Still No Manpower Shortage
The funny thing is though, all the evidence points to exactly the opposite. For example, take this study:
- An analysis of state data on traffic tickets found that the number of traffic stops dropped by 6 percent and the number of ticketed motorists dropped by 11 percent.
Pinched by the recession, police departments ranging from small suburbs to Chicago have been pulling over fewer motorists, while also giving more breaks to those they do stop, a Tribune analysis found.
Police officials offer a host of theories to explain the trends, with the most popular being loss of manpower to make the stops.
But there aren't any shortages, are there?
- ....Chicago police fueled much of the drop.
The region's largest agency stopped 38,000 fewer motorists and ticketed 46,000 fewer — drops of 19 percent and more than 30 percent respectively. The numbers reopened a long-running debate about manpower shortages in Chicago. - Superintendent Garry McCarthy has said the department doesn't have a manpower shortage and the reassignment of officers will help curtail crime.
The "debate" is merely spin. If we're chasing the radio from start until finish, we aren't doing traffic and we aren't being proactive. But even in the face of this evidence, McJersey continues to parrot whatever Rahm is telling him to say to the media. No crisis! No shortage! No problems.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
73 Comments:
Now, why would I 'stop' a car for being late on a red light?
Because of the prolific revenue-generating cameras, I rarely do.
So, fewer tickets for no d/l, no insurance, no seat belt, broken mirror, etc. And no weapon charges, or contraband on the floor, or open liquor arrests.
Could also be the cops are having a slight case of the "Blue Flu". Why write any tickets for these ungrateful bastards running the city. Give everybody a break. Fuck giving more revenue to the Racoon to piss away on worthless rat hole corrupt useless projects. There will be no pay raises come June. If we hold onto what we have we will be very lucky. Racoon Eyes is like a fucking blood sucking vampire and will drain us of everything.
The reduction in traffic stops is probably due to several factors. Manpower is obviously one of them. If you are chasing the radio assignments all day and there is constant RAP status, traffic enforcement gets pushed down the priority list.
Another factor is probably the the traffic stop cards that have to be filled out for every person on every stop. To insure against "racial profiling." What this says to the cops is "we don't trust you." Why would any PO want to put his name and rear end on the line with one of those cards.
And most cops today know that traffic enforcement has stopped being about safety and is now about revenue generation.
A police officer when he/she stops someone can let that person off with a warning. Fining someone, especially in these tough times , can be cruel. That's why the cities are going to cameras: they have no sympathy.
Eeehh, I just dont care. The City or the Department dosent give a damn, why shuld I?
You are welcome.
Wait til the public figures out that the ticket index isn't the only thing dropping thru the floor.
Discretion is a motherf**ker.
You libtards and Koolaide drinkers are getting what you deserve, only you can't quite see it yet.
May will be an eye-opener for even the most reluctant Sheeple.
It's gonna be all about Us and Ours, folks, sorry. You will become what you've branded us for far too long - "second class citizens" - when that time* arrives.
* The Piper has arrived and is demanding remittance
I doubt it could possibly have anything to do with the insulting raises ...... 2% ..... 1% ..... while voteing yourselves 6%.
cram those tickets up your ass !
oh and lets not forget dash cams
The Traffic Section's roving unit of LIDAR cars, which were implemented in 2006 to curtail speeding and directly respond to citizen and district commanders' requests, was disbanded as of today. The reason? Lack of personnel. They started out with 25 officers and 3 sergeants and ended 2011 with only 8 POs and 1 sgt. No more speed missions in the districts. The only place traffic officers will be running RADAR or LIDAR now is on Lake Shore Dr and the Skyway. The districts will be on their own for traffic enforcement from now on. But don't worry. Crime is down and we're fully staffed.
More blue cards. Make no money for the Shitty Of ShitCago.
STICK TOGETHER. STAY UNITED.
Has anyone considered Morale as a factor? A slowdown in the revenue production aspect of CPD is in order. Let the city get it's revenue from that herd of buffalos collecting for Dubai.
