Sgt Exam Announced
From the e-mail everyone got:
- As we announced in April, this fall we will have the first promotional exam for the rank of Sergeant in seven years.
The Written Qualifying Exam will be administered on Saturday, October 26, 2013. The second part of the exam, the Assessment Exercise, will be administered on Saturday, January 11, 2014.
You will receive additional information via email and postal mail regarding the exam location and reporting time.
So now the question is...
- When is the last class being made off the old list?
Because you know someone, or a whole lot of someones, have to get their last picks in.
Labels: promotions
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
122 Comments:
What about todays FOP meeting? I should say yesterdays? That should be a thread. Is Bill Dougherty running for FOP president?
A good thing, a long time coming.
Wow, we're not going to have to wait months to receive are exam results? I think things are changing around here, Not!
There will be several more classes last claas will be sometime in june of 2014
I predict a class soon, and one in the spring before new list is up
Apparently there's a black Dodge Charger(IL Plate #:3925774) impersonating the police and pulling people over. An off-duty PO followed them and called it in, but CPD wasn't able to catch up to them. They've allegedly been involved in a few robberies on 111th in Oak Lawn/Alsip, and may be affiliated with the guys doing the same robberies on I-57.
its already starting... They crybabies (lazy people who refuse to study) already are bitching and whining that "Only Morons" will take this test and get promoted. I love hearing the guys at roll call trying to talk everyone out of taking the sgts test. Hey strokes, guess what.. I know your all anti cpd, anti rahm, anti mccarthy and anti white shirts but stop trying to talk it down. We know the real reason.. Your pissed because people are going to take it and pass and make sgt. You on the other hand are too bitter and lazy to study and know you cant pass it... so, Misery wants company. You want people to be stuck working a beat car just like you. You guys are pathetic. Take the test to get the money and pension and to get out of cutting domestic reports for the rest of your career. Stop making excuses of why you wont make sgt. Guess what strokes, if you study your ass off, maybe take a class or two to help and study as much as you can then you can pass. You can rank good and from there it is up to you. If you score in the top 200 then you will get it 100 percent. No matter if there is merit or not you will be a sgt...but you just wanna be miserable.
They only took 245 off the current list so far. They use to take up to 500+.
Hope they make a huge class of 100 or so. There are too many officers that studied their butts off and scored really well that should/deserve to make sgt.
Today-50 Sgts
I need them to make a hundred sgt because of merit. I'm 59 out.
When and how big is next sgt class?
Somebody please tell Dean Angelo Jr. That his Dad is running against Shields. Maybe if he knew he wouldn't have voted with Mike Shields allowing Mike to pick the panel to hear Mikes own case.
Dear SCC, worked 1st watch last nigh and heard form a Sgt in 008, that McNaughton the commander who is currently chasing his deputy chief's star off our backs has cut a deal with (sic) "SWAP". Supposedly SWAP got a 3 million dollar grant and are using it to force sgts, lt's and capt's for now with P.O.'s being forced into this nonsense come January. The cops will HAVE TO meet with a stake holder in the community one on one and discuss problems and solutions for them. Going to be in a neutral location. The simulation had these liberals asking the cops all kind of personal questions, kids, families, sports, neighborhoods, marriage; and the cops were responding. Now we are going to share with some east end citizen I use the term loosely, on department time 99. Is he fucking nuts! Since when does liberal community activist fall into our job description. Again this is being FORCED upon us, not a voluntary thing. So here you are going to meet with Joe citizen, and u are sideswiped in Dept vehicle, or fall off your chair while while in deep conversation with thugs mama, or ambushed cuz your 99. With all the IOD claims being denied and this really not being "duty related" Where's the GO, or SO, now you're screwed. What the hell happened to CAPS, the fed money is still rolling in. It's their job to make nice with these idiots. What else do they do? Oh yeah, they make sandwiches for the seniors and proctor. Bingo events. Who's gonna be stuck next, Detective division , because they truly are the best talkers. Gonna check with the FOP and see what this clown is up to. This guy ought to go back to la la land in 016. Geez, what happened to real bosses?
In past years they would make a class late in the year, maybe November or December.
it stills amazes me how people who work inside with under ten years think they are owed a merit pick
theres a great boss in
006 that was made by merit. It actually worked out good this time but they just took him off the streets. Bummer
Before Friday, 25 Oct. Once the test is given the list will cease to exist. Hope you been studying these past 6 months instead of waiting for McNutts to promote you! LMAO
What about todays FOP meeting? I should say yesterdays? That should be a thread. Is Bill Dougherty running for FOP president?
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Bill needs to run we need experience and integrity brought back into our organization, we need to ask all our board members how they voted to allow Shields to pick his own committee.
Those with juice, a chinaman, a daddy, an uncle, etc. that are on the current list are making calls to make one more promotion so that they can get in.
