Station Problems
Daley's capital improvements of police stations has been a pretty spectacular success. By success, we mean for connected construction companies. We're starting an office pool to see which building gets condemned first...or falls down:
- 001 leads the pack with the video from yesterday with the settlement cracks, jammed doors and sinking floors. The only things holding that building together are the drywall and plumbing pipes;
- Headquarters is a close second with the walls that don't touch the floor. Masters and J-Fled were seen racing hot wheel cars down the 5th Floor hallway which at last count had a 5 degree slope toward Georgas' office. And we can only imagine that the parking lot that drains toward the building is the envy of architects worldwide;
- 016 with the shifting parking structure is a wonder;
- 022 has begun its slow decline with sticky doorways and "settlement" cracks toward the center of the building;
- 010 with its top notch electric system triggers false fire alarms regularly and the sally port door is almost working 30% of the time;
And in case you think the old buildings aren't holding up their end:
- 012 and 013 are rumored to be asbestos contaminated;
- 002 has toxic mold;
- 011 has mold and open sewer pipes that give the entire station a certain "eau de toilette" feel;
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No need to worry, SCC. 011 never fails to disappoint. Pictures forthcoming very soon. The men's locker room is an OSHA nightmare. And should any fertile female ever wander in there by accident, she'd leave either impregnated, with an STD, or both. Some of the shit living in there will outlive cockroaches AND Keith Richards.
Stay tuned.
class action law suit
Don't forget 016's windows wont close because building sinking and the non-funtioning sally port that is the midnight captains personal parking spot.
BTW why is the heat always on???
How about 025's weird cancer deaths for long term employees???
The old 006th district was a toxic cancer cluster. About 40 po's and bosses I knew including three former commanders and a former supt contracted some form of cancer from the 819 W 85th st station. The Halsted station is dilapidated and vermin infested and has major structural faults and problems.
I remember the flood in the hallway in 011 a few years back from the faulty pipes in the ceiling. It was like Niagara Falls and the wonderful maintenance that couldn't get it to stop.
Let's not mention the stench coming from the bathrooms.
~ Frustrated in 011
008 in the property room in the rear of the station has a large crack like the one seen in 001 from top to bottom with part of the ceiling cracking from the stress and hanging down about 3 inches or so in one corner... well built
Homan Square-Falling bricks. Bad plumbing.
006 has a nice sized crack in the center wall in the mens locker room near the ceiling. It was about an 1/8 th. of an inch wide 10 years ago now it's 5/8 th to 3/4 of an inch.4 to 5 feet long.
What about 023 leaking actual sewage water from the pipes in the basement... where the lockers are!
Things you can't see in the video;
1. The ceiling is now domed from the buckling of the walls.
2. There is at least a 2 inch gap where the wall used to meet the floor.
3. You can see into the next room through the gaps in the wall.
4. The door jam is completely twisted and the door can no longer close.
5. The caulking that was put into the crack to conceal it is now stretched and broken.
if the parts we see are that deteriorated, how bad are the lockups? thats all we need are nice cracks in the brick work for the mutts to dig through...
Don't forget Area 5 with plastic drainage tubes running from the ceiling into garbage cans to reduce moisture in the ceiling from the leaking roof.
Hot Wheels eh? I guess they play with Barbies and G.I. Joes inside the office. After all,
Role playing is very important to development.
AHHHHHHHH, the Bee-yuuu-tee-full sound of the most COMPETENT hammers being "swung", the glint in the 134 sparky's eyes as he caps that last wire, locals 1 and 9 awaiting his request(s)...the building would've had no worries, that is of course if you wanted IT BUILT RIGHT, and didn't actually give this to some politically connected MINORITY-OWNED list of hacks, who would rather horribly do/not finish a job for which they had a "contractural agreement" to do so...or, that they just don't give a "F"....either way,..the city is falling apart CITIZENS...and if you were lucky enough to have a CPD member as your neighbor, you should have taken notice a few years ago, when every one of us was telling you that the mayor not only hates us (the Police) but all of you who impede his profiterring and flat-out plundering from every one of you. HE IS A HACK WHO STEALS FROM US - plain and simple...wake up and learn!
021 is the sickest deathtrap ever. mold covered locker room that floods after every moderate rainstorm, giant cockroaches that do more foot patrol than the officers, pothole pocked parking lot, and cracked and flaking facade. the air in the station is so thick with mold, possible asbestos, and permanent prisoner funk that cancer is definitely thriving. i pray every day for an end to this hellhole of a police station.
