Shots Fired at Off Duty PO
Disturbing report:
- SCC-
Car full of bangers (possibly Latin Kings) followed a PO home last night, pulled up next to him and opened up fire. Thank God that they missed (two inches from PO's head) and the PO was able to return fire. If it is true that it took 10 minutes for OEMC to dispatch this, someone needs to be fired. the offenders escaped and no has been able to locate them or the shot up vehicle. This was not in the paper or on the news, but there needs to be more exposure. That is very bold of the bangers. Everyone needs to be aware of their surroundings. It is unknown if they targeted the PO or if it was just random.
Is this the same incident?
- 1013's Job at approx 03:00. Zone 10dispatcher is sleeping and doesn't dispatch a 10-1 for 7 minutes. A 10-1 is an immediate dispatch. 7 minutes is not immediately. Nice job dispatcher. Glad the officer didn't get killed due to your inattention to duty. This guy should be fired. I bet the city doesn't even reprimand him. Aren't the 911 supervisors supposed to monitor these dispatchers so that this doesn't happen?
Someone want to find the full story?
Labels: rumors, safety issues
posted by SCC at 8:38 AM
136 Comments:
PUT IT OUT THERE...
ANYONE WORKING IN ZONE 10 KNOWS WHAT DISPATCHER(S) DIDN'T SIMULCAST A 10-1 FOR OVER 7 MINS?
GET THE GOOF DISPATCHER OFF THE ZONE...
WAS IT THE B-TCH WHO LIKES TO ARGUE ON THE ZONE WITH EVERYONE? AND HAS A BAD ATTITUDE.
8/27/2009 09:29:00 PM
Couldn't be, different watch and besides, everyone knows this wouldn't have happened with M.L. dispatching, she is God's gift to dispatchers don't you know. Thats why when she is dispatching, she doesn't give up the mic for more than a few minutes, it is her life.
A week or so ago a PO came over zone 10 and asked that a car be dispatched for his wife (a cook county sheriff). She was at 35/western and a hispanic male and female shot at her car. I've asked a couple sheriffs about it but nobody seems to have heard about it.
Just an "Occupational Hazard" if you're not smart enough to fly below the radar these days, SCC. And living pretty much anywhere in 010 doesn't help things either. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful that the copper is OK, but I'd bet my next 3 month's checks that there's more to this story than is being disseminated here. I'd list several examples of probable scenarios, but I won't provide fodder for the masses/media by doing so in this forum. Either way, I hope every copper that hears about this walks away with a little more knowledge/vigilance, so that we don't have to bury another of our own.
And before I forget. That dispatcher needs his/her ass beat...and badly.
os the same jpn and just to be clear our regular dispatchers lupe and lina were not on the mike. it was an idiot that was covering their break and after beinh asked by 1099 if there was a call, he couldnt even confirm and was slow to answer. he was takin a long time to answer to other calls as well. 71c charlie tried to get the dispatcher to give out description but dispatcher would not acknowledge. again, this guy was not our regular dispatcher. luoe and line ALWAYS take care of us, this idiot was very slow in all responses.
Been listening to the all-call all night long and wondering what happened. Thanks for putting the story out, SCC.
At least at the Department Commendation ceremony yesterday....
Supt. Jokee Weis DID NOT have on "the Uniform".........think maybe he's finally getting it??
.....NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!
I still feel making civilans dispatchers is very dangerous. I came on the job when ONLY sworn police were dispatching. Think about, it's simple. Sworn officers have been on the street and been through the academy. They know what's out there and know how and when to handle calls. When I was on Zone 8 the dispatcher knew you by voice and what you were capable of. The dispatchers knew the district, the streets, the caller (the habituals), the history of certain areas, knew what happen the day before or a month ago at certain locations. They were our life line. Now, you are out on your own. I called 911 (off duty) regarding a crowd of (20-30) teens on school property at 0200 hours. After 15 calls to 911 and ID myself as a PO, the dispatcher told me "you're the police - handle it." And you wonder why there is lack of respect to working PO. Be very very careful out there. The dispatchers are not your friends, they are just paid employees of the city. They have no interest in you going home safely.
We need to turn the tabels on the City and the "citizens".
LAWSUIT, LAWSUIT, LAWSUIT
Fuck you daley and fuck you oemc
Lawsuit against the dispatcher for Punitive Damages because his Civil Right to equal protection was violated
Zone 12 dispatcher held a job of armed robbery in progress few months back, only after an alert 025 District Sgt ordered her to put it over the air, was it dispatched. Does the family of the dead store owner realize how fucked up the system is?
Unreal,
Chicago is quickly turning to shit. The gang brawl in 016 last night sucked cars from 4 districts. Officers in as many as 40 squad cars responded to the fighting at one point.
how in the world does a 10-1 not go out for 7 minutes?
People who are presumably aware of the 10-1 include the dispatcher, the call-taker, and the dispatcher's partner.
Is it possible it wasn't written up as a 10-1? If it came across as a 10-1 and wasn't dispatched immediately (i.e., literally immediately), somebody at the very least has some explaining to do.
I'll be very surprised if it is one of the old regulars from zone 10, first watch. Those guys and girls were always very good.
Man, they don't pay you guys nearly enough for all the crap you deal with. Glad to hear the officer is okay, but I'm angry that the scum of the earth is pulling shit like this. Be careful out there!
Make sure you gave your gun "at all times" if this is correct we are at war and the punks are bringing it to us,and we will make it personal!
Cops quell gang melee on Northwest Side
Chicago police quelled a large gang fight on a busy Northwest Side street early this morning.
Police were called to the area of the 5400 block of West Irving Park Road in the Portage Park neighborhood about 1:30 a.m. because of a "large gang fight," said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer David Banks. There were no major injuries.
The fighting started at a birthday party at a nightclub across the street from Portage Park and soon spilled out onto neighboring streets, police said.
"Various factions" that were attending the party got into a dispute and the fighting spilled out onto neighboring streets, with rocks and bottles thrown, a police source said.
Officers in as many as 40 squad cars responded to the fighting at one point.
One person was treated and released from an area hospital, and no police officers were injured, Banks said.
One person was arrested on an unrelated marijuana charge, police said.
The fighting ended and police were doing "minor housekeeping" work by about 2 a.m., Banks said.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1739951,w-off-duty-cop-police-shots-fired-082809.article
i'm sure whoever the dispatcher is, was on a second or third shift working 16 hour days.
it still amazes me how a dispatcher can make more OT than any other job in the city. year after year, commissioner after commissioner.
how hard is it to fill such a vacancy?
Certain calls in my district are REGULARLY held by Dispactch. Very often a robbery is held for 5+ mins!
