CAPS Dead Again?
The beast that just won't die!
Word coming in that when Change Day rolls around, the CAPS offices will be cut down to ONE sergeant and TWO Officers total.
This has been a long time coming and it's nice to see someone taking the suggestions that appear here on a regular basis. Now after the next mayoral election, maybe they can drive a stake through the CAPS heart and rid us of this monstrosity once and for all.
Word coming in that when Change Day rolls around, the CAPS offices will be cut down to ONE sergeant and TWO Officers total.
This has been a long time coming and it's nice to see someone taking the suggestions that appear here on a regular basis. Now after the next mayoral election, maybe they can drive a stake through the CAPS heart and rid us of this monstrosity once and for all.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
81 Comments:
dont forget n/relations.
I have always maintained CAPS only formalizes what any good cop has always done. Keep your eyes and ears open, listen to the people on your beat and take appropriate action. The program itself is redundant.
Now - that being said, a lot of business owners and a few very spoiled citizens (one lives across the street from me) are going to have a hard time adjusting to no longer being catered to hand and foot.
About time. I get special attention bulletins from the caps office every month requesting that I check locations for problems, attend community marches. Every time I go into the caps office I see the P.O.'s in there fucking off. I don't mind checking problem spots as that is part of my job, but what the hell are all the people assigned to caos doing that makes them to busy to do it themselves? Solitare on the computer, two hour lunches with your sgt, watching movies, reading the paper and doing crossword puzzles. Take your pick thats all I ever see those strokes doing if anything at all.
We should have one sgt and 2 po's for the watch and the rest in the cap's office! Now thats an idea that would work.
Just don't get stuck being the "watch guys".
Caps dead? Daley gone? Weis barely hanging on?
We're gonna have nobody to laugh at in 6 months.
It is going to be so amusing to see all the inside CAPS people, especially the Sgts, scrambling to survive or find another soft spot to land. I am sure the games have started.
BOMB & ARSON FIRE SALE!!!!!
Word is that Bomb & Arson is done as a unit. An email from O'Keefe to all B & A Detectives states that ONLY BOMB & ARSON DETECTIVES can bid to 11 openings in Areas 1, 2, and 4. Currently there are 11 B & A Detectives DETAILED to these Areas for the Summer. Bomb & Arson is running a skeleton crew with next to no manpower. There are days when there is only one Arson Detective to cover the whole city. IS THAT NUTS OR WHAT??? TALK ABOUT KILLING CRIME, if there are no ARSON DETECTIVES to investigate ARSONS, they then become NON CRIMINAL FIRES.
O'Keefe's email means that the Police Department is officially ELIMINATING 11 Arson Detectives from the Unit, that is more than one third of them.
Since the Summer Detail went into effect, two more Arson Detectives have retired and several more will retire this year.
There is no way Bomb & Arson can function properly with the proposed manpower shortage. Right now there are many Code 1 Assignments (Priority Response Assignments) that are NEVER assigned and investigated as required while the scene is fresh and protected. Instead they are classified as "BY REPORT" jobs that are assigned SEVERAL DAYS LATER as a "HAND-OUT" to detectives or are even ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED by CMO. And by the time the Detectives investigate the "HAND-OUT" a possible ARSON then becomes a NON CRIMINAL FIRE, because the evidence is now destroyed or contaminated. That is how the department can say that ARSONS are down, a great example of KILLING CRIME.
Permanently eliminating these eleven Arson Detectives means that the Chicago Police Department is getting out of the business of investigating ARSONS in the City of Chicago. What will be next, AUTO THEFT, GAMBLING, ARSON, see a pattern there?
wtf 1 sgt for 2 po's?
I propose that we ALL be CAPS officers! Weeee
Just need to eliminate 2 more officers & 1 sgt. That should bring the caps office to the manpower total it should have had to start with.
C.A.P.S. WORKS!
(Would I lie?)
CAPS since its inception in 1993 was nothing more than another Mayor Richard M. Daley propaganda machine.
Mayor Richard M. Daley effectively stripped the Chicago Police Department of its unity and management when he created the meritorious Captain rank.
Some of us have been carefully watching and documenting everything. The Daley Legacy will not be one of "Greatness".