You forgot 008 with its mystery cracked water pipes an perennial broken side entry door handle,.... p.s. gun lockers 50% broken or 50% working?
Don't give Asbestos a bad rap. I removed it for ten years before becoming a cop and it's easier to remove or contain then all the problems in the new buildings.
OFF TOPIC - may I please add that one of the greatest gang specialist of old yore passed away today. Mister Richard Obartuch. When organized crime actually worked organized crime. Back in the day. Richie was there. Please pray for him and his family. Richie you were incredible, and you still are. Thank you.
You mean, like that yellow water raining down in the 014th's watch commander's office a few months ago? The circulation fan in the rollcall room that can't be switched off and sounds like a helicopter landing on your head? The front doors that are taped off because of water leaking from the roof and ceiling? The million-dollar neon "art" ceilng installation that doesn't light up? The stairs that aren't a consistent riser-height from step to step? The shin-deep potholes in the parking lot? The lot lights that work only when venus is in retrograde? That kind of stuff?
The 10th District, the 16th, the 18th, the 22nd, and all the other new stations of similar designs have been called ALAMO MODERN.
They were designed as missions not as forts. There’s too much glass, entrances which cannot be watched from a one point, parking lots which cannot be secured and security systems which were never properly designed or installed.
If a civil disturbance erupts the front windows will be shattered and there is no way you are going to defend those stations without people getting hurt.
The heating and air conditioning systems leave some areas to freeze and some rooms become ovens. There is no control over them without calling for an engineer. The handicapped shower stalls demanded by the American with Disabilities Act cause flooded locker rooms.
The front public areas could have been designed with more protection for desk personal, like they have in almost every modern suburban station.
The people in charge of police buildings should ask those who actually work there what should be changed. But they will consult a policy group who never sets foot in a real police station.
023's new building is still under construction...maybe a building inspector should stop by.
Don't forget the new 009th District station: the door to the processing room is continually broken, major safety issue. The power goes off in the building just about every day, leaving officers who are doing case reports or arrest reports on the computers in a jam when their reports disappear into limbo. Then there is the wonderful alarms that go off due to the pump room failures. Add to this mix the wonderful backed up sewer smells! What great new buildings we have!
All old districts are mold, mildew and cockroach infested. Area five is tecnically the most new area building, and it has been visited by OSHA on many occasions since day one. Nothing happens.
Yet we all pay high medical bills out of our pockets (because its not covered) to go to Doctor Dolly Thomas and get our allergy shots and presciptions that basically do nothing.
Thank you so much Mayor Ahole Daley for caring about us like you care about yourself.
We have mold in 003... the damn arrestees complain about the interview rooms leaking on them...
Get ready, 023 is about to enter the derby!
Homan Square has a problem with a lot of people on the 2nd floor who do not know how to do a Vice Case Report or write a Search Warrant....
But the phone lines work just fine - as evident by all the phone calls made to Ernie Brown after the summer detail order came out last week.
Thank God for Ma bell!
Besides the crappy construction, who designed them???????
Built after 9-11 so why are they so accessible and open????
Do you really need westside felons wandering around in a lobby 60 yards wide?? No metal detectors??? WTF? How many times and places has someone walked into a station the last 15 years and opened fire???
And good thing the front desk is 30 yards long on granite counter top for the (wink,wink) 1 po working it?
Why do you need a twelve foot tall, 3 foot wide steel bathroom door in lock-up for the officers? There isn't a door to get in there that big so WTF???? Other than it was more expensive to custom make it.
Why do windows gotta be super extra large that require an electronic shade system other than more$$$?
Why do exterior doors have to be crappy catch locks that never work?
Why do sinks in bathrooms locker rooms gotta be the most expensive looking contraption, poorest water delivery system ever made????(you gotta see these things)
I can go on and on but whatever! Sorry for the rant but no wonder the city has no money they waste it on everything.
Did the jag off policy group have something to do with this too????? I hate that some jag can screw shit up so bad and nothing ever happens.
off topic regarding the kid that ran onto the baseball field and got tazered. chief ramsay " I STAND BEHIND MY OFFICER 100%". nice to hear that.
011 has mold and open sewer pipes that give the entire station a certain "eau de toilette" feel;
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You have hose water down the pipes every now and then... that would take of that.
Instead, if the city wanted to fix it some other way they will just pay some connected contractor $100,000 and it would still be fucked up.
Hey, that's not an open sewer in 011, it's our water fall. It's located in the mens locker room just outside of the latrine. Call it a water element, it sounds fancy that way.