We loved the fact that other Superintendents are saying in essence that THEIR departments are down on manpower as well though not as catastrophically and intentionally depleted as CPD.
Hmmm... The current gypsy L.E. ceo is sounding more like a Rain Man than a Rain Maker as days go by.
The continuing defense of the clearly indefensible takes on the colors of dishonor and reveals deep leadership failings and character flaws.
These are a damning indictment of those who foisted a continuing mockery upon the fine Men & women of CPD.
Their sacrifices of blood, sweat, tears, grief, aggravation and loss of good years off their lives to work this job demands better.
This is a job that most people run from in good economic times and too many people cast an angry,jealous,hateful and resentful eye when times get really tough.
Like now... This is a mean season for The Police and Policemen are being made to endure a Shit-Talker's Holiday in addition to being intentionally targeted for grievous slanders in addition to career and financial harm by our so called comrades at D.O.J for the cynical Chicago Politics of distraction.
Justice weeps in dispair through her blindfold at the travesty of it all.
That in addition to what we're confronted with on these streets...
There are many powerful people with a vested interest in The Police being stymied, depleted and unable to reasonably ensure anything remotely resembling public safety or even a nodding imitation of the same.
how much safer and how much more liveable this city would be if those who need arresting served full sentences?
Or those who illegally challenge the law were quickly and surely dealt with?
Or those whose violently forcible and illegal disregard for the life,liberty and persons of others begs for a summary and expedited revocation of their birth certificates by lawful corporal injection of multiple Cu jacketed Pb projectiles or by means of boots and fists wielded by determined and wholly empowered men and women who wear the Sillitoe Tartan?
The Policeman is alone in giving a damn about the plight of this rudderless and sinking Department.
We're afflicted with a mayor and an itinerant, gypsy-style ceo who chained the doors in hope all of us with any memory of what once was would remain trapped below decks while they get to escape...
I'll still stop people, but unless they are a huge jagoff, I'm not going to ticket them. I see no reason for anyone to give the city and state any more money than they have already been robbed of.
I hope in the near future I won't see a random drug tests, because their feeding me crazy pills. They keep saying everything all good but, things are never more f@#? >^!
McStupid is a silly little man taking orders from that other silly little man who cares about nothing but paving his golden road to more bigger and better political appointments. Both need a good ass whooping.
Yes, but event numbers are up.
Is Tiny Dancer a Cattle/Dairy Farmer ???
He seems to have an un-limited supply of bullshit to spread around !!!!!!
Don't worry, the ballerino and McDrunk will come up with a plausible explanation--like the red light cameras are working and that people are better drivers?
Mcjersey shore, needs to acknowledge that murders have been up the last four months. Sept,Oct, Nov & Dec all had more murders than the previous year. Jan is on pace for a 35% increase in murders. We don't have the manpower to prevent crime. We don't even have the manpower to respond to many calls in a timely manner. There is no time for traffic stops all you do is go from call to call.
Less cops, more jobs, no T-Stops make sense.
Could it also be that with a court appearance costing someone $165 before a fine is added, that officers have a heart and give everyone, but the no DL, no Insurance a pass?
$165 in court costs is just plain obscene and a sign out of an out of control government.
I also refuse to write expired meter tickets or zone parking
tickets, if a car has current plate and a current city
sticker then it should be able to park anywhere.
I only write fire hydrant, bus stops and handicapped parking violators.
Rahm and his new parking taxes and city sticker fees should have plenty. $200 a year just to register your car is plenty.
Evergreen Park is trying to single-handedly make up for it. Be careful on 95th Street around Kedzie.
OT?
From Chicago Breaking News:
A military serviceman nabbed three robbers at a CTA Red Line station on the Near North Side this evening after the suspects snatched someone else’s iPhone, according to Chicago police.
A police officer who knew of the incident did not release the serviceman's name, because he was not certain the man wanted his actions reported, but the officer felt the heroic response should be noted. The officer believed he was a reservist.
Great news for that friend/relative of yours who always starts off a converstation with..."Do you know this jag-off cop named XXXX? He gave me a ticket. Yeah, I was speeding, but so was everyone else"
How's that red light camara working out?