Those others with the same connections not on the list are making calls to get in the Special study groups that would help them score high.
Its good to have a phone call.
Beats studying your ass off.
Relax; all you wannabes who spent most of your careers hiding from the street, after the test is given they will still have to sort it out and that will put promotions from the new test well in to 2014. They will make at least one more class off this old list and it will have to be more than 50.
I need them to make a hundred sgt because of merit. I'm 59 out.
9/27/2013 04:09:00 AM
78 and you are good.
Anonymous said...
What about todays FOP meeting? I should say yesterdays? That should be a thread. Is Bill Dougherty running for FOP president?
9/27/2013 12:08:00 AM
Bill Doherty he needs to have his ass thrown out also, he was involved with the "letter" he could of made sure it went out! Bunch of snakes all of them!
for anyone vacationing south of the border, I would be willing to tutor for this test...
The secret test phrase has been changed. Instead of "Notify the watch commander, it's notify the alderman." This change is due to the fact that there no longer is a watch commander. Remember this for your oral board.
"Guess what strokes, if you study your ass off, maybe take a class or two to help and study as much as you can then you can pass. You can rank good and from there it is up to you. If you score in the top 200 then you will get it 100 percent. No matter if there is merit or not you will be a sgt."
This message brought to you by Bernstein Test Prep & those that receive kickbacks from him.
Love how you idiots spout off how legit the test is, if you don't take it, you can't make it.
A 6th grader can tell you it's mathematically impossible for an entire neighborhood relations office or tact team to be promoted off the same test.
Which happened in the not so distant past.
It is not level playing field by any stretch of the imagination.
I've heard there may be an oral interview part to the second half this time. Anyone else hear the same? (I mean an oral interview that does NOT require knee pads, of course)
So where do I get answers ?
How come all the "Merits" come from the back of the list? Don't they have any smart "Merits"
our Mayor finds 92 million dollars for a stadium but and now he is trying to get out of paying 600 million into our pension even though it is a state law? What a piece of Shit. It makes me furious.
I think the blondie that got #1 on the last sgt test should retake this one and prove she is the smartest of us all
its already starting... They crybabies (lazy people who refuse to study) already are bitching and whining that "Only Morons" will take this test and get promoted. I love hearing the guys at roll call trying to talk everyone out of taking the sgts test. Hey strokes, guess what.. I know your all anti cpd, anti rahm, anti mccarthy and anti white shirts but stop trying to talk it down. We know the real reason.. Your pissed because people are going to take it and pass and make sgt. You on the other hand are too bitter and lazy to study and know you cant pass it... so, Misery wants company. You want people to be stuck working a beat car just like you. You guys are pathetic. Take the test to get the money and pension and to get out of cutting domestic reports for the rest of your career. Stop making excuses of why you wont make sgt. Guess what strokes, if you study your ass off, maybe take a class or two to help and study as much as you can then you can pass. You can rank good and from there it is up to you. If you score in the top 200 then you will get it 100 percent. No matter if there is merit or not you will be a sgt...but you just wanna be miserable.
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I don't disagree with you that there are the people that are wouldn't be happy with this job if they gave us all take home cars and a 50% pay increase, but there are legitimate reasons for not taking the exam. Officers that have already attained bid positions on days, may need to continue working those hours due to family reasons. The possibility of making an extra 15K a year to drive from the north side all the way to the south side to work midnights or afternoons in the ghetto, isn't very appealing. That pay raise will be eaten up in daycare and the additional gas needed to get to work. Maybe it's just my the impression that I've been getting from people I've spoken to, but I think that the city waiting so long to offer the new exam has really hurt their candidate pool. Everyone that was never eligible to take the exam is thrilled and excited about the possibility, but I think there's a segment of the department that has their spot, and content. They're not willing to give up their watch and district to be debt into a hell hole for a few hundred bucks a month and some comp time. I foresee the younger kids on this department that are already stuck in the shitty districts being the ones that will won't care about being reassigned, because they've already been stuck in shit their entire career. It's just not like it used to be when all officers and supervisors would have frequent opportunities to transfer. Maybe my perception is way off, but it just doesn't seem that appealing a position for people that already have their spot. Everyone can feel free to say that I'm bitter and lazy, so flame away...
9/27/2013 02:51:00 AM
Great comment...and so true. All the losers are lining up to join the WAH-WAH club. All you need is a mouthful of complaints and a crying towel!
To all taking the test, study, study, study, if you don't you only have yourself to blame.
Several tests ago I blew off studying and still wound up in the 500's. ( of course dick tore the test down at 450 cause the revruns weren't happy with the make up of the list )
I only blamed myself.
Yes "merit" sucks, but the FOP wasn't willing to give the house away to avoid it, which I agree with.
