Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Misrepresentation?

We don't suppose there's a law against it, but it's pretty low - Stolen Glory type low:
  • OT: did anyone see that tactical barbie has resurfaced? Apparently she is a member of the CPD SWAT team. Well at least according to how she has portrayed herself on the Outdoor Channel. Isn't there something in the rules and regs about misrepresentation of yourself? Hmmmmmmm and how embarrassing are her abilities. She is suppose to be on CPD SWAT and the president of her silly women's group and she has no idea how to handle a shotgun? Wow, way to represent CPD, barbie!
For the uninformed, Tactical Barbie was a part of J-Fled's policy group. She formed the Women's Tactical Association with the laudable goal of bringing tactical training to the women of the CPD. Unfortunately, a huge number of questions were asked and then covered up by J-Fled and his cronies:
  • about use of Department assets while supposedly off-duty (cars for transport, weapons);
  • irregularities and shady explanations of "Code 049 - Training" when training was forbidden to anyone else;
  • unfortunate (and somewhat unprofessional) imagery of lipstick bullets on flyers;
  • corporate sponsored trips to the SHOT Show in Vegas and other locales in direct contradiction of supposed "Ethics Training."
Now on the Outdoor Channel, she is passed off as a CPD SWAT officer, a position she never held. Here's the link.

We don't know the film schedule of the series, but she isn't even a CPD employee anymore as evidenced by this Motorola profile, linked here. With enough lead time, we're sure the producers could have purged references to a Unit she never served in. By maintaining that fiction and by her reportedly less-than-stellar performance during the show, she doesn't do SWAT any favors.

But she still gets to carry a gun, thanks to this little bit of Cook County politics:
  • Karen Bartuch has been in law enforcement since 2002 and still works part-time for a small county west of Chicago. She is the president and founder of the Women’s Tactical Association, a charity that brings tactical training to female law enforcement.
We know we're going to get a pile of comments here about her personal life - those will be deleted. We'll get a bunch more attacking us for hating on a woman who made a good career move - while we'll disagree with the merits of her move, we'll delete those comments, too, seeing as how our only beef at this point is her being misrepresented as a CPD SWAT officer and her being passed off as some sort of security expert based solely on her working for J-Fled.

Everything we have linked and pointed out is public knowledge and provable fact, via pictures from the WTA website showing CPD licensed cars at WTA outings, printouts of Attendance and Assignment Sheets from dates in question, copies of the flyers and pictures from the SHOT Show.

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119 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That lipstick logo was more than unfortunate and unprofessional--it was a disgrace. The first time I saw it I realized that Tactical Barbie's main goal was to market herself. Women on this job have worked alongside men in harsh conditions without feeling it necessary to misrepresent themselves as something they are not. If she was a true-blue cop I'd be rooting for her. It appears, however, that she's just an opportunist who used attributes other than her tactical ability to receive the attention she so obviously craves. Hopefully, her insulting impersonation of the police will not continue for much longer.

1/09/2013 12:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"unfortunate (and somewhat unprofessional) imagery of lipstick bullets on flyers"


C'mon, SCC. That was marketing genius.


rb

1/09/2013 12:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Stolen glory from the the actual cop females that have done a lot in law enforcement and continue to risk our careers and life everyday. This person has no idea or clue of how to be in law enfrocement and has embarrased the females in law enforcement.

1/09/2013 12:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't make fun! According to this page she's only got 1 friend!

https://communities.motorola.com/people/KBartuch

1/09/2013 12:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

which one of these officers doesn't belong

1/09/2013 12:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Has this city gone mad? I'm retired CPD, didn't know any of this. thanks for bringing it to everyones attention. I feel sorry for you guys,having to put up w/all the bullshit thats being flung around this dept. as of late. Stay safe ,do your job w/pride come home everyday/night. This was a great job and still can be if we get rid of the present people in charge.

1/09/2013 12:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Because she's nice to look at, she's:

- Good publicity for CPD
- Good publicity for Cook County
- Good publicity for Motorola
- Good publicity for the Outdoor Channel


It doesn't matter if there's any substance to what she says.

1/09/2013 12:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"10 years on the streets," one of the "team leaders" says of Karen, in a seemingly impressed tone of voice.

Yeah, the streets to and from 35th and Michigan.

1/09/2013 12:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

One night while assigned to 023 she signed out a rifle and at the end of the tour could not figure out how to remove said rifle from the rack in the Tahoe. Her sgt called a former range guy to ask how to get the rifle out. Too funny.

1/09/2013 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Big Deal said...

George Clooney played a doctor on tv for years without having a medical degree. She can make up anything she wants in tv land. Her little white lie on the podunk outdoors channel isnt going to do the damage that thousands of replays that abbate got worldwide. Is she a fraud and shameless self promoter? Yes she is. But if she wants to go play SWAT on tv I'm ok with that. I'm not going to watch. Why stop at SWAT? Might as well add Englewood Ranger to her resume because we know that distinction carries weight. Without any attention she might just fade away.

1/09/2013 12:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I remember her! Was doing a walkdown in a now defunct project tower when we literally got ambushed by JFed and his entire entourage. Her only question/statement to me was "Does it always smell this bad in the stairways?" No honey, the cleaning crew just hasn't made it over here... Ever!

