Shots Fired in 016
Chicago police searched for two men who fled after they were involved in an altercation with officers during which shots were fired on the Northwest Side tonight, police said.
The incident began at about 7:40 p.m. in the alley behind the 5300 block of North Natoma Avenue, police said.
The men were being questioned by police, and preliminary reports indicated shots were fired by police in the incident but no one was hit, said [...] Police News Affairs.A police officer was taken to Resurrection Medical Center with a hand injury, said Chicago Fire Department Chief Joseph Roccasalva. The officer was in good condition.
[....] A weapon was recovered from the scene, according to police.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
118 Comments:
I thought that was a somewhat decent area. Not no mo.
Chicago tribune cut off the comments in article. Wonder why?
They need to redistrict 016!
33 square miles is too large of a patrol area to patrol with such limited resources. Give 017 the East border up to Laramie and give 025 the South border up to Irving Park.
Not enough police, time to start demonstrating. My neighbors are getting sick of it too. People are really getting fedup with Rahm and Gary's lies.
Things are getting out of control in 016 and I guarantee it won't be long until there really is CAPS. The citizens are fedup and will march on City Hall or on the Alderman's offices and the district demanding police service.
CLASS OF 90-1 - 26 MARCH 1990
There were 350 of us when we started.
7 more years to MAX OUT and get out of this shit-hole SHIT-CAGO!!
There is NOWHERE you can live in this dump and keep your family safe.
Thanks Richy Daley, Tx Rahm and all the rest you jerkoff polticians that let this shit into the USA. Not to mention shoving section 8 down our throats!
WTF, time to lift residency so that I can move somewhere safe. I would love to move into Park Ridge.
Residency..
They need to put a strong DC into the 16th District to curtail the rampant gang and crime problem.
Lenti isn't fit to lead a gaggle of geese, let alone run anything requiring intelligence. Does Lenti even know how to define probable cause?
Hopefully one of these political ignoramuses will fall victim to a hardcore shithead attack in 016. We can only hope!
I haven't seen a squad car go down my block on 1621's beat in years.
If you want to commit a crime with an almost certain guarantee of not getting caught, do it in 016.
Soon 016 will be worse than 008!
Send troops to save what little is left of the middle class Chicago before this city turns totally into two zones. 1. Downtown/Lakefront 2. Ghetto
Do I wish that the copper's aim was truer, man do I wish.
Hi, alderman beavers here again. I have a real big thorn in my undercarriage about all these fools who don't know that it is still illegal to hunt rabbit and or squirrels in the city. I learned that one the hard way. Yet every time I flip through the the pages of "Hoy", that's Spanish for today, didn't know I was bi-lingual did ya, I read about some knuckleheads shooting. Lorry, lordy
dark ford 150 PU!
ANY ONE KNOW MORE?
Even 16's ghetto now
Mary O'Connor is by far the worst Alderman the 41st Ward has ever had. Time to dump her catering ass!
Bring that Leo guy up to 016! If he can cleanup 016 I will personally award him the Legion of Merit medal and five more awards.
all of that for a bb gun--- bb guns look like real guns and nobody can fault the officer for reacting the way he did--- hey dipshit mcbottles--- 017 has 3 homeycides and 016 is going up for grabs--- maybe open up some bid spots in 016 and 017 to protect the motherland....
But we still focus out time and effort in the ghetto districts !
But we don't need no police.
Helicopter no help
I wouldn't say it's everywhere because it's never happened in mt greenwood... But hey, northsiders love talking about how ghetto mt greenwood is.. Yeah, ok
Descriptions?
Don't generalize, "savages", because up here, particularly in that area there are some pretty rough polish/Russian tough guys.
Very interested to know some more details. I'm thankful the coppers are ok, for the most part.
Wake up call. So much shit of all colors walking around up here now, just looking for prey.
I saw a guy sitting on a bench in Park Ridge yesterday that I'm guessing didn't live in the $750,000 Uptown condos, but maybe I'm being judgmental.
Speedy recovery to the injured Police Officer. It's sad that the beast is now everywhere in the City, ruining what was once nice areas.
Fact: The detective who got caught double dipping at UPS is giving everything up. This shit talker boasted regularly on how he hated rats and would never squeel. Squuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeel !
Why were all those cars from 025 there?
Off Topic...
Lots of rumbles regarding the OT not ending when G8 & NATO do.
Hypothetical situation: 8 or more po's get hurt from any single watch. Are they gonna leave cars down or have guys work their RDOs? They can only shuffle so much manpower from district to district. I say get ready for A TON of OT.
