Hot, HOT, HOT!!!
The longest stretch of uninterrupted heat so far this summer is set to smother the city, beginning Sunday.
Expect about a week of sizzling temperatures, mostly in the lower to mid-90s, according to the National Weather Service. And don’t expect much of a respite at night, when the lows are predicted to fall only into the upper 70s.
And with the heat index (the mix of heat and humidity) expected to top 100 degrees next week, it’s a good idea to take the usual precautions: Drink lots of fluids; stay out of the sun; avoid excessive exertion.
Also, avoid the beaches - they might have to be closed for "heat" reasons.
We're surprised we haven't heard any comparisons to the 1995 heat wave that killed hundreds. Multiple days of ninety-plus degrees, little air movement, no cooling at night while the heat builds and builds. We'd certainly expect a spike in violence at the very least.
We're surprised we haven't heard any comparisons to the 1995 heat wave that killed hundreds. Multiple days of ninety-plus degrees, little air movement, no cooling at night while the heat builds and builds. We'd certainly expect a spike in violence at the very least.
Labels: we got nothing
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
60 Comments:
With all these Heat Alerts and Beach Closings, will Mayor Rahm open them in the Winter for Polar Bear Makeup Days?
This may be off topic SCC but , WOW, you gots to hears this one!!!!!
Time:16Jul11
Where: 023rd Dist 3rd Watch
When : 1400 hrs, 1530 hrs, 1700 hrs
Capt TJL walks into roll call and breaks into a crazy rant about recent Medical Roll Abuses, 2 officers hit the Medical prior to start of tour 2day, ( alleged)... This Capt. of Police goes into a rant and reads EVERY OFFICER ON 3RD WATCH, WHO IS ON THE MEDICAL/IOD, READS Their names , and Their ailement , and then goes on to give his own medical opinion of whether they are really Ill/Injured or just malingering.... UNF***ING BELIEVABLE. Then this Capt. says that he will put all officers who use the Medical on a Rapid Car, since they obivously need rest before starting work......... This guy calls out Officers by name and says specifically that if they were " to be working on a loading dock with a bad back, they would show up to work on the loading dock to work with their bad back",,, This Capt. TJL then says thAt OUR MEDICAL ROLL POLICY IS DONE, OVER, ITS ANTIQUATED, AND DETRIMENTAL TO POLICE FUNCTIONS IN ITS CURRWENT FORM AND THAT MAYOR EMANUEL WILL SEE TO IT THAT IT'S ABOLISHED"..........He was loud, ranting, obnoxious, and read EVERY OFFICER'S NAME ON THE MEDICAL IN FRONT OF OFFICERS AT ROLL CALL AND SAID BASICALLY THAT ALMOST EVERYONE WAS MILKING THE SYSTEM EXCEPT FOR SOME HE SAID HE WISHED WOULD GET BETTER...... Hey SCC, FOP, is this a grievance???? I know you could get 20 plus To/Froms supporting this post.... Just asking?
THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING!
ITS HEAT!!! WE'VE NEVER HAD HEAT BEFORE!!!
OH WHAT TO DO?
Holy shit, some people in the media act as if it never gets "hot" in Chicago. Next thing you know, they are going to scream to the high heaven in Jan, when it snows...
Some of you need to act like you're actually FROM Chicago.
Stay cool and remember all the things you should do in this heat wave. Check on your elderly loved ones. Mind your kids and pets and be sure they are safe from the heat.
Years ago, Daley warned that heat is dangerous, he banned it.....
Ask a Legal Eagle if this could be construed as a HIPPA violation and file suit.
Anonymous said...
This may be off topic SCC but , WOW, you gots to hears this one!!!!!