It's a attainable if you really want it.
Good luck to all.
October-January, Really? WTF...how stupid is that! Brrrrr...
Wow, we're not going to have to wait months to receive are exam results? I think things are changing around here, Not!
Hey pal,figure out the difference between are and our and then we'll let you sit with the adults.
I want to be a sergeant!!! I look cute in white.....
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
9/27/2013 02:51:00 AM
You make some very good points. If you are dedicated and study hard you'll make it. My brother studied his tail off everyday. Nothing spectacular; he studied 2 to 4 hours on his work day and on his rdo's he studies for 6 to 9 hours. That is dedication.
As for me, I have concentrated on investing in real estate income properties. I'm doing quite well too.
In our profession there are too many naysayers and doom and gloom people. Whatever you do, better yourself. Remember, better yourself!
SCC can we start a huge campaign to boycott the Chicago Suntimes?! I think we can make our impact felt ....maybe one post a day about why the Newspaper is garbage .
I took the last 2 tests. Scored (ranked) 404 on the 1rst and they stopped at 382. The second scored (ranked) in the 600s. Studied my ass off both times. I am closer to the end, then the beginning of career. Don't want to start at the bottom, work 1rst or 3rd watch, in a shit district, supervising and trying to motivate dogs. If people are telling or advising others to not take it, it is because they know what they are talking about. Misery is what they are trying to save others from having to endure when the don't rank high enough to get promoted. You realistically need to score in the top 100-150 to be ensured a promotion. We all know a certain number is always set aside. The add in meritcloutorious.
There's money to be made on these tests on every level from applications, backgrounds, staffing, aldermen and rev'runs everyone pays to play. Or did someone finally get "time on the job" to qualify for merit promotion?
It's a disgusting process but you have to participate in this sham promotional process. If you thought diversity was bad with the last two exams...wait until April.
Save your $$ and refrain from those Pay First Study Groups...attended one group that actually had people coming in as late as 3 sessions into the program and they still took their money. I did alright, but what it amounted to was getting yourself foused and structured. That's it. You know the job, know your Orders. And when you finally make the upper 1%, don't forget where you came from. Good luck candidates. Stay safe.
ts already starting... They crybabies (lazy people who refuse to study) already are bitching and whining that "Only Morons" will take this test and get promoted. I love hearing the guys at roll call trying to talk everyone out of taking the sgts test. Hey strokes, guess what.. I know your all anti cpd, anti rahm, anti mccarthy and anti white shirts but stop trying to talk it down. We know the real reason.. Your pissed because people are going to take it and pass and make sgt. You on the other hand are too bitter and lazy to study and know you cant pass it... so, Misery wants company. You want people to be stuck working a beat car just like you. You guys are pathetic. Take the test to get the money and pension and to get out of cutting domestic reports for the rest of your career. Stop making excuses of why you wont make sgt. Guess what strokes, if you study your ass off, maybe take a class or two to help and study as much as you can then you can pass. You can rank good and from there it is up to you. If you score in the top 200 then you will get it 100 percent. No matter if there is merit or not you will be a sgt...but you just wanna be miserable.
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I am already spending the money.
Can some one tell me which "Subject Matter Experts" can "help" me out in "studying"???
Hey SCC you have something attached to your site, it asks if you want to open some other program. You might want to check that.
its already starting... They crybabies (lazy people who refuse to study) already are bitching and whining that "Only Morons" will take this test and get promoted. I love hearing the guys at roll call trying to talk everyone out of taking the sgts test. Hey strokes, guess what.. I know your all anti cpd, anti rahm, anti mccarthy and anti white shirts but stop trying to talk it down. We know the real reason.. Your pissed because people are going to take it and pass and make sgt. You on the other hand are too bitter and lazy to study and know you cant pass it... so, Misery wants company. You want people to be stuck working a beat car just like you. You guys are pathetic. Take the test to get the money and pension and to get out of cutting domestic reports for the rest of your career. Stop making excuses of why you wont make sgt. Guess what strokes, if you study your ass off, maybe take a class or two to help and study as much as you can then you can pass. You can rank good and from there it is up to you. If you score in the top 200 then you will get it 100 percent. No matter if there is merit or not you will be a sgt...but you just wanna be miserable
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Your math is fuzzy.
Lets say 2500 signed up for the test
Lets say they pomote 500 total
Lets say that 200 are meritless (it's actually called management)
That leavs 300 out of 2200
Thats 2 per district, and 4 in each unit. That's the math joker. I can back it up with the last 50 years of CPD promotions.
Your blasting people because they are pointing out that 2 people in each district will get it by mathmatical computation.
Seriously.....take your pom poms and do more math.
