fighting back against the fools that have no idea what our contract means and to those who choose to violate it anyway.
7/06/2008 10:23:00 AM
Remember, a famous exempt of a specialized unit told his officers; if you file greviances, you might win the fight but I will win this war. Not a threat but it is a threat. Throw out the contract with this current crop of exempts. Be happy you have a job. Even Brust says to not complain but be happy and grateful for a job. Cuello says you will work any where we send you and forget officer safety. Then they wonder why arrests are down and no one is practive on the street. SWAT is not enough. Soon, national guard will be out on the street.
SCC
I'm just waiting to see the next batch of gold stardust coming down the pike. Word out of HQ is they will be made in the near future.
I suspect between Aunt Bea, the screaming skull, and Jackson the field will be loaded with hacks.
If you think about it ( a difficult concept for most of this Department ) there are several reasons this makes sense. I'm sure it's easier to just cry "poor me" and act like the Exempts are piling on you, but in the long run it is the right thing to do. Man up, stop the whining, adapt and over come. I guess you'd rather have 50 PO's hit a district radio room at one time and completely drain their fresh batteries so that the Beat guys get screwed? Could we have better equipment? Yes! Do we have it? NO! Deal with it.
This guy WILL be a boss! Based on how he thinks:
REGARDING POST:
Anonymous said...
If your battery goes a chirpy chirpy, stop what you are doing and go back to your unit of assignment and get a new battery.
If police change their batteries at any police station, then some police stations will end up with too many batteries, thereby leaving other police stations with not enough batteries.
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Ok, you dumb ass. If you change your battery at ANY police station...
Guess what... EVERY STATION WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF BATTERIES!
YOUR GIVING THEM ONE FOR ONE IN RETURN. No station will have less.
YOU ARE AN ASSHAT SIR!
But most likely be a fricken boss one day!
I REMEMBER A DETAIL EARLIER THIS YEAR
WEAR THE BATTERIES AND RADIO WERE GIVEN AT THE SITE.
ANY ONE REMEMBER THE BOXING QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OLYMPICS?
IT SEEMS WHEN DALEY WANTS SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIS INTEREST EVERYTHING IS DONE PERFECTLY....
THE TASTE WELL HE IS NOT EVEN IN THE CITY!
THE BATTERIES BLAME THAT ON NEW DEPUTIES THE OLD ONE THREW OUT ALOT OF THE PLANS FOR THESE EVENT . CLINES CREW MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THE AXE BUT THEY TOOK THEIR INFO WITH THEM TO SELL TO OTHER TOWNS.
ALL THOSE FRESH FACES AT HQ AND THEY KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT FEARING BEING DUMPED.
CMON WHO HAS THE BALL TO TELL JFED HE FUCKED UP
PETERSON?
CUELLO?
HOW ABOUT GOOD OLE LT.STAPLES (NICE MOVE PUTTING UR GIRL IN 010 WE R WATCHING).
SOFT DONT WANNA HURT MR. GI-NORMOUS FEELINGS.
WE CAN WAIT IT OUT! 6 HOURS OF BATTERIES NO PROBLEM ILL KEEP MINE OFF! CAR DOESNT WORK WAIT FOR R SERVICE. WANNA CHANGE MY DOG ILL GO ON THE MEDICAL FOR 3 DAYS. WANT PARKERS ILL RIGHT THE REVERENDS AND EVERY PIZZA PLACE.
KEEP THINKING MY G.E.D ASS CANT GO WITH THE FLOW AND CAUSE PROBLEMS.
Hi boss, how ya doin in la la land? Here is reality for you, sir or madam... once the batteriese chirp, they get tossed into the box for return to walsh construction. Then the box becomes full and the chargers become empty. Then there are NO batteries, so someone with sense, (read-blue shirt) takes the batteries out of the special box and charges them. You see, if the order was followed, no one would have batteries. Yet another example of the disconnect between the ivory tower and the lowly grunt. We need batteries that work. The solution is to .... drum roll...dramatic pause...... BUY NEW ONES, KEEP NEW ONES ON HAND SO THAT THE BAD ONES ARE IMMEDIATELY REPLACED. Yes, this requires having MORE of something than we immediately need, and requires thinking....what's the word.... AHEAD.... also known as planning, which is a part of....leadership.
