No Police Cuts?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel vowed Friday to make the tough choices Chicago has avoided for a decade — without raising taxes, cutting police or using one-time revenues — to erase a $635.7 million budget shortfall that will rise to $790 million by 2014.
“We have come to that moment of truth as a city. We now must make the tough choices to deal with that [in] a structural and fundamental way,” Emanuel said.
The bleak outlook in the new mayor’s preliminary 2012 budget and three-year financial forecast will require fundamental changes in the way the city delivers services and elimination of other functions.
We had no idea that Rahm was going to put 400 or so recruits through the Academy before the end of this year. Because that's a ballpark figure on the number of retirees going into December. The number of recruits currently in the Academy is in the neighborhood of zero, so just via attrition, we're down 400 this year, and almost as many last year, and the year before that.
Is anyone in the media going to call bullshit on Rahm any time soon? He has the Department deploy officers already on the streets back to those very same streets and claims it's an increase of 500, 50 recruits come off their probationary period on the streets and he claims they are redeployed to the streets, now he's promising no police cuts while there are no recruits in the pipeline and the ones that might be there by September aren't coming out until April. It's a slam dunk story, but the media has forgotten how to play ball.
Is anyone in the media going to call bullshit on Rahm any time soon? He has the Department deploy officers already on the streets back to those very same streets and claims it's an increase of 500, 50 recruits come off their probationary period on the streets and he claims they are redeployed to the streets, now he's promising no police cuts while there are no recruits in the pipeline and the ones that might be there by September aren't coming out until April. It's a slam dunk story, but the media has forgotten how to play ball.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
74 Comments:
I could have sworn I heard Emanuel say he wasn't going to cut 'street officers' or 'officers on the street'. I never heard him say he wasn't going to cut officers.
When will everyone learn this man says EXACTLY what he means to say, and he's VERY shrewd about what he says.
Hear what he actually SAYS, not your personal interpretations of it, and then you'll get it.
Thera a shitload of coppers and sgts leaving in November.
In case you havent figured it out the department is getting cut. By not hiring to replace retirees its the same as lay-offs. The department will never go back to previous staffing levels. Every other department in the city has been decimated by lay-offs. Laying off police is political suicide. So instead just dont hire anyone to fill the vacancies. Get used to it because its not changing.
The sheeple will believe anything in this city!!
Please ypou trust this guy RHAMBO??? He will just not fill the gaps of those that retire, quit or are fired. And he will not update the Alpha roster so it will oook like even the dead work
6 and 2 6 and 2 6 and 2 6 and 2 Will we go back to 6 and 2= Do more with less
Rahm is playing a Media Game for the Public while shuffling numbers and lies to the taxpayers.
This will eventually burn his butt!
Glad I have 16 yrs on, last hired first let go It is coming folks.
BTW don't take a leave of absence unless ur military or prego. Check your contract the city doesn't have to hire you back
Here is the link:
http://www.area4ridetoremember.com/id33.html
O.T. Gov. Goofy is at it again. Now he wants to give financial aid to illegal immigrants. First we had jury nullification. Now, we have law nullification. The DemocRAT motto should be, "ONLY FOOLS FOLLOW THE RULES."
I guess no money for good copy machines or working PDT
Is there really a $685 million deficit? The city has never opened their books to anyone to review from the outside. Only the powers to be know exactly how much money the city has or doesn't. Take the police dept. for one. The city budgets money each year for the full authorized strength of approx. 13,500 or so. We are short probably at least 2,000. What happens to those $millions that are never spent each year for those cops? Only the Shadow Knows!
OT Isn't this great..
July 29, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A spokesman for Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday that the governor will sign the Illinois Dream Act into law Monday.
It allows the children of immigrants, both legal and illegal, to get private college scholarships. Children can also enroll in state college savings programs.
The bill makes college more affordable by creating a panel to raise private money for scholarships.
Students must have at least one immigrant parent and must have attended school in Illinois for at least three years to qualify
We can't go any lower. We lost the most people. 3,000, no department lost 3,0000. Thats why he's not cutting police.
They won't question their communist leader. They will only sing his praises. Communists know how to lie to the public. When the number of personnel hired does not keep up with the number of personnel leaving, that is a cut in the department.
