More Attacks on Off-Duty Officers?
We can only guess that since they didn't involve gun crime, they don't count, but the guys over at CrimeInBoystown blog have an exclusive as far as we can tell:
- In a stunning development this morning, the 19th district handled two calls of off-duty police officers being jumped, apparently in two separate incidents near Wrigley Field around 5 o'clock this morning. Few details are available at this hour.
In the first incident, an off-duty officer who was riding his bike to work was jumped by four men near the intersection of Grace and Sheffield. An on-duty unit made contact with the officer and the officer is OK. According to a "flash" issued to on-duty officers, the attackers, described as four male blacks in their 20's, were last seen running south and possibly west from the scene of the attack. One offender wore a red sweat jacket with two white stripes and the other three offenders wore all black. News of the attack came first from the 19th district desk.
Moments later, at 5:07AM, dispatchers announced that two off-duty offers sought shelter in the CFD firehouse at 1052 W. Waveland, just outside of Wrigley's left field wall. According to dispatch reports, the police officers went to to fire station for help after being "beaten up." No further information is available at this time.
So in a single weekend, we have 7 attacks on officers at 6 locations. But hey, crime is down!
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
70 Comments:
........let's hear it "Fewer alderpersons....more cops!"
Wtf is going on up there??? Can't we just use elephant tranqs on these honor students and drop them off over Syria?
Just re-code those calls as info for the police. Crime is down, see.
No blood, no foul.
I'm not allowed to say "bring it bitches" because it could be regarded by the politically corrupt states attorneys office as mutual combatant. I listen to Rigaton too gangsta'
The 019th district is in some real bad shape that's for damm sure. 35th St. has crushed the manpower there since the merge. Sure would hate to be a resident there. Unless 019 gets some better manpower the businesses there will behin to hurt too. I'm suprised the aldermen there aren't demanding more police there. 35th could easily 20-30 PPO's right off their probation to 019. It needs youg coppers.
Attacked on a bike. Chicago Tourist should run right out and rent a Divvy bike and join the fun!
/sarcasm
Well if you **don't** count the attacks, robberies and all the dead bodies, wouldn't crime be down?
There. All better.
State Representative John Mullen (D-IL) says....
"Now I am not one to spread gossip. As you may have heard there have been assaults upon police officers recently. Well rumor has it that these have been committed by, well I don't know how to say this but. . . Black People"
The representative declined to name names, "I'm just repeating what is said in the community"
Hey SCC, we don't count!
Jesus...are cops allowed to carry when they're off-duty?
I think Mary Mitchell needs to do an article on this!
Two interesting points: first, Eli is due up at Compost this week. It will likely be his last. And second, there's a new order coming out on contact cards which will effectively end proactive policing in this city.
What's funny is the Sidetrack owners specifically Art Johnston won't even step up and ask for more cops. Guess if it's not about good pr or for some gay rights he doesn't care. I really don't care at this point if Halsted gets worse I will just move. But i find the silence of there gay community leaders sickening when it has to do with safety of the residents they can't say anything.
Incarceration does not deter crime , but termination of ones life does.
Chalkie.
This is insane. I realize they're off duty and in street clothes but 'back in that day' this crap just did not happen. You wouldn't even think of raising your voice to a cop -- or an adult for that matter -- let alone attack one.
Then again we knew the consequences of those actions. And mom and/or grandma would say we would have deserved it! To boot, we'd also have a meeting with 'Mr Belt'.
How about dishing out a can of whoop ass ? There comes a time, when you have to stand your ground and fight, just make sure you get one offender real good, and hold him tight, you know around the neck until help arrives. Usually you can use the assailant in your grips as kind of like a shield for anything that comes at you. That's fighting 101 for those of you that don't understand close contact with the enemy.
Wtf is going on. Why are these coppurs not carrying? I don't care where you are in this god for saken nation. CARRY OFF DUTY! Spend a little of you uniform allowance on something you actually need like a small M&P or baby Glock and keep it with you at all times.
Lets merge some more districts and cut manpower actually patrolling by a 1/2 . Yea that will work. The animals have arrived because of this and now they are here to stay. Blam your alderman, the Mayor, and yourselves as citizens because you all voted for and believed the garbage they spewed to you about closing a district that still remains open as a lock up. Yes real smooth thinking.
The comment at 01:48:00 AM needs to go viral.
that's because its not a felony to beat up off-duty cops. The state never gives approval.
