Fewer Tickets? Duh!
No time for nonsense:
Chicago Police officers who have their hands full with rising homicides and other violent crime are on pace to write 15 percent fewer parking tickets in 2012, but revenues are up, thanks to dunning deadbeats, dramatically higher fines and a fundamental shift to outside ticket-writers.
Through July 31, police officers wrote 513,413 parking tickets, or 73,344-a-month, a rate that would translate into 880,128 tickets for the year if it continues. That’s down 15 percent from the 86,202-a-month and 1.034 million tickets written last year and a 20 percent drop from 2010.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
67 Comments:
What happened to our favorite dolly from 001 that was related to "Little Tommy" who wrote 3 books of parkersa day?
Now they have these bastards all over Garfield ridge/Clearing/Mt. Greenwood/ surely on the northside writing bullshit tickets like 12 inches from the curb,parking on your driveway and when they see fop sticker they put the ticket right over the sticker as a big FUCK YOU coppers! Nothing like going after the taxpayers right rahmmy?
Why should we write parking tickets at all? Who cares? Let the citizens park where ever they want.
why do you continue to work and bring in # for asshole bosses that dont give damn about you or yours
Tickets feed the revenue source for the morons at city hall. Cut off the money and they will sit up and pay attention to us.
Think your job is safe? There will be a new sheriff in town....
http://www.hongpong.com/archives/2012/04/12/meet-new-boss-town-ice-spawns-hsi-homeland-security-investigations-great-justice
giving them the broadest federal law enforcement jurisdiction of any agency. HSI has more than 8,500 Special Agents, making it the second largest federal law enforcement and criminal investigative agency within the United States government next to the FBI.
No shortage of tickets in the restaurant row of Edison Park around NW HWY. Revenue hitting us hard!!
We are doing "More with less"!
Taking more jobs with less ticket writing.
Isn't this what they meant?
OMG!
For the first time in a LONG time I did my grocery shopping in Chicago!
I forgot about little niceties such as the beverage tax!
I won't make that mistake again!
Next time I'm buying my gas outside the county, I'll be sure to pick up my groceries, too!!
Welp Obama was right about one thing.
Ralm Emanual didn't build that garden and grow those tomatoes he didn't build that -- somebody else did!!!
For God's sake, after how short we are and how we are fucked with daily, CPD is only down 15%?
Keep getting booped in the poop chute and keep producing.
If coppers were sticking together, CPD tickets should be down at least 95%!
Check off with zeros and an occasional 'one'.
What a bunch of dumbshits. Represented by a dumbshit, Shields. And led by an uneducated, classless fuckhead, McDrinkalot.
Keep on deluding yourselves that you come in with numbers because:
--it's a matter of pride
--you do it for the innocent citizens
--it's your job
--it makes you sleep better at night
--it's what you're paid to do
--my sgt. is a good guy
---I don't want to lose my car/parter/etc.
Zeroes across the board. WTF can they do to you?
Solidarity--look it up.
I was lucky enough to be trained by the last of the old-timers.
For all of you younger guys, 8 hours in a car with an old-timer could teach you more than making 3 years of mistakes learned the hard way.
Any current or retired old-timers who have any wisdom to share would be greatly appreciated.
Signed,
Raised by the last of the best of a dying breed. And thankful for the experience.
And most importantly, stay safe out there.
When they say "outside ticket writers" what they actually mean is that parking meter outfit that was given the 99 year contract gift that keeps on giving right?
Nice main stream media job of running cover for the downtown Tower of Bulls--t.
Does ticket revenue being up mean the cities revenue is going up too as is being implied...or does the "outside ticket writing" operation skim off their profits first and so most of the revenue goes directly to them?
No shit we are writing less tickets, that's because we don't have enough time in the night to write them. We are too busy chasing the radio.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said... OT: Is it true the po's in 010 have supervisors on audio demanding activity or else! please do share if true.
