OT Costs
All this money spent, just to keep the crime rate at 2011 levels:
- The Chicago Police Department shelled out $21.3 million for overtime in April and May, putting overtime spending for 2013 in a $10.5 million hole before the traditional summer crime wave.
The July 4 Chicago Sun-Times tally totaled 38 separate shooting incidents from Wednesday evening through Sunday afternoon, including 10 homicides.
Figures provided to the newspaper Friday in response to a Freedom of Information request are particularly troubling because overtime payments run 30 days behind.
That means the police department spent $42.5 million on overtime through May long before temperatures started to rise, driving people outside and increasing the number of conflicts and shootings.
There's that mention of weather again, after they spent the last year parroting the McPartlyCloudy line about weather having nothing to do with rising/falling crime numbers. We certainly wish they'd make up their minds - but that might require them to actually think for a living instead of just repeating something they are told without question like good little automatons and tools of the democratic party.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
38 Comments:
Just a reminder that that $10.5 million dollar financial pot hole (and growing) will have to be filled via the sale of city bonds as we are not creating ANY meaningful jobs.
So what do you suppose the interest rate will be that the city will have to offer in order to sell those bonds?
If it's 5% tack on another half million and then figure the wasting asset value depending on how long the bond term is for.
The great "World-Class" city as Rahm likes to call it is in financial collapse.
The downstate lawmakers being ordered to steal the workers pension money while calling it reform and necessary is to ensure that the political elite maintain their positions on the Maslow pyramid for as long as possible -- at our expense.
Transfer the wealth out of our retirement pensions and into the overtime budget. Wow, we're getting ahead now eh?
VRI and overtime have been a massive waste of taxpayer money. There has been no reduction in the level of violence. We are short thousands of officers. We have had to pull more squads from taxpaying areas to police the ghetto. I would advise anyone who pays taxes to contact their aldermen.
-Garry M
And there is the matter of the Million $ to Cease Fire, which was a worthless expenditure of tax payer money.
ah fran spielman. she says it's time for the traditional crime wave.
traditional? is this like a rite of passage for young aspiring gangbangers and rap stars? do you do a ritual like a Bar Mitzvah? or a Quinceañera? this is news to me
"All this money spent, just to keep the crime rate at 2011 levels:
The Chicago Police Department shelled out $21.3 million for overtime in April and May, putting overtime spending for 2013 in a $10.5 million hole before the traditional summer crime wave. "
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Not to belabor the point, especially since Rahm Emanuel (Mayor Murder) stated many times that the Chicago Police Department is fully staffed, but $21.3 million bucks would pay salary and benefits for 2,130 new police officers for one year.
What a coincidence!
Chicago has so many time honored traditions. Using VRI to eliminate the need to hire peeps who pay into the CPD pension is the bestest one of all. Bravo to Rahmmie and all who take his blood money.
I have a prediction for the Mayor's next spin:
We are not that much in the hole because we saved that by not hiring police officers that we don't need in the winter time.
Of course that is complete nonsense, but that won't stop him from some variation.
We have no computers. We have no cars. We have no manpower. We have no FTOs. We have no supervisors. Hell, we don't even have office supplies.
The management team running this town is a failure.
I read this early today and I couldn't believe it was the Sun-Times (so I double-checked) slamming McJersey.. really.. what's up that? You'd have to think they did a random act of journalism and found McDrunk's been lying all along -- or something worse -- lying to the Sun-Times (can't have that, nope).
Or much more likely. Tiny Dancer has had enough of McCompStat and the hair brained ideas he comes up while in the stupor of his Monday morning hang-overs. So 9.5 dropped a dime on McStreetlights to the Sun-Times and put the long knives out for him with all the Chi MSM (article in the Tribune probably to follow, lol).
Not that Garry shouldn't have expected this. After all there was that 'having the mayor's confidence' kiss-of-death thing. It's all over but the crying, pleading, begging, kicking and shouting after those.
(Stay SAFE out there Officers. You 'guys' are tops in my book)
Great day in 20, Lt A.G. transferred out. Thank u Lt. Hope u and your ego can fit in your new office.
Sgt.s signing up for vri and cancelling at the last minute, don't sign up for every date if you are not sure you can work, sgt.s are getting 2 or 3 times the work and you take away from less sr. sgts that want these dates.
Lets not forget that Rham has saved over 300 Million by not hiring police, I wonder where all that money went? Another park project for Madigan???
Or maybe more airport contracts for him??
Sgt.s don't sign up for days you are not planning on working. Sometimes 6 or 7 a day. Other sgt.s would be willing to work instead of wasting these days.
Not to belabor the point, especially since Rahm Emanuel (Mayor Murder) stated many times that the Chicago Police Department is fully staffed, but $21.3 million bucks would pay salary and benefits for 2,130 new police officers for one year.
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Not to belabor the point, but that works out to $10,000 per year in salary. CPS graduate?
most parents have children that would never bash a persons skull into a sidewalk or break his nose .
so America your children are safe if they do not attack armed citizens . most kids with a phone would call 911 for help , after all isn't that the reason for a cell phone .
Anonymous said...
Not to belabor the point, especially since Rahm Emanuel (Mayor Murder) stated many times that the Chicago Police Department is fully staffed, but $21.3 million bucks would pay salary and benefits for 2,130 new police officers for one year.
