No Openings?
- There are not any recognized vacancies available for bid.
Seriously? Because the five beat cars we downed on midnights yesterday tells a different story.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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138 Comments:
It is obvious that the department unofficially lowered the recommended manpower for a district. Obviously, no one in the CPD or Daley's admin will lower the manpower on paper so that they can budget in so much more manpower than needed, and when it is not used, they can bring it back to the general fund. Sneaky, ain't it.
don't know about other districts, but my guy calls me..tonight in 004...10 -99 cars (out of 12 beat cars) on the street.....???
HOW MANY OF US R GONNA HAVE 2 GET HURT OR KILLED!OR HOW ABOUT STRESSED OUT 2 GET SICK?THIS IS SAD AND THINGS ARE GONNA HAVE 2 CHANGE!OO7 IS OBVIOUSLY SHORT ON MIDNIGHTS,HOW ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE?TIME 2 PRESS THE MEDIA AND LET THE FOP KNOW!STAND UP AND B COUNTED !OK 5 CARS DOWN AND NO WAGON ON MIDNIGHTS IN 007...OK BOSS...HERE..F THAT DONT END UP IN AWHEELCHAIR OR DEAD IF U CAN HELP IT!NOT ONE OF OR HURT OR FALLEN BROTHERS WOULD WANT THAT!STAND UP AND WAKE UP!STAND TOGETHER!!
It's not that there are no openings; they're just getting ready for a major reshuffling.
Got to hold some management spots open for the new commanders to bring in staff and buddies, you know.
HAAAA-HAAAAAAA!
The manpower shortage is about to go super nova!
The exempts and their feeb masters DON'T HAVE A CLUE as to how they're going to fix this shit. They're like scared children... "if I close my eyes you can't see me." All they can do is continue to lie, fudge numbers, keep information suppressed and continue to steal their inflated salaries.
We say again, they had no idea the wheels were going to come off CPD as disastrously and P.O.'s were going to shut it down so completely by going into deep survival mode. They threatened, blew smoke, picked coppers pockets, turned the public against us via the media and did everything to circumvent labor laws and our contractual rights. (acquiesced by our so called bargaining unit who would rather kiss the devil when he embraces them than to be men and bite his fucking nose off and feed it to him)
They DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS!
How about you funky bastards start with the TRUTH? God bless a Policeman in this God forsaken mess of a city. At least he has more integrity than any exempt, feeb, politician, rev'run or decaying alive media ass-whore.
So now there'll be no recognized vacancies? Nobody allowed to move because manpower is so severely depleted?
OR?
No openings to keep people from bailing out of shitty districts/units or places where the bosses are absolutely horrid?
Hmmmmm... Wonder what dog shit excuse they'll use to try and explain that away?
"We fucked up the department on purpose by running off years of institutional knowledge and promoting incompetent clout hacks to positions of leadership."
...The truth WILL get out because you fools try so hard to keep it suppressed. You clowns should all swing from the same scaffold with shortshanks for what you've done.
all districts are short, this is not surprising. only ghetto southside districts had openings last period anyway. 2010 will be a year with very few openings on the northside.
As long as i've been on the department this is by far the thinest it's been and i have never ever seen ZERO opening. This makes no sense. Man are they cooking the numbers or what?
How could there be no openings? We had a couple leave in the last few months and have gotten none in return and NO openings in our district. They just do whatever they want i guess.
OT, but funny.
Anonymous said...
I had a dealer loaner car at work and got written up for no city sticker by a district sgt. I waited until he finished all the paperwork and asked him to look at the car again, this time with me present. I pointed out the metal city sticker affixed to the front plate and asked him to include the info in his report. He had a fit and wanted to know why I didn't tell him before he did the paperwork. I told him I was just keeping him from acting stupid with people that had to work under him.
1/13/2010 02:29:00 PM
Be careful, if he didn't have a hard on for you before, he does now! Way to wait for it!
Do I get any breaks from the department if they find out my DL has expired? I didn't buy a new city sticker or if I haven't paid my outstanding parkers?
1/13/2010 08:36:00 AM
Are you the guy who stole my baton?
OT
Anonymous said...
since the police can't even get a break anymore why do we let doctors, nurses, com ed, peoples gas, comcast, get a play---- are you paying less on your monthly bill than your neighbor--- no more gray area, everything is black and white--- sorry sir, you are in violation and what you do for a living means nothing to me.....
1/13/2010 03:07:00 AM
The shock on their face as you hand them a ticket? PRICELESS
SCC. How about a little PR on the Senate race to Replace Ted Kennedy in Mass. The Cambridge PD and Mass State Police are endorsing Republican Scott Brown over his Democratic opponent who's husband is a retired Cambridge Police Officer. This victory would send the Obama controlled Senate into a tailspin. Very important. Please get the word out to contact any voters we know in Mass to support Brown. Thanks, peeved.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/12199/Coakley_Senate_Candidate_Husbands_Union_Endorses_Scott_Brown_Latest_Poll.html
Interesting. Rumor has it po's trying to get out of special units back to patrol can't. Why not? Could they embarassed by their exempt selections?
J-Fed where are you? Are you going to stick up for this department? No hiring, No promotions, No recognized vacancies. What a slap in the face of the working coppers. So all you kids in 007 or 003 or...you will never get to move anywhere because downtown loves and cares for you so much. No REAL leader would have let this happen to THEIR department. Oh, that's right....
B/c there isn't anybody left in patrol. They're all in units and on tac. One car to handle the back log.
Change you can Believe in. You can Believe You are in Trouble.
4:47....You can't get back to patrol because they created all these bullshit units to circumvent the contractual rights you have in patrol.
Phat Phil knew young coppers egos can be stroked 99% of the time if you call them an "elite area, narco, bunker busting team" or some such shit. They go for it all the time.
More bodies to shift to satisfy Revruns, period. Shame on any copper who gave up his hard won contractual rights to play ghetto, narco,nonsense.
You guys better wake up and see what you're doing to yourselves.
99 units in oo4 is the norm on first watch..ton of people on the streets, but not about to stop and field interview solo..its only going to get worse when spring and summer arrive..just trying to get home after our tour is the name of the game
One job at a time!
Dot the i's cross the t's.
why isn't the union looking into this and making a public outcry? also, I know that in 2010 196 p.o.'s are taking the 55-59 retirement & that's not counting the others who will go that aren't within that group.
It's not that there are no openings; they're just getting ready for a major reshuffling.
Got to hold some management spots open for the new commanders to bring in staff and buddies, you know.
1/16/2010 12:29:00 AM
This. McCotter's retirement opened up a whole line of backstabbing and changes soon to entertain us all. J-Fed keeps shuffling the deck instead of leaving people in place for a while. He STILL does not understand that the FBI model, where "bosses" come and go and never bring anyone with them will never work in this Department. We have loyalty.
Anonymous said...
don't know about other districts, but my guy calls me..tonight in 004...10 -99 cars (out of 12 beat cars) on the street.....???
1/16/2010 12:17:00 AM
Nothing new. That is citywide. We have been riding like this for about 2 years. Englewood is still Englewood! If you don't feel safe, wait for backup or ask to work the desk because you are not feeling well. WTF, we are the police aren't we?