OTT: CTA Special Employment wants you to work the 3rd and 4th of July for straight time....hahahaha, my sides hurt from laughing so hard....stop it....OK UNCLE UNCLE !!
I was thinking that why in the hell would i even think of doing that on my day off? do deal with chasos or enjoy a cold one at my house? ROUGH choice there. you can keep that straight time and shove it. the city can burn. i feel bad for the tourist whom the animals prey on.
7/06/2008 03:03:00 PM
Why work special? Because some of us don't have the time on so get cha or airport. All you see getting those OT gigs are fat, sloppy, smelly old timers. That or dogs that work inside. When I see the notification for those gigs in the c/o book, not one person getting has les than 15 years on. SO me, being one of those with less than 15 on, and since court is not enough on its own, has to work for straight time for cta. All so I can afford my halfway decent home, reliable auto, and put good food on the table for the famliy
Oh well, enjoy your beer in your studio apartment
To 7/06/2008 08:00:00 PM, easier answer, put a born on date (like beer) on all new batteries. Equipment & supply needs to only issue an order requesting each district to count batteries w/ XXXX dates. Then replace them.
This is going to sound like crap but do your own homework, batteries floating around in a car pose a potential hazard. If a piece of metal crosses the contacts it will short out and cause the battery to overheat and catch fire (read car in flames). This may not be very common but can and will occur.
What's wrong with the female LT in 011th District first watch is her insecurity.
Stay away from her and join the 3rd watch crew or days.
Dealing with Capt. Anguina is better than dealing with the LT who is out to get you fired!!!
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"...Little Moscow by the Lake.
7/06/2008 11:16:00 PM"
I'm thinking that, somehow, this is insulting to Moscow.
Hi guys;
Im not the police but I work for motorola. We have batteries that will go for over 20 hrs in your radios. They arent that much money (21 bucks wholesale) and are available now. good luck to you
Anonymous said...
Disband all other units and put all these clowns back in uniform in District Law Enforcement, Man the beat cars, that is where the rubber meets the road.
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yeah rubber meets the road sure thing pal..first off im just a beat slug and yeah lets disband the crime lab, evidence techs, k-9, etc etc..yes i do agree with you that there are to many unit BS units i mean just look through the FOP book..and i also agree that to many of these units house to many clout hacks but there has to be more hope for me besides 30 years of pushing a beat car and listening to baby mama drama..so asshat isnt it almost time for you to walk down the street and check in on your call box
>>>>>Anonymous said...
I remember when Cuello was making her goodbye speech in 10th Dist. She talked about how she couldn't wait to get in there and "make some changes" and get us better equipment. I knew she was bullshitting us<<<<<
Can you imagine the frustration of getting a position like that and not being able to make changes because of budgets, politics, contracts, not just FOP, but vendors. But we should be able to exchange a battery, anytime anywhere, that's a safety issue. You can't have a cop on the street with a dead radio and that can happen unexpectedly.
The radios we have now will be replaced in the near future with digital. Their batteries will last a lot longer, like when digital cell phones overtook analog models years ago.
Stay safe, the change can't come soon enough.
"...she is good police so wish shed stop degrading herself..."
Please report to Random Drug Testing at 35th St.
THIS JOB BLOWS NOW !!!!!!!!!! The streets prove it.
Where is our money going ????????????????????????????
Why work special? Because some of us don't have the time on so get cha or airport. All you see getting those OT gigs are fat, sloppy, smelly old timers. That or dogs that work inside. When I see the notification for those gigs in the c/o book, not one person getting has les than 15 years on. SO me, being one of those with less than 15 on, and since court is not enough on its own, has to work for straight time for cta. All so I can afford my halfway decent home, reliable auto, and put good food on the table for the famliy
Oh well, enjoy your beer in your studio apartment
7/07/2008 12:56:00 AM
Come on kid I am what you describe the only thing that fits is old timer! Don't worry you will get to work when you get whiskers all that college and now you make less! What did you study son? many drinking parties fried your brain kid? Me I am 50 still bench 350# work out can you keep up? When i was a new officer I worked cta also and shut my mouth and was happy to get any extra dollars! Also i worked at walgreens for little money now I will take all I can get of time+1/2 work enjoy the career and thanks for paying into my pension I reall appeciate it!