This is just one more indication that the 016th district is going to shit. About 10 to 12 years ago the 016th district slowly turned into garbage. The area from Cicero to Oak Park and Belmont to Irving Park Road has a lot of gangbangers and all sorts of assorted criminals. Plus parts of 016 where we didn't even see much property crime 10 to 12 years ago it has increased dramatically.
This is what you get when manpower is reduced dramatically. 016 is the city's biggest district but now there are about 190 officers assigned to 016.
If places like 016 and other north, and southwest side districts are no longer safe and decent places to live then the good citizens will simply move out. Detroit here we come.
Like a cancer darkness spreads. And its not even after midnight when those people bring their trouble about.
But....the well staffed "Police News Affairs" office always gets out the latest breaking police news. Always quick with the commentary for the media. Nice work scoop ! I hope to read soon and again that "police are searching, nobody is in custody, but detectives are still investigating" in 016 and beyond.
BTW, will News Affairs have an on site newsroom or van with live feeds during G8 ?
Worthless sworn uniformed unit... somebody get them turtle suits and put them on the street like the rest of us.
Keep up the good work 016, we appreciate the street stops up NW. Thanks.
Keep taking coppers out of the 16th district for other districts. Crime rate keeps going up. Protection keeps going down.
Niles P D offered their k9 for a search. No CPD k9 responded until 2 hours into the incident.
Guy killed in park ridge not to long ago, 016 becoming Austin and englewood soon, I hope all 016 district residents are considering ADT security for their homes!!!! That will make ya feel safe!
Please call Democrat Adlerwoman Mary O'Conner and ask her what she is doing to save OUR children.
773 594 8341
I wouldn't say it's everywhere because it's never happened in mt greenwood... But hey, northsiders love talking about how ghetto mt greenwood is.. Yeah, ok
2/26/2012 03:29:00 AM
Bull Shit.Ever look at the corner of 111 & Kedzie or Pulaski in the afternoon? How about the shots fired at the house in the 112 & Kedzie blk last week? Add in your normal white trash ghetto wanna-be little jag-offs that go around bustin' out windows....It's got Shit written all over it and I'm out in 4 years.
Anonymous said...
all of that for a bb gun--- bb guns look like real guns and nobody can fault the officer for reacting the way he did--- hey dipshit mcbottles--- 017 has 3 homeycides and 016 is going up for grabs--- maybe open up some bid spots in 016 and 017 to protect the motherland....
2/26/2012 02:05:00 AM
I agree that they need to open up spots for these districts. But who is going to get these spots? Officers who are looking to ride out their careers and not get hurt.I Don't blame them but 016 needs more aggressive officers. An officer with 15 years on the job, who is a complete mush and sat behind a desk since he got off probation bid to 016 a few months ago when there were openings. This is what 016 is getting. I'm all for seniority but something needs to change. Every period they should swap officers between 014, 015, 016 and 017 or something along those lines.
Anonymous said...
"...Not enough police, time to start demonstrating. My neighbors are getting sick of it too. People are really getting fedup with Rahm and Gary's lies.
2/26/2012 12:09:00 AM
Good Luck!
Not enough people give a flying F*CK and the Mayor KNOWS IT.
All he cares about are stories coming out about how homicides are dropping in Englewood and Harrison Street.
We mean nothing to him!
You have to be nuts to pay the amount you pay for a house up there knowing what kind of city services you don't get there, same shitty school options, and section 8 problems that everyone else suffers through these days. We all make the same money, and to me it's just making you house poor.
The problem is you can find shit anywhere,
Park RIdge is nice but the shitbirds are there already. There's apartments there that resemble housing projects. They have found every corner of this earth, even the great north woods. It's basically a block by block battle. Stand guard my friends. The grass is no greener. Different pasture, same shit.
Maybe 016 can draw some cops from the new 023/019 merger. It's only a matter of time that they start transferring some of the 390 POs and 55 sgts that will be assigned there.
So you are saying It never happened in Mt Greenwood? Really...really? I guess you were never Caboodle trained. Oh, I guess you "live on a good block, your block club is solid"..... Moron. Dont get all upset that you cant afford the northside, but like typical you seem to be happy when the one violent act a year happens up north. Grow up.
I haven't seen a squad car go down my block on 1621's beat in years.
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same as 2212
Anonymous said...
Things are getting out of control in 016 and I guarantee it won't be long until there really is CAPS. The citizens are fedup and will march on City Hall or on the Alderman's offices and the district demanding police service.
2/26/2012 12:10:00 AM
Bullshit! I'll believe it when I see it.