We don't have police in any of the units or in patrol. We have no supervisors because we don't have many people left to supervise. Yesterday 4 Captains retired and 12 Lieutenants, not including the 28 P.O.'s. At least 22 others have put their papers in for the 26th.
I hope you are happy Mayor Daley. Why don't we really send a mesage. Lets not work around Mayor Daley's house or the Superintendents house. How about that? The neighbors will not be happy. Oh yeah I forgot, you both make at least 4 times what we make so you live in the richest areas in the loop and right out side of the loop. My fault! Like it would really make a difference! Only old people and dogs are commiting crimes by pooping in yards!
You know what? It's this way because you allow it to be. REFUSE TO WORK 99! Pick a day boys and girls, stick together, and every district REFUSE to work 99, put in to-from's, copy the media. Until you put up a stink they will refuse to smell you.
The media ought to park themselves in the lot of 007 on mid's and interview you guys and post your comments annonymously.....
Why hasn't the media planted people all over the districts and take their own poll of morale, and our 'no confidence' in J-Pud????
Simple story. Little bit of leg work.
There are P.O's having interviews to go to different "places". I say fuck them no moves until all districts have manpower needs met. Oh I'm sorry I'm dreaming again.
the squad car can only be at one place at a time and remember to conduct a thorough investigation... coming to the aid of a fellow officer is the only thing worth getting hurt over....
Why can't all police officers sue the city, (for the combat duty that the majority of you do 24/7 w/o regard to your own safety) for their own negligence of the department? Would you be willing to join one another in this lawsuit? Why don't you pull back on the regular Joe's and start going head to head with all the politicians that have put you all in this situation? Start giving out tickets to each one of these so called political weasels and look the other way when they get in a position of a crime being committed against them, as they are the one's who are jeopardizing your lives. Safety issues is not their top priority so make sure they feel the pressures that you are feeling by not caring what happens to them. Let them deal with foie gras laws and handing themselves raises - I would not waste my time on any one of them because they just don't care about any of you!!! To he11 with them and all of their followers who are blinded by their arrogance and promises. I am not a cop or a lawyer just a regular Joe who is deeply concerned for your lives and feel the need to back you up 100% for all that you do. I want to thank each one of you who give us the freedom our forefathers fought for without regards to your own safety. God bless you all.
From 35 openings to zero openings in 004.
It's a festivus miracle!!!
Hey J-Fed...the street is getting really dangerous with these 1-man beats. How about getting back to some basic policing again and take the 300 guys in MSF, 225 guys in TRU and 300 guys in GEU and put them back in the districts and man the beat cars !!!!!!
Years ago, a fine police officer was killed in englewood working a 99 unit on midnights. The CPD wives club demonstrated at the station and then layed down over the driveways to prevent the one man cars from going on the street.It was effective. The city agreed to only two man cars after dark. The police officers name was Kenneth Kaner, shotgunned on Morgan street while writing a report. Maybe it is time to form a new CPD wives association and embarass the city to do what is right to prevent a serious injury or death . No one gets payed on this job to get hurt or killed. It is not part of the job description.
I have never seen a transfer order that was blank before. I have been on three decades. Where are all the Officers?
Five years ago, or so, they began regularly putting down rapid cars. Now, they have problems filling the regular beat cars.
They have either whittled the ranks down to a dangerous level, or they are mismanaging manpower to other areas. The latter is dangerous not only to the P.O.s, but to the general public which is not being protected as they should. If that is the case, then we are putting all our manpower into keeping the gangbangers from killing each other at the expense of protecting the general public.
I'm sure the 'reverunds' are OK with that, but the taxpayers should not be putting up with it. Get these guys out of office.
....and stand by for the retirements. hahahahaha. They really fucked up this ship and steered the SS.Chicago right into a sandbar. J-Pump you are a fucking goof!
LAPD is Hiring!
Starting at $45,226.00
Class 7/09 Graduates
Sworn - 9,939
Civilian - 3,282
City pop. approx. - 4.0 M
Square miles - 468
City gangs - 400
Gang members - 41,000
Budget for sworn - 10,467
the 011 bunker has just put more sand bags up..this city is going to blow up soon....LIFM
Does anyone have ay clue WTF is going on with our checks? An average of $7.50 accross the Dept is around $75,000. WHERE THE FUCK IS OUR MONEY!
Is it true that 10 captains retired on Friday. This department is falling apart from neglect. No feild lts. In any district no desk sgts haven't seen a field lt in over a year. Take your time do you job safely. Give every caller a report so that the real crime stats are shown and please wait for back up every po going home at the end of the tour is what really matters.
Anonymous said...
don't know about other districts, but my guy calls me..tonight in 004...10 -99 cars (out of 12 beat cars) on the street.....???
1/16/2010 12:17:00 AM
This can only happen because YOU ALLOW IT.
If everyone would REFUSE to work 99, which is your RIGHT, what would they do then???
If you go out as a 99 unit on 1st or 3rd watch, then don't come on here crying about it! Now YOU are part of the problem!
You have to agree to work 10-99, why would anyone do that nowadays. Kissass?, Scared of retribution?, what are they gonna do - make you work midnites in the ghetto, DUH! WAKE UP!!!!!!!! So you'll live to see your family.
I know that htis is from a different thread, but I call bs onit. If the car was a loaner from a dealer, how would th Sgt know tha you were driving it? Usually thes violations are discovered by running the plate, almost never in any other manner. I suppose he, or someone else, could have seen you alight from it, but then someone would have a real hard on for you. If the Sarge didn't, he sure does now.
Sgt. Know It All said...
OT, but funny.
Anonymous said...
I had a dealer loaner car at work and got written up for no city sticker by a district sgt. I waited until he finished all the paperwork and asked him to look at the car again, this time with me present. I pointed out the metal city sticker affixed to the front plate and asked him to include the info in his report. He had a fit and wanted to know why I didn't tell him before he did the paperwork. I told him I was just keeping him from acting stupid with people that had to work under him.
1/13/2010 02:29:00 PM
Be careful, if he didn't have a hard on for you before, he does now! Way to wait for it!
1/16/2010 02:05:00 AM
Didn't 005 have 40 openings a few months ago? Geez, I can't believe a district that had 20 or 30 openings for almost a year, then topped out at 40 had that many fools bid in recently...............
Golly, Mr. Box Chevy Phantom,
you user your mouth purttier than a $20 whore
Around 20 years ago Pam Zekman got a small scandal going by publicizing that not all primary beat cars were being manned citywide. The department got embarrassed, (it's semi-normal state) and immediately launched an exhaustive study to prevent this from happening.
The result was a citywide redrawing of beats, making beats larger and thus preventing of beats from being unmanned.
District Commanders and Watch Commanders were put on notice that they were not to down a primary beat and any reduced or downed beats had to be accounted for each month in the Down and Reduced Beat Report.
God help any DC or WC stupid enough to actually tell the truth on this report and state to HQ that he/she actually downed or failed to man all primary beats and wagons. They had the monthly shame sheet listing all districts that stated for the record they had down or reduced beats.
Administrative people caught on fast and soon the reports all showed that all was good in Patrol, all beats were manned, on paper.
