Police Director Resigns
No, not Chicago. But interesting parallels:
- Schaumburg Police Director Richard Casler has resigned his post, a village trustee said this morning.
- Casler ran the police department as a civilian, supervising two sworn chiefs -- a chief of operations and a chief of staff. He formerly was the chief of the department and took the director role five days after retiring from the department in October 2001.
Ninety-six percent of union members in January 2003 voted no-confidence for Casler and "that vote speaks for itself," Atamian said.
"That was our stand then and since then it's gone downhill," he said. "Schaumburg used to have a reputation as one of the premier police departments. ... Hopefully now we can get back to that status."
From the time of the "no-confidence vote" to the resignation - 6 years.
We guess J-Fed's three-year contract is a good thing?
We guess J-Fed's three-year contract is a good thing?
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
57 Comments:
Hey,what union are they in?We know that FLOP does not have the stones to do this..
OT- Kudos to the Area Three Detectives that worked on the Curry-Henry homicide investigation. Hopefully your tireless efforts will bring some peace to the victim's families.
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SCC you gotta do a post all unto itself about this AIRA online case reporting crap. This is just unbelievable. They took a very easy case report and turned it into a huge long process. Getting it approved before being able to print it and everything. Just a nightmare system. Don't know who designed it but they couldn't have possibly made a very easy task any harder to complete.
Are all the districts up on this?
Hey what's up with a certain sgt. in area 4 saturation treating his troops like shit? Heard he sparred some PO for not wearing a hat?? WTF Yeah that will boost morale !!
OT....Why the fuck do I have to qualify a second time with the riffle and I'm still not able to carry it? It's been over a year J-Fed you lier! We have a gun rack in our trunk and we're ready. What's the fucking problem? I hope it's not true but heard from a reliable source that the riffles are just a BS tool for the olympic committie to see on paper, so they think the police are prepared. Heard that we're never going to be deployed with them, but paper wise it shows the training and equipment is there just to get the bid. Makes sense since we go to shotgun training every year and we can't carry them.
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SCC, Please put up a post for officers to voice complaints, concerns or success to the alternate work schedules. Yes we can log onto the FLOP website, but who really wants to sign in. Anonymous posts would most likely bring an accurate opinion. From friends working in the districts with 10 hour shifts, I’ve been getting mixed reviews. Mostly negative. Rumor has been going around the entire department is going to 10 hour shifts.
From what I’ve been hearing, not enough radios or cars. Some friends have said they like the 3 & 4 days off, but 10 hours in a shitty pool car makes for a long day. I’m tired of the 6th day work week, but don’t want to bid to another district doing alternate schedules until I get more feedback and the bugs have been worked out. Whets the scoop?
Does J-fed still have his "eye candy girl" with him giving him advise?
At least they have a Union that truly speaks for their membership and is not just a lapdog for the Mayor ! ! !
At least J-Fed's contract is a shallow form of a term limit, something we need to see alot more of with our public officials. Come on you Schaumburg coppers jump right in on this po-leece mosh pit and tell us all about it. Remember, "Need a friend? Call a cop."
Not wanting to throw any stones, but when did Schaumburg become a "premier Police Department? I always viewed them as what they are. A small time suburban Police Department whose main activity and reason for being is traffic. I hardly think that when one is thinking about truely "premier police departments" such as LA or the NYPD the Schaumburg Police Department enters the equation.
Good...lets start with mayor daley!
(OT) midway airport is losing all its doa police starting 01apr09,looks like miss ellyn requested another 50 coppers but was rejected! HMM is miss ellyns star starting to tarnish after all the wreck and ruin she has directly caused? Why was she known as "the crying sergeant in 008"? Heard her and tommy are out but when oh wizard when? It could not come soon enough! Anyone need a lt? No cover charge just take her!! She is the worst thing to happen to a unit/district/cpd ever! Hey President Obama here is a "shovel ready" project please shovel her out!
Are we ready for this? http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/23/police-civil-unrest-recession
We cannot keep killings in check what if this happens?
From what I’ve been hearing, not enough radios or cars. Some friends have said they like the 3 & 4 days off, but 10 hours in a shitty pool car makes for a long day. I’m tired of the 6th day work week, but don’t want to bid to another district doing alternate schedules until I get more feedback and the bugs have been worked out. Whets the scoop?
2/23/2009 03:22:00 AM
I think you mean "what's the scoop," (not sure how you got an 'e' in place of the 'a' but I digress)....