Wasn't there an ENTIRE tac team from the west side, one of their girlfriends AND her partner all in the top 50 in one of the last tests? yaaaa. studied real hard
Anonymous said...
What about todays FOP meeting? I should say yesterdays? That should be a thread. Is Bill Dougherty running for FOP president?
9/27/2013 12:08:00 AM
A thread? Yea ok! Billy! Sure part of the "evil cabal" that is there! The letter everyone is talking about, you mean mark donohue you know the guy huge pension huge fop salary,and billy could not of told the membership about the letter, before it was not sent! Throw them all out!
So with the win on DSS doing Lt job - will DSS questions be removed from te test since a DSS does lt job ?
How can I email you a flyer regarding the FBI event at FOP hall next Thursday. mcdonthm@aol.com Please send me a address to forward this to you.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
its already starting... They crybabies (lazy people who refuse to study) already are bitching and whining that "Only Morons" will take this test and get promoted. I love hearing the guys at roll call trying to talk everyone out of taking the sgts test. Hey strokes, guess what.. I know your all anti cpd, anti rahm, anti mccarthy and anti white shirts but stop trying to talk it down. We know the real reason.. Your pissed because people are going to take it and pass and make sgt. You on the other hand are too bitter and lazy to study and know you cant pass it... so, Misery wants company. You want people to be stuck working a beat car just like you. You guys are pathetic. Take the test to get the money and pension and to get out of cutting domestic reports for the rest of your career. Stop making excuses of why you wont make sgt. Guess what strokes, if you study your ass off, maybe take a class or two to help and study as much as you can then you can pass. You can rank good and from there it is up to you. If you score in the top 200 then you will get it 100 percent. No matter if there is merit or not you will be a sgt...but you just wanna be miserable.
9/27/2013 02:51:00 AM
While I normally don't ... this time I agree 100%. Well said.
Good God. Not trying to be the grammar police but if you don't know the difference between "are" and "our" then you really don't need to be a Sgt. Then again on this department only the best and brightest get promoted!!!
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Citizen post
"Apparently there's a black Dodge Charger(IL Plate #:3925774) impersonating the police and pulling people over. An off-duty PO followed them and called it in, but CPD wasn't able to catch up to them. They've allegedly been involved in a few robberies on 111th in Oak Lawn/Alsip, and may be affiliated with the guys doing the same robberies on I-57."
This was in Mt. Greenwood btw. Forgot to include that.
OT -
For all you do nothings and useless ghostpayrollers at the Academy, better start looking for another "spot"
Lodding put his papers in for 15 Nov 2013.
Anonymous said...
What about todays FOP meeting? I should say yesterdays? That should be a thread. Is Bill Dougherty running for FOP president?
9/27/2013 12:08:00 AM
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If he is I have a few questions for him.
#1 why have you sat quiet for two years at every single general meeting about the "letter" until now? Could your timing be no one who has not made some meetings this year will have enough in to run for office by the election?
#2 why did you want to purge the union of retiree's? The period of 3-6 years ago all you talked about was how much per capita to the state and national lodge costs lodge 7. Could it be that you and the rest of Markie Marks group wanted them out because they were long enough in the tooth to see thru your bs. They never voted in mass for your ticket. The only reason you guys talked down the Robbins amendment was 500 retirees showed up for the meeting. Your buddy Moriarty should have killed it at committee. There's a retiree on the national fop board for Christ's sake.
Great timing for all of you old city-wide ticket guys. One more term in office and you all can retire w/o ever seeing the street again. Just like disability dean when you guys threw him out of office?
one more class off the old list
remember , 75 of the 245 that made sgt. are Merit hacks , remember to yes sir these merit hacks
also most of the command/xo/exempt staff were merit sgt.,lt so keep writing those tickets , curfews for these political merit stupervisors .
It's all legit
To all the people out there studying, just want to say keep it up and good luck. I had no clout and studied my butt off and made it in one of the last classes. Don't let these old cynical negative officers try to bring u down. Put in your best effort. Skip the bar and go to the library. Study the orders over and over. The first part is not that bad. Multiple choice. The second mostly scenarios and reviewing reports and trying to see what the errors are. That's the more difficult part.
You owe it to yourselves to give it a really good honest effort. It will seriously pay off for the rest of your life.
Good luck!!
Correct me if I am wrong I believe a class of Sgts was put in after the second part of the last test. I think if youre around 350on this list you should make it. I think.....cause lot of talk of a Sgts October class.
There is always someone who is one out when the list comes down. When you are reading and studying, you should be shooting for under #20. This are guaranteed to be in the first class. At the end of the day, if you miss it by 1 or 2500, you still miss it.
Gotta love this ball of fire:
Anonymous said...
Anyone have an extra set of orders to sell? It's time to cram baby!
