The Quality of Leadership
Anyone over at Patrol Division want to revamp the 911 priority systems for taking calls yet?
- HARRISON LIFER SAID:
HEY SCC, WANT A GREAT LAUGH????
Pull up event # 0915204186. It's a job dispatched to Bt. 922 on 01 June 09 @ 0836 hrs.
For those of you reading this at home, unable to check this job out via PCAD OR PDT, allow me to provide you with a brief synopsis...
A certain clout-heavy Lt. (WITH a take-home car) calls 911 to report that she is unable to get into her unmarked police vehicle because...ready??? HERE'S THE GOOD PART...her neighbor's sprinkler is spraying water on it!
This is the type of leadership guiding what was once the most respected police department in the nation.
What kind of idiot can't figure out AT LEAST a few different ways to solve this problem on their own? You know, maybe slide in the door on the opposite side of the vehicle? Maybe turn the neighbor's hose off? Maybe aim the sprinkler away from your car?
But to call 911 and have such bullshit take up time and resources is inexcusable...especially when the origin of such bullshit is a Lt. of police. Absolutely fucking pathetic. Pull up the job for the Lt's name. The call-taker misspelled her last name, but it ends with "cua".
Hey JFED? You want to know why the majority of lowly blue shirts DON'T respect their "bosses"? Look into shit like this and you'll see exactly what we deal with on a daily basis.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say "merit" might have something to do with the good Lt.'s thought process/problem-solving skills.
911 for a sprinkler disturbance. Classic. We await the forthcoming gunplay.
Labels: un-fucking-believable
posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
91 Comments:
masters
I would love to get a call like that. I would play dumb and kind of scratch my head like I didn't know what to do with the dangerous sprinkler.
Then I would suggest some really outlandish solutions like getting the water department involved. And I would totally go on the air with the request. And you would have to have a supervisor help you out because you were stumped.
This is so sad, I just don't know what to say. We are, indeed, being run by useless, nutless jackasses.
Can I get a Whopper?
Yeah, the best thing to do is just to go along with all of this stupidity. This is worth a good laugh. I intend to follow every stupid order to the letter. And I'll document the order and how I followed it.
God help us.
Un fucking believable is right!!! but i gotta know who is it?? I think i have an idea...
Yeah, but that water was really cold!
She just had her hair and nails done!
Delegation is her option at that level I am told!
Oh, it's so easy to criticize, isn't it? You don't even realize how hard it is for a woman to be successful in a profession like this... always being judged and second guessed... but I not only have to be an outstanding boss, I have to look hot while doing it. How am I going to look hot if I get all sprinkled on? You MEN are all alike... you don't know what you want in a woman ! ! !
NOSTRADAMUS PREDICTED THIS YOU KNOW
I hope that Lt. is off on the 3rd of july or does not have a command
job...
just sayin..
Disgusting. Charge her with Theft of Services. I hope someone embarrasses her to tears!
When the bosses are making call that are this stupid for the police to do. How can the police get made when the general public does stupid stuff.
Did this stupid b&^ch ever take a class in problem solving?
Maybe she was afraid that if she got wet she'd melt.
"I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say "merit" might have something to do with the good Lt.'s thought process/problem-solving skills."
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I kind of like the "thought/process problem-solving skills". Any Lts. openings at the Burger King in The 3rd District?
Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us.....
by now j fed knows exactly what and who the major problems are on this dept.....he also realizes he is powerless to move against clout.
he is left to just go through the motions, justifying his pay by picking off a no clout blue shirt here and there.
one day the people will wake up and try to vote them all out......that is why we have the diebold mchines.
change is not good when you are in power.