If they wanted to tell people about it, they would call it something like streamlining. But they don't want people to know about it, so they lie about the number of officers there are and double count or keep on the roll officers who have retired or in some cases have died.
Please never forget that SHORTSHANKS was the thief that put the city in this situation....Why does he get to sail into the sunset....
in 016 a few years ago we had over 330 officers now we have 200. we are down down down. taxpayers are getting screwed and lied to at every turn
Is anyone in the media going to call bullshit on Rahm any time soon?
Ask Maryann Ahern.
---not a cop
Come on, Mary Ann Ahern, you've already gotten Rahm's undies in a bundle - go after this story!
Is Rahmbo going to enact “fundamental changes” to shitcago like his buddy in the White House is trying to “fundamentally change” America?
we are already 3000 short so the cut was made thru attrition---- rahmbo says we all have to make tough decisions--- does that include plopping down 75k for your three kids to go to a private school--- did this money come out of his pocket or was it from the campaign fund....
Hey, if Rahm said it you better believe it. We can believe Rahm just like Mumbles Daley. You wouldn't think the ballerina would lie to anyone?
Anonymous said...
In case you havent figured it out the department is getting cut. By not hiring to replace retirees its the same as lay-offs. The department will never go back to previous staffing levels. Every other department in the city has been decimated by lay-offs. Laying off police is political suicide. So instead just dont hire anyone to fill the vacancies. Get used to it because its not changing.
7/30/2011 12:16:00 AM
They have been laying off police through attrition for over 3 years.
Anonymous said...
Is there really a $685 million deficit? The city has never opened their books to anyone to review from the outside. Only the powers to be know exactly how much money the city has or doesn't. Take the police dept. for one. The city budgets money each year for the full authorized strength of approx. 13,500 or so. We are short probably at least 2,000. What happens to those $millions that are never spent each year for those cops? Only the Shadow Knows!
7/30/2011 02:26:00 AM
Hell, most aldermen don't know the true state of the City budget. Burke knows and probably no one else.
Anonymous said...
OT Isn't this great..
July 29, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A spokesman for Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday that the governor will sign the Illinois Dream Act into law Monday.
It allows the children of immigrants, both legal and illegal, to get private college scholarships. Children can also enroll in state college savings programs.
The bill makes college more affordable by creating a panel to raise private money for scholarships.
Students must have at least one immigrant parent and must have attended school in Illinois for at least three years to qualify
7/30/2011 02:53:00 AM
You mean the Illinois Bad Dream Act.
They dream, we pay.
the plan is to rearrange the political alliances here, in preparation for 9.5's future potus ambitions.
Smoke and mirrors.... hell nothing new here, just a slightly diffeneant smell of the same old bullshit.
By next May when we host both the NATO and G-8 Summit we will be under 9,000. Never in this cities history has its taxpaying,law abiding citizenry been put in such jeopardy. We are going to see our city completely destroyed downtown and will be incapable of stopping it.
There is a mandated 20% cut to each unit's budgeted payroll by the end of the fiscal year. This does not include individual Districts, but Patrol overall. Most of the Unit's will easily meet this number between current vacancies and retirements by the end of the year.
Every year we are asked to do more with less. There is a tipping point somewhere, I think we are at it.
RE: "Is there really a $685 million deficit?"
The deficit is actually much higher for both Chicago, Cook County and the State of Illinois.
Andy Shaw's group did an interesting study which took into consideration all of the pension obligations which are not funded and put just Chicago's oblation at a little more than SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS over the next 20 years - NOT FUNDED AT ANY LEVEL.
The new Cook Country Controller did a study by asking every municipality in Cook County for their financial, and then factored in Cook County's deficit, and the total came to a whopping ONE HUNDRED FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS over the next 20 years.
Note that this DOES NOT factor in the debt obligations for the State of Illinois, most of which is, once again, UNFUNDED RETIREMENT MANDATES.
All of these unfunded retirement mandates are caused by collecting money in the annual budgets for the retirement funds but moving that money to pay for other issues. This was VERY common among both Democrats and Republicans, in almost every state in the Union, during the last 40 years - so they could look like they were attempting to balance their budgets.
Here's the reality, ladies and gentlemen: In order to pay the deficit for COOK COUNTY along, everyone living in Chicago would have to reach into their pockets for $68 thousand - CASH - right now, and still pay the higher taxes to make the system work.