Time:16Jul11
Where: 023rd Dist 3rd Watch
When : 1400 hrs, 1530 hrs, 1700 hrs
Capt TJL walks into roll call and breaks into a crazy rant about recent Medical Roll Abuses, 2 officers hit the Medical prior to start of tour 2day, ( alleged)... This Capt. of Police goes into a rant and reads EVERY OFFICER ON 3RD WATCH, WHO IS ON THE MEDICAL/IOD, READS Their names , and Their ailement , and then goes on to give his own medical opinion of whether they are really Ill/Injured or just malingering.... UNF***ING BELIEVABLE. Then this Capt. says that he will put all officers who use the Medical on a Rapid Car, since they obivously need rest before starting work......... This guy calls out Officers by name and says specifically that if they were " to be working on a loading dock with a bad back, they would show up to work on the loading dock to work with their bad back",,, This Capt. TJL then says thAt OUR MEDICAL ROLL POLICY IS DONE, OVER, ITS ANTIQUATED, AND DETRIMENTAL TO POLICE FUNCTIONS IN ITS CURRWENT FORM AND THAT MAYOR EMANUEL WILL SEE TO IT THAT IT'S ABOLISHED"..........He was loud, ranting, obnoxious, and read EVERY OFFICER'S NAME ON THE MEDICAL IN FRONT OF OFFICERS AT ROLL CALL AND SAID BASICALLY THAT ALMOST EVERYONE WAS MILKING THE SYSTEM EXCEPT FOR SOME HE SAID HE WISHED WOULD GET BETTER...... Hey SCC, FOP, is this a grievance???? I know you could get 20 plus To/Froms supporting this post.... Just asking?
7/17/2011 01:44:00 AM
7/17/2011 01:44:00 AM
No grievence there.
BUT . . . . .
It is a Hippa violation.
I hope that someone taped that rant.
Those officers can sue the Capt., the Dept., and the City.
Hello $$$$$$$
East parking lot, 1300 hrs July 1995, push ups with PO Terow on a regular basis. I don't recall ever being more miserable doing exercise than during that damn heat wave. Terow would exercise with you and he wore sweats! I got madder than hell but couldn't stay mad because he did it with us. He was brutal with his endurance.
I was sorry he passed just a few years later. He was a tireless gentleman. May God Bless him and his.
Hey SCC, FOP, is this a grievance???? I know you could get 20 plus To/Froms supporting this post.... Just asking?
___________________________________
It might be a lawsuit violating the HIPPA laws.
..........He was loud, ranting, obnoxious, and read EVERY OFFICER'S NAME ON THE MEDICAL IN FRONT OF OFFICERS AT ROLL CALL AND SAID BASICALLY THAT ALMOST EVERYONE WAS MILKING THE SYSTEM EXCEPT FOR SOME HE SAID HE WISHED WOULD GET BETTER...... Hey SCC, FOP, is this a grievance???? I know you could get 20 plus To/Froms supporting this post.... Just asking?
___________________________________
Post his name!!
Anonymous said...
This may be off topic SCC but , WOW, you gots to hears this one!!!!!
Time:16Jul11
Where: 023rd Dist 3rd Watch
When : 1400 hrs, 1530 hrs, 1700 hrs
Capt TJL walks into roll call and breaks into a crazy rant about recent Medical Roll Abuses, 2 officers hit the Medical prior to start of tour 2day, ( alleged)... This Capt. of Police goes into a rant and reads EVERY OFFICER ON 3RD WATCH, WHO IS ON THE MEDICAL/IOD, READS Their names , and Their ailement , and then goes on to give his own medical opinion of whether they are really Ill/Injured or just malingering.... UNF***ING BELIEVABLE. Then this Capt. says that he will put all officers who use the Medical on a Rapid Car, since they obivously need rest before starting work......... This guy calls out Officers by name and says specifically that if they were " to be working on a loading dock with a bad back, they would show up to work on the loading dock to work with their bad back",,, This Capt. TJL then says thAt OUR MEDICAL ROLL POLICY IS DONE, OVER, ITS ANTIQUATED, AND DETRIMENTAL TO POLICE FUNCTIONS IN ITS CURRWENT FORM AND THAT MAYOR EMANUEL WILL SEE TO IT THAT IT'S ABOLISHED"..........He was loud, ranting, obnoxious, and read EVERY OFFICER'S NAME ON THE MEDICAL IN FRONT OF OFFICERS AT ROLL CALL AND SAID BASICALLY THAT ALMOST EVERYONE WAS MILKING THE SYSTEM EXCEPT FOR SOME HE SAID HE WISHED WOULD GET BETTER...... Hey SCC, FOP, is this a grievance???? I know you could get 20 plus To/Froms supporting this post.... Just asking?
7/17/2011 01:44:00 AM
Grievance, CR and lawsuit. Medical information is confidential, by department policy, general order and federal law. To say nothing of this supervisor's behavior being just plain unprofessional.
If my name was read like that I would definitely be looking for a lawyer. Sue the bastard.
