Disgusting Revelation
Even if this had nothing to do with CFD Captain Herbie Johnson's death, it's an appalling bit of information:
- Chicago firefighters heard Capt. Herbie Johnson yell, “Get out of here!” before they found him unconscious on a second-story floor during a deadly apartment building fire on Nov. 2, 2012.
A firefighter/paramedic from Chicago Fire Engine 123 was nearby and found Johnson on the floor.
He didn’t have a radio and he couldn’t find Johnson’s radio to send a signal to notify others that Johnson was down, so he screamed the distress call to anyone within earshot: “Mayday!”
A dozen years out from 9/11 and there are firefighters operating in a major metropolitan area without radios? That's frightening, ridiculous and unacceptable.
The investigative agency also had this to say about the death of Captain Johnson:
The investigative agency also had this to say about the death of Captain Johnson:
- The NIOSH report, published in September, stated that improper risk assessment, a lack of protective equipment, miscommunication and low staffing levels were among contributing factors leading to Johnson’s death.
Rahm, who only just heard about "low staffing levels" yesterday, blamed....guess who?
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Tuesday to the critical federal report by demanding answers from the Chicago Fire Department.
Oh, you mean those guys who have been fighting City Hall for years, dating back to the previous administration, about manning fire apparatus and so-called "variances?" They're to blame? We never would have guessed.
Labels: fire fighters, un-fucking-believable
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
96 Comments:
God Bless him . . .
Why do these guys go in these damn buildings?
Let them burn!
Check out the documentary
"Burn" which is about the Detroit Fire Department ...
Fucked up stuff
it's streaming on Netflix.
So radios were the 'lack of personal safety equipment' they talked about on the news?
Aren't CFD supposed to have a beeper/locator on them all the time? Appalling. We're all expendable to them, just a photo-op at our funerals, that's all we are.
but rahm gave us maggie park instead. the family can go sit in the park....if they don't stay past 10pm or hang out to long. otherwise we'll bust them under some obscure mayoral edict that is direct violation of the bill of rights.
and let's not forget rahn gave the real estate developers a river walk to enhance their property values and to watch barges float by in all their flaming glory when he gathers the hollywood crowd for the great chicago fire re-enactment.
who needs radios or manpower ha.
none of his friends are in that business - there's no-one offering a campaign donation so that a crisis can be first created and then solved...is there....
public servants my ass. everyman for themselves.
Disgusting, shocking and dreadful...not to have radios for every Firefighter in this day and age....oh, but Rahm will build a DePaul Stadium for a private, Catholic University cause the Chicago politicians that are involved with that school can make gobs more money. Nobody sent needed money from radios but they sure do need it from basketballs. The suit should be large. Rest in peace Captain. What a shameful story.
Hmmmm...
"Staffing Shortage" is what they're calling it?
The man was flat out murdered by 9.5 due to the deliberate shrinking of CFD through attrition to "save money."
You see... When Rahm finally decides to run for national office, his media people will spin about how he "took on the greedy Police and Fire Unions of Chicago" and forced them to do more with less and become more "efficient."
There will be nothing said about the true costs in lives said efficiencies will engender.
Rahm IS CULPABLE and fully liable.
May he be forced to have a seat and declare HIS assets before a civil trial.
Oh wait... It's only funny when Policemen have to suffer such an indignity.
Oh well... At least Policemen (and Firemen) are trying to do the right thing for the most part when shit goes awry.
Rahm? No so much...
R.I.P Captain...
Public safety is an afterthought to the bulge-eyed ballerino...
Eff everybody else, he and his family have a full public safety compliment at their disposal 24/7
They're fully detached from the workaday concerns of regular people.
Daley rham all politicians are to blame for the safety of this cities citizens. All they care about is their raises their power and taking care of each other not the populace of Chicago. They have mismanaged all safety issues pensions etc etc but the media does nothing to keep the citizens informed of their actions. We now live in North Korea or China where life is cheap.
I work at 018 and my Radio is Dead at Water Tower Place and most High Rise Buildings,And it wont work in the Subway unless I switch to a different Channel.
Thanks for all the laughs Herbie. We miss you.
Rham... STFU you coward little sissy.
And this prick mayor of ours wants to take one man from every truck crew. Yeah take a firefighter away from every crew and use that money to fund some bs program in the ghetto.
I'm sure they will fix this immediately just like when they secured all CPD parking lots after Officer Soderberg was ambushed and killed in the 007th District parking lot. Thanks Jody you chump.