This department has been on a downhill slope for awhile. The department is promoting bonified incompetents, and taking people in command positions and either demoting them or keeping their hands tied. You can blame the mayor, the superintendent, the alderman, the news media, the judges, and so on. The bottom line is there are people in spots afraid or reluctant to speak up for the department. The mayor plays number games, the ASA's upgrade everything if your a P.O., and the media is always down grading the departments integrity and professionalism. We need to be accountable for what we do on a day to day basis. We have to stop shooting ourselves in the foot everytime we get passed a negative debacle. We should not have to face problems of doing police work in our districts. Recently, there have been insufficent supplies to run the 005th district. Now this also is Area 2, which houses the new Gang team, the SAT team, the Gun team so why is it that there can't be adequate supplies given/ordered for the Area. All this does is create a problem that stops the work from being done. Since there are no supplies to be gotten to make the third and first watches perform the simple task of reporting. I don't know who should handle the blame on this one. You can blame the mayor for not paying the bill therefore not having plastic inventory bags, and then blame God for not making enough trees to allow our paperless department to function because there is no paper to be found on third and first watches. Also heard that the A/2 Gun team had there office switched to make room for the new gang unit, and since that time have been operating with no phones or fax. So lets blame motor maintenance because there hasn't been a vehicle available to transport the tech to the Area. People this has been since the New Year. Kudo's to the Gun teamm for still producing without phones to receive their tips from informants and concerned citizens.
Allegedly this can be fixed with a phone call, but since there are no phones, I guess that call won't/can't be made. I speculate this would never happen in a northside district, only the dumping ground on the southside. Lets blame the alderman for this one, those part-time alderman were all so self-contained voting another pay raise to themselves, that they forgot to allocate paper to the district. I guarantee they don't have inadequate supplies, judging from the bullshit flyers mailed out stating all is well in Chicago. It is tough enough working in A/2 without the obstacles of trying to locate paper or trying to do a simple report without being able to print a copy. I've been in other districts and this is not a problem elsewhere. This is an Area, not a district thus more supplies should be on hand in these locations. How is morale ever going to improve when the job that we are struggling to do, is constantly being projected negatively in the media. We are being told to produce superior police work, but until we have the supplies, people, and the resources necessary this objective is impossible to acheive. Its not even worth blaming the union, they're as silent as church mice. They needeed to have stood up along time ago. Bargain in good faith is what the contract states, but when being shitted on it time to move and let the shit fly back. Police on the streets are expected to take some degree of flak, but when push comes to shove your expected to re-act with proper force. We need to make the Chicago Police Department a job that people will respect.
i was dispatched a job, STRONG SMELL OF GAS, callers name was MR. BEACACA, WTF. i would like to thank the call taker and the dispatcher for a total waste of fuckin city servises
Hey media, you can ignore all you want to appease politics, but I don't think looking the other way is a good way to expand your readership. Simple FOI...
What next...911 calls for the good 'ol smell of the neighbors BBQ floating into the air space on your property?
Why do we always look at these morons and act surprised?
What we really should be doing is exposing who their clout is so they take some of the heat and embarrassment.
Thats the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY? No police officer has had a jagoff of a neighbor before? Can't anyone read between the lines? Obviously this jagoff neighbor did this on purpose....and why should she or anyone take it? You know how it is right now, she would of went to turn off the sprinkler and the ASA would approve aggravated criminal trespass and aggravated criminal damage.....how about we focus on the 007 district and give em hell for Alex.....sometimes I worry about us.
This is an easy situation to work through. After all, as you stated:
"What kind of idiot can't figure out AT LEAST a few different ways to solve this problem on their own? You know, maybe slide in the door on the opposite side of the vehicle? Maybe turn the neighbor's hose off? Maybe aim the sprinkler away from your car?
But can you imagine the confusion she must experience when it is just simply an act of God, like a thunder storm? Perhaps she just calls in and takes time when it's cloudy to avoid brain freeze ! ! !
This appears to be prima facea evidence that she is unable to function with a Department vehicle and should be stripped of it immediately ! ! ! ! !
Incredible! IF this "water sprinkler" thing is true, counseling of this "cry wolf" imbecile would be like spinning your wheels in the Sahara. This so called lieutenant has no business being a sworn member of any law enforcement agency.
Since she is obviously a product of almighty CLOUT, this stupid and helpless bitch should be forever nicknamed "The Sprinkler Lady".
God forbid if this idiot got a flat tire. She'd make it into a Ten-1.
fuckn sad
Who was this?
another highly paid public aid receipient!