Photo Camaras can't jump off the pole to write other mover violations!
By the way, Traffic Court at Daley Center sucks! Most judges are soft as puppy shit and let most cases that are contested get off with the stupidest reasons! Thus, why bother writing tickets anymore! What a waste of precious time just to sit through a bunch of "Not Guilties"!
Da Pelon
I define traffic stops as proactive policing. The only thing proactive policing does is get one in trouble. Tine Dancer and McTool are looking to fire officers for any little reason so screw that. The only thing that I am being proactive at is covering my ass.
Lets go back to the old system so we can all know what the hell is going on!
I'm not doing traffic stops because I don't want to.
And no one can make me.
I love this job.
Dont blame traffic for less enforcement. In a nine hour shift they average six tickets. No movers but parking tickets and ANOVs
Not to worry. Apparently private security guards are picking up the slack as one nabbed an "Apple picker" on the CTA.
And the best part for Rahm, it didn't cost him a dime!
All my tickets get SOLed by the ASA or Judge anyways, and the fines are never what they're supposed to be. So what is the point? I don't write petty shit, but even blatant violations get a slap on the wrist. Oh, but that's what happens in criminal court as well... So I should have known better.
Anonymous said...
Has anyone considered Morale as a factor? A slowdown in the revenue production aspect of CPD is in order. Let the city get it's revenue from that herd of buffalos collecting for Dubai.
1/08/2012 01:34:00 AM
Morale is never a problem with them, they just give us orders and we just carry them out. But their orders are not clear and they are running out of people to give orders to, because we are missing 3,000 sworn officers.....
Its not us working its them.
Anonymous said...
I'll still stop people, but unless they are a huge jagoff, I'm not going to ticket them. I see no reason for anyone to give the city and state any more money than they have already been robbed of.
1/08/2012 01:49:00 AM
Its called discretion, and no need to tell everyone why or how you use it. Lets be politically correct and smart about it. Its not what you say, but how you say it....
I see absolutley no need to generate revenue for this shithole city via tickets, whether movers or parkers. For that matter, I see no need to generate supplemental revenue of ANY origin for this band of thieves ruining this once-grand city.
Those that deserve and earn tickets are the mutts that will never actually pay them. They simply don't give a flying fuck about fines or even showing up for court. Getting picked up on a BFW is a mild inconvenience for these ghetto rats. And when finally cornered by the judge to cough up what they owe, the court-appointed public defender cries hardship on behalf of Pookie and sets up some kind of asinine payment plan that is forgotten about long before the tab is completely paid.
The other side of this coin sees the legitimate taxpayers out there in what used to be the proverbial "Homelands", where there are still some mentally- challenged Hairgels that won't think twice about hanging a banana on your car when it's too far off the curb, or cracking you ILCS-style for talking on the phone while driving...something most in the ghetto never get looked at twice for these days.
The way I see it, the fucks in power already raised just about every other fee related to living in the city in order to nickle and dime us captives to death.
They send out their minions (ala D.O.R.) to areas dominated by city employees who they know will have to pay up or face internal consequences/wage garnishment/suspension time.
Meanwhile, you'll never see these same jagoffs in Englewood or Austin because A) these tough guys and gals would shit their pants and run off never to return once the first savage confronted them, and B) as stated earlier, you can't get blood from a turnip.
Good people of Chicago reading this blog, please know the following: the majority of us will NEVER sandbag an honest, hardworking citizen in any way. Although we all come from different places, we all share the commonality of the costs associated with living and raising a family in this overpriced cesspool called Chicago. I know that I speak for many when I say that I will only hang that parking ticket when there's a legitimate complaint behind it and I've exhausted other means to keep from issuing it. We have a wonderfully powerful tool called 'discretion', and you'd be surprised just how far that can go when dealing with 'normal' people. And this applies for almost every aspect of this thankless job we do.
big article in chicago tribune today about the drop in ticket writing statewide--- leading the charge was the mchenry county sheriff and the second largest decline was none other than the mighty chicago police department--- guess what the xo or play lieutenant or watch coordinator or whatever it is they call them now will be crying about at roll call for the next week--- will it be like the old days when they lined everyone up and checked their mover books--- the last time this happened one of the old timers opened his book in front of the boss and a moth flew out of it--- why would anyone want to write any movers for this crooked little thief who wants to "restructure" our pension plan and take away benefits....
