Bad Penny Turns Up
A Chicago police commander who was charged with harassing her former boyfriend by telephone was acquitted this week of all charges, authorities said.
Harrison District Cmdr. Penelope Trahanas was removed from her position after a former boyfriend, also a police officer, filed a report alleging that she had threatened his job.
The former boyfriend, Matthew Jackson, also filed for an order of protection.
The protection order was dropped in May, and on Tuesday a Cook County judge acquitted Trahanas of the misdemeanor harassment charge.
Thomas Needham, Trahanas' attorney, said the evidence - including text and voice messages between the two -- showed that Jackson and Trahanas were involved in a mutual dispute.
Now we get this letter from a cop in 011:
- Penny returned from exile today. She gave speech to all the roll calls thanking everyone for prayers and support. Then she told everyone that "I am the Commander and we are all moving forward from this point on." Later she took a ride to the acting commanders house and removed her car from in front of his house without calling ahead to have him empty out all his equipment.
- It seems the 011 District Commander's office got a phone call from a reverend Friday to congratulate Trahanas for being reinstated after her disgraceful behavior. No one knew what was going on until the reverend spilled the beans that Mike Masters had told the reverend Penny was coming back Saturday. No one told 011 or it seems the Area 4 Deputy Chief's office that the Bad Penny had turned up once again. If you had any doubts about whose running the show, you shouldn't anymore.
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posted by SCC at 1:03 AM
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Also seen and heard...
Henny Penny ripping several officers whose hair didn't quite meet the standards as mandated by "Uniform & Appearance" rules. Got the 2/W Desk Sgt really worked up. This coming from a broad that rode into a hostage situation with no vest, not to mention star, name tag, etc. before she went bye-bye for being a telephone threatener. You think coppers in 011 have slowed down now, wait til Henny Penny starts her shit back up. you aint seen nuthin yet!!!! and what about the administrative part of her arrest? even though the OOP was dropped in May and she was found not guilty (wink, wink...clout rules, folks), is she going to take a 30-pending hit like you or I would for same or like domestic bullshit? Lets go, news media!!!! ask the questions. and WHY is she back in the district where she fucked up? mark my words: she gets a bump up the food chain, maybe deputy of domestic services????? its gonna get real ugly in 011 real quick. p.s. watch for matt jackson to get merit Sgt in the next class, if and when that ever happens.
She should be put back to the rank of LT this is a disgrace!
Who wants to bet me that Penny will get promoted for her pain and suffering? After all someone needs to take J-Fled's spot.
Only in the Daley Crime Family can you find such a blatant use of USELESS authority figures.
How many of Daley's appointed Dept heads, managers, chairmen, aldermen, superintendents, commanders, supervisors etc have we seen indicted or humiliated and removed from their jobs for various nefarious behaviors and illegal actions???
And yet HE is still mayor and keeping these people in positions of authority until they are hauled off to jail (ala Ike Carothers).
If the City of Chicago was not controlled by the mob, Daley would have been hauled off a long time ago and been serving a life term looking out of a jail cell door and getting poked by his cellmate, Brutus!
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So the Reverends know what's going on in the CPD before the rest of CPD knows? Wow. Glad Masters has his priorities straight. Weis, Masters, through the Reverends and then on to the districts. Beautiful, just beautiful that every once and awhile you get a real glimpse of the truth.
---not a cop
Leadership, we can believe in.
Putting this woman in charge of anything is simply STUPID!!!!!
ANY boss who is worth a F*ck, should have looked at the evidence from this court proceeding and asked themselves ONE QUESTION. "IS this the kind of person who we want to hold up as an EXAMPLE to every other police officer in the Department as an ideal leader and a beacon of behavior that all others should pattern themselves after?"
I think we all know the answer to that one. And yet Daley and Weis have NO PROBLEM putting this goof back in charge of working police officers! What an embarrassment!
And I agree with the assessment "there's got to be a few dozen Officers at call back whose lawyers are salivating at this." If the Cook County courts were not completely in the pocket of the Democratic party and the Daley Crime Family, many of these cases would be ending ENTIRELY differently!
It does not matter all bosses are untouchable! The bigger the jag you are the better job you get. If you look like Uncle Fester and were a boy scout and can do the power test in full uniform thats all thats required
lol
ladies and gentlemen why keep complaining about the same old thing stop writing and start doing united we can as a whole this department which used to be the police department is now a what ever department whatever you do and if u are in a high position you can beat anything a city that works.