I'll bet 3/4ths of your neighbors aren't even registered to vote. It's called VOTER APATHY. Voting is the ONE THING we can do to determine our future, but we can't even get that accomplished.
Recently, the Board of Elections reported that voter registration in Cook County is at its lowest point since World War II, yet, the ONLY time I hear ANYTHING about voter registration drives, its coming out of Operation Push or in the ghetto and/or minority neighborhoods. Why do you think the politicians are so afraid of alienating those communities? Because, unlike our more affluent and "comfortable" neighborhoods, they know that the only public they have to fear is the VOTING public and that, unfortunately, is NOT the conservative crowd.
The only "citizens" the politicians have to worry about are the ones receiving governments checks and freebies because THEY VOTE. They're the only ones with an incentive to get these pukes back in office to continue the gravy train.
You want to accomplish something? Instead of wasting time on some silly little "march" that will accomplish ZERO, find a way to get your co-workers and neighbors registered to vote and take out your frustrations against the worthless elected officials on election day. THAT is the ONLY WAY that they will begin to listen. Barring that, welcome to Socialist America.
5300 N. is quasi bad. Light em up boys.
Speedy recovery Officer.
"Descriptions?
Don't generalize, "savages", because up here, particularly in that area there are some pretty rough polish/Russian tough guys."
>All illegals do not habla espanol.
"Anonymous said...
Mary O'Connor is by far the worst Alderman the 41st Ward has ever had. Time to dump her catering ass!"
Caters to the builders of Luxury Condos and the Section 8 scum that fill them at our expense.
Let me tell you how an Alderman looks at a block of small ma'n pa stores in your neighborhood.
An Alderman look there and sees maybe a dozen votes more or less. If a developer wants that block the Alderman can get all kinds of legal and not so legal gains. He or she will start to lean on the property owners, inspectors will come by, tickets will be issued, licenses will be suspended, lifelong business' will be ruined and move out. Meanwhile all new sewer and water lines are put in at taxpayer expense.
The developer puts up his developement, fills it with Section 8'ers. The Alderman now has 100-200 more votes and maybe a condo on the side.
P.S. Sears will close two of it's stores, and K-Mart three. Hope they are not in your neighborhood.
Not enough police, time to start demonstrating. My neighbors are getting sick of it too. People are really getting fedup with Rahm and Gary's lies.
I'm sure they are the ones just like many of them that voted for the JOO!
G. Chico would have been a better candidate for Chicago.
Lento don't know Shit from Shinola.
Don't generalize, "savages", because up here, particularly in that area there are some pretty rough polish/Russian tough guys.
Very interested to know some more details. I'm thankful the coppers are ok, for the most part.
2/26/2012 05:43:00 AM
You're thankful the coppers are OK "for the most part". I am sure they are touched by your compassion.
As to the "savages" comment: that is a generic term used since the dawn of time. It has no racial overtones, and yet, for you it does. THAT says more about you than you'll ever admit.
I live in 17..(I was almost broadsided coming off a side street by a sqaud I later found out was racing to the scene in 16..NOT the officer's fault..I honestly did not hear the siren until the last minute..thankfully I was able to get the hell out of the way before something terrible happened)..Moral: drivers (like me) need to stay more alert out there. You never know when a squad car or an ambulance will go flying by in an emergency. I know I'm gonna be more careful from now on.
Anyway, I was kind of shocked to see they had to send cars from 17 there to assist...I think they may have had to send cars from 25 too. Proof positive that 16 is woefully short of manpower...
I hear they caught one of the shitheads. Good work.
Stay extra safe out there. It's obvious Rahmmie the Commie and McDipshit don't have your backs.
When the FOP rep came to our roll call, only after multiple requests I might add, I asked if they would put the residency issue on the table. I was told no, we are only going to focus on pension and that essentially all other issues would be given little or no attn. Call me a simple minded caveman but the majority of the fop manpower focused only on the pension leaves us venerable at every other angle.
This new union representation has done a piss poor job of keeping us informed, answering questions before half the PO's on the dept approach them for answers and fighting for long term items other than pension.
We should not have to sign up for an email newsletter to receive important news or updates use police mail!!! Not everyone has an iPhone with matching ipad we are police officers not IT professionals.
RESIDENCY!!! Chicago is turning into a section 8 SUCK HOLE. I don't give a shit about the addition you pit on your Norwood park or mt. Greenwood home or your property value going down. Not every PO has a 600k house and no children.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but........ The last frontier has been infiltrated. Life as you know it will never be the same. Once the lower class(yes this includes Polish and Russian thugs), section 8, and CHA relocations come to your neighborood it is the beginning of the end.
