Cops Houses Burglarized
- A pair of home burglaries Friday in Chicago has police combing the streets. They're not typical break-ins. They happened at the homes of two Chicago police officers.
CBS 2 [...] reports that thieves got away with a 0.9 mm handgun, ammunition, a gun belt, a Chicago Police Department star and body armor vest -- all from one officer's home on the Southwest side. - About three miles away, also on the Southwest side, thieves hit another officer's home. Sometime between 4:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., they rummaged through two cars in the garage. Police say they took a stereo, a Chicago Police Department uniform shirt and name plate and a pair of handcuffs.
We don't know what to advise here - get a dog, a safe, an alarm, be aware you may be followed home. We are all targets. Be aware.
Labels: safety issues
posted by SCC at 12:31 AM
92 Comments:
Where was this at over in my area? We need to band together and watch these assholes
I advise taking the FOP medallions off of your vehicles, they have outlived their usefulness. There are very few places that you can go and get a parking courtesy anymore considering all of the private ticket writers Daley has stalking the neighborhoods. People don't like the police, what is the advantage to advertising you're the police?
secure your domicile as well as the dope dealers secure their stash house.
Too weird, 3,000 coppers short and if you work you get fucked.
What is happening is just to unfathomable, it is planned and orchestrated.
I call it a WAR against the CPD/ public safety guardians.
St. Michael the Archangel please watch over us.
There have been a lot of burglaries to cops homes on both north and south sides in the past year. And several home invasions of police. This is interesting since it doesn't seem random. I wonder if the list of p.o's names and addresses that was taken by a civilian employee a few years back is happening again.
Well some p.o.'s rallied for more civilians handling sensitive data... Lock your sh-t up and alert your neighbors. Think again on who you want hsndling our data.
This makes my skin crawl.
Sure, now it will be our faults for not securing the block! I am sooo tired!
The southwest fucking side?
Care to elaborate?
Is JFled somehow going to figure out how to blame the officers?
Yep. Watch.
I have my two pistols and ammo in a safe that nearly killed me to place in my closet. I always have one pistol on me and the other in the safe. I have an alarm system for my house and it's reasonable if you stay away from the national companies.
A protective dog, a gun and an alarm systel That's about as good as you can do- and if you can only do two, then the gun and the dog should be your two choices.
The gun is there for when you are home, the dog and alarm are there for when you aren't.
Really, a barking, sizable dog will dissuade all but the most determined n'er do wells. Most of these assholes are picking soft targets of opportunity. A protective dog substantially hardens up your home defense strategy. It will cause most of these turds to look elsewhere.
....okay. Now this is war.
We've had quite a few P.O.'s residences get hit up here in 016 with weapons and other property taken.I dont recall the media getting involved.
On one level - it is a burglary, so take better care of your security.
On another level - it could be some terrorist cell trying to procure enough "real" police gear to create some event and "be the police" on scene so they don't raise any suspicion.
Too farfetched?? In today's world - nothing can be overlooked.
It's like fucking Gotham City now.
Can anyone recommend a good sturdy safe? Got 4 pistols and a couple of long guns. Also for important papers and jewelry. Been looking on Amazon and Costco, but don't really know what to look for.
Don't need addresses, but anyone know if this happened in 008 or 022?
That's why I don't put medallion plus stickers in my car and advertise that I'm the Police. Not only that citizens and gangbangers would vandalize your car, NOBODY cares that we are POLICE anymore..
And you know what I don't fucking get? When I see straight up shitheads and gangbangers driving their pieces of shit cars with POLICE MEMORIAL PLATES!!!
where? Mt greenwood or garfield?
A good safe is the best way to keep your stuff safe, not a cheapo safe either. A good safe will cost about $300-$500 and will have 1" bolts around the door. The common burglar won't be able to get in, a pro would but most house burglars aren't that adept.
The southwest fucking side?
Care to elaborate?