8/27/2009 09:53:00 PM
Yes the incident of the ODPO is seperate from the shooting in 008. The ODPO who was shot at was in 010and the lazy dispatcher was sleeping and didn't give out the job because HE wasn't paying attention. Lazy useless piece of trash shouldn't be a dispatcher. Hell he's not even qualified to be the guy who walks behind the horses and picks up their sh**. He should be fired. The 2 dispatchers from Durkin park incident took 30 days, he should take longer. 911 supervisors should all be disciplined also. I hear there's a giant screen on the wall that shows priority jobs that aren't dispatched. Where were the supervisors when this happened. I see all this being swept under the rug. Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
8/28/2009 03:04:00 AM
Wow. Guess that's what you get when you have poor training and no hiring standards. Glad the officer is ok.
OEMC started going down hill after Cortez Trotter started placing his church members at OEMC. I remember are dispatchers complaining what idiots these political hireies were.
I called 911 the other night for a gang disturbance in 016. The call taker sounded like a F/1 and give the name "Buckner" in her greeting. I then described the gang disturbance in detail giving information that I would want if I was the car responding to said disturbance. I then gave her my name and told her that I did not want to be anonymous.
After hanging up with 911, I went and got my scanner radio and monitored Zone1 for 50 minutes until the job was dispatched (zone was relatively quiet, some i/p jobs, but certainly not busy). Not only was I enraged at the time it took to dispatch the call, the description given by the dispatcher was complete garbage. None of the info that I gave was included. All that was said was "16xx... you got a disturbance, its from anonymous."
So the next day checked the pcad to see what the exact narrative of my call was, and of course, it was completely generic...by anonymous, and was given a 5B (which was appropriate because they were gone at the time of p/o's arrival)
It's no fault of the responding 016th district car, or the dispatcher... but I am soooo completely disgusted with the call takers at 911.
And yeah I'm gonna be "anonymous" for this post. mike masters might be reading this.
They found the car last night empty
Also, please give some info on the offenders and their vehicle. WE WILL DO OUR OWN JUST CAUSE ON THE kings.
Good job to the PO! Stay alert stay alive, guys and gals.
Unsure as to what happened. Although I wonder if the copper had an FOP emblem on his vehicle. I'm a proud member of FOP but those stickers are useless and give the bad guys the heads up. Just my though and I hope the officer is OK.
Stay safe everyone...
Didn't think of that until you posted the two stories.....Sounds like they are the same too me and if they are then heads should roll down at the OEMC. Thank God that Officer is OK and, but this is a bad situation. Carry the biggest weapon you can manage and be ready to use it.
Glad the po is ok!! Be careful out there boys and girls!
OT
Jfed wants the city to take more civil suits to trial... ok, fine. perhaps NOW he will see the value of EACH cr# having a SIGNED AFFIDAVIT. Probbably not. This is all a stunt.
OT Whore steals tact car in 008 car located and whore arrested. Thank God
I'm so damn Glad the P.O. is ok and not hurt, But I hope they shud shyt can the dispatcher, due to his Phukin laziness, and inattention to his damn duty!!! This Shyt isnt no damn game out here! What if it was his azz(dispatcher) in that damn car..! WE HAVE GOT TO WORK 2GETHER OFFICERS..! bcuz obviously, we are all we have...!
this is happening at an alarming rate. these bangers are getting very bold to do this shit since they know they can get away with it. there needs to be a law on the books that makes it illegal to be part of a terrorist organization. (i.e. gangs)
the dispatchers have no real supervision. They go wake up a "manager" when you give them heck for not doing their jobs and the manager calls to say leave the dispatcher alone.(which of course won't happen) Any street supervisor should be monitoring pending jobs and keeping the dispatchers on their toes. The sgt/lt/capt is the supervisor on the street. The dispatcher MUST listen to them even thought they think they don't have to. They DO.
More to the story, wasn't random.
This is the number one reason the F.O.P. should be arguing that police officers should NOT HAVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT!!! Sure the bangers could have followed the officer out of the city. But a residency requirement just increases the chances of one of us running into the shitbag we locked up while we are NOT at work or worse, out with our family. The City would probably also be able to justify not allowing other city agencies the same non residency requirement with a judge or arbitrator when the other agencies try to apply the bullshit "me too" clauses. Instead it's gonna take some copper and his/her family getting hurt during a confrontation for logic to be applied.
THE SUPERVISOR WAS PRABABLY SLEEPING TOO!!
Mitros said:
Damn!
Now where is the pudding?
Anyone can file a CR# on that dispatcher. Inattention to duty I think would work. Until people do this sort of thing, it won't stop and there won't be any accountability. There are some great dispatchers (Karen, Paula, Torres to name a few) and some horrible (too many to mention), make the bad ones accountable for their inaction. This a life and death situation that was bad enough but could be alot worse!
Best argument that I've heard in a while for off duty carry...Glad to hear the PO is OK...
worked Operation Safe City on that zone a month ago. Talk about dispatchers with attitudes!!!!!
Finally got to the point of not asking for event #'s on my stops because I was sick of the attitude we were getting every time we came on the radio!
Peeved
Today at 47th and Cicero (008) an unmarked squad was "stolen" and fled north into Cicero with blue lights on and soon located north of Roosevelt on the 015 side. That was kinda funny. No so funny was the officer from whom the squad car taken from was hurt.
One, hope the PO is ok.
Two, no damage to squad seen.
Three, no one "trying to locate" the squad was hurt, crashed, or caused a crash.
Good job by all. But still... kinda funny.
JOB WELL DONE OFFICE!!!
Wow, stay safe out there guys. Know that a few citizens like myself support you, and hope you ventilate as many of these fuckers as you can. Following someone home? Goddamn. Luckily they didn't case the place and decide to fire shots at the cop with his family in the car on his day off, or go after his wife and kids while he's at work. Pieces of shit like that need to be dealt with, because the revolving door of "justice" won't.
Feuer frei, you have our support.
Dispatchers you suck. Your not the boss out there, you are not the police. As a dispatcher it would be nice if you could:
read.
speak clearly
listen.
leave your personal opinion at home.
keep track of cars.
not blam the call taker for your stupidity.
anybody know location of this?
Yeah it's the same incident..
The copper was going home from work and shitheads followed him. If he pulled into the garage they would have killed him. Good thing good ol'cop instincts told him not to and he continued driving with gun ready. Sure enough shitheads opened fired at PO who was able to return fire back.
Zone 10 dispatcher.. still no name on who.. didn't dispatch the 10-1 for over 7 mins.!
YES.. SEVEN WHOLE FUCKING MINUTES..
PO go to 010 before call was dispatched.. Thank God he didn't get shot..