In A/2 and the 5th District, things are starting to get better. There were problems with the radios, cars, wrong people off/on, etc at first. In all honesty, it was to be expected. This is after all the CPD.
That stuff has worked itself out but there still are some problems, but again, it is CPD and they should know these things would pop up. You have one district and Area on 10 hour days and EVERYONE else on their own/other schedule so not everyone is the same and problems come up at different times during the day. Who can fix them??
My point, when/if the entire CPD went to 10 hour days these little things would hopefully work themselves out. The other thing, they could adjust the hours so the prime crime hours are covered as well.
The only complainers I have heard are the Dic's in A/2, and not so much from the workers. Just the dog ass Dic's, the ones who are looking at price line all day then they complain about having to sit around for another two hours before they can make OT. The working Dic's that I know, they make OT on the 10 hour days just as they did on the 8 hour days, just two hours less. They are now making that up in court time on their many RDO's. Dogs and workers alike ALL like the 4 days off, hence all the trips on price line they look at.
It is a good thing that hopefully will get better if we all went to it. You WILL like the time off, it helps a lot. Especially in a shit district like 5, just think man what four days off would be like if you worked in say 12, 13, or 19. Imagine how stress free you could be, the trips you could do, or the time with the family you can have. Then think about a busy place like 6, 8 or 10, even they can have the benefits of the time off. Yes two hours extra a day would be an adjustment but if you can not figure out how to kill an hour or two in a busy district by now, well there is no hope for you.
Bottom line, the time off makes up for ANY complaint you can have. Court whores can get more court. Dogs can stay away from work longer. It is a win-win in my book.
Not wanting to throw any stones...
I don't know Schaumburg or their PD or anything, but stfu !
I'm one of those small town cops you disparage in your remarks. (Pop. 4000, Lake County, Il)
I love the place I work, the people I work with. Sure its dead quiet and on any given day, nothing happens, isn't that a good thing? Most of the shit we deal with are transplanted gangbangers. (who think we ain't shit until they go in on the smallest little legitimate thing we find) Our ADA's back us, Yes, traffic enforcement is a big part of the job. So is driving around and getting waved at by almost everyone you see, even people in cars driving by, and I don't have to deal with a bunch of asshole bosses who don't have your back, and my squad is new every other year, I could go on but won't, and wouldn't even think to pretend that what I do and where I am is anything like CPD, but I would never dis you, don't do the same to me.
SPD is like any other suburban PD.They will get rid of you at a drop of a hat.Its ALL about tickets and DUIs.No money in crime.
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Not wanting to throw any stones, but when did Schaumburg become a "premier Police Department?
2/23/2009 06:33:00 AM
So the guy is a proud copper; is that such a bad thing?
I was proud once also, till you big ego, 2 year hair gels showed up and began embarrassing us all !
I agree with the poster about the AIRA online case reporting. Got trained, did one in car, told to not do it again until further notice. Being the CPD, i'm sure the system crashed, but anyway the one report we had to do was a simple domestic battery. The usual: screaming woman who had been punched 6 times, choked and kicked down a flight of stairs. Wanted to press CHAR-ges. The report which usually takes 5 minutes took 25 minutes. We are short cars, more calls for service, but our braintrust at 35th will fix these problems by making report writing a much longer process. The officer who posted is correct: easy just became a long process
Hey,what union are they in?We know that FLOP does not have the stones to do this..
2/23/2009 12:29:00 AM
Sure they do, the only one's who have no balls is FOP 7 because they're lining up their cushy spots when we finally wake up and tell them to go fuck themselves.
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SCC you gotta do a post all unto itself about this AIRA online case reporting crap. This is just unbelievable. They took a very easy case report and turned it into a huge long process. Getting it approved before being able to print it and everything. Just a nightmare system. Don't know who designed it but they couldn't have possibly made a very easy task any harder to complete.
Are all the districts up on this?
2/23/2009 01:15:00 AM
If you don't prefer the online case reporting to writing it. There is something wrong with you or you are computer illiterate. Granted the process can be considered tedious. But if you make a mistake there is no whiting out or scratching out or starting the whole thing over.
Area Four Saturation team was done the second they got their new LT. Maybe she can go to Midway I'M sure the eternal whiner there would be so much happier.
I will vote no confidence on our police impersonating JPUD superintendent right now, I am sure it wouldn't take 6 years in Chicago, maybe six minutes. While you are at it how about throwing some of those gold stars on the ballot: Crump-hales, Doty, Mealer, just to name a few.
I always viewed them as what they are. A small time suburban Police Department whose main activity and reason for being is traffic.
