Preemptive Closing
We'd just like to get ahead of the news cycle and help out Rahm and Garry by pre-announcing the closure of the North Avenue Beach for Friday:
Whatever you do Friday, do not: Take a hot bath to de-stress; get stuck in a glass elevator; decide to have a marathon baking session in your studio apartment for an upcoming 4th of July picnic.
Do not do these things, or anything else taxing, because it’s forecast to reach 100 degrees Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
In fact the weather service is calling the sizzling heat an “extreme heatwave.”
Since a mere 88 degrees on Memorial Day resulted in a single beach being closed for "heat" reasons, we can't see any purpose in having that same beach open when it's actually going to be 12 degrees hotter.
That would be silly, silly we say, just plain silly. Or just pointing out another lie.
That would be silly, silly we say, just plain silly. Or just pointing out another lie.
Labels: sarcasm AND silliness
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
119 Comments:
Too bad half the fleet doesn't have a/c. Gonna be tough to get through!
I found this to be funny: Founder of the Guardian Angels talking about the Flash mobs here. Here is the link
http://goo.gl/08zqv
Unfortunately its from a liberal scum bag website but its the only place I could find it.
gentlemen if you could, please keep these heroes in your hearts & prayers. its hard to believe its been a year and i know CPD is coming up on some 1 year anniversaries of heroes we lost. i understand its a ways away from here, but we are all brothers and even just keeping them in your hearts & prayers would be great. Everyone stay safe out there. The marine corps taught me something great, "be polite to everyone you meet, and also have a plan to kill everyone you meet." Stay safe ladies and gents.
LET THEM NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
Officer David Curtis and Officer Jeffrey Kocab were shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest at a traffic stop.
Officer Curtis stopped a vehicle because it did not have a visible license plate. He called for an additional unit to assist him because the male passenger in the car was wanted on a misdemeanor charge for writing a worthless check. When Officer Kocab arrived as backup, they attempted to arrest the suspect. The suspect drew a weapon and shot both officers at close range. A witness called 911 six minutes later to report the officers had been shot. Officer Kocab died on the scene and Officer Curtis was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.
Officer Curtis had served with the Tampa Police Department for three years and eight months and had previously served with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. He is survived by his wife and four young sons. Officer Kocab served with the Tampa Police Department for 14 months and had previously served with the Plant City Police Department. He is survived by his expectant wife.
Donations
The Tampa Police Memorial Committee and the Tampa Police Benevolent Association have established the Curtis/Kocab Memorial Fund. Monies from this fund will go directly to the surviving spouses and familes of these officers killed in the line of duty. If you would like to donate to this fund, please make your check payable to the Curtis/Kocab Memorial Fund and:
Mail To:
c/o The Tampa Police Memorial Committee
P.O. Box 172995
Tampa, FL 33672
Hey DO NOT be surprised if you hear of beach closings due to...are you ready for it...ready?
"High Bacteria Counts"
No-one will ever figure that out right?
Shhhhhh... quiet now, don't tell anyone.
100 degrees and there may be alcohol involved. God help us.
Seriously though. OEMC get your shit together!
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On July 12, 1995, a dangerous hot-air mass settled over Chicago, producing three consecutive days of temperatures over 99 degrees Fahrenheit, heat indices (which measure the heat experienced by a typical person) around 120, high humidity, and little evening cooling. The heat wave was not the most extreme weather system in the city's history, but it proved to be Chicago's most deadly environmental event. During the week of the most severe weather, 485 city residents, many of whom were old, alone, and impoverished, died of causes that medical examiners attributed to the heat. Several hundred decedents were never autopsied, though, and after the event the Chicago Department of Public Health discovered that 739 Chicagoans in excess of the norm had perished while thousands more had been hospitalized for heat-related problems.
The patterns of heat wave mortality show that the disaster had a social as well as an ecological etiology. Over 70 percent of the victims were aged 65 and above; and African American mortality rates were roughly 1.5 times higher than those for whites. The heat wave deaths were concentrated in the predominantly African American community areas on the South and West Sides of Chicago, the places that also have high mortality rates and low life expectancy during normal times. The extreme weather helped to make visible some of the new dangers related to aging, isolation, and concentrated poverty in Chicago.
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2433.html
Of course than again, some people may like that because it lightens the stress on the social security and the social welfare systems.
I'm just sayin' the city can play the victim and blame mother nature. Everyone know there's nothing you can do about an act of God right?
I was thinking about going to the beach. I thinking I'll go to Montrose beach as it seems less likely I will be stricken from the heat than if I went to North Ave. beach. Besides if it's that hot you are right SCC they will have to close North Ave. but not Montrose.
OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
OT: I guess the race of the offender is important again.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-issue-alert-on-bridgeport-attempted-abduction-20110629,0,4515254.story
I predict, while the Mayor is at home with his family IN WASHINGTON D C, and the temperature soars during this weekend of gangs, guns, drugs and alcohol, that the City of Chicago will resemble the Wild, Wild West with more shootings and killings than there are fireworks displays!