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No asshole, I don't and neither did Channel 2 since they don't even list a neighborhood or block of occurrence. If you're the police which you obviously aren't there are at least 2 ways to find out via your district desk right at this very second.
Nothing to worry about here folks,
these are considered indoor crimes.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I have my two pistols and ammo in a safe that nearly killed me to place in my closet. I always have one pistol on me and the other in the safe. I have an alarm system for my house and it's reasonable if you stay away from the national companies.
5/22/2010 02:41:00 AM
who do you use?
I've never seen a 0.9 MM pistol.
What ever happened with all the light bars being stolen off of squads? I never heard about any arrests or recoveries.
Don't need addresses, but anyone know if this happened in 008 or 022?
5/22/2010 07:03:00 AM
That's correct.
Knowing the homeowner is armed when he/she gets home and will probably kill you should be deterrent enough.
I advise taking the FOP medallions off of your vehicles, they have outlived their usefulness.
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The medallions look swell on a lawnmower.
A bit OT, but related... 2 squad cars were set on fire last night around 0200 hrs off Nagel on the NWside. The canine patrol car sustained heavy damage. The other squad sustained less damage because my husband put the fire out before it spread. Thanks to the off duty copper who knocked on our door and alerted us about the fire. It was a long night and a disconcerting one knowing that someone was just outside my home setting a police car ablaze. Definitely appears that police are being targeted.
-concerned wife of cpd
THE POST ABOUT THE FOP MEDALLION HAVING LOST ITS USEFULNESS IS SO TRU.
METER MAIDS ACTUALLY WILL FOCUS IN ON UR RIDES AND LOOK A LITTLE HARDER AT UR CAR.
OFFICERS ON PATROL NOTICE THE MEDALLION AND IF UR TEENAGER IS IN IT GUESS WHAT TRAFFIC STOP.
THIEVES SEE THE MEDALLION AND KNOW U MIGHT JUST HAVE A PISTOL IN THE CAR AND R LIKELY TO HAVE NICE THINGS TO LOOT.
OFFICERS SPEND VERY LITTLE ON SECURITY REMEMBER DEPUTY PETERSON TV AND GUNS WERE TAKEN CHEAPEST LOCK ON A FLIMSY DOOR. THE GUY MAKES OVER 140K A YEAR AND HE HAS A 20$ LOCK.
BUT A REAL DOOR AND HAVE A SECURE DOOR FRAME!
BUY A REAL LOCK AND QUIT LEAVING CRAP IN UR YARD SO THE NEIGHBORS DONT ROB U.
HIDE UR WEAPONS IN A WALL SAFE.
IF U CAN AFFORD AN H-D TV AND MOUNT IT ON A WALL WITH SPEAKERS U CAN MAKE A HIDDEN WALL SAFE.
REMEMBER WHEN U CALL FOR THE REPORT THE E.T. WILL DO A HALF ASS JOB WITH PRINTS WATCH THEM.
AND THINK THE NEXT TIME U DO A REPORT AND PUT IN THE NARRATIVE SCENE CONTAMINATED BECAUSE THE NEXT HOUSE WILL BE URS
SCC, maybe you should not post this for security reasons but the info needs to get out to the suburban officers, esp in Lake and McHenry counties. ALL taxpayers addresses are available on the respective county Assessor's web sites. Just do a name search....and there is a copy of your tax bill along with a name of all owners....
If the Sec of State can change the address on your registration so it won't give your real address why can't the counties block some of their info upon request?
if you get an alarm system, make sure that it has a cell phone backup. If you do not, the alarm system is pretty much useless. I won't talk about why on this blog so I do not inform the uninformed who might misuse the information. But, all of the good burglars know why
There have been a lot of burglaries to cops homes on both north and south sides in the past year. And several home invasions of police.
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Several home invasions of police officers?
Name one.
It happened in 008.
If You Get A Safe, Invest In A Good Fire Proof One. Don't Get A Lock Box From Home Depot of Office Max.
I got mine from a Locksmith Shop.
