Another Side Job for Cops
An interesting proposal, not too dissimilar from one proposed years ago for major sporting events being hosted in Chicago:
- Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) has a plan to prevent a repeat of the ugly mob attacks that have plagued River North and downtown Chicago the past two summers: moonlighting, uniformed police officers paid for by local merchants.
Reilly wants to let local chambers of commerce, business improvement districts and “special service area” taxing districts hire off-duty Chicago Police officers to supplement regular police patrols.
Currently, Chicago Police officers are permitted to wear their uniforms only when they are working for the city or moonlighting for the CTA or Navy Pier.
Reilly’s ordinance, quietly introduced at last week’s City Council meeting, would allow off-duty officers to wear their uniforms while being paid $30 an hour by local businesses to work a minimum of six-hour shifts.
The arrangement would be open to commercial strips across the city. But it’s clearly timed to prevent a spring and summer rerun of the ugly mob attacks.
At least someone is thinking ahead.
We recall Daley killed a deal that was supposed to be modeled after Boston's program where major sporting venues hired off-duty cops through the FOP to run traffic control and security. Daley didn't want cops making money, so he created the TMA disaster to undercut the proposal. This is the reason why whenever Chicago teams are out of town, you have these political mopes "directing" at intersections controlled by traffic lights - after all, how many votes can a traffic signal deliver? And here you have a patronage army ready to screw up downtown foot, bike and vehicle traffic.
We recall Daley killed a deal that was supposed to be modeled after Boston's program where major sporting venues hired off-duty cops through the FOP to run traffic control and security. Daley didn't want cops making money, so he created the TMA disaster to undercut the proposal. This is the reason why whenever Chicago teams are out of town, you have these political mopes "directing" at intersections controlled by traffic lights - after all, how many votes can a traffic signal deliver? And here you have a patronage army ready to screw up downtown foot, bike and vehicle traffic.
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posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
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What a deal.
Name one other job where the employer is going to encourage their employees to seek part-time outside work.
Very bad idea.
You can bet any copper who bites this apple will be left with the worm on all of the inevitable lawsuits.
Thug sues city, store and cop, city says not our problem he's off duty, store says not our problem he's a city cop in uniform...stuck in the middle...
what about injuries, IOD or medical?
Punitive damage findings are on the rise...think first....
I thought i remembered this. But doesn't this lead us back to square one
the hiring of more police?
One could argue the store owner is already paid for police through property and sales tax. If a business owner wanted to they could consider a firearms permit for business.I'm waiting for june 9th and see what happens and more have concealed carry
If police officers are interested, I think this is a great idea. The fact that the mayor and the chief are out of towners is never more apparent to me than when they just don't seem to get that their job 1 is to keep stuff like this from happening in historically low crime neighborhoods.
I am not a lawyer, but I guess that letting off duty cops wear a uniform, puts the city at risk of a lawsuit.
I have no problem with off-duty cops working security, but they should not be in uniform.
Hey about us retired guys?? If they take our COLA we'll need the extra cash
Illinois CCW is 81 days away.
Will make the North Michigan Avenue Wilding Season a bit more interesting.
Tho I wouldn't want to be in the shoes of the first CCW holder that pops one of the AH's. Especially if the shooter is not a minority and the shootee is. Anita Alvarez is coming out of her panties with excitement at indicting the first CCW self-defense case in Crook County.
Perhaps the best plan if you do pop someone with your CCW permit is quietly and quickly leave the area.
$30 an hour, in full uniform, on my RDOs, to babysit businesses from the savages?
To risk getting involved in something that has the potential to be newsworthy? Or something that'll be witnessed by liberals who'll beat a path to the media to say how quick you were to violate someone's rights?
To be second, third and fourth-guessed when you bust dudes face using "force necessary to effect the arrest"? To have the Rev'Runs toss the race card for discriminating against young black males?
To be the sacrificial lamb fed to the wolves by the department when something goes even the wee bit south? Something that'll get you 30-Pending?
NO THANKS.