Everyone living in Cook County, who is not in Chicago, would have to reach into their pockets for only $38 thousand.
Remember, there is only ONE state in the US with a balanced budget: Colorado, and they regulate and tax medical marijuana.
In Colorado the budgets must be balanced and ready to be made public by the end of January each year. Then they are placed online, with line-by-line budget detail, right down to position salary, how much the office pays for paper clips, who earns what, and how much they pay for telephone, water, internet, paper, etc. Colorado is the ONLY state with total transparency and a balanced budget!
The taxation of Medical Marijuana saved their asses this year when they reached into the tax pool to balance the Colorado budget.
every juvy shooting is a direct call to city hall from the fusion center. Rham is making the police a political asset
we are already 3000 short so the cut was made thru attrition---- rahmbo says we all have to make tough decisions--- does that include plopping down 75k for your three kids to go to a private school--- did this money come out of his pocket or was it from the campaign fund....
7/30/2011 07:59:00 AM
Are you unaware that the man is a millionaire SEVERAL times over? He's not going to do anything to get hit for campaign fund charges when he wants so badly to be President. Paying for private school for the kiddies is pocket change for him.
Makes me want to puke when Swan Lake utters useless BS such as "tough choices" - screws the middle class every fucking time. And I thought this state was broke - where the hell did Quinn pull the $ to offer education to illegals? Oh, forgot, our tax dollars, sorry.
Hope and change my ass.
--No Cop Here
if you have less than 10 years you should worryabout this "No Police Cuts" Never say Never. Your NOT vested in the pension and will get the 401k. Next on the chopping block limited duty / Either go back to Full status or retire. Enjoy 4 on 2 off that is getting scrapped. Rham will have you work more hours and keep the city safe. You see what he has done with special enjoyment. Next Aviation police will have their own Dept. NYC and DC all have seperate PDs for aviation, trains and yes marine.
do more with less
write more case reports
no more 19 p or 1 f
document every battery , burglary ,string arm robbery
crime must increase
How do you suppose we will be treated come contract talks next year??? Off topic I know.
MaryAnn Ahern- Tommy knows the truth. Just ask him. And BTW, way to go to get under Rhambo's skin. Keep it up. Now, you owe it to your husband to do a rebuttal story to what goofy Frank Main printed last week. Go for it.
On Friday I attended the O'hare golf outing at Elkhart Wi. A city car pulls up to the bag drop off. Out comes two officers in suits. One officer go to the trunk and takes out a set of golf clubs. The other opens the rear door and out pops Alderman Burke. Burke then golfs the outing. Does he really need CPD protection to drive him to golf outings out of state???
the cops know Rhambo is full of bull...the liberal media have always been in for the Dems.....
Hey it is 538 retired in 2010 and the pension board expects equal amount for 2011.
Try curbing some of the rampant corruption and outright theft by the politically connected. That should save you some money.
Of course, the chances that will happen are nil......
Don't worry we are fully staffed?
wtf is this??
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Current Update
July 29, 2011
Recognized Vacancies
The Department intends to fill the following recognized vacancies effective August 18, 2011. These vacancies will be filled in accordance with the bidding procedures outlined in Department General Order 9709 and Section 23.8 of the current contract.
Members are reminded to be sure to sign your PAR form as incomplete forms will not be accepted.
Members are encouraged to fax a copy (312-745-6961) or hand carry the completed PAR form to the Management and Labor Affairs Section. MLAS must receive the completed PAR form no later than 1000 hours on August 2, 2011.
Members may verify receipt at MLAS by calling 312-745-5806
District No. of Vacancies
002 03
003 71
004 75
005 73
006 68
007 74
008 43
009 05
010 02
011 37
012 01
014 03
015 28
017 02
018 05
019 01
022 01
023 01
024 03
025 05
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It is doubtful any city department will ever get back to the bloated levels of employment they once saw. There is just no money to pay for it.
CPD will have to figure out how to do more with less like everyone else does.
Pension plans that looked like a simple way to promise future benefits with little current expense are now coming due.
Elected officials just won't get elected if they put the money into these plans that is really needed to prop them up without reducing employment and the benefits of future employees. To date, no substantive changes have been made in government employee pension plans. They are coming. It will not be pretty for future employees.
It may be that eventually it has to affect existing employees and retirees. You are seeing some of that with retiree health care benefits.