Also...
Once upon a time, CPD kept the city AWASH with money because coppers were doing REALLY GOOD!
Male & female misdemeanor, male & female felony, dope court, night dope court, gun court, traffic court, vehicle impound and the extra court you would back into while working CTA or CHA special enjoyment... (We miss them Rocket Chevys with the Corvette motors! 94 to 96 9c1 Caprice were bad-ass :)
Shortshanks was so overjoyed... "WOW! Lookit all da money dese coppers is generatin'! Let's make 'em do fer free!"
So? The powers in their infinite wisdom said, "not so much court fer you blue shirts but keep making dem dollars fer us!"
Fuck with a man's money and see what happens...
The city got greedy... There was more than enough to go around. Shortshanks threw a shit fit and declared war on CPD when the rank and file started starving the city of revenue in response to being cut out of the revenue stream.
Heh... We would love to see a comparison/contrast of let's say 1990 to 2000 vs. 2001 to 2011 for fines & fees generated by CPD.
Let us add this before the joyful haters get it twisted...
Revenues generated as a byproduct of our law enforcement function.
The powers that be have corrupted this and want the Police as the highly visible and armed taxpayer punishing, (BIG FUCKIN' NO-NO, Rahm & Co.!) revenue collection branch of municipal government.
The Police aren't playing along with the scheme...
That's why you literally see Revenue'ers prowling in captive tax paying neighborhoods from the crack of dawn to the stroke of midnight...
You're not going to see them in the "garden spots" where every other vehicle is boot eligible and has compliance/parking violations out the wazoo. Sorry if The Police are too busy running from call to call... (Still lolz @ the boot truck that got "ventilated" years ago)
Of course they're going to paper neighborhoods where people actually go to work. And as these neighborhoods get hit on the regular, diminishing return comes into play.
That's why you see an alphabet soup of people in all manner of get-ups, costumes and disguises now empowered to issue parking citations and such.
The Policeman demonstrates incredible power by sitting on his ticket books and starving the city.
Fair is fair?
It seems The Policeman was the only fair and reasonable one to begin with...
The comments made by "The Box Chevy Phantom",as always, are right on target. Better than anything I could post. Good Work, Whomever You Are.
I work in a district that isn't too busy. But I still won't do shit for this department. I will help out citizens the best I can. But fuck this department. On the one hand they won't support me. But they still want me to be proactive.
Look at all the people who came down on Mike Shields for challenging McCarthy at the City Club of Chicago luncheon. Mike Shields has balls and has said more in his short time than Mark Donahue has said in his whole term as FOP president. Mike Shields spoke up on the pension board when others were silent. I wish we had someone with those big balls working for FOP Lodge 41 for the ISP Troopers. McCarthy has a lot of nerve to say we don't need more officers in this city. He had a lot of nerve to belittle Shields at the City Club. The politicians continue to go against what all of us know is right. They are giving away our tax dollars to fraudster contractors, lazy welfare breeders, connected lawyers, connected preachers, illegals, etc. Sonny was right...the working man is a sucker! It is time for a Republican mayor. Just for a change. If it doesn't work out..switch it up in four years. Something has to change this thieving political Democratic machine.