19 is in bad shape i feel safer biking to work in 15 n 11 at least at 500 in the morning everybody is sleeping plus more man power.
Anonymous said...
Why did she not retreat and call 911? It might have saved this young man from being shot and critically injured.
9/07/2013 03:22:00 AM
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That's hilarious! You are, of course, joking, right???
In fact, that is such a ridiculous question, that it deserves no discussion, other than this comment- hopefully, the next home invasion takes place at YOUR house, where you are free to roll out the red carpet for this "guest", and all the warmth and amenities ( a couple of glasses of chablis, your wife, and first child, perhaps?) you think he should have, instead of a couple of rounds in the "X" ring. Moron.
9/07/2013 02:43:00 PM
Poster #1, nicely done!
Obviously, poster #2 is oblivious to the comments made by Eric Holder about re-examining stand your ground and directing that victims retreat, rather than defending themselves, their homes or their belongings.
With liberal-assinine comments like this, it is clear that many idiots out there still abound. Apparently, not "standing your ground" (which does not exist in Illinois anyway), giving up, succumbing to robberies and beatings, is the appropriate way to deal with these mutts. For the morons and other brain dead liberals out there who choose to be victims, that's fine. Good luck with that. For the officers out there, however, please stay safe. Use whatever means necessary to do so. You are allowed to defend yourself, and I think the vast majority of the silent public is behind you 100%! Despite some of the really stupid comments you see here occasionally.
20-30 coppers right to 019 when their status is up?!?!
Don't think so. Open a BID for 20-30 for the north side residents who got stuck on the south side- and need at least 18 years to bid to maybe the 1 or 2 openings they've had up north.
This is a damned shame, but totally predictable. The failure to properly staff this district is proof that Rahm Emanuel does not give a shit. He may kill a profitable entertainment district in the process.
Wrigleyville has numerous watering holes where people spend money and carry cash. The ballpark draws tourists. Out of towners are always preferred marks because many find it impossible to remain in the city long enough to press charges. Same thing in Florida where the punks target airport travelers near car rental agencies.
Halsted Street is a short distance away and to be politically incorrect "fruit picking" used to appeal to muggers since some of the victims were fearful of being "outed" after cooperating with the police.
I hope that the bastards are apprehended and sent away for a long time.
If you go out to Clark and Addison at the bar district during a Friday or Saturday night, you will be shocked. You will see about five to seven homeless guys. One is even creative and truthful; he holds a cardboard sign. The sign says "give me a beer". Funny and sad. You will probably be solicited for narcotics along your journey. Some people just walk up and down Clark saying "I got weed, I got weed". I have noticed that this part of the city has gotten more ghetto in the last 18 months. I don't blame the officers who work there because they can only do so much. If they had enough officers then perhaps they can be proactive. But lets face it, the city doesn't care. They will care once the area goes to complete shit. THEN they will care.
Nobody is safe in Wrigleyville anymore. The beast is there.
I enjoy receiving a pumpkin head on my RDO's. I pull an event number every time.
They only sent 2 PPO's to 19 for their first cycle of FTO. They told the recruits to not even expect to go there as an assignment because they will "all be heading south more than likely". Unreal.
Jesus...are cops allowed to carry when they're off-duty?
9/09/2013 02:30:00 AM
Exactly. WTF are they teaching in the Academy these days? One or maybe two off-duty gets involved in incidents where they aren't carrying, maybe I could see.
But 4 or 5 in the last couple weeks? WTF? Something is wrong
Off duty got jumped. No report filed apparently. We've reached the summit of no report, no crime mountain.
I think the police are doing it.
And now with restaurants posting "Gun Free Zone" signs (like in 019/023), crime up there is gonna go through the roof. I wouldn't eat in a place with a sign like that posted just on principle, but nothing's better than telling the criminals that it's ok to rob us, no guns here.
Are you (the CPD) being targeted or are these attacks random that just happen to involve a police officer (off-duty)?
It doesn't make sense. CARRY at all times and use deadly force. If you can't, how can the average citizen be protected in their own situation?
Chicago is getting worse and worse and it is because of very poor leadership in the Mayor's Office as well as the Police Chief.
Best strategy? Stay out of Chicago and have Chicago stay out of the rest of the surrounding communities.
