Nice Cars!
The pictures are starting to trickle in:
Only 112,000 miles - and all the lovely wiring!
Or how about going to the Area garage to replace this car...:
...with this one:
At least you can't quite see out the floor:
Yet.
How about some pictures of the body damage along with the odometer readings? Keep the car numbers out of the shot though - we wouldn't want J-Fed or his minions to track you down.
Only 112,000 miles - and all the lovely wiring!Or how about going to the Area garage to replace this car...:
...with this one:
At least you can't quite see out the floor:
Yet.How about some pictures of the body damage along with the odometer readings? Keep the car numbers out of the shot though - we wouldn't want J-Fed or his minions to track you down.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
62 Comments:
Very simple solution.
Inspect your vehicle at start of tour.
If defective request a different car!
Document such with a To/From and make a copy for yourself.
REFUSE TO DRIVE A UNSAFE VEHICLE!
Bring car to area, repeat above procedure.
Call for ride back to district.
No Available SAFE vehicle to drive!
EVERY WATCH!
NEEDS TO DO THIS!
Ya want some body damage now, do ya? Give me a couple of days to peruse the lot while I'm helping load prisoners for the court run and you'll get plenty of nice pictures. Promise. Our district, hands down, has the shittiest cars in the city.
P.S. - All you newsie-types trolling this site: stay tuned for pictures you can distribute to the masses.
i wish i had a picture of the pool car i had with 175k a couple of months ago. it had no heat or insulation in the passenger door. however, that thing still could get up and go which means they took the time to put a new engine in along the way. what a waste of money.
OT While driving down Lake Shore Drive this lovely evening, what appeared before my very eyes? Fireworks from the direction of Navy Pier... Let's see..its Monday (not a usual day for fireworks),or the 1st of the month and the City is celebrating pay day,don't think so. Its Pulaski Day which is a holiday for the city that works (or doesn't). Hmmmm, it must have been city workers setting them off right? So, the city or one of its affiliates (contributors) are paying holiday pay for all the people not at Navy Pier or on the lake front this winter night. I would rather see the city give up the nonsense fireworks like tonight and every Wednesday and Saturday during summer and use the money to either pay us, or the people they laid off from real jobs or at least celebrate the real holiday, the founding of our country on the 4th. Instead they cancel the 3rd (when manpower is already deployed for the Taste and along the Lake Front with additional bike teams! Figures!
realy!!! check 011.. I can top this in my sleep!!!.. I got wires hanging from the roof,, ,,,,, lol,
Come on these look like some of
the taxis on devon av.
Identify the car as CPD without
the outside # if not you are
pissin in the wind.
If you can't take a photo of a car
without getting caught don't tell
anyone that, and that you are a cop.
Keep the heat on em boys and girls,
I wish i was young again.
Damn what fun!
Thank-You
If only we could make the pics sratch-n-sniff, so the public could get a wiff of that overpowering stench known as "unwashed homeless ass" with just a hint of piss and gangrenous feet thrown in.
Ahhh ! Just the thought of it makes me want to run out and get a Tetnus Shot !!
Good times,good times !!
My hunka shit has somewhere around 120,000+ miles on it.
please pics of sgt hamiltons take home car
heck..my regular car has over 129K on it and the springs or shocks are so bad, I bounce down the street, all true.
How about some retired coppers setting up their own "I-Team" and traveling around to the stations? The City couldn't do anything to them taking pictures.
"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage."
They should start there own demolition derby team with the shit cars. Old squads at Santa Fe speedway!!! Would that not be fun!
Those aint shit! I bet my paycheck there are worst pictures of vehicles out there!
Isn't it just standard procedure to have all those wires hanging? Every car I've ever been in has been a hanging mass of wires on the passenger side.
PS- Indiana Jones!!!
If your vehicle is unsafe DOWN IT! Now is the time,they cannot make you drive an unsafe vehicle. 2/3 of the vehicles in a District are unsafe,down them.Don't be stupid or a "company man" it cost the 023 rd District Sgt his life!