Kind of on topic,
3 straight days, 3 straight homocides in 005. There is a backlog the entire tour and officers can do absolutely nothing but go from job to job trying to explain why they are an hour late to a domestic to very angry citizens. It is impossible to do any proactive policing at all, not to mention many of the cars are 99 every day and those that aren't are 99 half the tour due to safe passage and other BS. A little help would really be nice. It's no wonder everyone bids out of that place first chance they get.
Rahm's a true piece of shit. He's Hell bent on hosing his first responders anyway he can. He despises us.
Is this another example of Rahm letting no crisis go to waste? He just chased away a fire dept head who refused to budge on lowering the numbering of firefighter staffing levels. He promoted someone who was willing to give in on lowering the number of fighters at certain engine companies or trucks (i am not sure of the proper terms here so please forgive here).
Rahm will never accept blame.
Hmmm...
"Disgusting Revelation" is an understatement...
It does appear that Commissioner Hoff was correct in his assessment of Rahm Emanuel's designs on forcing manning cuts on fire apparatus will cost lives.
For certain... Rahm's destruction of public safety in Chicago for the sake of politics, HAS cost lives and plenty of them already.
Little by little, the bulge-eyed ballerino's insulation is being burned away.
Let's see how Rahm and his stooge Santiago spin this...
Or rather... How far Rahm will fling Santiago under the bus to make it look like it Rahm ISN'T the one with blood on his hands.
Santiago won't mind... Well... Maybe... We'll see when it's time for the shit-shirt of culpability to be worn.
"Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Tuesday to the critical Federal report Tuesday by demanding answers from the Chicago Fire Department."
This is esentially a mayoral "what had happened was..."
Funny... He demands answers for staffing policy he put in place while destroying public safety in Chicago through attrition.
A little more bullshit vinaigrette on that word salad Rahm?
Expect a fucking SLEW of exquisitely minced non-answers erupting from the City Hall spin apparatus.
We hope the Captain's family has retained counsel with prejudice.
Mass transit has radios that don't work in the subways. Nobody cares until something happens! Now give me an event number.
The Firemen have their version of VRI for call back. They all do a lot of overtime too, so very few of them complain that it's not safe. Does that sound like a bell anyone at CPD has been ringing?
Overtime is money is great, but it will be the death of some poor copper, too. You all know it.
Disgusting - it just reminds me of how disposable we really are to this City.
So in effect, Rahm and Daley before him say we can do more with less and understaff public safety. When public safety argues that there are safety issues involved with this idiotic scheme, they are ridiculed and make to appear greedy.
Then there is a death and Rahm pretends to care and get angry. Who does he blame (because socialists always have to blame someone when their plans to awry) in front of the cameras? That's right. The same cops and firemen who told everyone that he was full of shit all along.
Blame everything, and everyone, except insane union rules, union benefits, union pensions, and union wages for personnel shortages. It's easier to blame the politicians that the unions elect and keep in office with the millions of dollars in union political donations, the union members campaigning for politicians and working on their campaigns. Unions cost to much and lost their purpose 70 years ago.
How many latest technology radios could you buy with 56 million bucks?
Instead we get MAGGOT DALEY park.
Something doesn't seem right - at that time all company officers had HTs. Why didn't he have his with him? OOS? Forgot it? Gave it to someone else?
How interesting it would be if NIOSH did a review of police officer deaths...
Tiny Dancer carries on the legacy of the daley's. he treats police & fire personel as if they were bastard step children & expendable. A POX on the both of them ! Fuckin assholes !!!!
And when it's time to talk about the contract he'll want to reduce the number of guys on each truck/engine....I've heard rumors that is really why the last fire commissioner left, because he wouldn't bow down to rahm and take guys off the trucks/engines.
Hope the family sues the shit out of Rahm....He has money for parks, the river and DePaul but not for PD, FD , Teachers and schools.....Wish someone would call him on his BS
rahmbo wants to give free eye exams and glasses to 450,000 public school students--- remember, it's all about the children--- what about the big boys and girls who protect the children....
Well that's what we get for not sticking together.
Godspeed Boss!
Professionals at work!!
This State is beyond a mess. Corrupt, broken, broke and run by democrats who are the cause of the downhill course in the land of Lincoln. The politicians are a disgrace. There is reasonable doubt if IL can be saved.
And then there is the violence. Great place to live..not..
