Squad Policing Problems
Already? Did anyone not see this coming?
- So the squad scheduling is off to a rough start. promises of being with your partners pretty much came and went.
Just an FYI to the sgts running these things. This is not a tact team. On a tact team you are requested and most of the time you like the sgt you are working for. This is not the case. We are force fed these sgts. I understand chain on command, and i understand they are white shirts we are blue shirts. But 012 has already been rocked enough with the disaster of merging with 013, then in the same year we are told well squad scheduling, then change your day offs, then lose a partner, then the icing on the cake the start times and now the end times as well, then the cherry not everyone is included in this squad scheduling (ie, foot guys, school cars, bicycle fixed it posts, imaginary foot posts to work in commanders office, 3 time keepers, the list goes on and on).
But Micromanaging this is not going to work in your favor squad leaders. Now everyone understands there are rules, lets not get pimpy here. remember squad leaders you need us for activity. Keep screwing with the troops and see where that gets everyone. Anyway 3 more years and i am done thank god. What was once a great job has turned into shit. 012 was great, before all this, wish we could just go back to a shitty station, no air, and green shit in the locker rooms. You young guys this to shall pass. 003, and 024 good luck if it is anything like what 012 is going thru you will need it.
Dont be surprised if this doesnt go citywide.
Actually, we figure the more unhappy people are, the better the chance Rahm will force it down every District in the city. He has no incentive to keep anyone happy. He wants you to quit at 20 years, earlier if something else comes your way. Rahm's driving ambition is to destroy the pension system, and he's well on his way. Pissing off and stressing out coppers so they quit in disgust years earlier than planned? That's just a side benefit.
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Coppers quitting this job in disgust has been going on for several years now…it's not a Rahm thing, it's a stupid leadership thing.
It has been tried-failed, retooled & tried again-failed, retooled & renamed--will fail again.
All big city depts have been trying something like this for the past 40 years, NYC, LA, Us and it was (as the kids say) failed epically
Did they split up partners that were in staggered day off groups, i.e., if I'm in 61 and my partner is in 63, we'd be on different teams/squads?
Activity should reflect the conditions you have to work in.
Its 20 and out for me... I can't take this place! The private sector is much better.
You come in at 1500 hrs and wait over a hour for a car. No problem I can sit there and do nothing. Also keep pimping for V.R.I. shame on you. Bring them nothing.
Yep! This department is going down the tubes. Ever since the hiring of Wies. The leadership sucks horribly on this job. If Rham is the blame and he doesn't care for us why do we do anything for this asshole and make him look good for the citizens of Chicago. Yeah will see how long this sqd policing last. It ain't going to work.
Off topic: That new CPD Chicago or what ever it's name is, totally sucked on so many levels.
Let's face it, the 012th district never recovered from the lost of our Captains (Hoot, Gibson and Carroll), it has been totally screwed up since they were transferred.
1st watch and 3rd watch are totally screwed up and days goes along with the crap as it's still days so they keep their mouths shut! I've been on midnites for awhile, first we lost our capt to 003 then Sgt O'C transferred out as he was being continually messed with. Our capt and that sgt kept the watch held together, now it sucks coming to work!
I'm sure it's the same in all the districts.
Once a great department with great bosses and great cops.
Now the dept is destroyed, great bosses are non-existent and the copper's spirits are broken!
More proof that you can't expect people who were never the police and don't have clue the first about effective management and people skills to be leaders.
And to think, these barely-having-two-hash-marks imbeciles are gonna be the same assholes in command spots in the not-too-distant future.
Pathetically sad what the CPD has become.
They are trying to get activity out of people. Hahaha. Good Luck with that.
Amazing!!! Obama's using the same sort of tactics to destroy and demoralize the American military. Coincidence??