It's funny to see how those that really don't care for the police to begin with are now clamoring to have them around to save their asses. What's not funny is that they have the audacity to put a price tag of 30 measly bucks an hour on your services. I wouldn't do that shit for double. This is another not-so-tacit admission that more police need to be hired.
So AlderAsshole Brendan Reilly thinks this is a good idea, huh? I think cutting the number of AlderAssholes in half is a good idea. And then cutting their full time salary for a part time job in half is a better idea.
When we stood as one,
Hello, if we were at full force this would not be a problem! Wake up brothers and sisters. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
$30? ha. if i have to do police work pay me my salary.
No thanks.
Yeah, sidejob.
And within a year or two, this new bullshit paves the way for "private" police to be hired into downtown.
A year or two after that, the legal groundwork is already laid for privatized policing in Chicago.
Don't work it.
Let the beast run wild and make them hire police.
sorry you want me to wear the uniform you have to pay me my regular salary a least. p.o.'s do not sell your self to the lowest bidder!
Daley was an idiot.
MS
whoa, whoa, stop the presses. What mob attacks?
I thought the media and the city say that there are no mob attacks and blame an over zealous insignificant blog for passing false rumors
More cops and concealed carry will stop the wildings downtown. Wait till a few of them are wasted by a liberal turned conservative firearm owner.. lol
This summer will be very interesting.
True scc, but how much do they pay in inflated taxes? Second I like others work vri overtime rate why work in uniform for even less than regular pay rate? Is the alder thief getting a cut? Typical !
Sorry scc meant to put this in my last comment. Since we will be in uniform are we covered iod like we are when we work other initiatives, or if we get hurt dealing with the animals that will be coming downtown to destroy and maim are we on our own? Something to think about, a d an answer would be nice!
This has been done down in New Orleans for many, many years. All the police officers on Bourbon St and the surrounding area are off-duty and paid by the businesses thru the city. This is a major secondary employment for the police to supplement the lousy wages they are paid.
If you get hurt doing this, its not IOD.
I have mixed opinions about this. In New Orleans, the part time employers in the past have used their off duty hires to do their bidding. It seemd that once the "store" hired an off duty cop, that cop had more loyalty to the store than to the department. It was looked at as a legal way to further corruption and bribe the PO. (i.e. you dont do what I say, then you dont get part time employment....you lose your extra income...) Ya, I know, its obvious....
Why would you ever need the Detail Unit?
Thanks for disbanding them,fat Phil.
You'd have to be nuts to take this job.
Lawsuits waiting to happen with the city throwing you under the bus.
anyone that does this is a fool. your setting yourself up for disaster.
The beginning of the end?
Watch how many young clueless guys jump on this.
Anybody ever take a look at your current contract? The provision is already there. The ordinance to put into motion is already there. It,s called department procured outside employment. supposedly, the cmdr of special events wants nothing to do with it.
All it takes is for the city to put it into motion. This new hoopla is grandstanding by the aldercreature.
Are you kidding, for $30 an hour the businesses will fill every spot. The detectives will file a grievance if they are not allowed to work it.
you will Always. have a copper that will work any detail.... it could be $10.00an hr. and some desperate schmuck living way beyond their means will jump on it
Taming the wildebeest is not an easy task. Out of control, stampeding herds is best left for border collies. I might be convinced though for 60 an hr.
Hello guys and girls. Time to wake up. This is exactly how Boston operates. All off-duty security is done by uniformed coppers. This is exactly what FOP proposed and got in our last contract.
The city is always crying broke. Here's a chance for them to take their cut. Charge the business 45 or 50 an hour and pay the coppers 30. It's a win win for everyone.
Unfortunately, the city doesn't want to force anyone to pay the piper. Not good for the aldermen or mayor politically.
be careful boys - all this o.t. is nice to have but between o.t. and not bein able to et much needed time off that this job requires could lead to short wicks and one extra crack to a shit head could cost u dearly in this climate!
Just like with VRI, the scabs that opt to work this new thing will only be helping to support the mayor and superintendent's statements that we are fully staffed and don't need more police officers. And just what are you going to do by yourself when a roving pack of 30 suddenly come into your store and begin looting the shelves? I know, grab one and do a contact card and call the ad desk for an event number so you can still be eligible to work VRI.