1/09/2013 02:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She actually misrepresents herself further as being the police. The only time she was ever on the street was during her ppo status in 25. She went straight to the front office and never did an ounce of work. From there she went to TRU and did even less.

She is a sham and a liar who has played the system off her looks. She failed the swat tryouts twice. Even when Ray Ray tried to take her under his wing. Every picture and bio she ever uses has her dolled up face in it. She's def smart. Take advantage of your looks while you got them.

However this is a downright embarrassment. I applaud her efforts with the WTA. It's a great idea and a great program. However her bio and the line she totes is a complete falsehood and she should be ashamed.

1/09/2013 02:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How long was this person on the job?

1/09/2013 02:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Obviously, the CPD's own (former) version of Honey Boo Boo learned well the art of self-promotion from those two stellar buffoons who now occupy space together for the County as so-called 'experts' in Homeland Security--Masters and Hamilton.

Between those three and the well documented "I can visit any local TV newsroom and at least sound like an expert on anything" J-Fled, it's been a comedy of clout and much ado about nothing for several years. Thanks for the laughs, all of you! What began under the Weis administration as our own version of Jerry Seinfeld, a show about nothing, still has legs. And apparently plenty of BS hoopla still going out in various media outlets to the uninformed. The laughs continue, and an uninformed public will continue to be hoodwinked.

1/09/2013 03:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I almost had a seizure laughing at the point in the TV show when she was trying to justify her complete inability to handle a pump shotgun by claiming, "You have to keep in mind that I haven't handled a shotgun since I was in the academy 10 years ago." Are you fucking kidding me??? And, yet, you're representing yourself as a SWAT Team member and, now, a "security expert"??? And what about the fact that you are NOT tactically proficient? So much for all the supposed, make-believe training she was getting on her "off-duty" time.

1/09/2013 03:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is obvious that she came on this job only to bat her eyes and lure weak men into providing her with a few years of unearned salary and free travel and sheer pleasure. She is one who knew she didn't want to be the police; she only wanted to pretend to be the police. And she still is.

As a 28 year police woman, I despise her for throwing the women's movement back another 50 years.

Anyone know if she also took advantage of the tuition program and if she stayed two years after her last city-paid semester?

1/09/2013 03:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Her and her whole 'anything you can do we can do better,' club is an embarrassment to female police officers. Their ridiculous 'modeling' pictures where they are very made up and basically holding a weapon as an accessory is pathetic.

Sincerely,

Most of the females on this job.

1/09/2013 03:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She loves to embellish her resume because in her Northwestern alumni magazine years back, she said she was writing policy for the department when she was really only scheduling those speaking engagements in the multi purpose room. Ask anyone in R and D if she wrote even one order. She didn't write shit.

1/09/2013 05:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How is it that Karen B. renewed her leave of absence for another year? Everyone else gets one year.

1/09/2013 05:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wish there was a link to write to the show. She's an insult to every SWAT officer in the country, who put themselves in harms' way--in life-threatening situations every day.

The most danger TB faced was a paper cut. Anybody know her arrest history? Shooting incidents?

Kind of like the shoplifter passing herself off as a 'rare female homicide detective'.....who didn't even show up to a death investigation.

As a female I don't think you're bashing on us SCC, I think you're bashing liars....and that's a good thing. A male would be taking just as much heat, maybe more. As a female, these bitches who claim to be experts when the reality is otherwise just make us all look bad. Bitches!

And just how long does a leave last for clouted people? I was going to try to get a leave but other people have advised they're impossible to get. Maybe I'll try just to see what happens!

1/09/2013 06:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where's Ray Hamilton? He is a Lt on CPD be works for Cook Country
Another hack with Zero Experience as a terrorist expert
Masters Masters MAster (just had to tyoe that lol)
KB Please go back to Tiarras and Tantrums

1/09/2013 07:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's the same as when she listed on her website that she wrote department procedures for CPD, It was written as if she authorized the orders which was. Blatant lie, wonder what's going on with her lawsuit filed against CPD when she was dumped from intelligence because of no experience and put back in the 023rd District. She then filed lawsuit against the department that she was dumped without cause. After being taken care of under Weis, and very little street experience she files a lawsuit!

1/09/2013 07:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can make comments about the show at:

http://outdoorchannel.com/ShowFeedback.aspx

1/09/2013 07:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"the Women’s Tactical Association, a charity that brings tactical training to female law enforcement."

A charity organization?

HELLO IRS

1/09/2013 07:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And Sig Sauer sponsored this mess. Boy, that says a lot for a once reputable gun manufaturer. They must have some of the dumbest sales and marketing people alive to not vett any of her background. Makes me wonder about the credibility of anyone else they sponsor, including their instructors at their own academy. Hey! Maybe KB will get a job there too!

1/09/2013 07:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's stay honest here - she never worked in the front office in 025, and she wasn't that bad on the watch.

1/09/2013 07:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Obviously, the CPD's own (former) version of Honey Boo Boo learned well the art of self-promotion from those two stellar buffoons who now occupy space together for the County as so-called 'experts' in Homeland Security--Masters and Hamilton."

Mama June is gonna whoop your ass for that one. Honey Boo Boo is lightyears ahead of Tactical Barbie. I think HBB could eat Tactical Barbie for breakfast (literally) even with her "SWAT" training.