MS
Just A Ciizen says: For the love of God, don't you know that parks and pretty flowers are more important to this city than radios? (sarcasm)
05:25
depends on where you work... I did 1.5 days of OT this year. 2 days last year. No, that is not alot. Some places work 2 days a month. Yes, that is alot.
God Bless America
Rahm does not care about you when you are on the Job and he will care less when you retire. We are nothing more than props. "People" to Politicians are donors and Crony Capitalists. Everyone else is just a number.
What a coincedence, on " Chicago
Fire ", filmed here in Chicago, the
city is attempting to close Engine
Company 51 at Racine and Blue Island
to save money and trying to force
Chief Boden into retirement.
He's decided to stay, stand and
fight to keep the firehose open.
The saying is that life imitates art
and that's no joke. And any public
official that considers the Police
and Fire Departments expendable while at the same time throwing
money at their feel-good projects
are damm fools. And the taxpayers
ashold should be calling them to
account on this. But, this is
Chicago and we go along to get along. So don't bi*ch when city
services that your every increasing and new taxes pay for
are decreased or outright denied.
And God keep the Police officer
who is responds to violence and the Firefighter who enters the
burning building to rescue someone
or to prevent a fire from spreading.
Former Commish Hoff, a well respected firefighter in the industry was adamant about maintaining the appropriate staffing levels for this very reason.
Rahm wanted him to cow-tow to his staffing proposals, merely to save money.
Being his own man, Hoff refused. He spared Rahm embarrassment by merely resigning, stating 'it was time and he wanted to spend more time with his family.'
In reality he would not compromise the safety of his people for Chicago politics.
The proof was that he took another fire job almost immediately after leaving the CFD. Our loss was their gain.
God Bless all our fellow First Responders.
Hoff predicted forefighters would die due to short staffing. That was right before he left to "spend more time with his family." The finest Fire Commissioner in anyone's memory and Rahm fires him. Fucking miserable weasel Rahm. Slimy scum snake.
Rahm isn't fit to carry Hoff's boots. TWO Lambert Tree Awards! Two! Rahm should shine the man's shoes with his tongue. Notice how Hoff had another good job the very next day?
Most coppers I heard from would have loved working for a man like Hoff but unfortunately will never get the chance. Not at CPD with all the political suckholes.
God almighty why we are stuck with such scum as Rahm Emanuel!
If we have an Active shooter Downtown,Switch to your cell Phone.
I sure hope the family retains
the Clifford Law Office and gets millions from the shitty. It's all on the back of the biggest jagoff mayor of all time ....Daley
It's a sad day when someone dies due to these shortages. Why doesn't the media uncover the fact that former mayor Daley still has 3 officers at his beck and call and a city vehicle that T Q picks up from 36& normal everyday. Why must the city pay for his vehicle and these officers who are assigned to a foot post in 18 to be his livery service!!!!
M S, T Q shame, shame on you to continue the charade. Mt greenwood goes unprotected and you still cater to this man.
Just the same of another tragedy bound to happen. Look at the daily sheets in any district the massive amounts of down cars with barely anyone allowed to take a day off. The city can't switch to platoons fast enough to hide that.
Speaking of revelations, the notice, regarding the 77 Sergeants, is coming out Friday. Congratulations to those who made it. This makes sense because more sergeants are needed and it will be awhile before the new list is generated.
First,Tiny D. did NOT create the two understaffed apparatus that were on the scene that day. The "variances" were contractually AGREED to, in place, and expanded, ALL under the Daley regime. The Local 2 membership accepted variances for "30 pieces of silver." There was a REASON "them old guys" went on strike almost 34 years ago. They were DEAD on right about the IMPORTANCE OF MANNING. The importance was lost on those who saw the strike as a personal OPPORTUNITY for employment. They came in "right over the backs" of "them old guys."
...... IRONIC fits.
The FUNDAMENTAL difference between police and fire staffing is the MINIMUM MANNING protective language in the fire contract. Police do NOT have this language and their positions have been "butchered" to DANGEROUSLY low numbers. THAT reduction IS directly attributed to the indiscretion of Tiny D.
Second, Tiny D. will seek to GREATLY expand fire staffing reductions either through a larger number of "variances" OR by ELIMINATING a man from EVERY apparatus in the city....bye-bye "variance." This will all play out as we go into contract negotiations summer 2014. Negotiations that are PAST due that the Dancer UNFAIRLY refuses to participate in.