Let's not forget the 025th district. In the Building Engineer's office, a giant hole exists that shoots out fire and brimstone. It's not only a safety issue, it's also a career killer! Evil demons and Indian ghosts pull any officer thy can get their evil mitts on into the bloody vortex of callback, prison, or the unemployment line!
Unfortunately, most officers don't know about this safety hazard until it's too late......
How can you leave 025 out? Who can forget the leaking roof. The City fix ..... baking pans in the drop ceiling with hoses down the wall into the garbage cans. I think I saw that on an early This Old House episode.
Now lets give the parents in the ghetto another $60 MILLION to walk their own kids to school so they don't shoot each other! YEAH!
012 is real bad in the basement. Whenever it rains, the walls ooze and I cant really say that it's water coming out either. It's more like water, oil, asbestos, cancer causing sludge mix and god knows whatever else.
Placing anything on the floor of your locker will result in a water logged mess which you would have to throw away.
Sorry for the OT SCC but I'd like to (again) get the info out in a more current post. THANKS!
IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL ATTENDING THE 2010 NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C.
The announced time for the main memorial service in front of our nation's Capitol has just been changed!
The scheduled time of 12 noon has been pushed up 1 hour to 11:00 a.m.
Again, in order for the CPD to maintain their prime spot up front as the first police agency, we asked that you arrive at least 1/2 early to keep this honored tradition.
We are asking all CPD personnel and supporters in attendance for the 2010 Washington DC Memorial Service on May 16th to arrive by 10:30 hrs. and to spread the word of this (first ever) time change.
Thanks to all for your support.
"All Gave Some Because Some Gave All"
Ah yes, 011 is a cockroach paradise. For starters, the mold and mildew is on every floor, in every bathroom. The lockup...well the insect population will rival the prisoner population any given day. The female locker room...sewage dripping down any time certain toilets are flushed on the second floor (you can see the brown stains that run down the wall). Female locker room also comes complete with rat traps and no hot water in the faucets. The men's locker room...well, you can smell it from 50 feet away. Any piece of metal in the building has become a jagged, rusty death trap. But not to worry, every time a sink leaks or a toilet overflows, maintenance is there to cover it with a plastic bag for weeks.
025...The Island of Lost Toys
019/A3 is asbestos contaminated too.
Some time ago some environmental people came and took samples and would not reveal what they found. It's insulating all the pipes up in the false ceilings and the place would have to be totally shut down and sealed off to remove that stuff.
Anyone want to make sure, just slide back those acoustic tiles, take some of that flaky stuff off the pipes and send it to the EPA. but be careful.
Anonymous said...
023's new building is still under construction...maybe a building inspector should stop by.
5/06/2010 03:05:00 AM
And do what, lose their job? No City building inspector will ever find anything negative with a City police station.
The gas tanks at Area 1 used to leak so badly that the basement of Area 1 reeked of raw gasoline whenever the tanks over at the garage were refueled. Those tanks were a city block away!
No one could stay in that basement during or right after a refuel because the gasoline stench was so overpowering.
OSHA only reacts if they are threatened, then only after dragging their feet.
Years ago, one of our union guys really had balls and actually had OSHA come out and get something done. They even had to tear down a small building because of him! I don't see that happening now. OSHA would rather endander police officers lives than embarass a freind on Obama
And how can we forget Near North H.S. I believe it was shut down by the city because of health hazards. So the city gave it to the Police.
015 we get to share the parking lot with shitheads, gang funerals are often conducted next door. Its great when they park in OUR lot. Cars often get keyed, It feels good to let the comunnity be part of our station.
Don't use the gun lockers in the new stations. I hear officers have to pry the lock open to get their guns back. They need to get rid of the whole locking up your gun while in the processing area. Since no officers trust the stations gun lockers they often leave them in other areas. Lets face it, the gun lockers DO NOT WORK! instead of putting an officers firearm elsewhere, we should just keep on our persons.
Make sense?
How about 025's weird cancer deaths for long term employees???
25th dist...useto be in 24.A lot of P.O. s have died from all kinds of cancer.Thank God i m out of there.
024- leaking roof, rising floor, no working ac (except for the portable units in front office/commanders office ) lockup doors that stick, etc
The water pipes in the 005th dist leak, as well as the roof on the Area2 side.
How about the old 007th district lead paint covered building. Just paint over it and no one will notice.
I have a suggestion: use the AVON mask Homeland Security gave us to walk into the station to start & end the tour
OT: Major pension news from an FOP. The city and state drew up a bill and were trying yesterday to get it introduced and passed which would lower our pension percentage calculator and extend the minimun retirement age. So basically we wouldn't get to retire till 57 or so and max would be 72%. I guess they have a lot of backers down there in springfield and this has a very good chance of passing.