Gonna be Hot, Hot, Hot !!!! All the dogs will be Out, Out, Out !!!! Shitcago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The animals will be out in packs of urinating, dope smoking, foul mouthed hordes preying on people on the lakefront.
Nice place to take your family. Thank you, democrats.
I turned the TV on this morning to the following news;
Navy Pier will be privatized
(something else leased/sold)
Chicago water quality ranked 26th in the nation (perhaps our greatest resource)
rahm will lay off between 600-700 union members (hear the drumbeat in the distance, somehow tiny dancer will come for us...maybe in the form of pension takebacks)
Illinois will be only State not allowing it's residents to arm themselves in conceal carry (I guess the other 49 States don't know what their doing)
This is all before my 1st cup of coffee, getting ready for work in beat car. Why did I get out of bed?
Are there any thing like Fresh Water Sharks Available ? How about Land Sharks, " Candygram " Might solve the roving Flash Mobs if we could just throw them in the water with Sharks with "Frickin lazer beams on their heads. "Is that too much to ask ?..........Mini Me, I mean Rahm.............
This weekend will be nothing compared to the shitstorms to the consecutive G8 and NATO conferences that the Tiny Dancers convinced the President to let us host.
Thanks a lot, jagballs.
SCC, thanks for the announcement!
I hope all the beaches go up for grabs.
Then there will be no way to deny we are short on manpower.
We need to do a 1986 again, the year the city hired 1500 coppers. I was one of them, and when I looked it up, found that there are less than half of us left.
We received notice from the city that our backyard pool will be closed down on Friday due to our family's potential for heat related illness. We are NOT to swim, or have friends and family over, as it would be difficult to get ems through if necessary. BOGUS.
According to the Bloomington Pantagraph, inmates at the central Illinois prison are being forced to wear the same pair of underwear for several days in a row because the jail cannot afford more undergarments. A prison watchdog group suspects the Taylorville facility may not be alone.
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So what?
OT - Guess this is where it started...
On today's date in 1572, Great Britain passed a 'Poor Law', giving assistance to the poor who were unemployed or vagrant.
We know how well that concept has worked out!
News saying Chicago beach water is among most unsafe in the nation.
Hmmm....news really hammering out this story this a.m. Perhaps offering an excuse tailor-made for the city to close the beaches?
Better buy those jeeps they used on the old TV show Rat Patrol. A couple of jeeps with .50CAL machine guns would keep the beaches pretty safe.
Add a laser to them or go "old school" a tracer every third round.
Now that's PC!
Pest Control.
I am doing a "Preemptive going on the medical" in anticipation of the coming heat wave. I am of advanced years, have no hair gell, am slightly overweight and think that extreme heat is a health hazard. Therefore I will take several "health" days and go a a recuperative water therapy clinic near Wisconsin Dells with the wife and girlfriend. For health reasons you understand.
It's the heat.
Hey DO NOT be surprised if you hear of beach closings due to...are you ready for it...ready?
"High Bacteria Counts"
No-one will ever figure that out right?
Shhhhhh... quiet now, don't tell anyone.
6/30/2011 12:53:00 AM
Had to laugh, hearing the news report... they're blaming it on the seagulls..lol
Yep, it's all legit..lol
How about just opening all the hydrants on the westside? tis the ghetto way to stay cool in the summer....
Has anybody put anyone's feet to the flames yet? Or are we waiting until June 2012 ?
Heat, humidity, and packs of roving "suburban" youth will make for an interesting 4th weekend.
Think I'll stay home. Cut the grass, water the lawn, and clean my pistols...
Anonymous said...
OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
6/30/2011 02:47:00 AM
The department does not need a reason for new swipe machines. The old machines do not work. Area 5 is not the only unit with problems. Believe me, there are several units where a 8 hour work day is rare.
Poverty, crime, and Liberalism is the endless roll of canvas in which Progressives paint themselves a rosy picture to stroke and soothe their own egos.
"On July 12, 1995, a dangerous hot-air mass settled over Chicago, producing three consecutive days of temperatures over 99 degrees Fahrenheit...and after the event the Chicago Department of Public Health discovered that 739 Chicagoans in excess of the norm had perished..."
That was when LaGrou trucking had to provide the reefer trailers to supplement the morgue. The best part is that LaGrou also provides the reefer trailers for the "Taste"!!!!! Mmmmm...makes me hungry just thinkin' bout it...and dat ain't no hibbity jibbity...mmmm hhmmm...
Please send some porta-potties so we don't have to see someone taking a poo in the bushes again.
OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
6/30/2011 02:47:00 AM
There are only two inspectors for the whole city, which one? Henny Penny.
PAROLE has again been DENIED this morning for the two sniper assassins of Area 6 Task Force Sgt. James SEVERIN and P.O. Anthony RIZZATO in the Cabrini Green CHA projects on July 17, 1970.
VEAL, Johnny (M/B/58) #C01600, ISP Hill C.C.
KNIGHTS, George C. (M/B/64) #C15356, ISP Pinckneyville C.C.