No matter how many times we take our car to the area because it no longer goes down the road straight...they send it back unchanged. It is DANGEROUS to go anywhere quickly if you have to fight the wheel to get it to go straight. At least I don't have the Tahoe...what a phuck up that decision was to have them in the CITY of Chicago.
As far as the date/time goes, just change the date to sometime in 2009 or make it 2011. Then set it back to the right date/time when you are done. My camera is still 6 months off on the date because I can't figure out how to set it correctly!!!!!
Would be nice to take pics of the mayors fleet,eddie burkes cars,the treasurers,+ the city clerk the only man to drive himself the city clerks cars! Bet they are all "like new", and a friend who works at fleet told me these cars are "front line" meaning they get repaired right away,with all NEW aprts including the best tires! Would be a nice news story!
Cars are beind "downed" left and right in my district..blown engines, gaining speed on their own and also turning without the driver doing it...and then...NO POOL CARS AVAILABLE.
ok I would be happy to (for a nominal rate of pay and a digital camera) go to EACH district on my days off and take pics of these cars.
I would also love to have a position created that would allow for this to happen.Your safety is FOREMOST. This CANNOT be achieved with the equipment that the City is ISSUING YOU TO USE IN THE COURSE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR DUTIES(hint for the LAWSUIT that SHOULD be filed on your behalf)
While Im not the police nor care to be under the Weasels "guidance"
I DO care to insure that youse guys are safe and drivng cars that dont require flintstone brakes or duct tape to hold the window to the post. While Im sure that the City will balk at the offer(liabilities you know.....)I plan on doing this. so if you happen to see a fat bald guy taking pics of your cars and the odometers DONT SHOOT ME. In the mean time REFUSE to use UNSAFE CITY ISSUED EQUIPMENT. Im sure the majority of the citizenry of Chicago is 100% behind you on that.I just have to figure out how to go about this so any help you all can provide would be most appreciated.
Stay safe!
Why don't you take better care of your cars like the below listed guy.
His car has over 2.6 million miles.
http://autos.aol.com/article/million-mile-cars
As a field sgt, now that we are stuck with vehicles formerly totaled being cobbled together from downed wrecks and put back in service....I do routinely direct my officers not to respond to anything less than life or death calls with blue lights and sirens! I cannot face their loved ones in a hospital E.R if I didn't use at least this much common sense, the life threatening calls sadly we must take extreme risk in extreme circumstances and we always do so not withstanding the peril. Street Sgt 28yrs.
FYI...A certain westside district has two wagons, a newer one, (that mysteriously caught fire a few weeks ago), and the "back up wagon"...The new one has about 20,000 miles on it. Guess how much the back up one has....223,000...Thats right boys and girls, the good officers of the westside have to use a vehicle with almost a quarter of a million miles on it! Thank God they got the new one back in a few days...the suspension on the old one was gone...kaput...no "spring"...
The reason we have such shit equipement is that we allow it. As posted already, if you have an unsafe car, down it. Pool car a piece of crap? Down it!....What will the boss say? The answer is, nothing...Will they get mad, or really, REALLY mad.The reality is that you drive a substandard vehicle at your own risk, just like proactive policing. If we downed enough cars, new ones would be found.
I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin...
(Boy, I thought this post would have more pizzaz...)Oink oink...
It's simple. The FOP has always said don't put yourself in harms way. If the car is unsafe down it. You may be stuck working a foot beat but a good policeman never goes cold, wet or hungry. If the tires are bald, down the fucken car. Its time the city replaces the rat traps but coppers want to take the easy way out until someone gets hurt
The City is blaming Sgt Haymaker for negligence in his death. The blame is being put on his driving skills,lack of proper vehicle inpection or driving too fast for conditions. Now is the time to DOWN YOUR VEHICLE and not tolerate criminal mismanagent of our manpower,equipment and officer safety.NO MORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OT While driving down Lake Shore Drive this lovely evening, what appeared before my very eyes? Fireworks from the direction of Navy Pier...
@@@@@
My guess is those were to celebrate the opening of the new Harry Carey's restaurant at Navy Pier...