This is getting very scary guys.
012-as soon as you walk in, it smells like the morgue...
at least 5 people i know has or had cancer...
men's locker room flooded completely on one of our last rain storm...
and the list goes on and on and on!
The academy is an older building but has been sinking for years!
Check out the slope in the front hallway by the ADS office, then look at the 5 inch gap behind the wall for the security desk!
The sewer stench in the Admin. section will make you pass out!
In the summer there are mosquito's everywhere. I could see a few getting in when a door is opened, but this is like they breed there. There was a LT. that worked there that hung a mosquito zapper in his office because there were so many!
When they remodeled, caulk was used to cover the biggest cracks.
Check out the women's staff washroom on the first floor! They filled the to inch wide cracks with caulk (all over the place (up, down, sideways.)
The academy must have been the first contract that Walsh had with the city!!!!!
>>>Anonymous said...
off topic regarding the kid that ran onto the baseball field and got tazered. chief ramsay " I STAND BEHIND MY OFFICER 100%". nice to hear that.
5/06/2010 07:25:00 AM<<<
J-FLed would pull a Cozzi on the officer if that happened at Wriggley Field or the Cell.
What the Cubs and Sox should do is hire the defensive ends from the Bears, uniform them as security guards and have microphones on them. When it happens here turn them loose and turn up the volumn. You will hear the pounding of their running feet, the snorting and panting of their breath as they near their prey, the crushing 000FF as the lungs colapse and the bones break, the blood spurts as he is smeared onto the freshly cut grass under a half ton of fast moving muscle.
THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!
Who says baseball has to be dull.
Nothing but the best for CPD!
Anonymous said...
Homan Square-Falling bricks. Bad plumbing.
5/06/2010 12:39:00 AM
At least, Homan Square is over 100 years old.
The new stations should not have this leval of crumbling.
023's new building is still under construction...maybe a building inspector should stop by.
5/06/2010 03:05:00 AM
And hopefully the inspector won't be 19 years old and the son of a connected union official.
That's no rumor in 012. Just look at the end of the old firing range where they just sealed up the cracks instead of removing it. Also, just about every time it rains 012 has an indoor swimming pool down there!!!
Every time it rains you need a canoe to get to your car in 006. (All one man canoes of course.)
AREA 2 IS THE WORST. THE A/C AND HEAT ARE ALWAYS MESSED UP. THE HEAT ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. AVERAGE TEMP THIS WINTER 92. THEY PUT NEW WINDOWS ON THAT LEAK AND THAT CAN'T OPEN TO KEEP THE GERMS AND HEAT LOCKED INSIDE. THE OUTSIDE PRISON LOOK WAS COVERED WITH A CHECKERBOARD SIDING. IT'S BUILT BY THE DUMPS. THERE IS A HIGHER RATE OF CANCER IN THAT AREA, DUE TO THE DUMPS. ALL TOGETHER IT'S A DUMP AND A JOKE OF A POLICE BUILDING. RAT HOLE!!!!!!
RUMOR HAS IT...Detectives may be put on 12 hour shifts to help the department save on O.T.
There's a cat that lives outside the 006th district station. Even he knows not to come inside.
Stop bitching already. Why should police stations be any different from the pot hole streets and other third world niceties like a dictator who steals from the people and keeps them down by disarming them and forcing them to live where they don't want to?
All of the aforementioned stations are fycking horrible...but dont forget about 021.
Anyone out there remember the range under the stands at Soldier Field? And Tex? Rain water would leak in and fill up the plastic covers over the flourescent lights. Range personnel would call building maintenance or the electricians to fix it--and they would come and drill holes in the plastic covers to let the water out. Tex would shake his head and say, "You know, back on the mountain where I come from in Tennessee they know better than that." Those days are gone, but it seems like the problems persist. . .
Have you checked out the new look at Area-2?
It now looks like a factory. How many millions spent for this up-grade?
The roof now leaks in all areas of the building.
They replaced all the windows and none of them open, except in the engineers office.
The Air still don't work but hasn't for 5 years.
The plumbing is bad, they just keep putting plastic bags over the toilets.
The new drywall installed is cracking.
Ceiling panels were remove and never replaced.
Several of the out door support columns are rusted away at the base and the others are sinking into the ground.
$200,000.00 worth of artwork was removed by the construction company and thrown into a dumpster.
The Grass (weeds) have not been cut yet this tear and is a foot tall.
Yet we pay the highest taxes in the country!!!
