Way to Raise Morale
We can hardly wait to bring in a bunch of numbers for the boss:
- Just an FYI for the FOP and any other secret readers of this blog. The commander of 008 is refusing to allow officers the day off for the first annual J. Kupczyk golf outing.
The commander expects the overworked troops to pay $80 for a day of golf and food and no libations because they have to come into work right after. The commander was told that he could ask for officers from adjoining districts but refused to do so to accommodate the Officers who actually worked for Kupczyk. The answer to all of this was to move the golf outing to October sometime after the "children" are back in school and the violence settles down...wink wink and maybe then the Officers could get time due but no guarantees were or have been made. This is what passes for leadership in this department.
The XO of this district also likes to brag about how he has all this money in deferred comp and how the commander allows him to adjust his schedule to accommodate his family life....how nice!
I did not want to take away from the original post but wanted to share this info. Great job by the officers and glad you are ok. Excellent job and keep up your spirits! "The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership." Colin Powell
Somewhere, Kup is shaking his head in disgust.
Labels: from the comments, un-fucking-believable
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership." Colin Powell
That was Kups favorite saying and had it printed all over the station. He didnt have to worry, he was a gentlman and everyone liked working for him. When it came to running the district It was the troops first, then the numbers and bosses. He knew if you took care of the troops first then everything else would fall right into line... The numbers of kups time in 008 were evidence of that. They had press conferences in 008 about how it had the biggest drops of all crimes across the board for 2011. When kup died and we got new leadership it all went downhill fast... very fast. 008 now has the 3rd highest homicide rate in the city, the first highest rate of robbery and burglary and it is number 2 in shootings... yep, great job boss. Your really motivating us to go out and work for you... not to mention the one guy off per day per watch rule. no thanks. Ill do nothing for you. anyone who does is a fool..complete fool. Long live KUP we miss ya big guy.
happy retirement E.J. May!
In 003 on midnights multiple people were denied next saturday (all denied had personal days in for months).A lot had trips planned for almost a year. No reason for the denial. I was thinking they would claim manpower, but with at least 3 outside units in 003 at all times, that can't be it...
Confidence? In any member of this departments command or middle management? Somebody would have to be on the pipe or just plain stupid.
as a boss in eight, i read that quote, you must read it over and over to let it sink in. Kupcyz love him but he did take care of his own and bs the rest. having said that. the troops want their day GOD DAMN give it
Hey Gov. Quinn signs off on $2 billion dollar cuts for medicaid. Then with pomp and circumstance announces a $1.8 billion dollar program for road resurfacing and other construction.
Do you get the message being sent?
Holes in the road are more important that the old people. Needy people, and kids that are on medicaid.
A kick in the azz to all the retirees that played by the rules according to the system their entire lives. Cut their health care to build transportation projects. Award clouted friends no-bid contracts I imagine.
God Bless Kup,
I don't think McNoNo has a clue, didn't Dugan teach Him anything? On the south side it's lead by example not denied, denied, denied!!
All I have to say is Thanks to the coppers in 008 for working the West End and having to deal with the So Called Leadership that is supposed to have their backs....
Keep it up, you are appreciated!
There is no more morale, we are so short time denied everywhere
your are working for leaders who bow down to drug dealer who are buying politicians and reverends..
We could solve this shit so easy. Your average officer gets 4 Personal Days and 5 Baby Furlough days. Imagine if everyone of us cashed those in at the end of the year since they won't let us use them anyway. It comes out to roughly 25 million dollars. Now just imagine if everyone took all of their OT in pay in addition to selling back BFD's and Personals. I personally prefer to use my time and spend it away from this job with my family and friends but if we're going to have to start begging them to use time that they owe us and wondering up until the last minute whether or not we're going to be off... what's the point? The assholes might as well just pay me then.
A typical CPD boss – Do as I say, not as I do!
Keep bringing in all those numbers, youngsters. Make that boss who is denying what is rightfully yours look good.
Anonymous said...
as a boss in eight, i read that quote, you must read it over and over to let it sink in. Kupcyz love him but he did take care of his own and bs the rest. having said that. the troops want their day GOD DAMN give it
7/10/2012 01:40:00 AM
You write like a retard. Either stop drinking before writing on this blog or sign up for a community college writng class.