King Richard still has considerable and venerable power to change the tide of what may be and what could be.
The "CHOICE" is solely his at this time.
I wonder what one male CAPS officer in 004 will do, he is scared of his own shadow. I think he even sleeps in his bulletproof vest.
If it's true, it's gonna be fun to see who stays and who goes.
oh no, all the little dollies will have to work a car again--- no more ducks and weekends off--- boo hoo hoo, that police stuff is scary---
Can they really kill CAPS?
What'll Ron Holt do? They gave that guy a big job so that he'd shill for them as an anti-gun advocate.
I mean no disrespect to Mr. Holt and certainly have nothing but disdain for the scumbag that killed his son, Blair, but surely he knows he was being used, right?
Consuming
Alcohol
Prevents
Stress
Anyone remember any others?
Letting CAPS die would be admitting that it was a mistake, but in light of the fact that the administration that forced it down our throats is waning, perhaps there's hope.
In a couple of years it will be back, with a new name.
Wow,
Patricia Hill still has a media voice, is she bucking for an Aldermanic slot?
"You've just had a deterioration of the professionalism of the police department, and you've had a deterioration in the trust between the community and the police department and all these things are under Daley's regime," said Patricia Hill of the African-American Police League. "I'm not trying to kick a dog when he's down, but I cannot think of one positive thing that the community and the public has benefited from in regard to the police since Daley has been the mayor."
Retired and still bucking for???
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/elections/mayor-daley-chicago-crime-jody-weis-20100907
That is still three too many!
If true the tears will be flowing from the CAPS offices across the city. Imagine, police officers forced to be police officers! They will require another period with an FTO and still won't be good for shit.
The waste of manpower in the CAPS office is INCREDIBLE!!!!
Speaking as a sergeant, I know both of the CAPS sergeants in my district very well.
Is there any chance they can just stay there. I don't want them back on the streets.
As a 25 year resident of 16 I had no clue you cops thought CAPS meetings were a joke all these years. How else do we regularly get to talk directly to police in our district with the little stuff that needs to be addressed and that you as cops should know about but might not be aware of?
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1 sgtand 2 po's , put that merit sgt back in a beat car and let 2 po's report to watch commander
couldn't caps officers repport to tactical sgt and free caps sgt for patrol duty
CAPS should be disbanded and all of the officers should return to watches. CAPS IS A WASTE!!!
Eliminate CAPS. Consolidate and reduce TRU, MSF and the Area Deputy Chiefs's details and send the guys back to the districts and hire more guys.
anything to keep from going to a watch! a bunch of the caps & front office dollies will turn up pregnant... even the old evil hags and some of the guys too. lol!
Why don they need one sergeant and two PO's. Better yet, why is there One Sergeant. Can't two PO's reporting to the daytime WC or DC do the job. Puts another Sergeant on the street in the districts. I've seen the reports at CAPS meetings. Answering phones and data entry isn't that hard. And if there spot does get to hard for them, you can always come back to the watch.
Consuming
Alcohol
Prevents
Stress
Anyone remember any others?
Letting CAPS die would be admitting that it was a mistake, but in light of the fact that the administration that forced it down our throats is waning, perhaps there's hope.
In a couple of years it will be back, with a new name.
9/08/2010 02:29:00 AM
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Anonymous said...
oh no, all the little dollies will have to work a car again--- no more ducks and weekends off--- boo hoo hoo, that police stuff is scary---
9/08/2010 02:13:00 AM
But what about my kids?
Just a question...
I'm not a PO, but I work with CAPS as part of community work (volunteer, no pay). I really have seen both sides and I understand the frustration with CAPS. However, for our community at least, it has been pretty successful. The communication between the citizens and the Police so far as tips, crime, etc. has produced results. Our Beat Officers (and others) are very well respected in the community. As some stated here, CAPS "formalized" what should be: good, ole fashioned police work, listen to people on the beat and have the people on the beat listen to you guys. The question (or maybe more accurate statement is MY FEAR) is how do you keep the established relationships from dying. The communication with the beat guys will still be there, but will detectives, Sgt's and Lt.s meet with the average citizen now that CAPS is done (maybe)? Not being a smartass, just asking how to keep relationships intact (and promote new ones) without being a thorn in the side. Thanks for any input. Hopefully, you will be able to actually get things done w/o Shortshanks, Weis, etc.