The merging with 013 is not bad, less of clickishness and more grown ups around. Keeps the young ones with no experience in check, can't talk all that smack if others got more experience than just being in super 012. The district is bigger, might get your behind kicked before any backup can make it to you because the size of the beats, manpower is not there, but it sucks citywide with McCarthy in charge. He is real morale killer. He doesn't care if anyone dies, is not like his check gets affected every time an officer dies or gets hurts by his poor decisions. So, ride the wave. Take care of each other, because that's all you got. The ranks are so divided, can't even trust if the supervisor will do their job or the dirty work to make themselves good. So, ride that wave. Survive this bad time in this job.
OT: Just got my copy of the FOP news letter AKA Pravda. What a pile of horse mature. Every person running for office for the top of the ticket should get the same amount of ink in next months news letter.
Just looking at my citywide team magnet for last election and compared it to their website.
16 out of the 26 people who ran with them last time have left their ticket.
WHEN THE RATS OR LAWYERS JUMP SHIP IT'S BAD NEWS.
Ot.... Gee didn't Citywide Guy Rich Agu I LIaR ... Agree to this and let the members down instead of fighting the city... challenge these clowns when they come to your districts they are a bunch if fucking LiARS....
Just roll with it. Stop taking this job so serious. We get paid, aren't forced to do shit....let them think they are getting to us. Fuck them. Let them pay me and pay for my degrees and pay me full salary when I deploy. Use this job how they use us.
Rahm, berry and their ilk hate the establishment.
Barry's college education is linked to the weather underground for christ sake.
Kinda weird there running it.....huh ?
Wounder what they have in mind ?
Maybe there are some white papers published.
He's trying to do away with beats. When that happens, I'll never see a single cop in my neighborhood. They'll all be in the ghetto part of my district. This is a complete bullshit stupid McCarty idea. God, I hate what this job has become and who are leaders are.
I'm gonna say this one more time I have 22 yrs no education yes a high school diploma. I make over 80k a year with no overtime.are the politicians trying to screw me yes I'm sure they are. I've said before I took a city job knowing the pros and cons if you don't like it or are to dumb to work this job to your advantage then your the idiot grow up be a man already
Anyone else catch "Chicago P.D." on NBC? Wow hard hitting show about how tough the coppers of the CPD are. Makes it look like you commit a crime in Chicago, you are toast.
Waaahhhhhh I work in 012 and get to enjoy the west loop, greektown and the medical district every day... Sorry, your crying falls upon deaf ears here.. You work in 012, show up do your job and go home.. Some people really bother me...
BLAME RHAMBOOOOoooo
FLOP Silent BTW Capparelli Where's our money????
If you need to work a specific time there is no guarantee that you will be able to do that. You might get stuck working 2 days early then 2 days late that's crazy we put are time in and we are going to get stuck working late while someone with less time gets the early start all the time. That's bullshit
Thank you POs for serving during the cold weather. You make sacrifices everyday and some days are tougher than others. Often the weather makes doing a truly tough job even harder.
God Bless Stay Safe
Semper FI
Aw hell naw fools. This is my alter ego now speaking, BA Barack-ASS. They need to quit their jibber jabber and I have to tell them shut up fool. Since I work in the 010th dist I will go crazy if I have 1070 as my leader. My ears will bleed if that fool talks, he won't STFU. I have over 20 years so maybe it will be time for me to quit. Naw, can't do that, I will make my supervisors earn their money. Write a contact car, I will put down, per 1070, write a mover, I will put 1070 as the witness. Now a big SHUT UP FOOL to 1070. Don't make me mad, arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
OT
Chicago Fights Gun Rights, and Loses
By Steve Chapman - January 9, 2014
Since the death of communism in most of the places where it once prevailed, North Korea and Cuba function mainly as educational exhibits for an irrelevant and unsuccessful ideology. When it comes to the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, the city of Chicago fills a similar role.
The city is famous for some of the strictest gun laws in the country. In 1982, it approved a near-total ban on handguns. In 1992, it outlawed "assault weapons." Mayors and aldermen never tired of railing against firearms.
