Cops, Firefighter Injured
- Two Chicago Police vehicles responding to a call collided early Saturday on the South Side.
The police vehicles were responding to an assist call when they collided with each other about 12:40 a.m. in the 4700 block of South Halsted Street, said police News Affairs [...], citing preliminary information.
An unidentified number of officers were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries...
And a firefighter was hospitalized after responding to a call:
A Chicago firefighter was transported to a hospital after battling an extra-alarm blaze this afternoon at an apartment building in the North Side's Edgewater neighborhood.
The firefighter was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston to be treated for "exertion," and is expected to be OK, said [...], a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department. No one else was hurt.
About 100 firefighters responded to the fire in the three-story, six-unit building at 1241-43 W. Granville Ave. about 4:15 p.m.
Labels: fire fighters, officer injured
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
9 Comments:
Call me crazy, but is it possible there is a connection between all the police related vehicle accidents and the shortage of police city wide? If this doesn't
scream, shortage of police, & danger to citizens & police, what will it take?? Union, PLEASE SPEAK UP.
Why isn't there a major PR initiative directed to the public to reinforce CPD & CFD
rules to be aware & move to the right of the road when emergency lights are on? ( Actually, they are not CPD & CFD rules, they are Ill. rules of the road)
Thoughts and prayers to all and I hope they make a complete recovery.
Be safe out there.
Heard that 'exertion' comment on bbm newsradio and laughed out loud. Anybody want to bet the press release was supposed to say 'exhaustion'?
Well, whatever it is, I hope s/he's okay.
I hate to sound like a company man BUT Beat and Sector Integrity are not being practiced citywide. I hope the PO's are fine but guys, stay in your sectors and beats if possible. The crashes start with people crossing Dists at a high rate of speed. It's just common sense.
I hate to sound like a company man BUT Beat and Sector Integrity are not being practiced citywide. I hope the PO's are fine but guys, stay in your sectors and beats if possible. The crashes start with people crossing Dists at a high rate of speed. It's just common sense.
Where do you work? On the Moon?
Best wishes for quick recoveries.
I hate to sound like a company man BUT Beat and Sector Integrity are not being practiced citywide. I hope the PO's are fine but guys, stay in your sectors and beats if possible. The crashes start with people crossing Dists at a high rate of speed. It's just common sense.
Where do you work? beat integrity? most districts are so busy it's any car available, or the beat car is downed due to no manpower and adjascent beats to cover and double as the wagon...
Beat integrity? It's an oxymoron these days.
As a supervisor coming back to patrol last year, I saw firsthand how badly the whole beat integrity thing had deteriorated. (It took about a whole hour to figure it out.)
Can't have beat integrity without enough cops to cover the beats, and, once there's a backlog, any semblance of SECTOR integrity evaporates, too. Basically, we were just glad SOMEBODY got assigned to the job and ANYBODY showed up.
Beat integrity died a quiet death a couple of years ago.
Beat integrity starts with the the Officer's dogging their jobs and WORK ETHIC. I work in a District where we have enough manpower, but, some Officers declined to clear up on a parker, noise disturbance, a frequent flyer missing report, and a dog barking complaint. So, who ends up covering their Beat while they're milking those stupid anonymous calls? The other Beat car whose coming from the other end of the District.
I hate to disagree with you SGT. I respect you all the way, believe me. But, Beat integrity isn't done. A Supervisor and the OEMC dispather just have to enforce it and call out those Officers who are LAZY.
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