"...she is good police so wish shed stop degrading herself..."
Good Police?? you watch the wire too much
"The radios we have now will be replaced in the near future with digital. Their batteries will last a lot longer, like when digital cell phones overtook analog models years ago."
OK R&D Whiteshirt apologist. They told us that we were going Paperless as well.That was in 1994.
Don't even try touting CPD as a cutting edge Department. So in other words, Fuck You Too!!
07/06 06:52 pm. Hay stupid it couldnt get any worse than now. Your lucky you have a job suck hole. I was looking for a job when I found this one but I know this city is headed for complete shut down. But now that cline and finnegan our out of the way real coppers like ypu will pick up the banner and kick ass. So far by looking at crime stats you must have already started. did you send your awsome resume in showing all your parkers movers and bus checks or maybe you will get the most guns this period and go to a unit. Dork.
"Wait for it..... Wait for it.....
7/06/2008 06:15:00 PM"
OK..... OK.....
The problem with batteries is that because of the crooked thieving Daley's we can only buy them from "selected" purveyors.
Thus a twenty dollar Motorola battery will cost the city about $31.00. The difference going to the minority contractor who then , in turn, "donates" to the Daley Crime Family Organization. Easy!
>>>Hi guys;
Im not the police but I work for motorola. We have batteries that will go for over 20 hrs in your radios. They arent that much money (21 bucks wholesale) and are available now. good luck to you
7/07/2008 01:48:00 AM<<<
Thank-you...some details please, model numbers, availability, enough so that TV news might do an expose on this subject that might save a cops life. Daley's reaction will probable be, if the cops want those batteries let them buy'em themselves.
Not to defend Cuello, but...
Like any rechargeable battery, the batteries can only be recharged a certain number of times before they start losing their ability to hold a charge. Each unit's batteries are replaced every two years, for this reason. If outside units are exchanging their batteries at a district, then you are mixing batteries of different ages. It is usually because a district has been taking in batteries from outside units that there are ones that are not holding charges. So, in her defense (and trust me, only this time) she is actually trying to help solve the problem of batteries not holding charges.
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Thanks Bill Nye. Now, can you tell me why, after 5 years in the same place, I have not seen these "new" batteries that you speak of?
TO 7/06/08 1045AM AMEN MY BROTHER ABOUT NAPERVILLE,ILL. MY FAMILY LIVES AND I WAS AT THE RIB FEST LAST YEAR AND NO PROBLEMS. I ONLY HAVE THREE MORE YEARS AND I PLAN TO RETIRE THERE. BIG TOWN WITH SMALL TOWN CHARM. HOUSE ARE STILL EXPENSES BUT CONBDOS AND TOWNHOUSE STILL REASONABLE. ALSO DOWNTOWN NAPERVILLE IS ALSOME AND GOP MAYOR PRADEL A GREAT GUY. F-CKYOU DALEY ,JFED AND TO AUNT BEA, THEY HAVE AN OPENING FOR A BAR TENDER AT JILLY'S IN NAPERVILLE.
are you fucking kidding me???? So if you're in a city wide unit and all the way across the city when you battery dies, cause it will, you have to go ALL the way back to your unit to get a new battery??? BRILLIANT! Where do they come up with this shit???????
7/06/2008 01:47:00 PM
Hit 'em where it hurts pal. Tell your immediate stupidvisor to hold you down on an equipment run. Head back to your unit. Obey ALL traffic laws. You might get back before your tour ends.
EVERYBODY should do this. That order would last about as long as the one about swiping out did.
By the way. Some orders are written by inexperienced P.O.s ASSIGNED or DETAILED to R&D that try to make a name for themselves.
Want to hear YET another brilliant idea from downtown? Word on the street is that they want to expand TRU...yes boys and girls EXPAND TRU, after just dumping 2 platoons. They want 90 PO's and 6 Sgts....apparently the west side aldercreatures are bitching cuz TRU has only been in area 2...
Puentes in 021 can do no wrong, he now got Captain Cindy White covering for him.