Anonymous said...
The sheeple will believe anything in this city!!
its not that they believe anything they hear...it that our media IS NOT impartial, they are ALL in bed with the city leaders...the Burke family for one gets absolutely NO negative press...sneed is good friend with judge burke...not to mention...the Aherns...ect...all friend with the social elite who run this city...its just that we as citizens, along with regular folks in this city have no voice....ALL CITIZENS OF CHICAGO have no voice in this city...it just spin...spin...spin...the only maverick...is John Kass...but for the most part...he is ignored...the scumbag daley family is living proof, that you can truly live like aristocrats...lie...and steal everything under the sun, and get acohlades....rewards....and walk away...the media here has ALWAYS been kept in line by city hall...because they ALL go to the same parties/gatherings together....this does not happen anywhere else in the U.S....accept here...
Our Dept trying to make cuts is like Karen Carpenter wanting a breast reduction.
Just setting the table for contract negotiations.
Time to loose some Tiffs. With the state chasing employers away use some of that money until the economy recovers. If ever it does.
hey mccarthy , civilianize news affairs and assign those full duty back to the street
ive said this before take the month of sept. And nobody put in for any type of special employment. The city would see we can stick together and it would cause major problems. I know these are hard times but if you can't afford to miss 1 or 2 days of overtime in a years time then you have serious financial issues. I have 18 years on so I'm not just saying this because I don't have the time to get it. This is the easiest way to show unity and it would really send a message
(OT) Boss gary wants pot citations after toni tells him to do it! Hey boss fuck it how about citations and kangaroo court for everything! Man with a gun take gun anov for $1,000, for example gang vs gang dead gang banger city pays the offender $500.00 cause it would help clean up the trash and save "big money" in this corrupt state!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-pot-citations-possible-instead-of-booking-top-cop-says-20110730,0,778372.story
hey mccarthy , civilianize news affairs and assign those full duty back to the street
7/30/2011 02:16:00 PM
Are you kidding? Has the Lt. "C/O" ever seen the street? The hardest job she had was keeping cold pop stocked in the fridge in the Sup's office. Wanna see a Lt cry? Send her to a district, I bet an IOD is soon to follow.
O come on, SCC, there you go again with piddling little no-count semantics -- attrition isn't cutting cops, it's -- well -- attrition. It's Rahm's version of the Vulcan Budget Pinch.
BZ
Unity, great word but cant be applied to the CPD. With all the phone calls, patronage, children of supervisors/politicians, its hard for the average PO to try to send a message of discontent. P/Os for the most part just want to do their 9 hrs and go home. Thats what the FOP is for, but with president shields political aspirations, CPD is doomed to be used for political fodder. 9.5 and that guy from joyzie are pretty much going to finish running this city to the ground. Please stop calling that sorry excuse of a human being rhambo, hes far from that fictional hero. He's more like the child catcher in the movie chitty chitty bang bang. Lollipops, lollipops, then Slam! Your trapped in the wagon getting hauled off so you wont be seen or heard of again.
Anonymous said...
On Friday I attended the O'hare golf outing at Elkhart Wi. A city car pulls up to the bag drop off. Out comes two officers in suits. One officer go to the trunk and takes out a set of golf clubs. The other opens the rear door and out pops Alderman Burke. Burke then golfs the outing. Does he really need CPD protection to drive him to golf outings out of state???
7/30/2011 12:12:00 PM
It is by judicial order. Burke said so, he must have those cops guarding him and carrying his bags by a judge's order. It isn't his idea, it is per a judge's written order. Don't blame Burke.
He also has an order that the City of Chicago must provide an electric ass wipe machine to scrub the royal aldermanic ass. This machine has to be purchased and maintained per judge's order and must not irritate Burke's rear end or the City would be in violation of the judge's order.
And daughter Jennifer Burke, a very qualified and highly esteemed environmental attorney may need police protection also. I feel another judge's order is coming soon.
NO POLICE CUTS he says????
Recognized Vacancies 07/29/11
The Department intends to fill the following recognized vacancies effective August 18, 2011. These vacancies will be filled in accordance with the bidding procedures outlined in Department General Order 9709 and Section 23.8 of the current contract.
Members are reminded to be sure to sign your PAR form as incomplete forms will not be accepted.