Judge Ilana Rovner said, "The ordinance admittedly was designed to make gun ownership as difficult as possible." But she noted pointedly that the Supreme Court has upheld "the Second Amendment right to possess a gun in the home for self-defense and the City must come to terms with that reality."
The same ordinance dictated that every gun be registered (even though Illinois already required every gun owner to register with the state). The courts never got to consider the constitutionality of that requirement, because the General Assembly passed a law overruling it.
A federal appeals court, however, did order the state to grant permits to carry concealed handguns, as every other state does.
NYPD here. Sounds like old streetlights is instituting another NYPD method of madness. Our Platoons (watches) have 3 squads 1,2,3. Im in squad 1 and I have a 5 day work week. Days 1,2,3 squad 2 is off days 4,5 squad 3 is off. The following week days 1,2 squad 2 is off 3,4,5 squad 3 is off. So its 5 on 2 off than 5 on 3 off. The 3 day swings are nice. Squad Sgts. Are assigned and dont last long as Patrol is the worst possible assignment in many peoples eyes. So we get a constant flow of rookie kool aid guzzling sgts who come in fvck with you, hassle you for activity, want to change the world and than a few months to a year later land in a detail somewhere. The cycle starts all over again. I have no idea how many sgts ive had in my 16 years. They should have afforded you guys the opportunity to be assigned to the same squad as your partner. One good thing is that if you have 11 or more cops in a squad that means double vacation picks. Meaning two guys can pick off the same week because there are not enough weeks in the year to allow every one to pick. Holidays excluded.
Dear citywide team,
When you campaign with Mr Aguilar, be prepared to lose a few votes. If he is the face of your campaign, you're on a sinking ship. His defensiveness only speaks to his high opinion he keeps of himself and his lack of responsibility. He can only point fingers. Haven't we had enough of that?
Anonymous said...
Off topic: That new CPD Chicago or what ever it's name is, totally sucked on so many levels.
1/09/2014 12:37:00 AM
Been retired one year now. Sounds like I made the right move. I don't read anything good about the job I held for 30 years. This is the mayor the sheep elected. This is what you get when 70% or so of registered voters can't be bothered to go to a polling place on election day.
Now Rahm is mayor for life like Richie, he's got it for as long as he wants it. How's that feel now there you voters? And remember, police vote in such low numbers that the FOP was embarrassed to release the low number of cops who were even registered to vote.
Can I still get an event number?
Yaaaawwwnnnnnnnnnnn! Keep up the good work, or not. We get paid either way. Keep your good work ethic and be happy with yourself. Dont let this job beat you down. Just learn how to play the game already. I plan to move on when I retire. I will always be thankful for this job, meeting some of Chicago's FINEST and all the fun I've had.
As for 1070 comments, ha ha ha! He's entertaining. I think he actually believes he's the ONLY one making the difference out here. Ask him, or just keep your radio turned on...... He is a good guy though.
The squad concept is nothing new. It was attempted in the late 1970's and it did not work then, when the force was at "full" strength. It created poor moral and horrible results.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Remember, rahm by any other name is still a piece of shit!
I agree with 12:12am! Quitting early has been going on since the Weis-el ran into town. As much as I said I would never let a boss run me out, I left early to preserve my health and not to go to jail for pimp slapping my boss! But one correction- The CPD is not "going down the toilet," it's in the pipes and swirling toward the sewer! SMH at the madness- RETIRED
I am happy i kept my spot
MG
God quit your whining!!!!! You work in 12!!!! You get two maybe 3 jobs a days and 80% of you dog asses try and get out of doin the bare minimum by at least accepting the job. Oh squad i was just about to go to lunch...oh squad im riding on someone elses bullshit job that they been sitting on for 45 minutes. Never seen so many coppers bitch about every little thing. God forbid they ask you to write a parker or contact card a day. Even with the merge which went smooth be grateful yoy dont work in the real ghetto
The more things change, the more they remain the same. I remember an old drunken Irish captain (gee, imagine that) 25 years ago at roll call threatening us with "never forget, these are MY cars, not yours. You'll work with who I tell you to." The good old days?