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dont be a hater. Puentes is an ass kisser to all his bosses, he just got a female who enjoys it. Hes about to be moved to a place Cindy thinks she can see him more than his occaisional roll around the block in his patrol car answering NO CALLS! Besides he aint at work more than 3 days a week always getting days off and when in, he dont do shit but kiss her ass when he should be on the street. 2nd watch beat 2131 is never covered
Stupid is as sttupid does...that what my mama always said
If I ever get hurt because my battery dies and I can't call for help, whoever authorized the purchase of this sub-standard shit will be a "battery victim".
"...all you see at these OT gigs are fat, smelly, sloppy, old timers..."
Who you calling old?
Anonymous said...
Have any preparations been made yet for Obama riots on election night? Have they canceled time due for November 4th?
7/06/2008 10:51:00 AM
My family wont be spending the night on the island we overpaid for in our southside neighborhood, They will be far away from Shitcago no matter win or lose it will be bad, the savage loves an excuse to implode
So you are exchanging your battery, thus not depleting the districts recourses so yea that makes sense. This is what happens when you promote idiots. They need to put out an order here and there so it looks like they have done something. Way to Go B!
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There may be a fear that a someone might take advantage of the situation by exchanging batteries from his own area that are near the end of their useful life for units with lots of life left, thereby causing a shift in expenses from one area to another.
It does like a dumb rule on the face of it though. Why would you want a cop with a dead battery out on the street?
They are all way past their useful life. Of course the CPD still buys Ni-Cads because they are cheaper although there are other battery technologies that will better stand the kind of use we put them through.
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It isn't quite that simple. Different battery technologies require different chargers. So going to a better battery might well require replacing lots of chargers as well.
And not all radios have the option of different battery technologies. It may be that the radios you guys have only accept NiCads.
NiCads are pretty cheap, especially in bulk. One would think getting a bunch of spares so every one could carry an extra with them would not be real expensive.
Brown shirt here,
To the poster that stated Cynthia White is good people.What planet are you from? Are we talking about the same C. White that was involved in the Marquette 10 incident, that should have been locked up herself. The same C. White that would interview violators and encourage the violator to take CR's on the arresting officers? I think you must be a recent hire , because I think C. White is the most disgraceful person I've had the displeasure to see in uniform.
And it's sad to see that CPD is suffering from the same incompetent types that received merit promotions.
>>>>>Anonymous said...
I remember when Cuello was making her goodbye speech in 10th Dist. She talked about how she couldn't wait to get in there and "make some changes" and get us better equipment. I knew she was bullshitting us<<<<<
Can you imagine the frustration of getting a position like that and not being able to make changes because of budgets, politics, contracts, not just FOP, but vendors. But we should be able to exchange a battery, anytime anywhere, that's a safety issue. You can't have a cop on the street with a dead radio and that can happen unexpectedly.
The radios we have now will be replaced in the near future with digital. Their batteries will last a lot longer, like when digital cell phones overtook analog models years ago.
-----------------------------------Hey Bea or Bea's secretary who responded. Guess what? It's people like you that made these fucking policies, change them. See, the good old boy network worked out great when you were jocking all the bosses that got you promoted or put into a good unit. All you had to do was fuck and suck and look good. No boss expected work out of you. I bet you talked shit to others though. Told them you kicked ass. Bullshitter. But you don't have answers or hope for the people who don't suck cock or have blood lines throughout the department. Just be a standup person and say that there is nothing that can be done because "I'm incomptent". At least Phil Cline was a good old boy through and through. Everyone knew it. He was a piece of shit for it, but everyone knew it. Same with Hibbity-Jibbity. Bea, if you think radios are really the issue then you really are lost.
Puentes in 021 can do no wrong, he now got Captain Cindy White covering for him. He never backed anyone up or did work, but he can show up late and get spots all bc White has a thing for his flavor of love. She is good police so wish shed stop degrading herself
7/06/2008 09:49:00 PM
Learn to spell and get som time on the job! Cynthia White is a fat ass TURD! I have no problem with bad cops going to the pen, but she was dirty along with them! She isn't the POLICE she isn't your friend. Cynthia White is a fat bitch who will fuck you over at a moments notice! This isn't black,white, male or female. It's a "GOD I prayed that fat bitch died" thing!