OEMC has more SUPERVISORS than they need...They always call us over at 311 and make sure they throw their title around and then when they get done complaining they always ask for our name and star #'s like a bunch of screwballs!
They must have a "heads will roll down hill" attitude or work environment down there at OEMC..
Every time I go over there they are sleeping in the lobby like a bunch of homeless people.
The lobby resembles that of the nice hotel like the Palmer House but the peeples sleeping there looks like the Pacific Garden Mission....
Screwball central!
First year I did this in my 18 years. . . but when I put the new city stickers on this year, I left off the FOP windshield stickers. I've never believed in medallions either. Why advertise?
useless dispatcher should be fired if thats the case, hopefully latin king shitheads eat some big fat 45's one day, out of a coppers gun hopefully.
Guys....the 911 center is full of clout babies...I thought you knew that.
OEMC is full of freeking morons that could screw up a wet dream.
/respectfully
Former OEMC employee
A prime example of why SCC says:
Always carry, always...and another example of how an un-armed civilian like myself would probably have been killed in this situation. We civilians are really screwed by the laws in illinois and wisconsin...If we comply with the law, we risk certain death...and if we get caught packing, we get a felony arrest and a bus ride to the hell hole jail of crook county...I would love to move the fuck out of here, I just dont want to leave loved ones and friends. Can an officer say what would happen to a civilian using an illegal gun to fend off a deadly attack such as this ?
Off Topic:
It looks like Shave's blog had to go to moderated comments due to some asshole cop and his postings. It was the same cop who was pushing for the Ruth Wedster story to the media and all the blogs.
It's a shame that cops spoil everything good we have going.
I hope anybody who knows who the Ruth snitch is - give him a piece of my mind for me please!
He is a big stroke job.
Plain and simple.
Its nothing new the other day I saw a reputable L.K piece of shit GANG-BANGER stuffing something chrome in his waist pants as he walked away he kept holding the heavy weight with his right hand I called 911 immediately giving full description (clothing possible age) location: neighborhood corner store which is often used as hide out and the name of the store.
She asked me the name of the store which I said it three times, even referred it to a well knowing low end shoe store. Then she proceeded asking me to spell it for her at that point I got so pissed off that I requested for a supervisor, once this fucking IDIOT got on the phone I explained how incompetent the 911 dispatcher was and he said: Well I already listened to your conversation denying that I never mentioned the name of the store, at that point I knew I was talking to the fuc@#$%g wall.
I went off on him and telling him to go back and analyzed the call because I said the name three times and his response was well, I only listened part of it.
My question is why this MOTHER FU$%^ER is arguing with me in the first place if he did not listen to the whole conversation on top of it, he got the balls to tell me even if I was right that he was not going to reprimand the call taker. I responded if this SCUMBAG ending shooting someone is all on you!
Im glad that we are paying a 911 fees in our monthly bills for these M>F to sit on their FAT-ASS eating flaming hot cheetos –joking and laughing their ass all day
I'd be guessing that the useless dispatcher was a precinct captain as many of them are. These things are not the police, don't want to be the police, have no idea what goes on out here and don't care.
Anonymous said...
this is happening at an alarming rate. these bangers are getting very bold to do this shit since they know they can get away with it. there needs to be a law on the books that makes it illegal to be part of a terrorist organization. (i.e. gangs)
AGREEEEEE with you !~
A prime example of why SCC says:
Always carry, always...and another example of how an un-armed civilian like myself would probably have been killed in this situation. We civilians are really screwed by the laws in illinois and wisconsin...If we comply with the law, we risk certain death...and if we get caught packing, we get a felony arrest and a bus ride to the hell hole jail of crook county...I would love to move the fuck out of here, I just dont want to leave loved ones and friends. Can an officer say what would happen to a civilian using an illegal gun to fend off a deadly attack such as this ?
8/28/2009 08:41:00 PM
Justifiable Homicide' remember you have the right to protect yourself you just have to articulate what happened.
this is happening at an alarming rate. these bangers are getting very bold to do this shit since they know they can get away with it. there needs to be a law on the books that makes it illegal to be part of a terrorist organization. (i.e. gangs)
8/28/2009 01:56:00 PM
There is. 740 ILCS 147 et seq, known as the Illinois Street Gang Terrorism Omnibus Act.
Anybody ever hear of this being used in Chicago?
Anonymous said...
Unreal,
Chicago is quickly turning to shit. The gang brawl in 016 last night sucked cars from 4 districts. Officers in as many as 40 squad cars responded to the fighting at one point.
8/28/2009 09:34:00 AM
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And only one arrest.
I still feel making civilans dispatchers is very dangerous. I came on the job when ONLY sworn police were dispatching...,
someone should teach this Officer some history
Zone 11 has been having a disturbing trend of jobs being coded on behalf of the officer by the dispatcher. CALL THEM OUT ON IT! YOUR JOB=YOUR CODE
The dispatchers are not your friends, they are just paid employees of the city. They have no interest in you going home safely.
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Don't lump them all together!!!! Very unfair....and what people do to us.
Not the Ruth snitch but she is in some deep deep shit and she is dragging some cops down with her. Lets see if her clout keeps her out of this, and I don't mean te alderwoman.
Dispatchers you suck. Your not the boss out there, you are not the police. As a dispatcher it would be nice if you could:
read.
speak clearly
listen.
leave your personal opinion at home.
keep track of cars.
not blam the call taker for your stupidity.
8/28/2009 03:37:00 PM
Hell, it would be nice if we can get a few that just speak ENGLISH! And even better, an IQ above room temp! Thats not much to ask at all!
The other night I called 911, zone 9 about a disturbance at the kids park on longwood. I called three more times , then got the supervisor involved. I was told to the dismay of the dispatcher and myself, that 2220 had 19 pauled job as it was being dispatched. Thanks sarge for having the gang bangers find comfortable grazing territory. Where do you live so I can send them to your home
This is why they need to lift residencey or pay us more to live here.
Anonymous said...
i'm sure whoever the dispatcher is, was on a second or third shift working 16 hour days.
it still amazes me how a dispatcher can make more OT than any other job in the city. year after year, commissioner after commissioner.
how hard is it to fill such a vacancy?
8/28/2009 09:53:00 AM
WTF?
commissioner after commissioner ????.
8/28/2009 03:37:00 PM
you are so right.
They heve no street experience as police but think they can call the shots from their counsle. Bring back the police as dispatchers.
Civilian dispatchers may work in small departments but not here.
Everytime there is an all call, it sounds like showtime at the apollo in the background. Very unprofessional.
