Unauthorized Photo
The cover of yesterday's Sun Times would appear to be a rather large violation of the "pictures of juveniles in custody" rule.
After all the rip jobs we've handed out over the past three years regarding the unauthorized photos of a certain sergeant being inside a crime scene, we'd hope that no one was still dumb enough to spread those things around.
We understand that it's his mother releasing his name to the press. That's her prerogative.
But god help you if you trust a reporter to cover your ass regarding a violation of State law should Lisa Madigan decide it's time to enforce that one. You better delete the file from your phone, remove the chip, torch the phone and bury the ashes somewhere.
After all the rip jobs we've handed out over the past three years regarding the unauthorized photos of a certain sergeant being inside a crime scene, we'd hope that no one was still dumb enough to spread those things around.
We understand that it's his mother releasing his name to the press. That's her prerogative.
But god help you if you trust a reporter to cover your ass regarding a violation of State law should Lisa Madigan decide it's time to enforce that one. You better delete the file from your phone, remove the chip, torch the phone and bury the ashes somewhere.
Labels: dumb ideas
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
74 Comments:
Heard that the P.O. who worked with him has filed a suit against the dept.for putting her in harms way working with this knucklehead
Just send the reporters to 19 if they want to photo juvies. They pulled the blinds down on the room they handle the kids in and it's wide open to public view. We see 'em all the time when we pull up to the curb to park. Of course, nothing really happens in 19, so the news people don't really come out by us much.
ps - Whoever sent that photo was WAY outta line.
Man, I really wish I was off this day. Now they're going to be asking for a statement and my phone?
Is this as bad as the desk sergeant taking cell phone pictures of a commander's son while he was under arrest and handcuffed to the wall? That could have been a very harry situation.
Off topic but great news Jimmie Akins AKA Petty Homey or Thirsty as he was once known on the streets of 015 has been arrested by the FBI for the tow truck payoff scandal. This is one jag I hope goes to the joint in North dakota for a few years. He is lucky they did not get him earlier when he was doing his thang in 015. This P.O.S. beefed and sued a few good coppers from 015 tact when they piched his younger brother for DCS. Who's laughing now Jimmie. Hey you never know maybe you can get the same cell as Bubba Terrell and talk about the old days. Good riddance you DOG.
Signed,
Former 015 copper
Click take a pic
Like I said a few days ago, this is an attorney's wet dream come true.
I like all the gang grafitti on the lockup wall in the picture.
You gone!
Rumor has it that IAD is pulling the recorded 1 hr plus phone call that 95 made to squad the following day.
How many times have I told you boys and girls all lines going into oec are recorded, one way or the other.
Don't use the company phones especially if you're in one of those new fancy stations.
OMG
WHEN WILL THIS STOP!
How many softballs we have on this job? Why the hell would someone take a photo of a juv and send it out?
Oh I'm beyond ashamed.
mother sees $$$$ signs. she really did a good job knowing what her son is out doing. she probably dressed him so the police can babysit him... the kid done this at least 3 times but on the news the mother blamed the police. hmmm one day when will the police be able to put law suit on citizens for their own stupiditiness?
wow is it getting harder and harder to be proud to be a chicago cop.
I have no inhibitions in saying that i truly believe that we are some of the best, innovative and adept in adapting to impoverished conditions, but a small number of us has stunted such reputation by bastardizing this incident. i.e.(releasing rumored details / leaking images of this incident)
security breaches occur, though mostly not on this serious of a platform, every day. the inability of us not to be able to deal with this internally and as to not to expose our weaknesses nationally, has become the greatest permeability in our defense on local breaches and terrorism as a whole.
this is a complete failure in security breach, but only inevitable in considering the standards that we as a department have been ruled by.
formally speaking, can everyone remember that first day when we showed up to our new assignments and got the, "hey kid, i know nothing about you" and somehow ended up on a car, until word got to the watch commander that he's got to change some things around to fit you in.
i'm willing to bet that most of us have a similar story and we as legitimate ppo's were not using any type of deception.