9/26/2013 05:41:00 PM
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It's a shame they have not promoted more. In some Districts, on any given watch, on any given night there is no Lt., let alone a Cpt. & 1 Sgt working who is in the station. In other words no supervisors in the field. A lot of times you will have 1 Sgt in the field. We are currently short 100 Sgts & a lot of Lts as well. I'm sure after a lawsuit is eventually filed & the A& A's reveal there were no supervisors will this come to light to the public.
The plot thickens.
Carlos Cortez, who, just prior to filing charges against
FOP President Mike Shields, claims that he was approached by Michael Underwood who asked him not to file the charges and suggested that Shields would consider him for the Field Rep spot that he anticipates being vacated by Jim McCarthy when the next Sgts class is made. This guy is cut form the same cloth that all of our scum of the earth Illinois politicians come from and not that of a union leader who is suppose to be representing the membership. Plain and simple folks Shields failed to submit the letter on time, then lied to us to cover it up and is now trying to fix the outcome of the charges brought against him by handpicking the committee who will determine his guilt or innocence. He was elected to be a leader who works for us and not a dictator whose only concern is his welfare. The membership needs to stand up to this dictator and knock him our of office because he has the majority of the board in his pocket who voted with him to let him pick his own committee.
Why are all the "Merit" picks from the back of the list?
"Before Friday, 25 Oct. Once the test is given the list will cease to exist."
Where do you clowns get this shit. You just make it up and believe it? If you had anytime on the job you would know that list doesn't come down until new list is up. They always need a list to promote off of.
Hey SCC you have something attached to your site, it asks if you want to open some other program. You might want to check that.
Not on Firefox we don't - check your pop-up filters. We don't have any add-ons that would trigger something like that - we purposefully keep the site stripped to the minimums.
Hey SCC you have something attached to your site, it asks if you want to open some other program. You might want to check that.
Not on Firefox we don't - check your pop-up filters. We don't have any add-ons that would trigger something like that - we purposefully keep the site stripped to the minimums
Yes you do have it. Been on your site fopr years, never had a problem Now the download comes up and I have never changed any pop up filters download is
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It's a shame they have not promoted more. In some Districts, on any given watch, on any given night there is no Lt., let alone a Cpt. & 1 Sgt working who is in the station. In other words no supervisors in the field. A lot of times you will have 1 Sgt in the field. We are currently short 100 Sgts & a lot of Lts as well. I'm sure after a lawsuit is eventually filed & the A& A's reveal there were no supervisors will this come to light to the public.
Tell the sgts to file the lawsuit, why tell the blog.
And the public will care if there is a shortage of supervisors in the field? I'm thinking they may riot when this comes to light
How come all the "Merits" come from the back of the list? Don't they have any smart "Merits"
Maybe because if the "merits" were at the top of the list they wouldn't be "merits", but promoted in numerical order. Why would the city use a merit spot to promote a po who was high on the list
Anonymous SGT. EDDIE HICKS said...
for anyone vacationing south of the border, I would be willing to tutor for this test...
9/27/2013 08:16:00 AM
Knew him, liked him and no offense to him, but your comment did make me chuckle.
How can shields pick the committee to hear his charges? Isn't that like being charged with a crime and then you are allowed to pick the Judge and jury who will hear your case? And don't forget he tried to vibe the prosecutor. How can it happen? It did. To quote John Kass we are all chumbelons.
Bill Dougherty , Rich Aguilar, Frank dimaria, and whomever they decide to put on their ticket cannot win.
They are tainted. They married themselves to Shields and are part of FOP'S failure. How can they even think that since putting themselves before the members that they have a chance.
You'd have to be a fool to vote in various idiots that occupy office space up there.
Go review meeting minutes from this regime and see for yourself the way they voted and such just to keep the office space. Pathetic
And Dean Angelo? On disability for 15 years? Horrible option there too.
Can some one tell me which "Subject Matter Experts" can "help" me out in "studying"???
9/27/2013 11:08:00 AM
Call Capt JRD (retired) . Her secret study group helped the likes of Casey, West, Flores, Lamika, and Pena. If you are in the hospital she will even come to your room and proctor the exam for you.
The countdown begins on how long will it be before Shields throws Underwood under the bus. I can see it now, Shields never gave Underwood permission to offer anything to Cortez in exchange for dropping charges against Mikey.
Typical 35th st planning. The Saturday before Halloween is one of the busiest nights of the year....No thinking, no planning.....
Hey SCC you have something attached to your site, it asks if you want to open some other program. You might want to check that.
Not on Firefox we don't - check your pop-up filters. We don't have any add-ons that would trigger something like that - we purposefully keep the site stripped to the minimums.
9/27/2013 04:29:00 PM
I'm getting it, too. It pops up every time I open the main scc page. My pop up blocker doesn't stop it.