Thats the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY? No police officer has had a jagoff of a neighbor before? Can't anyone read between the lines? Obviously this jagoff neighbor did this on purpose....and why should she or anyone take it? You know how it is right now, she would of went to turn off the sprinkler and the ASA would approve aggravated criminal trespass and aggravated criminal damage.....how about we focus on the 007 district and give em hell for Alex.....sometimes I worry about us.
6/04/2009 07:21:00 AM
Agreed. There is always more to something than meets the eye on first glance. Its a funny story but I am sure not so simple as it seems.
She has been taken care of her whole career. You won't find her on the street. Remember when she went around to give a survey on taser use? They will find some BS job or another for her to keep her out of harms way or out of sprinklers way.
The obvious solution would have been either to shoot the offending sprinkler ("But, sarge, the lieutenant told me to do it!"), or to call out SWAT. That would have shown that mean ol' sprinkler that the CPD means business!
Sheesh.
ECS
Thats the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY? No police officer has had a jagoff of a neighbor before? Can't anyone read between the lines? Obviously this jagoff neighbor did this on purpose....and why should she or anyone take it? You know how it is right now, she would of went to turn off the sprinkler and the ASA would approve aggravated criminal trespass and aggravated criminal damage.....how about we focus on the 007 district and give em hell for Alex.....sometimes I worry about us.
6/04/2009 07:21:00 AM
Any Policeman with a few years on could figure this out, much less a Lt. You, Sir, are a hair gel fool to think that we should waste resources on this type of BS! You must be one of those Officers who calls for a Sgt on most of his jobs because he is too dumb or too afraid to make his own decision and stand by it. God help this Department!
Thats the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY? No police officer has had a jagoff of a neighbor before? Can't anyone read between the lines? Obviously this jagoff neighbor did this on purpose....
That's what I was thinking, but i would have handled it differently, and probably gotten in trouble for it.
Does she have someone scratch out a simple battery when she gets stung by a mosquito too?
6/04/2009 04:08:00 AM,
Having transferred recently from Area 2 to the northside, I can answer your supply questions, at least for one district. We seem to have a decent supply of paperwork and inventory bags, but what we don't have are cars or cars with PDT's many times. If a car with a PDT is available, it's often and old micro-slate that can barely function. A few periods ago, I would've made the joke that the northside didn't need pdt's because it's slower up there, but since being here for a few periods, the thugs that I ran into in A/2 are turning up with greater frequency up north, along with the westsiders as well. It will only be a matter of time before I forsee our supplies dwindling as well. I think that they call it "Robbing Peter to pay Paul".
Hey, I had a Female Desk Sgt who could not understand my "probable Cause" for an arrest because the report read in part " R/O was dispatched to the scene on info received from an unknown cell phone caller"
Sgt " if the caller is unknown who is the complainant"
Sgt " if the caller is unknown how do we know there was a caller"
R/O " are you implying that I made this all up?"
Sgt " I have to run this past the watch commander"
Thank God he actually was the police at some point in the past and splained it to her...good god!
obviously she didn't want to get hosed...
With all the crap thats been brought up at meetings about RAPS and backlog, this chick should be on 490 / 1st watch by now....
To 0721hrs "YOUR AN IDIOT!"
Well nows thats it's been documented what she probably will request and ultimately receive a driver. One less thing she has to worry about, huh?
I wish I could tell you how many times these calls by off duty PO's are just a waste of time.
MASTERS x 10 NOTHING LIKE KEEPING IAD BUSY!
little man MASTERS sucks, fill in your own IAD # here
______________. Where is the gun?
OT ***
Drivers nabbed by red light cameras may need school
CITY COUNCIL | Burke would have them pay $25 -- on top of the $100 fine -- to fund classes.
June 3, 2009
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
Motorists nabbed by Chicago’s Big Brother network of red-light cameras already get slapped with $100 fines.
If the City Council’s most powerful alderman has his way, they’ll also have to go back to school — at a cost of $25.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/1605403,
red-light-cameras-traffic-school-
060309.article
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Hmmmm ! Looks like the Ald. Ed Burke Red Light School is ready to open. Where else can you find such a reasonable tuition, ($25)?
Drove by midway yesterday and the flag was flying at full staff,while it should be at 1/2 mast honoring our fallen,called the lt ellen schmitzs office and told "I don't know why it is not"! Nice reply from a clouted appointment! She has no clue!