It's true, they ask prior to every watch ending. But I thinks its only with the beats with boxes
8/10/2012 09:47:00 AM
Every Beat gets a mission Event. Every car is asked to document any activity they get on a mission sheet. Activity happens throughout a tour. No one is threatened for it. If its zeros, its because they were being over-worked with radio assignments. Sgts know this. All activity is just put down on a separate to/from for the Commander by the Sgts. Same info you put on check off sheet only more detailed (Location, CB #s, gang related, etc). Waste of Sgts time but not really new. Only us Sgts should be upset over the extra busy work. The rest of you are home before we finish the report. We keep this up and every Sgt will need a secretary. No time on the street with all the reports and emails for everything....
OT: Good article over at AmericanThinker.com about the new Blago book by the Trib's Coen and Chase. Book is probably a first strike against Blago to help Obama as we enter the Fall campaign.
Read "Catface"'s comment at 9:46 yesterday, best explanation of how everyone important was warned that the Feds were taping Blago.
Chase is interesting as he was one of the lead reporters at the Trib who helped destroy Blair Hull's senate campaign against Obama.
Daley and Rahm are both very stupid. If they would have been more supportive, hire more police officers and show us we will have a secure retirement officers could help solve part of the cities finances and lower the death rate at the same time. A little bit of sugar could go a long way. But Daley and Rahm think shit and treat the police like shit. Getting rid of McCompost would be a great start!
Daley and Rahm are both very stupid. If they would have been more supportive, hire more police officers and show us we will have a secure retirement officers could help solve part of the cities finances and lower the death rate at the same time. A little bit of sugar could go a long way. But Daley and Rahm think shit and treat the police like shit. Getting rid of McCompost would be a great start!
I am well aware that the City needs more revenue. Therefore I do my bit whenever I see a vehicle bearing a Rahm for Mayor sticker or an Obama/Biden sticker that is in violation of any ordinance I go out of my way to issue a citation!
My question to all of you is how the hell you guys wrote so many tickets in 2012 after being treated like you are. You can grab this guy by the balls. I dont mean by purpossly not writing, but with less guys, more calls, more time being tied up on reports then there should be even LESS tickets. Just saying.
I'd like to agree with you SCC, but the north side
officers seem to have more than ample time to
write a few tickets on a daily basis. I would expect
the bosses to put the most pressure on them to
make up the slack.
Off topic: Any command changes yesterday? If so, why no postings about it as of yet here?
OT
Anonymous said...
OT..... More disability abuse....Sgt and "lead HBT negotiator" is going on disability with a wrist injury. Are you kidding me? Stole a sergeant spot and now going to collect our money for doing nothing.
8/09/2012 10:08:00 PM
First let me clarify some things with this comment. Sgt DM was on HBT prior to SWAT. He never made it on SWAT. He bad mouth all the officers who tried out for SWAT. Only because his FAT ASS could not pass the physical and his dad could not get him assigned there.
He then leached on to Lt. MM and became his best friend by kissing his ass and sucking up to him. The Lt. rewarded him by assigning him as the lead negotiator to SWAT after Sgt. DA' retired. Even after Sgt DA recommeded another person for the position but was ignored.
The story about his injury is he broke his hand playing hockey and came into work the next day and claimed to be IOD while lifting something. Sgt DM has been a useless piece of S@#T since the begining. Definitely an abuser and merit Sgt!
8/10/2012 10:54:00 PM
I for one will provide needed revenue to the City of Chicago.
To accomplish this I intend on looking for and writing citations on any vehicle that is in violation that bears a Rahm for Mayor sticker or Obama/Biden sticker. These individuals should be happy to provide revenue to support their politicians' Programs.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said... OT: Is it true the po's in 010 have supervisors on audio demanding activity or else! please do share if true.