008 is packed full of cops, so I don't get the manpower shortage claim. The only way that downtown will take notice is if everybody leaves 008. Then they will realize that they have a command problem when 150-200 PAR forms land on there desk. The whole "I'm not doing a thing" doesn't work because he can claim that there is so many 911 calls for service that it doesn't allow time for proactive police work(it is summer in the 008th district). So if u guys/gals in 008 are truely unhappy I'm sure 003,004,005 or the 006th districts would be happy to have ya. But if u would rather complain on a daily basis hoping the problem will fix itself then enjoy your long summer with no TIME DUE then by all means stay.
About 12 years ago there was a similar problem in th 007th district. The problem was not fixed until there was a mass exodus of the troops.
He must have hidden agenda because he really is nice guy and was good in 016. Very heavy though as most Irish bosses are....
listen fop demand cpd hire blue shirts , cpd doesn't need xo's , sgts can and do run most watches
ask that retired desk sgt from seventeen
What happened to importing people from other districts / units for the day? We did it all the time to cover Christmas and retirement parties. Where's the deputy chief on this one??
Time due is useless. Just save it up for a retirement check. You can only use P-days.
Not letting officers have a day off comes from the Superintendent at the Compstat meetings. The blame lies there.
This is city wide. We have no officers, so he believes we shouldn't get days off.
Heard nothing but BAD things about the asshat that took over 008 when Kup died. We're rapidly sliding into an abyss that we may never recover from.
I thank my lucky stars that I'm in the very homestretch of my career.
Anonymous said...
as a boss in eight, i read that quote, you must read it over and over to let it sink in. Kupcyz love him but he did take care of his own and bs the rest. having said that. the troops want their day GOD DAMN give it
7/10/2012 01:40:00 AM
As a boss, how are you qualified to critique anyones report when you're writing is completely unintelligible. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you were drunk when you posted it. If you weren't...... yikes.
ANOTHER WAY TO RAISE MORALE!
Emanuel wants to make Chicago more immigrant-friendly
The city will continue its policy that no agency will inquire about the immigration status of people approaching the city for services and the Chicago Police Department will not question crime victims, witnesses and other law-abiding residents about their legal status.
Police officers will be trained, and the department will continue to cooperate with federal authorities in investigating and apprehending violent criminals who may be undocumented immigrants.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-emanuel-wants-to-make-chicago-more-immigrantfriendly-20120710,0,2740033.story
So if everybody gets the day off, who works?
Sorry, you just can't come and go as you please. As a very good boss once told me - and I didn't like it, but it's true - the Dept told you when you could earn the time, it'll tell you when you can take it.
Quinn is the biggest of all shitheads in Illinois history including hh Holmes, John Wayne gacy, and Al Capone.
It's way past time to let us work our rdo's so that others may have a well deserved and earned day off. I work in 017 & would gladly work 8 or 3 so that you guys can have your day off. And if the opportunity for you to cover 017 open up, jump on it. This place is a picnic compared to what a lot of other districts deal with. You guys & gals have my respect.
He's lost the people that work for him, I truly wanted to see him succeed when he got to 008 but he turned out to be 100% for himself and 0% for those who work for him. If these decisions are based on McCarthy then McCarthy needs to wake up also.
I work in 008, it's true, 008 used to be great. I'm saddened by the Commander an how some certain Sgt's have turned into complete assholes. Scared of the boss, "Commander here, get back out there", screw him and screw u! You have ruined this job, it used to be fun. Shit, the guys don't even hang out after work together anymore. Morale sucks in 008 and the rest of the city. Just a blue shirt opinion.
Hey Gov. Quinn signs off on $2 billion dollar cuts for medicaid. Then with pomp and circumstance announces a $1.8 billion dollar program for road resurfacing and other construction.
Do you get the message being sent?
Holes in the road are more important that the old people. Needy people, and kids that are on medicaid.
A kick in the azz to all the retirees that played by the rules according to the system their entire lives. Cut their health care to build transportation projects. Award clouted friends no-bid contracts I imagine.
7/10/2012 02:42:00 AM
old people are on mediCARE, not medicaid, genius. medicare is a federal program and quinn's actions had no effect on it at all
"The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."
That was Kups favorite quote. Unfortunately not many bosses know what it means. Kup did!. There aren't ay bosses left, I mean , that have said, "my door is open anytime". Kup was the last boss I heard speak those words. This is the way his friends honor his memory. WOW!
fox news did good storyon the homlcide rate, made mcnut and shortchange look like the assholes they are.