At SOME friggin' point PUBLIC SAFETY employees in this city will NEED to stand together for the protection of BOTH the citizens AND our own brothers.
Third, not that it makes a difference for the Capt. but, ALL firefighters NOW have radios. Lets call the delays, bureaucracy and training. Sounds like a good catch-all EXCUSE.
Fourth, as the NIOSH Report of this tragedy plays out for the remainder of its "15 minutes of fame" in the press, where is the voice of the CFD LEADER? You knew Tiny D was going to make some teflon deflecting statement, which he promptly did. How about a public explanation from Commissioner Santiago, something, PLEASE?
Miss you Herb everyday!
I do wonder why OSHA would have a specific department set up for FF deaths, and yet, there is not one for PO deaths. Often time it is better to have a new set of eyes, so that training, protective clothing etc can be addressed.
If you thing the media is going to hold Rahm's feet to the fire on this, you are delusional.
Lack of Manpower at CFD. Wait for the next scandal here. I dont know what or who, but I know the lack of supervision will be a reason for it, it always is. Look at SOS, LA's Rampart, to Miami's narcotics theft Scandal it always come back to lack of or poor supervision. We are down 35 Lts and over 100 Sgts.-
B/S will hit the fan soon if thats not corrected.
Rahm will probably put a tax on matches and will say that will solve the problem.
Why the hell do we here in chicago get stuck with such lousy miserable leaders? All the goddamned time! My whole life! Corrupt political leadership, always. Lousy goddamned aldermen, no fucking good bosses in the police department.
Christ almighty, we have people across the ocean plotting 24/7 to blow us up and the real enemy for us is on the 5th floor of City Hall!
22 straight years of a short fucking tyrant robbing us blind and the inbred assholes of the 11th and 19th ward conspire election after election to have these miserable jagoffs shoved down our throat!
We don't need to have our precious Marines and soldiers going to a sandbox on the other side of the world to die horrible deaths. We need to start with just a batallion of Marines going into City Hall and get the prick ballerina who conspires against us right there along with the 50 crooks of the City Council and round those assholes up and forced march the pricks over to Cook County Jail to live out their lives.
Then we send the Marines to the Cook County Board and do the same with them. At the same time downstate units can round up the pricks of the Illinois General Assembly.
Then we start over again and find some good leaders. And we tell them, if they fuck up, the same thing will happen with them!
I'm sick of this shit. Now I have to worry if my pension check is still going to be there for the duration of my life? Fuck these assholes! We have to sit and allow ourselves to be raped continuously by these people?
Bullshit!
Time to fix bayonets!
Just like the Fire Department, we in the Chicago Police Department are between 1800 - 2200 men short from where we were five years ago. Our radios and other equipment are similarly defective and endanger our lives too. It is high time Police and Fire stood together against this Mayor who has dangerously cut our manpower. The time for job actions has come. This is our April 1775.
We have had enough and are not going to take it anymore. And for God's sake, when you respond to those calls an hour late please tell the citizenry why you are so late, and that the Mayor is solely responsible for that and some day soon it may cost a citizen or Police Officer their life.
Anonymous said...
Rahm's a true piece of shit. He's Hell bent on hosing his first responders anyway he can. He despises us.
12/04/2013 02:51:00 AM
You my friend can blame Mayor Rahm Emanuel, you can blame Mike Shields, you can blame "the fake west side reverends", but in the end, the reason why such tragedies fall upon us is because we allow them to happen. The buck starts and ends with us. If we are not willing to do what is necessary to stand up for ourselves then we really have no one to blame but ourselves.
I work at 018 and my Radio is Dead at Water Tower Place and most High Rise Buildings,And it wont work in the Subway unless I switch to a different Channel.
12/04/2013 01:21:00 AM
911 pointed to the radios as one of the reasons so many first responders died. All that stimulus money and not a dime to fix that problem?
I cannot decide who to hate more, politicians or lawyers. Since many are both, I will just continue to hate both.
I am so fkg mad I'm going to explode. George Lucas and his liberal wife just donated 25 million dollars to Maggie Daleys after school program for you know who continues to get free stuff. It would have been more kind and deserved to support the real caretakers of Chicago by donating 25 million to public safety pension funds.
Could we lobby Bill Gates or Warren Buffet to help support us and deposit a personal donation into our pension fund?