OK, I AGREE THE 10-1 SHOULD'VE HAD AN IMMEDIATE DISPATCH...AND THOSE FEW MINUTES COULD HAVE MEANT THE DIFFERENCE IN LIFE AND DEATH.....
DONT LUMP US ALL IN THE ASSHOLE/CLOUTBABY/PRECINCT CAPTAIN POOL....
IF I HAD CLOUT......I WOULDN'T BE DISPATCHING @ OEMC!!!!
MOST OF US DO THE JOB AND DO IT VERY WELL.....MOST OF US VIEW OFFICER SAFETY AS # 1 AND WANT YOU TO GO HOME EVERYDAY...
AND 1 MISTAKE....A BIG ONE NONETHELESS....DOESN'T MAKE THE DISPATCHER....EVERYONE MAKES MSITAKES....
AND SINCE WE ARE ON WHO DOES/DOES NOT NEED TO BE WORKING.....THERE ARE SOME POLICE OFFICERS WHO DONT NEED TO BE ON THE STREET DEALING WITH PEOPLE EITHER.....YOU ALL ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW....
AND NO I AM NOT THE DISPATCHER ON Z 10 COVERING MY ASS!!!!
"...After hanging up with 911, I went and got my scanner radio and monitored Zone1 for 50 minutes until the job was dispatched..."
8/28/2009 12:31:00 PM
what a sad n empty life some people got
This is not the first PO this has happened to and it want be the last. I know personally of several off duty PO's who have encountered problems with gangbanger off duty, while in uniform. I was one of the PO's. Hispanic gangbanger pull up next to me in traffic and all began to look into my car as to get my attention, which they did. Then they began to talk shit about what are you doing in our hood. I guess they knew I didn't live there because I not hispanic. I knew thing were going to go to bad really fast then I announced my office and revealed my uniform shirt while reaching for my weapon. I was lucky that night that they just pulled off. These guys are like wild animals constantly looking for prey and they don't discriminate. They are looking to harm anyone they can so that they can get a laugh. CNN did a story a couple weeks ago on the hispanic gangs around 26th st. One banger said that it's like getting high to be shot at and a adrenaline rush to shoot someone. Just be careful and carry your weapon where you have immediate access.
As a resident in Portage Park we fought hard to not have that Euro club opened becasue of what was going tohappen. It brings all the shit into our quiet neighborhood. Another petition will go out to remove their license. Useless Ald. Tom Allen needs to step up on this and quit being a pussy.
Anonymous said...
I called 911 the other night for a gang disturbance in 016. The call taker sounded like a F/1 and give the name "Buckner" in her greeting. I then described the gang disturbance in detail giving information that I would want if I was the car responding to said disturbance. I then gave her my name and told her that I did not want to be anonymous.
After hanging up with 911, I went and got my scanner radio and monitored Zone1 for 50 minutes until the job was dispatched (zone was relatively quiet, some i/p jobs, but certainly not busy). Not only was I enraged at the time it took to dispatch the call, the description given by the dispatcher was complete garbage. None of the info that I gave was included. All that was said was "16xx... you got a disturbance, its from anonymous."
So the next day checked the pcad to see what the exact narrative of my call was, and of course, it was completely generic...by anonymous, and was given a 5B (which was appropriate because they were gone at the time of p/o's arrival)
It's no fault of the responding 016th district car, or the dispatcher... but I am soooo completely disgusted with the call takers at 911.
And yeah I'm gonna be "anonymous" for this post. mike masters might be reading this.
8/28/2009 12:31:00 PM
EVERY CALL, EVERY DISPATCH AND EVERY WORD THAT IS SPOKEN BY CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS IS RECORDED AT OEMC. THERE IS A BOSS WHO HANDLES ALL OEMC COMPLAINTS AND HE CAN BRING UP ANY CONVERSATION IN QUESTION WITH A FEW CLICKS OF THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD. IF YOU ARE "soooo completely disgusted with the call taker" DO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT AND IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS!
ODPO noticed the car behind him when he pulled into his alley. He lives in two-six territory. Just an hour before, a king was shot by a two-six. More than likely, kings in the area to retaliate, ODPO has cover over his uniform & no fop medallion. Offender gets off 2 shots, ODPO returns 5. Offending vehicle found & watched yesterday. Person of interest being interviewed & talking- apparently thus far unbeknownst their target was ODPO.
Great job GES.
Stay safe out there!
'I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6'...
. . . And yeah I'm gonna be "anonymous" for this post. mike masters might be reading this.
8/28/2009 12:31:00 PM
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
OH, you know that Mike Masters IS reading this blog, that or one of his 3 year chickie's from the policy group.
This dispatcher needs to be FIRED!
The officer and the FOP need to DEMAND it.
The inaction of this dispatcher to a 10-1 call of an officer needing IMMEDIATE assistance is UNACCEPTABLE.
Where are the supervisors? They need to be disciplined.
Mike Masters and that Policy Group are fools.
most civilian dispatchers do a good job , what about security guards protecting our life line at
1411 madison oemc
this is a joke not enough money to hire chicago police officers at oemc , detail unit civilians , traffic control downtown civilians.
years ago you had a police officer on every corner
whats next security guards replace the mass transit unit
Maybe a conspiracy theory and am sure there are MANY great dispatchers out there but what is the likelihood of some of them being gang affiliated or friends of and allow delays in dispatching?
dispatch=chinamen.
How is it possible a whore stole a tact car in 008?
Glad the officer(s) are safe.
Anonymous said...
i'm sure whoever the dispatcher is, was on a second or third shift working 16 hour days.
Pood babies - overtime out the ass.
The idiot female dispatcher on CW 1 - 3rd watch has to the the dumbest and aloof of this group.
Add the ILL mannered quality and this prize pig really stands out.
Ignores simple requests for event numbers that the CITY demands and tells you to stand by for name check results for 10 minutes while running plates for the traffic T3 idiots that have working PDTs in their cars.
A trooper backed us up on our stop [south on LaSalle, along the Ryan] ran the guy and a Will County [Joliet] agg bat to a PO warrant appears.
Bitch never did get back to us.
Got the event for the arrest over the non emergency phone in the district station.
Stop giving these people passes when you stop them for driving like shit in 012, they don't deserve more than they give you - a hard time.
I live in 014, right in the heart of the Beast. I've been expecting one of my Latin King neighbors to start up but they're all whimps on their own. Get them a little fortified liquor, a Tupac cd and an overloaded japanese car with a coffee can muffler and the transformation is quick to "wha-joo-ookee beetch?" Pay attention out there
Then she proceeded asking me to spell it for her at that point I got so pissed off that I requested for a supervisor, once this fucking IDIOT got on the phone I explained how incompetent the 911 dispatcher was and he said: Well I already listened to your ...................................................................Hey smart guy !!!!I dont think you are the police . The dispatchers dont take calls... bozo
Years ago I was involved in a similar off duty incident. After I at first blamed the dispatcher it turned out that it was the call taker who was at fault. The call taker decided that my 10-1 was more like a disturbance and that is how it was given to dispatch. I requested a cr# on the call taker and she received a 15 day suspension.