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Not to belabor the point, but that works out to $10,000 per year in salary. CPS graduate?
7/14/2013 03:58:00 PM
How right, one too many zeros. 213 officers.
No graduate. GED
No a great day in 20 will be if Lt A.G. takes that goofy ass 2020 with her. what a goof. But still a win for 20.
Not to belabor the point, especially since Rahm Emanuel (Mayor Murder) stated many times that the Chicago Police Department is fully staffed, but $21.3 million bucks would pay salary and benefits for 2,130 new police officers for one year.
Guess math isn't on the CPD entrance exam.
You have a good idea not to belabor the point. Works out to $10,000.
Don't you just love it when guys try to be cool and be informative and make a complete fool of himself or herself
Not to belabor the point, especially since Rahm Emanuel (Mayor Murder) stated many times that the Chicago Police Department is fully staffed, but $21.3 million bucks would pay salary and benefits for 2,130 new police officers for one year
You are a fool
Ever think of running for treasurer on the FOP or credit union. You would fit right in
Hope you carry a calculator in your utility belt
426 officers at $50,000.00 per year equals 21,300,000.00. Just a St. Patricks HS graduate no Masters in accounting. Hate to have one of these guys do a Theft case if my house was ever burglarized. Bet you have some issues with the timekeeper shorting you on overtime.
Maybe someone should look into the 704 unit? $$$ hand over fist!
Rumor is going around Sup got walking papers friday. To be announced to media Monday. Any truth?
Wasn't the 10 hour workday supposed to reduce O.T. and have more people available for emergencies?
Anonymous said...
Not to belabor the point, especially since Rahm Emanuel (Mayor Murder) stated many times that the Chicago Police Department is fully staffed, but $21.3 million bucks would pay salary and benefits for 2,130 new police officers for one year.
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Not to belabor the point, but that works out to $10,000 per year in salary. CPS graduate?
7/14/2013 03:58:00 PM
How right, one too many zeros. 213 officers.
No graduate. GED
You still dont get it. Only 213 officers if you pay them $100,000 a year.
Move on to something else because it appears when it comes to math you are mentally challenged
Baskin in the Sun_Thanks!
No comments from all the cops that turned down that overtime pay? Didn't think so. LOL
Their minds are made up. Take the damn money and give them what they want. They will eventually fail and you will have the extra cash.
"You still dont get it. Only 213 officers if you pay them $100,000 a year.
Move on to something else because it appears when it comes to math you are mentally challenged
7/15/2013 09:49:00 AM"
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$100,000 is the figure they use for rough calculations, salary plus benefits It is way close enough.
426 officers at $50,000.00 per year equals 21,300,000.00. J
7/14/2013 10:58:00 PM
And wasn't Gerry putting 400 extra officers per day on the streets for VRI overtime? They are pricks.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Wasn't the 10 hour workday supposed to reduce O.T. and have more people available for emergencies?
7/15/2013 12:58:00 AM
I don't know, was it? In case you forgot, we are not working a 10 hour day. Patrol is on a 9 hour day.
CPD has a lot of sworn officers assigned to office duty
housecats , cowards
hire a few civilians , let every police officer with a gun assigned to a beat car
Speaking of huge amounts of OT coppers assigned to the airports are allowed to work numerous RDO's a month.... all at time and a half. They also are given cart Blanche to work as much of their furlo's as they want.
Is that why there's no special employment at the airports any longer? It's only being offered to a very small group.
be·la·bor
Argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail: "they belabored the obvious".
Attack or assault (someone) physically or verbally.
Synonyms
belabour - beat - drub
I just learned a new word now to put it in a case report...
TO: You still dont get it. Only 213 officers if you pay them $100,000 a year.
Move on to something else because it appears when it comes to math you are mentally challenged
You're not adding in all the benefits they are paid. Hate to break the news to you but he is right. Luckyto get 220.
Judy here once more. We worked the entire weekend and changed are rdo from S/S off.
We do the job to do the right thing when we change our rdo.
We all work in special units that allow us to do this.
Judy
McFoggy is incompetent, and is wasting tons of Middle-Class Taxpayer Dollars with his buffoonish crime fighting plans, resulting in much more overtime, which isn't even putting a small dent in overall crime. Once again, the Taxpayers of Chicago pay the most, and get the least.
Anonymous said...
Lets not forget that Rham has saved over 300 Million by not hiring police, I wonder where all that money went? Another park project for Madigan???
Or maybe more airport contracts for him??
7/14/2013 03:30:00 PM
CHECK RAHM's pockets, for your first Clue..
TO: You still dont get it. Only 213 officers if you pay them $100,000 a year.
Move on to something else because it appears when it comes to math you are mentally challenged
You're not adding in all the benefits they are paid. Hate to break the news to you but he is right. Luckyto get 220.
Your math is as fuzzy as his. Starting pay is a little over $43,000, so we get $57,000 in benefits? Care to explain the $57,000 in benefits?
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Wasn't the 10 hour workday supposed to reduce O.T. and have more people available for emergencies?
7/15/2013 12:58:00 AM
I don't know, was it? In case you forgot, we are not working a 10 hour day. Patrol is on a 9 hour day.
7/15/2013 05:22:00 PM
No shit. That was the point. Must be fun talking to you.
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