1/09/2013 08:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Capt. Obvious said...

What's really shameful is the amount of resourses that got tied up in/with her bullshit. The Lt. for SWAT-MM-hadn't attended his team's training in years...it was not his job. But if you look at some of tactical barbie's trainig pics you can see MM in a good deal of them. Great team building Lt.

Not only is it a slap in the face for his operators but he actually drove all the way out to Mt. Carroll, Il to pose for the shots. Sickening. He fell for the hype and I hope it bites him and his fading career in the ass. You won't attend local training for your troops but can make a 2 hour drive for barbie? Remarkable. I sure hope the show propels her career into stardom. She was far too pretty to be the real police..and that's not her fault. Flaunt it if ya got it

1/09/2013 08:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not sure if she is actually titled as a "SWAT" cop on the show, aside from the insinuation associated with the title of the show. However she is still attempting to pass her useless ass off as some kind of salty 10 year Chicago Police Officer. Not only was her career short, and mostly off the street, but she is no longer with the CPD as you pointed out.

By the way, pretty damn sure she is currently SUING the department as well.

This show is a total joke, and an embarrassment to Chicago and especially any woman that is worth half a shit on this job.

If you saw it already you should appreciate the editing. Not even for a second did they show her move that dummy in the car. Her complete inability to keep up with the guys, better yet handle weapons was priceless. But the look on her face as she was passed over repeatedly and picked second to last was the best part. I only feel bad for the guy that got picked behind her, though that was likely staged. I caught this show late one night after work last week, I will never watch it again, my morbid curiosity was peaked.

1/09/2013 08:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She's a joke and a disgrace. She has ZERO policing experience.

1/09/2013 08:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Again, did Bradford Woods strike here as we'll; is Tactical Fraud on a LOA??!!! WTF. I bet all those folks who weren't clouted wish they could have stayed on LOA and went around playing the police on TV and working for Motorola. Oh please tell me the LOA part of the story is wrong.

1/09/2013 08:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those whe can - Do.
Those who can't - Teach.
Those who can't do either - Go on tv.

1/09/2013 09:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have seen her shoot. She is terrible, to put it nicely. She's a VERY weak marksman with some of the poorest gun handling skills I've ever seen.

I find it laughable that she has gone so far on pure bullshit, from her days as a desk dolly with the policy group to her WTA.

Let's just put it this way. I've read a bio of Ray Ray, and there were some obvious, shall we say embellishments, in it. She must have learned something from him while working in that policy group.

The proof is ALWAYS in the pudding. All those who talk seem to do so because they can't perform on the range. And when that poor performance comes out, there's ALWAYS an excuse.

The true professionals keep quiet and work on their weak points. The posers make excuses and continue to bullshit their way past people who will fall for it.

1/09/2013 09:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Stolen glory from the the actual cop females that have done a lot in law enforcement and continue to risk our careers and life everyday. This person has no idea or clue of how to be in law enfrocement and has embarrased the females in law enforcement.

1/09/2013 12:34:00 AM

This is so true. Barbie had next to zero street time on the CPD. She spent a good amount of time in the womens lock-up in 025 and then worked inside 35th street as J-Fed's secretary. What's amazing is the amount of city time she was allowed to spend running her personal women's group driving around a city police car. It's too bad she has many people fooled. One would think she was some boss on the CPD running SWAT.

1/09/2013 09:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Obviously, the CPD's own (former) version of Honey Boo Boo learned well the art of self-promotion from those two stellar buffoons who now occupy space together for the County as so-called 'experts' in Homeland Security--Masters and Hamilton.

Between those three and the well documented "I can visit any local TV newsroom and at least sound like an expert on anything" J-Fled, it's been a comedy of clout and much ado about nothing for several years. Thanks for the laughs, all of you! What began under the Weis administration as our own version of Jerry Seinfeld, a show about nothing, still has legs. And apparently plenty of BS hoopla still going out in various media outlets to the uninformed. The laughs continue, and an uninformed public will continue to be hoodwinked.

Great Post ...

1/09/2013 09:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The only reason she gets to go places and work for bosses is that she is a good looking woman and most of the bosses are men. Masters, Ray Ray, etc. etc. If she was ugly would anyone know her?

1/09/2013 09:38:00 AM  
Anonymous 025th district dog ass said...

A 025th district officer who was a classmate of Barbie,had the audacity to question the WTA. Word got back to Barbies husband about this, who is also CPD. Barbies husband then located this officer at a dining establishment in the 025th district, and proceeded to give this officer a swirly in the men's bathroom for his misdeed. If you don't believe me, you can ask the officer and his partner. They are still in 025 on 3rd watch.

1/09/2013 09:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tacticle Barbie may be the most hated police officer by the brass that were around when she was J-fed's secretary. Rumor is she talked to high ranking bosses like she was their boss. Arrogant and very disrespectfull. I doubt she will ever come back to the CPD due to this.

1/09/2013 10:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, now this show lacks any credibility. They stated that the participants are "active SWAT operators." Barbie was never on SWAT, and was never an "operator" of any type. She also is not even a Chicago Police officer anymore. The short time she was on the CPD she worked inside. So now we have to wonder if the other participants on the show are just "actors" also. You would think the show would have done their homework. Stupid.