Anybody else hear the dispatch for a call in 025 a month back describing the illegal activity reported as "a jumpin'-on"...somebody got on the radio and said "Squad, is that 'jumpin'-on' anything like a battery in progress?" Where the fuck are they getting these people from?
Cops quell gang melee on Northwest Side
Chicago police quelled a large gang fight on a busy Northwest Side street early this morning.
Police were called to the area of the 5400 block of West Irving Park Road in the Portage Park neighborhood about 1:30 a.m. because of a "large gang fight," said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer David Banks. There were no major injuries.
Never used to be any trouble at that place. Well-behaved, never any problems or calls.
Now, what do you think could have changed?
Anonymous said...
At least at the Department Commendation ceremony yesterday....
Supt. Jokee Weis DID NOT have on "the Uniform".........think maybe he's finally getting it??
.....NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!
8/28/2009 09:27:00 AM
Another bullshit ceremony, how about it boss instead of ribbons, how about a week off with pay or at least a day off with full pay how about it??
Anonymous said...
this is happening at an alarming rate. these bangers are getting very bold to do this shit since they know they can get away with it. there needs to be a law on the books that makes it illegal to be part of a terrorist organization. (i.e. gangs)
8/28/2009 01:56:00 PM
And the dept comes out with a new g.o. banning officers from having more powerful weapons at home we are fucked due to useless leadership!
Deep Cover
A dispatcher once hung up on me because I was using urgency in my tone, I was in between Chicago and Franklin and Chicago and Wells when a homeless man was swinging a piece of wood with a nail on one end (cliche, I know) at women outside a bar, a big Polish guy started challenging "Barry Bonds" to swing at him, when some lady requested I call the police (I really don't usually but I figured I wasn't going to get anyone innocent or petty locked up). I call dispatch and after I yelled at her saying that I didn't know the exact fucking address, she hung up, I called back, got the same person, told them fuck you and an address. Basically, I hope I never need to use the police because dispatch will fuck it up. I could tell you the time where I got hit in the head with a bottle by some Latin Kings when I was 15 and the cops didn't quite have an interest in my situation, but this obviously isn't the place. I don't agree with yous guys, but don't want anyone getting shot in the world. Peace, literally.
Unreal,
Chicago is quickly turning to shit. The gang brawl in 016 last night sucked cars from 4 districts. Officers in as many as 40 squad cars responded to the fighting at one point.
8/28/2009 09:34:00 AM
Where/when/what time did this happen?
You all do realize that our dispatchers are not even piss tested?
The worst thing the department ever did was take P.O's out of dispatch. These civilians could care less and know about the streets even less. After I had 23yrs on the job I had an IOD and found myself assigned to 311 for awhile. While there I received a call forwarded from 911 which the brain surgeon dispatcher thought was not an emergency. The caller was an eight year old boy who was screaming that he was home with his sister who was fifteen and a man was trying to break into their house. I was trying to calm the boy down and at the same time on my consel brought 911 back on line. I told the dispatcher I could not believe they dropped this type of call over. I gave my name and star and told the dispatcher I was staying on the line until I heard the Police in the house. She told me that wasn't neccesary which I responded yes it is. Since I was talking to the boy and trying to get as much info as I could she finally dispatched a car. I also had to remind her that my console was also tapping this distress call. The police arrived and was able to arrest the offender. Thank god the kids weren't hurt. I than hung up with the victim's and asked the dispatcher for her name and employee number since they don't have star numbers. I hung up with her and then called a 911 supervisor. At least he didn't deny anything but I'm sure he did not address this the way we would have.
Anonymous said...
Anyone can file a CR# on that dispatcher. Inattention to duty I think would work
You are truly uninformed of the process.
Another reason to lift the residency requirement!!!!!!!! This is what happens when your forced to live with the trash you police.
Two questions
When was the last time you were stopped for a violation.
When was the last time you were asked if the Officers could serch you vehicle.
If you are a good citizen and do not have a gun under the seat for your protection then you are nuts.
Remember the word No, you may not serch my vehicle. You might be charged with Homicide, which means a death cased by another human being. not always murder Convected unlikely. There is an old say that I would be judged by twelve than carried by six.
I just saw the officers car last night. The bullet hit the car door and didn't go through. If it did the P/O would have been hit.
Also to the guy who says, "I'd bet my next 3 month's checks that there's more to this story than is being disseminated here." I work in 014 on days tomorrow and would be happy to take your money.
Update: They found the car and it wasn't empty. I believe the P/O's pulled up to the car while the owner was getting in it. All four offender are in custody. Don't know about the gun. All are Latin Kings and admitted to certain things. Rather not put the whole story on the internet.
All dispatchers are not stupid and lazy. Its wrong to lable us all because of one incident. I was a regular on a zone on 3rd watch for years and if one of MY officers so much as sneezed I knew who it was........ I could look at the clock and tell you who was going to lunch. where and who was joining. I cared then and care now. Actually a lot of us do.
SCC
Last night I observed two males on the sidewalk flashing gang signs at the car in front of me. The car stopped suddendly and one of the males on foot pulled something from his waist band. I ducked down reaching for my weapon and the car infront of me took off as the idiots on foot ran after it. I called 911 FIVE FUCKING TIMES and could not get through! Finally I just said the hell with it and left it alone.
Crime is not going down, you just can't get through 911 to report it.
Nothing will happen to the dispatcher. Will be swept under the rug (if there is one). This goof's daddy is CPD!
Useless Ald. Tom Allen
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Portage Park is going down the tubes but not to worry. Tom's extended family is employed on the payroll and doing an outstanding job, according to themselves and other political hack jobs. One of his sponsees is busy reinventing his clout buddies office space for the third time in two years. You need to have your priorities straight! The neighborhood is going down the tubes, but his friends and family are being taken care of. Oh and Patty Jo is now the State Rep because all of the democratic poobahs support her. Special doncha know.
Vote these idiots out in 2011. They've probably stolen enough for the past 100 years.
I do agree that the dispatchers of today are a lot worst then back in the days when it was real PO's doing it. They had the knowledge from being on the streets to know what was going on in the zones that they worked. But if the police were to still be doing it today it wouldn't be no different then having civilians doing it. They would have a bunch of clout babies doing it that were never on the street as they have run out of desk jobs to givre to them. So they still would be a lot of horse shit dispatchers doing to calls.
