It's Not Like We're Shorthanded
Keep spinning Shortshanks:
- Despite a bloody holiday weekend that left nearly a dozen dead across the city, Mayor Richard Daley today defended police efforts to reduce violence -- and denied they were focused too much on the Taste of Chicago.
"Anytime you have a long weekend, weekends are very difficult, especially big, holiday weekends," the mayor said, adding that police were continuing to investigate the motives behind the murders.
Daley was asked if officers were too focused on the Taste of Chicago celebration, which may have contributed to lawlessness elsewhere in the city. He replied flatly: "No."
The mayor was also asked if warmer weather may have played fueled the more than 30 hours of violence that also left dozens of people hurt. "We always have hot weather during the summer," he replied. "I hope the mayor doesn't have to make that announcement."
Glad to know we don't have hot weather during the winter there Richie. Again, he and J-Fed are reading from the same playbook that doesn't acknowledge the New York Times story linking hot weather to increased violence, despite years of stats that prove just that fact, and the observations of any rookie cop who graduated to the street in June, July, August or September.
This is an interesting turn of a phrase though:
This is an interesting turn of a phrase though:
- This year, no one was shot in the vicinity of the food festival, police said
Define "vicinity" please.
And if you believe that pulling between 10 and 20 cops out of districts to work downtown for the fireworks display doesn't have an impact on crime, we've got a bridge to sell you. We're seeing a dynamic that hasn't been in play in Chicago in years. Decades maybe. We'll ask some old timers, but if you pull the cops out of high crime areas, the criminals notice it pretty quickly. And they start settling old scores because they know the police aren't coming any time soon.
We are becoming (or maybe we have become) a completely "reactive" police force rather than "proactive." In layman's terms, we're not preventing crime, we're showing up after the fact. And the downward slope doesn't look too good.
And if you believe that pulling between 10 and 20 cops out of districts to work downtown for the fireworks display doesn't have an impact on crime, we've got a bridge to sell you. We're seeing a dynamic that hasn't been in play in Chicago in years. Decades maybe. We'll ask some old timers, but if you pull the cops out of high crime areas, the criminals notice it pretty quickly. And they start settling old scores because they know the police aren't coming any time soon.
We are becoming (or maybe we have become) a completely "reactive" police force rather than "proactive." In layman's terms, we're not preventing crime, we're showing up after the fact. And the downward slope doesn't look too good.
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posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
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Mayor Daley today blamed hot weather and holiday drinking — not a diversion of police resources to Taste of Chicago — for one of the deadliest weekends in recent memory.
--Was he drinking when he made this statement?
Proactive?
Isn't that like a quack science?
And wasn't that found to be bad for your health, wealth & peace of mind?!
Let me tell you, the only "pro" I have in my daily regiment is "Probiotics". I often get it in my yogurt!
Unlike this job, that stuff makes me regular & feel great!
I called the Mayor and asked about this topic, he said,
"What holiday weekend?"
" I never heard of the Taste of Chicago"
"What's hot weather?"
"I'm not aware of any Police Dept"
"Where is this lakefront you keep talking about?"
"I don't know nothin, I don't know anyone, I've never been anywhere"
first off I apologize for the length but I need to say this...
you are right scc about being reactive... i have turned from caring about the neighborhood and caring about my beat integrity to being isolated from the community and reacting to crime. When a person was robbed or shot my first priority was to get a flash message over the radio right away and get as much info as i can. I would put that victim or witness in my car and tour the area tryin to find that bad guy. Now, I show up to a person shot and dont care. I dont care if someone is shot or dead. I know it sounds cold but i just write my paper and make the notifications. Why should I go above and beyond for people who dont appriciate me? the community doesnt like us. the media bashes us. the bosses are now just using us for numbers, numbers, numbers. the supt. mayor, and bosses say, "go out and be aggressive", "lock up those bad guys" and "dont worry about complaints, they cant hurt you if the allegations are just made up. do your job right and you will be ok." well you know what, I do my job right and by being proactive several complaints that were obsured and rediculous were still filed against me. I dont need to worry about that crap. My main concern has shifted to being a good officer and taking care of the community from the gang bangers and bad guys to letting them kill eachother, sell dope and terrorize eachother. my main concern now is going home to my family and self preservation.. is it selfish?? maybe it is. many good people still live in the ghetto and need us. I feel bad for them because I really want to help but I cant. The city, "community activists", reverands, bosses, alderman, media, civil lawyers, judges, and everyone else who slams us daily dont allow me to help. I use to love being a police officer. I will toot my own horn and say that I use to be a fantastic cop, now im just a worn out beat cop cuttin paper and ridin on jobs scared of just about everything that threatens my family and my job. hey, at least I can admit it... I remember when I loved this job. Loved catchin the bad guys. loved talkin to the good people of the neighborhood and cleaning up a block. myself along with hundreds other police officer still know how to be the police and how to get things done... but choose not too. everyday, as I drive around i see lots of bad guys and i get that urge... you know what im talkin about.. that urge to pull up on the curb and jump out and shut the corner down.... but it doesnt happen. it truly makes me sad. it makes me feel like a security guard and not a cop anymore. thats all we have become. to all the guys and gals still out there being aggressive and making arrests, I pray for you guys everynight and I love seeing it.. I mean that, I hope you guys stay safe and can stay out of trouble. stay safe boys and girls. get to retirement and stay true to your families.
"We are becoming (or maybe we have become) a completely "reactive" police force rather than "proactive." In layman's terms, we're not preventing crime, we're showing up after the fact. And the downward slope doesn't look too good."
And, obviously, that's exactly what the city wants, what with videotaped interviews, cameras and microphones in the cars and the general message to the police that they do NOT want any REAL police work done, lest it could offend people or violate criminals' rights.
OT: 1020, you sir are a pussy bitch!
Get rid of the cameras.
Get rid of the gps.
Get Loevy off our asses.
All things Daley can make happen.
OT--midnite 2206 team makes another burglary arrest in beverly......102nd/seeley. tell your friends and family to lock their doors. offender was from 005.
OT: Who's beat is the taste on? Could be useful for pulling arrests made on that beat for the 3rd of July.
I don't get it, if the city looses approximately 500 (souls) each year due to violence. How come there is no change in the population. We need a census. Go to every house; ask for the name, d.o.b., social security #, of all that live (or stayin) at that residence.
The numbers changes that come back in population will sure reflect the numbers of the department.