I understand getting rid of CAPS but Bomb & Arson??? Who is making these decisions? J-Fled you suck.
I heard they rescinded the order. Is it true?
Nice, that will free up some very comfy chairs for the desk crews!
No caps no new Sgts. where will they come from.
As a 25 year resident of 16 I had no clue you cops thought CAPS meetings were a joke all these years. How else do we regularly get to talk directly to police in our district
We have NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TALK FREELY. You can not have a meeting when only one side can speak- We police officers are talking heads at those meetings nothing more. Smoke and mirrors.
Will the last lackey out the door kindly put a wooden stake into that bitch's heart?
CAPS, that is.
Then turn out the lights. We're going to have to go on an economy binge.
As some stated here, CAPS "formalized" what should be: good, ole fashioned police work, listen to people on the beat and have the people on the beat listen to you guys. The question (or maybe more accurate statement is MY FEAR) is how do you keep the established relationships from dying. The communication with the beat guys will still be there, but will detectives, Sgt's and Lt.s meet with the average citizen now that CAPS is done (maybe)?
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Lets start with hiring some more police so we can bring back the "good ole fashioned" beat cop! When was the last time you saw a cop walk a foot beat? THOSE were the guys that new everything, everyone, and you didn't screw with them. And on nights and evenings every beat car use to be two man, every sector had a rapid response car, there use to be two wagons up, and at least two if not three unmarked cars NOT counting tact. Oh, AND traffic cars. It was not difficult to meet a cop.
Now lets get rid of the CAPS implementation office. They now have a crew of wanna be civilian DIRECTORS and they still bring in more who have no responsibility to anyone in the Department. Now lets be serious what can HOLT or WORTHAM bring to the table. JUST ANOTHER SMOKE AND MIRROR GAME
No Manpower on street but lets fill the desks with DIRECTORS
The communication with the beat guys will still be there, but will detectives, Sgt's and Lt.s meet with the average citizen now that CAPS is done (maybe)? Not being a smartass, just asking how to keep relationships intact (and promote new ones) without being a thorn in the side. Thanks for any input. Hopefully, you will be able to actually get things done w/o Shortshanks, Weis, etc.
9/08/2010 12:29:00 PM
I'm a beat facilitator (despite the "whadda you thinkin" comments of my uncle, a KMA cop) and my observation is even if they are in the room, the Lt. and Sgt probably aren't really in teh meeting mentally.
At my last meeting the CAPS Sgt. was texting the entire time. He's a piece of meritorious crap and the embodiment of what can go wrong with CAPS. When he is forced to pay attention he makes smartass comments to the citizens...I hope the rumor is true and he is dumped to midnights in a ghetto district.
Patricia Hill still has a media voice, is she bucking for an Aldermanic slot?
"You've just had a deterioration of the professionalism of the police department, and you've had a deterioration in the trust between the community and the police department and all these things are under Daley's regime," said Patricia Hill of the African-American Police League. "I'm not trying to kick a dog when he's down, but I cannot think of one positive thing that the community and the public has benefited from in regard to the police since Daley has been the mayor."
Dear SCC,
I would like to propose that this hags name and/or quotes be forever stricken from this most reputable of blogs.
Anonymous said...
wtf 1 sgt for 2 po's?
9/08/2010 01:12:00 AM
How about just having the TMAs take I've CRAPS.
Bomb & Arson and CAPS gone?? I am not too sure on this one. The Detective Division is hundreds down another 11 is not gonna make a difference.
CAPS is a political office within the district station. Most of these people are too heavy to be dumped back to a watch.
With Daley's announcement I would assume everyone "at the building" is gonna sit on their hands. Everyone will sit back to see what Command changes will come, then heads will roll again. I would not bet on these happening
Anonymous said...
dont forget n/relations.
9/08/2010 12:09:00 AM
I might be wrong, in fact I often am, but I thought for sure that n/relations was renamed community policing office (CAPS) around 15 years ago. That's about when the treasured Chicago Police star logo disappeared from the side of our squad cars and almost everyplace else. Replaced by that miserable and useless CAPS logo that some police boss's mistress designed in the WordPerfect for windows graphics module.