Remember, a famous exempt of a specialized unit told his officers; if you file greviances, you might win the fight but I will win this war. Not a threat but it is a threat. Throw out the contract with this current crop of exempts. Be happy you have a job. Even Brust says to not complain but be happy and grateful for a job. Cuello says you will work any where we send you and forget officer safety. Then they wonder why arrests are down and no one is practive on the street. SWAT is not enough. Soon, national guard will be out on the street.
I agree! I filed a Grievance once and the Commander told me the same thing. I won the Grievance(day off group change) yet he was right I lost the war. I was fucked with for years then left the dist and once again they made the phone call to the new dist.
With all the talk of the Titanic, Hey, I'm already in the water, I'll wave to youse guys from the shore.
LAPA sure puts up some of the best with Chief Maria and Aunt Bea. Is LAPA controled by HDO or otherwise.
LAPA, you do have some talented guys in your organizaton. Stop sending these goofs to the helm of this sinking ship, send someone who knows how to help steer the ship.
its a win win for me. Battery goes dead 4 hours in go to unit get a new battery, get lunch get back to the district and lookey here time to drive back to the unit to check off. Brilliant. But lets keep it on the down low i don't want the stupervisors ( i.e. Cuello, j-fed Scrodini)to know. They are really smart.
I just got a message their changing the mics can I fill in. Ok this is something called let it roll.
Anonymous said...
Where does the FLOP Safety Committee stand on this one? Oh that's right most of them are housecats that don't use Radios, so it doesn't effect THEM!
They Rubber Stamp every order the Dept. issues w/impunity.Pathetic.
Btw,nice 1/2 paragraph of double talk regarding Contract Talks. Then in true Punk fashion drag up the tired "we don't negotiate in the media" crap & blame some mystery Officer. Your crew is beyond the Pale. What you sell us out for this time, Summer furloughs for the Marine Unit?
7/06/2008 10:50:00 PM
HI WAYNE!!!! Or is it SHAWN??!!
Speaking of Brilliance; have you seen the new order on OFF DUTY traffic accidents.
If it is a PERSONAL injury accident AND the field officer identifies one of the driver's as a po, he must notify his W/C.
A field Lt. or W/C must then respond to the scene to determine impairment and take appropriate action if necessary. ie order you to blow.
Woe to the officer that doesn't make the notification and it's later proven he knew one of the driver's was a P.O. ie on the in-car camera.
Double woe to the officer that only has a couple, enough for a rule 15(intox. on or off duty .04), but not enough for a DUI; then what?
7/06/2008 01:31:00 PM
?????????????????????????
Wow, does this include intoxicated bosses who drive off-duty in their take home squads???
As much as I am not a fan of the ACLU, this one sucks the big one and we need some cocky civil rights attorney..we should not be micromanaged any way while off-duty.
Not to defend Cuello, but...
Like any rechargeable battery, the batteries can only be recharged a certain number of times before they start losing their ability to hold a charge. Each unit's batteries are replaced every two years, for this reason. If outside units are exchanging their batteries at a district, then you are mixing batteries of different ages. It is usually because a district has been taking in batteries from outside units that there are ones that are not holding charges. So, in her defense (and trust me, only this time) she is actually trying to help solve the problem of batteries not holding charges.
7/06/2008 08:00:00 PM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Energizer Bunny.
Can some investigative reporter look into where all the federal dollars are going that are earmarked for the police 'cause they aren't hiring enough to keep up the retirees, there is no 13,000 on the job and our equipment is old, outdated, falling apart and just plain does not work. Why isn't the police dept. getting this money? What is Daley doing with it besides ripping apart airstrips at night, building kiddie museums in Grant Park, putting up flower beds?????? Where is the money going???????????? Olympic bids???? where???????????
SCC please conduct a bit of an investigation before you publish.
The Bureau of Patrol Directive states, "Batteries must be issued and returned to the same District/Unit Facility without exception. The battery inventory is replaced every 22 to 24 months. Batteries nearing the end of their usability, if allowed to be commingled with newer batteries, compromises the integrity of that District/Unit's battery supply."