...”Again, he and J-Fed are reading from the same playbook that doesn't acknowledge the New York Times story linking hot weather to increased violence, despite years of stats that prove just that fact, and the observations of any rookie cop who graduated to the street in June, July, August or September.”...
Aaaawwww, come on SCC! Even “Da Mayor” knows that we have “A different type of crime than New York”. He (Da Mayor) told us that YEARS ago when looking into CAPS and why New York City P.D. canceled their “Community Policing”. So, in the future, can you try not to compare what happens here to NY, NY. Its just “Different” , per “Da Mayor”!
Well, once again Daley lied! I know it's normal for him and he thinks the media and the rest of the world are just stupid and believe him. But the fact is a few 1000 police officers were sent to the taste on July 3rd. Every tact team in my district was there and gang, multiple mobile units, and tact teams from all over the city were there too. I have never seen so many police officers in one place. Daley just lies and lies and lies and no one calls him on it.
Short handed? Silly, silly, silly. I, as your beloved Mayor for Life want to assure all of you that we are not shorthanded at all. I still have my 30 or so personal police valets, kiss asses, boot licks, chauffeurs, footmen, errand boys, and lick spittles. Momma Daley hasn't had to drive a car in years and neither have I. Our errand boys are always ready to kiss our fat asses and do as we command. At taxpayer expense, of course. So, lets hear no more complaints about manpower. It's just fine. Ask, Aldercrook Burke. He'll back me up on this!
200 ISP recruits to be "laid off" as part of Gov. Quinn's state budget haircut!
COOK COUNTY SHERIFF AND IL NG SOLDIER KILLED INN AFGHANISTAN
Vote for Lt. Garedo from 025 for Cook County President! Obviously, he's one of the toughest street bosses that the city has had in years! Just ask the fat do-nothing cop he put on North Ave. foot patrol. Man, that's power. No wonder the two hillbilly couple that works on his robbery team carry his nutsack. Possibly because the Centaur's relative is Mayor of Norridge? Jody, please dump this creep and put him in charge of something more of his speed, such as being in charge of the stolen beanie baby inventory locker.
Blago's ex-chief of staff to plead guilty today
If the FED's got HARRIS to flip on blago for the ( one count indictment ), what are they waiting for to nail King Richard the lessor?
I thought once you Rat out to the G- they got you for life, and you must disclose everything before a grand jury.
Gee Mr US Attorney can I sit in on that Grand Jury and listen to the former Aide to Da Mayor and former ADS Of the CPD. What might we hear from his lips?
Umm...are we still doing the "Warrior" thing?
"long weekend"? What a crock. None of these mopes hold jobs, every weekend is a long weekend sometimes extending for 20 or 30 years!
Becoming "reactive" is exactly what Daley wants. You'd think this would be obvious by now.
This is why we will never see 13,500 again in our lifetime. Legitimately anyway. Oh he'll bullshit the taxpayers and city council to pass a bullshit budget for 13,500 but we'll never rise in numbers in reality again.
As mentioned before, his full intent is to hand over every non-emergent job to civilians of lesser pay, who are privatized. The only thing sworn officers will provide is emergent armed response to in-progress crime.
The days of cops writing paper jobs of ANY kind, or issuing of tickets are fast becoming extinct.
In general, sworn armed police in this entire country will eventually become a local armed response team to in-progress crimes. Everything else will be civilian. Whether the rest of the country wants to privatize that part of the job is their choice. We KNOW Daley intends to privatize it because that's how he continues to build his empire of corruption and indebtedness to the Daley family.
Bet on it folks, it's coming within more than half this department's career span.
This asshole mayor of ours must be taking lessons from "Bagdad Bob" (Saddams Minister of Information). He could speak for an hour and say nothing that makes any sense or even closely resembles the "Truth".
"We always have hot weather in the summer" !
We've had a thieving scoundrel as mayor in Shitcago for wayyyyy tooooo looooong.
Baffle them with Bullshit no longer works here Mr Shortshanks the Stuttering, Babbling Fool !!!!!!
That was the first thing i thought on the third and other taste days. All those outside units and gang/tact getting assigned to the taste. Who is working the 011 07 015 005 etc. It helps having those outside units in the district when you need cars for a block. Especially in the summer even though the heat doesn't effect crime activity.
Unless you've ever worked for Jackson you don't know. He was a hell of a boss when he was the Commander of 011 and you would be very hard pressed to find anyone that worked for him to disagree. He got offered the position he's in now at a shitty time and his abilities as a leader are wasted while having to work with the pussy Weis...................
Oh lordy. Stop the crap excuses for the whole bunch of them. JJ got the number 2 job within two weeks of Weis landing here. The shitty time started at that point. YOu notice the only ones to make Weis' first wave - Jackson, Cuello, Peterson - are still standing? You really think every stupid decision is coming from Weis? Absolutely not, Weis selected people he could manipulate and who think stupid like him=yes men. The only pussy here is JJ. His leadership ability consist of being able to repeat "Yessir Superintendent Weis" without mispronouncing jodis name.
DONT 4 GET ANOTHER REPORT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE WHITE SHIRTS TRYING TO EXPLAIN AWAY EACH DEATH.
THEY LOVE THE DOMESTIC RELATED HOMICIDES.
THE REASON: YOU JUST CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE.
BUT IF U LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER U WILL FIND THAT MOST DOMESTIC HOMICIDES HAVE A NICE PAPER TRAIL BEHIND THEM.
AND IS ANYONE ARRESTED ON THE PREVIOUS CASES?
GO TO THE AREAS AND U WILL NOTICE U JUST DO HAVE ENUFF DICKS ANYMORE! ITS NOT LIKE CRACKING THE CASE OF THE CENTURY THEY ARE ALL NAMED OFFENDERS!
BUT THE POOOOOR VICTIM DONT WANT TO PROSECUTE THEY R IN LOVE!
I had a older "citizen" tell me the other day:" Things are changing, the police arent' even the POLICE anymore". I put my head down in shame and had to agree with him.
7/8/2009, 12:35 am....some real funny stuff right there!...
As mentioned before, his full intent is to hand over every non-emergent job to civilians of lesser pay, who are privatized. The only thing sworn officers will provide is emergent armed response to in-progress crime.
The days of cops writing paper jobs of ANY kind, or issuing of tickets are fast becoming extinct.
In general, sworn armed police in this entire country will eventually become a local armed response team to in-progress crimes. Everything else will be civilian. Whether the rest of the country wants to privatize that part of the job is their choice.
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Mostly those are extraordinarily good ideas. No need to use real cops to write parking tickets.