They Delivered and Installed It.
You would need a forklift to removed it.
Will J-fled say that this is a crime that happened indoors therfore it can not be prevented?
The problems with an alarm service in 016 are the size of the district and the understaffing. Offenders would more than likely be long gone by the time a car could make the trip, and they know it.
I got a stack-on 5 ft safe. 8 deadbolts, electronic combo, and it is waterproof from menards for $600.
Cop cars torched on the nw side....
For my long guns i went to a gun shop. adequate. for my other things, including handguns, I went to my locksmith on 103rd st. Excellent product & installation. pricey, but well worth it.
WTF is going on? Coppers houses out South and now cars up North? Something is going on.
Two cop cars burned on NW side, arson suspected
Police suspect arson in the case of two police cars that were set on fire early Saturday on the Northwest side.
The first fire occurred at 2:15 a.m. in the Big Oaks neighborhood, and the second occurred about five minutes later in the Jefferson Park neighborhood, police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak said.
The Chicago Fire Department was called to extinguish the flames. Both incidents are being treated as arson, Kubiak said.
No one was injured, and it didn’t appear that the suspects tried to steal anything from the vehicles. Police are not releasing the exact locations of the fires because the cars were parked near officers’ homes, Kubiak said.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2304890,chicago-cop-cars-burned-052210.article
if you see a POS driving with a FOP medallion and they are not the police, that is your probable cause to arrest. it's a misdemeanor offense to have an FOP medallion when you are not the police.
OT: Anyone have any details on the K9 cars being torched on the northside?
Just so that all Officers know we are also targets for "Identity Theft"! Yes, this happened to me, a Police Officer just recently!
For example: Unknown Offenders used my personal information, unknown how obtained, and opened up a Peoples Gas Account over the phone in a shit southside neighborhood, this past winter and of course not one penny has been paid on the stolen account!
Peoples Gas Co. authorized the account to be opened over the phone based on stolen information and they allowed it!!!!!!
Now the Jagoff, Peoples Gas Company has me the victim jumping through hoops to prove that I did NOT open a gas account at the theft address!
The only way I found out about the "Identity Theft" is when I pulled my free yearly credit report through:
annualcreditreport.com
We are the perfect targets as most all of us have great incomes and pay our bills on time and have high credit scores! That is all the thieves need! Information can be grabbed anywhere even in our own Police Department!
I know for a fact, Police Officer information is NOT secured at 35th st. Any bozo with an "ax to grind" can find out everything about us via the computer! And the way the city has been screwing with all employees it's NOT hard to see that happen!
"Identity Theft" is even a bigger problem than a house burglary because it can mess you up for years!
Get the word out SCC!!!
No asshole, I don't and neither did Channel 2 since they don't even list a neighborhood or block of occurrence. If you're the police which you obviously aren't there are at least 2 ways to find out via your district desk right at this very second.
5/22/2010 08:04:00 AM
The only one being an asshole is YOU! Everyone on here wants to know where it happened. The news story is completely vague. We also know according to the news it could mean 100 different neighborhoods because they don't know the neighborhoods.
And if you could tell me what district desk has any kind of clue what is going on I'd give you a million bucks.
So, Relax numb-nuts.
The code word for today is booby trap.
What happened in 016 last night? Two take home squads torched? Anyone have more info?
If you buy a safe, keep in mind the door may be thick and beefy but the top, sides, and back is likely 10 ga steel.
Lag bolt the thing to the floor and wall it is against. It won't stop them but it slows them down a bit.
If some one knows you and your routine, time and a sawsall, or a thin abrasive wheel is going to breach your 'safe' aka 'residential security container'.
It does stop the bash and grab types and it keeps the kiddies away from your firearms.
A big mean dog. Fifteen yr olds hack into ADT alarms everyday, a can of spray paint disables a camera. Dog is the number one deterrent.