1/09/2013 10:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ah yes, I can confirm that she did in fact call me to find out how to release the rifle from the locking mechanism.....since I had no idea how to do it I called a very skilled range Sgt. who explained what to do......after I explain to him that the president of the Women's Tactical Police Association locked her rifle in the car and did not know how to unlock it, he laughed for excessive amount of time he explained to me what to do.....true story.....

1/09/2013 10:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Karen was awesome for setting up those "speaker series" in service trainings. They provided me with a free lunch and a day to fuck off. Sure she is a total hack, but Id love some more fuck off days.

1/09/2013 11:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does CPD SWAT know that she is on CPD SWAT? That's gotta be a huge suprise to them.

1/09/2013 12:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The News Media in action. Anyone with a brain just laughs at people like her.

1/09/2013 12:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...






What small county? Which department?








1/09/2013 12:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not like Chicago isn't embarrassed enough...

1/09/2013 01:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Her and her whole 'anything you can do we can do better,' club is an embarrassment to female police officers. Their ridiculous 'modeling' pictures where they are very made up and basically holding a weapon as an accessory is pathetic.

Sincerely,

Most of the females on this job.

1/09/2013 03:57:00 AM

Oh, wow - I'll second that. Thanks for posting exactly what I was thinking.

1/09/2013 02:12:00 PM  
Anonymous John Shoessling said...

its really simple. she is as dumb as they come but then again shes no dummy if you think about what she is pulling off. she couldnt find a police car in the parking lot at HQ but she is making boo koo bucks collecting multiple paychecks.

she aint the police but then again the new bosses and regime dont want hard working ass kicking type coppers. that is frowned upon.

the department is not a proactive department anymore and hasnt been one for a while.

that is why we had over 500 homicides this past year and I guarantee it will be higher than that next year.

congratulations book smart bosses who are really smart and take great tests. You have turned what was once a great police department into a pussy police department and it gets pussier by the day. every day a copper with over 20 years retires there goes massive amounts of experience.

I predict 750 homicides for next year. and 90% will be gang related

1/09/2013 02:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Holy fuck! I just watched this. "the best of the best SWAT operators from around the country." This joke of a show didn't do their homework. tact barbie hardly worked the streets and was never on SWAT. She was a house mouse.

1/09/2013 04:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's be honest here. True, she didnt work front office in 25. False that she wasn't bad on the street. She fucked up nearly every job she went on and thought she knew everything. She was a prissy, snot nosed kid. Who remembers infamous car accident job in the winter? While handling that, a few other cars slid on ice in front of her and she and her partner came over the air screaming, help us, all these cars are crashing, send us another car. This is too much work for us. All while on the radio, someone would play the song, she's a barbie girl in the background, while she was yelling she couldn't do all those reports. Everyone fucks up, but her refusal to acknowledge that she didn't know shit, her attitude and the way she thought she could take only the assignments she wanted to made her a pain in the ass.

1/09/2013 04:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She received all kinds of equipment from companies under the guise of executive trainer for the department. This equipment was suppose to be returned after testing but never was. It must have been given to the WTA as "charity".

1/09/2013 05:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

there are many roads in the CPD. some are very bumpy and some are smooth sailing.some women manipulate male bosses like little puppets.some females are great officers.some great deeds never get recognized and no deeds are greatly rewarded.i dont know this woman..but, we all know how things roll out. know your road and accept it..or be a pissed off unhappy camper for 20+years.

1/09/2013 05:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

barbie (KB) and ken (JW) are a bunch of nit wit no nothings that have no clue how real life works..watch her get a reality show after honey boo boo on how being a lackluster police officer wanna be gets to hold a big gun but has no clue how to use it!!! shame on you, when you old and gray (under that blonde) you will have so many amazing stories that are all fabricated..

1/09/2013 06:07:00 PM  
Anonymous 025 grave digger said...

She duped a bona fide person stabbed to the ambulance while in 025......true story.

1/09/2013 06:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Tavey Dull said...

That was me that her husband confronted in the bathroom a couple of years ago. Except he didnt give me no swirley, thats for damn sure. The big galoot stormed into the bathroom like Rambo, and by the time I was done with him he limped away like Rainbow Bright. Anybody got a problem with me, I hang out at the Rivers Casino with my good buddy John Rudolph at the craps tables. SCC better be more careful about posting nonsense lies about me.

1/09/2013 06:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi People, it' Missy. I got a super-dupper idea.

If you ladies in blue are looking for a real-deal organization, how about the "The Woman's parking ticket writers police association."
It would be grand !

Our meeting can be held in my basement and we girls could train in the art of parking ticket writing. Our motto could be "five books a day." No guys allowed, this is just for us elite women, who can write a parker with both hands.

Remember, always carry a spare book just in case of a crisis.

It will be super that we can write to our hearts content. Female guru mover writers can be cross trained.

Missy

1/09/2013 06:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I personally don't think this show really give a shit about her credentials, I think they just wanted a pretty face for the cameras. the whole swat thing is a complete slap in the face to anyone that is swat or ever was. Now if this show was about hot cops that do whatever they fuck they she would be perfect.

1/09/2013 07:09:00 PM  
Blogger Roger in Republic said...

Try this link for comments on the show.

http://outdoorchannel.com/Shows/EliteTacticalUnit/Photos.aspx

Those of you who worked with her can give them the True skinny on This fake.