Nothing topped 1850 W. Washington! But we did have secret locked "porn" room.....
OT. Speaking of crap. Hey 023 you wanna come and get your LT. back from us in 016. Its not funny, come and get him. We will leave him in front of station.
Thank God for Ma bell!
5/06/2010 07:03:00 AM
You made me spit out my pop - too funny and way too true.
I have worked out of or been in every station in the city. 021 is by far the worst. No other station even comes close. You don't here much complaining because it covers an area that has gotten much better to work in over the years people like working there and are afraid it will be closed and the district broken up. Nonetheless it really is dangerous in many ways.
Been goung on since the stone-age.
024 opened up behind schedule in 1979 because the windows didn't fit and had to be re-done.
Ho-humm, what else is new?
Don't forget the mysterious leaking ceilings and mosquitoes breading in the air-ducts in the glorious 18th District!
011 might be a shit hole, but I still love it! You can keep those new stations with the cameras and recordings.
Don't forget Area 2 with the garbage cans and buckets all over the second floor to catch the torrent of water leaking in when it rains!
close 2 , 11 , 12 & 13
realign district boundries
end of problem
4 less commanders
12 less captains
28 less lts
100 less sgts
24 less caps officers
100 less hidden office police officers and now we're not so short
frees up 120 aggressive tactical officers
jfled act on this now
oops goota run and ask da mayor
This is really pathetic. Like someone can call the City to complain and shut the place down. Not gonna happen.
Isn't there another authority that can step in with this. I mean, if the fucking bldg collapses (and that is a possibility if it's not structurally sound) people will get hurt. It's a safety issue. If those buildings were homes, you wouldn't be able to pass inspection, let alone get a mortgage!
---not a cop
024-rains indoors when it rains. mold growing on the floors...absolutely disgusting. so much funk in the air the front desk has headaches/sinus issues constantly
no keys to the juvy room.
absolutely no cars that are under 90,000 on the odometer
front office takes away all the printers and then locks the front office when they leave at 4:58...so no one can get to paper/contact cards/etc.
i would suffer all of this if we didn't have to deal with the completely worthless A/3 detective division....
Off topic, as a donstate cop I was once again impressed with the number of CPD cops and the Pipe and Drum corps at the state memorial in Springfield today to honor not only your fallen but the others as well. Made me sick to have to listen to J-Fled talk about officers running toward the face of danger instead of away given what I have read on here daily and seen with his interview where he "didn't hear" the gun fire. Stay safe up there.
speaking of shit in 011...wtf is penny doing running around there for 2 days????
Anonymous said...
OT: Major pension news from an FOP. The city and state drew up a bill and were trying yesterday to get it introduced and passed which would lower our pension percentage calculator and extend the minimun retirement age. So basically we wouldn't get to retire till 57 or so and max would be 72%. I guess they have a lot of backers down there in springfield and this has a very good chance of passing.
This is getting very scary guys.
5/06/2010 10:41:00 AM
That would be a massive change. We need to hear from Mike Shields. Hauser told me different figures at the last FOP meeting but I would trust Shields more.
new pension bill will raise minimum age to 57 ,maximum 70 % of salary and no paid health insurance
Jan 2013
employee contribution increase
11.5 %
good luck hair gels
Instead of the state and city worrying about lowering our pensions to say 57 years and 72%, why dont they think about lowering the 80% that judges and legislators get along with the state police and some county employees And also look at the other plans like the state police, etc that calculate your pension on the last DAY worked, not the average of 4 years
You would think that this would be a nice juicy story on the order of hired truck if any reporter had the balls to investigate. Get some hidden camera shots inside the buildings. Hell, headquarters is a mess. I was up there once and got dizzy from the floors being so wavy. this should be a give me for some bright reporter. they won't because we are not "sympathetic" characters, everyone hates us. Forget about how the tax payers have been ripped off by paying for patronage building boom.
The front public areas could have been designed with more protection for desk personal, like they have in almost every modern suburban station.
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Let's get one thing clear. I do not care about your protection.
I do not care about your job or what you think you need to do your job.
I do not care about the law. I do not care if it is enforced.
I care about votes.
If making you arrest people will get me votes, then I will make you arrest people. I will open up units and give you goodies to do my bidding and you will do it because you are stupid. If your arrests are legal or illegal, I do not care.
If putting you into a jail cell will get me votes, then I will put you into a jail cell. I do not care if you are charged when no one else would be. I do not care if you are found not guilty after many years in limbo. I will just put another one of you into jail.