Two canine officers take-home vehicles torched in 016. A few months ago mars lights stolen, squad cars with gang grafitti in the police lots, That is what happens when our hand are tied; the beast becomes emboldened. Oh yeah, and some months back numerous propane tanks were stolen from the North side. Please be careful!!!!
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/police-suspect-arson-in-tourching-of-two-police-vehicles-over-night.html
2 Police Cars Torched !!
I'll be giving my guns to a fellow officer to care for when I go out of town for 8A furlo.
Get a house sitter. They will watch my castle, tend to the koi pond, feed and walk the dogs and do some light gardening. $220 a week and a case of beer. That's cheap insurance.
2010 02:51:00 AM
Anonymous said...
We've had quite a few P.O.'s residences get hit up here in 016 with weapons and other property taken.I dont recall the media getting involved.
5/22/2010 05:52:00 AM
What were the neighbors doing at the time of these burglaries????
My neighbors will have some explaining to do if I "get hit".
Consider putting lojack on some of your shit. When it's activated following a burlary; load up your shotgun and cap some thieving ass.
My house was almost burglarized on the north side. Make sure you have locks on all windows. I added a metal security door to the back and found these brackets at home depot for 4 dollar a piece and lagged them to the foundation with a piece of wood across the door for the stairs leading to the basement. might be overkill But my wife feels alot safer when im at work.
Your home address is not secure. Had a car accident years ago whereas the other driver just went into the station where I worked. The desk crew just gave him my home address and phone number. The reporting officer had put the station's address as mine.
When you fill out an application for anything, unless it is absolutely necessary (as in your mortgage),
DO NOT LIST OCCUPATION AS >> POLICE OFFICER.
Put down Supervisor for City of Chicago or Piano Player in a bordello.
Some years ago, a gangbangers mama worked in an insurance company and would watch applications for cops addresses so her Straight A Student could burglarize the home for weapons.
Also, do not have you or your kids put stuff like this on Face Books or other types of social pages.
>>>HERES A REAL WARNING!!!
The printers and the copiers in our stations, as well in our insurance company, doctor's, lawyer's and everyone else's office have hard drives built into them. These hard drive memories will retain an image of everything they copy or print. They will stay with the printer or copier unless they are erased or removed. These memory devices are goldmines for identity theft rings ALSO for IAD and Jody's Anti-First Amendment investigations.
make sure you get a safe that bolts into the floor. I would say one with a combo is better so your not searching for a key in a time of need. The locksmith on 103rd around damen sells safes, he is former CPD.
Take the stupid medallions off of your cars!
My house was burglarized and all the offender got was 3 years probation with a guilty plea to residential burglary.
I got two monsters on four legs and they will not only bark, but take a bite of anyone that comes in w/out family aroung.
Good locks on all doors, locks on windows and a few good canine friends will do it.
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Several home invasions of police officers?
Name one.
5/22/2010 10:54:00 AM
Just a couple weeks ago an off duty po shot a jerk breaking into his garage while he was at home. Get technical if you want.
Anonymous said...
WTF is going on? Coppers houses out South and now cars up North? Something is going on.
Two cop cars burned on NW side, arson suspected
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Another canine officer's car was set on fire a couple weeks ago. Didn't make the news because B&A said it wasn't arson that the car just caught fire while it was parked overnight. WTF. Yeah I guess they should change their tune now. Too bad the coppers personal vehicle got damaged as well since it was parked behind the pd vehicle.
Don't forget D/S house got broken into this past fall and a couple coppers homes in 016 got burglarized. Getting crazier out here.
HIDE UR WEAPONS IN A WALL SAFE.
IF U CAN AFFORD AN H-D TV AND MOUNT IT ON A WALL WITH SPEAKERS U CAN MAKE A HIDDEN WALL SAFE.
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When they take the HDTV they'll think they hit the jackpot seeing your wall safe back there....
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I have my two pistols and ammo in a safe that nearly killed me to place in my closet. I always have one pistol on me and the other in the safe. I have an alarm system for my house and it's reasonable if you stay away from the national companies.