I hear all the stories about massive vehicles defects but yet like dumbasses,you still take the vehicles . Don't be a dumbass,DOWN YOUR CAR,you are placing yourself,your family,and the citizens in jeopardy. The city had gotten away with murder and now is the time to say enough is enough. If there is no car inform your Supv,big deal you sit in the station.
OT While driving down Lake Shore Drive this lovely evening, what appeared before my very eyes? Fireworks from the direction of Navy Pier... Let's see..its Monday (not a usual day for fireworks),or the 1st of the month and the City is celebrating pay day,don't think so. Its Pulaski Day which is a holiday for the city that works (or doesn't). Hmmmm, it must have been city workers setting them off right? So, the city or one of its affiliates (contributors) are paying holiday pay for all the people not at Navy Pier or on the lake front this winter night. I would rather see the city give up the nonsense fireworks like tonight and every Wednesday and Saturday during summer and use the money to either pay us, or the people they laid off from real jobs or at least celebrate the real holiday, the founding of our country on the 4th. Instead they cancel the 3rd (when manpower is already deployed for the Taste and along the Lake Front with additional bike teams! Figures!
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Those fireworks were for the grand opening of the new harry carey's in navy pier and yesterday was the 12th annual toast to harry which is celebrated world wide. by the way those fireworks were paid for privately by sponsors. clearly the city wouldnt pay for fireworks on a random monday night. this is a typical complaint by someone who needs to find something to cry about on a daily basis.
The Alderman/Mayor are laughing at us. They are squandering,pilfering and outright stealing from taxpayers,then make us squirm and beg to just have essential tools to do our job. Think about that when your're spending 8 hrs in a vehicle that belongs in a Victory Auto Wreckers Commercial. If nothing else do it for your family.
Anonymous said...
How about some retired coppers setting up their own "I-Team" and traveling around to the stations? The City couldn't do anything to them taking pictures.
3/02/2010 07:03:00 AM
How about you and some other "working" coppers do the same on your RDO?
It's called trespassing you goof!
The retired guys have no dog in this fight, it's time for them to enjoy the benefits earned by their years of service to the citizens of Chicago.
now this post makes all the sense in the world. keep the pictures coming to show the world how we as police officers are in extreme danger even before we leave the parking lot to head out to patrol the jungles.
To the unpublished moron:
The issue isn't police abusing cars. We have our headcases like any job. This issue we are asking to be addressed are unsafe vehicles:
vehicles with dash lights on; cars with visible damage to the exterior; exposed wiring; visible cracks exposing occupants to the outside; rust through the skin of the vehicle; no brakes, blown trans, leaking fluids, EPA hazards.
If you want to write to the media, have a blast - they're already ignoring the Department shortfalls and taking J-Fed at his word that there were no problems with the car and there was no ice on the Drive.
HOW ABOUT WE HAVE A CITYWIDE TOURNAMENT. EVERY SUNDAY AFTER VEHICLE INSPECTION, POST A LIST OF VEHICLE MILEAGES AND LISTED PROBLEMS. THE DISTRICT/UNIT WITH THE HIGHEST MILAGE AND WORSE DAMAGES CAN CLAIM THE BRAGGING RIGHTS TO BEING CRAZY TO WORK UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS. IN CASES OF TIES, THE CONDITION OF THEIR COMMANDER'S CAR WILL BE COUNTED.
SORRY ABOUT ALL CAPS., KEYBOARD JUST BROKE.
retired coppers to take pictures
we're not driving the cars
get a set and take a pictue with your cell phone on your foot patrol
call mommy and daddy maybe they can take it for you
I'm sure Hubberman doesn't drive in any of these vehicles, since he leases many of them. Same with the Aldermen, etc.
Don't forget the eaten steering wheels and the springs popping out of the seats!
Ok body damage; wires hanging; bald tires ... pictures to be sent to you soon :)
This is the problem with the new breed of Chicago Cop,they want retirees to do the dirty work. Sorry guys it's not their responsibility,it's ours. These guys dealt with the job pre-union,firestrike and the Jane Byrne years. The rights they FOUGHT FOR,we enjoy today. The city understands this and is seizing upon it to divide/conquer and further break our Union. DOWN YOUR CAR if it has a problem,document Supv's negative responses. If you are a Supv and have a problem with this,quit drinking the Kool-Aid and remember we just buried one of your own,and the city is putting IT ALL ON HIM.