It's true, they ask prior to every watch ending. But I thinks its only with the beats with boxes
8/10/2012 09:47:00 AM
Every Beat gets a mission Event. Every car is asked to document any activity they get on a mission sheet. Activity happens throughout a tour. No one is threatened for it. If its zeros, its because they were being over-worked with radio assignments. Sgts know this. All activity is just put down on a separate to/from for the Commander by the Sgts. Same info you put on check off sheet only more detailed (Location, CB #s, gang related, etc). Waste of Sgts time but not really new. Only us Sgts should be upset over the extra busy work. The rest of you are home before we finish the report. We keep this up and every Sgt will need a secretary. No time on the street with all the reports and emails for everything....
8/11/2012 03:31:00 AM
And that is exactly why Sgts get 45 of comp time every day
Never mind the pair in three on afternoons who go straight home after showing up out of uniform to roll call. Hey asswipes, retire.
This is nothing new. Trend started years ago with the focus on gangs, guns and drugs. Subtract officers chase 911 add the TSS cards and that is what you get.
I'm pretty sure I heard on the news the other day that parkers bring in $150M for the city.
Considering that Daley and the aldermen f*cked everyone in this city, someone would have to park on top of my squad car for me to write a ticket.
Unfortunately the softballs still don't get it. Keep coming in with those numbers--it'll get you promoted.
Does ticket revenue being up mean the cities revenue is going up too as is being implied...or does the "outside ticket writing" operation skim off their profits first and so most of the revenue goes directly to them?
8/11/2012 01:53:00 AM
No, they don't skim, the tickets they write are indistinguishable from the ones revenue writes. The reason LAZ writes tickets is that the more tickets written for expired meters, the more people will just pay the meters up front (which means more money for LAZ)
30 years ago in the deuce there was an officer who worked the wagon and it was like a death sentence to "work" the 8 hours with him. Sit under the train viaduct along side the expressway, read the paper, do a crossword puzzle, listen to a radio, take a personal, have some lunch, read a book, and answer the calls that were assigned to you. Avoid all arrests if possible and make sure that you drop off some smokes with the watch commander who was a true legend of the CPD. And you know what? He was right. It just took a while to understand his wisdom. Take the stress out of the job like he did. Have a nice long safe retirement. And why is anyone still writing tickets for that weasel of a mayor? Answer your calls and go on 10-1's. Read a good book.
I'm quite sure the residents of Chicago don't mind...the people are getting taxed and robbed enough by this dying City. I ain't writing shit and the City can't make me...fuck you Rahm.
Hmm . A few Goofballs on the bikes in 023/ 019 for the summer write over a hundred parking tickets each weekend!
Right, Flo?
8/11/2012 12:10:00 AM
He got 29 days for writing bogus tickets according (outside of metered space) to the rumor mill.
Anonymous said... OT: Is it true the po's in 010 have supervisors on audio demanding activity or else! please do share if true.
It's true, they ask prior to every watch ending. But I thinks its only with the beats with boxes
8/10/2012 09:47:00 AM
Every Beat gets a mission Event. Every car is asked to document any activity they get on a mission sheet. Activity happens throughout a tour. No one is threatened for it. If its zeros, its because they were being over-worked with radio assignments. Sgts know this. All activity is just put down on a separate to/from for the Commander by the Sgts. Same info you put on check off sheet only more detailed (Location, CB #s, gang related, etc). Waste of Sgts time but not really new. Only us Sgts should be upset over the extra busy work. The rest of you are home before we finish the report. We keep this up and every Sgt will need a secretary. No time on the street with all the reports and emails for everything....
8/11/2012 03:31:00 AM
Oh yeah, we feel so sorry for you srg. You forget that you get that extra 45 minutes a day b/c you're supposed to be there doing shit like that. Not to mention the extra 20k you get paid a year to "send an email a day." If it's so bad, maybe you should give up your chevrons and come back and join us boys in blue. You know, since you're so overworked.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said... OT: Is it true the po's in 010 have supervisors on audio demanding activity or else! please do share if true.