To 12:43:00am
How true what you write.A lot of us are experiencing the same change. It sucks for the decent,honest,hard working people of this city but hey,we didnt vote for this Idiot.
07:31..... Unfortunately, younger guys like you are missing the point. 007,011,015,005 will always be shit, barring some demographic/real estate miracle that isn't going to happen. Who's guarding 022,016,017,008,019 etc....Thats where the taxpayers live and most of us live. This "ghetto focus" nonsense started with the play Reverends using crime as a way to beat Daley up and extort more shit out of him. Cline skillfully used the situation to become Sup. and move resources to the ghetto, thus ensuring a Sup.'s pension. Now, the wheels have fallen off and the losers are productive people in decent areas, including you and your family.
Anonymous said...
Mayor Daley today blamed hot weather and holiday drinking — not a diversion of police resources to Taste of Chicago — for one of the deadliest weekends in recent memory.
--Was he drinking when he made this statement?
7/08/2009 12:14:00 AM
He could have blamed sunspots. Or the lack of sunspots. Or the city Personnel Chief he just fired, yeah, that's the ticket, it was all his fault, he done it.
The personnel chief will resurface somewhere soon with a good City job, that is how Daley's Chicago works. The lying department heads don't really go away, they just play musical chairs. Unless they get indicted and go to jail. Then Daley denies knowing they ever lived on earth and claims no knowledge of who made them Department heads.
Yeah, that's it.
Anonymous said...
This asshole mayor of ours must be taking lessons from "Bagdad Bob" (Saddams Minister of Information). He could speak for an hour and say nothing that makes any sense or even closely resembles the "Truth".
"We always have hot weather in the summer" !
We've had a thieving scoundrel as mayor in Shitcago for wayyyyy tooooo looooong.
Baffle them with Bullshit no longer works here Mr Shortshanks the Stuttering, Babbling Fool !!!!!!
7/08/2009 07:04:00 AM
I remember "Bagdad Bob" declaring they were on the verge of victory as bombs were dropping near the studio he was in and the explosions were clearly audible on the tape and the curtains were moving around from the blasts.
It goes without saying that everyone can now tell when Daley is lying because his lips move when he lies.
Nothing is ever his fault.
Remember the next Mayoral election day, February 2011. Get out there, drive your neighbors to the polls. Remember to tell people about early voting. Don't let anyone forget about all the fiascos. Get involved. Help defeat that miserable stuttering prick.
Remember, 78% of the electorate stayed home last election for Mayor! That 78% can defeat this bastard. Let's pray we have a good candidate worth voting for.
Long weekend? Every day is a weekend in the ghetto. No work, no job, no hopes, no worries. Free everything and all the drugs, booze, weaponry and hoes you can abuse. It's awesome!
I'd like to live like that for a "long weekend." I could melt away a ton of stress. No bills, no taxes, no kids to worry about-send them to live with grandma-no job to go to. Just a shitload of free time to occupy my weekend.
I've always wanted to walk in the street, drink by my double parked car, sit on my porch for days, smoke weed for breakfast, wash all my meals down with a grape pop, eat all my meals standing/walking, wear my pants down to my knees and be a complete drain on society.
Just thinking about it makes me wish it was Friday.
we are currently having a " who can 19 paul the most jobs in a week " contest on the watch--- the winner gets a one hour duck on the end on his friday----
Tell me again why proactive is bad. We want to prevent these murders, why?
I stand Tall with 7/08/2009 12:43:00 AM, You my friend hit the nail right on the head.
Keep working for JPUD and you will be treated the same way as Cozzi if you make a mistake. Reactive policing is the way to go, if JPUD, Masters and Duggan want to be proactive let them do it themselves.
7/08/2009 12:43:00 AM
I agree with you 100%! I could of wrote that rant! Morale is in the toilet,no contract, no street coppers (all are being put in units that boost egos such as lt medals leo), many poser bosses! If a copper of his/her family ask for help it is done quickly,anything else? In progress calls, I go but obey every g.o. to the "T"! Want safety as #1! The greatest demise of the dept, starts at the top with the mayor,j-fed and the comical exempt structure,they do shit and nothing happens! Guess clout is worse than ever! I have 2 more years am a KMA member from the era where we were the "real police" bad guys would leave the corners on arrival of us.
Say what you want about the old "real sos" finnegan and company, but when they rolled up there was mass clearings of bad guys, they ran from them! Look at tru and msf plus leos "stike force" they scare not even little kids, because they know no one will back them up! Be careful and back each other up,and your family is #1!!
The tax users have a saying, " Everday is a Holiday", so whats the difference.
This is OT and was posted in an earlier thread:
hello all my brothers and sisters in blue..we have to live in this city for a long time to come. i have 28yrs on this job and have always been the working police, i work in the district that i live in, i work with some real go out and get them police officers, and we do this because we do work and live in the same distict. I can see not doing doing any work in the shit districts because if they don't care i don't care. but if you live in 05,08,22,016 and work in the district, then you better start doing some pro policing there, i know alot of cops do the best they can to keep the savage out, but we still have alot of cops that work (show up) and do nothing but collect a check. Im not telling you to go out and beat these dogs, im telling you to stop them for any vehicle violation and take that car, if they can't drive they can't be going up and down your streets looking for someone to rob or to steal from your home.if you see them riding their bikes on the sidewalks, stop them it against the law if your over 12yrs old..and then lock them up for that weed they have or the alcohol, do this in your district where you live. any cop can do an arrest in a hour. it just letting the savage know that you are there and will help to protect your neighborhood not theirs. please don't tell me that im full of shit, that the zone is to busy. any one of us can see a shit head and stop him and then tell the zone i have a on view arrest, you have to stack that bull shit job you gave me with the other 8 in my stack, im going in with one. the bull shit jobs will always be there and the dispatcher will always try to clear their board by giving you 20 jobs. We do stop the gang bangers in my district all nite long, and lock them up for any state or city violation that they are committing. please do the job in your district that you live in so we can take the family out to the store/walk without the savage fucking with them..just talking out loud, thanks I/f
7/07/2009 11:40:00 AM
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. I really hope this officer is working in 016. There are a few good officers working here but unfortunately there are WAY too many do nothing DOGS. I wish the DOGS would all go to the GHETTO!