It says: Do you want to open or save analytics.js from a.sitemeter.com?
No more off list. Sorry but work at 35th and it's OFFICIAL. Take it again. Can't hurt. WTF.
I studied every day at work and at home. Made it in 1998, I'm still pushing a sector car, not complaining, but I tell all of you to study hard. Not all are merit, you do have a chance. If not Sgt. then go for Det. if they ever give an exam again. Remember study everything very thoroughly, know it by heart. This job is fucked up without a doubt but make it work for you. One exam in 7 yrs is a disagrace and proves this is a dead end job but if you have more than ten yrs invested with it make the bes t of it then get out when you first can. Good luck to all.
"one more class off the old list
remember , 75 of the 245 that made sgt. are Merit hacks , remember to yes sir these merit hacks
also most of the command/xo/exempt staff were merit sgt.,lt so keep writing those tickets , curfews for these political merit stupervisors"
Sorry youre are wrong. 244-245 or so off the list not including merit.
Well as a Det u make more than a Sgt....
and in pension, a Sgt only makes 400 more a month.....
make the $ = 120,000 yr on the low end for next 10 yrs....
the Sgt pension will catch up to u by the time ur 70.....
Oh yeah...a lot less hassel than babysitting a bunch of lazy PO.s
a Det makes 89,000 a Sgt makes 92,000 with extras and little OT 105,000 tops....
Rookie DET makes 120,000 HGS or RBT a lil less.
so leave Det, take a cut in pay, more bitch work, restricted to the Dist, etc etc....
Happy to b a DET........
"I think the blondie that got #1 on the last sgt test should retake this one and prove she is the smartest of us all"
If its who I think it is than she is the biggest complete goof I mean goof that I have ever come across on this job. (As far as SGTS go that is) No common sense at ALL! WTF
Get those brown envelopes ready!!
Anonymous said...
Before Friday, 25 Oct. Once the test is given the list will cease to exist. Hope you been studying these past 6 months instead of waiting for McNutts to promote you! LMAO
9/27/2013 07:17:00 AM
Really? I thought the list stays up till new one comes out, which is roughly apr 2014 if they score the second part quickly.
Blogger SCC said...
Hey SCC you have something attached to your site, it asks if you want to open some other program. You might want to check that.
Not on Firefox we don't - check your pop-up filters. We don't have any add-ons that would trigger something like that - we purposefully keep the site stripped to the minimums.
9/27/2013 04:29:00 PM
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Its the meter at the bottom of the page that keeps popping up, asking if you want to open, run, or close the meter. I have Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox and it keeps doing that. My filters on medium
All this talk about our Union. FOP is not nor has everbeen a union. their are a collective bargaining unit owned by everybody but its member.
Stop calling FOP a union.
Good God. Not trying to be the grammar police but if you don't know the difference between "are" and "our" then you really don't need to be a Sgt. Then again on this department only the best and brightest get promoted!!!
OH God this department is really fucked. A real leader doesn't need to know how to spell well. Typical overeducated piece of shit.
Fuck FOP. How can I not pay the 40 bucks a month. I don't need them.
Huuummmm, How will this exam be "Fixed".
Anonymous said...
So with the win on DSS doing Lt job - will DSS questions be removed from te test since a DSS does lt job ?
9/27/2013 11:34:00 AM
I doubt that because the DSS can be, and often is, a sergeant.
I'm getting it, too. It pops up every time I open the main scc page. My pop up blocker doesn't stop it.
It says: Do you want to open or save analytics.js from a.sitemeter.com?
9/27/2013 05:57:00 PM
Same here....
Anonymous said...
No more off list. Sorry but work at 35th and it's OFFICIAL. Take it again. Can't hurt. WTF.
9/27/2013 06:31:00 PM
Big changes coming next week, I'm a doer and I know. For sure. Big changes.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The countdown begins on how long will it be before Shields throws Underwood under the bus. I can see it now, Shields never gave Underwood permission to offer anything to Cortez in exchange for dropping charges against Mikey.
9/27/2013 05:42:00 PM
After two tours with the USMC in Vietnam, Republic of, shooting a canon off a hill called Khe Sanh and a bunch of years on the old west side with the real police, don't underestimate Mike Underwood.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Typical 35th st planning. The Saturday before Halloween is one of the busiest nights of the year....No thinking, no planning.....
9/27/2013 05:49:00 PM
They're not giving the test on Saturday NIGHT. Find something else to complain about.
SCC, haven't changed anything about my settings. Ran my internet security sweep and it doesn't clear it.
Is this the counter for your number of site visitors that keeps popping up on my screen?
Can I get my scan Tran results in 10 seconds and the answer key just like in middle school, high school or College? No, because CPD testing is bullshit. Why not give the first part of the test 26 Oct, second part 27 Oct, then promote 28 Oct. Really it takes 3 months to score a scan Tran test. OK the second part is essay that takes that a bit longer to score, but really 1 or 2 years to give me my score and no answer key.