The great P.O.' are noticed on Bt 0811. Us retired guys notice and see you guys all the time patroling your beat. Please be safe for watching out for the real tax payers.
In my time bosses were, for the most part just as crazy and their people on the street. Very seldom they lost it and they had a sense of humor to no end. Sgt.' had to call cars in at check off because copper' were still out there doing their job protecting this city.
You young officers should be commanded for all you do and with the grief that you have to sustain everyday from zero/poor management.
Before retiring a few months ago, just a few good bosses are left.
do the guys in 8 miss harley stinkler ?
yabadabadoo
I am so fucking glad I decided to get into security contracting in the Middle East rather than come on the job with CPD. I don't know how you guys stomach working for the people you do. The only reason I'm ever coming back to Chicago is to get all the stuff I've got in storage. I should have left years ago, even when I thought I couldn't afford to.
You write like a retard. Either stop drinking before writing on this blog or sign up for a community college writng class.
7/10/2012 08:18:00 AM
Yiccup! Belch. I beg your pardon. Drunk-posting saves lives! Drink and post, don't drink and drive!
dave's juice is aunt bea--- he got fucked when he was sent to 008--- he went from living blocks away from 016 to many miles to 008--- I know, I know, it's the city's car and gas and poor baby--- I knew him for years and he was always good people and very pro police--- I suspect that he is being squeezed by upper level management to do what he is now doing--- he was dumped to 008 because mcscothbreath got tired of him begging for more officers in 016--- good luck dave and I hope you can somehow gain the trust and respect of your officers in 008....
Anonymous said...
I work in 008, it's true, 008 used to be great. I'm saddened by the Commander an how some certain Sgt's have turned into complete assholes. Scared of the boss, "Commander here, get back out there", screw him and screw u! You have ruined this job, it used to be fun. Shit, the guys don't even hang out after work together anymore. Morale sucks in 008 and the rest of the city. Just a blue shirt opinion.
7/10/2012 01:41:00 PM
I dont like some of the Sgt's in 008. But I cant think of any kissing the Mc NONO's ass. But if you give me some initials I may agree hust cant think of who your talking about. In every district around the city I have been you dont come in and hang around the desk bullshiting and looking at my space, and face book for the last 45minutes before check off like some of my fellow blue shirts. Especially if the cmdr is there.
So if everybody gets the day off, who works?
Sorry, you just can't come and go as you please. As a very good boss once told me - and I didn't like it, but it's true - the Dept told you when you could earn the time, it'll tell you when you can take it.
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you can't come and go as you please --> an officer asking for a day off to be with their family and loved ones on important days such as graduations, birthdays doesn't fit that criteria..
the dept. told you when you could earn the time -->
wtf are you talking about? when is the last time the dept. told you to do a late robbery, agg. batt arrest.....that time is earned and so are the days off requested.
that "very good boss" is an asshat for ever saying and/or believing that idiotic saying....and your an "asshole" for repeating it..
Anonymous Anonymous said...
So if everybody gets the day off, who works?
Sorry, you just can't come and go as you please. As a very good boss once told me - and I didn't like it, but it's true - the Dept told you when you could earn the time, it'll tell you when you can take it.
7/10/2012 11:52:00 AM
That would be kind of like your bank telling you when you can withdraw your money. Ass.
the story about the 1st Annual Memeorial Outing is true. McNaughten will not allow outside troops in to cover the officers that would like to attend out of respect for Kup nor will he allow any more, than his personally required 36 cars manned on 3rd watch,to have time due. Kup was a true gentleman and genuinely cared about his troops. McNaughten doesn't give a damn. Blue shirts are held in contempt, as Sgts are borrowed to allow time off but PO's do not matter. I want to have all the wives and children of officers denied time for family functions come in and assemble at the desk and demand he address them on his manpower requirements. the officers who are being denied time due are, for the most part, trying to attend family events and subsequently, it is the families that are being effected. Perhaps one of those informational marches in front of the station with little kids hold signs saying, "Commander, why couldn't my Dad take me to the Sox game with the tickets he was given for his service?" or "why can't my Dad come to my Birthday party?" Do you think it would make the news or for that matter do you think it would make a difference. I think he will just avoid it like has avoided all other interactions with the troops, in the same cowardly way he has since he came to 008. Just slip in and slip out. No contact no contraversy. and I will do the same....no contact, no numbers, no work and more officers are coming around to my way thinking each day. McNaughten is so incompetent, just like many other "bosses" that he can't even see what he has done. Kup was truly a boss. A boss can command respect and does not have to demand repsect from his troops. Not many supervisors, of any rank, can do that these days. There was once an old saying,(and it wasn't that long ago) FAMILY FIRST, and fuck the rest
Who was it that suggested NO SUMMER FURLOUGHS?