Vote for Lt. Garedo from 025 for Cook County President! Obviously, he's one of the toughest street bosses that the city has had in years! Just ask the fat do-nothing cop he put on North Ave. foot patrol. Man, that's power. No wonder the two hillbilly couple that works on his robbery team carry his nutsack. Possibly because the Centaur's relative is Mayor of Norridge? Jody, please dump this creep and put him in charge of something more of his speed, such as being in charge of the stolen beanie baby inventory locker.
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This is the same clown that only wants Hispanics like dry wall joe on his precious teams. Lucky for him, T-bone didn't clean his clock. Must be nice to have Lt. stripes to hide behind.
I'm so tired of Da Mayo and his BS. Two more years I turn 50 if hes relected Mayor I will quit and take my family and pension else where. I will work against Da Mayo and not go without a fight. However he has the ability to steal elections. Been told he has the secret hall pass to the Board of Elections room where results come in. David Orr and Langdon Neal just look the other way and let him do math projects in the back room. Da Mayo is as crooked as a three dollar bill! He's a BUM and walks hand n hand with Satin!!!!!!
Who is this Lt. Garedo? Anyone who can unseat Toddler has my vote. There should be a POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY RACE IN CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY IN 2010 & 2011. Garedo has my vote and should have the vote of every police officer and their families whether you like him or not!! The police have been silent TOO long!!!!
Go getem LT!
"We always have hot weather during the summer" say King Richie.
Well guess what airhead, we always have snow and potholes during the winter, so why did you try to pinch pennies and cut the budget for those two things?
Were any of the dos's or people shot worth a shit or was it all gangbangers and assholes.
POLL
Shot and worth a shit
0
Shot and not worth a shit
(in others words -so what)
11 dead 42+
Maybe the Mayor should blame the gun toting religous white man for all of these shootings and murders.
12:43 a.m.---As I read over your words, I couldn't find a single item I didn't agree with.
I work in a southside district with ten years on and can't tell you how hard is has been to come in to work day in and day out and see what this job has become!
We are often so shorthanded that no one shows up for foot pursuits to help out, not necessarily b/c they won't but b/c they are tied up on some bullshit or we just don't have the cars out there.
We have no leadership, no morale, and now no help when we need it. Anybody that doesn't think these animals on the street don't realize this and are exploiting the fact is fucking crazy! Anyone with a little time on the job can probably say that this many police shootings and shots fired at the police was not a commmon occurence just a few years back.
We have a mayor and superintendent with their heads so far up their asses they aren't even willing to see what is going on. Daley wants the olympics and he will do anything and roll over anyone in his way and he could care less if a any policemen's blood is spilled to do so.
I have given may a recent days thinking of goin back to a beat car and just doing the bare mininmum, b/c honestly who really gives a shit!!
I'm da mayor of dis town and I sez dat dare ain't nottin outa place wit dis. It was a long weekend. A holiday weekend. Dats wut people do on long holiday weekends. An it wuz hot too.
Now da real problem is dat people are drinking. Dats why I'm gonna put back dat, wudaya call it, dat Probation on da drinkin. Yeah. No more of dat. Dis is a new policy to go along wit da probation on da guns. Dat an da cameras is all what we need. Now git outta here you mut reporters. Faster!
Are dey all gone? Good. Now dis is what we're gonna do. After da probation on da drinkin, I want some of my peoples ta open up some ah dem whataya call it, speaksleazy joints. We'll look da udder way fer some envelopes.
Lets face it they don't want us to be the police anymore. Tact teams aren't tact teams anymore, just the visibility police now. They have us looking over our shoulder every day wondering when the next boss will screw us. We are detailed all over and never feel like we have a home. All they talk about is numbers numbers numbers missions mission missions, they sound like ass clowns. We haven't felt like the police for several years and now we work for guys who were never the police, but still wear our uniform.
Bill Cozzie was the most proactive police officer I have seen and J-Fed put an end to that. Remember Cozzie cause it could happen to you!!
WE CAN STOP THE KILLINGS:
1) we stop the guns, oops, we did,
2) stop the smoking, I don't know why but liberals think this would work, what do you mean we did?
3) cancel all liquor licences, yea this would do it, but i could still see those NW Siders driving to Niles
or Morton Grove, getting drunk and then heading for 71st and Halsted to do a drive by.
The white man has to stop shooting Daley's Democratic Voting Base. Every death equals 2-3 lost votes
unless the Dems can convert a ghost vote to 3 or more votes. That might be a plus for them.
Just do what you have to , nothing else, but stay safe always and go home to your family after your tour. It's actually easier to follow this policy than to race around being aggressive, with a far greater chance of lawsuits, criminal charges, getting hurt or killed, suspended, fired, civil rights violations, CR#'s, Media heat, etc. Also, always remember, we have NO Contract, everyone else does. We also have a WEAK Union, poor equipment, in-service training, and leadership is questionable. STAY SAFE.
SORRY OFF TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT -
What is this I hear that the MAIS people are being sent out to all accidents with off-duty POs involved?
I guess Petterson is pimping for IAD now. POS
I supose if I get run over crossing Halsted on foot, I'll get stripped for denting a car with my head.
What you have here is "The Upper Hand Syndrome" just like in a relationship, once you loose it, it's gone. The bad guys have taken the upper hand in this relationship. That's why you have all this shooting at the police nonsense going on. Shooting at other citizens is nothing.
7/08/2009 12:43:00 AM
Thank you for that.
You took the words right out of my mouth and made better sense of it all.
008th district has taken over the lead for homicides in the city. 011 is in second followed by 007.
derwin williams kia afghanistan... cook county sheriff and il national guard lieutenant.. good guy knew him well. god bless you derwin
Who cares anymore? I sure as hell dont!
Said shitty hall: Just a few bullets flying over taster's heads...no big deal.
Anonymous said...
Well, once again Daley lied! I know it's normal for him and he thinks the media and the rest of the world are just stupid and believe him. But the fact is a few 1000 police officers were sent to the taste on July 3rd. Every tact team in my district was there and gang, multiple mobile units, and tact teams from all over the city were there too. I have never seen so many police officers in one place. Daley just lies and lies and lies and no one calls him on it.
7/08/2009 02:01:00 AM
When there are so many armed soldiers in one place, isn't that called a battle.
What it does show is that if the police are pulled from these areas for just one day, then it becomes a slaughter. It really shows how volatile the city has become and that we are being stretched to our capacity. We are one big event from losing control.
7/08/2009 01:25:00 AM
That area has been lost/ghetto for years. Who cares...
OT: Here's a list of meetings regarding the Olypics, maybe a protest at each of these locations would help.