OT: How come all the problems at the Ford Plant down south on Torrence are not getting any media spotlight in the Press?
Sounds like they are close to closing it down based on all the crime taking place and the gangbangers running wild down there.
We lose a BIG manufacturing plant like Ford and you might as well change the name of the city to Chitroit.
ALL you media trolls - start looking into it.
Subject: A tale of two cities
Gun control works????
2 Cities
Chicago, IL Houston, TX
Population 2.7 and 2.15 million
Median HH Income $38,600; $37,000
% African-American 38.9%; 24%
% Hispanic 29.9%; 44%
% Asian 5.5%; 6%
% Non-Hispanic White 38.7%; 26%
Very similar until you check the following:
Chicago, IL Houston, TX
Concealed Carry gun law?
no yes
# of Gun Stores 0 84 -
Houston total includes dedicated gun stores, plus 1500 other legal places to buy guns- Wal-Mart, K-mart, sporting goods, etc.
Homicides (2012)
Chicago: 806 Houston: 207
Homicides per 100K
28.4 (Chicago, IL) and 9.6 (TX)
Avg. January high temperature:
Chicago 31°(F)
Houston 63°(F)
Conclusion: It must be Chicago's cold weather that causes murder.
Why did she not retreat and call 911? It might have saved this young man from being shot and critically injured.
9/07/2013 03:22:00 AM
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That's hilarious! You are, of course, joking, right???
In fact, that is such a ridiculous question, that it deserves no discussion, other than this comment- hopefully, the next home invasion takes place at YOUR house, where you are free to roll out the red carpet for this "guest", and all the warmth and amenities ( a couple of glasses of chablis, your wife, and first child, perhaps?) you think he should have, instead of a couple of rounds in the "X" ring. Moron.
9/07/2013 02:43:00 PM
Poster #1, nicely done!
Obviously, poster #2 is oblivious to the comments made by Eric Holder about re-examining stand your ground and directing that victims retreat, rather than defending themselves, their homes or their belongings.
With liberal-assinine comments like this, it is clear that many idiots out there still abound. Apparently, not "standing your ground" (which does not exist in Illinois anyway), giving up, succumbing to robberies and beatings, is the appropriate way to deal with these mutts. For the morons and other brain dead liberals out there who choose to be victims, that's fine. Good luck with that. For the officers out there, however, please stay safe. Use whatever means necessary to do so. You are allowed to defend yourself, and I think the vast majority of the silent public is behind you 100%! Despite some of the really stupid comments you see here occasionally.
9/09/2013 09:26:00 AM
Oh, my God, how can you / 0926 be so clueless? That first post was SARCASM, and you had to have knowledge of Eric Holder's idiotic statements to GET the sarcasm. Don't be so thick.
Nobody is saying victims should back off and just take their whoopin'. It was SARCASM, aimed at the stupidity of Holder's comments.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
........let's hear it "Fewer alderpersons....more YES, at least 25 less!!!
all you darn young breed coppers be safe out there. Been retired and wish you guys could take care of business like we old fucks did as not so long ago 10 years.
God bless you all and please get home in one piece after every tour.
Let these mutts kill each other and you guys watch each others back.
A pissed retired dick.
How do you think the poor bastards who cannot carry feel? We're all targets now. The world is getting crazier by the second.
Keep weapons at the ready while going to work!
A tale of 2 cities...says:
Houston total includes dedicated gun stores, plus 1500 other legal places to buy guns- Wal-Mart, K-mart, sporting goods, etc.
Homicides (2012)
Chicago: 806 Houston: 207
Homicides per 100K
28.4 (Chicago, IL) and 9.6 (TX)
I have to wonder how strongly you can believe your own argument in support of looser gun laws when you use incorrect and intentionally inflated data for the number homicides in Chicago for 2012. Especially seems ridiculous since one could have used the actual and correct information as quite a few more people were killed in Chicago than were in HOuston in 2012.
But you made me laugh??!!
What is going on at the Ford plant? Didn't know there were problems there.
I maybe showing my age but does anyone remember the Q-Tip club.
So Rahm dropped a dime and pulled some strings because the local propaganda machines are falling him.
Therefore Rahm is going on the national LateShow to preach his message.
Trying to "reach-out" to the 18~35 year olds by going on a Tee-Vee program that he watched when he was 18~35.
Think it's gonna work??
I doubt it.