I don't know what happened with that report, the Down and Reduced Beat Report (aka The Zekman Report) but I imagine that if people in a unit with down beat cars and a high percentage of one-man cars were to keep a detailed log of such occurrences and then make sure that log got into the right hands there just might be enough negative publicity to encourage 42 short to HIRE SOME DAMN POLICE OFFICERS!
In case anyone wonders what they might do with such a detailed log of down and one man beat cars check below:
Fran Spielman fspielman@SunTimes.Com
Frank Main Jr. fmain@SunTimes.Com
Angela Rozas ARozas@tribune.com
Pam Zekman or Dave Savini at CBS 312-899-2222
"Be careful, if he didn't have a hard on for you before, he does now! Way to wait for it!
1/16/2010 02:05:00 AM"
let him think with his dick, it's got more brain cells in it than the head above his shoulders.
If you think things are bad now wait until the mass exodus in April when about 500 leave taking advantage of 55 and out.
Anonymous said...
How could there be no openings? We had a couple leave in the last few months and have gotten none in return and NO openings in our district. They just do whatever they want i guess.
1/16/2010 01:23:00 AM
That is exactly right. they do what they want. It isn't in the contract. The City is not required to create any openings at all. What is in the contract is how the City must administer the bid process once openings are posted.
I guess 003 must be chock full of officers, what with the 30 and 40 vacancies each period for a number of periods last year. How the command staff could allow themselves to be embarrassed by posting that unheard of number of vacancies is a reminder of the consistently low quality of leadership we have here in the CPD.
There are three openings on the entertainment detail.
Look for a redrawing of district and beat lines, making beats larger which will reduce the number of cars on the street. Then, how can you say we have beat cars and response cars that are down for lack of manpower?
You see, this is what pisses me off, you guys have FOP reps in every district, these guys are supposed to looke out for your best interests, they are supposed to go in and speak with the W?C's and District Commander when things are not right. But, most just like the title of FOP Rep, get to go to meetings and yell and scream at the other cops about issues, a few free meals etc. They are afraid to approach an issue telling you, that it's happenning all over the city, Fuck that, worry asbout your district conditions and your issues, I'm a Sgt. with alot of time on this job and in a specialized unit, I look after my guys, this city doesn't give a crap about you, they have fixed the stats to make it look great, but they never included Agg. Batterys in their publicized figures, smoke and mirrors, W/C should hang their heads in shame, letting you guys go ut 99 units on 3rd & 1st watch, put them up as one man but then have then ride together, they are the first ones to get to the scene and act all caring, like they looked after you. FOP should not be able to sleep at night, They need to gewt aggressive on these dangerous issues, but they never do, the Old saying of don't rock the boats does not apply anymore, FOP is there to protect your well being and they are not interested, the city is steadily disregarding our safety and interests so Mark Donahue needs to be a man , along with Bella & Demaria and get ballsy. MAN UP BITCHES. PS, Im' Sgt. Joe Avila, Mobile Strike Force.
Check out the new I-Clear Web Mapping application for District staffing levels, supposedly based on data from the daily A&As. This baby shows attendance for sworn personnel by rank, as well as for civilians. We is in deep shit.
Just when i was about to transfer to 003 and no openings!!!! oh well, maybe next time.
Thankfully, clouted humps can still move via management.
some districts are so short...they cant afford guys leaving. you will be stuck in a busy district and bad bosses. THEY control the ball and when its time to play. we can also be 90 day detailed out to these shitty districts. we all take duty avail pay? they can always shuffle the deck. manpower shortage is like a dirty little secret....everyone knows but nobody will say it.
If patrol was thin it's about to get thinner. There will be a massive amount of retirements within the next couple of months too many from patrol. 55 and out is working.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
OFF TOPIC.
TODAY IS INSPECTOR "BIG BIRD" MCMANN LAST DAY.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY WHEN THIS LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND WOULD RETIRE.
HIS REITREMENT PARTY WILL BE HELD IN A PHONE BOOTH TO HOLD ALL WHO WILL ATTEND.(HIMSELF)
GOOD RIDDANCE TO A TRUE J/O!
FILLMORE RANGER
1/15/2010 11:53:00 AM
Could that gold star have possibly been worth the price? A whole department of coppers now hate your guts. I can't imagine that looking back you could be proud of what you've done to a lot of good working police. All for what, a little extra dough and a gold star. There's over 10,000 coppers that can't stand the sight of you and will never forget your face. If you need any help with anything, don't call us!
1/15/2010 11:21:00 PM
If this guy was smart he would not drive anywhere in chicago. He should be written for even the smallest traffic infraction. He treated each and every P.O. like shit! FIRST CLASS ASSHOLE!!!! Good Riddence!
Anonymous said...
HOW MANY OF US R GONNA HAVE 2 GET HURT OR KILLED!OR HOW ABOUT STRESSED OUT 2 GET SICK?THIS IS SAD AND THINGS ARE GONNA HAVE 2 CHANGE!OO7 IS OBVIOUSLY SHORT ON MIDNIGHTS,HOW ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE?TIME 2 PRESS THE MEDIA AND LET THE FOP KNOW!STAND UP AND B COUNTED !OK 5 CARS DOWN AND NO WAGON ON MIDNIGHTS IN 007...OK BOSS...HERE..F THAT DONT END UP IN AWHEELCHAIR OR DEAD IF U CAN HELP IT!NOT ONE OF OR HURT OR FALLEN BROTHERS WOULD WANT THAT!STAND UP AND WAKE UP!STAND TOGETHER!!
1/16/2010 12:25:00 AM
This is truely sad, but what is even sadder is that you guys will go out and work even harder even though you are given less. The brass and city hall will then say, "see, we can do the same work with far fewer P.O.'s. The numbers that we need are still coming in." How can they be sent a message when you guys keep proving them right? Be safe guys and remember to them we are all just an employee number.
Get rid of these premadonna units and put people back in patrol answering these calls. Lets not forget when you took the police exam it was to be a "PATROL OFFICER" not in a specialized unit. Put the manpower where it is needed!
They ARE there. They just don't recognize them, what with their inexperience and all.
OT, but funny.
Anonymous said...
I had a dealer loaner car at work and got written up for no city sticker by a district sgt. I waited until he finished all the paperwork and asked him to look at the car again, this time with me present. I pointed out the metal city sticker affixed to the front plate and asked him to include the info in his report. He had a fit and wanted to know why I didn't tell him before he did the paperwork. I told him I was just keeping him from acting stupid with people that had to work under him.
You must be the prick on your watch.
This department sinks lower and lower. Hey Dugan and Weis, how are you going to fix this? Ask any veteran, we have never seen it this fucked up.
Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition.
Thank jody weis and richard m. daley. with an assist by dan dugan. Most bosses with real police knowledge and experience are gone or on their way out. how does this get fixed if there are so few who know what they are doing left in power? Another AMFN threatening disciplinary action? Good luck. Let us know how that works out. 1st and 16th, so far they can't fuck with that.
Be careful out there, now more than ever, be very very careful. Watch out for yourself because no one else will.
There is no amount of money (salary) to make me kiss that amount of ass.