That does not mean you cannot get another battery in a different unit. It means don't replace the drained battery in that unit. The words used were "issued and returned". So during your tour you have been sent to another district or area, and your battery is chirping by all means get another battery in that district or area. At a later time return that battery to the unit that issued it. Simple.
"I agree! I filed a Grievance once and the Commander told me the same thing. I won the Grievance(day off group change) yet he was right I lost the war. I was fucked with for years then left the dist and once again they made the phone call to the new dist.
7/07/2008 05:05:00 PM"
And you took it up the ass and, yes, yes, you liked it.
Admit it.
Anonymous said...
If you think about it ( a difficult concept for most of this Department ) there are several reasons this makes sense. I'm sure it's easier to just cry "poor me" and act like the Exempts are piling on you, but in the long run it is the right thing to do. Man up, stop the whining, adapt and over come. I guess you'd rather have 50 PO's hit a district radio room at one time and completely drain their fresh batteries so that the Beat guys get screwed? Could we have better equipment? Yes! Do we have it? NO! Deal with it.
7/07/2008 12:00:00 AM
You are right boss. I will deal with it. When the battery goes chirp, then I will change the battery. Then get lunch and gas and call it a day. That is three hours every tour. Not bad.
Are we talking about the same C. White that was involved in the Marquette 10 incident, that should have been locked up herself.
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She had absolutely NOTHING to do with the Marquette Ten. Please do you're homework before you post.
To:>>>That does not mean you cannot get another battery in a different unit. It means don't replace the drained battery in that unit. The words used were "issued and returned". So during your tour you have been sent to another district or area, and your battery is chirping by all means get another battery in that district or area. At a later time return that battery to the unit that issued it. Simple.
7/07/2008 09:48:00 PM<<<
I haven't read the directive yet, but if I read what you wrote correctly:
A. I give my dead battery from my unit to your district
B. your district loans me a battery (no markings on either)and then hold onto my battery while I go work
C. later, no matter where my work takes me, I come back and get my oringinal battery, hopefully charged in the meantime and go back to my unit.
Sounds like a lot of trouble.
Am I the only guy who gets enraged every time this nitwit Weis puts on our uniform without having earned it???
"-------------------------------Hey Bea or Bea's secretary who responded. Guess what? It's people like you that made these fucking policies, change them."
Hey, I wrote that and I do not make or change any policies and do not agree with this one. I am still pushing a beat car in 010.
All I am saying is that I can understand the frustration of wanting to make good changes, getting into position and then finding out you can't do that.
Anonymous said...
Am I the only guy who gets enraged every time this nitwit Weis puts on our uniform without having earned it???
7/08/2008 02:20:00 AM
Yes, unfortunately you must accept this idea and move on. Or go to 35th street and complain. Or file a greviance. But let it go.
"And you took it up the ass and, yes, yes, you liked it.
Admit it.
7/08/2008 12:56:00 AM"
Having flashbacks to the Father& Son campout again huh?
"HI WAYNE!!!! Or is it SHAWN??!!
7/07/2008 09:27:00 PM"
Why don't you call your house& see which one picks up the telephone. You'll then have the answer you're looking for.
Is it true all new hires will have to buy their own radios, batteries, and chargers?
I'm kidding of course, but I bet it has been floated down at the Mensa house on 35th street.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Not to defend Cuello, but...
Like any rechargeable battery, the batteries can only be recharged a certain number of times before they start losing their ability to hold a charge. Each unit's batteries are replaced every two years, for this reason. If outside units are exchanging their batteries at a district, then you are mixing batteries of different ages. It is usually because a district has been taking in batteries from outside units that there are ones that are not holding charges. So, in her defense (and trust me, only this time) she is actually trying to help solve the problem of batteries not holding charges.
7/06/2008 08:00:00 PM
How about labeling each battery with a unit number or, replace by date? Oh yea, that would make sense, we can't have that.
In the old days the radio was in the car. The battery never wore out. Energizer batteries never wear out either. They just keep going ang going. Oh and the windup thing Radar used to use on MASH it always worked too.
"Having flashbacks to the Father& Son campout again huh?
7/08/2008 06:00:00 PM"
Uh, not so much.
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