1/09/2013 07:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She then filed lawsuit against the department that she was dumped without cause. After being taken care of under Weis, and very little street experience she files a lawsuit!

1/09/2013 07:08:00 AM


That lawsuit better be thrown out and she should pay the city's legal fees on this case. There is no just cause when you are in a specialized unit.

1/09/2013 08:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Its Missy again, I just had a brain storm ! If Ms. Barbie would like, we could join forces.
WTA and WTWS (Woman parking ticket writer police association)
With your 3 members in WTA and my association who has just me at this time, we will be a force on the CPD.
I hope my new association can be a city wide mobile strike force, hitting the districts for parkers 23/7.
I am getting a web site with a store of tee shirts and other goodies for us gals.
Goodnight people,
Missy

1/09/2013 08:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can also post in the gallery

I call her "tactical boo boo"

1/09/2013 08:06:00 PM  
Blogger Mr. SouthSide said...

One copper gave another a swirley? Really?

You north side guys never cease to amaze me.

1/09/2013 08:27:00 PM  
Blogger Mr. SouthSide said...

Who's Honey boo boo?

1/09/2013 08:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Her part time job with a small county has Ray Ray and Masters written all over it. Typical fraudulent types of things Ray always had his hand in. Feds should check to see exactly what she is doing for this county that qualifies her to carry a gun. Probably not so legal. And those who are on leaves of absences that are about to expire and the department will not extend them should inquire what KB and Ray Ray are doing to have theirs extended. Smells like a lawsuit to me.

1/09/2013 08:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There has became an arrogant cockiness that plugs the Department in new generation college type police men and especially women. As a Military SF combat Vet and police vet usually tend to remember the ones that always act like they are the best and think they are the best usually is because they are not, inside they know their arrogant insecurity permeates thru them you need to watch out the quiet professional who dedicates his or her craft without the want of recognition or award just doing their job like WWII , Vietnam, IRAQ,AFGHAN vet's are!

1/09/2013 09:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's only Jan. April Fools

1/09/2013 09:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I watched wanting to hate her... I didn't. She was ok

1/09/2013 09:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The story of her duping a stabbing to the fire department is true. The best part, it was a domestic stabbing. It was announced at roll call the next day by a white shirt who told us about it and reminded everyone that you can't dupe a stabbing to CFD as he shook his head in amazement.

1/09/2013 09:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can also leave comments on their FB page. A few people already did.

http://www.facebook.com/EliteTacticalUnit?filter=2

1/09/2013 10:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She's a fraud!!!!

1/09/2013 10:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The previews for the next shows have no pictures of her. Maybe she gets voted out after the second show. We could only hope.

1/09/2013 10:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She cannot shoot her way out of a paper bag.

http://outdoorchannel.com/Shows/EliteTacticalUnit.aspx

Watch the dummy drag bit on the show.They do not show her doing it because I would bet my next pay check she could not complete the task.

Then on the pistol,rifle and shotgun stage,you had to fire three rounds from each weapon at three close range targets.She hit 3 out of 9.

On the sniper exercise firing from a fixed helo platform at 100 yards,she clearly HIT THE HOSTAGE(right shoulder) and missed the clay targets. They did not state if she passed or failed the course like the other competitors.

Political Hack Fraud!!!

1/09/2013 10:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That wasn't just a "person stabbed" she duped to fire (while the old man was in the bambulance with a knife wound, it was a Domestic...

To be fair, we all though it was pretty funny, and appropriate (accept the Sgt who couldn't believe she did that, over the air, and had a shit-fit on her and Bambi).

1/09/2013 10:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She approached me a few months ago about putting on some training for her group, and certainly talked the talk. So I was all for it thought it was a great idea. Now after reading this thread and seeing the show....not a snowball's chance in hell. I will teach for any WORKING cop, but definitely not for a poser wanna-be!

1/09/2013 11:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's another fact many people don't remember back in 025. Her and her partner with less then a year on the job, bid for third watch and didnt get it. Sure enough, phone calls were made behind the scenes and like magic, another two spots opened up on the afternoon 10 hour shift the dept. experimented with that year. Total bullshit since about ten other people got dumped to midnights that didnt have the goods to shake in front of the bosses.

And yes, they did dupe a person stabbed on a domestic to the ambulance.

1/09/2013 11:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know a lot of women who hate that WTA. They said it was run by posers who were setting female cops back years. I would have to agree with them from what I know of KB.

1/09/2013 11:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is she a Tool? Undoubtedly. But she had the foresight to build her resume on the company dime & parlayed it into a better paying gig.She'll probably be the Supe 10 Years from now.

1/10/2013 12:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just watched a clip from that show online...Is Bartuch representing Chicago SWAT? OMG!!! What a complete bunch of BS. I won't view that show at all whenever it airs, whatever station is set to air the episodes.
I don't blame her for pushing the believability envelope. Somewhere out there is a media outlet that is just waiting to offer her a contract to do weekly commentary on law enforcement issues. She's pretty enough, and hell, she DID 'work' for the CPD (of course, work is really stretching things, but we know a whole bunch of folks who either were dropped into the upper ranks of CPD who knew/did nothing under Weis/Daley, so what the hell?) Wouldn't be surprised to find her being some sort of contributing TV analyst to GMA or CNN. Shit, if that incompetent Weis could land a contract as a 'security expert' for ABC here in Chicago, the possibilities for Bartuch are truly endless. Don't hate on her; she's done nothing that her handlers in the Supt.'s Policy Group didn't do that landed them good jobs over at the County. It's just the Chicago way.