the inability of our leadership to create a successful, or at least standardized, system of processing ppo's, has lead us to adapt to a "fly by the seat our pants" training system. how many of us were trained by FTO's? or furthermore what are the designated training districts? and how many times have they changed in the last ten years?
all in agreement, we have some serious issues in our training schedule that need to be addressed, but need to be addressed with each other and not with the local media, national media, world media or however far our flaws have been publicized.
i'm still proud to be a chicago police officer and know that there is no gain in leaking unproven details, photos, etc to the outside world (i.e. media) who have no idea what we deal with on a day to day basis. it's so easy for them to run away with a story and so hard for us to regain our credibility and reputation.
lets be honest this incident could have happened in any district, to most officers and could have had much worse consiquences. lets not brag to the world about our shortcommings, lets clean our own mess, with our own knowledge and without the ridicule of the rest of the world........!!!!!!!
oh brother..
Doesnt anyone else care we are now the laughing stock of the whole country not only Illinois. Its just a disgrace, let it go!
the p.o who worked with him and was stupid enough to give the keys to cop you dont KNOW had better leave well enough alone.
whats with all the gang grafitti on the wall doesnt anyone stay in the room when they have those shitheads cuffed on the wall
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from 012 every time a threat is made we up to oec to hear the threat on tape, oec can tell exactly where the call came from the tower it was tranmitted from and your cell phone number. and 95 has the nerve to sue the dept for putting HER in harms way. i say anyone who has ever worked with HER should sue TOO!
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Anonymous said...
Doesnt anyone else care we are now the laughing stock of the whole country not only Illinois. Its just a disgrace, let it go!
1/29/2009 09:16:00 AM
As long as we being run by Short shanks and all his merit bosses, we will be the laughing stock of the world. Daley worked very hard getting us to this point, thanks Jowls Daley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hate to be the poor officers that took that arrest.
because you should have had care and control of your arrestee and you will know who took pictures of this kid.
they can take a picture of my ass walking out the door in a few years. all these educated kids with all their degrees...have little or no police sense or street smart. they dont know shit. an armed robbery of bank could happenen right in front of them...and they would be asking the corn vendor for his pedlers license..just like the pink panther movie. i can picture that
hmmm one day when will the police be able to put law suit on citizens for their own stupiditiness?
1/29/2009 03:52:00 AM
The day that stupiditiness becomes a word.
"whats with all the gang grafitti on the wall doesnt anyone stay in the room when they have those shitheads cuffed on the wall
1/29/2009 09:45:00 AM"
Lead by example Bitch. Why don't you do a more thourough search of your reckless conduct arrestee, instead of bragging to your fellows POs in the hallway how great a Lawman you are?
Thanks for the blog SCC. I live here in Chicago and I can hardly stand all the crap that goes on here. I can hardly wait to get back to the Kansas City area where more often than not, the people in power are straight shooters. I really hope the Chicago voters get a clue. It makes me wish I would have registered here to vote in Illinois and help support the sane/people who care. I hope things change for Chicago and your department, until then, stay safe and keep the city trash out where the people can smell it. Maybe they will get tired of it and decide to get rid of it.
Anonymous said...
they can take a picture of my ass walking out the door in a few years. all these educated kids with all their degrees...have little or no police sense or street smart. they dont know shit. an armed robbery of bank could happenen right in front of them...and they would be asking the corn vendor for his pedlers license..just like the pink panther movie. i can picture that
1/29/2009 10:02:00 AM
I can walk out anyday also the young kids,like us have great officers and of course some shitty ones! Without the new kids how would it be better? the dept would still be on a downward slide the incident in 003? Was it caused by new kids or maybe do to bumbling idiots being promoted with no clue how to be the police! The new kids are paying into our pension knowing full well if they have less than 10 years on the job,they will not have a pension,the board is going to put that money into a 401k type of plan! So leave the kids alone!
they can take a picture of my ass walking out the door in a few years. all these educated kids with all their degrees...have little or no police sense or street smart. they dont know shit. an armed robbery of bank could happenen right in front of them...and they would be asking the corn vendor for his pedlers license..just like the pink panther movie. i can picture that
1/29/2009 10:02:00 AM
yeah, because the "old school" is the way to police... just ask Burge, Cozzi, Jeff tap boys, and even Abatte... ALL were following the rules of the "old school". They may not have had much time in grade but ALL were using the knowledge instilled on them by the "old school"... Use your feet, get beat, right old timer? Times have changed and so have the methods of keeping ones damn job! That being said, dont let the door hit you on the ass on your way out!!! CPD REALLY needs a massive retirement!