Wasn't Rahm the guy who challenged former CFD Chief Hoff over staffing levels? And didn't Hoff leave when he refused to follow Rahm's orders to reduce staffing levels on fire trucks?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The Firemen have their version of VRI for call back. They all do a lot of overtime too, so very few of them complain that it's not safe. Does that sound like a bell anyone at CPD has been ringing?
Overtime is money is great, but it will be the death of some poor copper, too. You all know it.
The overtime is based on maintaining safe staffing levels, nitwit.
So...
Rahm summoned Santiago, gave him a bitch-slap and screeched, "I demand an ANSWER to HOW this happened!"
Hey Rahm... Your answer is looking back at you in the mirror as you practice striking "mayoral" poses for your propaganda photo-ops.
We're amazed as how how this little shit-ass can conjure all manner of initiatives out of thin air to make it look like he's so far AHEAD of everybody so that NOBODY can have air or opportunity to call him on his fuck-ups that are unravelling in real time...
Heh...
Master of Art in Communications from Northwestern, huh?
Our money is on the old, gray-haired, "angry for no reason," anti-social, bitter clinger to old fashioned traditionas and ideals Copper, every time.
Fuck Rahm and that fast and greasy, new for the sake of newness bullshit he's on...
We all got radios two weeks after Herbie was killed. They had them, they just hadn't gotten around to training us to use them or logistics to pass them out yet. We do have personal alert alarms as part of our air harnesses, but Herbie wasn't lost, he was overcome so quickly there was nothing they could do.
Having two trucks show up a man short at that fire caused problems. Herbie wasn't listening to his radio because he was hauling hose.
The reason you don't hear firemen complaining about variances is that we have had the same staffing levels for twenty years. Yeah, we bitched a lot at the time, and yeah, we bitched a lot more when "training" variances were put in the contract ten years ago, but we've been making do with what we have for years. All companies staffed with five men, but thirty five "variances" per day among sixty double houses. Single engines don't have variances. Our manning is secure through June next year.
I've worked with Joe Santiago, he's a good fireman and a good chief, same way Hoff was. Who knows, next summer when it's time to come after our contract, maybe he'll be out on his ass too.
14th District -1st watch
Sight seen.....
Lt McDermott conducting weapons inspection (which never occurs) as she engaged in strong-arm tactics to force officers to buy tickets to the Christmas party, as she made a list of those who refused and uniform infractions. It's easy to see why she was named in the Hespe suit.
If we don't unite as O.N.E. the senseless death of a great man will be in vain. The sight of the streets around City Hall gridlocked by First Responders would garner national attention. The City just found $12MILLION for the bottomless pit known as After School Matters in addition to the $25MILLION donated by George Lucas as it continues to vilify our sacrifices. For Gods sake would people wake up!
Anonymous, your post about sending
the Marines to city haul to arrest
ther mayor and his toadies that call
themselves aldermen, and likewise
for the grifters in springfield is
commendable. The problem is that if
this were to take place, their
commander-in-chief, President Obama
would immediately issue the order
for them to stand-down and abort the
mission. After all the politicans
both local and state are responsible for him becoming the
POTUS, and his tenure is a failure.
Stand behind our C.F.D. brothers and stop ALL revenue into a morally corrupt cesspool. RAHM is laughing at us.
Overtime is money is great, but it will be the death of some poor copper, too. You all know it.
The overtime is based on maintaining safe staffing levels, nitwit.
12/04/2013 03:46:00 PM
Name calling is for children. The point you failed to address is this:
like the CPDs VRI, if the firefighters refused to work their days off the City would have to hire the proper amount of coppers and firefighters. We take the money instead and someone will pay with their life eventually.
Rahm will not shed a real tear and he is laughing at us now. How cheaply we are bought.
Yes; The CFD contract has a minimum manning clause that has been bastardized by a couple L2 Presidents following the ousting of the ballsy guy that led us out for 23 days in 1980; Frank 'Moon' Muscare. And those two sold us out for sure.
The only guy left from 1980 board is me and I am sure Moon and some of our board of strikers are now rolling in their boxes for the thought of what has happened to our contract. BTW; Our strike was the last in this state and got ALL the Illinois public employees Collective Bargaining.
If the CFD and CPD do NOT get together, and stand as "ONE", we will all suffer the political consequences of the 5th floor. Active and Retired. Let's leave the worlds greatest Departments of Public Safety to our oncoming members as we once knew them. It takes guts and balls to stand up to the city and we are missing leaders that are so endowed.