NorthSide said...
Incredible! IF this "water sprinkler" thing is true, counseling of this "cry wolf" imbecile would be like spinning your wheels in the Sahara. This so called lieutenant has no business being a sworn member of any law enforcement agency.
Since she is obviously a product of almighty CLOUT, this stupid and helpless bitch should be forever nicknamed "The Sprinkler Lady".
God forbid if this idiot got a flat tire. She'd make it into a Ten-1.
6/04/2009 07:43:00 AM
Hey Nothside again as usual your right on the money! If she gets a flat she would call a beat car to change her tire the clouted bitch!
why does she have a "take home car"? Thought j-fed was making every boss more "accountable" I guess not! LOL!
masters,merit will kill alot of people when the radical muslims pay us a visit,2016?
Oh, come on, we're dying here, people. WHO IS IT?
What next...911 calls for the good 'ol smell of the neighbors BBQ floating into the air space on your property?
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Believe it or not I've had the "the smoke from next door grilling is floating through my window".19p
And then there's my favorite "the neighbors sprinkler is getting my grass wet"..19p. Don't get angry,don't waste your time, just code em the second you get em.
Is this for real? Are you serious? No fucking way!
Call out SWAT to "kink the hose".
Borrow the CPD/CCSPD helicopter and order the hose to cease and desist.
It's obvious none of you chumps have ever had an encounter with a dangerous sprinkler before. They can be ruthless and cunning as hell!!
I feel for ya Lt. I really do.
Hey Lt. one word to help you out:
U-M-B-R-E-L-L-A but keep it in the house not the car.
Sounds like an HBT to me.
Thats the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY? 6/04/2009 07:21:00 AM
oh, please. stop kissing her ass.
Why didn't the Sgt get on the air and do something....like code the job....MORONS
SHE USED TO HAVE A BABYSEAT INSTALLED IN HER SQUAD, WHEN SHE WORKED FOR STARKS. WONDER IF ITS STILL THERE?
Re the BBQ comment....I am a dispatcher now, but when I was still a call taker, over 10 yrs ago.. citizen complained nabor's smoke from bbq was blowing into her open window. I very politely told her to ...tada.....CLOSE YOUR WINDOW....THIS IS NOT A POLICE MATTER! The training dept of OEMC follows the CPD requirements of prioritizing jobs. We do have several on the list of "NOT A POLICE MATTER", however , if the citizen "INSISTS on police responding" we are told to send the police.
Have a nice day & stay safe!
This department has been on a downhill slope for awhile. The department is promoting bonified incompetents, and taking people in command positions and either demoting them or keeping their hands tied. You can blame the mayor, the superintendent, the alderman, the news media, the judges, and so on. The bottom line is there are people in spots afraid or reluctant to speak up for the department. The mayor plays number games, the ASA's upgrade everything if your a P.O., and the media is always down grading the departments integrity and professionalism. We need to be accountable for what we do on a day to day basis. We have to stop shooting ourselves in the foot everytime we get passed a negative debacle. We should not have to face problems of doing police work in our districts. Recently, there have been insufficent supplies to run the 005th district. Now this also is Area 2, which houses the new Gang team, the SAT team, the Gun team so why is it that there can't be adequate supplies given/ordered for the Area. All this does is create a problem that stops the work from being done. Since there are no supplies to be gotten to make the third and first watches perform the simple task of reporting. I don't know who should handle the blame on this one. You can blame the mayor for not paying the bill therefore not having plastic inventory bags, and then blame God for not making enough trees to allow our paperless department to function because there is no paper to be found on third and first watches. Also heard that the A/2 Gun team had there office switched to make room for the new gang unit, and since that time have been operating with no phones or fax. So lets blame motor maintenance because there hasn't been a vehicle available to transport the tech to the Area. People this has been since the New Year. Kudo's to the Gun teamm for still producing without phones to receive their tips from informants and concerned citizens.