"No more off list. Sorry but work at 35th and it's OFFICIAL. Take it again. Can't hurt. WTF."
LIAR!!! I call complete bullshit!
Anonymous said...
The plot thickens.
Carlos Cortez, who, just prior to filing charges against
FOP President Mike Shields, claims that he was approached by Michael Underwood who asked him not to file the charges and suggested that Shields would consider him for the Field Rep spot that he anticipates being vacated by Jim McCarthy when the next Sgts class is made. This guy is cut form the same cloth that all of our scum of the earth Illinois politicians come from and not that of a union leader who is suppose to be representing the membership. Plain and simple folks Shields failed to submit the letter on time, then lied to us to cover it up and is now trying to fix the outcome of the charges brought against him by handpicking the committee who will determine his guilt or innocence. He was elected to be a leader who works for us and not a dictator whose only concern is his welfare. The membership needs to stand up to this dictator and knock him our of office because he has the majority of the board in his pocket who voted with him to let him pick his own committee.
9/27/2013 03:36:00 PM
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Oh, and Carlos Cortes is no angel himself. I can guarantee that he has his own agenda. Known him for years and trust me he is not doing this because it is the "right thing" to do. He only looks out for himself as well.
Is it me or does anyone else think there should be more than 4 weeks to announce the test date?? Just asking I thought it had to be at least 8 weeks may the union should look into this.
Study hard.
You have a 15% chance of making sergeant.
Good luck.
Anonymous said...
Can some one tell me which "Subject Matter Experts" can "help" me out in "studying"???
9/27/2013 11:08:00 AM
Call Capt JRD (retired) . Her secret study group helped the likes of Casey, West, Flores, Lamika, and Pena. If you are in the hospital she will even come to your room and proctor the exam for you.
9/27/2013 05:26:00 PM
Yeah, what a joke she was (actually, saw her recently at a gas station and she still looked like a joke, trying to look 20 years old), another overly promoted dummy. Yeah, sure, she was #1 on the Sgts test etc etc, ...it's easy when you get the answers FIRST, thanks to your, ahem, "talents"!
sgts are hid in units , no shortage , just reassign sgts from secret units to patrol .
merge crime lab with detectives , cross train crime lab to investigate crimes , dicks already know how to take photos and collect evidence . 1 less commander, less sgts and more dets to investigate crimes, not waiting around an office waiting to go take pictures and collect evidence .
they could give you score on site, however they won't have cut-off (eligible to take part 2, eligible for merit) at that time. Because the city needs to meet 80% standard. Which is 80% of a minority group has to pass (be at or above cut-off score) otherwise test can be considered unfair to that minority group.
So they need to take all the scores for blacks and see what the lowest score was that 80% scored at or above, then they do that with Hispanics and Asians. For example 100 blacks take test and 78 score 90 points and the next two highest scores are 88 and 54. Then the cut-off score will be 54. They take the lowest score from all the minority groups (in which 80% scored) and that is the cut-off score.
This is something those study groups people pay for don't tell you.
You only have to pass (meet cut-off score) part 1 to get promoted, merit is supposed to help people who don't score well on part 2 so that way city can say that test is fair for minorities and they have a system (merit) in place to help those who don't test well.
You don't have to score high in part 1 just higher then the lowest scorer in 80% of the minority population to take part 2.
Can you take the test if you are on medical?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Good God. Not trying to be the grammar police but if you don't know the difference between "are" and "our" then you really don't need to be a Sgt. Then again on this department only the best and brightest get promoted!!!
OH God this department is really fucked. A real leader doesn't need to know how to spell well. Typical overeducated piece of shit.
9/27/2013 10:17:00 PM
Really? If you can't spell and can't use correct contractions, you obviously don't care enough to be proud of your work. If you don't set high enough standards for your written word, do you really think you set the bar very high in your work life? Not that a good writer automatically means a good police officer, but the odds are much greater that a poor writer is poor in other fields. And let's face it, no matter how good you do as a police officer, everything requires that you put your work into a written statement for documentation and for follow up and possible prosecution. As to your "over educated" comment, some of these things were learned in 5th and 6th grade, not in college, so maybe your laziness and unwillingness to excel has been an issue in your life for a lot of years.
Call Capt JRD (retired) . Her secret study group helped the likes of Casey, West, Flores, Lamika, and Pena. If you are in the hospital she will even come to your room and proctor the exam for you.
9/27/2013 05:26:00 PM
Gale too ?
I have a better shot at becoming a Professional Poker Player than I do making Sgt. in this city.
Keep the Stripes! No Midnights or January Furloughs for me!