But I might be wrong.
As a 25 year resident of 16 I had no clue you cops thought CAPS meetings were a joke all these years. How else do we regularly get to talk directly to police in our district with the little stuff that needs to be addressed and that you as cops should know about but might not be aware of?
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It does serve that function well at beat meetings where people bother to show up. However at my beat meetings we get the same half dozen or so people showing up with mostly the same complaints, dog barking etc.
If we got good participation from the residents and things were actually brought to our attention, no doubt it would take on added significance.
But month after month, now year after year, the police officers regularly outnumber the citizen attendees, well, you can see the problem there, can't you?
The 7 police officers, 1 sergeant and 1 lieutenant assigned to each district CAPS office (representing nearly $1 million of payroll for EACH DISTRICT) are supposed to be drumming up support for those things.
What if you ran a company with $1 million in annual payroll and one of your companies' main duties was to get people to come to these meetings and only 6 to 8 people ever showed up?
You would probably fire everyone in the office and never look back.
But it is the City, damn near impossible to do that and the CAPS office has become a refuge for the clout heavy, wives, girlfriends etc. to hide in an "easy" spot away from patrol duties.
In my district's CAPS office we have one wife of a clout heavy sergeant and one brother-in-law of a former alderman. I assure you, none of them are there because they scored best on some test. Someone called for all of them.
So that is why we scorn the notion of CAPS. Like most things on the CPD it has been subverted by those who take advantage of such things.
What they do can easily be done with less than half the officers currently allotted.
Believe me, your district would be better off with 5 more officers in squad cars than those 5 continuing in the CAPS office installing car seats and shopping on the internet.
Anonymous said...
Just a question...
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Well this is the point, isn't it? Some people, businesses etc. believe that they need to have direct contact with the police so they can relay their concerns, hash out results, alter a plan, rehash results with the hope that things get resolved. Some folks prefer to talk directly to an officer long after an incident or to discuss in ongoing problem and they don't want the police parked outside their home to do it. That was supposed to be the viable purpose of CAPS.
This theory was partially developed because the public wanted more direct contact other than calling 911 and having a squad pull up, listen for a minute then tell them to recontact police.
Most watch personnel don't have the time these days to do the "in depth" policing some people want. They don't have the time anymore, mostly because Daley's shredded the police into nothing to save more money for his friends. By the same token, most police don't want any more contact with people than they have to because they don't feel they have the time to make policing personal and they don't want to get that involved.
OW Wilson was the first to try putting cops in cars and keeping them away from the public until they're needed to address crime. Cops prefer not to have to listen to people tell of their in depth problems because they don't feel that's their job description.
So it's up to the politicians as to how they want to police this city from now on. Keep the cops at distance and only have contact when they're writing tickets or locking someone up, or keep a few cops around who will come and listen to your problems and relay them up the chain for review. It's up to the public as to which kind of policing they want, but as far as the police are concerned they don't wanna hear complaints unless there's an immediate police function to perform. If the public wants contact, you're only gonna get it from cops who don't respond to jobs all day and have the time to listen to your problems, because beat cops don't have the time to listen.
Whether CAPS lives or dies will be based on the political wind of who wants CAPS and what value the public feels they get from it. You can surely bet though, you won't be able to force beat cops to act like CAPS people because they'll never have the time to do it nor do they want to.
Well, they may eliminate the CAPS office, however, I really don't think they will do away with CAPS. Look forward to assuming many of the tasks and duties of the CAPS office. Be careful what you wish for. The watch will pick up the slack for the most part. There are quite a few things they do in that office. A lot of data base maintaining, community concerns, seniors, meetings. Yes, you might be picking up the slack. 311 services (street lights, graffiti blasters etc.)I really can't think of it all. Someone is going to have to do it. Watch out.
great idea dont need people inside doing nothing its time sent them back out to the street 2 po's should be able to handle the job and let's get rid of all these so call secretaries working for the commander one is good enough too many people inside we need more officers on street let get rid of timekeepers which can be handle by civilians save more let these officers go back to the streets..