She was always a decent person as a Lt. I dont know what happened to her.
Taking the car in the middle of the night is a jagoff move.
Is she an innovator as well? Oh that's right she invented reverse pod missions. Funny how this department has become an employment agency for Jerry Springer Show rejects.
Wonder if she will get some time for bringing discredit upon the police department. I belive Mike Mette did. ......Sorry, I forgot there are 2 sets of rules in this department.
You gotta sue these bosses, department complaints go nowhere, these bosses all have big clout
The Acting Commander refused to bring her her keys and car, that is what happened, so she went and got them. She should have ordered that stupid fucker into the station!
As for the notification and the call, since when has the Superintendent had to notify a unit of changes? When has that EVER happened? NEVER! Get over it, she is back, she was innocent, her fucked up boyfriend did that on purpose and everyone knows it, he is a looser, she is just stupid if nothing else!
O please.... SSC no one is perfect! Who cares what they do in there personal life domestics can happen to anyone... all I want to know is can they get the damn job DONE! Cuz if so that's what's matters.
remember the comment of raising the titanic to sink it again? well now they are firing torpedos at it 2 miles down and then sending the pieces to the gulf to be covered up by the oil spill..F THIS JOKE OF A DEPARTMENT..call back 1 year and then raked over while the "Dept" did their own investigation and what did they come up with? NOT A FUCKING THING. took 3 days for a rule violation.. that was 10 years ago..and she gets a few months off and no time?? im sure that mug shot will be popping up my dear! I promise you!!
Thanks to SCC for the ability to "stay tuned" to the circus. I'm sure Trahanas and Brown are "meritoriously qualified" (or rather "competent with clout")to achieve their positions.
I'm retired and, as I've said before, I don't miss the circus, but I sure do miss the clowns!!
Anonymous said...
She should be put back to the rank of LT this is a disgrace!
6/27/2010 03:19:00 AM
If there was any justice in the world, she SHOULD BE out of a job ! ! ! !
6/27/2010 10:03 AM said:
O please.... SCC no one is perfect! Who cares what they do in there personal life..."
*** SARCASM ON ***
Applying your flawed logic, can I assume it's OK that I like to drive past grammar schools at recess-time with a boner and a bottle of lube even though I'll be guy in charge of your kid's Day Camp group this summer?
*** SARCASM OFF ***
Trahanas should NOT be a Commander; returning her to her civil service rank would also be too light a punishment for what she did - bringing discredit to the Department. And it sounds like her personal caveats and how she treats officers in 011 just further exacerbates justifying her removal. The two-tired system of discipline rears it's ugly head...AGAIN.
Same goes for Blinky Bea and ANY other sworn member of this department, ESPECIALLY those in supervisory/policy-making positions.
I agree with the first poster, unfortunately. Watch for Mizz TrahanASS to be promoted in the near future...it's the way of the clouted in the city and on the CPD.
Anonymous said...
It does not matter all bosses are untouchable! The bigger the jag you are the better job you get. If you look like Uncle Fester and were a boy scout and can do the power test in full uniform thats all thats required
6/27/2010 04:48:00 AM
Leave "The Screaming Skull" out of this!
Anonymous said...
O please.... SSC no one is perfect! Who cares what they do in there personal life domestics can happen to anyone... all I want to know is can they get the damn job DONE! Cuz if so that's what's matters.
6/27/2010 10:03:00 AM
PENNY, STAY OFF OUR BLOG!!!!!!!
I got clout,what you about.
This is beyond disgraceful... and beyond redemption.
The reverend/pastor said:
1. Mike Masters called him to say that henny penny was reinstated. Masters told him that all those support letters for henny penny that he (the rev) coordinated worked to get her back her spot.
2. He (the rev) wanted to congratulate the Commander on her return.
Masters, never being the police, obviously doesn't know or even care that there is a chain of command in the police department.
Since when is a west side reverend in the chain of command for official department notifications?
Masters can call a reverend, but no one in the Bureau of Patrol? Reportedly, inquiries by the A/4 Deputy Chief on Friday could not confirm that henny penny was reinstated. 011 gets their notification by a walk-in reverend???
Masters should be immediately FIRED!
Now we hear that henny penny couldn't wait to march into 011 on a Saturday to attend roll calls to tell everyone "I am the commander!!!"
She couldn't even wait for Aguinaga to come in on Saturday morning to clean out the office that was his for the past 3 months, or to bring the car in.