It's true, they ask prior to every watch ending. But I thinks its only with the beats with boxes
8/10/2012 09:47:00 AM
Every Beat gets a mission Event. Every car is asked to document any activity they get on a mission sheet. Activity happens throughout a tour. No one is threatened for it. If its zeros, its because they were being over-worked with radio assignments. Sgts know this. All activity is just put down on a separate to/from for the Commander by the Sgts. Same info you put on check off sheet only more detailed (Location, CB #s, gang related, etc). Waste of Sgts time but not really new. Only us Sgts should be upset over the extra busy work. The rest of you are home before we finish the report. We keep this up and every Sgt will need a secretary. No time on the street with all the reports and emails for everything....
8/11/2012 03:31:00 AM
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Boo-hoo-hoo, Sarge. This is why you slugs make an extra .75 hours a day plus shift differential.
Sounds like you've consumed too much Koolaide, coming to the blog to try and justify the activity mandates the Gold Star Bossholes at Fort Fellatio have given you to forcefeed the troops.
This is what we call "telling on yourself". It's the same as knowing when your kid is lying to you about something. Unsavvy criminals exhibit this phenomenon. So do stupid supervisors.
Last call at the Koolaide Canteen, sarge. Can I get you one for the road?
Fewer tickets?
Bull shit. CPD are on Street Cleaning like white on rice in 001/019/018/024. Meter tickets in 1st and 18th every day.
Hell...all the PO's do in 024 are write Exp Plates and City Sticker and Street Cleaning and Rush hour tickets.
Debbie in 019 writes about 3 to 4 books a day, every day from 6am to 2pm...and cries if Revenue gets to rush hour or street cleaning before she does. On the flip side, the 019 Bike Detail couldn't write a parker without falling off her bike.
The Bike Detail in 018 lives for Street Cleaning and Checking vehicles in the LP Zoo and Beach parking lots.
The Segway Ranger in 018 is probably the biggest example of a hair gel...I've watched him whine at a Revenue Supervisor that PEA's did all the street cleaning and he wasn't able to write any. And then watched the Revenue Supervisor ask the Cop "you don't have anything better to do than Street Cleaning for 72k a year?" and drive off.
Every Beat gets a mission Event. Every car is asked to document any activity they get on a mission sheet. Activity happens throughout a tour. No one is threatened for it. If its zeros, its because they were being over-worked with radio assignments. Sgts know this. All activity is just put down on a separate to/from for the Commander by the Sgts. Same info you put on check off sheet only more detailed (Location, CB #s, gang related, etc). Waste of Sgts time but not really new. Only us Sgts should be upset over the extra busy work. The rest of you are home before we finish the report. We keep this up and every Sgt will need a secretary. No time on the street with all the reports and emails for everything....
8/11/2012 03:31:00 AM
You also get an extra .75 hours on the books everyday for doing this paperwork after we P.O.'s leave for the day. If you don't want to do the paper, then give up the pay.
It's tough to write tickets from dunkin donuts , 7/11 , bourbon st and portillos .
Here is my extent of proactive policing. I call 911 for every ellement I see walking in my neighborhood. Im done!
AHHHHHH best thing, day bid spot. Activity I think NOT.......
For God's sake, after how short we are and how we are fucked with daily, CPD is only down 15%?
Keep getting booped in the poop chute and keep producing.
If coppers were sticking together, CPD tickets should be down at least 95%!
Check off with zeros and an occasional 'one'.
What a bunch of dumbshits. Represented by a dumbshit, Shields. And led by an uneducated, classless fuckhead, McDrinkalot.
Keep on deluding yourselves that you come in with numbers because:
--it's a matter of pride
--you do it for the innocent citizens
--it's your job
--it makes you sleep better at night
--it's what you're paid to do
--my sgt. is a good guy
---I don't want to lose my car/parter/etc.
Zeroes across the board. WTF can they do to you?
Solidarity--look it up.
I was lucky enough to be trained by the last of the old-timers.
For all of you younger guys, 8 hours in a car with an old-timer could teach you more than making 3 years of mistakes learned the hard way.
Any current or retired old-timers who have any wisdom to share would be greatly appreciated.