Be mindful...
we were informed some years ago that during their orientation/training, OEMC civilian dispatchers were told that they're in charge not the P/O that's out there in the middle of/on-viewing/up to their eyeballs in the b.s.
we vaguely remember monitoring some craziness in 009 shortly after COS was moved to Madison St. A couple of P.O's drove there to have a chat regarding the aforementioned mindset. Uproar on the floor because the Police were chasing a dispatcher around. Private security on the door was pulled (digby if we remember so no great loss) and a P.O. was posted... Not to make the occupants fell safe but to keep p/o'd coppers from getting up on the floor.
It seems not much has changed over the years.
Stay safe, take care of each other, carry at minumum 2 of at least .40 cal and remember the most important of the Rules of Gunfighting, (as adapted for CPD)
"...be courteous & professional but have a plan to kill everyone you encounter if need be."
There's no excuse for a call going out late, especially a 10-1. I've had to call 911 a handful of times and been disappointed. There is always room for improvement, and there are always dogs working in positions they have no right holding. However, the whole "I'm a PO and you're a civilian" thing is getting out of hand.
Yeah we know. All civilians working in positions that were once occupied by police are pieces of shit. I'm a detention aide and I get called names all the time. I guess I'm a piece of shit when I put myself in front of an arrestee so the PO doesn't get the shit kicked out of him. Maybe the next time he mouths off the the wrong guy, I'll remember my place and just step aside and let the big-bad sworn police officer handle things. You think I'm a dog, maybe I'll act like one.
We also know that no POs make mistakes, or are not dogs, or not gang members, or not hired by clout, or not related to bosses or alderman, or not protected when they step on their dicks, or not shown preference in promotions, or are not mentally unstable, or not thieves, or not drunks, or not drug addicts, or not violent, etc, etc.
Yep, you're all just perfect.
It's not my fault that the city hires civilians. Should I feel bad because I took a job POs look down upon? Yeah, I'm really sorry I'm trying to support my family. I'll just quit because I'm inferior to some sociopath that was smart enough to fool the psych evaluation and their investigator and gets a badge and gun. It's only my fault when I don't do my job to the best of my ability and it's getting harder to do that with every disparaging comment.
Anonymous said...
Unreal,
Chicago is quickly turning to shit. The gang brawl in 016 last night sucked cars from 4 districts. Officers in as many as 40 squad cars responded to the fighting at one point.
8/28/2009 09:34:00 AM
Where/when/what time did this happen?
8/29/2009 12:37:00 PM
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And only made one arrest. Not enough to persuade them not to return.
Anonymous said...
this is happening at an alarming rate. these bangers are getting very bold to do this shit since they know they can get away with it. there needs to be a law on the books that makes it illegal to be part of a terrorist organization. (i.e. gangs)
8/28/2009 01:56:00 PM
There is. 740 ILCS 147 et seq, known as the Illinois Street Gang Terrorism Omnibus Act.
Anybody ever hear of this being used in Chicago?
8/29/2009 12:14:00 AM
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Read it. Lots of things to prove and it's only a misdemeanor.
Ok first of all the insensitive person who said all dispatchers suck doesn't really know what he or she is talking about. Some of the worse dispatchers I have ever had the pleasure of working with were "detailed" cops who just didn't want to be on the street.
Second of all, we do get drug tested for whoever was inquiring. Unfortunately some of the people getting hired at the OEMC know someone or are related to someone who is a PO. Which brings me to the this point.........the dispatcher in question is the SON OF A CPD SGT.
Third of all, most of the dispatchers do worry about officer safety and are pissed the fuck off that this asshole in question still has a fucking job. He's the type of dispatcher who gives the rest of us a bad name.
I personally think a fuck up of this magnitude deserves automatic termination.
Southside Dispatcher........
Dial 0770 on the pax. watch coord. office.
This would not happen if we had REAL police at the OEMC dispatching.
2220 had 19 pauled job as it was being dispatched. Thanks sarge for having the gang bangers find comfortable grazing territory. Where do you live so I can send them to your home
8/29/2009 04:32:00 AM
In 022 right next door to you!
Haw Haw Haw!
Sending them to the home is ok, but White hen or 7 11 is another matter...
Stop giving these people passes when you stop them for driving like shit in 012, they don't deserve more than they give you - a hard time.
8/29/2009 10:00:00 AM
Some of OEMC's pieces of shit have their vehicles decked out in police hat bands, FOP stickers and sometimes anything to make you think; the real police, that these clouted clowns are legit!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Two questions
When was the last time you were stopped for a violation.
When was the last time you were asked if the Officers could serch you vehicle.
If you are a good citizen and do not have a gun under the seat for your protection then you are nuts.
Remember the word No, you may not serch my vehicle. You might be charged with Homicide, which means a death cased by another human being. not always murder Convected unlikely. There is an old say that I would be judged by twelve than carried by six.
8/29/2009 03:13:00 PM
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY
zone 6 dispatchers on midnights are top notch. wouldn't trade them for ANYONE!
fyi to all you folks who keep saying you called 911 to report something:
the calls are answered by calltakers, OR ..... dispatchers who act in the capacity of a CALL-TAKER. you are not actually talking to the dispatcher on the zone when you call 911.
Hey, I have a question! Where was the OTHER dispatcher on the zone, when the 10-1 came in????
Zones are manned by TWO people. If one was allegedly sleeping, where was the other dispatcher? why didn't he or she give it out??
just like the durkin park incident, both dispatchers should be held accountable.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY
8/29/2009 11:27:00 PM"
You forgot the ? at the end of your question.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Two questions
When was the last time you were stopped for a violation.
When was the last time you were asked if the Officers could serch you vehicle.
If you are a good citizen and do not have a gun under the seat for your protection then you are nuts.
Remember the word No, you may not serch my vehicle. You might be charged with Homicide, which means a death cased by another human being. not always murder Convected unlikely. There is an old say that I would be judged by twelve than carried by six.
8/29/2009 03:13:00 PM
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY
I am not the original poster, but I think that (s)he is saying, is to protect yourself and carry. Odds are you greater that you will use gun for protection than get busted for having one if you are a respectable member of society. Plus better to shoot someone trying to rob you than to get killed by an offender.
Anonymous said...
There's no excuse for a call going out late, especially a 10-1. I've had to call 911 a handful of times and been disappointed. There is always room for improvement, and there are always dogs working in positions they have no right holding. However, the whole "I'm a PO and you're a civilian" thing is getting out of hand.