1/10/2013 01:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why would someone misrepresent themselves in the media like that? Especially when they can be called out on blogs like SCC. She can't be that smart. I would also be interested in that "charity" scam, I mean organization. Arrogance precedes karma.

1/10/2013 01:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's with these SWAT guys calling themselves operators"?

1/10/2013 05:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I watched wanting to hate her... I didn't. She was ok

1/09/2013 09:58:00 PM



cupid strikes, again.

1/10/2013 07:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now this lady can shoot,and is better looking!!Why,because she isnt an Irish Welfare political hack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee6sRECHvas&NR=1&feature=fvwp

1/10/2013 08:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Check out the Facebook page of the Check out the Facebook page of the show KB is on. The host is replying to comments being made about her and what a hack she really is. His reply is that there just weren't enough females applying so they accepted her because of all of her schooling (on the cities dime of course) and that she was on CIRT. CIRT?! Are you kidding me! They couldn't find one female that was actually qualified for the show?! That's bs.

1/10/2013 08:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Karen Bartuch has been in law enforcement since 2002; she has worked a variety of assignments including patrol, gang and tactical teams, undercover, surveillance, intelligence and counter-terrorism and served as a policy advisor to the superintendent of police. In 2009, she found the Women’s Tactical Association (WTA), a 501(c)3 charity which brings tactical training to law enforcement officers in firearms, fitness, tactics and combat mindset. Due to the success of the WTA and interest from all women, not just law enforcement, for new and different ways to be prepared and “trained for the fight”, she founded AlphaGirls.


Karen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Northwestern University and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Advertising from DePaul University. She is an avid writer, runner and weightlifter


http://prepperchicks0.homestead.com/PC-of-the-Month-November.html

1/10/2013 09:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, she lists herself as a member of CIRT (critical incidient response team). You have to give her some credit, as she has brought her game to syndicated broadcast, albiet on some serious presumptions. As long as she can sleep knowing that she has built her reputation on the backs of her (former)fellow officers, then let her have her day of glory. I am not saying what she is doing (portraying herself as the working police) is right at all, she learned her fraudulent games from the vast majority of exempts at 35th street.

1/10/2013 09:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was she in 03-02?

1/10/2013 09:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The WTA has provided excellent training opportunities over the last two years offering such courses as buddy/self aid, CQB, ballistic shield and rifle and pistol classes. In addition, many other training organizations have taken the WTA under their wing and have offered free or discounted classes to its members. CPD sure isn't training . My only question is why more officers- both male and female- don't avail themselves to the training opportunities available. My hat is off to KB for the organization she created. Good luck to her on the show!

1/10/2013 10:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tacticle Barbie may be the most hated police officer by the brass that were around when she was J-fed's secretary. Rumor is she talked to high ranking bosses like she was their boss. Arrogant and very disrespectfull. I doubt she will ever come back to the CPD due to this.

1/09/2013 10:04:00 AM

Before she came along, the high-ranking bosses despised Ron "Ronbow" Huberman, the patrolman Deputy Superintendent. Bartuch and Ronbow have a lot in common.

1/10/2013 11:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Deidre Haggerty said...

I dunno . I don't think she's so good looking.

1/10/2013 12:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaByh18_pBg

1/10/2013 01:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

I watched wanting to hate her... I didn't. She was ok

1/09/2013 09:58:00 PM


____________________

Is this Karen??? You must be soft because she was terrible.

1/10/2013 03:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TO: That wasn't just a "person stabbed" she duped to fire (while the old man was in the bambulance with a knife wound, it was a Domestic...


So a domestic with a knife wound isn't a person stabbed or otherwise??? Code duped to CFD is still acceptable?

1/10/2013 04:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The WTA has provided excellent training opportunities over the last two years offering such courses as buddy/self aid, CQB, ballistic shield and rifle and pistol classes. In addition, many other training organizations have taken the WTA under their wing and have offered free or discounted classes to its members. CPD sure isn't training . My only question is why more officers- both male and female- don't avail themselves to the training opportunities available. My hat is off to KB for the organization she created. Good luck to her on the show!

1/10/2013 10:35:00 AM

She didn't create this organization. She has never had an interest in shooting or tactics. She was in the right place at the right time and this was probably Ray Ray's idea. It must have been nice to have the city pay for so much for a private organization. Tax payers should be outraged that they flipped the bill for WTA. You want training-you should seek training. CPD isn't required to supply it for you. But it's complete bs that she screwed over so many companies for "her organization" while she worked for CPD. She is a POS!

1/10/2013 05:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

mous said...
The WTA has provided excellent training opportunities over the last two years offering such courses as buddy/self aid, CQB, ballistic shield and rifle and pistol classes. In addition, many other training organizations have taken the WTA under their wing and have offered free or discounted classes to its members. CPD sure isn't training . My only question is why more officers- both male and female- don't avail themselves to the training opportunities available. My hat is off to KB for the organization she created. Good luck to her on the show!