Signed,
Raised by the last of the best of a dying breed. And thankful for the experience.
And most importantly, stay safe out there.
Very well written.
My 2 cents is this.... We have been shit on for years. I have already been split up from my partner... I come in with maybe 1 or 2 parkers a week. I answer my calls and clear immidiately. I refuse to generate revenue for a city that keeps taking money from me. I am on the very last leg and could give a shit. You hair gels are going to learn the hard way. I said this was coming 10 years ago. Nobody listened and now people are getting scared. we only have ourselves to blame.
Year to Date:L 2012
Police: 513,413
Finance Dept/Serco: 736,844
2011:
Police: 1,034,435
Finance Dept./Serco: 1,322,305
Those numbers are amazing when you consider there are only 95 Finance PEA's and Less than 100 Ser Co Contractors for the Entire City.
CPD should just give up writing parkers totally.
WTF??! Why is any officer writing any tickets?!
Do the bare minimum brother and sisters. I was screwed after being a working guy since day one. Everyday I give them zip at check-off is another day I win and closer to pension. Dont give them an opportunity to have one of the working cop-hating cops at iad or investigators at ipra send you to the board to fight for your survival. I won and DO ZERO NOW!!!!! You may not be so lucky so do NADA! Pension and a paycheck plus bennys,period.
Why doesnt someone report the demographics of the people actually paying these fines? Where do they reside any how many are issued geographically in this city?
Guys that need a Part Time Night Job?
http://jobs.serco-na.com/chicago/non-technical/jobid2615014-parking-enforcement-crew-lead-jobs
Ser Co is hiring for a Parking Enforcement Supervisor slot..
You can finally get your White Shirt.
The day guy on Taylor St.in 12 is trying to make up for the lull, what a useless piece of shit!
"Tickets feed the revenue source for the morons at city hall. Cut off the money and they will sit up and pay attention to us."
They already ARE paying attention. They see the revenue shortfall.
That's why they've contracted out & have more civilians writing tickets.
The question is, who can hold out longer?
Dear hair gel little bitches. Keep writing those parking tickets while I shit on your heads and take money out of your pockets.
........and here's a funny story.....I still haven't paid the pension fund the money owed by the city as our share, going back decades.
Little Richie said I didn't have to. He told me I could stick it to all of you and you would still generate revenue for me. I didn't believe him, but IT'S TRUE.
This contribution is the LAW, but I don't care.
Ha Ha Ha.......losers.
Haven't wrote shit in a while and not going to start. I make arrests cause court is my side job. I can't believe the check off sheets most nights. It's fucking ridiculous how some people just don't get it. You can consider me a hair gel but I've figured it out. I too learned from an old timer and the lessons came quickly. All I was told is coming to fruition. I got just under 10 years on and I'm done already. This fucking department and these hack bosses have sucked the life force out of me already. Thanx guys. See you at check off with a whole lotta nothing. Be safe.
"Oh yeah, we feel so sorry for you srg..."
8/11/2012 11:41:00 AM
I see one reason you were not promoted.
Retired White Shirt
they write in the nw side edison park area because they know they will pay them. notice how much is due on the west and south west side.
Think your job is safe? There will be a new sheriff in town....
http://www.hongpong.com/archives/2012/04/12/meet-new-boss-town-ice-spawns-hsi-homeland-security-investigations-great-justice
giving them the broadest federal law enforcement jurisdiction of any agency. HSI has more than 8,500 Special Agents, making it the second largest federal law enforcement and criminal investigative agency within the United States government next to the FBI.
8/11/2012 12:40:00 AM
Does anyone EVER cut and paste links? Its like you're taking to someone about a conversation you were having with someone else
Speaking of "morale death spiral"...McCarthy is now hand picking who makes it into the Bike Unit based on his clouted drinking buddies. After all the hard work those guys did during NATO, nice way to kick them in the teeth. All those officers are going through a legitmate interviewing process to get to be detailed there as part of the unit, and instead of letting the process happen you hand pick a clouted drinking buddy's daughter. What a dickhead move. You sir, are an ass. To all the officers that have recently been interviewed, send your applications to the SUPT. it appears he's making the decisions these days. Better yet, drop a case of beer off to his office and you to may magically appear on an order to transfer to the bike unit. No one else... just you.