5/22/2010 02:41:00 AM
I'd also like to know what alarm companies are reasonable. My searches keep hitting on ADT, Binks, etc...
What were the neighbors doing at the time of these burglaries????
My neighbors will have some explaining to do if I "get hit".
5/22/2010 06:15:00 PM
Why would it be your neighbors fault? Maybe they have jobs and other responsibilities other than watching your house. Just saying!
I work in 008 on mids and have a 1yr old, 24 gun safe for sale. If you have 400 bucks, some extra help, and a way to get a 500lb safe home its yours. Send me a email if you are serious. I will only sell it to a po.
suprhoss@yahoo.com
lets not forget about k9 car and unmarkded set on fire
Having an FOP medallion on a vehicle is not a crime that I know of and even if it was the FOP would have to sign a complaint and they won't. The FOP hands them out to recruits, before they are P.O.'s, at the academy in the first month. It is illegal to display the medallion on the license plate even if it does not block the plate info.
Care to elaborate?
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No asshole, I don't and neither did Channel 2 since they don't even list a neighborhood or block of occurrence. If you're the police which you obviously aren't there are at least 2 ways to find out via your district desk right at this very second.
5/22/2010 08:04:00 AM
Im on furlo. On a beach. far away. Im NOT calling work.
Daley said to stick all your guns up your butt. I know I'm not going in there looking for 'em.
This has been going on for a while. Check March, on the fax messages. They hit three coopers and a cook county sheriff. I check the the fax massages a we are geting hit once to twice a week and its all over the city. The crime trends are burglarys are up and we live here too. All we can do is lock them up. If I was retied I would get the hell out of here.
i went and got me a nice 100 pound safe from walmart(had the wife carry it in)....after i got robbed coupla years ago,good price,i lag bolted it to the floor like another person said.got a sentry model.the policeman that came out to my house (1611) said to me thats the most reasonable thing.even if they get it out of the house they will be noticed taking it down the street.and i have a rottweiler too.seriously...the jagoffs gave him some cookies or something and he didnt go after them.the cop was kind of cracking up.boy was i pissed at my dog.i bet that happens with dogs a lot.still,there is no better protection for your kids than a dog.thanks for letting me post here.
make sure you get a safe that bolts into the floor. I would say one with a combo is better so your not searching for a key in a time of need. The locksmith on 103rd around damen sells safes, he is former CPD.
103rd & Damen - intersection does not exist. Do you mean 103rd & Wood? Good place.
RE: burglar alarms. Someone else mentioned it. MAKE SURE THERE IS A CELLULAR BACKUP. Without it you are buying a toy.
I'd also like to know what alarm companies are reasonable. My searches keep hitting on ADT, Binks, etc...
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Try Beverly Burglar alarm. Reasonable and he will work with the police very well.
Im on furlo. On a beach. far away. Im NOT calling work.
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Then you are a moron and deserve whatever happens to you. Stop bitching.
The media finally reports something the way we all have been insisting on for years without drawing a road map to the scene and suddenly everyone on this open and public board is asking for specifics on the address and saying they aren't going to call the district desk to check the ADMIN fax messages or have someone they know run a Data Warehouse search?
WTF people?
Having an FOP medallion on a vehicle is not a crime that I know of and even if it was the FOP would have to sign a complaint and they won't. The FOP hands them out to recruits, before they are P.O.'s, at the academy in the first month. It is illegal to display the medallion on the license plate even if it does not block the plate info.
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Take a look at page 139 of the F.O.P book.
Anonymous said...
Having an FOP medallion on a vehicle is not a crime that I know of and even if it was the FOP would have to sign a complaint and they won't. The FOP hands them out to recruits, before they are P.O.'s, at the academy in the first month. It is illegal to display the medallion on the license plate even if it does not block the plate info.
5/23/2010 12:20:00 AM
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It IS a crime and you can sign as a member of FOP. Check out the statutes. "that I know of" does not relieve you of your responsibility to know the law.