Do these guy's know they CAN carry off duty??? Are the police that worried about the ding bat bosses who permeate the job?
At least the animals in 019 are smarter enough not to drift south into 018.
018, where ODPO's shoot burglars dead in their tracks.
Yeah baby!
Anonymous said...
Two interesting points: first, Eli is due up at Compost this week. It will likely be his last. And second, there's a new order coming out on contact cards which will effectively end proactive policing in this city.
9/09/2013 04:43:00 AM
Well, lets hope it's his last. With out a doubt he's the worst commander 019 has ever had. Under his leadership the number insiders has gone through the roof. He has launched an attack on all origional 019th district tact teams and plays favorites like no other. He strokes everyone and talks about family first and patrol being the backbone(you know the same stroking speach we all heard over and over learned in bosses stroke job school). 019 has become a miserable place over the last year.
Let me tell all of you, I may or may not have first hand experience at this but please stop with the armed comments! Armed or not if u are hit from behind with a closed fist to the back of the head you are going down! Then the kicks to the head start! If u are able to get up swing fast and swing hard! Pulling your gun does nothing when you are unable to see! Even if the PO was able to threaten the offender in front of him whose to say the offenders wouldn't of still hit him from behind, knocking him to his knees yet again and then taking his gun and finishing him off or just taking said gun! You can say what you want on this blog but until it happens to you please don't Monday morning QB! It is this easy... These animals what to entise these so called race fights with whites so they can justify a robbery/beating!
As a regular joe citizen I can understand a police officers need to find some normalcy in this shithole after they get off work and Not carry their weapon. Officers, you have the ability to protect yourself and your family while off duty. Hell you can protect others too even though you slog theu this shit every day.Me or my family have not had that legal option so just imagine how shitty it is for us to walk around this hell hole now. Carry officer, protect yourself by all means. Hopefully the good people will overcome the odds once we are given our right to carry. Shitbags will not know who is or is not carrying. That should put a dent in things. If I was ever in a position to protect one of you...I wouldnt think twice. Be safe. Carry. The odds are gonna get better for all of us soon.
State Representative John Mullen (D-IL) says....
"Now I am not one to spread gossip. As you may have heard there have been assaults upon police officers recently. Well rumor has it that these have been committed by, well I don't know how to say this but. . . Black People"
The representative declined to name names, "I'm just repeating what is said in the community"
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Oberweiss in 019 located at Sheffield and Barry was robbed during the day of thousands of dollars! No man power to do follow ups! Beat cars are down on bullshit like safe passage! Nice going in gutting 019 District manpower where the taxpayers pay some of the highest taxes in this city!!!
And now with restaurants posting "Gun Free Zone" signs (like in 019/023), crime up there is gonna go through the roof. I wouldn't eat in a place with a sign like that posted just on principle, but nothing's better than telling the criminals that it's ok to rob us, no guns here.
9/09/2013 01:16:00 PM
Lets not all forget that conceiled carry does not include law enforcement. Not here or any of the rest of the union. If you are the police CARRY CARRY CARRY wherever you are. When you are at that no carry restaurant (which I personally refuse to go to on principle alone) and some POS walks in thinking its an easy score, up the Glock and send him to the afterlife. The look on his face when you up the pistol in a no gun restaurant would be worth the price of admission alone.
SCC....are you OK?
Those Cub fans are certainly violent near the end of another losing season. Maybe if they won a World Series every 150 years they would be in a better frame of mind.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Do these guy's know they CAN carry off duty??? Are the police that worried about the ding bat bosses who permeate the job?
9/09/2013 09:06:00 PM
When you get jumped from behind, or if you're on a bike with both hands on the handlebars, how, exactly, are you supposed to pull your gun out? You talk like these victims have chosen not to carry their guns. They probably have them, but can't get to them. It's not like we can walk around with the gun IN OUR HAND while riding a bike or walking to a bus stop.
No need to admonish police officers to carry their guns off duty; we're very well aware of when we can, should, shouldn't do so, but it's not a magic force field that keeps the bad guy away.
"Are the police that worried about the ding bat bosses who permeate the job?"
Oh hell yeah
i live in edison park and iam big bike rider i always carry even in heavens front gate bt1611 , also can some police officer run against ald o conner she is just awlful and a liberal cop hater too. lt johnny g. are you listening
Hey Tale of Two Cities........
Could the 15% difference in #1's possibly, maybe, be the important figure in your tale?