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Date Time Meeting Location
July 7 7:15 p.m. The Gap Community Organization Meeting Illinois College of Optometry - 3240 S Indiana, Suite 1200
July 8 5:30 p.m. 11th, 12th and 25th Ward Meeting McKinley Park Field House, 2210 W. Pershing Road
July 9 2 p.m. Robert Taylor Working Group Meeting Hansberry Square Community Center - 4034 S. State Street
July 13 5:30 p.m. 39th and 40th Ward Meeting North Park University's Hamming Hall - 3225 W. Foster
July 14 6:30 p.m. 28th Ward Meeting Garfield Park Field House (Gold Dome) - 100 N. Central Park Ave
July 15 5:30 p.m. 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Ward Meeting South Shore Cultural Center - 7059 S. South Shore Drive
"long weekend" Everyday is a "weekend" when you have no responsibilities to anything other than finding your next 40oz,blunt and future babies mamma.
"We are becoming (or maybe we have become) a completely "reactive" police force rather than "proactive." In layman's terms, we're not preventing crime, we're showing up after the fact.
FYI, have been on the job 23 years and we have ALWAYS been a reactive police force, nothing new. We do way more proactive things now then we ever have, sorry!!
Proactive?
Isn't that like a quack science?
And wasn't that found to be bad for your health, wealth & peace of mind?!
Let me tell you, the only "pro" I have in my daily regiment is "Probiotics". I often get it in my yogurt!
Unlike this job, that stuff makes me regular & feel great!
7/08/2009 12:33:00 AM
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Haha....thats real funny stroke. Maybe I should follow your lead when I work on 811's beat or 2211's beat and and do absolutely nothing.
Stopping dirty ass shitheads in a nice copper neighborhood is a quack science. ??????? Man, you have it all figured out.
To 07/08/2009 12:43 AM.
Poor baby. Doesn't anyone appreciate all your efforts? Didn't anybody say thank you? The bosses, the mayor, the media, blah, blah, blah. . . Enough already. Hey, pal, you do it because you swore an oath, remember that? Right hand in the air: I (state your name) solemnly promise . . . You do it because if the coppers patrolling your neighborhood felt the same way that you do, well, then your family would be in shitsville. Do your job, shut up, go home and hope the copper patrolling you neighborhood is doing his job--a lot better than you appear to be doing yours.
youtube search "goonz 140" and see what the thugs were up to at the taste
"We're talking about contracts coming into Chicago" that's what the little asshole mayor was crying to the media today when questioned about losing the Olympics. He's crying that the media is beating him up and wont shut up. Well I hope we all keep the pressure up. "Contracts?" for whom? Sure as hell not us. Go RIO!
Before reading this make sure you have a pail to puke in or are not drinking a hot liquid to burn yourself when you do a spit take...
From the Daily Herald, July 8th, 2009:
The headline in the print edition:
Daley defends city's police:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=305391&src=143
The online headline is little better.
Ummm Daily Herald...Daley was defending his own lack of leadership in allowing the CPD numbers to dwindle, while active members are without a contract, and morale is at an all-time low. The Mayor made the call to pull manpower from the neighborhoods and the result, depleted manpower not only endangered those officers who had to work those areas, citizens suffered, and people died. Better to look bad in the communities than have the Olympic Dream get tarnished, ie, Taste Violence=No Olympics. You media don't pay attention anyways when its not downtown, Lincoln Park, etc. so it was a no brainer for Daley and his stooge known as J-Fed.
Daily Herald, next time you get something from Daley, at least dig a little, just a little.
--Not a Cop--but not that --Not a Cop
SCC thank you for allowing this post and too all Police reading this, be safe.
Really, so that means maybe we can cut back another 2,000 coppers to the already 2,000 plus shortage going now and maybe save a few dollars... to be pissed away on some cronies loaded project that’s more important then kids being able to play safely outside.
Amazing.
What's even more amazing is the top "cop" just sitting back clueless, now that’s amazing.
Hey Jody, maybe another coat of polish for those wingtips, better then twittling your thumbs...
Anonymous said...
I don't get it, if the city looses approximately 500 (souls) each year due to violence. How come there is no change in the population. We need a census. Go to every house; ask for the name, d.o.b., social security #, of all that live (or stayin) at that residence.
The numbers changes that come back in population will sure reflect the numbers of the department.
7/08/2009 01:56:00 AM
ANSWER:
500 a year is horrific regarding crime but does not influence the population. People in low income/ high crime neighborhoods are rarely married and have multiple kids out of wedlock. Regarding social security #s, we get more illegals than most cities in the country. Even with a few thousand working citizens that will be departing Chicago due to layoffs will not influence the population. In Conclusion, the population will continue to rise. In regards to our workforce, we loose more cops every year and less are being hired. This will impact crime in a negative way. With stricter laws and changes in government officials in Chicago and Cook Cook County we can influence the crime rate and the budget. At this point things do not look very well.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,[1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Final Note I pray for this City and all it's evil:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever. Amen.
Top 12 indicators of a bad economy
12. CEO's are now playing miniature golf.
11. I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.
10. I went to buy a toaster oven and they gave me a bank.
9. Hot wheels and Matchbox car companies are now trading higher than GM in the stock market.
8. Obama met with small businesses - GE, Pfizer, Chrysler, Citigroup and GM, to discuss the Stimulus Package.
7. McDonalds is selling the 1/4 ouncer.
6 People in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and are learning their children's names.
5. The most highly-paid job is now jury duty.
4. People in Africa are donating money to Americans.
3. Motel Six won't leave the lights on.
2. The Mafia is laying off judges.
...And my most favorite indicator of all.
1. If the bank returns your check marked as "insufficient funds," you have to call them and ask if they meant you or them
F*ck this city. unless its our own / families/ friends. let them do it to each other
Anonymous said...
008th district has taken over the lead for homicides in the city. 011 is in second followed by 007.
7/08/2009 12:47:00 PM
Fvcking great!!!
FVCK THIS!
09:17 am You too funny.You gotz ta be a playa.
FYI, have been on the job 23 years and we have ALWAYS been a reactive police force, nothing new. We do way more proactive things now then we ever have, sorry!!
7/08/2009 02:23:00 PM
You must have been a dog ass 23 years ago, or not worked in the ghetto. Sorry, but 19 years ago I can remember jumping curbs to put the gang bangers on the fence and stopping cars and tossing the back seat into the street...
No cameras, no contact cards. At least Pookie had some fear.