While I don't condone what that Capt. is alleged to have done in the 023rd District, it's no secret that there's no shortage of medical roll abusers there in that District, BIG TIME! I'm sure he was just venting his frustrations at the high numbers of people there riding the medical rolls, as they have for quite a while over there.
Capt TJL might have violated HIPPA laws on disclosing medical information. He has reason to have knowledge of their malady being management, but I don't believe he can broadcast that information
I don't know what it is with you guys always beefin about this or that. You see the W/C for what, ten minutes a day? Big deal. After that you walk out the door and if your smart, you won't see him again for the rest of the day. Let him rant. Let it go in one ear and out the other. The W/C is the white shirt that has the least impact on me during my tour of duty. It is the Sgt. or Lt. that can make my life miserable if they so choose. The W/C ranted on us at Rollcall, big f'n deal. At least you work in a nice,slow district. Grow up.
There are several reasons why the press is not offering comparisons to 1995. First, many members of the press weren't working here 16 years ago, or they were still children. Second, it's human nature to forget our own history (and thus be doomed to repeat it). Third, it's easier for the understaffed TV news orgs (they've had waves of layoffs, too) to just throw up stock footage of sunbathers at a beach than to understand and report on the lessons of 1995 and focus on the people really at risk (elderly people who live alone). Fourth and finally, the Daley/Emanuel Administration long ago stopped reminding people of the lessons learned from 1995, because they viewed the 700-plus deaths as a political embarassment.
It might be prudent to carry a few extra bottles of water with you while on the beat...
It's going to be hot, and Chalkie might need a refreshing break while he is on his rounds. Chalkie rules!
That means alota OT!!
Don't go out in a fur coat.
How many homicides occurred between July 13-20, 1995? Can everyone look up the stats for shootings, stabbings and other violence during that time period. I suspect that there was little violence during that period because it was too hot.
On the other hand, the morgue was packed to overflowing (and corpses stored in a refrigerator truck parked outside) with the hundreds of people who had died due to the weather conditions.
The media are doing the right thing by warning people and encouraging them to take precautions. History doesn't have to repeat itself.
sounds like that captain on third watch in 023 is nuts and he isn't the only one---- all these bosses are running around scared because of compstat--- cry baby bullshit everyday about the numbers being down blah, blah, blah--- how do they know the numbers are down, what are they comparing them to-- if it is from previous performance from the unit in years past ????--- of course they are down because you have about a 30 percent reduction in manpower at the district level in the past 3 years---
Which means another power outage is in on the way. Great.
It's looks like it will be longer than a week. Wagon people be prepared to earm D3 pay. GSSP won't be able to keep up.
The Grim Reaper
Medical Roll Abusers
Don't you find it interesting that when the dummies start their rant against the alleged MR abusers that it's directed at people who aren't on the MR?
7/17/2011 01:44:00 AM
He is just a over promoted mad punk,who is crying because he will not get a coveted "command spot" soon! Fuck Him
As far as the heat, the animals and savages will be restless,and are getting worse the only thing that counts is going home,in the same fashion you came to work,back each other up,help POLICE families when they call,if in the jungle let the strongest animal will!
Close the city, everybody leave the city in an orderly fashion.
Hey SCC, FOP, is this a grievance???? I know you could get 20 plus To/Froms supporting this post.... Just asking?
7/17/2011 01:44:00 AM
Just my opinion, buy your Capt is 110% RIGHT!
Why are you going to file a grevence against the Capt? You need to be bitching about the assholes who abuse the medical, and fuck thins up for YOU!
Look Out and stay safe.
Keep a close watch on Seniors and those in poor health. They were the ones who took the brunt of the last serious heat wave. Have elderly neighbors?...go check on them. Some day we are all going to be elderly. Some older folks can't depend on their families so don't be afraid to step in.
Be interesting to check the medical history of the Capt. from 023. I bet he took his share of sick days.One true thing he did say is that the medical is going to change big time when the new contract is up for negotiation. Nice while it lasted.
what the Captain in 23 did is a violation of HIPA... screw the grievance, inform the Officers names that he read and that he read their conditions.... then tell them to sue the crap out of the captain and the department.
chalkie bes a busy little pooper i bet.
I'll do my best to stay away from the Beeches
This may be off topic SCC but , WOW, you gots to hears this one!!!!!