Should they survive, these cowardly rat cocksuckers will be eligible for their next parole hearing in 3 years.
WE REMEMBER. REST IN PEACE, JIM and TONY.
OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
I call FOUL-ON-THIS! There are no street inspectors at this time.
Anonymous said...
Hey DO NOT be surprised if you hear of beach closings due to...are you ready for it...ready?
"High Bacteria Counts"
No-one will ever figure that out right?
Shhhhhh... quiet now, don't tell anyone.
6/30/2011 12:53:00 AM
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That's a good name for them !!!
Off Topic
Anyone know who the Lt. was running the after party from the Gay pride parade? That had to be one of the best run details I've seen in my 10 plus years on tac.. First he tells everyone to go be the police and do what you have to, next he goes out and leads by example and goes in through the crowd. No alcohol allowed, find it, write it. Next he shuts music down at 5 P.M. on the dot, no exceptions, finally shuts down vehicular traffic to montrose harbor around 7ish I believe, by the time 2100 rolled around almost no one left. I don't know what Lt. C is like in 007, but from what I saw of him at a fest I'd like to see him move up the chain we need more like him
Thanks Kevin, now go back and try on your Green Lantern suit.
RIP Lura Lynn Ryan... all reports say she was a wonderful and classy lady. Her only mistake was she married a corrupt politician. Well, actually, she married a pharmacist who later became a corrupt politician.
So, it turns out that between Lura Lynn's visits to the Federal penitentiary at Terra Haute, Indiana, Jim Thompson has been able to snowjob the warden into letting George Ryan out to visit friends and family and enjoy himself back at home on FOUR separate occasions. That's bullshit! I'm sure other inmates don't get those same considerations!
Guess now, there's no longer any reason for corrupt George to be busting out of jail. He can just sit back and wait for Blago to come join him and talk about the good old corrupt days in Illinois politics! Of course, Madigan and Quinn are still participants, so here's to getting the whole gang back together again... IN PRISON!
6/29/2011 01:08:00 AM
This garbage was on a thread about justice finally reaching a cop killer. Not only was that not the place for it, but I have to ask the poster: What is wrong with your moral compass?
There is a reason we call it the Daley Crime Family. Do you think the molls of these gangsters don't have a clue as to where all the cash is coming from? Put just a few grand in your pocket and I'm sure you wife would notice when you spent it.
Their wives share in their ill gotten gains and should share the burden of guilt. A lot of crocodile tears from George and Rich over their wives illnesses. Sociopaths, both of them. No sympathy from me for a crime family.
they will use the old... high bacterial count within the waters. a safety concern! need to close the beach. the citizens will believe that.
"I was thinking about going to the beach. I thinking I'll go to Montrose beach as it seems less likely I will be stricken from the heat than if I went to North Ave. beach. Besides if it's that hot you are right SCC they will have to close North Ave. but not Montrose."
That's because North Avenue Beach is further south-it's closer to the equator, so it's hotter there, right?
See? That 8th grade science is finally coming in handy!
"...the City of Chicago will resemble the Wild, Wild West..."
That's an anti-gun spin; the "Wild West" wasn't all that wild. Everybody had a gun, so no one was just shooting people randonmly like they do here. Our offenders choose weak targets that they know cannot fight back, but you're right about the upcoming killings.
"Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us."
Thanks to you, for pointing out that it's not only occurring in Area 5, but in other places in the city.
I'll have to have a look!
- An Inspector
there is definitely a heat wave over on the 5th floor of city hall as well--- rahmbo riled up the teachers union last week and now has set his sights on the greedy city workers---- he threatened 650 layoffs unless concessions are made by the unions--- rahmbo said it is " shared sacrifice " that we all have to do--- I don't see that skinny little bastard sacrificing anything, he's a millionaire....
Rahm stated he is going to lay 650 Union workers. That is PEANUTS compared to the 4,500 uniformed police officers we are short. The silence of the F.O.P. is disgusting, we need to have adequate manpower on a good day, let alone a city that is going to be in complete CHAOS next summer with the G8/NATO Summits. Now is the time to play hardball and demand hiring,its not coincidence the city is completely out if control. Hey F.O.P. do something!!!!!!!!!!
I am waiting for people to build a new beach and not tell anyone about it. If you see construction crews driving along LSD with a bunch of sand, I told you so.
Shut up you tool, don't you know everybody works a full tour. Now go put on your baseball cap and black gloves and get to work. Just think after you work your full 9 hours you can run to the bar and tell everybody what a great copper you are and how you single handedly took down a drinker or a pisser all without messing up your hair.
And yes you idiot I work in Area 5.
If you think they need a reason to implement the swiping then you are a complete goof.
This is all before my 1st cup of coffee, getting ready for work in beat car. Why did I get out of bed?
6/30/2011 06:28:00 AM
A better question is why aren't you looking for alternate employment? Leave this place to the lowlifes that run it...