No thanks.
I think I'll sit in court for time and a half instead.
After taxes and parking, You lose
Anonymous said...
Yeah, sidejob.
And within a year or two, this new bullshit paves the way for "private" police to be hired into downtown.
A year or two after that, the legal groundwork is already laid for privatized policing in Chicago.
3/20/2013 04:55:00 AM
Where you been? Marquette Park and Roseland already have rent a cops.
Perhaps the best plan if you do pop someone with your CCW permit is quietly and quickly leave the area.
3/20/2013 01:25:00 AM
Precisely what I told the wife. I also told her not to fear the super-duper "clearance" rate of our ineffectual Detective Division, er, Bureau.
Do not put yourselves in harms way for a pissy $30.00 per hour. Hold out for at least $110.00 per hour. If the rich merchants refuse that rate, let them hire $12.00 per hour knob shakers. Officers you hold the cards. Make them pay
P/O's are the POLICE 24/7 in uniform or not, lawsuits are always gona be there regardless.
TMA = patronage
Hello I.G.
Nice idea but only $30 an hour?
Even CTA special employment is straight time and that's , depending on your seniority, the high $30's to low $40's per hour. They'd have to come up with a little more than $30 an hour!
If I'm wearing the monkey suit on a side job it's not going to be for anything less than my regular salary.... therefore $30 an hour just won't cut it.
$30.00 bucks an hour to potentially end up riding the steep, splintery spiral bannister of Chicago Style "civil rights" litigation to Hell and gone?
Sheeeeeeeeeit... As if The Police aren't on their own enough trying to survive shit hitting the fan while taking action ON DUTY!
Fuck that noise and the fools making it...
All that slippery shit-talk and not one fucking peep about indemnity?
Kiss an ass...
The first Copper compelled to comb an honor student's hair while working this initiative, is guaranteed to be made a spectacular example of by the no-talents at IPRA and CCSAO...
Another tacit admission by "The Smart Set" that they've outsmarted themselves into a corner by "taking it to those greedy Cops."
Heh... Our ticker tape reads nearly 6000 retirements since Y2K...
How many hires?
*Crickets... Empty Flamin' Hots bag dancing in the breeze... A rat scampering... A dog sniffs curiously then squats... Drunken laughter - A breaking bottle - Drunken crying... A gunshot in the distance...*
And don't forget those fancy pensions those alder creatures get,snatch those too....seems to be the latest fad!
in uniform = on duty
on duty = city payroll
city payroll = per terms of contract
per terms of contract = pension + benefits
any other 'arraignments' are bullshit.
sorry, alderman, you suck.
Anonymous said...
I am not a lawyer, but I guess that letting off duty cops wear a uniform, puts the city at risk of a lawsuit.
I have no problem with off-duty cops working security, but they should not be in uniform.
3/20/2013 01:06:00 AM
Uniform or not, the people arrested will sue the polcie. Off-duty police officers working side jobs who make arrests are always going to be sued as police officers, because the plaintiffs' lawyers know that is where the real money is. Also, there is no doubt that the City will enter into an agreement with the merchants outlining exactly who will have to indemnify the officers in the event of a lawsuit. This sounds like a good deal for everyone, especially for off duty guys looking to make extra money.
Private companies should not have to PAY to have streets and sidewalks safe! They already pay taxes and if u aren't safe on public ways then THE CITY needs to hire more police and pay for them to be stationed down there.
50 an hour maybe? 30.. kiss my ass!
Didn't they do something like that with private police at the south side/Sheehan Irish parade?
privatization at its best. I will never work as a certified law enforcement officer without the salary and benefits negotiated for and by the FOP! NO CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL WILL WORK FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN PREVAILING SALARY AND BENEFITS! The City of Chicago can hire Cease Fire participants and Safe Passage participants to fill this gap of lack of manpower-NOT US!