Hello Fellow Officers, I'm coming up on 15 yrs and this is where the cards have fallen. I show up now and patrol my beat, I get paid for what I might have to do. I stay visible to deture possible crime with coffee of course. I answer my calls and provide the necessary police service required for each job because I get paid for what I might have to do as the police. The yearly evaluation reports are garbage and can be ass rammed because I still get a salary/overtime/court/holidays etc...regardless of what meets whomevers bullshit requirements. I get more coffee and use my powers of judgement to issue either a mover/parker/anov or arrest if deemed or not, I still get paid for what I might have to do. I get the 15 yr incentives of salary,BF, and vacation days and leave work after my 9 hr shift of which is overtime after that if deemed and there is nothing these assholes or liberal politicians can do to alter that. We are a needed department and whomever is currently on it will get these things because we are the fine line between order and disorder. They can move ,switch, threaten to change and take certain benefits throughout the media but I still get paid as the Police for what I might have to do and with that large cup of coffee in my hand and the Sworn Status of my job and shield you liberal politicians and citizens can lick it. Please be safe, Do what you do and go home to enjoy your family because when it All comes down to it even in the near future We will still get paid for what type of Police action you may have to do and that's a fact! LoL! Lick it Rhambo and your appointed puppets....
As a civilian that rarely drives in the city (but sometimes) I thank the guys on the street for putting priorities in order, get the mutts and go home safe. Fuck the bullshit traffic stops (unless they look like mutts, no profiling though, ;)). Stay safe and if I run into one of you in a bar allow me to buy you a round.
i doubt if any of the new XO's will push hard on tickets.
To The Box Chevy Phantom.
You are an obivious nut case. Most likley a nice guy. But a nut case
index for movers has steadily gone into the tank since traffic court moved into the daley center.several court rooms have been closed due to low volume of tickets.keep it up boys,lets shut down some more courtrooms.(remember when the judges were afraid to open a traffic court facility on the west side)jokes on them.
Write at least 2 tickets to one person a month just enough to get you to trafic court for the OT
Well now it's perfectly clear why we have a new rear-seat belt law for adults isn't it?
The politicians shoe boxes are running low and we need more, more, more excuses...oh wait..I mean laws to protect us all.
We must "secure the streets" as the Cook Country representatives cry..
Seriously??
It will be funny as hell when the unintended consequences of all the cities red-light cameras, speed trap cameras, etc..backfire when people either stop driving altogether or drive within the laws. That highly profitable source of wealth transfer may just dry up.. We'll see how much they care about the citizens "safety" when the revenue isn't there.
Securing the streets? No, more like politicians picking our pockets.
OT: RALMAGEDDON -- May 2012's G8/NATO sanctuary city disaster.
Don't let the crisis go to waste.
The Tribune story massage suggests that the corporations are concerned that Illinois corporations next multi-million dollar tax break will go unfunded unless we can get these traffic ticket revenues back up.
Nowhere is there even a hint that people may be driving less or being more careful because they can not afford a ticket
To The Box Chevy Phantom.
You are an obivious nut case. Most likley a nice guy. But a nut case
1/08/2012 03:39:00 PM
Totally agree. I read his posts to help with my insomnia. Zzzzzzzzzz.......
SCC, you forgot one other little factor. A lot of us aren't doing anything anymore. Reason: Just because.
Another little problem for the city is no new young gun-ho gullible cops in their twenties being hired and distributed into the ghettos. I got time on this job and I'm not going to help this city with raping people financially.
My CPD cruizer don't go fast enough to pull over a violator.
Isn't this what the bogus "Reverends" were bitching about. Stopping folks becase they were driving Black, Hispanic, or any other color that comes up. Don't stop anybody. No more chasing gangsters. Fuck it. Do not write any tickets and let everybody run wild. Detroit is this close to us. Detroit needs and twin sister city and we are it!
I work in a district that isn't too busy. But I still won't do shit for this department. I will help out citizens the best I can. But fuck this department. On the one hand they won't support me. But they still want me to be proactive.
How about earning that nice living you are making?
The reason the mutts have lost respect for us is because of people like you who are afraid to challenge them anymore. They drive right past you, music blaring, disobeying traffic signals, etc. And you smile and let them go. This gives the animal an edge and figures they can just keep pushing and pushing...
So thanks for making your fellow officers lives harder who actually want to be the police.
OT: RALMAGEDDON -- May 2012's G8/NATO sanctuary city disaster.
Great slogan, start sellin the t-shirts.
Rahmageddon
2012
OT: Armed robbery just off Western and 105th in 022 last night. Looks like the scum isn't afraid of all us cops that live around here. Stay safe and carry at all times.