It starts out with rental properties, mostly apartment complexes.and then trickles down to single family homes. Thats when the domino effect takes place.
Good hardworking people who take care of their property who don't have to live here move to the suburbs. This includes non city employees and retirees. The only people who stay are city employees(forced by residency requirement) and the lower class. Some upper class will choose to stay in their north shore and downtown areas.
Google search the demise of Detroit and Cleveland. Businesses follow suit. They simply can't stay afloat with ghetto customers who chase away people who actually spend money and tip well.
For anyone who says it isn't so, go to the Chicago Historical Museum and look at pictures of 63rd and Halsted in 1950 and how it looks today. Prosperity compared to death.
More bad news.... The Northwestside is more underwater on their homes than any other area in the city. This can verified by numerous internet real estate sources. Zillow, Chicago Business Crains, Realtor magazine, etc..
So unless you paid cash for you your house or never refinanced with cash out options, you are a prisoner to your property in a market where you may never regain your homes mortgaged value.
Any of your $500, $600, $700 homes are now more in the $250, $350, and $450 range. I wish I had better news but it was only a matter of time.
Start planning your exit strategy.
WTF, time to lift residency so that I can move somewhere safe. I would love to move into Park Ridge.
2/26/2012 12:33:00 AM
Do you understand how stupid this post makes you sound?
Or, maybe Park Ridge has an invisible fence.
They need to put a strong DC into the 16th District to curtail the rampant gang and crime problem.
Lenti isn't fit to lead a gaggle of geese, let alone run anything requiring intelligence. Does Lenti even know how to define probable cause?
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Your really speaking out your butt. Manpower is killing 016, and as far as Lenti, whether you like him or not he actually did a fine job that night. He was involved from the beginning, and stayed at the area until the entire thing was concluded. Spoken from someone who was there
Helicopter no help
ummm Helicopter spotted offender idiot
Thats my Neighborhood,I cant wait to use my SIG.
Maybe if a few more street stops were done on these invading gangbangers and less time spent ticketing decent taxpayers for having 2 city stickers on their cars, this wouldn't be as much of an issue. Central and Bryn Mawr is ghetto as all get out now, yet I cant tell you the last time I saw a traffic stop or street stop over there. Make the shitbags feel unwelcome and they'll stop moving here. I don't mean any disrespect to the guys in 016, but unless these scumbags feel the heat, they're only going to convince more of their ilk to migrate up here.
I wouldn't say it's everywhere because it's never happened in mt greenwood... But hey, northsiders love talking about how ghetto mt greenwood is.. Yeah, ok
2/26/2012 03:29:00 AM
I laughed very hard. Thank you.
WTF, time to lift residency so that I can move somewhere safe. I would love to move into Park Ridge.
yea it be really great, then you get your first property tax bill. then youd be like holy fuck
We pay tax's for to fully staff this department and they staff it UNDER its expected numbers WHY? Its time to start asking WHY???????????????????????
Fuck this city and the way its treating us!
TAKE OUR BUSINESS OUT OF CROOK COUNTY
I wouldn't say it's everywhere because it's never happened in mt greenwood... But hey, northsiders love talking about how ghetto mt greenwood is.. Yeah, ok
2/26/2012 03:29:00 AM
You are high. There was a drive by shooting two summers ago 107th just west of kedzie. The last 4 years Popeyes, McDonald's, and jewel in MG have all been stuck up. Duncan donuts on western was stuck up a few years ago. Open your eyes. I live in MG- it is changing FAST.
Anonymous said...
Mary O'Connor is by far the worst Alderman the 41st Ward has ever had. Time to dump her catering ass!
2/26/2012 02:03:00 The Irish only vote for the Irish, and the Irish politicians (Daley, Madigan, Cullerton, and punch-drunk Brian D.) have fed at the public trough, and brought us to the brink of disaster. We couldn't even elect a copper in the 41st ward because he was Spanish and not Irish. Ask yourself, why would a woman running a business want to be alderman. The answer: $$$$$$$$$ and Irish political monkey business. Move out. Let them run it into the ground.
Glad to hear the police are ok. Sad to know all th police resources are being used in ghettos such as 007 and 011. Free up some of these resources and send them to districts where the police are actulally welcomed!!!!
Sell 016 buy 022
That LEO guy already has enough medals that he awarder himself.
Get a hold of yourself man.