Off topic but great news Jimmie Akins AKA Petty Homey or Thirsty as he was once known on the streets of 015 has been arrested by the FBI for the tow truck payoff scandal. This is one jag I hope goes to the joint in North dakota for a few years. He is lucky they did not get him earlier when he was doing his thang in 015. This P.O.S. beefed and sued a few good coppers from 015 tact when they piched his younger brother for DCS. Who's laughing now Jimmie. Hey you never know maybe you can get the same cell as Bubba Terrell and talk about the old days. Good riddance you DOG.
AMEN!!! Its bad enough this prick was making $$$ on that ridiculous "Judge Pirro" show even after they had so much dirt on him. Not only did he line his pockets for years in the ghetto, he had to steal on the goldcoast. He really did try and jam those coppers up back then, and its nice to see it bite his fat ass!!!!Probably not going to see one good thing said about Jimmie Akins on this blog...
p.o. filed suit? typical.
Anonymous said...
hmmm one day when will the police be able to put law suit on citizens for their own stupiditiness?
1/29/2009 03:52:00 AM
The day that stupiditiness becomes a word.
1/29/2009 10:12:00 AM
HHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
You call people stupid by using "stupiditiness"? One more SOFTBALL heard from! You are so Iggrorrararaantiness!
I'm on J-Feds side on this one, he's on Vacation and gets blamed by the drooling Dwarf for this stuff? He inherited these working conditions, and has his hands tied with the usual politics here in trying to make this place an improved Department. When you have a Lunatic as a boss, what can you expect?
why would the arresting officers just sit there and watch other officers take pictures?
I can understand how he could get through the door but how does he get on the street?
Does he just say, "I am fresh out of the academy, you just didn't know I was being assigned here."
Curious as to how that went down. Not that we will ever know.
I am just glad no one was hurt.
Suburban Joe.
Atention:
Do not give up your phones to anybody without a court order. Gulity or innocent it does not matter do not surrender your phone or your phone records under any circumstances.
That young man has probably saved a life or two by doing what he did. Question is, is in the first time and/or the only person . . . ya never know but you will now.
glad they publised the photo, i think this is the kid i took the beef with when he was working with me and the citizen said we took a saw buck from him, the kid said he was detailed in from the mayors security unit hmmmmmmmmm
lets be honest this incident could have happened in any district, to most officers and could have had much worse consiquences. lets not brag to the world about our shortcommings, lets clean our own mess, with our own knowledge and without the ridicule of the rest of the world........!!!!!!!
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Well said but the issue you miss is there is no "We" anymore. We are a fragmented mess with no unity on any level.."Code of Silence," quite the opposite...
they can take a picture of my ass walking out the door in a few years. all these educated kids with all their degrees...have little or no police sense or street smart. they dont know shit. an armed robbery of bank could happenen right in front of them...and they would be asking the corn vendor for his pedlers license..just like the pink panther movie. i can picture that
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You hit the nail on the head.....
The Chicago Police Department is not a country-wide laughing stock, this thing has gone international! On Tuesday, this cluster-fuck was front page news at the London (as in England, duh) Times. Nice.......
Hey! Put Blago on 395 with the female PO. He needs a job! hahahahahahahahaaha!!!!!!
Atention:
Do not give up your phones to anybody without a court order. Gulity or innocent it does not matter do not surrender your phone or your phone records under any circumstances.
sure disobey a direct order !! you NUTS ?!?!?!?
I have some unauthorized photos of my hammer. Interested?