Knowing that he was bringing the car in on Saturday morning, henny penny still goes to his house and hijacks the car without the common courtesy of letting him know that she was coming... because she just couldn't wait to get her ride... leaving him to wonder if the car was stolen from in front of his house.
Then henny penny goes in the office and throws all the Captain's stuff on the couch from the desk. Her reasoning? She needs a clean desk to think clearly... lol.
henny penny... let's be crystal clear...
1. You are a hack.
2. You are a mean and vindictive hack.
3. There is not one person in 011 that respects you.
4. There is nothing you could do to earn the respect of the rank and file, short of resignation.
5. For the rest of your time on this job, you will be looked upon with disgust and ridicule.
6. People will never "trust" or "work" for you.
7. Don't even try to bullshit us. You never worked at callback. Your "special projects for HQ" was to go out and get the west side rev's to campaign for you.
8. Obviously, you have no honor or no shame.
9. You have not earned the privilege of a command, you bought it... now EVERYONE knows it.
10. You are an embarrassment to the Chicago Police Department and the men and women that serve this profession with honor.
11. Every day you remain will only further erode what is left of morale in 011. Of course, we already know that you could care less... as does J-Fled and the rest of the "know-nothings" at 35th St.
Eric Washington was fucked by the "know-nothings" over bullshit. He was and is still respected by the troops in 011. After seeing this shit, he should be nominated for sainthood.
Commander Washington (a title earned, not bought): I apologize in advance for even putting your name in the same post as henny penny).
Jimmy Jackson: You allowed this to happen to your beloved 011? WTF??? Shame on you!!!
There is a jar at 011 front desk asking for donations to help Henny Penny buy a new answering machine!
Did Henny Penny just call her 2nd watch Captain a "stupid fucker" ???
The Acting Commander refused to bring her her keys and car, that is what happened, so she went and got them. She should have ordered that stupid fucker into the station!
As for the notification and the call, since when has the Superintendent had to notify a unit of changes? When has that EVER happened? NEVER! Get over it, she is back, she was innocent, her fucked up boyfriend did that on purpose and everyone knows it, he is a looser, she is just stupid if nothing else!
Hmmm... since she was officially relieved of her command... no one is under any obligation or duty to listen to anything she says until officially notified of her reinstatement.
Using your fucked-up thinking process, perhaps we should let people out of jail, without a court order, just because a scum bag says their innocent and should be free?
God help us all...
Henny Penny... stop writing on the blog... you are bleeding all over yourself here... hahaha.
O please.... SSC no one is perfect! Who cares what they do in there personal life domestics can happen to anyone... all I want to know is can they get the damn job DONE! Cuz if so that's what's matters.
Dear Klueless Kommander T-Cube,
It takes a few hundred people to get the job done in 011 (or anywhere else). If those people don't trust or respect you, they will not work for you.
As you will very soon see... you will not be able to "get the job done."
Boo Fucking Hoo...
I don't think there is a boss in 011 that will expect anything from the troops as long as she is there.
Be safe and go home to your family.
in that case I'm going to tell me ex on v-mail what a pos she is and what I think of her family and that she is a whore and some other choice words,ahhh feel better already
"The Acting Commander refused to bring her her keys and car, that is what happened, so she went and got them. She should have ordered that stupid fucker into the station!
As for the notification and the call, since when has the Superintendent had to notify a unit of changes? When has that EVER happened? NEVER! Get over it, she is back, she was innocent, her fucked up boyfriend did that on purpose and everyone knows it, he is a looser, she is just stupid if nothing else!"
You're right, Penny, you ARE stupid....finally, we can all agree on something!
Hey relax she had a rough spell it wasn't her fault she got a case on her we need to give her a raise!
She was always a decent person as a Lt. I dont know what happened to her.
Taking the car in the middle of the night is a jagoff move.
6/27/2010 06:47:00 AM
I believe Penny got an earful of the Acting Commander's comments while she was away. Not smart.
Speaking of disgraces with clout, congratulations Big Jack! So glad you dodged jail time with a probation sentence! Looks like the detective division will just hide you inside for awhile until this all blows over. Any regular po would be facing federal charges, but not Big Jack! Looking forward to seeing your name on the next Sgt class! CLOUT RULES!