Was it him?
Just asking what as goof would think of that?
One of the rants that McGeneralissimo has gone one on at the COMPSTAT Meetings (Keep in mind that he is pushing this Department Legitimacy Program) is that there are too many people taking time on the weekends. The Gold Stars around him, at least the ones I have heard of all think he is an idiot for this and just about everything else he says but this it the topper. Still they stay in their seats and all that crap he spews flows out and down to the cops on the street and destroys morale and productivity.
We got to cut off the snake at the head, REGISTER AND VOTE and get everyone your can to do the same.
"Anonymous said...
It's way past time to let us work our rdo's so that others may have a well deserved and earned day off. I work in 017 & would gladly work 8 or 3 so that you guys can have your day off. And if the opportunity for you to cover 017 open up, jump on it. This place is a picnic compared to what a lot of other districts deal with. You guys & gals have my respect.
7/10/2012 11:57:00 AM"
Worked in 017 many years ago and it was a great place to work then. It had great cops and the widest variety of people anywhere. You could hear and speak a dozen languages there including Kliegon.
No matter what overtime program McCarthy puts in it does not cover up the fact that we are about 2,000 pension contributing members of this department down and this goof is putting us into a crash drive. If only the poverty pimp ministers would wake up and start chanting "Hire More Police" we might get some help. Maybe by this time a year or two from now.
The commander of 008 has his balls on the end of his star. If he cared about the troops he would call Deputy Johnson or McNutsack and explain the situation and ask for some help in that day so guys could go to the outing. It is not like the whole district goes to the golf outing it is usually 80 golfers. Some of those holders could be on furlo or rdo so the amount of people needed would be less than 80. It shows a complete lack of leadership on his part.
Ariel Investments President To Succeed Maggie Daley
Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobson on Tuesday was named the new chairman of After School Matters, the charity co-founded by the late Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley and former Chicago Cultural Affairs Commissioner Lois Weisberg.
The group has been without a chairman since Daley's death from cancer in November. Also on Tuesday, Daley's daughter, Nora Daley Conroy, joined the group's board of directors and her son, Patrick Daley, joined its advisory board.
These are the last in a string of signals that former Mayor Richard M. Daley and his children intend to treat After School Matters as Maggie Daley's legacy.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-mellody-hobson-named-to-head-after-school-matters-20120710,0,1112222.story
To me, this signals that the Daley family will plunder this charity's bank account as if it is their own. The best thing for the taxpayers would be to have this thing shut down IMMEDIATELY and put an end to the Daley Crime Family's corrupt stranglehold on governmental money!!!!!!
Anonymous said...
I am so fucking glad I decided to get into security contracting in the Middle East rather than come on the job with CPD. I don't know how you guys stomach working for the people you do. The only reason I'm ever coming back to Chicago is to get all the stuff I've got in storage. I should have left years ago, even when I thought I couldn't afford to.
7/10/2012 03:40:00 PM
Com'on just leave you stuff in storage. And when you're ready to return to Chicago you can apply for Mayor! Be safe over there.
Time due cut off at the ankles no doubt by Supt. McGoneinaugust, under royale decree of Mayor Rahmney. Political whores one and all.
Take the day off with no pay. Nothing the Stupidtendant can do to deny you that. Compensate by taking $$$ for court and/or cash in a BFD or Personal Day at year end.
Enjoy the golf outing and send a message to these humps at the same time.
Kup would be proud.
Could be worse, we could be working in Scranton, PA.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/scranton-minimum-wage-city-police-firemen-140229063.html
No Christmas partys this year either. These assholes have really gone too far.
Crazy bag lady Linda can't even get time due, she's gotta sit on bench 24/7
Sorry, you just can't come and go as you please. As a very good boss once told me - and I didn't like it, but it's true - the Dept told you when you could earn the time, it'll tell you when you can take it.
7/10/2012 11:52:00 AM
Hate to let you in on this company man, but it was decided years ago that you can use YOUR cu when YOU want to! It is the responsibility of the city to address man power issues, not the p.o. using cu!