The Chicago Police Department is not a country-wide laughing stock, this thing has gone international! On Tuesday, this cluster-fuck was front page news at the London (as in England, duh) Times. Nice.......
This is what happens when a mayor runs the city and the Chicago Police Dept.
This would not happen if we voted in are Police Superintendent. I believe California votes their Police boss in.
Anonymous said...
they can take a picture of my ass walking out the door in a few years. all these educated kids with all their degrees...have little or no police sense or street smart. they dont know shit. an armed robbery of bank could happenen right in front of them...and they would be asking the corn vendor for his pedlers license..just like the pink panther movie. i can picture that
1/29/2009 10:02:00 AM
I'm sure they will be begging you to stay too. Your going to walk out that door and nobody will blink twice. Do you realize the WC who assigned him is no young buck? He probably has more time than you, the best cop that nobody gives a fuck about.
But hey, what about those Olympics?
time to arrest Daley and all his relatives
Anonymous said...
Off topic but great news Jimmie Akins AKA Petty Homey or Thirsty as he was once known on the streets of 015 has been arrested by the FBI for the tow truck payoff scandal. This is one jag I hope goes to the joint in North dakota for a few years. He is lucky they did not get him earlier when he was doing his thang in 015. This P.O.S. beefed and sued a few good coppers from 015 tact when they piched his younger brother for DCS. Who's laughing now Jimmie. Hey you never know maybe you can get the same cell as Bubba Terrell and talk about the old days. Good riddance you DOG.
Signed,
Former 015 copper
1/29/2009 12:59:00 AM
Jimmie's brother got pinched by 011. Mama accused police of "throwing" her down the stairs. His brother gets locked up, does 2 years, gets out for 8 days, and the same officer sees him on that same dope spot doing the same thing, with 8 jabs of rocks. OOPS!
Shame on any of these gang bangers with badges who have taught their kin folk how to sue the police. That's rotten
I disagee! No this would have not happened to my 15 yr beatslug ass.
So this smuck kid will end up with a six firgue settlement......because some super duper know it all, copper shuttle his pic the the media. Then some here will be hollering, screaming why his kid is getting money. Via civil suit...Well its the same reasons that most of the scums get money, from this dept. I present to you for your entertainment; The Chicago Police Department!!!!
I'm on J-Feds side on this one, he's on Vacation and gets blamed by the drooling Dwarf for this stuff? He inherited these working conditions, and has his hands tied with the usual politics here in trying to make this place an improved Department. When you have a Lunatic as a boss, what can you expect?
1/29/2009 12:18:00 PM
I may not be on JFEDS side but you have a point. The troll they call the boss in city hall has created this mess. He cant undo it so he hires Jfed to do it knowing he can just toss him under the bus at any point.
If Huberman had not gone to CPS, he would be here today.
Lay the Blame on DALEY, where it should be. No contract, Daley. Shitty equipment, Daley. wacked out leader, Daley.
"When you have a Lunatic as a boss, what can you expect?
1/29/2009 12:18:00 PM"
He chose a lunatic to be his boss.
And if he didn't recognize a lunatic when he met one, he's just dumb enough to be former fbi, isn't he?
That being said, dont let the door hit you on the ass on your way out!!! CPD REALLY needs a massive retirement!
1/29/2009 10:34:00 AM
you, sir, HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD!!!
I work 306...how you blame the arresting tact team? if they sold tickets for every officer who came in and saw this kid they would have gotten their retro pay back already! Instead they were huddled with a couple sgts trying to figure out what to type out and what inventories to do. I guess being lacks with other officers burn them. then again i wouldnt think that brother officers would do something this dumb and put another officer job in jeopardy. its horse shit when good officers and bosses who actually have your back get pointed fingers where as officers with no time work the desk by acting hurt and have secret lovey dovey relationships inside the station during the tour instead of fighting crime.
Well said but the issue you miss is there is no "We" anymore. We are a fragmented mess with no unity on any level.."Code of Silence," quite the opposite...
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Going on 15 years and was thinking about this today. I have done a lot of favors to cover police but will never do it again. I am not going to lower myself. Yes, I have changed. I'm done with it. I won't hurt a cop but there is a limit to what I will do to help one.