Well it was a nice vacation for us while it lasted
Hey Henny Penny! Do you think anyone of us in 011 or anywhere else were praying for you or had any support for you? You have to be kidding yourself. We were all hoping you would be in exile at call back for 7 years. None of us has any respect for you nor will we ever. What kind of leader pulls up to an HBT INCIDENT, has her driver pull the car right up into the line of fire at the front door on 3300 w madison, forgets her safety vest in her office and also forgets her star? Isnt that part of the uniform? Or does that not apply to you? Next time you yell at someone for a uniform infraction make sure you are in proper uniform also. The first day you come back and want to let everyone know that "i am the commander and am back in charge". Like you really made an impression on us. The only thing you are in control of is your answering machine.
I'm glad she is back. I can really do nothing and not feel bad about it. Losers on 2nd watch in 011 still feel like they have to do work, I ask why? This is a job, nothing more just answer your radio assignments and 19P them without ever leaving the park. I got a boat load of DVD's that I need to catch up on so commander Penny, most of us in 011 still think you are a complete joke and will never do a thing for you, except laugh at you. Hey where that CR number go from the bathroom wall incident?
The problem with this disgrace returning to work is not necessarily the fact that she was involved in a domestic incident. Really, who gives a shit about her pathetic personal life? The problem is that she used her position of authority to threaten the P/Os job. THAT is inexcusable when dealing with a personal, domestic situation.
She walks around like her shit doesn't stink and like she is entitled to whatever she chooses. (Oh, and her pathetic little secretary....what a joke! 5 minutes on the street before becoming a house mouse and she thinks she doesn't wear the same blue shirt as the rest of us!) The bottom line is that she never had an ounce of respect from any P/Os from the minute she arrived, and she sure as hell doesn't have any now. The crew will mutiny if they don't respect the captain of the ship.
Wow a PO would be stuck in call back for 2 years over an incident like this. I guess clout is still king no matter what j fraud says. I hope everyone involved in domestic situations gets the same treatment and is returned to duty just as quickly.
The welcome back party for henny penny will be held in da broom closet on da 1st floor of 011. Tickets are only a "penny". limited amounts of tickets are available from "telephone penny" herself.
If she had a blue shirt she'd be sitting at call back waiting to take 30 pending.
Of course, this is a double standard. Ernie Brown has done the same (and worse) in the past and it was swept under the rug.
The media doesn't care....they'd rather harp over an Abatte or a Ardelean.
You gotta sue these bosses, department complaints go nowhere, these bosses all have big clout
Sue are you nuts spend thousands of dollars and never get it to a judge???? are you nuts. )they will throw it out for cause) give me a break.
Hmmm... with aLL the jockeying for political positions around here, it has become Like musicaL chairs of the damned. Maybe soon you wiLL be the person with out a chair eh Jody.
Ah yes, or fearless idiot leader as usual, leading from the rear. There goes another good district
'Eric Washington was fucked by the "know-nothings" over bullshit. He was and is still respected by the troops in 011. After seeing this shit, he should be nominated for sainthood.'
'Jimmy Jackson: You allowed this to happen to your beloved 011? WTF??? Shame on you!!!'
Eric Washington was demoted because activity slipped.
Pure and simple. He was well liked/respected, no one would argue that. But the troops just weren't handling the business. He knew that too.
JJ doesn't give a damn about 011, or any other unit.
He's trying to hang on and get the brass pension ring, and the longer he hangs on,the sweeter the payoff is. That's the truth, in a nutshell.
Why get upset at this nonsense. Look at who took care of her. She was a gopher for Phil when he was the new CO of Area 5. He made her a sgt. and then a lt. The rest is history.
lt john andrews would make a fine commander but won't take a pay cut
I believe Penny got an earful of the Acting Commander's comments while she was away. Not smart.
6/27/2010 12:11:00 PM
Stand the fuck by... she is going to be hearing a lot more from many more people... this act hasn't even warmed up yet!
Eric Washington was demoted because activity slipped. Pure and simple.
He was well liked/respected, no one would argue that. But the troops just weren't handling the business. He knew that too.
6/27/2010 08:08:00 PM
Not so "pure" and not so "simple."
Anyone coming to 011 when he did would have suffered the same fate. He inherited the bullshit numbers game that former Dep Chief E.J. was ramming down everyone's throat in 011.
Then comes JPW and the Cozzi bullshit.
Guess what, the team wasn't playing the "game" anymore. You can't have it both ways.
Now dat's da truth... plain and simple!
She is just another of the many reasons why morale and trust is sooooooo low! What business does she have commanding anyone? Just goes to show you what type of a person J-Fed is. Or maybe he is controlled by the fake revs.
The Acting Commander refused to bring her her keys and car, that is what happened, so she went and got them. She should have ordered that stupid fucker into the station!