OT
There is a new policy afoot. If you can identify another officer who does nothing and if you promise to do everything that other officer would have done, then the department will fire that officer and give you half their salary to do their job and yours. If you fail to get the job done, then you lose all of the extra salary and half your original base salary. You also go on the list as eligible for replacement by another officer who promises to do your job.
You can sign up for the Replacement Program on the Clear system.
OT: Check out the great photo of CPD's finest running to the sound of gunfire at the Uptown Update blog:
http://www.uptownupdate.com/2011/06/first-responders.html
Uptown loves their first responders! Awesome!
OT:
ripped from the pages of SSC and presented to The Mayors Office, this is one of many cost reduction recommendations, (besides cutting Aldermen by 50%) by the Civic Federation of Chicago;
◆ Targeting the Chicago Police Department by eliminating “unnecessary layers of management” and supervisory benefits, reducing “chronic absenteeism” and redrawing maps of police districts and “strategizing beat staffing” based on the U.S. Census, 911 calls and relevant crime data.
INSIGNIFICANT BLOG@GOTTA RUN.ORG
E3 and Carothers gets their ass handed to them today at Compstat.
Change-is-a-brewin.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
Sounds like YOUR upset that YOU have to come in and go home on time like the rest of us.
O.T. The manager of the Fado Pub in the River North area has gone missing. Been 24 hours now, and did not report to work on Wed morning, not at his apt, not answering cell. If any officers can help please do. His name is Tom Dowd, age 42, 6'00 and 175 lbs.
Thanks,
A concerned friend and CPD vet.
Who Let The Dogs Out?
(via CapitolFax.com)
[...]
a quality of life story, so they’re closely related…
Illinois beaches along Lake Michigan have the sixth-worst water quality in the country, a study released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council found.
* But this may help…
A report on Illinois beaches released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council suggests that the use of border collies to harass gulls has helped reduce water contamination levels at area beaches.
The annual NRDC assessment says the difference was most apparent at 57th Street and 63rd Street beaches, where the first use of collies in 2008 coincided with significantly smaller percentages of days on which water contamination exceed state standards.
What’s more, the following year, when collies were not used, contimination levels climbed, and in 2010, when the collies were used again, levels fell again.
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In other news Quinn goes on a 12 day Asian tour...(you know a trade mission thingy..yeah right)
And as Bill Clinton wraps up his Illinois Job Summit we learn of this:
Job-seeking public finds fewer online job postings: The number of online advertised job postings in Illinois fell 5.6 percent in June from May, but rose 15.5 percent from June 2010, a report released by the Conference Board Wednesday showed.
more here > http://capitolfax.com/2011/06/30/quinn-heading-to-asia/
Anonymous Anonymous said...
OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
6/30/2011 02:47:00 AM
That is fine with me. If we have to swipe in, then I will take my two personals too. If the city wants to do everything by the book then I'll do everything by the book too.
Hey nice job governor Quinn!
Peoria-based Caterpillar is Creating Jobs
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This is why you need to choose your words carefully and be aware of the images they conjure up and the assumptions to be made from them.
A few weeks ago as Caterpillar raised concerns about the business climate in Illinois with regard to the new state income tax increases and threatened to leave the state . Gov Quinn had a meeting with the company and it was reported:
Caterpillar Inc's (CAT.N) CEO said he plans to keep the equipment manufacturer in Peoria after meeting with Quinn about his concerns.
Well Guess what?
The Caterpillar jobs, 200 of them being created...will be in Georgia..so ooops never mind.
(AP) — Caterpillar Inc. is investing $120 million in a Georgia facility and expects to create at least 200 more jobs in the state.
Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110630/NEWS05/110639996/caterpillar-to-create-200-jobs-in-georgia#ixzz1QmfeDGPV
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Have a nice 12 day vacation in the orient doing the so-called trade deals Mr Quinn..seriously WTF?
The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
6/30/2011 02:47:00 AM
Get the fuck out of here, how many units across the city nevvvvvvver let people make an early slip. If the inspector had set at any one of "half" the units, the results would have been comparable.
Off topic SCC,
Thomas Worthems father passed away 27Jun11. Details for the wake are in the daily bulletin for 30Jun11. Please pray for Mrs. Worthem who has now lost her son and husband in a years time. Thank you.
OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
6/30/2011 02:47:00 AM
There are no Inspectors right now
Nice to see the Arlington Heights PD fine the guy that returned the 17k cash bag 500 bucks.
ITS FUNNY NOW TILL EVERY UNIT IN THE HOOD IS STRINGING POLICE TAPE ALL OVER THE STREETS.
STAY COOL AND STAY SAFE.
O.T. It was interesting at the COMPSTAT meeting today. Carothers was beat up again. Who will win this political battle in the end? Will Carothers go crying to his brother and tell him to go to Daley to ask him to talk to Mayor Ballerina. Will the former alderman tell Daley to have the Sup. keep his hands off Lil Carothers or he will talk to the media. Who knows. This is better then watching a soap. Only time will tell.