Edgewater alderman contacts cops after alleged gang fight
...dispatch informed the officers patrolling the Edgewater area that 48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman wanted them to pay “special attention” to Thorndale and Broadway.
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Ha.. well put a camera in then.
CPD is busy giving the entire south and west sides "special attention"
Camera's are the answer to everything. We can bring the criminals to justice after they bust up everything raping, pillaging and plundering your ward.
BTW did they catch the Red Line robber/sexual assault artists from the other day or are they still reviewing the films? Cameras didn't deter that now did it?
It's not about crime prevention.
There's no money to be made in that. It's about cameras and no-bid city contracts. We can use this crime as fear and fear is a powerful motivator that can be used to extract more taxes. Crime makes for good political photo ops. It keeps the printers presses running so that the alderman can print out flyers telling you to lock your doors and stay inside because it's dangerous out there.
its great when your liberal politicians screw over middle class working family with their social experiments that are great in theory but dont work..
ya sucker work ur ass off in these shit districts and push the gangbangers into good neighborhoods..
were is our community leader? we need police to go after these gangs not old ticket whore's..
everybody in chicago has to live in shit except for your upper elite,just ask rahm..
WTF, time to lift residency so that I can move somewhere safe. I would love to move into Park Ridge.
2/26/2012 12:33:00 AM
So sick of hearing this argument. "They should lift the residency so I can move out of this shithole". The 16th district is still for the most part just as nice as most surrounding suburbs.On top of that if a ton of city workers move out of 16 and move to Skokie, Niles or Park Ridge the shit will move into 16 and then into Skokie, Niles or Park Ridge in a matter of time. We took this job knowing we had to live in the city. And again there is still a good amount of decent neighborhoods to live in. A few people on this job forget what the real world is like and especially how the real world is now. Ill the good salary,job security and benefits. Cause good luck finding it somewhere else. Finally, if they let us move out and this city really starts to turn to shit in ten or fifteen who do you expect to pay our salaries and pension?
we should have a vote of no confidence before g-8...where are you mikey????
Ok, relax the sky isn't falling!! This is a great neighborhood tons of police, fire, and union guys. One incident and people are shitting in there pants
comstat works!!! just ask the coppers in 16 dst.. thank you garry and rahm for destroy my neighbor...
So tired of listening to all the complaints from people who live in 016. Oh my gosh! CRIME has come to their little urban utopia??? News flash: you people live in CHICAGO, not Park Ridge Annex. Stop your freaking whining already.
i love working in the ghetto where most of the criminal citizens love calling the police for everything.
Lived in Lincolnwood, which is filled w/Eastern European guys w/cash businesses with little regard for law or basic civility (don't spit in pool, don't let your pit bull lose in park, don't speed 60 mph on a residential street, etc.) In 90s, there was a Russian guy who was "breaking-in" prostitutes in his basement across from the school (another at local motel); the guy who hit a bike-riding middle-schooler w/his jaguar car who gave the kid $20 and fled; and many two-mercedes in the driveways of too non-conforming new McMansions (not in Towers) while median income hovered at $60,000 and plenty kids qualified for free lunch.
Does Lenti even know how to define probable cause?
2/26/2012 12:36:00 AM
sure he does, to wit:
I probably caused ____________.....
If you want to commit a crime with an almost certain guarantee of not getting caught, do it in 016.
2/26/2012 12:39:00 AM
getting caught needs to become the least of their problems.
Chalkie
yet all u young po's bust your ass in the hood. i understand we're all stuck where you are. but take a stand for once your college career. whats the matter worried about your spot? worried about your car?
Savages. They have simnply invaded the 016th district. Officers lucky enough to be in 016, please protect the home front! Those of us working in the ghettos need to feel secure leaving our family's in 016 while we are at work.
Helicopter no help
2/26/2012 03:18:00 AM
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No not true. Offender 1 started on the move again only because he thought the chopper was on him, according to him he heard the chopper and saw the light and believed that they where on him, of course it was good work by the po's on the ground..... Chopper may have not found him but they helped, and k9 as well.
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It was a good turn out by all units and dists thanks for the help.
I am sick of pulling up 016 unit summary while working and seeing 4-5 down cars a night. It would be nice after paying $5000 in property taxes to have some proactive policing. Is it too much to ask for a beat car to drive the street once in a while? Here's a story media, I know it isn't being spoon fed, but run with it!!
I really hate these headlines "Boy charged" makes you think of a little kid when if fact he is 17. At least make it "teenager".
You have to come here for the real truth.