Yeah we know. All civilians working in positions that were once occupied by police are pieces of shit. I'm a detention aide and I get called names all the time. I guess I'm a piece of shit when I put myself in front of an arrestee so the PO doesn't get the shit kicked out of him. Maybe the next time he mouths off the the wrong guy, I'll remember my place and just step aside and let the big-bad sworn police officer handle things. You think I'm a dog, maybe I'll act like one.
We also know that no POs make mistakes, or are not dogs, or not gang members, or not hired by clout, or not related to bosses or alderman, or not protected when they step on their dicks, or not shown preference in promotions, or are not mentally unstable, or not thieves, or not drunks, or not drug addicts, or not violent, etc, etc.
Yep, you're all just perfect.
It's not my fault that the city hires civilians. Should I feel bad because I took a job POs look down upon? Yeah, I'm really sorry I'm trying to support my family. I'll just quit because I'm inferior to some sociopath that was smart enough to fool the psych evaluation and their investigator and gets a badge and gun. It's only my fault when I don't do my job to the best of my ability and it's getting harder to do that with every disparaging comment.
8/29/2009 08:02:00 PM
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Guess I've just been a "civilian piece of shit" when I've been on the zone & gotten P.O.'s help when they yelled out for help with their REGULAR beat numbers, having forgotten they were on different cars those days...but I knew their voices & where I'd sent them on jobs (or where they'd said they were down).
Or the times P.O.'s didn't know where the hell they were but I took clues & got them help anyway.
Or the times P.O.'s couldn't get out a location or a beat number...all they could get out was "Get some cars over here, squad." And I managed, in spite of not being the "real police."
There's NO profession in which there aren't plenty of fuck-ups & other assorted people who have no business being in that profession. And everyone makes mistakes. Granted, the severity of this incident could have cost a P.O. life or life-threatening injury, there's no denying that, and no defending 7 minutes on a 10-1. But that action (or inaction) isn't typical of every dispatcher or calltaker at OEMC.
Just like the actions of Abbate, a few wayward former-S.O.S. P.O.'s, the Austin Seven, Miedzianowski, and others, aren't typical of every police officer to ever wear the uniform, and it's offensive when civilians take the actions of some & accuse you ALL of being dirty, lazy, abusive of power, etc...not exactly accurate to paint all dispatchers with the same brush.
And some dispatchers ARE sworn police.
Its funny how they sent out an Operation Just Cause AFTER you guys posted the story here? WTF
Jfed and his incompetent fucking staff, not so concrete or standard rules and a scrambling Command Staff based on the inconsistencies of Jfed's key players, head by Michelle Masters, and the real police afraid to be the police because of idol threats and promises made by the idiot for a Superintendent!
Dispatchers should be retired or active police, PERIOD! You want to make a positive change Mayor Daley, do that! They know what is needed, can help when the police are screwing up becuase they can spot it, they take into consideraton danger and risk factors, know how to pay attention to correspondence and spot a potential threat, can help with decisons on call dispatch and most importantly, when the shit hits the fan, they have the calm, nerve and knowledge to immediately address it!
The issue isn't that the calltakers and dispatchers are civilians (heck, other cities have been doing that for decades. Talk to LA and NY). The issue is that they're hiring incompetent morons. Some family of police, some politicians picks.
You can, and should, call the watch manager and initiate a beef ASAP after an incident in which you legitimately believe the screwed up. But remember, even the best dispatchers have a bad day.
The usual crew 1st Watch Zone 10 Dispatchers,...Lupe, Lyna and Kim were not working. They are the best, I trust them with my life every night and this is from someone who was very skeptical about civilian dispatchers.
Perhaps a possible technical upgrade should be considered so this does not happen in the future. We all hear our dispatchers ask if there is anything wrong if we hit (always by accident) our emergency button on our PDTs. That's because the dispatcher's screen goes blank and presents the Emergency Message.
Shouldn't there be something similar for a phone-in 10-1. The screen goes to that message only AND an alarm sounds in the dispatcher's earphone. If it is not silenced in 3 seconds it sounds on the control panel, in 3 more seconds if not silenced the whole room gets bells and whistles and maybe a tone over the radio and, "What the hell is..." from the supervisors.
Just a thought, to keep us safe out there. We could say we need this for the Olympics.
SFPD copper here- I too have had my share of dispatchers and call takers who seemingly either take offense at the urgency you're trying to convey or act like you're wasting their time. But they are in the minority, and if I have a problem with one of them I am usually not alone in my anger. "10-1" out here means your radio is receiving or transmitting poorly, we would say "Code 3" for an emergency response to a situation. I'm happy to to hear the officer who was followed home and fired upon managed to return fire and not get injured. When I go off duty I always carry my duty weapon on me in a "slide" holster and once in my personal vehicle, I put it under my left thigh. Luckily I've never had a situation but I remain wary that it can happen anytime, anywhere. Stay safe everyone.
Wit the exception of a few most Dispatchers are fucking useless. I recall not to long ago trying to call in a stop and the dispatcher ignoring me because she had disturbances to hand out. I've also heard these hunks of shit telling people that LEADS is down so that they don't have to run names.
The Police are being targeted more every year. There has been an increase of felons being paroled from prison targeting the officer who put them in prison. There has also been an increase of Armed Robberies where the Police are the victims. Gangs are targeting the Police, knowing they are the Police and attempting to Rob them of their guns and stars. Shootings have also increased where the Police are the intended targets. Just remember brothers and sisters in blue, the job will nail you if you are involved in a shooting and the weapons you use (usually off-duty incidents) wasn’t the weapon you qualified with. This is fact, not blog B/S. STAY SAFE AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU’R FAMILIES
DONT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT DISPATCHERS ARE MOSTLY CIVILIANS REMEMBER HOW GANG BANGERS WERE WORKING FOR CPD AND CPD DID NOT KNOW THEY WEREW GBS
I work in 011 and Zone 10 REGULAR dispatchers on midnights are the best. I know for a fact that the regular 2 dispatchers would never hold a 10-1. Can't say to much about those that replace them for their breaks, but L and L are the best 2 damned dispatchers this city has and if you don't answer your radio on a call they have a habit of calling you on your cell to make sure all is well. So before you Bitch about the dispatchers take it out on the call takers they (dispatchers) get the jobs from them, then to us. Anyone who works nights on zone 10 know we have the best regular dispatchers in the city.
What happened to Stan the Man from Zone 10. That was the best fucking dispatcher in history! Oh by the way, he was a retired CPD officer.
I have your Cds
It was on CBS tonight . The pictures of the four in custody were featured fir about 5 seconds. All charged with Attempted murder of a police officer. They also stated the ODPO was followed home.
I got the following tips for you:
1 never take the same route home
2 avoid working in the beat you live In
3 never park your vehicle on the street in front of your
Residence - use garage or driveway
and finally:
I personally never drive vehicles driven by any family member of mine unless it's a family event. I also avoid taking any vehicles but mine to work.