And No, I'M NOT a bitter Policeman!
Anonymous said...
"Apparently there's a black Dodge Charger(IL Plate #:3925774) impersonating the police and pulling people over
And the plate comes back to....?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Fuck FOP. How can I not pay the 40 bucks a month. I don't need them.
9/27/2013 10:19:00 PM
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You could become a fair share member for about 5 bucks a pay check. But then no legal defense. No no comes to your side after a shooting. Your on your own. But I'll bet you already are working 10-99 because you are smarter than everyone else in your unit.
Ahhh the highly qualified Capt. JRD retired. Back in the day when she was a hard charging PO in 016 she was put in for merit det. when the Commander was on furlo. Well it didn't go anywhere. Maybe cause the DC knew of her outstanding ability to shop all day and look good doing it. I'm sure she utilized her skills when she managed the waitresses at the Lettuce Entertain You restaurant she worked at before coming in the job. Of course she was run out of 023 with all her micromanagement bs when she was a Sgt. Yes anyone working in a restaurant as a waitress or buss boy or dishwasher can aspire to become a CPD Captain......it's all legit kid, just ask her best friend Lt. PC whom she proctored the Lt.s test at her house, and Sgt. PC became Lt.PC actually #1 on the list . I'm sure Capt. JRD whom was part of the test committee (put it together, knew the questions and answers) was as neutral with her best friend as she could be while she took the test in her own home. Of course Lt. PC was related to the street deputy MC, which I'm sure had no impact at all. Remember boys and girls in the words of the CPD, it's "earned, not given"...........now pardon me while I go vomit.
Could you imagine if they tested pilots or heart surgeons like they do Sgts? When I was in UIC studying Pharmacy the tests were all essay exams; written tests. No Scan Tron testing. You wrote your school ID number on your test and the tests were given, collected by the proctor. Another set of teachers who had no clue to your unique ID number would grade the test. The proctoring teacher would get the graded tests back and enter them into the computer and that was that.
A curve-type system was used to set the grade for each test. Nobody cried about it being unfair. No discrimination bullshit. If you passed you passed. If you failed you failed.
Again would you want a pilot flying your plane or a surgeon cutting into you but in reality he didn't have a clue as to what he was doing? But of course he is related to so and so. Or not enough minorities passed the exam.
To any and all of the dipshits calling for the union to do something. Guess what? They can't. You're taking a test to get out of the fop bargaining unit. You will make great sergeants. You don't even know your own fucking contract. We're doomed!
.it's all legit kid, just ask her best friend Lt. PC whom she proctored the Lt.s test at her house, and Sgt. PC became Lt.PC actually #1 on the list . I'm sure Capt. JRD whom was part of the test committee (put it together, knew the questions and answers) was as neutral with her best friend as she could be while she took the test in her own home.
Actually Lt. MB was #1 now you know it was legit!
Anonymous said...
Could you imagine if they tested pilots or heart surgeons like they do Sgts? When I was in UIC studying Pharmacy the tests were all essay exams; written tests. No Scan Tron testing. You wrote your school ID number on your test and the tests were given, collected by the proctor. Another set of teachers who had no clue to your unique ID number would grade the test. The proctoring teacher would get the graded tests back and enter them into the computer and that was that.
A curve-type system was used to set the grade for each test. Nobody cried about it being unfair. No discrimination bullshit. If you passed you passed. If you failed you failed.
Again would you want a pilot flying your plane or a surgeon cutting into you but in reality he didn't have a clue as to what he was doing? But of course he is related to so and so. Or not enough minorities passed the exam.
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This is how it was done in law school. You were given an ID number just for the test. The exams were essay. Also, the structuring and the writing style of the test were far more involved than these CPD promotional exams.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
"Apparently there's a black Dodge Charger(IL Plate #:3925774) impersonating the police and pulling people over
And the plate comes back to....?
9/28/2013 04:39:00 PM
You're kidding, right? On a public blog?
Go run it yourself.
@ 9/27/2013 09:12:00 AM
The same little blondie who cut a top five score on the detective exam?
Yah... Like a box of wet rocks that one...
Matt Cline and (011 Tact) Company passed the old test with scores that ranked them all under 250. Amazing that 7-8 guys from the same team can achieve so much.
Now they should give a study group!
Most of the Clowns (clines clowns) from the 011 dist landed in nice units with Take Home Cars too. Must be nice!
Narcotics, Gang Intel, Intelligence...........
Leo, Al Wy, Dana A.,are just three examples of the first merit class of 1998. Had this process been on the square, none of them scored high enough to be sergeants.
Question answered.
"...We should start a huge campaign..."
Please, feel free to start.
Yes, it is nice. Thank you.
Eddie was a great guy. No one who worked for him believed for a minute he was involved until he scooted.
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