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Let me guess you are one of these "Real Police" guys right?
Ok sorry..go back to your hero work
Anonymous said...
OT....Why the fuck do I have to qualify a second time with the riffle and I'm still not able to carry it? It's been over a year J-Fed you lier! We have a gun rack in our trunk and we're ready. What's the fucking problem? I hope it's not true but heard from a reliable source that the riffles are just a BS tool for the olympic committie to see on paper, so they think the police are prepared. Heard that we're never going to be deployed with them, but paper wise it shows the training and equipment is there just to get the bid. Makes sense since we go to shotgun training every year and we can't carry them.
2/23/2009 03:12:00 AM
Easy fix... NO ONE qualify.
About the new work schedule:
I've heard nothing but good things about the 10 hour days.
But i've heard nothing but GREAT things about the 4-2 schedule. I hear everyone working that absolutely loves it. I think that would be the one i would want.
I’m tired of the 6th day work week, but don’t want to bid to another district doing alternate schedules until I get more feedback and the bugs have been worked out. Whets the scoop?
2/23/2009 03:22:00 AM
9 hour schedule (4 on 2 off) is a godsend. I feel like a fireman.
Why did Area Three Det.'s handle a south side double homicide?
The media stories downplay Casler's salary.
Casler Resigns
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition did an investigation on Schaumburg salaries and found that Casler made $142,264.43 in 2008 as salary, and in between $75,000 and $99,999 in his pension. Which puts him at a minimum of $217,264.43 in wages last year from the taxpayers of Schaumburg. That's a lot for a Village that has three Police Chiefs.
Also to note that the number of Schaumburg Village employees making over $100K exploded from 42 in 2007 to 110 in 2008. This represents an 266% INCREASE IN EMPLOYEES MAKING OVER $100k.
Schaumburg Transparency Project
Schaumburg Village officials can't explain rapid growth in 100k Salaries
THE 009TH DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIDWAY AIRPORT FOR TAKING MISS ELLYN. SHE IS QUICK TO DISCIPLINE OR RUN AND CRY TO HIGHER UPS ONLY IF SHE HAS TIME IN HER "LONG DAY". IN 009TH DISTRICT SHE AVERAGED A 4 HOUR DAY BUT STRICTLY MONITORED EVERYONE ELSE'S SCHEDULE.
Does J-fed still have his "eye candy girl" with him giving him advise?
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You couldn't tell? The makeup tips she's giving him are making him look 10 years younger!
I have worked several cases with Schaumburg P.D. and they are stand up guys. Their detective division is first class. Granted it's not the size of Chicago, but it ain't that small either.
I think aside from the fact that he was a civilian, he was double dipping. Not bad in itself, but it just seems wrong to "retire" from your chiefs position and then 5 days later come back in essentially the same role, probably with a salary kicker, while collecting your pension.
Read "Boyd", the bio of the legendary Air Force officer who shook up the Pentagon back in the 70s. After retirement, he was brought back as a consultant on certain issues, and he was mortified to think he would be drawing basically two salaries for doing the same thing he'd been doing for years.
Integrity like that went out the window a long time ago.
Schaumburg has been taking it in the ass for years from a civilian appointed director. All bosses should be union so they can do their jobs without worrying about being fired. Otherwise you end up with d-bags like j-pud and this guy from Schaumburg
I worked in a neighboring police department and knew Casler. He reminds me of a Huberman who never really worked the street, didn't know or give a shit about the people who worked for him and just bounced up the ladder. He made Chief,waited, then retired making a big buck pension and then was hired as a "civilian" Police Director, thus being able to double dip. Hopefully SPD gets a real copper in now to bring morale up. Something CPD desperately needs.
OT) midway airport is losing all its doa police starting 01apr09,looks like miss ellyn requested another 50 coppers but was rejected! HMM is miss ellyns star starting to tarnish after all the wreck and ruin she has directly caused? Why was she known as "the crying sergeant in 008"? Heard her and tommy are out but when oh wizard when? It could not come soon enough! Anyone need a lt? No cover charge just take her!! She is the worst thing to happen to a unit/district/cpd ever! Hey President Obama here is a "shovel ready" project please shovel her out!
2/23/2009 06:56:00 AM
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Can someone tell me what exactly she is doing out there? I knew her years ago, and yes, she was spoiled, conceited, etc., but judging from the comments, she is a one-woman Katrina....I keep wondering..."how BAD could she be? What is she DOING?" Not that I doubt you---I'm sure the comments are true....but wow, such vitriol for one person I've only seen equalled in the comments about the 017 commander....do tell!!!