A citizen....keep up the good work
Why is it that they say a tough commander can fix the problems up here.. The commander never leaves the office. there are officers in 016 doing the best they can with what we have.. yes more officers would be nice but if a dog bids into 016 he/she will still be a dog. some beat cars cover an area the size of some districts. maybe make ut 5 beats that way officers can cover a better area without being all the way across the beat. Fine job by all the officers last night. Thanks for the help from outside units it is appreciated. now stop with the nonsense that all the officers in 016 dont do anything. we have dogs just like everyone else.. Have a nice day. 016 3rd watch..
BB gun or not don't take chances these fuckers use these to rob people all the time...fuck that blast them next time we don't need that shit in 016 or anywhere else...
Helicopter useless
I over paid for my house and taxes on the north west side to avoid crime !!!
Thanks for all the outside help yesterday that showed up in 016 for the 10-1. You guys showed up fast and strong and stayed out in the cold for a long time. It's nice to see the brotherhood is there for each other....A 016th Dist copper on scene.
This type of savage is all over 016. spawn from the Humboldt park area that moved out when Daley was building condos and black fences over there in the early 90's
Thank's Gary & Rahm for allowing 016 to turn into Englewood North. Also another thank you for cosolidating District's and Area's further alienating whatever manpower is left out there. It is safe to say that this is the worst shape the once proud Chicago Police Department has ever been. Also thank you for the final straw coming in May 2012 that will finish off what's left. I hope all Police & Fire families are prepared for what is yet to come. It will not be godd for any of us unless we STOP RAHM NOW!!
No CPD k9 responded until 2 hours into the incident.
2/26/2012 08:21:00 AM
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Totally wrong. Our K9s were there in about 15-20 minutes. Same with PH1.
More bad news.... The Northwestside is more underwater on their homes than any other area in the city. This can verified by numerous internet real estate sources. Zillow, Chicago Business Crains, Realtor magazine, etc..
So unless you paid cash for you your house or never refinanced with cash out options, you are a prisoner to your property in a market where you may never regain your homes mortgaged value.
Any of your $500, $600, $700 homes are now more in the $250, $350, and $450 range. I wish I had better news but it was only a matter of time.
Start planning your exit strategy.
2/26/2012 10:48:00 AM
Zillow is the most inaccurate 'authoritative source' I've EVER seen in my thirty years in real estate.
Oh, and the most underwater and foreclosed area is around Midway airport.
016 has a shooting once in a blue moon and the place goes up for grabs lol. Your right, it's horrible up there! You guys should bid out when the bids open up again so some of us from 006 and 007 can see what it's like to be the police lol
2/26/2012 10:48:00 AM
Very good analysis! To that I will add that the city Chicago is making the same mistakes Detroit did. Which is to tax the daylights out of productive citizens. Then those citizens leave and thus leaving a bigger revenue deficit. Then the city decides to raise taxes, fees, revenue streams, etc. even more and then even more people leave.
To the guy that wished he could live in Park Ridge. Today is your lucky day. I just happened to look at a home in Park Ridge. 1008 Austin IIRC. Nice little house. And I do mean little. About the same size as the one I have in Norwood Park. The real estate guy told me that the taxes which are currently 5,200 would probably jump to at least 8K when the house is sold. So there you have it. Take a look.
To those that say 016 is shit. You are probably right about the S/E end. But I'll tell you what. As I said, I live in Norwood Park and it's just fine. The only person I see that's darker than me is my mailman. And to tell you the truth, he's a great guy. Probably better than 99% of my neighbors. If he bought next to me, I'd be a happy camper.
And finally, as someone else posted earlier, we HAD a chance to vote one of our own in as Alderman of the 41st. Richie Gonzalez. A Sgt. in 013. A great guy. But because he's Spanish, no, we couldn't vote for him. Instead we elect another person of Irish descent who from what I hear, hates the Police. So we have no one to blame but ourselves. Wanna see a change? The next time, if their is a next time, you see one of our own, a guy like Sgt. Gonzalez running for office, give him a chance and a vote. On his worse day he's one thousand percent better than what we have now. I don't know about you guys but I for one am tired of the "Machine" telling us who our elected officials will be.
Just moved up to Edison park from Garfield Ridge. I rather be surrounded by solid suburbs like Niles and Park Ridge. than be surrounded by a shit hole like Summit. Great area look forward to spending he next 20 years here.
The problem with coverage in 008 and 016 is that we have had 2 leaders who never lived in Chicago and never grew up in Chicago. They have no idea where we live or nor do they care. Weiss and McCarthy just see a map of the city and waiting for the their next job. We need to band together and hold down the home front and demand our elected officials to act.