If more people are murdered, then the guns did it. If less people are murdered, then it is only by my hand that they lived.
I do not care if you like this city. This is my city. I let you live here.
I am the boss. It is not my job to care about you. It is your job to do what I tell you to do.
I am the boss of you. I am the boss of everyone.
-Dick
Anyone else at the Springfield Memorial hear our fearless leader speak.......sounded like a robot completely devoid of emotion. Kurt Kaner put all the talking heads to shame.
i hate tom point out the obvious but isnt that the chicago way. just look at the streets and highways, by bthe time they finish fixing them, its time to start all over again. werent our express ways supposedly the top in the nation and yet there is always something that need to get done to them. bullshit. but its the real world and we all pay for it
021 is asbestos contaminated. I was told by an engineer that if they were to remove the floor tiles," The Asbestos ones " the station would have to be closed down during the process, the entire building would have to be sealed and the workers would have to wear special suits. Imagine all the people that work in this shit every day, if ytou drop something, when you pick it up it has red dust on it. Asbestos tile dust, Maybe the FOP should send OSHA there. HELLO....
hey, question from a non-cop...did castle construction build these stations?? isn't there some news that the owner of castle is in some deep doo-doo with the feds???
Just close 021 already, raw sewage in the locker room, mold, Asbestos, and freezing in the winter and Hot as hell in the summer. Last winter it was 40degrees in the station.
Funny to hear the same problems on the other side...our firehouses are in the same condition....they are just slapping perfume on a pig...most of these house are easily 60-100 years old. Most of the old houses you can't even go in to the basements...the one behind your 022 district - you are not even allowed into the basement - it's condemned between the water leaks, sewage leaks and mold... The one thy closed last year had the ceiling dropping on people, you would be covered in a fine white dust by the next day and have a HORRIBLE cough when you went home..
A think of Daley and the aldercrooks as Slum lords and much like Joe Pesci's character - they should be made to live, work and function in those environments... You know damn well, if this was their offices, there would be MAJOR overhauls!!
Don't forget about Area 5, a real dump.
Anonymous said...
012-as soon as you walk in, it smells like the morgue...
at least 5 people i know has or had cancer...
men's locker room flooded completely on one of our last rain storm...
and the list goes on and on and on!
5/06/2010 11:07:00 AM
At least FOUR people are battling cancer NOW in 012!!Most of the PO's suffer allergies and/or sinus problems.Lead,asbestos.mold and heavy layers of dust in the mens locker room truly make this one of the worst in the city.
Anonymous said...
The academy is an older building but has been sinking for years!
Check out the slope in the front hallway by the ADS office, then look at the 5 inch gap behind the wall for the security desk!
The sewer stench in the Admin. section will make you pass out!
In the summer there are mosquito's everywhere. I could see a few getting in when a door is opened, but this is like they breed there. There was a LT. that worked there that hung a mosquito zapper in his office because there were so many!
When they remodeled, caulk was used to cover the biggest cracks.
Check out the women's staff washroom on the first floor! They filled the to inch wide cracks with caulk (all over the place (up, down, sideways.)
The academy must have been the first contract that Walsh had with the city!!!!!
5/06/2010 11:14:00 AM
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You forgot to mention when they "remodeled" the academy it was all cosmetic. The heating, air conditioning and plumbing are all the same. Nothing was done to upgrade these things. The building engineer has to climb a 12 foot ladder in numerous spots in order to open and close vents to regulate the heat and air conditioning. The automatic controls were shot years ago and even after numerous requests to fix or replace them nothing has been done.
And don't get me started on how they had to close the range for months because no ever replaced the air filters causing huge amounts of lead build-up over the years. All the range instructors have taken numerous blood tests to check their lead levels.
To paraphase the old building engineer in 001. "When the building collapse happens I sure hope its in the middle of 1st watch, and Im on vacation!"
Every time it rains you need a canoe to get to your car in 006. (All one man canoes of course.)
5/06/2010 12:22:00 PM
"99" canoes.
And how can we forget Near North H.S. I believe it was shut down by the city because of health hazards. So the city gave it to the Police.
5/06/2010 09:22:00 AM
I believe it was closed down because the new neighbors in the new buildings across the street didn't want to see the shitheads everyday from Cabrini. So they shipped those kids to Lincoln Park HS.
Besides the crappy construction, who designed them???????
Built after 9-11 so why are they so accessible and open????
Do you really need westside felons wandering around in a lobby 60 yards wide?? No metal detectors??? WTF? How many times and places has someone walked into a station the last 15 years and opened fire???
And good thing the front desk is 30 yards long on granite counter top for the (wink,wink) 1 po working it?