And another BTW; Our Lawyer during the '80 strike made one very interesting comment, " Overtime is just a way of saying that manpower is falling off and is very much needed". What and who will be contributing to the pension funds ?
I work at 018 and my Radio is Dead at Water Tower Place and most High Rise Buildings,And it wont work in the Subway unless I switch to a different Channel.
12/04/2013 01:21:00 AM
Per general order in the subway utilize citywide 5 it is specific to the subway... Read, learn, do.
Shame on those POs who bodyguard Rahm. Sold your souls for a few pieces of silver.
NY Times: For New York City Fire Department, More Diversity Amid Tension
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
"Minorities make up a record 62 percent of the new hires, who may face animosity and skepticism inside at least some of the city’s more than 200 fire stations".
REBUTTAL BY The Anti-New York Times found at www.tomatobubble.com
The above sub-headline of this race baiting propaganda piece contains a laughable contradiction, "Minorities make up 62%". How can 62% be a "minority"?
In New York City, Whites constitute a numerical minority of the population, and, evidently, now a minority of new Fire Department recruits as well. So why is The Times complaining?
It turns out, the older, mostly White fire fighters are resentful, not because Blacks and Hispanics can join the force, but because the massive increase in "minority" hiring was decreed by a Federal Judge. Many of these new recruits would not have otherwise qualified were it not for the quota rigging and the watering down of exams.
The current fire fighters have a legitimate complaint. They work at a dangerous job and have every right to expect that their colleagues are physically and mentally fit enough to carry their own. Leave it to the anti White Marxist Times to shift this legitimate concern, over an unjust policy, to an issue of "racism".
Blame all this RADIO CRAP on Lewin and Ryzcak, they have tons of radios sitting at the radio shop at 31st and sacremento, These 2 goofs just hoard equipment, go there and see all the stock they have, a few years back they bought radios but no Mikes, because cheap ass Marty thinks its his money and property. Both of these fools need to go.
To the ass that keeps saying sgts list coming out Friday...Go fuck yourself
Two questions for all the whiners and complainers here: Are you registered to vote? Do you vote in every election? If you're a cop you know that the overwhelming majority of cops aren't even registered to vote.
On the other hand, hosedraggers and their unions blindly pull the lever for Democrats in EVERY election. They backed Jesse Jr, Daley, Moseley-Braun, Quinn, Madigan and Rahm.
So NOW who's to blame?
To the person that said that the firefighters got variances by accepting 30 piees of silver, you are wrong. The city was awarded to be able to run with 30 variances every day from an Arbitrator back in the 80's. get your facts straight.
Keep filling out those contact cards, curfews, anov's, parkers, movers and arrests.
We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
Konstatin Josef jirecek
To 12/4 @ 8:43pm Sgts list this friday and...... Big changea too!!! Now kiss my ass!! Lol
Since this has evolved into a manpower topic as well as an equipment shortage disaster.
It wasn't that long ago that the roughly three square mile 2nd District not only had 2 man Bt cars and sectors cars but also tact, power cars, 206er's and three[3] wagons up and running.
The wagon wars were always humorous whenever the job went out over the air, "Bt. so and so, check such and such address for suspicious odors" and the game was on. Who got the call? What would the outcome be? How long before the call for the wagon? Get a TVB? Take lunch? Get a flat? Get a hand waver? Go down on an assist and hope to fall in the cracks? Call yoot or the lockup to see if they had a pending transport? Oh my God! We've been down on lunch now for 45 minutes and the son of a bitch still hasn't called for a wagon and the other two are still down! I told you we shouldn't have gone down so soon! The dog ass that got that call is still milking it for all it's worth. What fun and high drama! Some time you got the bear and sometimes the bear got you. You just had to make sure that the young guy got the "foot" end of the stretcher when going down stairs and that you always had a cigar in your pocket. Stay safe.
When I work CTA special employment, the radios never work in the tubes. I'm told if I need help use my cell phone.
Do you think the Police Department is any different? Daley and Rham have destroyed the Chicago Fire Department and the Chicago Police Department. They have SWAT guys working safe passage. What a joke!!!! This Supt has lost his mind. Then again you have ass kissers like Georges, and Guiliford that kiss the Supt's ass. Keep voting Democrat you dumb asses. This city is not prepared for any terrorist act.
Anonymous said...