Ahhhh Summer in Chicago, gotta love it. There's nothing like a 100 degree day combined with the smells of alcohol, blood and dirt. Ahhhh gotta love it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
6/30/2011 02:47:00 Am
This happens everywhere, don't blame just them idiot!
We should be allowed to have laser sights on our guns.
no court order requiring rich daley to have police officers and cars assigned to him
mcgruff what's your excuse
mcgruff what's your excuse allowing police officers to work 1 man cars on 1st and 3rd watch while police body guards are assigned to neely and daley
cat got your tongue or won't rahm let you talk , 240 k a year puppet
Are they going to preemptively close the NATO/G8 summit? Look at what happens in every country that holds these things. Hundreds of thousands of protesters and we have just a few thousand cops to put on the street for this.
What genius thought of doing this on a shoe string budget with a skeleton crew for a police department? It's going to be like the Bulls riots times ten.
And then the flash mob offenders, I mean those poor misguided youth, will just feel all patriotic and behave themselves while that's going on downtown.
We have morons, mostly, for leaders and few numbers. Interesting days are ahead.
OT:
Rhambulus declares there are 120,000 jobs in Chicago. So why mess with 650 union workers?
In da river we hope to have fish. Go down to da river at lunch and cook a fish and have a cold battle of beer. Dere is nothing so wholesome as a dead fish.
--Law Abiding Citizen
OT. I know we hoped McSupe would be a breath of fresh air for this department and I hope that he will somehow come around.(WISHFUL THINKING) But what gets me more than anything is he has been around for almost 1-2 months and has not addressed us in any way. Not personally, through writing, anything. But yet he has the balls to kiss ass to Phleger and the savages. He must have drank the whole fucking 50 barrel can of Kool-Aid before even being officially appointed. I though maybe the ballerina would allow someone to actually run this department without interference, but again wishful thinking. I have no idea what direction we are headed, but deep down inside it feels like Daley and Weis are still in control. At least Weis had the balls to let us know he was going to fuck with us and shit on us. This guy could at least give us a big fuck you so that we know he does realize we exist. One thing for sure is McSupe and the ballerina can lie repeatedly to the masses without a pause. I wonder if they actually believe their own bullshit.
If someone has the DC address, I would be more than happy to check it out-I'll look for him at the DC 4th celebrations.
Cook County scraps faulty police car camera program
Cook County officials on Thursday pulled the plug on a troubled $44 million effort that left faulty cameras in police cars.
A review of “Project Shield” by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s team found an “ill-conceived, poorly designed and badly executed” program that put the lives of emergency responders in danger, said Michael Masters, the new director of the county’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
The $65,000 cameras not only don’t work, but block air bags in the cars, he said.
There are 138 cars equipped with the cameras, and county officials have advised suburban police departments to stop using the cars until the equipment can be removed, Masters said.
Other cameras placed at locations throughout the county were meant to detect crime and terrorism. But most police chiefs believe the locations chosen didn’t make much sense, Masters said.
The police chiefs’ recommendations for camera locations had been overruled by “technology personnel sitting in offices” and “administrators on Clark Street,” he said. The program started under the late County Board President John Stroger after the federal government made money available after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
(more at the above link.)
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Yeah I think I know where some of the camera's are. In front of "high profile alderman's" homes while five and seven year old's get shot and sexually molested.
Money well spent don't you think -- our tax dollars at work?
Somebody mentioned laser sights. Didn't J-Fled give a stupid answer when that was mentioned during his term. He said it would be too confusing because nobody would know whose dot was their laser sight. Who gives a fuck? Everybody would be aiming at the same scumbag.
to 11:57 am ,
You Sir,are brilliant ! it's thinking out of the box like this the company needs more of !!!!
signed,Sup. Mchack
Rahm stated he is going to lay 650 Union workers. That is PEANUTS compared to the 4,500 uniformed police officers we are short. The silence of the F.O.P. is disgusting, we need to have adequate manpower on a good day, let alone a city that is going to be in complete CHAOS next summer with the G8/NATO Summits. Now is the time to play hardball and demand hiring,its not coincidence the city is completely out if control. Hey F.O.P. do something!!!!!!!!!!
6/30/2011 10:52:00 AM
The FOP still around. I thought we didn't have a Union anymore after the last election. Damn and I thought they were voted out. I haven't heard anything from them.
@ 6/30/2011 09:58:00 AM
"Thanks Kevin, now go back and try on your Green Lantern suit"
nah... more like green long johns with question marks all over 'em just like the Riddler... :)
Are they going to preemptively close the NATO/G8 summit? Look at what happens in every country that holds these things. Hundreds of thousands of protesters and we have just a few thousand cops to put on the street for this.
What genius thought of doing this on a shoe string budget with a skeleton crew for a police department? It's going to be like the Bulls riots times ten.
6/30/2011 05:04:00 PM
there's a purpose here, but one will have to be capable of the most insidiously twisted thinking to figure it out.
We should be allowed to have laser sights on our guns.
6/30/2011 04:54:00 PM
we should be allowed to have lasers as guns.