Rumor has it that IAD is pulling the recorded 1 hr plus phone call that 95 made to squad the following day.
How many times have I told you boys and girls all lines going into oec are recorded, one way or the other.
Don't use the company phones especially if you're in one of those new fancy stations.
1/29/2009 03:24:00 AM
whats this comment mean... give us more info
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Well said but the issue you miss is there is no "We" anymore. We are a fragmented mess with no unity on any level.."Code of Silence," quite the opposite...
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thank you for your comment and i completely agree!! if only the fragmentation process was as easily located under the start task bar on the computer. we need a modern day Spartacus.
i just wonder when and who lost that conduct code. when did "kid, back in the day" become today? and do those dinosaurs realize that by saying that their not passing down a much sought after pride of internal solidarity, but an anxiety of "save myself and point at everyone else" type mentality.
early and often i was told to cover my own ass, but never to weave a blue blanket that might shed warmth amongst the plural ass of me and my co-workers.
Anonymous said...
Atention:
Do not give up your phones to anybody without a court order. Gulity or innocent it does not matter do not surrender your phone or your phone records under any circumstances.
sure disobey a direct order !! you NUTS ?!?!?!?
1/29/2009 06:13:00 PM
Um, don't think so. Unless you were that stupid to leave the picture on the phone, all they would be able to see are your contacts & pictures of your kids(and that's if you even unlock it).
You're not under arrest so it's not prisoner's property. It's personal property. Just like they can't order you to give up your wallet because they want to "see" what you carry in it or ask you to give up your PC password.
Most people have a ton of personal information on their phone that has absolutely nothing to do with CPD.
Besides, I wouldn't put it past one of the IAD rats to tamper with the phone once they got it. Hell, they'd probably loose the damn thing.
Best thing to do is to tell them you lost it and get a new phone.
Going on 15 years and was thinking about this today. I have done a lot of favors to cover police but will never do it again. I am not going to lower myself. Yes, I have changed. I'm done with it. I won't hurt a cop but there is a limit to what I will do to help one.
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if you say you have lowered your self to protect a cop and now changed, then you have got the wrong idea of protecting.
if you observe misconduct, then confront that officer. confront face to face, do not contact the chicago sun times or tribune. however aljazeera is acceptable.
Sombody better pull their head out of their ass, and quick! How quick we forget Weis’ history!
This is a small excerpt from an A.P. article on our J-fed: …”In December 2003, John Roberts, the third highest ranking official in the FBI’s disciplinary office, writes a memo about FBI Assistant Director Robert Jordan and Deputy Assistant Director Jody Weis. The memo claims that Jordan and Weis were overheard saying that Wright’s second press conference (see June 2, 2003) would give them an opportunity to “take him out.” Roberts also refers to an e-mail from a higher up in the Chicago FBI office asking for permission to do a media smear job on Wright (it is not known if this agent is Rice or someone else). Roberts claims that Jordan and Weis are misusing the FBI’s disciplinary process to silence and punish whistleblowers like Wright.”…
Its from the L.A. Times. Sometimes GOOGLE can be your friend, sometimes your foe.
I still don’t trust J-fed!
heard 014 Faxed over a "honorable mention" to the 003 district. inspectors are investigating
heard 014 Faxed over a "honorable mention" to the 003 district. inspectors are investigating
1/30/2009 06:40:00 AM
no, someone that was in the 014th dist faxed a "honorable mention" to the 003rd dist. just because it came from 014 doesn't mean it was a14th dist ofc.
I work 306...how you blame the arresting tact team? if they sold tickets for every officer who came in and saw this kid they would have gotten their retro pay back already! Instead they were huddled with a couple sgts trying to figure out what to type out and what inventories to do.
and that is the difference between a 3year wonder and a seasoned 16yr officer.
I would have known that their would have been a ton of officers coming in to take pictures and would have stop the madness. That is why young officers get jammed up because they think they know everything. that is why older ofc's work with older ofc's
Anonymous said...