How nostalgic! These photos bring back memories of days gone by. It just goes to prove that nothing changes in the world of politicians!!!
Funny that they always have money for pet projects, graft, hookers, junkets and other dips into the public till but NEVER for police vehicles!
The best part though is that they get sorely pissed if you tell the media about the cars! Even better is when you get an outside agency to deem the squads unsafe! LOL!
When I hear people talk about how terrible their car is and not do anything about it, I have no sympathy. You sir are an idiot. Northside can only fight so many battles children,you need to fight your own on this.
Keep 'em coming! Start taking pictures of the bald tires. Continue to document, document, document!!!
I don't put my lights on for any call except a 10-1.
Robberies in progress, Fights, Domestics, Street Disturbances do NOT warrant lights and sirens in these wrecks!
I get there when I get there! Citizens call dispatch crying for Police, My response to Squad is I'll get there safely when I can!
Oh Well!
From Da Pelon
I have a mechanic friend who told me that the actual odometer milage and true milage on a vehicle can be 5 to 8 percent higher when you figure in the extensive idling that a squad car will go through during its life expectency. Which means a car with odometer reading of 125000 actualy has 8000 to 12000more miles on the engine, heater A/C. ect!
What would it take to involve O.S.H.A. and have our manpower/equipment scrutinized and compared to other major Depts. I'd like someone to force the Depts books open and see how short we are, and who approved useless,expensive technology over basic Officer Safety?
I, unfortunately, cannot post pics of the unmarked assigned us. There are only a few that color in the city and it would be easily tracable. Let's just say one of the p.o.'s has put a new "gasket" on the door. It is silver in color and very closely resembles duct tape. You can still see daylight when the door is closed, but it has helped with the draft and the noise issues.
3/02/2010 07:21:00 PM
Additionally, I would submit the odometer reading on these vehicles are suspect because this is CHICAGO.
I mean come on...nothing is legit in this city.
I bet the true miles driven on these vehicles is twice that shown on the odometer. I would not be surprised if it was a un-written policy for the odometers to be dialed back by the mechanics.
Buck Naked
(not a cop)
As bad as the cars are, I'd like to bitch slap the life out of the guys who carve notches into the steering wheel on every car I've driven over the last 23 years!!!
Why? Just, why?
In 023 p.o's are downing cars for all good reasons and guess what? There are no pool cars available and area 3 garage says none will be available for a long time. The skid is out of control! Where are all the cars and a better question is where is all the money that was set aside for those cars?
That Ain't Shit, there's alot worse then that.
The notches on the steering wheel are
Caused by your gun hitting it and getting stuck when getting out of the squad. Of course then someone starts picking at it making it worst.
As bad as the cars are, I'd like to bitch slap the life out of the guys who carve notches into the steering wheel on every car I've driven over the last 23 years!!!
Why? Just, why?
3/02/2010 09:49:00 PM
Probably the same jagoff that wipes his boogers, yes wipes his boogers, on the wall above the urinals in Area One.
I'll say it again. A grown man(?) digs in his nose while urinating a deposits the mucous on the wall in front of him. This is a guy I work with. A Detective! It's unfucking believable.
Off topic. To the M/2 and F/4 tact car that did a stop on Wabansia and Whipple Wednesday around noon, Thank you. police presence over here is rare and the resident police appreciate it. Thanks again.
I would think that if I was a mayor in the city of Chicago, I would want to be a World Class city. To earn that title, you must also have a World Class Police Department. Unfortunately, Chicago Police Department is more of a Third World department. What a disgrace!! Way to make your city shine shortshanks!
Anonymous said...
As bad as the cars are, I'd like to bitch slap the life out of the guys who carve notches into the steering wheel on every car I've driven over the last 23 years!!!
Why? Just, why?