Ahhhh Summer in Chicago, gotta love it. There's nothing like a 100 degree day combined with the smells of alcohol, blood and dirt. Ahhhh gotta love it.
6/30/2011 03:55:00 PM
the aroma always pleases me.
Chalkie
FYI The 2 inspectors 1 is goofy henny penny the other is KS! KS is a great guy he may be in 25 true,but he has to do all the districts,all the unit AUDITS he is not doing bullshit stop spreading rumors you jagoff!
Today the Area One Compstat meeting was held in the morning at HQ. I witnessed the begining of the end for Superintendent McPrick. This was the 1st time seeing this short little man. I was not impressed by him at all. It took him less than two hours to alienate all of A/1. I can only imagine the conversations in the cars headed back to the districts. The new boss is 10X worse than imagined. God bless the Command Staff who have to eat shit the next four years.
I am waiting for people to build a new beach and not tell anyone about it. If you see construction crews driving along LSD with a bunch of sand, I told you so.
6/30/2011 11:29:00 AM
i am waiting for the lake level to rise 20 - 30 feet, permanently, so my home can become lakefront property, without having to move it.
""OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us"
While this may or may not be true, I'm sure the same comings and goings happen in every area....
That being said, if true, I hope the inspector also checked those officers leaving late and made sure that in fact they dropped a slip for working overtime. How often do we stay more than 8 minutes after the end of our tour and NOT drop a slip, as we'd rather get in our car and GO??
Also, how about those that are in for work 15-20 minutes early to make sure they are prepared for work--get car keys, sign out a taser or carbine or check their dept e-mail before their tour starts; they aren't turning in slips either.
Now, I don't fall into either group, but I know officers who do -- so, they really need to look at the time that is given, as well as taken. If they want to make clock watchers out of everyone, fine; 1/2 hr for lunch, 2 personals and I'll be standing by the time clock right after check off.
Be sure to tell that victim at 10 after the hour that all assistance stops until I can get my supervisor's (who is at check off without his radio) approval, I am doing no more police work. They really better watch what they wish for.
According to the Bloomington Pantagraph, inmates at the central Illinois prison are being forced to wear the same pair of underwear for several days in a row because the jail cannot afford more undergarments. A prison watchdog group suspects the Taylorville facility may not be alone.
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So what?
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You know, if I didn't have clean undies in the drawer and had no access to a washer, I just might wash my 'fine washables' in the sink. HUH? I gots to do my OWN laundry??
I'll guarantee for a FACT they're gonna close beaches tomorrow.
Why? It's the only way to save face and lend a faint whiff of legitimacy to the patent lie told in the past about why the beach was closed.
In fact, if they DON'T close beaches tomorrow, they'll be proving themselves liars in the first place.
Bet on it, they ain't about to make themselves look like liars.
Only thing is, the retailers around there are gonna get porch fucked by these fuckers downtown trying to cover their lying asses.
I remember when the only danger you faced at Chicago beaches were fecal greaseballs washing ashore from Gary.
My, times have changed.
OT:
I was making a shortcut drive through the west side this afternoon to get away from the Ike which was jammed. I took California north from the Ike and was going to go to Lake St and then west.
Around Wilcox a beat up black Ford Crown Vic came careening around the corner EB and turned SB and came into my lane right towards me. I swerved of course because I didn't want to get hit by a car full of the west side's finest shitbirds and then I saw one leaning out of a window with the video recorder.
All of them laughing like hyenas at making me swerve way to the right to avoid them and the video camera aiming right at me. I couldn't get to my snub nose fast enough.
So somewhere an old white guy with a White Sox hat is on some shithead's thrill video swerving out of the way of a car load of future (or present) felons.
I guess this passes for entertainment out there, they must have all been on their way to their jobs on the afternoon shift at Zenith or Motorola or Brachs candy. No wait, that was 40 years ago. This is their full time job, being shitheads.
There was only a ragged old temp plate hanging by one screw on the rear. But it had 4 tires, a relative luxury on the west side.
Watch out if you venture outside civilization out there. The west side is still an adventuresome place.
Completely O.T. SCC, what about the article I read in Scumtimes online about this POS Morado who stalked a copper who busted this jagoff's nephew?? First I heard of this!!! How did these creeps get the officers home address and why has there not been a bigger deal made over this case??!! That bitch Lisa Madigan wanted to publish names and adrresses of FOID card holders (i.e. coppers). These libtards are going to make it impossible to be the police!! Please shed any light on this that you can, thanks.
Do the Japanese still have that giant Rodan monster from the 1950's laying around some movie lot. How about putting this creature coming out of the lake and making loud noises to scare everybody away from the lakefront.
Its nice to know the superintendent can get a brand new 4x4....at least the mayor uses jfled's old ride
I was told this and assuming its true can someone please explain how the commanders secretary in 013 who just transferred in is getting D 2 pay. it was explained to me he was a e.t. and is still getting that pay.