Allegedly this can be fixed with a phone call, but since there are no phones, I guess that call won't/can't be made. I speculate this would never happen in a northside district, only the dumping ground on the southside. Lets blame the alderman for this one, those part-time alderman were all so self-contained voting another pay raise to themselves, that they forgot to allocate paper to the district. I guarantee they don't have inadequate supplies, judging from the bullshit flyers mailed out stating all is well in Chicago. It is tough enough working in A/2 without the obstacles of trying to locate paper or trying to do a simple report without being able to print a copy. I've been in other districts and this is not a problem elsewhere. This is an Area, not a district thus more supplies should be on hand in these locations. How is morale ever going to improve when the job that we are struggling to do, is constantly being projected negatively in the media. We are being told to produce superior police work, but until we have the supplies, people, and the resources necessary this objective is impossible to acheive. Its not even worth blaming the union, they're as silent as church mice. They needeed to have stood up along time ago. Bargain in good faith is what the contract states, but when being shitted on it time to move and let the shit fly back. Police on the streets are expected to take some degree of flak, but when push comes to shove your expected to re-act with proper force. We need to make the Chicago Police Department a job that people will respect.
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your funny HAHAHA
" A/2 Gun team had there office switched to make room for the new gang unit, and since that time have been operating with no phones or fax."
AND
"Kudo's to the Gun teamm for still producing without phones to receive their tips from informants and concerned citizens."
Gun teams shouldnt be waiting by a phone waiting for gun turn-ins and information. Also a land line shouldnt keep a team from producing
But hey thanks for the laugh was having a so-so day but reading your post really made me crack up!
I looked at this event on an old pdt and saw that 990 got involved. Hopefully, 990 reamed her a new one. PRICELESS fodder for this blog. Keep up the good work.
We have got to start putting some of this shit on youtube. These "bosses" are funnier than the hood rats.
Oh, yeah. Fuck Daley. And fuck you too, Masters. God what a puss.
"That's the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY...Obviously this jagoff neighbor did this on purpose...."
--6/04/2009 07:21:00 AM
OK. Why?
Why can't a * POLICE LIEUTENANT * either
A. Think
B. Get along with the neighbors well enough to prevent some petty-ass, he-say-she-say, bullshit lawn sprinkler problem
or
C. If the neighbors are indeed "jagoffs," keep them too scared to fuck with her?
Any way you slice it, if you can't even be the police in your own driveway, you sure can't do it anywhere else.
Let's escalate! "Unknown liquid sprayed on the Lieutenant from a metal device!" Tank callout on the neighbors, and full haz-mat response with the Lt. stripped naked right on the spot and hosed with ice water and scrubbed down with deck brushes by men in moon suits...
TERRORISM!
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Anonymous said...
"Thats the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY? No police officer has had a jagoff of a neighbor before? Can't anyone read between the lines? Obviously this jagoff neighbor did this on purpose....and why should she or anyone take it?..."
6/04/2009 07:21:00 AM
We don't want to know why... it's simply more fun to laugh at and ridicule the Lt. based on what a stupid call-taker wrote under the event # !
MASTERS, MASTERS, MASTERS, MASTERS
MASTERS
I once redirected my neighbors sprinkler to spray on his front door. He blamed it on his kids. Hahahhaha
Was this Lt. D. P..cua? Just wondering.
Brilliant!!! What was the description of the job? Battery in progress of a city vehicle by water drops???
Who was the Lt? Is it a secret?
MASTERS. "ANYONE ANYONE" MASTERS
"Since she is obviously a product of almighty CLOUT, this stupid and helpless bitch should be forever nicknamed "The Sprinkler Lady".
God forbid if this idiot got a flat tire. She'd make it into a Ten-1.
6/04/2009 07:43:00 AM"
Is her first name Annie?
HAVE YOU SEEN MY BETHBALL? MASTERS
"You can blame the mayor for not paying the bill therefore not having plastic inventory bags, and then blame God for not making enough trees to allow our paperless department to function because there is no paper to be found on third and first watches"
You can blame the District Manager (who makes more than most officers) whose job it is to ensure that the district has supplies. Every district was trained on the new ordering procedures, some are just too rigid/lazy/useless to start ordering online. Inventory bags can be obtained by Equip & Supply.
It's shameless that people who make as much as the Dist Mgrs can't be bothered to meet the minimum qualifications of their jobs. But I bet they're not subject to layoffs...