I have a thought and maybe a lawyer can determine if it has a prayer.... we pay taxes to include police coverage to a budgeted level if that level is not met could a class action suit be filed to recoup the amount of taxes that was supposed to pay for X number of officers?
speaking of morale but anyone hear of an entire tact team getting sent to theboard this week. Their sgt too!
Scc any scoop on wtf is going on ??
If this dept wanted to fix the problem they could , hire more and put these teams back in the districts so officers in districts can take time .
We are short, but teams get an arrest or two in a tour , no radio jobs ., no time deniedi
O.T. and with all due respect regarding "the story about the 1st Annual Memeorial Outing" Would you guys PLEASE stop saying/writing "1st Annual" you dumbasses!! It can't be an "Annual" if it's the "1st" as it has never happened before so It's an "Inaugural Memorial Outing" once you have one then it's an Annual event as it has happened once before......Damn, can you get it right! Ok, sorry off my soap box, just gets frustrating...
The failure of leadership here is obvious to any real leader. I know a sergeant who it way up there on the Lt list, he is certain to be in the next class of Lt's. He held real rank in the military and would make a superb lieutenant. However, he is retiring early because he knows a bad situation when he sees it. Imagine that, a sergeant in his early 50's preparing to resign and retire rather than take a certain promotion to lieutenant of police. That is how fucked up this police department has become.
What day is the outing? I'll "volunteer" to cover your shift for free if I'm RDO. God Bless Kup! If they won't let me volunteer, I'll use your nametag!
Blue shirts are held in contempt, as Sgts are borrowed to allow time off but PO's do not matter.
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Get your shit straight! Sgts are denied every bit as much! If you don't believe me, then ask my children how much time they've spent with their dad this damn summer! I seriously HATE this city and can't wait to get the hell out! I'm mad at your lack of ability to see the truth that 008 sgts are being denied as much as POs but I still respect the hell out of each and everyone of you. You all are in such a ridiculous situation it's no wonder morale is gone. Keep your heads on straight and remember the ultimate goal: ... go home safe to that family every night and have each others' backs. Knowing that you guys look out for each other in spite of management and morale makes it a little easier for us to let you leave everyday.
This job is both physically and mentally exhausting . Officers need time off not only to attend important family functions, but to rest and recuperate so that they do not become ill. How come the powers that be don't know this?
012 ended up deciding not to have their golf outing after the planners were told no outside help so that golfers could take off. They were told have it in Sept or try again next year.
So if everybody gets the day off, who works?
Sorry, you just can't come and go as you please. As a very good boss once told me - and I didn't like it, but it's true - the Dept told you when you could earn the time, it'll tell you when you can take it.
about 320 people work in 008.... about 75 people attend the golf outing. 20 or so are from other districts or retired. some will be on furlough and some will be rdo.. so they are asking for about 35 people to be off that day. divide that by three watches and its about 12 per watch. you cant borrow two guys from each district in area one to cover it????? Yeah, I think each district can come up with 2 people willing to help out. but then again, its guys like you and your long thought out responses who run this department... pud.
YEP! Stripped for rule 14 six people because a drug dealing shitbag says the sgt wasn't on scene. the only charge against them. So keep working they will get you sooner or later.
2nd district tact guy
I am so fucking glad I decided to get into security contracting in the Middle East rather than come on the job with CPD. I don't know how you guys stomach working for the people you do. The only reason I'm ever coming back to Chicago is to get all the stuff I've got in storage. I should have left years ago, even when I thought I couldn't afford to.
OT: By the way, I was with Dyncorp once, what company are you with?
Get your shit straight! Sgts are denied every bit as much! If you don't believe me, then ask my children how much time they've spent with their dad this damn summer! I seriously HATE this city and can't wait to get the hell out! I'm mad at your lack of ability to see the truth that 008 sgts are being denied as much as POs but I still respect the hell out of each and everyone of you. You all are in such a ridiculous situation it's no wonder morale is gone. Keep your heads on straight and remember the ultimate goal: ... go home safe to that family every night and have each others' backs. Knowing that you guys look out for each other in spite of management and morale makes it a little easier for us to let you leave everyday.
agreed.....and the time not spent with family or children can never be recovered, it's gone....a sobering reality
YEP! Stripped for rule 14 six people because a drug dealing shitbag says the sgt wasn't on scene. the only charge against them. So keep working they will get you sooner or later.