OT - Sorry to subject you readers to this but its relevant to all who have to deal with the proven liar ocd chief. When you read this you'll see more proof that over-his-head brown still can't comprehend law! Below is EXACTLY one excempt of what brown and gushes are ordering vice to do, Who are damn sick of being told "you aint the real police, if you dont do it I'll find real police who will." Readers: remember this moment: because of Eve and Ernie you can see the inevitable - a vice officer is going to get hurt or killed real soon, or the biggest lawsuit ever will be filed against cpd.{question is by who, a vice officer or a violated citizen?} The kicker is the unit has tried every which way to explain logic to both and blatantly get slammed down with threats. FUCK YOU EVE AND ERNIE AND FUCK YOU NICK FOR SITTING IN THE MIDDLE DOING NOTHING TO STOP IT!!!!
CHICAGO POLICE RAIDS VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS:
Most Stateway residents were shocked but not particularly surprised when a small army of Chicago Police interrupted a neighborhood basketball tournament and subjected everyone there to extensive personal searches. The ages and occupations of the approximately 250 people searched varied widely, but everyone there did have two things in common: they were all black, and they were all searched despite the fact that the police lacked a search warrant or any (apparent) probable cause.
This incident has become the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit that is being handled primarily by U of C law professor Craig Futterman and his students in the Law School's Mandel Legal Clinic. The class action suit, which names eight individual plaintiffs, accuses about twenty police officers—including Ernest Brown, Commander of the Public Housing Unit of the Chicago Police Department—of undertaking illegal searches in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of those attending the game. The suit's significance, of course, extends beyond compensation for the individuals allegedly wronged at the game; it has become a dramatic centerpiece in the complicated discussion of appropriate police practices in places like Stateway Gardens.
According to the lawsuit and anecdotal reports, police began arriving at the Stateway Gardens Field House sometime between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. on the evening of February 22nd. The Field House's gymnasium was packed with spectators for that evening's event: a pair of basketball games played as part of the Stateway Roundball Classic, an annual tournament which runs from February to April. The game was populated by kids and grandparents, residents and neighbors. Sometime during the first game police started filtering in and positioning themselves by the doors. One resident heard an officer remark, "Damn, there's a lot of thugs in here tonight." After the game ended, the police ordered everyone to line up near the outer doors and submit to searches of their person and belongings. No one was permitted to leave without undergoing the required inspection.
The police never obtained a search warrant, and, according to Professor Futterman, tapes of police radio communications from that evening reveal that there was no emergency or other extreme circumstance but, rather, that the police seemed to have planned and coordinated the raid ahead of time. The police say they had a reliable tip that something was about to go down at the game, but it's not clear how much legal mileage this will get them. Without a warrant to search either the premises or the particular individuals present, the constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure require the police to have individuated probable cause for each person they detain and search. "I really can't imagine a straight-faced response by the Police Department that they had individual probable cause to search everyone there."
Long weekend? Every day is a weekend in the ghetto. No work, no job, no hopes, no worries. Free everything and all the drugs, booze, weaponry and hoes you can abuse. It's awesome!
I'd like to live like that for a "long weekend." I could melt away a ton of stress. No bills, no taxes, no kids to worry about-send them to live with grandma-no job to go to. Just a shitload of free time to occupy my weekend.
I've always wanted to walk in the street, drink by my double parked car, sit on my porch for days, smoke weed for breakfast, wash all my meals down with a grape pop, eat all my meals standing/walking, wear my pants down to my knees and be a complete drain on society.
Just thinking about it makes me wish it was Friday.
7/08/2009 09:17:00 AM
If I may add one more:
also there is no rush hour in the hood either. I always took Damen or Western home compared to Cicero or Pulaski. Man I would fly home!
12:43 am, I agree with you 110%. Been there, done that, was never even a has been. But, self preservation is the only way now. Be careful.
7/08/2009 07:21:00 PM
Are you quoting a lawsuit?
Why? What is your point?
Is it possible that, just because a lawsuit was filed that the police are wrong?
I am not saying the city wont' settle, but the basis of needing a search warrant to search people, well, it isn't true. Nor do the police need a search warrant to enter the Stateway Gardens Field house.
Now, if the involved officers cannot articulate a reason why they did what they did, there may be a reason for the city to either worry or settle, of course, we have all seen the city settle cases for a variety of reasons, NONE of which are indicative of whether the officer(s) were right or wrong...
I know you are saying the two bosses in question have no clue how to do police work etc. but I just don't see, on its face, how a lawsuits wording connects it.
Lawsuits are so full of crap on their face it isn't funny...
I was up in Canada fishing and hooked up with some RCMP guys. They're shorthanded, too, and having trouble finding recruits so they've brought back some recent retirees part-time.
If Shortshanks won't pony up to hire more new guys, why not bring some of our recent retirees back part-time to do things like work at Taste? That way we'd keep the prime talent where it's needed.
Oh, yeah, I forgot. It would take brains to come up with an idea, eh?
Hey all you crying mofos have to realize one thing, the cameras are not going anywhere. They are here to stay and you better get adapted to that fact or else keep crying and whining about it. They are here to stay.
Who is this Lt. Garedo? Anyone who can unseat Toddler has my vote. There should be a POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY RACE IN CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY IN 2010 & 2011. Garedo has my vote and should have the vote of every police officer and their families whether you like him or not!! The police have been silent TOO long!!!!
Go getem LT!
7/08/2009 11:33:00 AM
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It's Garrido.
Im glad to see I still have some fans in Chicago, Thank You!!
SEEMS TO ME THAT FROM THE FED DOWN TO MUNICPAL GOVERNMENMENT THAT (THINGS) ARE ALWAYS THE WAY POWER WANTS IT TO BE,AND THEY CHANGE IT
WHEN THEY THINK IT WILL BENEFIT OR
HURT THEM POLITICALY AND THEIR $$$ AGENDA...
THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM HERE..
Ernie is the black version of Daley. Stupid, over his head and nevery caught! How much can one person fuck up and not get dumped! If he was a lowly patrolman his ass would have been gone! This guy tries to fuck and fuck over many officers as he can!
To 07/08/2009 12:43 AM.
Poor baby. Doesn't anyone appreciate all your efforts? Didn't anybody say thank you? The bosses, the mayor, the media, blah, blah, blah. . . Enough already. Hey, pal, you do it because you swore an oath, remember that? Right hand in the air: I (state your name) solemnly promise . . . You do it because coppers patrolling your neighborhood felt the same way that you do, well, then your family would be in shitsville. Do your job, shut up, go home and hope the copper patrolling you neighborhood is doing his job--a lot better than you appear to be doing yours.