I love it. Since day one on this job I have heard people bitch and complain. When things were great people would bitch and do nothing. Now atleast some of the dogs have an excuse. I hope u or ur family r never victims of crime because u just might get a dog ass officer who says," sorry your car was broken into, or kid was robbed, but I just sit and read all day and get 75k a year. I hate this job.". Some people are just lazy and always will b. they were lazy 20 years ago and are just looking for an excuse to be just like shit heads with link cards. Never work but get paid
Hey, I'm one of those hair gel kids and I write 2 books a day, plus 10 movers. Okay, well actually, I am not a hair gel kid and I write 5 tickets a month and I forgot what a mover book looks like. Okay, I'm lying about the 4 parkers, too, but hey, I come to work. Well, most days I come to work. You know, maybe I should just take my personal and stop trying to compete with those hair gels. Oh, wait, I wasn't competing with them.
Okay, 19Paul.
I am not even half done with my first parker book of the year! Too busy running around because of a shortage of police officers.
Why doesnt someone report the demographics of the people actually paying these fines? Where do they reside any how many are issued geographically in this city?
8/11/2012 01:53:00 PM
How about reporting the demographics of where there are parking meters? Lets see, NW Hwy has a lot of small businesses and parking meters. Madison ave has a lot of small businesses, as well as Central near Lake street, but no meters. What do you suppose the difference is?
Ticket writing has been out sourced to Non City Employees who can live outside of the city limits.
I even met one ticket writer in 019 District, writing parking tickets on Cubs game day, who actually lives in Indiana, She should me her D.L. even though it says Chicago all over her uniform!
Nice job Mayor Rahm and Ex-mayor Daley!
Da Pelon
I love it. Since day one on this job I have heard people bitch and complain. When things were great people would bitch and do nothing. Now atleast some of the dogs have an excuse. I hope u or ur family r never victims of crime because u just might get a dog ass officer who says," sorry your car was broken into, or kid was robbed, but I just sit and read all day and get 75k a year. I hate this job.". Some people are just lazy and always will b. they were lazy 20 years ago and are just looking for an excuse to be just like shit heads with link cards. Never work but get paid
8/11/2012 06:28:00 PM
WTF are you doing on the blog hard charger? Get back to work! No time due for you!
Speaking of "morale death spiral"...McCarthy is now hand picking who makes it into the Bike Unit based on his clouted drinking buddies. After all the hard work those guys did during NATO, nice way to kick them in the teeth. All those officers are going through a legitmate interviewing process to get to be detailed there as part of the unit, and instead of letting the process happen you hand pick a clouted drinking buddy's daughter. What a dickhead move. You sir, are an ass. To all the officers that have recently been interviewed, send your applications to the SUPT. it appears he's making the decisions these days. Better yet, drop a case of beer off to his office and you to may magically appear on an order to transfer to the bike unit. No one else... just you.
8/11/2012 06:20:00 PM
Your post makes me think you have a problem with drinkers.
"How about reporting the demographics of where there are parking meters? Lets see, NW Hwy has a lot of small businesses and parking meters. Madison ave has a lot of small businesses, as well as Central near Lake street, but no meters. What do you suppose the difference is?"
Location, location, location!
"Speaking of "morale death spiral"...McCarthy is now hand picking who makes it into the Bike Unit based on his clouted drinking buddies."
Uh, we're in CHICAGO. Did you forget?
Weis' "Task Force Assignments" dream was just that, a dream. It will NEVER come true.
rb
When time due was easy to get u were still dogging it. And when it becomes easy to get again u will still bitch and dog it out.