The solution is simple...WE DONT NEED T.R.U. OR M.S.F.....what a joke...old school tact/gang teams in the districts works....they know all the players...too many spots for bosses to build their carreers on...
To 2:29pm what damn sgt has time for this shit, clearly he doesn't have enough to do. Send his ass to the southside so he will have some cr#'s and court deviations and calls from citizens and people shot and stabbed and ghetto ass domestics to respond to, and he won't have anytime to fuck with p.o.'s. Wow!! Another merit promotion no doubt.
Sgt. Know It All said...
OT, but funny.
Anonymous said...
I had a dealer loaner car at work and got written up for no city sticker by a district sgt. I waited until he finished all the paperwork and asked him to look at the car again, this time with me present. I pointed out the metal city sticker affixed to the front plate and asked him to include the info in his report. He had a fit and wanted to know why I didn't tell him before he did the paperwork. I told him I was just keeping him from acting stupid with people that had to work under him.
1/13/2010 02:29:00 PM
Be careful, if he didn't have a hard on for you before, he does now! Way to wait for it!
1/16/2010 02:05:00 AM
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I wouldn't worry about it. Most Sgts IQs are around room temperature.
Anonymous said...
Interesting. Rumor has it po's trying to get out of special units back to patrol can't. Why not? Could they embarassed by their exempt selections?
1/16/2010 04:47:00 AM
I could see that - any 606/608 unit. Commanded by ass holes - it gets old real fast.
Add in the dick-less sgts who would pimp their mother to keep their beards, take home cars and off the street.
all as i gots to say is HAHAHAHAAAHAA!!!! Way to go bosses!!!!! You are sure dumb and you really screwed up! HAHAHAAAA!!!!!!
Don't forget Blue, wait for back-up we don't need no superheros when the bosses are this dumb!!!!
OT
Anonymous said...
since the police can't even get a break anymore why do we let doctors, nurses, com ed, peoples gas, comcast, get a play---- are you paying less on your monthly bill than your neighbor--- no more gray area, everything is black and white--- sorry sir, you are in violation and what you do for a living means nothing to me.....
1/13/2010 03:07:00 AM
The shock on their face as you hand them a ticket? PRICELESS
I understand giving doctors and nurses a break , after all they might be the ones saving your lives when you are brought to the hospital. But seriously, who the he'll gives peoples gas and comcast employees a break ?
Screw this city! They don't want to take care of us, we don't take care of them! Look out for one another because that is all we have and handle one job at a time! THEN GO HOME!!! What the hell they don't want to pay us any overtime anyhow...
025 1st watch, too many 10-99
1000 officers will leave this job by the end of MAY -- Then things will get fun!
a review of some of these special units illustrate why the department will not need another detective test!
Let's review Unit 606 yes a unit in the Investigative Services: One would think a detective spot But NO what do you see a bunch of 9161 only three 9165 SAY WHAT, cold case investigations being handled by 9161.....
wharej
unit 603
'J-Fed where are you? Are you going to stick up for this department? No hiring, No promotions, No recognized vacancies. What a slap in the face of the working coppers. So all you kids in 007 or 003 or...you will never get to move anywhere because downtown loves and cares for you so much. No REAL leader would have let this happen to THEIR department. Oh, that's right....'
Sir, you have hit the NAIL on the HEAD. WEISel/Masters have shown us a lot over the past 18 months or so, but NONE OF IT CAN, OR SHOULD BE, CONSIDERED LEADERSHIP.
It's as if the Mayor purposely left them in a cave, blindfolded, as some sort of social experiment.
And as expected, they have performed miserably at their task, or at least the task as Masters has stated many times here at Headquarters: "It's my job to bring this Dept. into the 21st Century." What a self absorbed and clueless little man he has shown himself to be, almost the spitting image of Shortshanks himself, only even less competent. Weis, in his defense, wasn't considered much of an administrator in his days with the FBI; many retired agents will tell you he was at most a self-absorbed arrogant flyweight, so we really couldn't expect more when he became the choice of Shortshanks.
It's hard to imagine anyone coming in to head up one of the three largest urban PDs in the country and being so ill prepared to assume command. Weis and Masters together are simply two more minions of the Mayor that he controls absolutely, and who are dedicated to doing exactly what the Hall tells them to. What currently exists within the ranks of the Asst. Supts. and Deputy Supts. are little more than City Hall hand puppets, fighting it out among themselves for the crumbs which fall from the Shortshanks/WEISel/Masters table.
What a sorry lot they all are.
'No openings to keep people from bailing out of shitty districts/units or places where the bosses are absolutely horrid?'
Don't think they're all south or west. Lots of gripers here coming out from 019, 017, even 016.
You actually don't hear a lot of bitching here on the blog from 021, 009, 006, 005, or 002.
>>>Anonymous said...
OT
Anonymous said...
since the police can't even get a break anymore why do we let doctors, nurses, com ed, peoples gas, comcast, get a play---- are you paying less on your monthly bill than your neighbor--- no more gray area, everything is black and white--- sorry sir, you are in violation and what you do for a living means nothing to me.....
1/13/2010 03:07:00 AM
The shock on their face as you hand them a ticket? PRICELESS
1/16/2010 02:13:00 AM<<
Hey Goof...
It's like the difference between dealing with each of us as cops on the street and the department as a front of the Daley Crime Family.
The doctor or nurse you meet on the street, in the office later can do a lot for you, take their time, give you samples, and leave something off the bill and not nickel and dime everything on the bill. What do you think your attitude will get.
Com Ed, Peoples Gas and Comcast, not long ago I had a problem with my cable system and had two service calls. The first fixed the problem and then everything went bad five minutes after the techs left. A second visit and this guy did a great job, real pro, took is time and we talked about what we did, put in a lot of net hareware and there was nothing on my bill. Again, the people on the street can help you. These are working people, if they see something wrong they'll tell you or call it in.
Stays safe, if you can’t make friends out there, don’t make enemies for the rest of us.
the bad thing is . Is that u would give a ticket to someone who has a job #1. And have u ever pulled over a gang member or baby mama give them the tickets.
WE ARE THE PROBLEM. It is so easy to blame J-Fed, Mayor Daley, the city council, the media, etc....
In my district on midnights we have too many cars riding 99. But guess what? The idiots still bring in activity. Go figure? We as cops get fucked and yet we do nothing about it.
Answer your fucking PDT and to the young guys riding 99, don't be stupid, and don't try to be a one man hero.
Shut it down why produce numbers for the clout hacks. What are they going to do send you to 003 on midnights. LOL.
How many people put in their papers yesterday? A shit-load?? And Feb. 15th will be interesting too.
don't know about other districts, but my guy calls me..tonight in 004...10 -99 cars (out of 12 beat cars) on the street.....???
1/16/2010 12:17:00 AM
Coppers must know that they can refuse to work 10-99 on 1st and 3rd watch. That understanding and/or contract provision was put into place years ago after a string of Chicago police officers were murdered.
Chicago is not like the suburbs. This is not the same job that suburban officers face. At least 20% of the "people" in this city are no more than violent animals. Almost all of them are out after dark. This city is nothing like a suburb. It's not even similar to other major cities. This city is nothing more than a giant Detroit.