Why do you need a twelve foot tall, 3 foot wide steel bathroom door in lock-up for the officers? There isn't a door to get in there that big so WTF???? Other than it was more expensive to custom make it.
Why do windows gotta be super extra large that require an electronic shade system other than more$$$?
Why do exterior doors have to be crappy catch locks that never work?
Why do sinks in bathrooms locker rooms gotta be the most expensive looking contraption, poorest water delivery system ever made????(you gotta see these things)
I can go on and on but whatever! Sorry for the rant but no wonder the city has no money they waste it on everything.
Did the jag off policy group have something to do with this too????? I hate that some jag can screw shit up so bad and nothing ever happens.
5/06/2010 07:18:00 AM
Fucking architects think of that shit. They are useless on a construction site. They design things aesthetically rather than for function and purpose. They go to school to become idiots that drive project managers crazy with their curved walls and glass and windows. They're assholes. They don't really know how to actually build anything. They just design shit. And it's usually ridiculous.
And then they think everything works in the real world like it does in the spec book. If you're a foreman, the very first thing you have to do is make a fool out of the architect. When you point out the difference between the specs and the actual labor they get this glazed look on their face and usually never come past the trailer for the duration of the job.
---not a cop
You guys think YOU have it bad? 018 has a pop machine that sometimes eats your change...
OT: Pension bill looks like it's been killed.
012-Dist., now one has to wonder if officers who retire, or are on their way out have gotten sick and are dying at a rapid/alarming pace from some form of cancer to everything connected that is a great concern to all of us. Still have to work there until they(if they get around to it any time soon???)build us our new station.
OT: Major pension news from an FOP. The city and state drew up a bill and were trying yesterday to get it introduced and passed which would lower our pension percentage calculator and extend the minimun retirement age. So basically we wouldn't get to retire till 57 or so and max would be 72%. I guess they have a lot of backers down there in springfield and this has a very good chance of passing.
This is getting very scary guys.
5/06/2010 10:41:00 AM
Its hard to find anything out when their website been down for two weeks. You mean they have money to buy themselves lunch everyweek and throw golf outings but cant hire a IT guy for such a minor but importatn thing. Or maybe they dont want us to know about the pension or fine print in the contract ...........
Daley has to go.... VOTE, VOTE, VOTE him OUT!
OT: I was watching the 2100hrs news with my 8 year old who thought John Burge was the wrestler, Dusty Rhoades! Leo has been replaced! Ha ha ha
When you say waterfall in 011, do you mean the one running over and through the overhead lights? Electricity and water have made friends in 011!
'Ya, Strogers Bi atch of a CFO straight looks the part on the Trib web page. $54K pay raise.
Happy 14th Anniversary to my class mates. 96 2a (Still) "Doing it the right way!"
Did u remove asbestos with a knife wahaha
When you say waterfall in 011, do you mean the one running over and through the overhead lights? Electricity and water have made friends in 011!
5/06/2010 11:12:00 PM
NOT TO WORRY, CAPTAIN TERRY & HIS PIRATES WILL COME TO THE RESCUE!!
Let's see...
in 003 the toilets sometimes run hot water. The desk crew has people looking down at them (can we say unsafe??). There is a leak in the vendeteria that has been there so long there is a trash bag taped to it leading into a garbage can to "catch" the water.
in 010 one of the toilets continues flushing for minutes...until someone flushes a different toilet. The original gun lockers half of the keys worked in two different lockers...how is that for safety??? (and they were only re-keyed AFTER the 16 yo impersonator) The parking lot started deteriorating almost immediately after the station was opened. Large holes next to sewer drains...huge cracks in the lot. Obviously the lowest bidder built this place!!!
Most of the districts if a sink or toilet breaks they cover it with a trash bag for months and sometimes years. Also leaky faucets continue to leak for a minimum of a few months.
Anonymous said...
You guys think YOU have it bad? 018 has a pop machine that sometimes eats your change...
5/06/2010 10:14:00 PM
OMG! A vending machine that keeps your change! How do you cope with this pressure? We should have a benefit for officers in 018. Maybe a few tours in 011, 007 will change your attitude and priorities. Instead of working Michigan Ave, try englewood, you troll.
The Tact Lt's office in 001 has had a 4 inch gap in the wall for awhile, similiar to the one shown on video. The answer: caulk (sp?). His floor is also buckling around the base board. Amazingly, after the 001 dist video hits SSC, there were contractor in 001 to assess the damage. However, I'm told 001 was built on a former land-fill, so what did they expect to happen?