Just asking?
Or is bringing up the question make me a racist?
Oh, we can't talk about that?
Sorry Chicago. I will close my eyes now also.
The officer who shot the bad guy dead in 018 was born and raised on the south side. He still works in 004.
When did the coppers quit carrying off duty?
Pay attention to your surroundings off duty and on an always carry.First rule of law enforcement is to be aware of whats going on around you because it might be coming at you. I believe some of the not paying attention is because of I phone's. I see on duty po's on foot posts either texting or checking to see if they have e mail and two man cars where the passenger is on the Iphone not paying attention to whats going on around him. The creature is all over and they don't care about the police so pay attention it just might save you a beating.Be Safe
Picture Archie Bunker yelling "meatheads, don't be riding bicycles on the streets at 5 in the morning".
With liberal-assinine comments like this, it is clear that many idiots out there still abound. Apparently, not "standing your ground" (which does not exist in Illinois anyway), giving up, succumbing to robberies and beatings, is the appropriate way to deal with these mutts. For the morons and other brain dead liberals out there who choose to be victims, that's fine. Good luck with that. For the officers out there, however, please stay safe. Use whatever means necessary to do so. You are allowed to defend yourself, and I think the vast majority of the silent public is behind you 100%! Despite some of the really stupid comments you see here occasionally.
9/09/2013 09:26:00 AM
Oh, my God, how can you / 0926 be so clueless? That first post was SARCASM, and you had to have knowledge of Eric Holder's idiotic statements to GET the sarcasm. Don't be so thick.
Nobody is saying victims should back off and just take their whoopin'. It was SARCASM, aimed at the stupidity of Holder's comments.
FINALLY!! Someone gets it. Sarcasm! Something this job used to have alot of. Not so much anymore
Thugs apparently are not scared of cops in Chicago anymore.
The crime must now be so bad they are emboldened to attack and not care.
See the new CCW law is still not putting guns in the hands of good folk and the thugs know that.
It's Chicago, 1936 and Al Capone really runs the joint.
Rule #24
"Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan in mind to kill everything and everyone you encounter should it be necessary."
The Police should ALWAYS go home safely and soundly.
Anonymous said...
Oberweiss in 019 located at Sheffield and Barry was robbed during the day of thousands of dollars! No man power to do follow ups! Beat cars are down on bullshit like safe passage! Nice going in gutting 019 District manpower where the taxpayers pay some of the highest taxes in this city!!!
9/10/2013 04:53:00 AM
Watch out, those ice cream places are dangerous. Someone got killed recently over ice cream. We need ice cream control right now to deal with this scourge! We need to outlaw high-capacity cones NOW! Who in their right mind ever needs a cone that can hold more than two scoops? No one! And instant background checks so that the mentally ill aren't gorging themselves on ice cream cone after ice cream cone.
Sensible ice cream control NOW is the only solution!
Let's get control of this outrageous ice cream situation!
State Representative John Mullen (D-IL) says....
"Now I am not one to spread gossip. As you may have heard there have been assaults upon police officers recently. Well rumor has it that these have been committed by, well I don't know how to say this but. . . Black People"
The representative declined to name names, "I'm just repeating what is said in the community"
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Yeah he also voted for the state tax increase. No thanks. Good spin though.
i live in edison park and iam big bike rider i always carry even in heavens front gate bt1611 , also can some police officer run against ald o conner she is just awlful and a liberal cop hater too. lt johnny g. are you listening.
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It's been tried, and FOP wasn't on board (Gonzalez, Mullens, Merck). The entire FOP is about to be replaced including all trustees, and the new crew will have a PAC that has coppers running in every race, every election.
Hey Mikey, After all these years, you still haven't learned . Go back surfing the web and leave police work to the professionals.
When you get jumped from behind, or if you're on a bike with both hands on the handlebars, how, exactly, are you supposed to pull your gun out? You talk like these victims have chosen not to carry their guns. They probably have them, but can't get to them. It's not like we can walk around with your gun IN OUR HAND while riding a bike or walking to a bus stop.......actually you can walk around with your gun IN YOUR HAND. Where does it say it has to be holstered. just dont point it at anyone,, till you have to.
"...They're only sending two PPOs to 019..."
They shouldn't send any PPOs to 019. They need to go somewhere to learn police work, not learn how many different lattes Starbucks can make.
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