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Who the FK you talking to asswipe? I assume you're supercop with no heart?! And I'm sure I'm right on the money with that, which means you are probably single with no friends and no family that care about you, because you care about no one but yourself. FK OFF TOUGH GUY.
Original officer, you are not alone and you are not crazy. You have become what is happening to more and more of us rapidly. The department exempt and co. turns an intelligent, hard working, dedicated, passion-filled policeman into a uncaring defiant slug of life. And it doesn't happen overnight. For years you keep trying to fight through the humiliation and demoralization and disrespect and lies. Then one day you wake up and you cannot take it anymore, and you now become the policeman you never wanted or thought you would be. And you look at your family and see how much you took away from them and from yourself and gave to this department for years and years.
This is also the turning point where you want to apologize to the old timers who you always thought were full of shit, lazy and non productive. That is when you realize they did go through what you went through and that is why they are the way they are today.
Peace to you and take care of yourself and your family, not this department. I only wish I listened to my heart and not my head back then, and I wouldn't be sitting here regretting my life right now.
Pooky that shit is funny as hell!! Everyday is Friday Biiooottchh
Short handed? Silly, silly, silly. I, as your beloved Mayor for Life want to assure all of you that we are not shorthanded at all. I still have my 30 or so personal police valets, kiss asses, boot licks, chauffeurs, footmen, errand boys, and lick spittles. Momma Daley hasn't had to drive a car in years and neither have I. Our errand boys are always ready to kiss our fat asses and do as we command. At taxpayer expense, of course. So, lets hear no more complaints about manpower. It's just fine. Ask, Aldercrook Burke. He'll back me up on this!
7/08/2009 02:44:00 AM
Hey shortshanks you should learn from Fitz ! He is the one who prosecutes all the high end criminal cases and no BODYGUARDS, oh maybe you have been a bus driver lately that’s the reason why you need all the protection that you ca get?
Just wanted to say thank you to the officers who responded to my 911 call of gang activity on 65th and Lawndale. Bunch of bangers throwing signs and stopping traffic. They dispersed when the squad came, meandered north on Lawndale and I hope got picked up cuz a wagon came and officers were searching the area, perhaps for a tossed firearm????
Thank you for risking your safety so my family could have theirs.
"He's a BUM and walks hand n hand with Satin!!!!!!"
I think you mean Satan- please give the Devil his due and leave the shiny fabric of wedding dresses alone!
Maybe someone could ask some pointed questions about Daley's involvement in stealing/hoarding TIF money... maybe some aldercreature might be getting a back bone- our friend who exposed the parking meeting fiasco for the Reader- Ben Joravsky- will be here:
TIF Forum
Submitted by John on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 11:34am.
Learn everything you could possible want to know about TIFs, a controversial taxing structure that shifts revenue from schools, parks and city services into a largely hidden and unregulated special fund.
Join IVI-IPO as they discuss TIF and TIF reform with 32nd Ald. Scott Waguespack, Cook County Clerk David Orr, and Chicago Reader reporter Ben Joravsky.
Thursday, July 16
7:00-8:30pm
Logan Square Library, 3030 W Fullerton Ave
Maybe SCC you could make this a thread about tax battles?
"I really can't imagine a straight-faced response by the Police Department that they had individual probable cause to search everyone there."
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I hope there was more to this situation than was stated.
Attend one of these Olympic meetings and ask Daley's stooges what their salery is. You will be astonished. Of course they won't tell you unless you really demand to know. The meetings are controlled by political hacks who try to control the questions.
Sir Donkey, the Legend Killer said...
Vote for Lt. Garedo from 025 for Cook County President! Obviously, he's one of the toughest street bosses that the city has had in years! Just ask the fat do-nothing cop he put on North Ave. foot patrol. Man, that's power. No wonder the two hillbilly couple that works on his robbery team carry his nutsack. Possibly because the Centaur's relative is Mayor of Norridge? Jody, please dump this creep and put him in charge of something more of his speed, such as being in charge of the stolen beanie baby inventory locker.
7/08/2009 04:39:00 AM
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He's actually one of the few lts, including women, who I think could physically get his ass kicked by stroger.
Vote for Lt. Garedo from 025 for Cook County President! Obviously, he's one of the toughest street bosses that the city has had in years! Just ask the fat do-nothing cop he put on North Ave. foot patrol. Man, that's power. No wonder the two hillbilly couple that works on his robbery team carry his nutsack. Possibly because the Centaur's relative is Mayor of Norridge? Jody, please dump this creep and put him in charge of something more of his speed, such as being in charge of the stolen beanie baby inventory locker.
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Are those the same two inbreed clowns that think they are the Lord's gift to 025th?
Lt. Garedo sure did drop the ball on those two and a few others. There are a lot more better POs more deserving of those spots.
Why blame daley try the fop. They are retards.they always talk.
fop demand all 2 man cars on the
1st and 3rd watches
have tactical unit man the beat cars
Bring back the "Tactical Anal Cavity Search", that'll do it. It used to work in 014, and we didn't even use gloves! Damn kids today......
Anonymous said...
Ernie is the black version of Daley. Stupid, over his head and nevery caught! How much can one person fuck up and not get dumped! If he was a lowly patrolman his ass would have been gone! This guy tries to fuck and fuck over many officers as he can!
7/08/2009 08:35:00 PM
Sounds like a fit of jealousy. Who was it, the main one or the one on the side?
Benefit for P.O. Lisa Scott from the 5th District Thursday 9 July 2009 at 6 p.m. Real Theatre. Tickets $25.00. Lisa has stage IV cancer and is a great police officer and a great person. She is very young and has a small child. We all need to make sure we do not ignore possible signs of something medically wrong small or big. If you cannot attend, please purchase a ticket. Remember, this IS OUR blue family!
Signed
5th District Tact
Hey LT Garrido is the working cops cop. You get on his team when you're earmarked as the "working police", That's it, no mystery here in 025... He's old school 025 from the early 90's as a PO, when we kicked ass and took names under a great Commander JP. Has He changed, have times changed, you bet. So the games is alittle different now.
Tell me again why proactive is bad. We want to prevent these murders, why?
7/08/2009 09:28:00 AM
it's not even about being proactive. i have a few reasons why i still do work:
1. court time = comp time = days off. every weekend this year i have had 5 day weekends...
2. i rather be in the station on an arrest then riding around handling domestics and listening to other bs.