It is not safe and it is not tactically smart to do police work in this city after dark as a 10-99 unit. Your life and well being (mental and physical) are worth more than this department is telling you its worth.
Tell your WC's that you will not go out on patrol on 3rd and 1st watch as a 10-99 unit. You owe yourselves at least that much.
Try looking in all of the specialized units there packed to the gills with personnel!!
It's easy folks. Just refuse to work 99 at night. And file grievance when denied.
No openings SAYS MASTERS, JPUD and DUGAN. Now stop complaining and do some work, we have your backs (if you believe that, you'll believe anything).
It is time to start special employment in the districts. It makes sense because it is cheaper to pay somebody time and one half to work their day off then it is to hire, train, and insure a new officer.
It is coming before the summer.
Anonymous said...
Do I get any breaks from the department if they find out my DL has expired? I didn't buy a new city sticker or if I haven't paid my outstanding parkers?
1/13/2010 08:36:00 AM
Are you related by birth to anyone with lots of gold braid on their uniform?
If not then no, you get no breaks.
But if you are related to say, a former bartender, and you get caught in a dope house with your gangbanger friend and lots of guns, then certainly, you get a break because it was all a misunderstanding.
Now write that check for those parking tickets and city sticker and get that license renewed before you come back to work because those offenses are SERIOUS!
Anonymous said...
Interesting. Rumor has it po's trying to get out of special units back to patrol can't. Why not? Could they embarassed by their exempt selections?
1/16/2010 04:47:00 AM
I better not get bounced from my beat car by some clout asshole! I will NOT work tact or any specialized unit! I am a watch dog! All I know is how to drive a beat car. Leave me alone, I'll do a Thelma and Louise and drive off the fucking cliff, now go away!
Nothing new. That is citywide. We have been riding like this for about 2 years. Englewood is still Englewood! If you don't feel safe, wait for backup or ask to work the desk because you are not feeling well. WTF, we are the police aren't we?
1/16/2010 07:34:00 AM
You sound like a complete tool with that statement. So you are saying that you are not the REAL POLICE if you dont handle domestics, person with gun, mental's, battery IP as a 99 unit???? You are the reason 007 and every other district is putting up 99 cars on 1st watch, you have NO BALLS to tell the brass you will not work 99. Hope your family does not have to sit through a funeral but hey they can say "HE WAS THE REAL POLICE". What a moron.
Anonymous said...
OT
Anonymous said...
since the police can't even get a break anymore why do we let doctors, nurses, com ed, peoples gas, comcast, get a play---- are you paying less on your monthly bill than your neighbor--- no more gray area, everything is black and white--- sorry sir, you are in violation and what you do for a living means nothing to me.....
1/13/2010 03:07:00 AM
You are a asshole. Wait one day when you are hurt. You are rolled into a emergency room on a stretcher. You look up and see the nurse and doctor you wrote for bullshit tickets. I hope you get catherized and a 24 hour enema. Why be a prick to those that can help you?
Anonymous said...
Get rid of these premadonna units..
1/16/2010 11:56:00 AM
Units created before 1981?
OVER 400 RETIREE'S EXPECTED TO TAKE THE 55 AND OUT. THIS IS CONFIRMED!
BRAIN DRAIN OF VETERAN OFFICERS, DETECTIVES AND BOSSES
No hires or promotions predicted for 2010!
Everyone bailing on the sinking ship
It's easy folks. Just refuse to work 99 at night. And file grievance when denied.
Ok...it is not a contract violation working 10-99. You can file a grievance for safety reasons, submit a To-From stating your intentions not to work 10-99 and the WC will except it...then tell you to get back to work. If you refuse, guess what...failure to obey an direct order..Cr#, etc. Many years ago Supt Martin put out a 501 stating he would try and have all 1st-3rd watch cars 2 man, that's all there is...from 1980's. No letter of agreement, no contract language. That's why the union can't say anything. Watch yourself out there. (from an old timer).
OT
HOW ABOUT WE DROP SOME OF THE USELESS SALARIES LIKE DISTRICT MANAGERS, AND SPEND IT ON A FEW MORE COPPERS? THE LIST OF USELESS MANAGERS IS LONG. 019, 023, 016...IT GOES ON AND ON.
$100K A YEAR OR MORE. YOU CAN PUT TWO NEW COPPERS ON THE STREET FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM.
Anonymous said...
I was getting gas at 37th and Iron and in line with about three other cars when this broad tried to pull in front of the cars that had already been waiting.
The attendant told her she had to get in line. She looked like someone farted in her face.
Asshole.
1/15/2010 11:18:00 AM
Maybe you're the Asshole. How do you know it wasn't Huberman's car?
1/16/2010 10:43:00 AM
Awwww... Did we hurt him little feewings? The truth is that way sometimes.
Slams aside suspect management member, what do you propose to address the officer safety issue at hand, among other things?
Absolutely nothing.
Begone child, adults are trying to come up with solutions to real problems here.
Feel better? we actually paid you some attention and didn't put a "kick me" sign on your back.
...Go away.
He had a fit and wanted to know why I didn't tell him before he did the paperwork. I told him I was just keeping him from acting stupid with people that had to work under him.
1/13/2010 02:29:00 PM
Be careful, if he didn't have a hard on for you before, he does now! Way to wait for it!
1/16/2010 02:05:00 AM
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I wouldn't worry about it. Most Sgts IQs are around room temperature.
1/16/2010 12:20:00 PM
Fuckin hilarious!
Anonymous said...
'No openings to keep people from bailing out of shitty districts/units or places where the bosses are absolutely horrid?'
Don't think they're all south or west. Lots of gripers here coming out from 019, 017, even 016.
You actually don't hear a lot of bitching here on the blog from 021, 009, 006, 005, or 002.
1/16/2010 03:03:00 PM
I work in 005, shit for supervisors and a shit District. The Commander, if he is not chauffeuring his secretary, is in every petty conversation around the desk. He needs a skirt and a martini! Dana Alexander's protege! Kiss ass unintelligent asshole!
Anonymous said...
Around 20 years ago Pam Zekman got a small scandal going by publicizing that not all primary beat cars were being manned citywide. The department got embarrassed, (it's semi-normal state) and immediately launched an exhaustive study to prevent this from happening..........Fran Spielman fspielman@SunTimes.Com
Frank Main Jr. fmain@SunTimes.Com
Angela Rozas ARozas@tribune.com
Pam Zekman or Dave Savini at CBS 312-899-2222
Not quite right, beats were not realigned they only eliminated sector cars (we lost 3 cars in 10) no primary beat were eliminated the only thing that came out of the manning report( done daily not monthly ) was time due was cancelled, the report went away when they changed from sector cars to rapids. the W/C could justify downing a primary beat for someone with SIF, hitting medical, or death in family but couldn't down a beat cuase he granted time due.. So go ahead and go to the media then start crying when you can't get time due becuase cars have to be manned
You sound like an idiot. If you don't feel safe rather you are 10-99 or 10-4, you wait for back up. If you are 99 on any watch, it could be your last day. Use common sense and use the tools we have been armed with to ensure officer safety. This is not grievable. Show me where in the contract does it say we do not have to work 99 on 1st or 3rd watch! You can't idiot. You are just making shit up, posting it and because you said it, it is true? SCC brings up good issues, and we get to debate issues intelligently, but we loose credibility when dumb as posters post lies and bullshit like this.
