Maurer Rips Airport Security
In normal circumstances, everyone would just shut up and get along while the mayor "diverted" millions to connected contractors and cronies. But lately, a lot of people aren't doing that:
- The 2 Investigators have uncovered disturbing new details about security gaps at O'Hare International Airport.
Thousands of people have had access to the back entrance of the airport and to security badges that allow them through that back gate while bypassing airport security. CBS 2's Dave Savini has been investigating this threat for years and spoke with former Chicago Department of Aviation Police Chief Jim Maurer, who says he was fired for trying to close the security gaps.
"It's a disaster waiting to happen," Maurer said.
Years of mismanagement, much of it before Maurer took over, are being revealed as never before. And whatever motivations might be there for the former Chief, it's still on Daley's watch and still on Daley's shoulders.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
45 Comments:
Daley is more than finished!
Maurer has just begun!
Jimmy Maurer for Mayor!
I just pray that there is no O'Hare disaster to prove him right.
I predict the mayor will put it all on Maurer and say he should have made corrections while he was in charge.
Are the revelations coming so that Shorty will leave and Rhambo will take over the Chicago Crime Family.
Sing Jimmy sing...
My understanding is that the department of aviation, and probably the security director or whatever his title was, is responsible for badging at the airports. I tried to get info on badging from the CPD about 4 years ago and was informed that they don't handle it. Maybe it changed or maybe no one told him it was his job.
I'm with Maurer on this one. Remember the UFO's that the people saw last year in the middle of the day at O'Hare International Airport. That was a big security gap. And where the heck did that investigation go? Talk about a disaster waiting to happen. Yep. Like I said, I'm siding with Maurer on this one.
Hey Jimmy, it's your old buddy Ed down here in Florida. I have a nice place on a golf course(walk 18 holes a day),52 steps from my 22 foot boat(FISH)..... COME ON DOWN.
Please do not jump on the Maurer is great band wagon. If he was so great he would of tried to fix these major problems way before he left the CPD. He is a typical clouted up good ole boy until he gets dumped and now he want to cry wolf. Where was the Great Jimmy Maurer a few years back when he was needed by the rank and file. If he really cared about the safety of the citizens and the CPD he would of changed things way before he took the double dip of the pensions like a regular greedy clouted up good ole boy. I can name a few others but why bother we all know who they are. What have they done for you lately.
Anonymous said...
Jimmy Maurer for Mayor!
I just pray that there is no O'Hare disaster to prove him right.
4/21/2010 12:28:00 AM
Me too, I work there today.
I am OK with anything that will help reveal daley for the asshole criminally incompetent bastard he is. If Maurer can help defeat the evil doer named daley then I am with Maurer.
O.T. If we are so cash strapped why are we hiring extra deputy directors for CPD? Can we afford another boss spot? I guess so, promote me too. I am next in line for Lt.
he is a cry baby fuck himhow about caps
I hope they hand Maurer a boatload of money now just to get rid of him. I don't care what anyone says, you'd have to be a fool not see the travesty they call "security" at O'Hare. And remember, the terrorists are watching too.
Please,somebody tell Maurer where he can buy a fishing pole.
just an echo of Maurer's last press conference.
I agree with this guy:
Anonymous said...
Please do not jump on the Maurer is great band wagon. If he was so great he would of tried to fix these major problems way before he left the CPD. He is a typical clouted up good ole boy until he gets dumped and now he want to cry wolf. Where was the Great Jimmy Maurer a few years back when he was needed by the rank and file. If he really cared about the safety of the citizens and the CPD he would of changed things way before he took the double dip of the pensions like a regular greedy clouted up good ole boy. I can name a few others but why bother we all know who they are. What have they done for you lately.
4/21/2010 03:20:00 AM
JM is correct, there are many problems at O"Hare, they were there for many years before he got there. Most of these problems are caused by city hall appointed no-nothings.
The CPD has nothing due to badgeing because city hall types were afraid that we would be able to find the bad guys who were given badges. The HDO and Reverends did have a large influence on just who got hired at O"hare, thus you have a large proportion of gang members and other assorted crook. In addition, you have to put up with the garbage that city hall sends out.
There was a CPD officer at the airport that was a wiz at getting money for the city, his ideas were stone-walled, thus the city ( and taxpayers ) lost millions of bucks.