30 years ago in the deuce there was an officer who worked the wagon and it was like a death sentence to "work" the 8 hours with him. Sit under the train viaduct along side the expressway, read the paper, do a crossword puzzle, listen to a radio, take a personal, have some lunch, read a book, and answer the calls that were assigned to you. Avoid all arrests if possible and make sure that you drop off some smokes with the watch commander who was a true legend of the CPD. And you know what? He was right. It just took a while to understand his wisdom. Take the stress out of the job like he did. Have a nice long safe retirement. And why is anyone still writing tickets for that weasel of a mayor? Answer your calls and go on 10-1's. Read a good book
T.W. ???????
I remember when, on my first few years on the job, some double digits ago, after a contract was signed and we got a decent raise, everyone on the watch went out and wrote a few extra tickets to the parking violators of the city, helping to raise revenue as expected of us and a way to say thanks for getting the contract signed.
none of that anymore. we get piddly raises and no one replaces those who retire. we are shorthanded everyday, denied time off, jerked around by the medical section and finance committee when it comes to IODs, etc.
. . . . what else can be said?
Speaking of "morale death spiral"...McCarthy is now hand picking who makes it into the Bike Unit based on his clouted drinking buddies. After all the hard work those guys did during NATO, nice way to kick them in the teeth. All those officers are going through a legitmate interviewing process to get to be detailed there as part of the unit, and instead of letting the process happen you hand pick a clouted drinking buddy's daughter. What a dickhead move. You sir, are an ass. To all the officers that have recently been interviewed, send your applications to the SUPT. it appears he's making the decisions these days. Better yet, drop a case of beer off to his office and you to may magically appear on an order to transfer to the bike unit. No one else... just you.
Relax! Every one of the officers in the Bike Unit used a phone call to get there. Some of the officers there are as lazy as it gets and spend more time in Starbucks than riding their bicycles.
The funniest thing about the original post is the fact it probably came from someone on the team who used their clout to get there.
As someone who was trained for the NATO event by their "best", I was not impressed! Eight instructors and only three of them were skillful on their bikes. Two of them were riding electric assisted bikes (how lazy can you get!), a few of them seemed to have difficulty keeping up with the group on our long rides and some of them would complain when one of the good riders took us out for a long ride. The female (why was there only one?), the guy with grey hair and the heavier guy who plays hockey were good but the rest of them were bad examples.
A special shout out goes to the instructor that the Tribune photoed. Can you do anything without a cup of coffee in your hands? Fitting they got a picture of you holding one while instructing! Would it have been too difficult to put the cup down and help keep officers from falling during the "box drill"? Other instructors did. I actually believe you enjoyed watching some of us get hurt falling... It was especially sad when you stopped our group in the middle of Randolph during a ride so you could run in to Starbucks for coffee without anyone knowing what was going on, including the other instructors and sergeant. You sir need to get over yourself!
Back to the point. The unit has several "special" people already and I am sure whoever the "clouted one" is they will fit right in.
Speaking of "morale death spiral"...McCarthy is now hand picking who makes it into the Bike Unit based on his clouted drinking buddies. After all the hard work those guys did during NATO, nice way to kick them in the teeth. All those officers are going through a legitmate interviewing process to get to be detailed there as part of the unit, and instead of letting the process happen you hand pick a clouted drinking buddy's daughter. What a dickhead move. You sir, are an ass. To all the officers that have recently been interviewed, send your applications to the SUPT. it appears he's making the decisions these days. Better yet, drop a case of beer off to his office and you to may magically appear on an order to transfer to the bike unit. No one else... just you.
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I love how the sarge spent an hour explaining how he will never take anyone who has a phone call. Since abusing us for everything during NATO & treating us like shit didn't get you on the merit LT list you have to try a new tactic. MT will fit right in with your zac effron and his gf, all 3 who never ate shit in a ghetto district or put their time in on 1st watch. Enjoy freezing your asses and keeping every dunkin' & Starbucks safe. I feel sorry for the good coppers in that unit who have to deal with their new princess. She's your problem now!!! Goodriddence from 024.
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