As a 25 year resident of 16 I had no clue you cops thought CAPS meetings were a joke all these years. How else do we regularly get to talk directly to police in our district with the little stuff that needs to be addressed and that you as cops should know about but might not be aware of?
9/08/2010 08:10:00 AM
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If it's a crime in progress, call 911. If it's a narcotics tip, call the tac office. If it's a complaint about streetlights, stop signs, leaves in the gutters, etc., call 311 or the Alderman's office. Other than that, go hang out at Teaser's, you will find plenty of coppers to talk to.
Caps is dead especially since not enough officers on the street. Too busy handling calls for service. Caps is lost it's purpose. It's nothing but a bunch of party planners pretending to be the police. Now here is were we can make a cut and it wouldn't be missed. You can also put these sheltered officers back to doing real police work however they will need to go back to the academy for refresher courses.
Get rid of CAPS. 1 sgt. to watch over 2 po's?? what a joke. Thats 25 sgts to put back on the street!!!!
The caps are in the front office. Let the Dist. Sgt babysit.
I have a team of 8, whoa, thats way too many. Each tact team should be 1 sgt. and 2 pos
I'm a beat facilitator (despite the "whadda you thinkin" comments of my uncle, a KMA cop) and my observation is even if they are in the room, the Lt. and Sgt probably aren't really in teh meeting mentally.
At my last meeting the CAPS Sgt. was texting the entire time. He's a piece of meritorious crap and the embodiment of what can go wrong with CAPS. When he is forced to pay attention he makes smartass comments to the citizens...I hope the rumor is true and he is dumped to midnights in a ghetto district.
9/08/2010 05:14:00 PM
That's because most of the police believe CRAPS is useless.
Anonymous said...
As a 25 year resident of 16 I had no clue you cops thought CAPS meetings were a joke all these years. How else do we regularly get to talk directly to police in our district
We have NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TALK FREELY. You can not have a meeting when only one side can speak- We police officers are talking heads at those meetings nothing more. Smoke and mirrors.
9/08/2010 02:09:00 PM
I learned early on not to dare to tell the truth at those things and not to give my own opinion. Just the company line bullshit. All phony, "we are doing our best to catch the n'er do wells who stole all your stuff ma'am."
Man, did I get the dirty looks from the sgt. when I started to tell people the clearance rate on burglaries. They stopped telling me to come after a while.
I had one partner who went to one CAPS meeting with me. We had an older female resident who always complained about a dope house with whores all around. She would walk her dog at 4 in the morning and see the whores and people buying dope.
She always complained about the same stuff. My partner wondered out loud what the hell she was doing out that early, then told her that when she was walking by the dope house to just throw a lit flare inside and she wouldn't have a problem with that house any more.
She paid absolutely no attention to this and kept on blabbering.
Never heard a word about that one.
The REAL USELESS Unit is the Finnancial Crimes Unit. That unit should have been disbanded last year! They have 2 Sgts. & 12 working Detectives who should have gone back to their units, since they are still detailed for quite some time. The Financial Detectives in the Areas have a larger workload then the aces if Financial Crimes. When was the last time they crushed a check cashing crew?? I don't know either.
"...As a 25 year resident of district 16, I had no idea that you officers thought CAPS was a joke..."
I have always made jokes about north siders being clueless. I guess I wasn't joking. Sheeeesh!
Just like the Watch Secretaries, right? They don't exist anymore, do they? (wink, wink)
CAPS slugs ain't going anywhere except on paper.
Take that to the bank.
2 Sgts in every district. What a waste of manpower. 50 Sgt's that could be used on the watches!!! WTF!!! And the P.O.s suck too!! Remember, the Police Dept. is NOT a social services department!
To: 9/08/2010 01:11:00 AM
The CPD has been out of the Auto Theft Investigation business for about 8-9 years, now. The Auto Theft Unit was disbanded and the Det's sent to the areas. Most of them have now retired and the one or two that are left in each area do little more than info verification and data entry. (About what they did in the ATU.)
Why do we need an Auto Theft Unit?? There are only about 25,000 (maybe less) vehicles stolen in Chicago every year.
In the '80s there were about 48,000 cars stolen each year.
There's more money and less aggravation in dope.