Chicago politicians almost got themselves another photo-op...
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Officials: Man injured in police-involved shooting after refusing to drop gun
Check out the quote in support of concealed carry. http://www.suntimes.com/9891200-418/national-guardsman-thwarts-red-line-robbery-3-teens-arrested.html
Box, you are right on.....
The Box Chevy Phantom:
You had my attention until you started calling for the police to kill people with bullets and boots. You are among the jerks that the non-police wan eliminated from the police. I saw jerks like you in my youth in southern Illinois (the police department lost a lot of officers later because they were running a cocaine ring).
Get criminals legally? Great. become sociopath assassins? Go kill yourself.
OT: Armed robbery just off Western and 105th in 022 last night. Looks like the scum isn't afraid of all us cops that live around here. Stay safe and carry at all times.
1/08/2012 09:41:00 PM
You new Brah? They've been hitting that area for a long time. They don't often go past the golf course though.
The post that calls the Box Chevy Phantom a nut case. You are obviously a newbee with absolutely no clue on how the city works. He hit the truth right on the head and these assholes get us to play all these roles while attempting to covet up financial disasters that they created, not the policeman. Wake up and smell the coffee and one day when you move out of mommys house and have a family of your own you will see how the system is trying to get you to work more more more for less less less while paying higher fees and taxes. You must be one of the assholes who buys Bulls tickets and contributes to gangbangers making millions of dollars to bounce a ball but will come into work and be a go getter.
Does anyone suppose that the drop in traffic stops may be due in part to the Traffic Stop race inquiry cards? Called by some "The Obama Card?"
To The Box Chevy Phantom.
You are an obivious nut case. Most likley a nice guy. But a nut case
1/08/2012 03:39:00 PM
Totally agree. I read his posts to help with my insomnia. Zzzzzzzzzz.......
1/08/2012 06:54:00 PM
And I don't read his lengthy, verbose posts at all. I'm grateful he has a blogger name, so I know what to skip over.
Evergreen Park is trying to single-handedly make up for it. Be careful on 95th Street around Kedzie.
EP is trying to take our money any way they can. Just say no to Meijer and Menards at 91st and Western.
To The Box Chevy Phantom.
You are an obivious nut case. Most likley a nice guy. But a nut case
1/08/2012 03:39:00 PM
Totally agree. I read his posts to help with my insomnia. Zzzzzzzzzz.......
1/08/2012 06:54:00 PM
And I don't read his lengthy, verbose posts at all. I'm grateful he has a blogger name, so I know what to skip over.
1/09/2012 01:20:00 AM
no soup for you three.
overheard cpd doesn't like 4 on 2 off schedule and is considering a 5 day work week for district patrol
days off by seniority
like the xo rank most day offs would be mon tues , tues wed and wed thur , very few would be day off fri sat , sat sunor sun mon
like someone said shit rolls down hill , we'll be forced to use comp time on week ends and it must be approved in advance by XO
1/08/12 3:39 PM
1/08/12 6:54 PM
1/08/12 7:19 PM
1/09/12 1:20 AM
Free country and all that jazz...
For as long as the blogmeister permits us... No one is twisting anyone else's arm to read any of it... Let alone click on the blog at all. We post nothing but the truth and try to distill the sometimes complicated thoughts and feelings of The Policeman to give pause to those who insist on selling The Policeman so cheaply.
You can call THAT crazy if it makes you feel good.
1/08/12 11:09PM...
Your youth in Southern Illinois must've sucked badly and impaired your reading & comprehension skillset, causing you to make such an astounding leap in logic. you slipped and it's a long fall but it's our fault, right?
"Give you a piece of my mind!"
*JUMP... oh shit, the conclusion's too far and I'm not gonna make it... FAALL!*
Stay on your own roof top and you wouldn't have a problem with gravity...
OT: Armed robbery just off Western and 105th in 022 last night. Looks like the scum isn't afraid of all us cops that live around here. Stay safe and carry at all times.