To: 4/21/2010 03:20:00 AM
3:20AM? Were you doing some heavy drinking or are you plagued by insomnia? Maybe worked a hard shift.
"Please do not jump on the Maurer is great band wagon. If he was so great he would of tried to fix these major problems way before he left the CPD."
First he was no longer CPD when working at the O'Hare. He tried to fix those problem at O'Hare and ran afoul of people who wanted to spend money on other things and left security go to hell.
When he was CPD things were never this bad and like any boss he ruffled some feathers.
"Clout" maybe so, but some clout you rightfully earn like a combination of respect and expertise.
Jimmy Maurer would be great for us, assuming you are CPD. Certainly he would be better all around than Shorty, Rhambo, Jesse J. Jr. or anyone else I can think of.
Please do not jump on the Maurer is great band wagon. If he was so great he would of tried to fix these major problems way before he left the CPD. He is a typical clouted up good ole boy until he gets dumped and now he want to cry wolf. Where was the Great Jimmy Maurer a few years back when he was needed by the rank and file. If he really cared about the safety of the citizens and the CPD he would of changed things way before he took the double dip of the pensions like a regular greedy clouted up good ole boy. I can name a few others but why bother we all know who they are. What have they done for you lately.
4/21/2010 03:20:00 AM
"Of" is not a verb.
"Jimmy Maurer for Mayor" - Are you that high pitched merit Sgt he made? Stop it already.
Maurer took the money until they stopped giving it to him, then he became a whistle blower. Great footnote to your career, Jimmy!
Maurer, and his kind, are a big part of the reason this Department, this City, is such a mess. Ego, money and the unscrupulous people who would do anything for power and a little fame. They, YOU, should be embarrassed.
Wasn't the Chief of DOA Daley's God Father, John Townsend, the 11th Warder who was the only person who tell Ass Hole Richard M. that he was wrong & the proper way to do things. Wasn't it Townsend who ran the Airport into the ground. And now we have Andelino, or what ever her name is, an made guy's daughter in charge! Just Asking!! ALL Daley could say is I didn't know!! He still hasn't given up the sponsor of Torres, from the Hire Truck Scandle
All of this is probally true!! But MAURER is coming out with this now after he is fired!!! He was in MANY spots that he could have done something or spoke up then, but he was in the "LOOP" then and he didn't want to rock the boat!!!!! A let to late JIMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blowhards complaing about, and blaming other Blowhards.
Funny how Maurer never opened his yap or had a bad word to say about anyone in the Departments command staff or over at the Hall. But "poor" Jimmy gets screwed over like most of the rest of us have, and suddenly hes singing like a canary.
Take your bat and ball and go home pal. The sun just cant always shine upon you, trouble is youre just realizing it now as an old man.
Want to know the truth about Maurer. Ask the Aviation Police. Many of them were fk'd over by this pompous prick.
Jimmy Maurer would be great for us, assuming you are CPD. Certainly he would be better all around than Shorty, Rhambo, Jesse J. Jr. or anyone else I can think of.
I agree with the part that he will be better then what we currently have, but be realistic I worked for the man when he was with the CPD and he was all about himself. If he was as great as the band wagon folks like to portray him, he would have fixed a few things with the CPD before he left for the double dippin gravey train over at the airport.
You say he tried to fix things but the powers that be would not let him. Well for your information the powers that be are the same people who put him in charge. So all he is for the city is a YES man, nothing more nothing less.
Now he wants to cry wolf because he got dumped. All he is looking for is a big pay day do not fool yourself.
I am not telling you that you have to hate the guy. All I am saying is that he is not the messiah, so do not get on the blog and post about how great he is and how great it would be if he was in charge.
Just a reminder he use to be in charge and nothing much changed during his reign at the CPD.
Also, yes I am CPD and yes maybe I do have a little insomnia troubles, but I call it how I see it. Nice guy probably, but not going to make things better for us. He is simply a yes man who got dumped and is now looking for the pay day.
I understand he has some fans, but he is no longer in charge, you do not have to keep sucking up to him because he got you your merit spot or gave you answers to the test prior to the test so it all looks legit, but in reality that is just another merit spot the powers that be allow.
Remember its all legit and on the up and up.