I had no idea that Peter Karl was STILL raping the citizens TAX DOLLARS for that BULLSHIT show: Crimewatch. The bastard has a website.
I hope he rots in hell with Daley.
O.K. Listen up. For all of you P.O.s that have attended the last 3 roll call meetings, you are all awarded a CAPS medal to be displayed prominently on the uniform.
Toss the CAPS folk back on the Watch, give them gold CAPS medals, and get back to work.
Don't forget those movers and parkers.
get rid of the CAPS and District managers and all these watch secretaries in districts wasting spots doing schedules and nothing else get rid of these traffic units within the districts which only job is to do hold themselves done doing rush hours ,cleaning citations and they say over the radio we dont do traffic accidents which the dispatcher make note over the radio we have traffic cars which do not do traffic accidents get rid of these wagon spots which 99 % of the time they are in the district so when a job is given they are always coming from the station there job is to be on the street not in the station!! let send these light duties officers to call back or be assign to position where we can relieve officer that can go back out to the streets let get rids of these police personnel assigned as time keepers and give these position to civilians we do not need a full uniform officers wasting time doing timekeeping
when they can be out on the street!
LET MAKE ALL TRAINING ON LINE THEREBY SAVING TIME AND STOP WASTING TIME DOING STUPID THINGS WHICH CAN BE SHOWN ON LINE
WE NEED MORE OFFICERS BACK ON THE STREETS IT IS TIME AND ITS NOW ITS TIME TO STOP TAKING CARE OF THESE BOSSES KIDS WHO THINK THERE JOB IS TO DO NOTHING IT NOT RIGHT ! let stop hiring everyone family member there should only be 2 allowed that is all we should be able to allow others who wish to be a police officer a chance not everyone officer whole family this should stop !!!!
Speaking of CAPS, I have a question for guys in other Districts. I work in 013. For the entire month of August we have had outdoor beat meetings along with ODRC's at each one. When I overcame my initial shock over the stupidity of actually doing that,I inquired as to what nitwit came up with this idea. I was told it came from downtown but now I'm not so sure. I now suspect it came from the 3rd watch CAPS Sgt. My question to the officers from other districts is if they were doing this citywide or was it just us in 013?
"As a 25 year resident of 16 I had no clue you cops thought CAPS meetings were a joke all these years. How else do we regularly get to talk directly to police in our district"
WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO TELL THE TRUTH ANYWAY. I WILL NOW JUST FOR YOU: IT'S TIME TO MOVE!
Patricia Hill still has a media voice, is she bucking for an Aldermanic slot?
"You've just had a deterioration of the professionalism of the police department, and you've had a deterioration in the trust between the community and the police department and all these things are under Daley's regime," said Patricia Hill of the African-American Police League. "I'm not trying to kick a dog when he's down, but I cannot think of one positive thing that the community and the public has benefited from in regard to the police since Daley has been the mayor."
Dear SCC,
I would like to propose that this hags name and/or quotes be forever stricken from this most reputable of blogs.
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* I second the motion.
The reason there's a Sgt. for every two(?) coppers in CAPS is to baby-sit them so they show up, do (some) meaningful work and not pull the old (I'm going in the field to check something out) personal business and/or duckaroos.
Me thinks justice would be served if they abandoned CAPS and made them work (exclusively) in ghetto districts with the (dumped) Daley and Burke bodyguards. Could you imagine the conversations in that squad car?! Bwaaahahahaha!
CAPS= Cant Ask Po-lice Shit
Fuck CAPS.. Im glad the meetings where your fellow officers treat you like an enemy in front of civilians is coming to a close. Now you assholes have to sit next to us in rollcall, with your fake "I was just playing" smiles. And now you get to see what "Just call 911" means to your 8.5 hour coffee break. I'll hold the seat next me for you
How else do we regularly get to talk directly to police in our district with the little stuff that needs to be addressed and that you as cops should know about but might not be aware of?
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Heyyy, are you the guy that brings his cellphone with him on dogwalks, pointing out compliance violations on parked cars?
I knew my CAPS lunchbox was gonna be a collector's item someday....eeeehaaa!
Anonymous said...
I had no idea that Peter Karl was STILL raping the citizens TAX DOLLARS for that BULLSHIT show: Crimewatch. The bastard has a website.