Not wanting to throw any stones, but when did Schaumburg become a "premier Police Department? I always viewed them as what they are. A small time suburban Police Department whose main activity and reason for being is traffic. I hardly think that when one is thinking about truely "premier police departments" such as LA or the NYPD the Schaumburg Police Department enters the equation."
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Perhaps it's because their main crime is in the form of traffic, not homicides, thefts and robberies? Maybe it's because people don't fear for their lives when they visit some of these "small suburbs"?
Jackass.
Anonymous said...
Not wanting to throw any stones, but when did Schaumburg become a "premier Police Department? I always viewed them as what they are. A small time suburban Police Department whose main activity and reason for being is traffic. I hardly think that when one is thinking about truely "premier police departments" such as LA or the NYPD the Schaumburg Police Department enters the equation.
2/23/2009 06:33:00 AM
Get a clue.. 90 percent of all Police Departments have 30 or less officers. They look to other departments their size. Major Departments are the minority,
A couple of W.I.U. frat brothers of mine are on Schaumburg. Department used to be good, but this guy they ousted was terrible. Glad to see someone listened to the troops.
SCHAUMBURG P.D WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE TOP NORTHERN POLICE DEPTS. TO FOLLOW, DIDNT MATTER WHO WAS IN CHARGE, THEY JUST SEEM TO HAVE A BETTER OVERALL IMAGE AS BEING TOP NOTCH.
"Premier" has nothing to do with size in this case. It refers to professionalism, training, equipment and perhaps morale.
Now how would Rosemont rate; where you can't ask for directions without an ugly attitude.
And us? With Premier Daley, His Royal Mayor for Life in charge.
OT....Why the fuck do I have to qualify a second time with the riffle and I'm still not able to carry it? It's been over a year J-Fed you lier! We have a gun rack in our trunk and we're ready. What's the fucking problem? I hope it's not true but heard from a reliable source that the riffles are just a BS tool for the olympic committie to see on paper, so they think the police are prepared. Heard that we're never going to be deployed with them, but paper wise it shows the training and equipment is there just to get the bid. Makes sense since we go to shotgun training every year and we can't carry them.
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Well the only person to blame for not carrying one is YOU! Grow a set of balls and stand up to you WC or Sgt or whomever told you you can't check one out. GENERAL ORDDER STATES YOU CAN. If a supervisor tells you no, file a grievance. Shit get an atty and sue for puutting you at risk. If you have a trunk lock there is no way they can tell you NO! Grow a set!
I would kill for s trunk lock. Probably some northside district.
Not wanting to throw any stones...
I don't know Schaumburg or their PD or anything, but stfu !
I'm one of those small town cops you disparage in your remarks. (Pop. 4000, Lake County, Il)
I love the place I work, the people I work with. Sure its dead quiet and on any given day, nothing happens, isn't that a good thing? Most of the shit we deal with are transplanted gangbangers. (who think we ain't shit until they go in on the smallest little legitimate thing we find) Our ADA's back us, Yes, traffic enforcement is a big part of the job. So is driving around and getting waved at by almost everyone you see, even people in cars driving by, and I don't have to deal with a bunch of asshole bosses who don't have your back, and my squad is new every other year, I could go on but won't, and wouldn't even think to pretend that what I do and where I am is anything like CPD, but I would never dis you, don't do the same to me.
2/23/2009 08:36:00 AM
My fellow police officer from small town america, I apologize for the ignorant fucks we have here on the blog. We the real police know that good officers are everywhere not just in big cities. we have ignorant fucks everywhere. I would also like to add that idiots like these are only a small percent of the cpd force. Most of them talk a good game but never back it. Take care out there and my respects
Talk about double dipping into our pension, Commander Robert Roman retired a police officer and is now a sworn Commander for General Support. He's a civilian do how can he get a sworn position and a police pension all on the same department. CPD is wack. Now he gets another pension as Commander. He is the only civilian with a sworn title. That's bs. JFED fix these inequities or hire me back as sworn when I retire so I can get double pension!
O.T. - When are the districts going to get the physical fitness program? M.S.F. has set aside one day a week to work out a few hours and it counts as a tour of duty.
I've eaten my share of doughnuts, now I would like to lose weight.
001st District is in A/3. Thats how they ended up handling the Curry homicide
Anonymous said...