What's with the radio room being upstairs so that a desk person is unavailable for hours?
The radios, tasers, rifles, etc should be by the desk, the roll call room should be by the desk.
We don't need civilian groups using the "community rooms" We don't need hoards of high schoolers in the station everyday.
They designed the stations without any imput from the people that have to work in them.
Say what you want about the old stations, at least they were laid out better.
hey, question from a non-cop...did castle construction build these stations?? isn't there some news that the owner of castle is in some deep doo-doo with the feds???
5/06/2010 08:33:00 PM
CASTLE was out at Ohare for a while too, but was suddenly yanked out. And Ohare is the dumping grounds for connected people who fuck up.
OMG! A vending machine that keeps your change! How do you cope with this pressure? We should have a benefit for officers in 018. Maybe a few tours in 011, 007 will change your attitude and priorities. Instead of working Michigan Ave, try englewood, you troll.
5/07/2010 05:27:00 AM
I believe it was meant to be funny tough guy! Lighten up Francis
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
You guys think YOU have it bad? 018 has a pop machine that sometimes eats your change...
5/06/2010 10:14:00 PM
OMG! A vending machine that keeps your change! How do you cope with this pressure? We should have a benefit for officers in 018. Maybe a few tours in 011, 007 will change your attitude and priorities. Instead of working Michigan Ave, try englewood, you troll.
5/07/2010 05:27:00 AM
To the first post,
I understood your sarcasm.
There's a cat that lives outside the 006th district station. Even he knows not to come inside.
5/06/2010 12:47:00 PM
I saw that cat pawing at the door trying to get back outside. It was really funny
FOP - pleas efile a complaint with OSHA and correct unsafe conditions
asbestos , mold , structural hazards thank you
the other problem with this issue is that we have district managers who are responsible for documenting and following up on getting repairs completed at these stations. That means something simple like making the request as often as necessary. each district manager makes over 70 grand in salary. but they do nothing to make sure even the basic repairs get completed. why does the city keep them on the payroll? Ask any commander if they would keep the district manager or trade them in for one more officer. every commander would say (privately) get rid of the slug (manager). unfortunately, the commanders do not say it collectively to the Sup't or Mayor's people. In fact, commander's won't even say it to the district managers. But on the side, commanders do talk about how they feel. Unfortunately, that does not help.
OMG! A vending machine that keeps your change! How do you cope with this pressure? We should have a benefit for officers in 018. Maybe a few tours in 011, 007 will change your attitude and priorities. Instead of working Michigan Ave, try englewood, you troll.
5/07/2010 05:27:00
Sarcasm escapes you. Self-righteousness does not.
Dumbass!
When you say waterfall in 011, do you mean the one running over and through the overhead lights? Electricity and water have made friends in 011!
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Yup, that be the one. Also the tiles overhead that turn to mush when wet and fall on you as you walk by.
Oh how I love 011!
They designed the stations without any input from the people that have to work in them.
Say what you want about the old stations, at least they were laid out better.
5/07/2010 07:46:00 AM
I have always thought that the city told the contractor they wanted an office building and somewhere along the line during the planning process, when everything was almost done, the city said, 'Oh by the way, these will be police stations'. And the contractor said "No problem, we'll just tweak a couple things: we'll make the front look like bank teller stations and throw a lockup in the back, its all good"
Thats why at the beginning none of the access cards worked after 2000 hours or on any holidays.
Don't use the gun lockers in the new stations. I hear officers have to pry the lock open to get their guns back. They need to get rid of the whole locking up your gun while in the processing area.
The locks on the gun lockers in 015 have been replaced at least 5 times. The last time they LOOKED like better quality locks, but alas, just like what you said, they just turn and turn with your gun it it. Good thing tact's hooley bar was available.
"016 with the shifting parking structure is a wonder..."
Yeah, I was wondering why I'd seen the sidewalk blocked off with sawhorses and yellow tape one time. Afraid chunks of concrete are going to kill some hapless passer-by?
Yow.
OT, Shields said pension reform bill died, but feels the City will try again during the veto session for a two tired system.
Asbestos contaminated not a real problem even if EPA and City want to ignore it. First, video tape PO obtaining samples from insulation from pipes, false acoustic ceilings tiles, and boiler also paint chips from walls. Second, video tape samples being sent to lab on own dime since lab tests on asbestos and lead paint very cheap. Third, since it's a health issue might not even need to involve FOP in law suite under Federal Asbestos Act and I believe an Ill contract has no coverage in violating State or Federal Law. Any PO with related cancer problems file suite.
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