Hey about us retired guys?? If they take our COLA we'll need the extra cash
3/20/2013 01:08:00 AM
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No retired officers should be even remotely interested in picking up a side job on Michigan Ave during wilding season. You put up with the bullshit for decades, so why would you want to jump back into it? If you haven't seen the wilding in person, it really is worse than most people think.
I would think that some businesses that attract the younger more exuberant crowd might get "doormen" for security and will unlock and greet the customer at the door... High volume traffic will diminish, but until a solution is found, this might be a "stop gap" method to slow the youths down. Any storming of a store will cause employees to sound an alarm and call police. Hopefully some will get caught/hurt and although others will escape, they will find other places to terrorize. Unfortunately, they won't get any jail time, but they will be inconvenienced.
Stop drinking the punch people these are the same individuals that will turn there backs and demand an investigation when you apprehend someone and they throw a beef on you!
I'd like to know who came up with rate of compensation.
$30-per-hour? While having to wear the prescribed Clown Suit of the day? That's less than your straight pay for working CTA Special Enjoyment.
And I second what other posters lament: whose attorney am I calling when I get handed the civil suit from the Loevy Bros. because Joe says his busted ribs were courtesy of "Skurrity" at Crate & Barrel.
And screw Joe's alleged injuries. What if I get hurt in the performance of my duties? IOD? Methinks not. And isn't the City pushing for reduced medical time before forcing you out? Methinks so.
And hey, isn't the City also pushing to control the amount of hours we can work off duty? According to my Unit Rep: Tiny Dancer and the Department, via the contract negotiations this far, want to start enforcing the 20 hour/week rule for secondary emoyment. And they want something like 4-6 hours between leaving the PT and reporting for duty with CPD. On yeah, if they get their way, they'll also want to know who you'll be working for, when and where.
Seems odd that they'd want to place that many restrictions on your life outside the department when it comes to making money (let's not forget that pesky annual ethics statement, either)...until it benefits THEM. Then it's " Hey, we don't care how many days of VRI you work! Sure, work both your RDOs even though that's prohibited with other forms of Department Supplemental Employment! Yes, you can work every day of furlough!"
This city, and any agent thereof (like AlderCreatures, connected store owners, etcetera) that floats any idea or proposal in the policeman's direction should be considered suspect immediately and should be viewed as as tool to take advantage of you .
So, the city doesn't need more police...it just needs more police paid for by someone else.
Soytenly!
Here's a side job for retired officers:
Even though the two men puffing cigarettes in the cold and fidgeting with a broken bicycle didn't alarm registered nurse Beth Kairis, the two strangers bothered William Liva.
Rather than let Kairis enter the Gage Park brick bungalow alone, Liva, a stocky, retired policeman with short, gray hair and chiseled facial features, escorted her all the way into her patient's house and watched until she was tucked safely inside.
While Kairis tended to her patient, administering medications and taking blood for lab tests, Liva sat outside in the bitter sleet, watching the door and constantly checking his cellphone.
"I'm delivering my angels of health to the people," Liva said. "It's my job to make sure she's safe. Whatever she needs me to do, I'll do."
Liva works for a detective agency, and lately he works for Kairis as her personal bodyguard, protecting her from potential harm in the tough neighborhoods where she administers her care.
Read more here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-guarded-nurses-20130320,0,328916.story
Hire more police. It is that simple. Advertise and make it easy to apply then thoroughly screen the applicants. Don't wait until Manpower is so low they have to make the requirements so low to get the numbers of people we need. Anyone remember Florida in the 80's?
I'd be irate with the city if I were a business owner downtown. All the taxes paid into the system, and I'm still expected to hire additional police security as a part of my routine business just to keep my employees and customers safe?
This acknowledges that additional police need to be hired. My argument would be - that is what my taxes are for.
Who wants to work for $30.00 per hour when you can work special at time and one half, plus its only 6 hrs. When we started working the movie detail the old commander Flanagan swung a deal to have coppers work for 16.00 per hour, it is now up to $30 for PO's, 35 for SGTS. but alot of cities and suburbs make these folks pay prevailing rate. FUCK EM, They want us tyo be the police, pay us like the police !!!!!!!!