1/10/2013 10:35:00 AM

Thanks JFled for chiming in with the most ridiculous comment on this post. FYI - Some of us don't go the CPD trainings, specifically WTA, because we know more than the so called instructor. Don't waste our time with your experts who only want to hear themselves talk.

1/10/2013 06:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...

I watched wanting to hate her... I didn't. She was ok

1/09/2013 09:58:00 PM


She was OK?

phase 1, she shot the hostage
phase 2, she missed 2 of 3 pistol shots
phase 3, she dropped the shotgun rounds on the ground

If thats OK to you, God Help Us!

1/10/2013 07:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How is it that Karen B. renewed her leave of absence for another year? Everyone else gets one year.

$ASK Ray Hamilton He is going on 2 yerars as a LT of Police? WTF

1/10/2013 08:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Out of the thousands of females on this job nationwide this was the best this tv show could come up with, a person who's a wanna-be SWAT team member who can't even shoot a shotgun and hasn't in 10 years? Surely this must be a comedy show??!!! But then again, its Hollywood, they care nothing about reality. But even in reality, she's not all that attractive as people talk her up to be. I really thought it was funny with her posted WTA picture she has of her at the gun show displaying her mid section with the XS small t-shirt she is wearing, of course with a Chicago Police star hanging on her belt. Hey, she knows the game, can't blame her for that. Stupid men on this job fall all over themselves giving anything to this princess!!! She knows the game and plays it well with no shame. Let's face it, this department is a joke nowadays. Fortunately there are a lot of unrecognized legit heros that do this job day in and day out that give me some hope.

1/10/2013 08:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She sounds just like T. H. in human resources. What a fake and manipulator. Must be related. Only T. H. is evil.

1/10/2013 09:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The WTA has provided excellent training opportunities over the last two years offering such courses as buddy/self aid, CQB, ballistic shield and rifle and pistol classes. In addition, many other training organizations have taken the WTA under their wing and have offered free or discounted classes to its members. CPD sure isn't training . My only question is why more officers- both male and female- don't avail themselves to the training opportunities available. My hat is off to KB for the organization she created. Good luck to her on the show!

1/10/2013 10:35:00 AM

Thanks, Jen. Or, is this Jody?

1/10/2013 09:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Karen Bartuch has been in law enforcement since 2002; she has worked a variety of assignments including patrol, gang and tactical teams, undercover, surveillance, intelligence and counter-terrorism and served as a policy advisor to the superintendent of police. In 2009, she found the Women’s Tactical Association (WTA), a 501(c)3 charity which brings tactical training to law enforcement officers in firearms, fitness, tactics and combat mindset. Due to the success of the WTA and interest from all women, not just law enforcement, for new and different ways to be prepared and “trained for the fight”, she founded AlphaGirls.


Karen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Northwestern University and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Advertising from DePaul University. She is an avid writer, runner and weightlifter


http://prepperchicks0.homestead.com/PC-of-the-Month-November.html

1/10/2013 09:39:00 AM

There it is: a Masters degree in public relations and advertising.

1/10/2013 09:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She was hiding in Intel and never did anything in the unit.. When she was found she was launched back to the district.

1/10/2013 09:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"His reply is that there just weren't enough females applying..."

Read this as "there just weren't enough (relatively) GOOD-LOOKING females applying..."

It's TV y'know.


rb

1/10/2013 10:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's with these SWAT guys calling themselves operators"?

Long story not so short, 30+ years ago the Army unit people refer to as "Delta Force" or "Delta" was broken into 3 elements. Logistics, Training and Operations. Operations was subdivided again into smaller elements. Soldiers assigned to Operations were the ones that actually went out and pulled the trigger. Gradually Soldiers in the unit began referring to these men as Operators. It was just a slang term to identify the door booters. They don't wear uniforms for the most part and have civilian grooming standards. It was a conversational way to describe people. "That guy is a Rigger, that guy is an Armorer, and that guy is an Operator". Everyone else was there to help Operations Soldiers in mission support. Then along came the book and movie Black Hawk Down. A lot of the things that came out in those media pieces were always available if you were curious, but now it was kind of culturally mainstream. Some former Soldiers from that community started whoring themselves out running around doing training seminars. You know, "you can be as cool as me" bullshit. Suddenly people across America started calling themselves Operators and having one of their eyebrows surgically raised to look like The Rock or Johnny Bravo. It's kind of sad and a little desperate really. The funny thing is those Soldiers no longer refer to themselves as operators because of this. Another interesting thing is that all those "former" operators doing these overpriced seminars don't have a tenth of the combat experience your average 25 year old Army or Marine Corps E=5 has. There is always a fortune to be made from people that want to be cool. Whatever that "cool" is.

1/11/2013 02:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The show used the title of officer in Chicago, Il tricking viewers into believing she is currently CPD, isn't she on a leave of absence.? Alluding to make us believe she's some how swat. Embarrassing. They also stated she's tough with 10 yrs. experience on the street. So sad one has to lie. Are there issues somewhere? DEFINATELY with the show. Tell the truth about the years inside behind the desk.

Sad that in this country that's the best they can find to represent women. I'm positive there are numerous much more qualified, oh but probably not blonde , and regardless not all that. With all the supposed training it sucks.! Maybe someday these people will stop embarrassing themselves.

5.11 gear is involved? Is that the connection?