Why do I do all that:
My phone lines to my own house were cut twice, two attempted Burglaries, one criminal damage to property report. And that's within the last four years. After all that s I had to move from my first house for my family's safety.
I say be careful , I've written letters regarding the removal of this residency rule with the many documentations attached..it's probably was never read anyway... we need to petition such restrictions and our DEAR FOP better start listening. You just can't be the police anymore in this city.
HOLDING A 10-1 TICKET FOR 7 MINUTES WAS A MAJOR F-UP ON THE DISPATCHER'S END, BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS WE CANT GROUP ALL THE DISPATCHERS TOGETHER IN ONE BUNCH. I HAVE WORKED ON THE FORCE FOR OVER 20 YRS AND THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD DISPATCHERS OUT THERE....(ZONE 8 9 5 3RD WATCH TO NAME A FEW.) HELP HAS ALWAYS BEEN SENT MY WAY - AND A FEW GO ABOVE AND BEYOND OFFICER SAFETY. A COUPLE OF BAD APPLES SHOULD NOT SPOIL THE TASTE WE HAVE FOR THE REST. YES IT IS A SHAME THAT THIS HAPPENED BUT LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THE GOOD JOBS THEY HAVE DONE. U (MY FELLOW OFFICERS ) DONT LIKE IT WHEN WE ARE ALL BUNCHED TOGETHER BECAUSE OF A COUPLE OF BAD OFFICERS SO LETS BE FAIR. THE DISPATCHER INVOLVED IN THIS SAD CASE SHOULD BE THE TARGET NOT EVERYONE ELSE.
I agree with the residency issue. That needs to be looked at again for officer safety.
Officers & Dispatchers need to not be divided right now.
As a fellow officer I can say that I've had my share of good & bad dispatchers - just like they have had their share of good & bad officers. I currently work 3rd watch and have been on many zone including citywide and they do a decent job to me. I remember a time I was working in 006 and got into a foot pursuit- the dispatcher got me help and did a great job. Same thing happened in 013 and in 025............I had emergencies and they all did well. Different watch different people but i can say that i've had no problem with 3rd watch
Back to Portage Park for a second. 40 police cars were at a supposed gang brawl and there was one arrest for weed? I don't understand why the responding cops are not being taken to task for that on here.
It sounds like the "gang" brawl was really a bar fight, and not much of one at that. Can any of the cops (who actually know) comment on that?
Some thoughts on the matter ....
Basic Procedure for a 10-1 coming in on phones at OEMC:
#1.Call taker gets the initial 10-1 & immediately sends over to zone as "Details to Follow" & hits that trusty red light (getting address/name/star #/weapons/descriptions-as much as possible).
#2.Supervisor walks over, responding t red light, in a timely fashion & is notified of 10-1
#3.Dispatcher immediately dispatches the 10-1 on the zone.
What happened to these steps?? If they were all followed then the call taker would have seen the 10-1 was not dispatched immediately & the Supervisor who was notified would have been standing at the zone making sure the 10-1 was dispatched immediately & the officer was ok. That is their job! Not only should the dispatcher who dropped the ball be held accountable, but so should the Supervisor who was notified! And.... call takers, if there is an important job you see that is not getting dispatched, do not be afraid to walk over & let a dispatcher know immediately! Another note-> Why weren't the Supervisors paying attention to the JUMBO screen that displays all the jobs pending in the entire city- that hangs on the wall across from the Supervisor's station? They are paid to pay attention to this!!! If they were doing their jobs, then someone would have seen the 10-1 sitting there for 6+ minutes. Maybe all the Supervisors working that night should be held accountable??
Yes, you guessed it... I am a dispatcher & I am ashamed at the inactions of this dispatcher. But please know, there are a lot of us up there that give 110% to the job we do because we enjoy it & because we care about you all getting home safe & sound to your families. A lot of dispatchers/call takers up there DO have CPD in their families, mostly spouses, but that is due to working together...that being said, that motivates a lot of dispatchers to be extra safe & knowledgeable of their zones because they understand even more, it touches home. Let's keep the focus here, it was 1 bad dispatcher AND lack of proper communication from Call taker/Supervisor to Zone. It was not the Dispatchers as a whole. And, one last thing to leave you with ... you can ask anyone around you, there are more awful dispatchers up there besides that 1, I am sorry to admit that, but it's the truth... so, if you have good regular dispatchers-let them know! Give them a thanks once in a while & definitely appreciate them... cause the minute they leave & you get stuck with garbage, you WILL notice the difference. (and I am pretty sure the good dispatchers thank the hard working cars over the air every once in a while, especially when they have them running from 1 end of the district to the other ALL night....and if your dispatcher hasn't told you, I will: Thank you to all the hard working police out there. And to the officer who was the target of this whole situation: I am very sorry all this took place and am glad you are OK!
~ Dispatcher &
Spouse of a CPD Member
>>>I got the following tips for you:
1 never take the same route home
2 avoid working in the beat you live In
3 never park your vehicle on the street in front of your
Residence - use garage or driveway
and finally:<<<
Register your vehicles to a Post Office Box. It's legal, what are they going to do, shoot at the Post Office windows?
As a fellow officer I can say that I've had my share of good & bad dispatchers - just like they have had their share of good & bad officers.
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One big difference......a bad cop cannot get their dispatcher hurt.
i dispatch and i wouldnt even call 911. 99.9% of the time some dog will answer the phone.
im glad the po is uninjured
the fuck up dispatcher SHOULD lose his job
Here's the real problem at the oemc, the last 4 classes of dispatchers( including the one who screwed up) are arragont and think they know everthing about dispatching when they really know nothing. Also the oemc admistration is more concerned about call takers and dispatchers bringing bags and purses to there consoles instead of replacing the aging equipment that dosent work well, Good luck out there, you really need it
Instead of, dogging 9-1-1. Can you guys just worry about how you do your damn jobs, you guys 19p shit before you even get to the scence of a job. "do your damn job" stop being so damn lazy all the time. You say, we're stuip down at 9-1-1 but, you call us non stop, asking us shit you should have learned in training. We work very hard @ 9-1-1 and I don't appreciate you guys, who are so perfect & never make any mistakes dogg the entire building based on the actions of 1 or 2 people. People call us asking help because their home was broken into, you drive your ass by issuse a ticket w/o checking the property that was broken into, what the "Hell" is that about. Instead of, dogging us off we need to be working together. The citzens of Chicago are against us, the news is against us. So, why do we have to see this BS on here. Get a life & do your job and let us worry about 9-1-1 center. Now what?
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