1. Bad precedent for hiring officers to do what you are already paying taxes for them to do. Let me guess what is next, Beverly, Edgebrook, Garfield Ridge passing the hat around just to have a beat car roam around.
2. I don't wear the uniform for anything less than my current hourly salary and benefits, period.
saw this 18 yrs ago in boston. Off Duty any public works project has an off duty p.o. with a police car
A year or two after that, the legal groundwork is already laid for privatized policing in Chicago.
................................yep
Whenever the name daley appears on anything you know there is deception or criminal intent.The so called man has ruined the city of Chicago lied and stole his way to riches w/ under the table deals.Why the government DOJ,FBI,IRS ETC. can't make a case against this guy is unfathomable.They are not or refuse to do their job when it comes to this creatin.
All of you officers that are considering this, I realize times are tough and tuitions are high, but take it from this old retired guy... Please make sure the city is going to indemnify you in the event you are sued. The extra "scratch" isn't worth losing your home and assets while you spend time in federal courts.
Make it special employment, time and a half, plus admin. fees to the PD for running it. All paid by the businesses.
And the businesses gets a cop in the store with a radio to call in the Calvary when shit goes south.
Same as the Film Unit.
I'll Take it! Where can I sign up. Have to pay for my boat and gas. The hell with you guys if u dont want it. Midway only one day a week for us. Mik E
Same as the Film Unit.
3/20/2013 02:57:00 PM
Big difference. Film unit: look at stars, eat their food, direct traffic, be disappointed those stars are usually rude and not as pretty in real life.
Mag Mile Flunkie: deal with thugs in dangerous situation with no partner, answer stupid questions by your new master (store owner), act polite, wish you had that partner when shit goes south.
Ask yourself a couple of questions: Is my family safe if I get hurt? Is my house safe if I have to shoot someone? Do I have to do contact cards?
I'm a dog walker, I make $30 an hour.
Have the National Guard patrol the downtown area so all worldwide tourists (if any are even left) can see that this city has been infested by 2-legged vermin.
If police officers are interested, I think this is a great idea. The fact that the mayor and the chief are out of towners
3/20/2013 01:05:00 AM
FFS, there are plenty of reasons to hate Rahm, but he's not an out-of-towner. The only time in his entire life he didn't live in Chicago or the burbs (grew up in Wilmette) was college and his 2 years in DC. He is categorically not an out-of-towner like GMac
Everyone crying about the pay! What about the fools working Navy Pier and UIC, in uniform for half the pay. Brought this to FOP's attention years ago when they were upset about the TMA's. Nobody cares. We are all doomed because we do not stick together.
Ya wait until someone cries, "They got all the POLICE because they pay the police". I dialed 911 and nobody came.!"
Sieser makes $30 an hour while he sleeps
I'd be irate with the city if I were a business owner downtown. All the taxes paid into the system, and I'm still expected to hire additional police security as a part of my routine business just to keep my employees and customers safe?
This acknowledges that additional police need to be hired. My argument would be - that is what my taxes are for.
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I thought the same thing when I read this proposal. Those downtown stores pay TALL bank for rent and all the taxes and now they are supposed to come up for police protection? I'm no lawyer but that sure sounds like a tacit admission that CPD is not able to provide basic protection for those businesses.
As far as working it for 30.00? That's a personal decision but it seems to me that full police protection with arrest powers means full pay with indemnification. As someone mentioned in cities like Boston and Memphis the PO's get full pay and benefits. I also know that the Tinley Park guys who work at the world music theater or whatever they call is now get full pay, benefits and its pensionable.
Be careful.
WOW, yet a few more PO's are bidding out of 011 to escape the Lunatic 2nd watch Lt.
Here is yet another round of PO's getting away from the Lunatic at the control of the 2nd watch. How many PO's and Sgt's have left the watch in the last year alone? Quite frankly I ahve lost count but more and more are going to bid out just to get away from his reach.
What is sad is that he beleives that he is the greatest lt that has ever been on CPD. Just ask him.
Good luck to the all who are able to get away from numb nuts. I won't be far behind you..
I rather work V.R.I. in the ghetto!