Members are encouraged to fax a copy (312-745-6961) or hand carry the completed PAR form to the Management and Labor Affairs Section. MLAS must receive the completed PAR form no later than 1000 hours on August 2, 2011.
Members may verify receipt at MLAS by calling 312-745-5806
District No. of Vacancies
002 03
003 71
004 75
005 73
006 68
007 74
008 43
009 05
010 02
011 37
012 01
014 03
015 28
017 02
018 05
019 01
022 01
023 01
024 03
025 05
As we all know the Dept only posts 1/2 of the actual opening at any given time. So if the 004th Dist has 75 opening at this time, the real number is 150 to bring the watches even close to being fully maned!!!!
The real truth!!!
If 100 to 250 Officers retired last year and Rahm only replaced 50 of them, then that is a CUT! No he did not lay off any officers but it is still a cut... Then he uses the money budgeted for those officers for something else.
No cuts for the Police he said! That is an outright LIE!!!!
We still have not had a detectives class since December of 2007.
Our Dept trying to make cuts is like Karen Carpenter wanting a breast reduction.
7/30/2011 01:43:00 PM
What was the motivation for bringing the good name of Karen Carpenter into this dialogue? One of the greatest pop singers of all time, who had a naturally beautiful, untrained voice. She also who had a heart of gold, something the above writer perhaps knows little about. Fortunately, right now she is having a great time in Heaven, and doesn't have to hear this garbage comment about her!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
On Friday I attended the O'hare golf outing at Elkhart Wi. A city car pulls up to the bag drop off. Out comes two officers in suits. One officer go to the trunk and takes out a set of golf clubs. The other opens the rear door and out pops Alderman Burke. Burke then golfs the outing. Does he really need CPD protection to drive him to golf outings out of state???
7/30/2011 12:12:00 PM
It is by judicial order. Burke said so, he must have those cops guarding him and carrying his bags by a judge's order. It isn't his idea, it is per a judge's written order. Don't blame Burke.
He also has an order that the City of Chicago must provide an electric ass wipe machine to scrub the royal aldermanic ass. This machine has to be purchased and maintained per judge's order and must not irritate Burke's rear end or the City would be in violation of the judge's order.
And daughter Jennifer Burke, a very qualified and highly esteemed environmental attorney may need police protection also. I feel another judge's order is coming soon.
7/30/2011 06:50:00 PM
See burke flying in and out of airports his guys are all "blue badged" which means they can walk right in and get eddie off the plane at the gate and they are always carrying eddies bags for him, "more valets please!"
Never trust Rham
He has plans to privatize the Academy Inservice training and soon community service officers to take reports and write more anovs and parkes and do traffice crach reports part time employees with limited benefits FREES UP MORE COPS FOR VIOLENT CRIME
I hear that anyone can be detailed to any Dist for 90 days Any truth to this BS?
Maybe no cuts but how about burnout. Guys are starting to run on empty. Its been a long hot summer and it is forecasted to stay hot through October. Police Shootins are up. Many factors for this but the coppers who push that blue and white are over worked. Come next year Da Mayoeman should step forward during contract talks and reward the hardest working guys and gals on the department the P.O.s in patrol. Da Mayoeman better watch out and better start showing more support to CPD. If he thinks with him saying there will be not cuts to the CPD is encouraging he needs his head examined. I have not heard him say anything about the two guys who were shot in the head. Even goofy Daley would make a stupid comment trying to pretend he cared. Da Mayoeman has never had to address community concern before all he focused on was national events. He better wake up and smell the coffee or he wont have a city to govern.....
ok mayor rahm , you know have evidence of officers carrying golf bag for burke and opening a car door , making sergeants pay $100,000 a year what else do you need to end detail
Why Should City Hall Hire More Police... They hand out Ticket Books to "Crossing Guards" or any other city agency that they think can get away with writing parkers!
We Have 3 Crossing Guards writing tickets all over the District for the Summer while school is out of session. Their Happy to be working so they bust their Humps to write any and everything that does not move.
Word has it that on at least one occasion one crossing guard had nearly 2 Blocks of "Street Cleaners" written by 9:04 AM You Think She got a head start???
Are they trained to write parkers? It's obvious some can't tell time.