I work midnights and always have. I prefer working 99, but the majority of the time I have a partner. Lets use percentages, I work 10-99 maybe 2% of the time, that is maybe 1 day out of a period. I work in 004 by the way. I like my Watch Commander and Field Lt., even if they are a little weird. I would rather my partner be able to take the day off than go on SCC whining about bullshit. I know how to ensure my safety, don't you, you whining son of a bitch!
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2009
WE HAVE SURPASSED OUR GOAL 12/15/09
AS OF WEDNESDAY, 30 DECEMBER 2009, WE HAVE 195 MEMBERS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR RETIREMENT.
Phase 2 of the premium free healthcare benefit at retirement required that at least 130 members apply for retirement in order for any member to enjoy this benefit upon retirement between April 1 and December 31, 2010.
Today, the Lodge was notified that the 130 application threshold had been surpassed. Any member who submits a retirement PAR by December 31, 2009, with a retirement date of April 1 through December 31, 2010, will now be able to take advantage of this benefit. The member must have reached his 55th birthday by the requested date of retirement.
ABOVE FROM FOP WEBSITE WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFALTED NUMBERS MORON?
Anonymous said...
OVER 400 RETIREE'S EXPECTED TO TAKE THE 55 AND OUT. THIS IS CONFIRMED!
BRAIN DRAIN OF VETERAN OFFICERS, DETECTIVES AND BOSSES
No hires or promotions predicted for 2010!
Everyone bailing on the sinking ship
1/16/2010 09:26:00 PM
We have loyalty.
1/16/2010 07:34:00 AM
To whom? To what? To people and organizations that have no loyalty to us? Keep smokin dat cain.
I wouldn't worry about it. Most Sgts IQs are around room temperature
Yeah but yer the blue shirt that can't pass a test......
Does anyone have ay clue WTF is going on with our checks? An average of $7.50 accross the Dept is around $75,000. WHERE THE FUCK IS OUR MONEY!
1/16/2010 09:08:00 AM
Obama's tax cut "stimulus" signed last Feb and to last 10 months ahs expired. The Bush tax cuts expire at the end of this year. That's gonna cost you about $130 a check for a D-1 over 10 years.
Anonymous said...
Get rid of these premadonna units..
1/16/2010 11:56:00 AM
Units created before 1981?
1/16/2010 09:23:00 PM
I thought she didn't get popular until 1983? Either way TRU, MSF and Fugitive should be safe from the axe.
a review of some of these special units illustrate why the department will not need another detective test!
Let's review Unit 606 yes a unit in the Investigative Services: One would think a detective spot But NO what do you see a bunch of 9161 only three 9165 SAY WHAT, cold case investigations being handled by 9161.....
wharej
unit 603
1/16/2010 02:42:00 PM
606 was broken up into several units. You have no idea what you're talking about. There are NO 9161's investigating cold cases. Take the elevator to the 5th floor if you'd like to meet some real detectives. Bomb and Arson: where all the malcontents with two years in grade go after they get ostracized in the Areas. Go back to beefing about the Donahue.
Anonymous said...
It's easy folks. Just refuse to work 99 at night. And file grievance when denied.
Ok...it is not a contract violation working 10-99. You can file a grievance for safety reasons, submit a To-From stating your intentions not to work 10-99 and the WC will except it...then tell you to get back to work. If you refuse, guess what...failure to obey an direct order..Cr#, etc. Many years ago Supt Martin put out a 501 stating he would try and have all 1st-3rd watch cars 2 man, that's all there is...from 1980's. No letter of agreement, no contract language. That's why the union can't say anything. Watch yourself out there. (from an old timer).
1/16/2010 09:30:00 PM
There is more than a pax 501 from Leroy Martin. Martin was not the supe when Officer Wenzel was killed. (1973) That is when the letter of understanding or whatever was written.
This is definitely a battle FOP should be waging. They probably are waiting for the arbitrator to make his decision. Likely by 1 May.
'I guess 003 must be chock full of officers, what with the 30 and 40 vacancies each period for a number of periods last year. How the command staff could allow themselves to be embarrassed by posting that unheard of number of vacancies is a reminder of the consistently low quality of leadership we have here in the CPD.'
You speak the truth! In posting such large numbers of vacancies, and doing nothing to fill them by reverse seniority, the Dept. only shamed the good officers of 003 who chose to stick it out and do their jobs. Shame on the leadership of this Dept. that they would deliberately do such a thing.
Maybe some of these reporters should do what Weis tells them when they ask him direct questions concerning morale, and go out and ask "what the officers in the streets" think about how good a job he and the boneheaded command staff are running things.
Here is an idea............Get rid of these silly bullshit "UNITS" that have been created as "smoke and mirrors", for "Shorty and "BubbleHead" to bull shit the public, and get back the old-- TASK FORCE, AND TAKE BACK THE FUCKING STREET!!!!!!!!!! It worked way back when and it would work now. OH SHIIIIT!, I forgot. They don"t want cops, they want PR people for our customer base. I'll just transfer to the Airport.
where do you think com ed or peoples gas or comcast parks when they are on a service call--- the fire plug or crosswalk stupid--- so do you write them when you get the number one parker---- probably not because they are working--- so they get a play but do you get a reduced bill at your private residence because you were good to them--- hell no, you pay full boat so why give them a break---- and to the bunch of tough guys who want the doctors and nurses to get special treatment, they are not your friend and if you don't understand why you don't belong on this job....
>>>> so do you write them when you get the number one parker---- probably not because they are working--- so they get a play but do you get a reduced bill at your private residence because you were good to them--- hell no, you pay full boat so why give them a break----
I wrote---These are working people, if they see something wrong they'll tell you or call it in.
Stays safe, if you can’t make friends out there, don’t make enemies for the rest of us.
1/16/2010 03:11:00 PM---
I got breaks from the people when they came to my home, and they got me a breaks from their companies.
When I was a kid (in the 50's), we had the Gas Company working on our street after a brutal winter storm. My dad (a cop) and mon invited the crew in to warm up had coffee for them. Those guys appreciated that and plowed our street and corner house sidewalks. So screw the politicians and mellow out with the working people.
With your attitude why should you get a break.
Remember what goes around comes around. Just think about it, if you are messing with working people, who get the $$$$, none other than Shortshanks.
Who would you rather screw, a working stiff who might do something for you or Shorty who has been stifing us for years?
Whoever it is writing all this trash about hammering doctor and nurses and the like, please leave this job and go be something you are more suited for, like being a jail guard.
I hear Thompson Correctional is looking for a few good men. Speaking Arabic languages would be a plus.
O'Hare Airport has only three or four P.O's working 99 on midnights....safest airport? Really?!
Anonymous said...
I wouldn't worry about it. Most Sgts IQs are around room temperature
Yeah but yer the blue shirt that can't pass a test......
1/17/2010 12:41:00 AM
Waaah! Mommy, some jerkoff blue shirt on the blog said I'm not smart.