...dispatch informed the officers patrolling the Edgewater area that 48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman wanted them to pay “special attention” to Thorndale and Broadway.
Maybe Bighead Harry shouldn't be so against law abiding citizens owning guns. Fuck him.
I live nearby. Thanks for the hard work last night. I was very impressed with the show out and professionalism of those I saw.
Your right about Mary Oconner,she is a seiu backed police hater and a buddy of that stroke John Mulroe who voted for all the tax increases..
I live in 17..(I was almost broadsided coming off a side street by a sqaud I later found out was racing to the scene in 16..NOT the officer's fault..I honestly did not hear the siren until the last minute
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That was me...by the way, nobody told 017 to go...we just did it. That's what we do, back each other up no matter what.
Glad I had good brakes...
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Why is it that they say a tough commander can fix the problems up here.. The commander never leaves the office. there are officers in 016 doing the best they can with what we have.. yes more officers would be nice but if a dog bids into 016 he/she will still be a dog. some beat cars cover an area the size of some districts. maybe make ut 5 beats that way officers can cover a better area without being all the way across the beat. Fine job by all the officers last night. Thanks for the help from outside units it is appreciated. now stop with the nonsense that all the officers in 016 dont do anything. we have dogs just like everyone else.. Have a nice day. 016 3rd watch..
2/26/2012 02:30:00 PM
Tough commander LOL, the commander needs to "man up" and get more manpower, but the weak alderman shut up as they get paid off big time by the rahm crew!
CPD canine was on scene, seeing 50% of the CPD canine lives in 016th Dist. Niles canine has a tracking dog CPD does not. Figure that one out. City this size and we have to use the suburbs and county tracking dogs.
Ive noticed that there hasnt been any openings in any district for a while now. Im thinking once there is that huge influx of retirees they will start having bid spots open to districts once the g-8 is over with. So im thinking about 50 openings in 016, 025, 017.
Anonymous said...
"...Not enough police, time to start demonstrating. My neighbors are getting sick of it too. People are really getting fedup with Rahm and Gary's lies.
2/26/2012 12:09:00 AM
What mayor COCKSUCKER already knows that the rest refuse to acknowledge, is that DECENT, LAW ABIDING PEOPLE WHO PAY THEIR TAXES AREN'T THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO MARCH EN MASSE AGAINST ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD.
These people are too shy, or have many other things to do with their time to keep the preoccupied with things OTHER than focusing their outrage and making a public display.
Maybe in another 10 years or so when there's NOWHERE left in this shithole city that is now officially WORSE than detroit, the last few remainging taxpayers can cry while fleeing the city that they could have stopped it.
See, THIS is what Emscumuel wants, EVERY TAXPAYER FLEES, THEREBY CAUSING ZERO TAXES TO BE COLLECTED, THEREBY FORCING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND POLICE THE CITY FOR HIM, WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR POLICE OR THEIR RETIREMENT.
All this bullshit is a ploy to make this city so fucking unliveable for decent folk that he can try to blame the police for it, then act like the savior when his friend Obama steps in with his "brown shirt" civilian police force that'll make the entire country foot the bill for shithole citys with rampant crime.
That was me...by the way, nobody told 017 to go...we just did it. That's what we do, back each other up no matter what.
Glad I had good brakes...
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I'm just happy I got the out of the way fast enough and you didn't get hurt.
So sick of hearing this argument. "They should lift the residency so I can move out of this shithole". The 16th district is still for the most part just as nice as most surrounding suburbs.On top of that if a ton of city workers move out of 16 and move to Skokie, Niles or Park Ridge the shit will move into 16 and then into Skokie, Niles or Park Ridge in a matter of time. We took this job knowing we had to live in the city. And again there is still a good amount of decent neighborhoods to live in. A few people on this job forget what the real world is like and especially how the real world is now. Ill the good salary,job security and benefits. Cause good luck finding it somewhere else. Finally, if they let us move out and this city really starts to turn to shit in ten or fifteen who do you expect to pay our salaries and pensions.
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Maybe its not just about crime. Suburbs in my opinion have better schools especially when it comes to early childhood development. Not everyone can afford to send their children to a private institution. I'm certainly in favor of lifting the residency rule.