I hope he rots in hell with Daley.
9/09/2010 03:17:00 AM
That makes two of us!
Peter Karl Productions was located in the suburbs, but the heat must have finally gotten to him. Even though the business is not required to be in the city, it just looked very bad that it was not located within our borders. He has since moved his business into the city, at least on paper, but has he yet bothered to purchase Chicago vehicle stickers for his company vehicles?
Hopefully, the new mayor will realize this Geraldo wannabe Peter Karl is worthless and kick his ass to the curb! What an absolute waste of taxpayer dollars!
In my district they hid a CAPS officer on the 3rd watch "quality of life car". 2306W does not receive radio assignments. So when they gave out a disturbance call involving homless, an officer got on the radio and said why don't you send 2306W, the quality of life car. The dispatcher called 2306W 4 times to no avail. He didn't get redlined, he dosen't answer calls, he doesn't go to roll call, he dosen't show up to jobs, and the lights to the CAPS office were off by 7pm. He is supposed to work 1600 to midnight. WHERE WERE YOU T.W.?
CAPS was a political ploy by Daley to make the public feel they were involved with the police regarding crime in their community.
The problem is that, as others here have stated, CAPS was allowed to function as long as it was within the operational needs of the department. Operational needs being that calls for police service be dispatched and responded to by sworn officers in a timely matter. Every call gets a police officer to the door.
If there is a group of bangers are hanging in the park everyday I may beable to drive by once a tour, but once the jobs come out, one after another, all patrol efforts are out the window.
Just look at the beat meetings, if every citizen that attends calls with his or her complaint and wants the police to respond, then where are the police for the calls from the citizens that aren't at the beat meetings?
We can only handle one job at a time. But jobs are assinged and stacked so when the public bitches about response times the pols can respond that every call is
dispatched within 2.3 minutes or whatever it is.
Much of CAPS just replaces functions that the alderman would handle but now can't be bothered with.
We are police officers, if you need to talk about your neighbor not mowing his lawn call the aldermans office. if your neighbor is breaking down your door of raking your newspaper call the police. If you find your car stolen in the morning make the report thru 311, we can't do anything more for you than they can.
Have a nice day and send the caps officers back to district law enforcement.
caps is a waste of time and manpower,nothing but an offcie job getting paid the same as coppers who do the job!
If you find your car stolen in the morning make the report thru 311, we can't do anything more for you than they can.
Those lazy f#@%s at 311 just push it back on us.
The city paid Peter Karl 4.7 million dollars for his crime watch bull and training videos. I was at the Academy the other day looking for a video that I was in years ago only to find out that the city eliminated the video services unit. We had a unit that produced videos,videotaped funerals,power test, etc.and we get rid of them???? I did see Karl Productions recording the power test on the new recruits so he is still in business.
Chicago defaults or late pays just about everything. What makes you think Peter Karl is walking around with all this money in his bank account? think about it, worth a chuckle
I had no idea that Peter Karl was STILL raping the citizens TAX DOLLARS for that BULLSHIT show: Crimewatch. The bastard has a website.
I hope he rots in hell with Daley.
9/09/2010 03:17:00 AM
And yes, they dumped two honest, hard working coppers from the unit that did that work for the Dept.
Karl has literally made "Millions" of dollars doing his videos.
Speaking of CAPS, I have a question for guys in other Districts. I work in 013. For the entire month of August we have had outdoor beat meetings along with ODRC's at each one. When I overcame my initial shock over the stupidity of actually doing that,I inquired as to what nitwit came up with this idea. I was told it came from downtown but now I'm not so sure. I now suspect it came from the 3rd watch CAPS Sgt. My question to the officers from other districts is if they were doing this citywide or was it just us in 013?
9/09/2010 07:34:00 AM
I work in 013, too. I was told the meritorious CAPS Sgt (and aldermanic candidate) you named was bragging that this was his idea and downtown stole it from him and took it citywide. Kinda like he's been stealing money from the taxpayers pretending to be a police officer all of these years?
9/08/2010 05:14:00 PM
That's because most of the police believe CRAPS is useless.
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But if he is the CAPS Sgt, shoudln't he pretend to give a shit?
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