Mommy Whiteshirt: Don't worry dear. Not everybody comes from a family of whiteshirts. They are commoners and don't understand how IMPORTANT we are. They can disrespect you all they want on that insignificant "small people" blog. And when I say small people, I don't mean your father, he has a gold braid pension and still is employed in another more important($$$) capacity for "mine mayor". You see son, small people are the worker bees, we control them. They are necessary, if only to produce the honey that keeps our stats looking great. Just tell the no clout workers bringing in arrests, contact cards and ANOVS, that you have noticed how hard they work and it will pay off on the next promotional test...HAHAAHAAHA! I know son, that and a quarter will get a ride on the bus to work. But they BELIEVE this to be true and will work their ass off to please you. That is until they come to their senses.
And the crack about your IQ... have you been talking about the short bus again?
'I work in 005, shit for supervisors and a shit District. The Commander, if he is not chauffeuring his secretary, is in every petty conversation around the desk. He needs a skirt and a martini! Dana Alexander's protege! Kiss ass unintelligent asshole!'
I'd rather have a cmdr who isn't hiding in his office all day.
Ball strikes me as one of the better bosses running a District in Area 2. He was a good supervisor at A/1 where he was assigned as a Sgt. I see very little to compare him to Alexander.
Sometimes, people don't know when they have a good boss until they have to work for another one.
Maybe you're the Asshole. How do you know it wasn't Huberman's car?
1/16/2010 09:46:00 PM
I do not give a fuck if she was riding on a gas-powered skate board that belongs to the Queen of Great Britain, this pushy and arrogant female skelator with the injection-enhanced fish lips, believes and acts like she is better than everyone else. Ever work for her or around this nut case? Jumping to the head of a gas line is something she believes is her right to do and screw everybody else. Also, she is a dangerous whack-job that is a Hubbermann sychophant, so what difference does it make if the car belonged to Hubbermann? Stop BWDing, blogging-while-drunk, because your post made no sense.
why not try to think this through a little.
maybe there are no openings because they figure the districts where they need people most will be where they will lose people and therefore that district will be that much more short.
Or the districts that are short would be the ones that no one wants to go to anyway.
Anonymous said...
Does anyone have ay clue WTF is going on with our checks? An average of $7.50 accross the Dept is around $75,000. WHERE THE FUCK IS OUR MONEY!
1/16/2010 09:08:00 AM
Obama's tax cut "stimulus" signed last Feb and to last 10 months ahs expired. The Bush tax cuts expire at the end of this year. That's gonna cost you about $130 a check for a D-1 over 10 years.
1/17/2010 12:42:00 AM
Thanks for the reply,another reason to trust only SCC,we have inteeligent people on our blog as opposed to masters 501 bullshit blog!
the Old saying of don't rock the boats does not apply anymore, FOP is there to protect your well being and they are not interested, the city is steadily disregarding our safety and interests so Mark Donahue needs to be a man , along with Bella & Demaria and get ballsy. MAN UP BITCHES. PS, Im' Sgt. Joe Avila, Mobile Strike Force.
1/16/2010 11:06:00 AM
Looky here, Sgt. Joe. Donahue, Bella and Dimaria are bitches, for sure. But no sergeants are allowed to criticize FOP for at least a year. Your union boss stole OVER A MILLION BUCKS. FOP only gives Craparelli $2,000 a month for doing nothing. Your union sucks way way more than FOP.
'No openings to keep people from bailing out of shitty districts/units or places where the bosses are absolutely horrid?'
Don't think they're all south or west. Lots of gripers here coming out from 019, 017, even 016.
You actually don't hear a lot of bitching here on the blog from 021, 009, 006, 005, or 002.
Our Near North underlings are happy as clams.
The Commander, if he is not chauffeuring his secretary, is in every petty conversation around the desk. He needs a skirt and a martini! Dana Alexander's protege! Kiss ass unintelligent asshole!
1/16/2010 11:12:00 PM
YOU'VE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED 95% OF ALL GOLD STARS. NICE WORK!!
Whats going on with the Trahanas incident? No repurcussions for her statements?
Basically all units are short manpower. The problem is the department borrows from peter to pay paul. The pendulum swings to fluctuate manpower to the left, but then nobody is there to work the right. No matter what unit you are in because of the manpower shortage, you can't keep up with the workload. And the citizens are always going to complain about some particular crime that is being neglected, and rightfully so.
The blame is solely on the mayor for putting the money in the wrong places, like in his and his criminal friends pockets.
Do you really want to risk getting shot for this department? do you want to risk being injured while performing a duty 99 when you should be 10-4? those who came before us fought hard to get into the orders what kinds of job need a 10-4 unit to respond to them. there is a reason for it too -- those are the kinds of jobs where we get KILLED.
do you want your family to have to fight with the city when they rule your death preventable? do you think the city will say, "let's give his family more money because he responded to a 10-4 job by himself"? or do you think the city will say, "he should have waited for backup?" and then deny your family benefits? those orders are in the book for THE city's liability. let's use it against them.
when we respond to 10-4 jobs when we are 99, we are essentially telling the city we don't need more police officers. we are saying that we can do this job with less police officers. when we tell them that, what incentive do they have to hire more police? for your sake and your family's sake, let all the citizens start complaining about poor police response. when they do, that is when more police will be hired.
"Oh squad, i know we are shorthanded, but that's not my fault. when the aldermen, city council and mayor want to hire more police officers i will respond. but until then, I will wait for back up."
OT, but funny.
Anonymous said...
I had a dealer loaner car at work and got written up for no city sticker by a district sgt. I waited until he finished all the paperwork and asked him to look at the car again, this time with me present. I pointed out the metal city sticker affixed to the front plate and asked him to include the info in his report. He had a fit and wanted to know why I didn't tell him before he did the paperwork. I told him I was just keeping him from acting stupid with people that had to work under him.
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You must be the prick on your watch.
1/16/2010 12:00:00 PM
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Yeah, think about it. The car doesn't register to him, so the sergeant had to be AWARE that this is a car he was actually driving.
Sure sounds to me like the sergeant ALREADY has a problem with you, guy. And from what you wrote and the way you wrote it, I'm betting the sergeant has good reason to feel that way.
I could see that - any 606/608 unit. Commanded by ass holes - it gets old real fast.
Add in the dick-less sgts who would pimp their mother to keep their beards, take home cars and off the street.
1/16/2010 12:47:00 PM
Are you referring to sgts C and L? Two of the biggest "stupid-visors" out of HSq? The Borat look-alike has some major psychological issues and the other one loses his way home every night heading towards Orland Park in the secret take-home car. Between those two and the cmdr who shot his mouth off at the Christmas party they have a collective IQ of 3. It's all legit folks.
Anonymous said...
the Old saying of don't rock the boats does not apply anymore, FOP is there to protect your well being and they are not interested, the city is steadily disregarding our safety and interests so Mark Donahue needs to be a man , along with Bella & Demaria and get ballsy. MAN UP BITCHES. PS, Im' Sgt. Joe Avila, Mobile Strike Force.
1/16/2010 11:06:00 AM
Looky here, Sgt. Joe. Donahue, Bella and Dimaria are bitches, for sure. But no sergeants are allowed to criticize FOP for at least a year. Your union boss stole OVER A MILLION BUCKS. FOP only gives Craparelli $2,000 a month for doing nothing. Your union sucks way way more than FOP.