1/08/2012 09:41:00 PM
You new Brah? They've been hitting that area for a long time. They don't often go past the golf course though.
1/08/2012 11:36:00 PM
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The guy that did that one is a nutcase M-1-50/55 yoa, gray hair, usually wears a dirty green overcoat, and is known to carry around jars of his own urine. He hasn't thrown them at anyone yet, but who knows when/if he might? He frequents Western in that area, and should be picked up soon. Everyone knows him. I'm pretty sure he lives near Graver Park 103 and Prospect with family who cashes his SSI checks.
There are many Chicago Police officers that still write tickets. I am one of them. I don't do it for the City or for the politicians or the State, I do it because it's my job. But that doesn't mean that I hammer people or not give breaks to some. With that said, I do believe that the traffic card data, that was only supposed to be part of a two year study but that has gone on for far longer, is a significant reason for a drop too. I don't think officers want to risk being sued because the cars that they stop with probable cause in certain neighborhoods are leaky going to be 99% one race. When you add that our leaders and lawmakers won't explain the reasons why this might be, and the police are punished instead, you have officers who are going to give up.
As for parking tickets...thank former mayor RMD for selling a large portion of the tickets we would have been generating, to LAZ parking. It is unfair that the City is paying twice by not getting the revenue and from paying salaries of DOR officers to write these tickets. I know they will say they don't write the meters but I have seen them do exactly that.
The Chicago Police budget is one of the largest in the city because of the number of officers, bldgs, equipment, etc. Our budget used to be funded by ticket revenue that we generated. RMD began using it for other things and in time our budget became a burden for the city.
Look at the City's budget and the size of departments. The DOR is the next largest dept in the City, possibly surpassing CFD. They were badges that are copied from the CPD badge, they wear similar uniforms and perpetrate as police as far as citizens can tell. This is really goofy. Seriously, you guys look goofy. Next they will put them out in cars to write movers. The City has put so many obstacles in the way of police officers doing their job it hinders effective enforcement.
I will admit I still do write tickets in the form of ANOVs- Cell Phone violations only.
I was hit by on Archer Ave while she was texting. My wife was hit when dude was texting and crossed the double yellow(thank fellow blue shirt for stopping and witnessing). So in the last 4 months my insurance co has shelled out approx 12,000 in repair to my personally owned cars.
My daughter spent 2 days in after being T-boned by a woman who was texting.
Ya- guess my family has been a magnet for accidents this last few months, but I will continue to give ZERO breaks for those who jepordize the saftey of others. Thats just me- if ya can afford to have a cell phone- you can afford to pay the ticket.
Just me- dont expect anyone to sympathize or follow. Its just my personal fight.
We do have over 200 officers who are not writing tickets because they are no longer here. They retired, the nerve of them. We should get mover books when we retire so we can keep up revenue.
To The Box Chevy Phantom.
You are an obivious nut case. Most likley a nice guy. But a nut case
1/08/2012 03:39:00 PM
Totally agree. I read his posts to help with my insomnia. Zzzzzzzzzz.......
1/08/2012 06:54:00 PM
And I don't read his lengthy, verbose posts at all. I'm grateful he has a blogger name, so I know what to skip over.
1/09/2012 01:20:00 AM
no soup for you three.
1/09/2012 08:47:00 AM
That's fine by me (0120hrs). Skipping his posts greatly shortens the read-time on SCC without losing any of the content.
The post that calls the Box Chevy Phantom a nut case. You are obviously a newbee with absolutely no clue on how the city works. He hit the truth right on the head and these assholes get us to play all these roles while attempting to covet up financial disasters that they created, not the policeman. Wake up and smell the coffee and one day when you move out of mommys house and have a family of your own you will see how the system is trying to get you to work more more more for less less less while paying higher fees and taxes. You must be one of the assholes who buys Bulls tickets and contributes to gangbangers making millions of dollars to bounce a ball but will come into work and be a go getter.
1/08/2012 11:37:00 PM
Well, I'm not the one who called him a nut case, but I am the one who doesn't feel the need to read an entire novel every time I begin one of his posts.
Too much of anything is still too much.
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