Thanks E3 for making Area 1 a very unpleasant place to work. Hey Supe, put a Boss in there who cares. You saw he knows nothing about Area 1... Just sayin
Off Topic
Anyone know who the Lt. was running the after party from the Gay pride parade? That had to be one of the best run details I've seen in my 10 plus years on tac.. First he tells everyone to go be the police and do what you have to, next he goes out and leads by example and goes in through the crowd. No alcohol allowed, find it, write it. Next he shuts music down at 5 P.M. on the dot, no exceptions, finally shuts down vehicular traffic to montrose harbor around 7ish I believe, by the time 2100 rolled around almost no one left. I don't know what Lt. C is like in 007, but from what I saw of him at a fest I'd like to see him move up the chain we need more like him
Thanks Kevin, now go back and try on your Green Lantern suit.
6/30/2011 09:58:00 AM
That's actually impressive. I've worked that fest when we've been instructed to let people drink and tear up the streets. Glad someone got some sense. People should not drink outside and act a fool no matter what your special case is.
Anonymous said...
I remember when the only danger you faced at Chicago beaches were fecal greaseballs washing ashore from Gary.
My, times have changed.
6/30/2011 08:20:00 PM
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A Steve & Garry listener from way, way back!!
Do the Japanese still have that giant Rodan monster from the 1950's laying around some movie lot. How about putting this creature coming out of the lake and making loud noises to scare everybody away from the lakefront.
6/30/2011 08:39:00 PM
make that a couple dozen politicians offering free flat screens to whoever will come into the water to get them.
there is definitely a heat wave over on the 5th floor of city hall as well--- rahmbo riled up the teachers union last week and now has set his sights on the greedy city workers---- he threatened 650 layoffs unless concessions are made by the unions--- rahmbo said it is " shared sacrifice " that we all have to do--- I don't see that skinny little bastard sacrificing anything, he's a millionaire....
6/30/2011 10:35:00 AM
What is disturbing is that the city has successfully convinced the public that city workers are the scum of the earth and basically don't deserve a paycheck, pension, or health insurance. They have completely disrespected the rights of workers to have a decent life. When they speak of city workers, even govt. workers, the tone seems so venomous. Nice to have scapegoats huh politicians?
Off Topic.....will they be starting up carbine classes again? and when?
Is the outdoor range in 004 a reality? Or did the do-gooders, gun grabbers, cop haters put the kibosh on that too?
Anonymous said...
Thanks E3 for making Area 1 a very unpleasant place to work. Hey Supe, put a Boss in there who cares. You saw he knows nothing about Area 1... Just sayin
6/30/2011 10:30:00 PM
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You should really get your facts straight.
D.B. has given up his E.T. Status to work for F. Gross.
Nothing to gain there I assure you. This guy is smarter than the average bear, and that bullshit pay meant nothing to him. If you knew him? I guarantee you wouldn't be talking shit! Instead of starting rumors you sad excuse of an officer, why don't you contact FOP, Management & Labor
Affairs Section, or Personnel and get your answer before spreading your weak ass rumor. Shame on you!
Anonymous said...
We should be allowed to have laser sights on our guns.
6/30/2011 04:54:00 PM
we should be allowed to have lasers as guns.
6/30/2011 07:00:00 PM
We should be allowed guns.
-Citizen
E3 and Carothers gets their ass handed to them today at Compstat.
Change-is-a-brewin.
About Fuckin time, now see if they have the balls to dump them....
OT: Goofy Garry is supposed to be on the channel 7 morning show (Windy City Live?) at 0900 on Friday morning.
Lies, lies and more lies?
Anonymous said...
We should be allowed to have laser sights on our guns.
6/30/2011 04:54:00 PM
we should be allowed to have lasers as guns.
6/30/2011 07:00:00 PM
We should be allowed guns.
-Citizen
6/30/2011 11:21:00 PM
Haha! WE have guns.
-- Parolees.
Today the Area One Compstat meeting was held in the morning at HQ. I witnessed the begining of the end for Superintendent McPrick. This was the 1st time seeing this short little man. I was not impressed by him at all. It took him less than two hours to alienate all of A/1. I can only imagine the conversations in the cars headed back to the districts. The new boss is 10X worse than imagined. God bless the Command Staff who have to eat shit the next four years.
6/30/2011 07:08:00 PM
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Hey dillweed, A/1 bosses DESERVE to eat shit, because they SUCK, as almost ALL our exempts do! Hopefully the one thing McDong accomplishes is shitcanning all the exempts back to LT.
INTEL UNIT 191 HAS WEEKENDS OFF WTF
No need for them on weekends then disband them and make them work like everybody else
laser sights are stupid and unnessesary for handguns. learn how to shoot and react instinctively...
the range is on its way..meanwhile carbine courses are elsewhere. look it up..
Saw the inspector sitting in the car on the west side lot of the central ave bridge. Then moved to the east lot.
Could have sworn I saw him using binoculars..
mcgruff what's your excuse allowing police officers to work 1 man cars on 1st and 3rd watch while police body guards are assigned to neely and daley
Actually, per Patrol Division, there are to be NO 1 man cars on midnights. If there are, where you work, someone should drop the dime.