Maurer does need to flap his mouth because everyone who works at O'hare knows the security risks there. Shame on the administration at O'Hare for not taking the necessary corrections. And when something happens, Daley will stand there sweating and stuttering and putting the blame on someone else. This should be his number one concern and it isn't. This is the guy who sneaks in bulldozers in the middle of the night to rip up that "threat" Meigs Field. Vote him out.
Who gives a shit about badges...how about the south end of the airport. Yeah there is a fence there but who says you just cant climb up the embankment, walk the train tracks that cross irving park road and you are on the airfield. That airport is a disaster waiting to happen
What Maurer pointed out to Channel 2 about the employee parking on the airfield is nothing new or something Maurer discovered as a security weakness. Unfortunately, American and United Airlines carry the weight at O'Hare and since ALL city employees at O'Hare are paid from a from an account funded by the air carriers, the city has been hard pressed to tell the airlines to fuck off and park somewhere else. So it wasn't something Maurer, or Townsend or anyone else discovered. The issue will finally be resolved by the reconfiguration of the airport after the new runways are completed. End of story.
About 30 years of his career as an exempt, now he is a concerned reformer.
That's bullshit saying Maurer never brought this issue up until after he was dumped. He'd been bitching about this very issue for years, and trying to get the higher ups--including DALEY-- to do something about it. Stop chiming in if you don't know what you're talking about.
Hey no matter how high up Maurer went, he would still ride on calls. I remember him getting three flat tires chasing some shitheads through an alley. More of a copper than jfled could ever wish to be. In all reality...what the hell happened at the Airport? There were over a hundred coppers assigned there...now they are way under. If something ever did happen, we are seriously fucked. This is not funny...I'm sure A LOT of FEDERAL money has been used in other places rather than what it was intended for...Securing an INTERNATIONAL Airport. Hey if he doesn't bitch about the conditions...who will??????? Climb to the mountain tops and yell it out...it is the TRUTH!
If you work downtown you can drive and pay to park or take public transportation. Airport should be the same. Shut down the entire inner perimeter to nothing but official essential vehicles!!!
Pay to park like everyone else!!!
Go check out security at Heathrow London!!!
Now that is tight!!!
Heavily armed police everywhere in pairs, armored vehicles outside, armor on outside perimeter patrol, 20 foot steel fence with razor wire around perimeter. Built like a prison!
THAT'S THE WAY TO GO!!
At the end of the day Maurer has a lawsuit against the city, and it would be helpful to his case to establish documented public concern about the safety of the airport, and in addition, he's never been one to shy away from a camera.
The only security Maurer cares about is his own JOB SECURITY.
Wasn't the Chief of DOA Daley's God Father, John Townsend, the 11th Warder who was the only person who tell Ass Hole Richard M. that he was wrong & the proper way to do things. Wasn't it Townsend who ran the Airport into the ground. And now we have Andelino, or what ever her name is, an made guy's daughter in charge! Just Asking!! ALL Daley could say is I didn't know!! He still hasn't given up the sponsor of Torres, from the Hire Truck Scandle
4/21/2010 09:56:00 AM
Yes you are correct about John "Jack" Townsend! According to my husband, a retired cop who unfortunely knew him and refused to kiss his ass EVER said all Townsend was qualified to do as a cop was hold a sign at a corner with a whistle and direct traffic, (and he wasn't even sure if Townsend could even handle that much multi-tasking) but since he was a clouted 11th ward asshole, he got to hold high positions in the CPD and from what I heard held the department back, and ran it into the ground. So if things are fucked up at O'Hare, I would imagine it started with Townsend, because he was a complete fucking dumbass.
Maurer and Peterson brought 95 % of the coppers to the airport. So whats Maurer's beef? Kids with 2 or 3 years on the job and spend their tour dodging jobs like a salty old timer.
Naw, Daley will come out of this smelling like a rose. All he'll have to say is "I didn't know" and all will be forgiven.
About 30 years of his career as an exempt, now he is a concerned reformer.
Good point. Maurer is about Maurer and nothing else. When he was Area 3 Deputy Chief they had to give him 2 offices; one for him and one for his ego.
If he ever did anything for you, don't be fooled. He only did it if he saw that it would benefit him.
I have clout and don't have to do anything.
Hey JIMMY! You still checking your thread to see what we're saying about you? Not like the Dugan days anymore, is it? Now you have a good idea about how you were perceived. By the way, WISTLEBLOWER is what you will be remembered as.
He's rattin out his own clout babies.
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