Time:16Jul11
Where: 023rd Dist 3rd Watch
When : 1400 hrs, 1530 hrs, 1700 hrs
Capt TJL walks into roll call and breaks into a crazy rant about recent Medical Roll Abuses, 2 officers hit the Medical prior to start of tour 2day, ( alleged)... This Capt. of Police goes into a rant and reads EVERY OFFICER ON 3RD WATCH, WHO IS ON THE MEDICAL/IOD, READS Their names , and Their .......
I believe there is a Federal Law regarding disclosing medical information-Does HIPA mean anything (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)mean anything to him.
Must be time to do a phony baloney beach closing, you know, because of the heat.
Remember what Sid Davis would say, check up on those seniors!
Make sure you notify the officers on the medical that you heard the rant and serve as a witness for them.
Violation of federal law. Tell them to demand punitive damages.
ALWAYS keep a notebook with you on this job. Jot down things of this nature asap to keep your memory fresh.
This may be off topic SCC but , WOW, you gots to hears this one!!!!!
How about this! You got to hear this, we finally have a W/C that is as fed up with the medical abusers as we are!
Everybody in the district knows who the abusers are and who is legit.
Grievance, CR and lawsuit. Medical information is confidential, by department policy, general order and federal law. To say nothing of this supervisor's behavior being just plain unprofessional.
If my name was read like that I would definitely be looking for a lawyer. Sue the bastard.
7/17/2011 07:31:00 AM
I am kind of militant about those medical slips being kept in a folder, in a drawer, instead of on a two hole clipboard on the wall for anyone to see. ALWAYS thought it was wrong.
Your reasons for being on the medical, whether it's a miscarriage or multiple sclerosis, is YOUR business and NO ONE ELSE's.
Time for a change. And I DO think using a Federal law (HIPAA) is the way to finally MAKE it change.
Here's a little of the pertinent verbiage:
"Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will take effect on April 14, 2003...HIPAA requires, among other things, that you safeguard patients’ individually identifiable information (also referred to as protected health information or PHI) by restricting access to it and seeking patient permission to disclose it in certain circumstances"
To the person who stated you should bring 3 extra bottles of water with you, "forgedabout it ",you'll just sweat it out.
It's HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), not HIPPA or HIPA.
none of my business..but i dont recall there being a general order of telling a white shirt that is way out of bounds..to GFYS..((where they going to dump me? to 011))..
Typical of this fucked up department Captain rants to the po's that AREN'T on the medical or IOD when he should be talking to the ones that are Probably no balls for that because they would hang up on the loudmouth and get a CR on him for bothering them at home. Bet hes the kind of WC that bitches to the po's that are present on time for roll call about he guys that are always late. He should yell at the late guys , not the ones present
I have at least 4 friends in the last 3 days that have been victimized--not one cop would take a report. Attacked in Lakeview (3 people), followed home by knife-wielding maniac in Edgewater (1 person). And that's just my friends. They heard everything like "We're from 19th not 23rd, so we can't make a report." or "Well, at least you're OK." and to someone in the ER, again, "Clark street is the dividing line so I can't take a report." Some of these people were badly injured. It may be standard operating procedure, but if SCC can't BELIEVE the numbers are down, start taking some freakin reports.
Funny you mention heat and beach closings.Today it was 10 degrees hotter than the day they closed the beaches due to the heat.Why does no media question the lying pieces of shit who run the city and department?
On the 023 WC, he probably violated some department policy, but HIPAA does not apply to us:
"As required by Congress in HIPAA, the Privacy Rule covers:
* Health plans
* Health care clearinghouses
* Health care providers who conduct certain financial and administrative transactions electronically. These electronic transactions are those for which standards have been adopted by the Secretary under HIPAA, such as electronic billing and fund transfers.
These entities (collectively called “covered entities”) are bound by the privacy standards even if they contract with others (called “business associates”) to perform some of their essential functions. The law does not give the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the authority to regulate other types of private businesses or public agencies through this regulation. For example, HHS does not have the authority to regulate employers, life insurance companies, or public agencies that deliver social security or welfare benefits."
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/faq/covered_entities/190.html
Hey SCC, FOP, is this a grievance???? I know you could get 20 plus To/Froms supporting this post.... Just asking?
Grievance, lawsuits? That's the problem with the department now. Bunch of gumps! The captain is right! You need to man up. There is no problem using the medical but we have an abundance of abusers who have psyched themselves in believing that they cant come to work with a broken finger nail.