FYI The 2 inspectors 1 is goofy henny penny the other is KS! KS is a great guy he may be in 25 true,but he has to do all the districts,all the unit AUDITS he is not doing bullshit stop spreading rumors you jagoff!
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KS is not a good guy
The new boss is 10X worse than imagined. God bless the Command Staff who have to eat shit the next four years.
6/30/2011 07:08:00 PM
God bless the command staff? You have to be kidding. With precious few exemptions, they are the biggest goof political hacks that exist and are destroying this department. Their lack of leadership will destroy this place soon enough. I hope they get what they have coming for their bullshit.
It's 120 degrees here in Baghdad. We'll trade you....you can send the scumbags out here too, we have something for them, but they have to come pick it up. ;z
'Bulbs'McCarthy is on the Don & Roma program on WLS now.
Bulbs says he will now wear a uniform when he shoots out street lights.
http://www.wlsam.com/
HEAT WAVE COMING !!!!!!!!!!
Effective immediately all police districts east of Western Ave. will be closed due to heat. Police personnel will direct all residents and visitors in this are to head west to the Fox River where a breeze has been forcasted.
Signed:
Supe. McGruff
CPD
Their wives share in their ill gotten gains and should share the burden of guilt. A lot of crocodile tears from George and Rich over their wives illnesses. Sociopaths, both of them. No sympathy from me for a crime family.
6/30/2011 09:58:00 AM
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My sentiments exactly. Fuck em all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The new boss is 10X worse than imagined. God bless the Command Staff who have to eat shit the next four years.
6/30/2011 07:08:00 PM
God bless the command staff? You have to be kidding. With precious few exemptions, they are the biggest goof political hacks that exist and are destroying this department. Their lack of leadership will destroy this place soon enough. I hope they get what they have coming for their bullshit.
7/01/2011 06:26:00 AM
The command staff which exempt are you? You jagoffs need to be cut in half,we are way to top heavy,and you suck a huge part of the pension system when your fatass retires!
I am a member of the CFD and was working on Memorial Day and was at North Avenue beach that day on a call. I heard a police white shirt say that they were shutting it down. When I asked why he said because of all the animials & because we don't have the manpower to control it now. I also heard them say that they will say it was because of the heat.
But I must admit that it was probably the RIGHT thing to do to close it. But tell the truth and stop making stupid lies.
INTEL UNIT 191 HAS WEEKENDS OFF WTF
No need for them on weekends then disband them and make them work like everybody else
-Ha sux not to have clout we get all the OT and take home cars too
"Anonymous said...
FYI The 2 inspectors 1 is goofy henny penny the other is KS! KS is a great guy he may be in 25 true,but he has to do all the districts,all the unit AUDITS he is not doing bullshit stop spreading rumors you jagoff!"
Hey JAGOFF! I realize that you secretly want to be an inspector when you grow up. But when the inspector spends several days in a row in a district there is a problem. It would not be a big deal if every boss wasn't trying to climb the gold star ladder by throwing everyone under the bus. With the new supt in office the bosses will do anything for a gold star spot. " look boss at what I discovered, detectives coming in late and leaving early everyday. This behavior is costing the city 3 hours a day a millions of dollars a year". "Did I do good boss? Can I have my gold star now?
Anonymous said...
OT - Inspector was observed in 025th district lot for the past few days. A friend in a high place said that the inspector was logging the coming and going of Area 5 personnel and that there will be a crackdown on the coming in late and leaving early crew. The crackdown will be used as a reason to immediately implement the biometric swiping in and out.
Thanks Area 5 for fucking it up for all of us.
6/30/2011 02:47:00 AM
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Yeah and we would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling kids and that dog....
(the Scooby Doo ending...)
A/5 Phantom
'Bulbs'McCarthy is on the Don & Roma program on WLS now.
Bulbs says he will now wear a uniform when he shoots out street lights.
http://www.wlsam.com/
7/01/2011 08:09:00 AM
It was fucking amazing. I never saw the ballerina's lips move during the whole interview. He is 100 times better than Daley was.
My son and 10 of his friends went to North Avenue Beach...without my knowledge but he is 18 years old. At about 3 O'Clock he was approached by 3 shitheads...one elbowed him in the face as the other 2 tried to knock him over. They assholes didn't realize that he had 10 friends with him. My son and his friends beat the shit out of one of them while the other two fled. If it was just my son, I'm sure things would have been a lot worse. These SHITHEADS should die.
Anonymous said...
The new boss is 10X worse than imagined. God bless the Command Staff who have to eat shit the next four years.
6/30/2011 07:08:00 PM
God bless the command staff? You have to be kidding. With precious few exemptions, they are the biggest goof political hacks that exist and are destroying this department. Their lack of leadership will destroy this place soon enough. I hope they get what they have coming for their bullshit.
7/01/2011 06:26:00 AM
Hey! I'm a leader! I took that NU leadership class!
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