3/02/2010 09:49:00 PM
I work at fllet with all the junk,they are not buying parts at all! Oh and the notches being carved,the real story is when an officer gets in and out of the car,their guns,mostly worn on right hip,hits the wheel,and slowly but surely notches the rubber wheels! The cars are old and gets worse with time!
I'm gonna start checking treads on the tires. The car I checked the other day was ok, but only about 37 more to go... Gonna see if I can get the date code off of them, too
The area downed my regular car today and I got the "last" pool car with 129,000 miles on it.
"Oh and the notches being carved,the real story is when an officer gets in and out of the car,their guns,mostly worn on right hip,hits the wheel,and slowly but surely notches the rubber wheels! The cars are old and gets worse with time!
3/03/2010 02:26:00 PM"
another urban legend hits the dust.
As a field sgt, now that we are stuck with vehicles formerly totaled being cobbled together from downed wrecks and put back in service....I do routinely direct my officers not to respond to anything less than life or death calls with blue lights and sirens! I cannot face their loved ones in a hospital E.R if I didn't use at least this much common sense, the life threatening calls sadly we must take extreme risk in extreme circumstances and we always do so not withstanding the peril. Street Sgt 28yrs.
3/02/2010 11:04:00 AM
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Hey, you must be a classmate of mine! And I tell my people the same thing. Maybe our generation was raised with some semblance of common sense and responsibility.
Sadly, our 'leadership' was not.
....now that we are stuck with vehicles formerly totaled being cobbled together from downed wrecks and put back in service....
Is this true? Can anyone in fleet verify? Are 993'd vehicles being brought back to life?
if so, does any of this apply?
"When a vehicle has suffered damage that would cost more to repair than the vehicle's market value, it may be declared salvage. It will be issued a salvage and removed from the road―a salvage vehicle cannot be registered.
If a licensed rebuilder performs repairs on a salvage vehicle that bring it back to road-worthiness, the "SALVAGE" branding on the title may be changed to "REBUILT." The vehicle may then be registered and used. Before this can happen, though, the vehicle must pass a safety inspection at an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Safety Testing Lane.
After that, vehicles eight model years or newer must pass a salvage vehicle inspection. This inspection is performed by the Illinois State Police. It's not a safety inspection. Rather, the police are looking for signs that the vehicle (or any of its parts) was stolen..
More info at:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com
/publications/pdf_publications
/sos_dop102.pdf
(it's a brochure on salvage vehicle inspections)
Do any of our so-called rebuilt cars have the "rebuilt" tag that sits in the lower middle of the windshield? Or does the City just do what they want with impunity?
Everyone's got an I-phone start snapping away!!!
We were suppose to get the 4 wheel drive Tahoes, but we got the watered down version to save $$$
Well, THEY SUCK!!!!
I'm wk'n in a police repair garage and let me tell u,your lucky to get a pool car.Yeah,all the cars have high miles.Yes were told to keep them going as long as possible.IF something does'nt feel right bring it back or down it.Some mechanics are better that others ,like at a dealership.Drive the lot and really look @ the cars,most of 'em are beat up/worn out.some of them are totalled.Which means less cars for you.When I am repairing a vehicle I do it like my family's riding in it.I replace what is bad and road test it to confirm that i fixed it.Not all guys are the same,just like you.
Its not our fault the parts are cheap,told to hurry up and cut times.fleet is all over everyones ass's.most people in upper management have no idea what a spark plug is or how to work on a vehicle but they sure in hell can tell u are taking too long to fix it.If we/you can not keep up with maint's then they will fall apart.3month or less for pma's,depending on idle times,have vehicles inspected more often,have more cars (pools)for you guys.The body shop or shops (the city keeps firing/hiring new ones)can't fix them fast enough or correctly is not our fault either.I would love to have 1 of u guys who is complaining about the work ,work w/me for a day,hell,I'll let u use my tools also,which I pd 4 thru my life/no,the city does'nt buy us tools,yes their very expensive,yes I have 60k in tools at my work,and see how you handle the stress and rush you do in 1 day...Like I said b-4,if you feel or see something thats not cool w/u,don't take it or get a pool if avail.Thats what I would do.
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