Helicopter didn't spot anything, Det from A/5 who was canvassing saw the guy run out from a gangway
And finally, as someone else posted earlier, we HAD a chance to vote one of our own in as Alderman of the 41st. Richie Gonzalez. A Sgt. in 013. A great guy. But because he's Spanish, no, we couldn't vote for him. Instead we elect another person of Irish descent who from what I hear, hates the Police. So we have no one to blame but ourselves. Wanna see a change? The next time, if their is a next time, you see one of our own, a guy like Sgt. Gonzalez running for office, give him a chance and a vote. On his worse day he's one thousand percent better than what we have now. I don't know about you guys but I for one am tired of the "Machine" telling us who our elected officials will be.
2/26/2012 09:36:00 PM
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Please don't pull the race card out on why he wasn't elected. There are plenty of other reasons why people I know didn't vote for him.
"I really hate these headlines "Boy charged" makes you think of a little kid when if fact he is 17. At least make it "teenager".
You have to come here for the real truth.
A citizen....keep up the good work"
How about "Gunman Charged..." Put facts in the headline, you can read details like age in the body of the story.
"...dispatch informed the officers patrolling the Edgewater area that 48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman wanted them to pay “special attention” to Thorndale and Broadway."
--2/26/2012 10:45:00 PM
Oh, man, thirty years and more of "special attention." Gang rapes on the Thorndale L platform...remember the "Contagious" disco, and the clinic/pharmacy on the corner with empty gallon jugs of Robitussin AC laying outside in the gutter?
"Gentrified" with graffitti; someone built a beautiful park with gazebo, chess tables, etc. on sothwest corner Thorndale/Sheridan. Great place for the crew to hang, sprawl, smoke their blunts. Any decent person crosses the street rather than even go past it.
Maybe 016 can draw some cops from the new 023/019 merger. It's only a matter of time that they start transferring some of the 390 POs and 55 sgts that will be assigned there.
2/26/2012 09:28:00 AM
Yeah, they'll be reassigned. From 019/023 to 007.
Why were all those cars from 025 there?
2/26/2012 07:21:00 AM
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Uh, because we're the police.
So sick of hearing this argument. "They should lift the residency so I can move out of this shithole". The 16th district is still for the most part just as nice as most surrounding suburbs.On top of that if a ton of city workers move out of 16 and move to Skokie, Niles or Park Ridge the shit will move into 16 and then into Skokie, Niles or Park Ridge in a matter of time. We took this job knowing we had to live in the city. And again there is still a good amount of decent neighborhoods to live in. A few people on this job forget what the real world is like and especially how the real world is now. Ill the good salary,job security and benefits. Cause good luck finding it somewhere else. Finally, if they let us move out and this city really starts to turn to shit in ten or fifteen who do you expect to pay our salaries and pension?
stroke stop drinking the koolaide you sound like a liberal giving reasons why their allow to screw u over the the city will not fall if some cop leave the city, we are really a small percent of population..
More bad news.... The Northwestside is more underwater on their homes than any other area in the city. This can verified by numerous internet real estate sources. Zillow, Chicago Business Crains, Realtor magazine, etc..
So unless you paid cash for you your house or never refinanced with cash out options, you are a prisoner to your property in a market where you may never regain your homes mortgaged value.
Any of your $500, $600, $700 homes are now more in the $250, $350, and $450 range. I wish I had better news but it was only a matter of time.
Start planning your exit strategy.
2/26/2012 10:48:00 AM
Zillow is the most inaccurate 'authoritative source' I've EVER seen in my thirty years in real estate.
Oh, and the most underwater and foreclosed area is around Midway airport.
2/26/2012 08:32:00 PM
Actually the original post stated that the Northwestside is most underwater which indeed is true. Foreclosures are also highest on the southeast side not midway.
Sounds like the truth struck a chord with yourself.
Zillow is just one source. Is realtytrac wrong as well?
Face the facts. Most people overpaid for their Northwstside homes and may never regain their values.
Please enlighten us with your 'authoritative source".
Relax that was an isolated incident it's not a daily occurence up there. Also stuff can happen anywhere. More likely not to there still. We need some more aggressive officers up there to start putting stops on these little wanna be gang banging jo's. That neighborhood's safety and manpower should not be sacrificed for the south and west side let them keep whacking eachother and getting rid of their own scum. It's been shit there for a long time now and it's not going to change unless the community changes which isn't gonna happen no matter how many baby sitters we send over there. So yes lets keep a couple areas safe enough for us to live and feel safe for our families to go to the park and carry on as we should,so we have some place to escape from the animals. Good job officers, glad your safe and good instinct on pulling that trigger never second guess yourself because if you do it will be too late. Be safe ladies and gents!!! All the rest is BS
016 is quickly going to shit. PO's pulled to other areas leaving multiple downed cars and manpower shortages. Used to be a good area to live and raise your family.
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