3. i rather be keeping myself busy by doing work then riding around with my thumb up my ass.
4. i just like being the police...
it's not about making a difference. most of us proactive workers don't give 2 shits about what happens. i think i've written 5-10 parkers in 5 years. it's not like i'm making the city money.
OT--or maybe it's just right ON T--
I've been reading and posting for a couple of years. This is a great blog and besides all the news here that isn't anywhere else, it's a great place to vent.
But that's also the problem.
My mother told me years ago that if you can't offer a solution, don't complain. She's right. We hear a lot of bitching here (most legitimate) but damn few ideas about how to make it better.
So here goes: How I would run the department.
First, I'd collaborate to define our mission. Then we scrap everything back to square one to determine how we're going to accomplish it.
In this department it's readily clear that:
1. There is too much centralization.
2. There isn't enough empowerment.
3. We're top heavy with brass.
4. There is little real accountability.
5. CAPS is an interesting idea but a farce.
6. If neighborhoods want to fight crime, they can -- but the impetus has to come from the people.
7. Until proven otherwise, every idea is good. If you want to know about a parking problem in an area, ask the meter maid instead of a white shirt.
I spent a week working with NYPD and came away with a lot of good information.
NYPD isn't one big department. It's like a bunch of Evanston, Waukegan, Kenosha and Racine PD's. Each precint is pretty much a self contained community, much more so than our districts.
Also been watching what's been going on in Milwaukee. The new chief told each district captain he or she is responsible for their area, ordered them to collaborate with the troops to come up with a plan for their district and then empowered them to carry it out. In both NYC and Milwaukee the mayors back the troops. They've also deemphasized special units and gone back to 1930's policing the beats.
I could write pages but suffice to say that when you eliminate unnecessary brass, empower people to make decisions and then turn them loose, they usually do a good job. That's not rocket science.
ALSO, we need to reward people who do good. Funny thing about this job. Do it well and the only way to reward you is to take you away from it (detective or sgt.). A good street cop isn't always a great supervisor.
I was at a bomb school with a guy from the Quad Cities who was a corporal on his dept. He said his dept. created that rank to be able to reward good street cops and keep them on the street.
We need to be open to ideas from anywhere because if ours were so good, we'd be doing a lot better than we're doing.
As for dah mayor of da ciddy...wow. Hot weather and drinking. What a rocket scientist. Milwaukee's new chief got the dept. computers fixed so that every morning there's a "real time" report on what's happening and where. The brass sits down DAILY with the data and then decides where and when to deploy extra manpower, etc. And their mayor rolls on every homicide to back up the troops.
I think we've got a lot of great people but there's too much dead wood and too much politics. Get rid of both, empower the troops, hold the brass accountable and you;ll see good things happen.
Anonymous said...
Attend one of these Olympic meetings and ask Daley's stooges what their salery is. You will be astonished. Of course they won't tell you unless you really demand to know. The meetings are controlled by political hacks who try to control the questions.
7/08/2009 10:12:00 PM
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I tried searching the Chicago2016 website today to find the date and time of the public meeting in my ward.
Once you log onto their website it automatically logs you as a supporter of the Chicago2016 games!
Then, when you plug your info in (address) to see when and where your meeting will be held, it comes up with your email address and sends an automatic message to your alderman that you support the games!
SCAM
SCAM
SCAM
DUMP DALEY!
What I got out of Daley's press confrence was that most of Chicago was drunk over the 4th of July holiday!
Hey LT Garrido is the working cops cop. You get on his team when you're earmarked as the "working police", That's it, no mystery here in 025... He's old school 025 from the early 90's as a PO, when we kicked ass and took names under a great Commander JP. Has He changed, have times changed, you bet. So the games is alittle different now.
Joe Curtain was the commander back then, him and Kenny did work, sometimes.... what is your point?
"That's it, no mystery here in 025... He's old school 025 from the early 90's as a PO,"
Actually assbag Joe Curtin was The DC in 025 during the early 90s. Big a Stroke as there ever was. But I'll take stogie smoking Sofere over this current lot of Whiteshirt Cowards we have nowadays
Joe Curtain...thats a name I haven't heard in a while.
Plenty of "shots fired" at the Taste, just buried to give the "allusion" it is safe to play on the lakefront.
layoff police and fire my ass,watch the city burn you liberal bitches!
Hey LT Garrido is the working cops cop. You get on his team when you're earmarked as the "working police", That's it, no mystery here in 025... He's old school 025 from the early 90's as a PO, when we kicked ass and took names under a great Commander JP. Has He changed, have times changed, you bet. So the games is alittle different now.
7/08/2009 11:20:00 PM
If by 'old school' you mean getting his law degree on the City's dime while studying on the City's time, yes he was old school.
I guess you didn't mind picking up his slack while he was improving his position. If he did it while he was running his bar, I'd say great job, but he didn't.
how dare u put down that 025 foot man on north ave. fyi his many nicknames tell the real story. u dont get called "bulldog"and "terrible tommy" and "t-bone" for nothing. he earned those names by hard drinking, iron fisted police work and taking no guff from the bosses. hes a legend in the making. 19 paul this!!!
To 12:43
Alot of us with time on the job feel the same way, now. Stay safe my brother our time will come but policing will never be the same. We live in a political system where it is pro-bad guy. The democratic congress through the FBI created the Civil Rigths unit in 2008 to go primarily after police. Protect your home front and yourself the masses are clueless.
The lawsuit against E.B. and the boys is old and has already been settled. Futterman teaches a course in Police Corruption, which is mandated by the Law School to enroll. He is always looking for class material besides the school takes most of the money of its settlements not the plaintiffs.
That about sums it up!
Hey LT Garrido is the working cops cop. You get on his team when you're earmarked as the "working police", That's it, no mystery here in 025... He's old school 025 from the early 90's as a PO, when we kicked ass and took names under a great Commander JP. Has He changed, have times changed, you bet. So the games is alittle different now.
7/08/2009 11:20:00 PM
If by 'old school' you mean getting his law degree on the City's dime while studying on the City's time, yes he was old school.
I guess you didn't mind picking up his slack while he was improving his position. If he did it while he was running his bar, I'd say great job, but he didn't.
---Yeah you're right... I carried him for years, and All I got was Sgt. stripes... and the goofy stories we had from the 30 sector.
"When there are so many armed soldiers in one place, isn't that called a battle.
7/08/2009 01:19:00 PM"
Nope, it's called "Stanley's" or "John Barleycorn".
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