1/11/2013 03:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why complain about her leave of absence, hope she takes 20 years off, better yet don't come back, ever.


Walked right past a female boss and no address, not even a hi.. That was with Jody's protection. And she claims to be all about women, bullshit.
Tall , blonde ...but hot you're not.

1/11/2013 04:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A friend is in pharmaceutical sales, makes a fortune, hmmmmm, can't imagine anyone quitting that for this. Reason for everything I guess.

Must be no future in tv there. Not to worry appears no future in tv anyway.

1/11/2013 04:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If there was so much great training in the Wta , why does she shoot so poorly. ? Answer that please.
Attended 1 meeting, saw right thru her bullshit immediately saw her for what she is a self promoter. And lied to us even then about her experience when I called her on it. Never went back.

Too bad it could have been a good idea with real experienced officers.

1/11/2013 04:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Do you have to take a psych test after a leave?

1/11/2013 04:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why complain about her leave of absence, hope she takes 20 years off, better yet don't come back, ever.

----------
Problem is the longer she is on a LOA, the better her chances are of continuing to pay into our pension in hopes of collecting full boat some day. Does anyone know if she has already requested permission from Pension Board to do so?

1/11/2013 05:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Do you have to take a psych test after a leave?

1/11/2013 04:32:00 AM

Do you really think the test would be legit??They would just send the golden children to some paid whore like Eric Ostrov and bingo,you passed.

1/11/2013 09:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is just the begining. She will be on a new show in June. Look for Courage Girl on CBS.

1/12/2013 02:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

KB,

You are an embarrassment to CPD and any police officer who wears the uniform. You never were a tactical officer let alone SWAT. I guarantee you that I will have words with you when I see your phony fake ass. So everyone knows she was the first one voted off the show. See ya. Barbie could have done a better job. No one s to blame but Ray Ray. He created tat monster and it shows his leadership of deceptions and allowing eye candy to take over the mission. Shame on you Hamilton and Bartuch. You can have all the degrees in the world. That will never make you a police officer, tactical officer or a SWAT officer. Take off the uniform and go to the private sector. We have enough educated managers who are not leaders but just administrators.

1/13/2013 03:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
What's with these SWAT guys calling themselves operators"?

Long story not so short, 30+ years ago the Army unit people refer to as "Delta Force" or "Delta" was broken into 3 elements. Logistics, Training and Operations. Operations was subdivided again into smaller elements. Soldiers assigned to Operations were the ones that actually went out and pulled the trigger. Gradually Soldiers in the unit began referring to these men as Operators. It was just a slang term to identify the door booters. They don't wear uniforms for the most part and have civilian grooming standards. It was a conversational way to describe people. "That guy is a Rigger, that guy is an Armorer, and that guy is an Operator". Everyone else was there to help Operations Soldiers in mission support. Then along came the book and movie Black Hawk Down. A lot of the things that came out in those media pieces were always available if you were curious, but now it was kind of culturally mainstream. Some former Soldiers from that community started whoring themselves out running around doing training seminars. You know, "you can be as cool as me" bullshit. Suddenly people across America started calling themselves Operators and having one of their eyebrows surgically raised to look like The Rock or Johnny Bravo. It's kind of sad and a little desperate really. The funny thing is those Soldiers no longer refer to themselves as operators because of this. Another interesting thing is that all those "former" operators doing these overpriced seminars don't have a tenth of the combat experience your average 25 year old Army or Marine Corps E=5 has. There is always a fortune to be made from people that want to be cool. Whatever that "cool" is.

1/11/2013 02:31:00 AM

Operators? I thought those went away with the rotary phone?
Also, no such thing as Delta Force. "Combat Action Group" would be the correct term.

1/13/2013 10:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Grandiose: A person with this type of delusional disorder has an over-inflated sense of self-worth, power, knowledge, or identity. The person might believe he or she has a great talent or has made an important discovery.

Wonder how many are inflicted with this?

1/14/2013 01:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Operators? I thought those went away with the rotary phone?
Also, no such thing as Delta Force. "Combat Action Group" would be the correct term.

1/13/2013 10:30:00 AM


How about Sade' and Smooth Operator....?

1/14/2013 06:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just saw the second episode where its another shooting challenge with electronic M-4 type carbines.Guess who had THE worst gun handling skills and shooting,yup,Barbie.

Confirmed she was the first to be eliminated from the show.

I also did not see her in Las Vegas at the ETU booth at the 2013 SHOT Show.I wonder why.

I have seen this at countless other Depts,not just CPD.I do not know why the bosses surround themselves with the biggest posers and humps on the planet that have zero skill sets.

Insanity!!

1/24/2013 04:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Grandiose: A person with this type of delusional disorder has an over-inflated sense of self-worth, power, knowledge, or identity. The person might believe he or she has a great talent or has made an important discovery.

Wonder how many are inflicted with this?


1/14/2013 01:23:00 AM

Look to anything in a white shirt or specialty position.

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1/31/2013 04:56:00 PM  
Blogger Mr. SouthSide said...

Delta Force with Chuck Norris kicked ASS!

2/02/2013 04:55:00 PM  
Blogger The Keesing Bandit said...

Tactical Barbie is so pretty.

Her make-up is always perfect.

Too bad she's an icky girl.

Now, kees me you fool!!!!

2/03/2013 06:41:00 AM  

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