1/17/2010 09:58:00 AM
Capparelli is the duly elected Treasurer of FOP Lodge 7 and fulfills those duties still. He handles all the Treasurer duties he formery was responsible for when he had an office at 1412 W Washington.
What changed was his status as a field rep assigned to FOP HQ. He doesn't get call outs and doesn't go to shootings etc. Until the next election (2011) he is still the treasurer.
Man, you guys are crabby tonight!
OT
HOW ABOUT WE DROP SOME OF THE USELESS SALARIES LIKE DISTRICT MANAGERS, AND SPEND IT ON A FEW MORE COPPERS? THE LIST OF USELESS MANAGERS IS LONG. 019, 023, 016...IT GOES ON AND ON.
$100K A YEAR OR MORE. YOU CAN PUT TWO NEW COPPERS ON THE STREET FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM.
I'll tell you why rookie. District managers have strong political backing. When the 16th district manamger's husband was stopped last week on Caldwell "feeling no pain," the beat guys got a call on their cell within minutes ordering them to drive him and his car home and make it a 19-paul. It's all about the politics.
Anonymous said...
'I work in 005, shit for supervisors and a shit District. The Commander, if he is not chauffeuring his secretary, is in every petty conversation around the desk. He needs a skirt and a martini! Dana Alexander's protege! Kiss ass unintelligent asshole!'
I'd rather have a cmdr who isn't hiding in his office all day.
Ball strikes me as one of the better bosses running a District in Area 2. He was a good supervisor at A/1 where he was assigned as a Sgt. I see very little to compare him to Alexander.
Sometimes, people don't know when they have a good boss until they have to work for another one.
1/17/2010 09:15:00 AM
Signed his very own secretary RP. He was not a good boss in Area 1 Detective Division. He should not have been there. Did we forget about the incident with him in 007? How about CR#'s and a lawsuit! That is what I thought. Nice try but everything you do in the dark will always come out in the light!
Anonymous said...
OT
HOW ABOUT WE DROP SOME OF THE USELESS SALARIES LIKE DISTRICT MANAGERS, AND SPEND IT ON A FEW MORE COPPERS? THE LIST OF USELESS MANAGERS IS LONG. 019, 023, 016...IT GOES ON AND ON.
$100K A YEAR OR MORE. YOU CAN PUT TWO NEW COPPERS ON THE STREET FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM.
I'll tell you why rookie. District managers have strong political backing. When the 16th district manamger's husband was stopped last week on Caldwell "feeling no pain," the beat guys got a call on their cell within minutes ordering them to drive him and his car home and make it a 19-paul. It's all about the politics.
1/17/2010 10:18:00 PM
No one calling on a cell phone, and that includes the Superintendent of Police, has the authority to order a Chicago Police Officer to release a DUI offended prior to processing.
He should have been taken to the station and an arrest report filled out. Force his clout to approve RWOC. They have the authority to do that. Instead, they throw it in the lap of the officers on the street and can deny any involvement.
Years ago the kid of Park District Superintendant Ed Kelly got arrested with a gun in 024. The on duty W/C, Lt. C. Hamilton, got a phone call from the 024 D/C ("Lefty) telling him to let the Kelly kid go.
To his credit, Lt. Hamilton reused, instead suggesting the commander come down and sign the arrest papers to RWOC. The kid was arrested and processed and promptly beat the case in Cook County Court.
Lt. Hamilton was banished to a far corner of the city. This made the papers and soon enough Lt. Hamilton was returned to 024 where he remained for the rest of his career. Lt for life.
Show some guts out there, don't take these cock sucker clout bastard's orders to release heavy weights on the street, make them be released in the station, with a W/C's signature.
What can they do, send you to a district and make you work a beat car?
its so bad in 004 1st watch that you dont want to be a 10-4 unit...cuz your the ONLY ONE and get shit hammered with every fucking call...
Anonymous said...
If you think things are bad now wait until the mass exodus in April when about 500 leave taking advantage of 55 and out.
1/16/2010 10:52:00 AM
I say BS. I heard it was 1000.
If some of you retards had a brain you would be dangerous.
For the 55-59 medical retirerments, 195 submitted par forms as of 30 Dec 09. And those retireing can do so any
time after 01 Apr, up until 31 Dec 10. This is per the FOP web site.
http://www.chicagofop.org/cu123009.html
Now STFU and handle your domestics.
why are police officers being paid to do crossing guard supervisor job
we need police on the street
let another crossing guard work between crossings to do aa sheets
where's our leadership
another political spot
I'm starting a claaction lawsuit!! I want to work in 3 and I have the right to bid to 3!
Anonymous said...
since the police can't even get a break anymore why do we let doctors, nurses, com ed, peoples gas, comcast, get a play---- are you paying less on your monthly bill than your neighbor--- no more gray area, everything is black and white--- sorry sir, you are in violation and what you do for a living means nothing to me.....
1/13/2010 03:07:00 AM
You are a asshole. Wait one day when you are hurt. You are rolled into a emergency room on a stretcher. You look up and see the nurse and doctor you wrote for bullshit tickets. I hope you get catherized and a 24 hour enema. Why be a prick to those that can help you?
1/16/2010 09:23:00 PM
ditto. I hope you catch a catheter w/out lube. idiot.
Whats going on with the Trahanas incident? No repurcussions for her statements?
1/17/2010 11:50:00 AM
Like everything else in this dept that concerns brass, it gets swept under that rug that looks like Mt. Hood now.
Anonymous said...
its so bad in 004 1st watch that you dont want to be a 10-4 unit...cuz your the ONLY ONE and get shit hammered with every fucking call...
1/18/2010 07:36:00 AM
Ummm, not true. You either don't work here or you work another watch. We have the most close nit watch on midnights. Our midnight incident team is the bomb and our bosses have our backs. We also get to take off when we need too and back each other up reguarly. As a matter of fact the dispatchers have us coming up to assist each other before they can even call on one of us. You miserable fuck, pick another District and another watch. We are fine. Just becuase you may not like one person or a few people here, don't pull us into your bullshit!
Can we all agree that we had enough of this Jfed, no contract, no raise bullshit. You find money for a ridiculous salary for an idiot (Jfed), to put flower pots in the middle of the fucking street and to bring the Olympics here, but no money to hire more police, give us a descent raise and contract!!! Did you forget we all have to live in the city and everything has gone up from property taxes, city taxes, health insurance, to the water bills, to gas, to food and our salaries have either gone down (with family job loss or no more part time jobs, overtime or whatever) or are stagnant!
Vote the Mayor OUT!
I'd rather have a cmdr who isn't hiding in his office all day.
So you want one that participates in petty bullshit? What kind of fucking moron are you. Thats the sign of a great Commander, standing at the desk gossiping. Oh wow, you are a really credible officer. Fuck off
I'll tell you why rookie. District managers have strong political backing. When the 16th district manamger's husband was stopped last week on Caldwell "feeling no pain," the beat guys got a call on their cell within minutes ordering them to drive him and his car home and make it a 19-paul. It's all about the politics.
1/17/2010 10:18:00 PM
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So whos the clout of the DM in 014?
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