THE 009TH DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIDWAY AIRPORT FOR TAKING MISS ELLYN. SHE IS QUICK TO DISCIPLINE OR RUN AND CRY TO HIGHER UPS ONLY IF SHE HAS TIME IN HER "LONG DAY". IN 009TH DISTRICT SHE AVERAGED A 4 HOUR DAY BUT STRICTLY MONITORED EVERYONE ELSE'S SCHEDULE.
2/23/2009 01:07:00 PM
a 4 hour day guess that was long for her! Please take her back! she gets whatever she wants why good question! Now she even has a new company car something she never had! Heard she is going to tru as new lt good luck she is the smartest just ask her!
Villa Park now has a type of Schaumburg double dip. Chief retired and was hired to his same position, just a different job title. Village touted the savings, new salary 2/3 of previous. How can I get that deal? Pension plus 2/3 of previous salary.
Well the only person to blame for not carrying one is YOU! Grow a set of balls and stand up to you WC or Sgt or whomever told you you can't check one out. GENERAL ORDDER STATES YOU CAN. If a supervisor tells you no, file a grievance. Shit get an atty and sue for puutting you at risk. If you have a trunk lock there is no way they can tell you NO! Grow a set!
I would kill for s trunk lock. Probably some northside district.
2/23/2009 07:45:00 PM
Boy are you one dumb copper! With a comment like that I bet you have less than 2 yrs on or are at call back for doing something stupid off duty. Good luck with telling the WC what he should do and your lawsuit. P.S you're comment about a northside district just solidifies how soft you are! Happy hunting cowboy!
Well the only person to blame for not carrying one is YOU! Grow a set of balls and stand up to you WC or Sgt or whomever told you you can't check one out. GENERAL ORDDER STATES YOU CAN. If a supervisor tells you no, file a grievance. Shit get an atty and sue for puutting you at risk. If you have a trunk lock there is no way they can tell you NO! Grow a set!
I would kill for s trunk lock. Probably some northside district.
Wow obviously another southside beatoff heard from, talking about beefing and lawsuits, the new police are pathetic, grow a set and dont do the training everyone, then maybe they will get the picture....we can't even take shotguns out for christ sake, you're worried about m-4's....what a joke
Anonymous said...
Hey,what union are they in?We know that FLOP does not have the stones to do this..
2/23/2009 12:29:00 AM
They have their own officer based union.No FOP or MAP crap.
Anonymous said...
SCHAUMBURG P.D WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE TOP NORTHERN POLICE DEPTS. TO FOLLOW, DIDNT MATTER WHO WAS IN CHARGE, THEY JUST SEEM TO HAVE A BETTER OVERALL IMAGE AS BEING TOP NOTCH.
2/23/2009 06:38:00 PM
Why is that cactus jack??
The former director of the Schaumburg Police Department says he was fired so that the village could save on health insurance costs related to his cancer diagnosis.
Richard Casler, who became civilian head of the police force after his retirement as chief in 2001, said he was given no explanation when he was fired Friday by Village Manager Ken Fritz.
Casler said that after racking his brain, he's convinced the village learned through insurance bills of his expensive treatments for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was diagnosed in summer 2007.
Both Fritz and Mayor Al Larson said they didn't know of Casler's medical condition until it was mentioned by Casler's attorney on Friday.
Fritz said he gave Casler reasons for his firing in what he acknowledged was a brief conversation. He refused to reveal those reasons.
How can I get that deal? Pension plus 2/3 of previous salary.
2/23/2009 11:41:00 PM
MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK BILL KUSHNER& BILL JACONETTI. THEY SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER. TRY MAURER& DANA STARKS TOO WHILE YOU'RE AT IT.
Channel 7 news today did MORE coverage of J-fed looking into the 14yr old posing as the police.... the funniest part about the story was the headline- it was a picture of j-fed and above it said "police impersonator"- they got that right!!!
According to the DH, Casler says he didn't resign, that he was forced out.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=274348
From the first paragraph:
"Former Schaumburg police director Richard Casler said Monday he was fired so the village could save on health insurance costs in the wake of his diagnosis with cancer."
I see a lawsuit in Schaumburg's future.
you have to wonder what made the city decide to let the guy retire so he can have his pension, and then hire him back so he can be paid a huge salary on top of his pension?
I am not surrpised the rank and file did not feel real good about him.
We had a guy like that here on the CPD once...his name was JOHN TOWNSEND. Didn't really go away until he died. Totally facilitated in his unquenchable thirst for power by our beloved Shortshanks. Even changed the mandatory retirement law to keep that tool around for far more years than was necessary.
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