If you are considering buying a safe, watch this 5 minute video to see how amateur thiefs can open your $1000 safe in under 2 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhOjWHbD6M
Vegas has the desert, Chicago has the forest preserve.
I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW POOR OUR 911 SERVICE IS, ESPECIALLY THE CALL TAKERS THAT TOOK THE CALL FOR THE GARAGE BURGLARY. I HAD TO REQUEST A SUPERVISOR-911 TO SEND OUT A CAR BECAUSE THE OPERATOR WANTED TO SEND IT TO CALL-BACK.
I TOLD HER I WAS THE POLICE, AND SHE SAID
'WE DON'T SEND CARS OUT FOR THAT, UNLESS IT JUST HAPPENED, YOU CAN DO A REPORT OVER THE PHONE."
EXCUSE ME. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT E.T.'S COME OUT ON CALL BACK!!!!
SO MUCH FOR BEING THE POLICE.
IT'S FUCKING SAD, WHEN A POLICE OFFICER HAS TO WAIT TWO AND A HALF HOURS FOR SERVICE.
I THOUGHT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN, FASTER THAN THAT..
W.GODINEZ 013-DIST.
If your looking for a company that sells gun safes and gives discounts to officers check out a lock company in 012. He's friendly to 012 coppers and his shop is on Jackson just before Morgan, north side of the street. Always stated he'd give a discount to a cop if you mention your one. Has about 5-10 different types on sight and tons of magazines to look through.
Having an FOP medallion on a vehicle is not a crime that I know of and even if it was the FOP would have to sign a complaint and they won't. The FOP hands them out to recruits, before they are P.O.'s, at the academy in the first month. It is illegal to display the medallion on the license plate even if it does not block the plate info.
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Please tell this joker to get off the blog because obviously he doesn't have a fucking clue what he was talking about....
Anonymous said...
I'll be giving my guns to a fellow officer to care for when I go out of town for 8A furlo.
5/22/2010 06:08:00 PM
Or just lock your shit up in your locker at work
First they have to find your safe. If you have a concrete basement floor...there you go.
Jamaicans put tarantulas and boa constrictors and shit in the rooms where their valuables are located. But a trained dog works too.
>>>Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
I'll be giving my guns to a fellow officer to care for when I go out of town for 8A furlo.
5/22/2010 06:08:00 PM
Or just lock your shit up in your locker at work
5/24/2010 12:49:00 AM<<<
I had guns stolen out of a locker at work, the old station didn't have much security back then.
>>>First they have to find your safe. If you have a concrete basement floor...there you go.
5/24/2010 12:53:00 AM<<<
As the saying goes, a well kept secert is worth more than a thousand locks.
There are several good books on how to conceal things, from burglars and from the government. Google the search from Amazon and see what's available.
Lock up non police shady people with fop medallions, I do but Asa and judges refuse to prosecute. Burglar bars, deadbolt locks, burglar alarm, big dog, decent safe lag bolted to the floor and wall studs, and motion lights on the outside of the house. I have en all and knock on wood, I haven't been hit! I'm sick of the lies and paper shuffling. We're short about 3000 officers out there and the scumbags know it! Oh yeah, who said we have to be budgeted for 13,500 officers. Raise that to 15,000 , hire the 3000 we're short plus the add'l 1500 and then take back the streets. The mayor is such a stroke and so are the shaky higher ups.
Alarm Detection Services is good - good service, reasonable. http://adsalarm.com/
'Having an FOP medallion on a vehicle is not a crime that I know of and even if it was the FOP would have to sign a complaint and they won't. The FOP hands them out to recruits, before they are P.O.'s, at the academy in the first month. It is illegal to display the medallion on the license plate even if it does not block the plate info.
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Take a look at page 139 of the F.O.P book.'
Actually, the original poster is correct. Inspectors will cite you for having an FOP medallion attached to your license plate, and there is a statute against it.
5/23/2010 10:24:00 AM
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