P/O's are the POLICE 24/7 in uniform or not, lawsuits are always gona be there regardless.
3/20/2013 09:51:00 AM
simple minded Simon speaks.
Perhaps the best plan if you do pop someone with your CCW permit is quietly and quickly leave the area.
3/20/2013 01:25:00 AM
Precisely what I told the wife. I also told her not to fear the super-duper "clearance" rate of our ineffectual Detective Division, er, Bureau.
3/20/2013 09:38:00 AM
this has the potential of backfiring on you.
believe it...... or not.
Chalkie
Anonymous said...
If I'm wearing the monkey suit
Stop drinking the punch people these are the same individuals that will turn there backs and demand an investigation when you apprehend someone and they throw a beef on you!
3/20/2013 11:16:00 AM
Blogger West Side, Inside Do-Nothing said...
I'd like to know who came up with rate of compensation.
$30-per-hour? While having to wear the prescribed Clown Suit
what a couple of arrogant pieces of shit these two posters are! coppers have died for and in their uniform! have some respect!
There was a crowd in the 018th district parking lot waiting to see Siesers breath.
Gonna withhold social security?
Bunch of morons it sthe same as the movie rate...lots of guys sign up...if u dont like it dont sign up....its no different than working at Navy Pier..how many lawsuits over that...use your brains and there is no law suit....then again all people seem to want to do is bitch
They allow Savannah, GA cops to moonlight this way, particularly on their most popular stretch on the waterfront, River Street.
No reason it couldn't work in Chicago, but more than likely you'd start seeing kickbacks and graft from commanders determining who would get these plum money jobs.
I worked for a suburb who had simliary program. While we paid 25 or 30 an hour, sometimes more for an establishment with a liquior license. The businesses had to pay slightly more in the form of false arrest insurance, indeminfication insurance, and a vehicle fee plus some extras depending on the situation. The "Bowling Alley" required four officer on a Fri or Sat. It was good gig and you were "covered" by the Village as an employee if anything happened. Even if an officer was injured, the Village never lost out financially nor did the officer, it was handeled like a real IOD. I came here to the City and saw how a guy bound by the rules and regulations had to file a grivence after taking "police action" while working CTA special. The arbitrator sided with the officer since he was working and required to wear the prescribed uniform and even if he was NOT the rules and regualations required him to take police action. I just hope the City takes the "right path" instead of their BS.
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This is Rahms plan. Reilly works for Rahm and carries his water in the City council like Pat O'Connor. Think of all the liability issues. This is a ruse.
. I just hope the City takes the "right path" instead of their BS.
3/20/2013 09:53:00 PM
Haven't you been disappointed by this "hope" thing enough? When you deal with honorable men, you can expect honorable decisions. When you are dealing with politicians, expect the worst.
How about CCW,Stand your own ground and castle doctrine everywhere.
Allow gun ownership and self-defense???
why don't they ever mention that these mob attacks are all black?
All kinds of problems with this plan the way the Aldercreature appears to have set it up.
Given the state laws regulating private security, the workers' compensation laws, and civil liability, likely the only correct way to do this is via hire back administered by the CPD. If the copper works this gig direct with the merchant group or for the chamber of commerce on his RDO he's in violation of state law unless he's a licensed security contractor or registered employee. If he's operating illegally, ANY insurance that might have his back is going to bail on him or his employer. God forbid he gets injured in that case since the merchant is going to say he's working for the PD (and point to his uniform) and the city is going to try to lay it back on the merchant since they are writing the check. End result he'll be twisting in the wind while they fight among themselves.
Better for the city to control it since they will wind up getting sued regardless if he's out there in uniform. They assign, they pay and everything is Kosher. The merchants or whomever write a check for an agreed upon amount to cover the PO's hourly and bennies.
But that would the be smart way, the right way, the legal way to do it. In Chicago? Not a chance
They'll just do it "their" way because "they" know best and, besides, when they have to write the check... it's other people's money. Meanwhile pity the copper caught in the middle.
Anonymous said...
They allow Savannah, GA cops to moonlight this way, particularly on their most popular stretch on the waterfront, River Street.