I thought this was unreal/a joke until i actually looked at the ev#. What's really even more disturbing is that 990 was dispatched and from the timeline he/she actually went to the scene. 19-p dumb asses.
is she gonna be o.k.?sure hope so.i think if we hang ,beat and torture that dirty rotten sprinkler offender the good lt.will be vindicated.again,best wishes to the lt.i know that getting wet is very tramatic.
09th dist Lt. MOVE! No asswipe neighbor is worth the misery. Rent your crib out to 3 or 4 young coppers that can't afford to buy yet and get some peace of mind. I know this because I moved and life was beautiful. Ironically, a huge biker unrelated to any city job purchased my house and soon after my good neighbor sold his house too. Isn't life funny?
Anonymous said...
Was this Lt. D. P..cua? Just wondering.
6/04/2009 05:47:00 PM
Yes it was...good work, detective.
i was dispatched a job, STRONG SMELL OF GAS, callers name was MR. BEACACA, WTF. i would like to thank the call taker and the dispatcher for a total waste of fuckin city servises
6/04/2009 04:41:00 AM
The next time I take a dump, I'm making that call. Too fucking funny. I will have to request a supervisor.
Combat Vet and just a po due to no CLOUT!!! Thanks fat ass I dodged bullets not a sprinkler
you are all missing the point...water can be dangerous to the hair!
721, even if the neighbor is an asshole, even if the neighbor deliberately set the sprinkler to sprinkle the city car, IT IS NOT a reason to call 911. If she does not know how to handle a bad neighbor, she sure as hell has no business being a Lt., let alone a police officer. Reminds me of the time I was sent to citizen needs police assistance, she needed her lightbulb changed and could not reach it. Neither could I, 19P along with a good laugh.
In my post at 7:43 AM yesterday regarding "The Sprinkler Lady", I found the original report beyond incredulous.
In all fairness and out of my inherent and insatiable curiousity, I phoned this inspector. Suffice to say, there are at least two sides to every story. The hostile relationship with her neighbor suggests that the sprinkler incident was indeed an intentional act of harassment in a long-standing feud.
In fact, the inspector advised me that she has a "Cease and Desist" order in effect versus this neighbor for some time. She added that she is required to document all incidents of alleged harassment by what I would term "the neighbor from Hell."
I have concluded that this incident is "much ado about nothing."
Carry on, Debbie!
NorthSide said...
In my post at 7:43 AM yesterday regarding "The Sprinkler Lady", I found the original report beyond incredulous.
In all fairness and out of my inherent and insatiable curiousity, I phoned this inspector. Suffice to say, there are at least two sides to every story. The hostile relationship with her neighbor suggests that the sprinkler incident was indeed an intentional act of harassment in a long-standing feud.
In fact, the inspector advised me that she has a "Cease and Desist" order in effect versus this neighbor for some time. She added that she is required to document all incidents of alleged harassment by what I would term "the neighbor from Hell."
I have concluded that this incident is "much ado about nothing."
Carry on, Debbie!
6/05/2009 01:33:00
Northside,
I am normally in your corner, but you got bamboozled and hornswaggled by one of the best.
And I believe you may have written more than you intended to reveal.
1-Incredulous?
Response: But she confirmed it. It was a ridiculous use of police resources no matter how she framed it.
2-Suffice to say, there are at least two sides to every story.
Response: Yes there are 2 sides, and I would like to know the other one.
3-The hostile relationship with her neighbor.....in a long-standing feud.
Response: Hatfield couldn't have hostilities and a feud if McCoy hadn't feuded back. It takes 2 to tango.
4-advised me that she has a "Cease and Desist" order in effect versus this neighbor for some time.
Response: The plaintiff is the product of too much education, too little common sense.
5-She added that she is required to document all incidents of alleged harassment by what I would term "the neighbor from Hell."
Response: How sad. A Lieutenant of Police playing these silly games. I am embarrassed to be a member of this organization.
6-I have concluded that this incident is "much ado about nothing."
You got that right. And nothing is how it should have remained. Tell me again, which party is the escaltor and which party is the escalatee?
7-Carry on, Debbie!