As for the notification and the call, since when has the Superintendent had to notify a unit of changes? When has that EVER happened? NEVER! Get over it, she is back, she was innocent, her fucked up boyfriend did that on purpose and everyone knows it, he is a looser, she is just stupid if nothing else!
sincerely Henny Penny
Sorry jealous, evil vindictive persons, Penny would not waste her time commenting on your posts. Why would she? She has what she wanted and is moving on, why don't you!
If you guys in 011 don't completelyhut down all the proactive work in 011 then you are nuts, tac are you listening??
Give her and this dept. nothing!
what a bout a rule violation; "bringing discredit upon the dept" ??
Get over it, she is back, she was innocent, her fucked up boyfriend did that on purpose and everyone knows it, he is a looser, she is just stupid if nothing else!
No, get over this, shit for brains. UNTIL the RULES are applied evenly, to EVERYBODY, from the lowliest P.O. up to and including the Superintendent, this department will just sink lower.
Do you honestly think if this happened to a blue shirt, they would still be employed, let alone returned to the district of occurrence?
This is just one of the reasons that I, along with a majority of other officers, will just do the bare minimum. Why bother doing anything beyond that and risk your livelihood?
No. The department has shown repeatedly that there is and always will be a two tired disciplinary system, one for the blue shirts and one for the bosses.
It used to be that the worst thing a copper would think about would be not making it home safely at their end of watch. Now it's the constant looking over the shoulder, wondering if by taking police action will I end up at the wrong end of some frivolous lawsuit where some shithead claims I violated his rights.
The Acting Commander refused to bring her her keys and car, that is what happened, so she went and got them. She should have ordered that stupid fucker into the station!
As for the notification and the call, since when has the Superintendent had to notify a unit of changes? When has that EVER happened? NEVER! Get over it, she is back, she was innocent, her fucked up boyfriend did that on purpose and everyone knows it, he is a looser, she is just stupid if nothing else!
6/27/2010 09:35:00 AM
nicetoknow that you read the blog henney penney. now go find yourself a new boy toy to spoil and take him to paris,becuase no one sure as hell would want to be near you with a ten footpole and someone else holding it. welcome back psycho, now go boila rabbit.
youre so vain, penney, and this song is about you
10. You are an embarrassment to the Chicago Police Department and the men and women that serve this profession with honor.
11. Every day you remain will only further erode what is left of morale in 011. Of course, we already know that you could care less... as does J-Fled and the rest of the "know-nothings" at 35th St.
12. YOU HAVE WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS!!!!!
Sorry jealous, evil vindictive persons, Penny would not waste her time commenting on your posts. Why would she? She has what she wanted and is moving on, why don't you!
6/28/2010 01:19:00 AM
jealous evil vindictive persons?
Hey you're describing Penny to a "T"
Now get your lips off Penny's hind quarters , office gal, and get back to work.
Sorry jealous, evil vindictive persons, Penny would not waste her time commenting on your posts. Why would she? She has what she wanted and is moving on, why don't you!
did both of you two blue shirt front office house trolls work on this together? you think you run the watch? cross me one time, Ill FN unload on both of you in front of YOUR boss and the desk and the watch.
and guess what there's not A damn thing you can do about it or HER wanna bet??
Strength in numbers if you want her out
Commander Washington was fucked because he stood for his troops and told it how it is and whatwas needed to clean this city. Jfled and blow Master felt it has to harsh and over the top. How could we upset the revs and their flocks. look at your end results stupid mu@#%fuc%^#ers.
Penny had a staff meeting today! As is typical of our "leaders" today, it focused on fluff BS rather than substance.
Gotta admit Aguinagua has got balls and I'd rather have him running a Command spot anywhere in this city...last of the few who really don't take too much bullshit, than political dumbasses like her.
Say what you want to but I worked as part of the old DEA/CPD Task Force Group in the 219 Dearborn Building with Gus Lett, Calvin Holiday, Mary Hodge, and GS Rick. During that time Commander Trahanas went through the DEA recruitment process and was set to enter the FBI Academy at Quantico with a Basic Agent Class along with some guy nobody knew who was recruited from the Deuce. According to the DEA recruiter, then PO Trahanas had in depth gang investigations experience in a tough westside district and a Master's Degree. She was a priority hire for the DEA. Supposedly she chose to stay with the CPD because she felt she could have a stronger impact and get promoted farther by staying on the CPD. I guess she was right!!!!!!!!!!!
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