No reason it couldn't work in Chicago, but more than likely you'd start seeing kickbacks and graft from commanders determining who would get these plum money jobs.
3/20/2013 09:44:00 PM
Bingo.
Anonymous said...
If police officers are interested, I think this is a great idea. The fact that the mayor and the chief are out of towners
3/20/2013 01:05:00 AM
FFS, there are plenty of reasons to hate Rahm, but he's not an out-of-towner. The only time in his entire life he didn't live in Chicago or the burbs (grew up in Wilmette) was college and his 2 years in DC. He is categorically not an out-of-towner like GMac
3/20/2013 06:05:00 PM
Rahm spends as little time as possible here, even now. You ought to pay attention to how much he travels HOME to D.C. That's where he wants to live, that's where his head is. He is just a visitor here.
Uniform or not, the people arrested will sue the polcie. Off-duty police officers working side jobs who make arrests are always going to be sued as police officers, because the plaintiffs' lawyers know that is where the real money is. Also, there is no doubt that the City will enter into an agreement with the merchants outlining exactly who will have to indemnify the officers in the event of a lawsuit. This sounds like a good deal for everyone, especially for off duty guys looking to make extra money.
You are rightr about the people wanting to sue the city because they have the money, but I can tell you one thing, if you are working off duty for a store or any establishment, the city tries and ias usually successful in bailing out of the lawsuit, saying it up to you and establishment that you are working for
Different is you are just off duty and happen to be in a store and something happens and you act as a po for the city, but changes if you are employed by the business
Don't these people along Michigan AVe pay taxes up the ass? Why do they have to "hire" protection when they should get police protection just like the dwellers in the 007th district. This is insane.
Yeah, I know Emanuel grew up in Wilmette. Like I said, he is an out of towner.
There is nothing this town needs more than more police. Tens of millions of dollars are being wasted on stupid, ugly "improvements" in northeast Grant Park and Northerly Island.
If one halfway decent person runs for mayor, he will not be re-elected. He seems oblivious to the intense rage he is provoking. He transmits but he does not receive.
My department - Houston PD - has a few restrictions on where you can work extra jobs, but not many. You can work in or out of uniform for whatever wage you negotiate ($30-$50, usually). You just can't enforce house rules. It's not a bad system at all. Our Rodeo just ended, which is a huge revenue stream for a hundreds of officers that work it.
Addendum regarding Houston: we don't have the crazy wilding attacks that you have, nor the Democrat-controlled courts. We have a little craziness, but it's under control.
Anonymous said...
My department - Houston PD - has a few restrictions on where you can work extra jobs, but not many. You can work in or out of uniform for whatever wage you negotiate ($30-$50, usually). You just can't enforce house rules. It's not a bad system at all. Our Rodeo just ended, which is a huge revenue stream for a hundreds of officers that work it.
3/21/2013 09:27:00 PM
Anonymous said...
Addendum regarding Houston: we don't have the crazy wilding attacks that you have, nor the Democrat-controlled courts. We have a little craziness, but it's under control.
3/21/2013 09:30:00 PM
You have concealed carry.
FFS, there are plenty of reasons to hate Rahm, but he's not an out-of-towner. The only time in his entire life he didn't live in Chicago or the burbs (grew up in Wilmette) was college and his 2 years in DC. He is categorically not an out-of-towner like GMac
3/20/2013 06:05:00 PM
If you think Wilmette is anything like Chicago, you've never been to Wilmette.
Wilmette's a different world.
If one halfway decent person runs for mayor, he will not be re-elected. He seems oblivious to the intense rage he is provoking. He transmits but he does not receive.
3/21/2013 07:38:00 PM
they'll do what they've always done, put up at least two black shills, with, perhaps an hispanic thrown in, and count on the 50%+ of the registered voters who didn't vote in the previous elections, once again not voting at all.
voter apathy, along with racial pandering, are their main tools to reelection.
I come to this website first when the news hits about the Red Line vermin mobbing up Michigan Avenue. You guys are great.
Keep up the good work and be careful out there ... these are savages.
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