Response: You apparently do not know the person you interviewed. Telling her to carry on is like telling Weis to be incompetent. Carry on she will. Has been for years. This is far from the first bit of drama of which she has taken part, and it will certainly not be her last bit of drama.
NorthSide said...
In my post at 7:43 AM yesterday regarding "The Sprinkler Lady", I found the original report beyond incredulous.
In all fairness and out of my inherent and insatiable curiousity, I phoned this inspector. Suffice to say, there are at least two sides to every story. The hostile relationship with her neighbor suggests that the sprinkler incident was indeed an intentional act of harassment in a long-standing feud.
In fact, the inspector advised me that she has a "Cease and Desist" order in effect versus this neighbor for some time. She added that she is required to document all incidents of alleged harassment by what I would term "the neighbor from Hell."
I have concluded that this incident is "much ado about nothing."
Carry on, Debbie!
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Regardless of the amount of truth to the Lt's story/excuse, it's still DOES NOT justify calling 911. There obviously wasn't a physical altercation going on. Was there a threat of bodily harm? Was there ANY kind of EMERGENCY? Not per the job ticket. There's more than a couple of ways to "document" goings-on without resorting to calling 911 - none of which I'll relay here, lest the Lt. try to take credit for same in future incidents. Either way, I ain't buying it - not all of it, anyway. There's always THREE sides to every story. Your side, my side and THE TRUTH.
Please, no more bullshit excuses or quasi-coddling of what are supposed to be leaders of this department. Apathy is partially to blame for the piss-poor state we're currently in.
I have concluded that this incident is "much ado about nothing."
Carry on, Debbie!
Hey, Northside. You really are acting like a northside useless copper. Who cares about your conclusions? A CPD lieutenant should not request police service for a sprinkler. Plain and simple.
I once redirected my neighbors sprinkler to spray on his front door. He blamed it on his kids. Hahahhaha
6/04/2009 05:23:00 PM
I do this all the time while walking my dog at night. Tired of everyone watering the sidewalk. Just turn the sprinkler on the house & keep walking
"Who cares about (Northside's) conclusions?" - 7:50 PM
I do. So do most other guys I work with. He's wise, outspoken and makes a lot of great points. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, jerk.
I do believe that this lt. could have found a better way to document her problem without calling 9-1-1.
We used to have a phrase for people like her, Secretary with a gun.
Who cares about (Northside's) conclusions?" - 7:50 PM
I do. So do most other guys I work with. He's wise, outspoken and makes a lot of great points. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, jerk.
OK, so that was my opinion, jerk.
So document it. Most cell phones have cameras. Why call police there to get a code? Or are the responding police going to be called into court? Since when did we become "documentation" officers. Just take a picture, add an entry into your "bad neighbor log" and get in your car and go.
Another good laugh. 016 tact team locks up a guy for drinking on the public way. Only 1 small problem. They snatched him off his porch!
nonymous said...
Thats the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY? No police officer has had a jagoff of a neighbor before? Can't anyone read between the lines? Obviously this jagoff neighbor did this on purpose....and why should she or anyone take it? You know how it is right now, she would of went to turn off the sprinkler and the ASA would approve aggravated criminal trespass and aggravated criminal damage.....how about we focus on the 007 district and give em hell for Alex.....sometimes I worry about us.
6/04/2009 07:21:00 AM
O ME O MY, I THINK I'M GETTIN DA VAPORS.
nonymous said...
Thats the problem with this blog, did anyone ask WHY? No police officer has had a jagoff of a neighbor before? Can't anyone read between the lines? Obviously this jagoff neighbor did this on purpose....and why should she or anyone take it? You know how it is right now, she would of went to turn off the sprinkler and the ASA would approve aggravated criminal trespass and aggravated criminal damage.....how about we focus on the 007 district and give em hell for Alex.....sometimes I worry about us.
6/04/2009 07:21:00 AM
I worry about you back. You and the Lt. would make quite a pair............................ of nuts!
Why don't you give her a call? We hear tell she'll answer the phone. She can boo-hoo-drama to you, too!
Call 1-800-BIG-GOOF.
You know how it is right now, she would of went to turn off the sprinkler and the ASA would approve aggravated criminal trespass and aggravated criminal damage...
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We have those charges?
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