This isnt a violation of hipaa. Desk puts u on medical, wc approves it, district sgt does a home check, medical section personnel, shit everybody knows what u r on the medical for!
the medical roll procedures order needs to be updated When going on the Medical all that need be disclosed to the desk personnel is whether one is sick or injured.
Telling the desk officer that one has hemmoroids or is having a penile implant to cure erectile dysfunction or some other embarrassing condition is not necessary and would prevent outbursts like the one described above
If it were me and I could get guys to verify my story id be suing like a mother fucker
It's so Hot out my Links card is melting in my back pocket!
Anonymous said...
Be interesting to check the medical history of the Capt. from 023. I bet he took his share of sick days.One true thing he did say is that the medical is going to change big time when the new contract is up for negotiation. Nice while it lasted.
7/17/2011 12:59:00 PM
No way the FOP negotiates that one away. The City will have to pray an arbitrator will give them the changes they want. The City will have a hard time with that, the City has not done a good job of enforcing the current rules.
Remember what Sid Davis would say, check up on those seniors!
No as he told all the officers put in the BIS program. Sorry cant help you! Glad he retired what a useless officer.
I believe HIPPA laws apply only to medical professionals. I don't think it possible to act against the Captain under HIPPA.
Anonymous said...
I believe HIPPA laws apply only to medical professionals. I don't think it possible to act against the Captain under HIPPA.
7/17/2011 10:24:00 PM
Yes it is. Also Department General Orders.
Anonymous said...
Remember what Sid Davis would say, check up on those seniors!
No as he told all the officers put in the BIS program. Sorry cant help you! Glad he retired what a useless officer.
7/17/2011 10:24:00 PM
Sounds like a hater.
When you go on the medical you are only obliged to give the bare minimum of reasons. I give symptoms only, not info that would be given to the official medical rep of the department which is the medical section.
This isnt a violation of hipaa. Desk puts u on medical, wc approves it, district sgt does a home check, medical section personnel, shit everybody knows what u r on the medical for!
7/17/2011 07:44:00 PM
The POINT is (to use your words), shit, 'everybody' has NO BUSINESS knowing what you are on the medical for.
Close the city, everybody leave the city in an orderly fashion.
7/17/2011 11:42:00 AM
Why? We've never been orderly about anything before.
"
I don't know what it is with you guys always beefin about this or that. You see the W/C for what, ten minutes a day? Big deal. After that you walk out the door and if your smart, you won't see him again for the rest of the day. Let him rant. Let it go in one ear and out the other. The W/C is the white shirt that has the least impact on me during my tour of duty. It is the Sgt. or Lt. that can make my life miserable if they so choose. The W/C ranted on us at Rollcall, big f'n deal. At least you work in a nice,slow district. Grow up."
7/17/2011 07:49:00 AM
-------------------------------------------------------------
ANOTHER ASSHOLE that has no idea what's it's like to work for a prick like the 3rd Watch W/C in 023.
He is an arrogant, self-promoting, power-hungry and, worst of all, VINDICTIVE jerk.
In one ear and out the other, you say??! Well, not if he decides to punish you just because he doesn't like you!
How would you like it if you HAD to go on the medical, or if you HAD to take SIF, and when you returned to work, you were taken of your car and separated from your partners? How would you like it if you were written up for even the most minor of less-serious transgressions??
That's right, ASSHOLE; THAT w/c isn't in your face for ranting for just 10 mins out of your tour. Capt. TL IS is in your face until he runs you off the watch or gets you to transfer out.
And speaking of rollcalls, when was the last time you had to endure a rollcall that lasted 40 mins and was about how badly you and your fellow officers are doing? Huh, ASSHOLE?
Wow, I will never get over the number of jailhouse lawyers on this job that really believe that they know what the fuck they are talking about, and in reality don't have a clue. Apparently some of you poor exxcuses for the police were offended by the Captain's words. I really feel sorry for you children.
This heat and humidity is JUST BRUTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Da Pelon :(
,, come on, people, Lake breeze, maybe 89 out. This weather is beautiful. Started seeing my wife 40 yrs ago in this same weather. Still with her. We love America but we feel ,it is a very different country now. I have had a wonderful life but I do worry for my grandchildren.
Post a Comment
<< Home