2nd district tact guy
is that a case that involves GPS?...thanks to Jody
Remember LT Tony Ceja got hit with rule 14 and only took 30 days so remember that if any of you get hit with that! He along with his sidekick SGT Yosh. Two bosses held to a higher standard caught lying and took 30 days.
This job is what you make it! Those were the first words I heard my FTO utter back in 1980. Those words ring as true today as they did yesterday. If you want to improve morale, start by looking within yourself. Sure, you can complain about the bosses. You can say the bosses of yesteryear were better than those of today. You know what, a boss is a boss. Whether it was yesterday or today. You cannot control the boss, You cannot control the mayor, You cannot control the directives of the superintendent. You can and should control everything within your pervue. You are Chief of Police on your Beat. Take pride in your appearance. Always manintain a professional and military bearing. Treat all citizens fairly. Have respect for the bosses rank, even if you do not respect the individual that holds it. Keep yourself free from anxiety and you will remain healthy. Develop a working knowledge of the G.O.'s & S.O.'s. Discuss the orders frequently with the SGT's & Lt's they will do their best to avoid you. Use experience, common sense, and your knowledge of the GO's & SO's in rendering your decisions. Others will begin to notice that you seem to be happier than everyone else. Let them know you are preparing yourself to make difference. As your self confidence improves, others will follow and morale will improve on your watch. Whatever you do, stay safe and at the end of your tour go home safe to your family. Never forget, this job is what you make it!
Anonymous said...
do the guys in 8 miss harley stinkler ?
yabadabadoo
7/10/2012 03:39:00 PM
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Go visit him in Lyons, Il if you miss him. He be da Chief of Police there. Bring some Maxwell Street Polish for him. Don't forget the grape pop. !!!
To me, this signals that the Daley family will plunder this charity's bank account as if it is their own. The best thing for the taxpayers would be to have this thing shut down IMMEDIATELY and put an end to the Daley Crime Family's corrupt stranglehold on governmental money!!!!!!
7/10/2012 05:28:00 PM
I didn't realize that Patrick Daley had anything to do with children or schools or children's charities in the past. I don't understand how the city of chicago has given 56 million to a charity that was headed by the mayors wife? It is not a city service but a private charity. How is it justified to pay tax payer money to a private charity? I am really stumped on that one. I guess if the rest of the family is getting involved when they were never involved before must mean there is more city money to come their way. More of our money, which I would prefer to give back to myself as a charity donation.
I have a thought and maybe a lawyer can determine if it has a prayer.... we pay taxes to include police coverage to a budgeted level if that level is not met could a class action suit be filed to recoup the amount of taxes that was supposed to pay for X number of officers?
7/10/2012 09:40:00 PM
You don't need a lawyer, you need reading glasses. Property taxes do not pay for CPD police. Only Fire, CPS and Streets and Sans. So no, you can't sue.
Anonymous said...
What day is the outing? I'll "volunteer" to cover your shift for free if I'm RDO. God Bless Kup! If they won't let me volunteer, I'll use your nametag!
7/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
I will too. What day is it? I will work for one of you guys.
This job is what you make it! Those were the first words I heard my FTO utter back in 1980. Those words ring as true today as they did yesterday. If you want to improve morale, start by looking within yourself. Sure, you can complain about the bosses. You can say the bosses of yesteryear were better than those of today. You know what, a boss is a boss. Whether it was yesterday or today. You cannot control the boss, You cannot control the mayor, You cannot control the directives of the superintendent. You can and should control everything within your pervue. You are Chief of Police on your Beat. Take pride in your appearance. Always manintain a professional and military bearing. Treat all citizens fairly. Have respect for the bosses rank, even if you do not respect the individual that holds it. Keep yourself free from anxiety and you will remain healthy. Develop a working knowledge of the G.O.'s & S.O.'s. Discuss the orders frequently with the SGT's & Lt's they will do their best to avoid you. Use experience, common sense, and your knowledge of the GO's & SO's in rendering your decisions. Others will begin to notice that you seem to be happier than everyone else. Let them know you are preparing yourself to make difference. As your self confidence improves, others will follow and morale will improve on your watch. Whatever you do, stay safe and at the end of your tour go home safe to your family. Never forget, this job is what you make it!
7/11/2012 12:21:00 PM
ROFLOL.
At last weeks comp stat meeting the bosses were bitched at for giving too much time due. Wysinger said "they wanted 4 and 2's so they will get their 2 days off and that's it" So THIS is why your time due is getting denied.
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