And when it's time to talk about the contract he'll want to reduce the number of guys on each truck/engine....I've heard rumors that is really why the last fire commissioner left, because he wouldn't bow down to rahm and take guys off the trucks/engines.
12/04/2013 07:27:00 AM
It is no rumor. Hoff came out publicly against Rahm's plan to reduce staffing on fire equipment. He was gone very soon after. You don't publicly go against Rahm's company line and get to keep your job.
Hoff was the best. Rahm Emanuel is the worst.
"3 straight days, 3 straight homocides in 005."
Is Roseland part of 005? I saw a bunch of shootings that happened in Roseland over on the Crime in Chicago blog. Remember the outrage last spring when Payton Prep cancelled a trip to Roseland and the Roselanders cried racism? Yeah, that's a great area down there, isn't it?
no supervision on cpd , as a dick every crime scene has officers in 3 uniforms , goatee beards , dreadlocks , blondes with pony tail , sgt and lt are blind
might be merit hacks
This really shows me that I made the right decision to retire, especially after finding out that Herbie's family was not notified that these results had been received and had been released to the media. Can you imagine waking up to this news? Unreal, Unfathomable,Disgusting, Unbelievable, Shameful. How can these people look at themselves in a mirror?
Signed, Just a St. Basil Kid
Speaking of radios, can we put the antennas back on the mike so that we can actually talk while in the car?? What office asshole thought that was a good idea?
Re: 1122
It's a sad day when someone dies due to these shortages. Why doesn't the media uncover the fact that former mayor Daley still has 3 officers at his beck and call and a city vehicle that T Q picks up from 36& normal everyday. Why must the city pay for his vehicle and these officers who are assigned to a foot post in 18 to be his livery service!!!!
M S, T Q shame, shame on you to continue the charade. Mt greenwood goes unprotected and you still cater to this
T.Q. It's expected your a sell out but M.S. once a commander dropped back down due to a lack of a backbone can't wait for Chuck Goudie to follow your asses from the old police gym garage at 0700 hrs in a city paid vehicle to pick up a private citizen former mayor daley and take him to his personal meetings. When your brought to a grand jury how will you respond?
Anonymous said...
Kind of on topic,
3 straight days, 3 straight homocides in 005. There is a backlog the entire tour and officers can do absolutely nothing but go from job to job trying to explain why they are an hour late to a domestic to very angry citizens. It is impossible to do any proactive policing at all, not to mention many of the cars are 99 every day and those that aren't are 99 half the tour due to safe passage and other BS. A little help would really be nice. It's no wonder everyone bids out of that place first chance they get.
12/04/2013 02:33:00 AM
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You're joking, right? We all know what the true problem is in the 005th District. 005 is going to have shootings and homicides, nothing is going to stop that. Proactive police work may slow it down a bit here and there, but nothing besides nuclear weapons can ever completely stop it. To solve the problem with the everyday backlogs and lack of backup, you can look no further than the people sitting next to you in roll call. Ive worked in 005 both on the watch and getting sent there while in an outside unit. Ive been in foot chases and some real dangerous situations in 005 where Ive called for help or assistance and Ive waited nearly 5 minutes for help to arrive. I know this wasn't because cars weren't available or in close proximity, or because "district is so big". It was because of the work ethic, the mindset, and the sheer laziness of most of the police in 005. Im not talking about everyone in 005. There are a handful of coppers in 005 who do their job and back up other cops. Thats why there will be 4 cars a night that handle 20 jobs a piece and the rest of the watch will handle 5 jobs a piece, if that. The decent cops all want to get the hell out of 005 as fast as they can because the "Career 005th District" coppers won't handle their jobs, and if they do they take a good 20-30 minute break when they're done before they clear up. Im not a "kool-aid" drinker and I am by no means a super aggressive cop, but I handle my jobs, clear up, and move on. And most importantly I fly my ass over to wherever another copper is asking for or needing help.
Tiny Dancer's holiday party is at 6 pm Wednesday at Rockwell and Ogden. Apparently a location where Chicago Fire is filmed. Pretty ironic. Maybe real CFD should show up and express their anger over this finding.
The FOP Does Not want to feel the wrath of the retiree's.
Shileds and Co experienced some of that last year with some silly proposal to eliminate them from the voting populous of the FOP.
What the FOP witnessed was a smidgen of the retiree's showing up at that meeting. I thought Shields was going to shit himself!