When the citizen runs out of their homes screaming "Hey it's Only 8:30AM, what are you Doing"! And threatens one of them, they can't call for Help, they Don't Carry Radio's
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Try this. Grab a ladder and try to replace a Lightbulb in the station. See if the Electricians Union makes a Beef!
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So why are those hard working Crossing Guards completing a Police Function? They don't belong to Dept of Revenue. When they sign the bottom of the parking citation what are they attesting to? If they write a citation in error are they able to complete the forms to Non-suit the citation?
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Should are Union Step Up and Beef?
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"Hey, why Hire additional Police Officers to complete a Police function when The City can pay Crossing Guards at probably $ 1/3 our salary!
>>>Anonymous said...
By next May when we host both the NATO and G-8 Summit we will be under 9,000. Never in this cities history has its taxpaying,law abiding citizenry been put in such jeopardy. We are going to see our city completely destroyed downtown and will be incapable of stopping it.
7/30/2011 09:14:00 AM<<<
Somebody call LLoyds of London.
What does the BUSINESS INSURANCE INDUSTRY say about all this. They will be paying multi-millions for the coming storms of damage and rioting that NATO and G- will attract.
Our Dept trying to make cuts is like Karen Carpenter wanting a breast reduction.
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What was the motivation for bringing the good name of Karen Carpenter into this dialogue? One of the greatest pop singers of all time, who had a naturally beautiful, untrained voice. She also who had a heart of gold, something the above writer perhaps knows little about. Fortunately, right now she is having a great time in Heaven, and doesn't have to hear this garbage comment about her!
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Give Me a Break! It's obvious he was not trying to speak ill of the dead, merely trying to make a point... Obviously one that you missed!
In addition to the Burke comment, that arrogant prick even wears a Chicago hat that has his name embroidered on it as do his stooges. Ald. Ed Burke. Unbelievable!
It is doubtful any city department will ever get back to the bloated levels of employment they once saw. There is just no money to pay for it.
CPD will have to figure out how to do more with less like everyone else does.
Pension plans that looked like a simple way to promise future benefits with little current expense are now coming due.
Elected officials just won't get elected if they put the money into these plans that is really needed to prop them up without reducing employment and the benefits of future employees. To date, no substantive changes have been made in government employee pension plans. They are coming. It will not be pretty for future employees.
It may be that eventually it has to affect existing employees and retirees. You are seeing some of that with retiree health care benefits.
7/30/2011 01:02:00 PM
Thank you, Mr. Emanuel, for seeding the blog with your editorials.
Do not work any overtime in Sept. Everybody on this blog talks a big game step up no special in September quit whining stick together and show some unity
Not so fast 100 of the officers went to area teams, never deployed to a district yet, so make that 400 deployed to a district
clerks office should hire more civilians to issue parking tickets,you can't get a sworn officer to do anything .
use sworn officers only for violent crimes , let civilians respond to non violent criminal incidents to write reports.
The civilians could work citywide.
How about some updated software? Working with Microsoft Office 2000 is a pain in the ass. As a det., I receive documents that I can't open because our software is so outdated.
I know that seems minor, but the point is our whole dept. sucks from top to bottom. We don't have the tools we need to do our jobs from vehicles to software.
I can't find small evidence bags anywhere. The city said to cut down the big ones and seal them.
WTF? Can't get envelopes, file folders, nothing.
You can thank turbin durbin for the illegals getting college education paid by illinois taxpayers. He tried to get that bill passed nationwide, when it failed, he got some underling push it through illinois. It's shameful on how they reward bad behavior, speciifcally, breaking the law.....and you and I have to work 2 or 3 jobs to pay for our kid's tuiition. sickening.
clerks office should hire more civilians to issue parking tickets,you can't get a sworn officer to do anything .
use sworn officers only for violent crimes , let civilians respond to non violent criminal incidents to write reports.
The civilians could work citywide.
7/31/2011 01:00:00 PM
Thank you AGAIN, Mr. Emanuel, for continuing to seed the blog with your commentary.
"Our Dept trying to make cuts is like Karen Carpenter wanting a breast reduction."
Wow, sir, you must be an oldster. Not too many under retirement age are even going to know who she was. Funnt joke, but you might want to use an updated celebrity reference. I'm too old to have any come to mind.
Our Dept trying to make cuts is like TWIGGY wanting a breast reduction.
Is that better?
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