Well said but the issue you miss is there is no "We" anymore. We are a fragmented mess with no unity on any level.."Code of Silence," quite the opposite...
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Going on 15 years and was thinking about this today. I have done a lot of favors to cover police but will never do it again. I am not going to lower myself. Yes, I have changed. I'm done with it. I won't hurt a cop but there is a limit to what I will do to help one.
1/29/2009 09:46:00 PM
Your just what should quit the dept,cannot extend for a copper or his family fuck you kid!
To that idiot who took that picture and sent it out. The moment when you did that was the moment when your life went spinning out of control.
For the rest of your life you will be saying to yourself, "Why did I do that stupid thing!"
Your life will be like that Chinese curse, full of lawyers.
For everyone else, stay safe, be the police and don't do anything stupid.
Probably not going to see one good thing said about Jimmie Akins on this blog...
He did a ghetto-rific job in those City Public Auto Auction commercials, it was his idea to showcase his handsome face AND the potential of Harvey's vibrant downtown. Last year, for every dollar robbed from suckas that got lost in the Sibley Boulevard Business District after purchasing fraudulently titled out of state shitboxes from City Public, 12 cents went into the City of Harvey's "Rebuild Dixie Square Mall Fund." The fund now stands at $629.13, that's an increase of 46% from 2007, and I credit Jimmie with that Harvey success story.
Too bad Jimmie's liposuction infomercials were never syndicated. Those performances came from deep within his soul and they were gonna be his ticket to the big time on the legitimate stage.
Didn't his 'partner' noticed that he didn't have a badge or a GUN??? How blind was she?
Who's cell phone did this come from? You r toast office! There are going to fry you for this one.
If J-fed finds out he's going to notify the U.S. Attorney and your going to shit your pants!
Didn't his 'partner' noticed that he didn't have a badge or a GUN??? How blind was she?
1/30/2009 05:08:00 PM
I'm sure everyone in uniform in your district has a star on their outer garment at all times.........And if you saw the picture in the sun times, maybe he had the empty holster under his sweater. Do you do a 'reach around' on your partner to see if he is carrying his gun?
Roberts claims that Jordan and Weis are misusing the FBI’s disciplinary process to silence and punish whistleblowers like Wright.”…
Its from the L.A. Times. Sometimes GOOGLE can be your friend, sometimes your foe.
I still don’t trust J-fed!
1/30/2009 02:31:00 AM
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This is why that Fed blog reminds posters to first go to a website that changes your IP address before posting there. It's specific to Jody trying to jam people up over there. Once a weasel, always a weasel.
Who's cell phone did this come from? You r toast office! There are going to fry you for this one.
If J-fed finds out he's going to notify the U.S. Attorney and your going to shit your pants!
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I agree with you that it was a very stupid move to take a picture of anybody in custody. However your comments seem to display a feeling of joy that this officer may lose his job for making a stupid mistake (the first officer ever to do that i'm sure) So I bid to you a FUCK YOU hopefully you are not the police Mr. Perfect!!!
Anonymous said...
they can take a picture of my ass walking out the door in a few years. all these educated kids with all their degrees...have little or no police sense or street smart. they dont know shit. an armed robbery of bank could happenen right in front of them...and they would be asking the corn vendor for his pedlers license..just like the pink panther movie. i can picture that
1/29/2009 10:02:00 AM
Just go. Your attitude shows you already dont do your job. You are the type that "ain't doin s***" because you dont like the change. The job/people change. You have to do your job and stop watching/complaining about everyone else. Too much down time hiding in your "hole".....
PO Tallywacker said...
I have some unauthorized photos of my hammer. Interested?
1/29/2009 06:18:00 PM
No use for a hammer that doesnt know how to nail anything!!!
To: District Commander, ___ District
From: PO ________________
Subject: CR# ____________
This report is not being given voluntarily .......
R/O denies any knowledge of this allegation. On the date and time in question, R/O was assigned to work with an officer who had been detailed in from another district. R/O does not recall his name, but his name and star number should appear on the A and A Sheets for that date. R/O suggests that the investigator interview that officer relative to this allegation.
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