Some time you got the bear and sometimes the bear got you. You just had to make sure that the young guy got the "foot" end of the stretcher when going down stairs and that you always had a cigar in your pocket. Stay safe.
12/04/2013 11:05:00 PM
Great post. Too funny and too true.
OK Mr. Detective, why don't you give up your detective position, come back to patrol and show us how to look good.
Anonymous said...
no supervision on cpd , as a dick every crime scene has officers in 3 uniforms , goatee beards , dreadlocks , blondes with pony tail , sgt and lt are blind
might be merit hacks
12/04/2013 11:57:00 PM
And I've seen Sgts and Lts. with different uniforms, goatees and ponytails so what's the point. Do you still believe this clown-circus is still a para-military organization??? Ha Ha Ha
Anonymous said...
I work at 018 and my Radio is Dead at Water Tower Place and most High Rise Buildings,And it wont work in the Subway unless I switch to a different Channel.
12/04/2013 01:21:00 AM
Per general order in the subway utilize citywide 5 it is specific to the subway... Read, learn, do
Okay fuckhead. What's the city wide for high rises? How about you learn to read first and then pretend to be Jeff Bernstein. Baby steps son.
Anonymous said...
Do you think the Police Department is any different? Daley and Rham have destroyed the Chicago Fire Department and the Chicago Police Department. They have SWAT guys working safe passage. What a joke!!!! This Supt has lost his mind. Then again you have ass kissers like Georges, and Guiliford that kiss the Supt's ass. Keep voting Democrat you dumb asses. This city is not prepared for any terrorist act.
12/04/2013 11:10:00 PM
McCarthy surrounded himself with yes men. His ego will not allow him to promote anyone who might challenge him. Look at the exempt that surround him. All yes men. The bosses with street experience retired.
The Vanecko and Rezko radio company are busy trying to fill the CFD's multi million dollar order.
12/04/2013 01:21:00 AM
Per general order in the subway utilize citywide 5 it is specific to the subway... Read, learn, do
Okay fuckhead. What's the city wide for high rises? How about you learn to read first and then pretend to be Jeff Bernstein. Baby steps son.
12/05/2013 01:35:00 PM
OK, I am a doer. Channel for high rises is on my Verizonwireless Smartphone. Or else I release one of the emergency carrier pigeons I always carry. Or I bang on someone's door and ask them to call the police.
Come on, it is only 12 years since 9/11; they can't fix this shit overnight. Hundreds of millions of bucks don't go as far as they used to.
Hikers have GPS locators available to them...then again, the city will award a multimillion dollar contract to a connected friend for a system that only works during demonstrations, and ignores less expensive alternatives that work....Oh wait, that sounds like the Obamacare computer program. "City of Chicago, we export stupidity at your expense."
God Bless you guys that risk your lives on a daily basis.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The Vanecko and Rezko radio company are busy trying to fill the CFD's multi million dollar order.
12/05/2013 05:33:00 PM
Yup, just as soon as they figure out what a radio is and find a source for factory second junk radios.
Kugie said...
And another BTW; Our Lawyer during the '80 strike made one very interesting comment, " Overtime is just a way of saying that manpower is falling off and is very much needed". What and who will be contributing to the pension funds ?
12/04/2013 07:29:00 PM
Overtime is not pensionable. Thus the city does not contribute to the fund for overtime pay. More of us getting fucked. Just throw some money at coppers and they will suck Rahm's balls every day. His bodyguards who are the rank of PO's get Sergeant's pay (D3) and will step all over us D1's to keep their high pay rate, which IS pensionable. Coppers only scream about the contract when the City is breaking it. When it is PO's who are breaking it, no problem.
Anonymous said...
The FOP Does Not want to feel the wrath of the retiree's.
Shileds and Co experienced some of that last year with some silly proposal to eliminate them from the voting populous of the FOP.
What the FOP witnessed was a smidgen of the retiree's showing up at that meeting. I thought Shields was going to shit himself!
12/05/2013 03:55:00 AM
That was former pension board rep Steve Robbins who brought forward that motion to ashcan retirees from the Board.
Steve Robbins was also the only one of eight pension board reps who voted against tabling the motion on Huberman's attempt to get his police pension to include his executive time at the CTA.
Steve Robbins is neighbor and good friend of former FOP President Mark Donahue, not Mike Shields.
That wouid be great if the rich boys put money into our pension fund, but they won't.
If dipshit wants to give his money to the Maggie Daley Park, as long as it is not public money, he can feel free to do so.
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