>>>Anonymous said...
Anyone else catch "Chicago P.D." on NBC? Wow hard hitting show about how tough the coppers of the CPD are. Makes it look like you commit a crime in Chicago, you are toast.
1/09/2014 01:49:00 AM<<<
I only watched it because I was visiting and my brother wanted to watch it as he is a Chicago Fire fan.
As expected we are made to look bad. The main character (Sgt. Voight) is possibly a Fed plant because he is taking money on the street yet he takes a kid witness home with him.
The female desk sergeant snares a young female cop into swiping a ring from the morgue.
Lots of potential, good settings but almost all were daytime and decent actors but much of it wasted. A lot of shots fired, one cop killed good vehicle chase and zero paperwork.
I give it one star * .
Regarding "Chicago P.D." last night: I persist in believing "Chicago Code" was never given a chance to prove itself by Fox and had high hopes for this one, seeing as how Dick Wolf is executive producer. The male cops are all hunky, two of the three women cops look like sorority girls. The third woman cop was a mom with two adorable kids and a physician husband, so of course she didn't make it through the first episode. Her character catches a load of buckshot because her sergeant's in a pissing match with the Violent Crimes lieutenant and the latter withheld a critical piece of information that would have kept her from walking into an ambush. Oh yes, there's an overbearing female sergeant back at the district who orders the cute female beat copper to visit the morgue and retrieve a pinky ring from the body of a recently deceased relative. She ends up having to pry it off his finger while the pathologist's back is turned. The sarge then orders her to hock the ring at a pawnbroker ("don't take anything less than 350")on duty time and in uniform. Seriously? Someday they'll make a first-rate police procedural set in Chicago; this isn't it.
Anonymous said...
Anyone else catch "Chicago P.D." on NBC? Wow hard hitting show about how tough the coppers of the CPD are. Makes it look like you commit a crime in Chicago, you are toast.
1/09/2014 01:49:00 AM
Nice try promoting your crappy show. It is an outright insult to police officers. Liberals actors who hate real police don't have a clue. Painful to watch, it was so bad. Overacting, a terribly boring script, predictable personal scenarios, and what's with the dumb broad who says, "Don't break my balls" every time she's on the screen? One good thing, I got to bed early because it was putting me to sleep. I predict it won't even last one season.
Anonymous said...
Its 20 and out for me... I can't take this place! The private sector is much better.
1/09/2014 12:25:00 AM
Yeah? Good luck. Our department may have it's faults but unless you REALLY screw up you're not going to get fired, layed off or just let go. If you don't write enough contact cards or some other silly thing, they'll yell at you a bit but that's about it. In the "private sector" they'll fire you for not producing. The grass is sometimes browner on the other side.
This squad policing should have been negotiated at the bargaining table via the collected bargaining agreement and not allowed to be started without any concessions for our Union. This falls squarely on the shoulders of Rich Agular, who was touting its benefits at the last meeting, and his new old boss Dougherty. How would they know...haven't worked a beat car or had their time due denied in over 15 years.
Welcome to the world of the 006th district!
OT- guess who is a paid consultant on the new Chicago PD tv series? You guessed it - Fat Fill.
I don't understand. Why we need three presidents? Our country runs w/ one...
Just roll with it. Stop taking this job so serious. We get paid, aren't forced to do shit....let them think they are getting to us. Fuck them. Let them pay me and pay for my degrees and pay me full salary when I deploy. Use this job how they use us.
1/09/2014 01:29:00 AM
Could not have said it better!
If you're stuck with a kool-aid drinking supervisor and lose your regular partner this whole deal sucks big time. Only way to get the message across to the administrative ass kissers it to hit them where they live- those number boxes on the check off sheet. See how fast they drop this bs "strategy" when all they get is goose egg night after night.
What do you expect from a bunch of hack bosses that couldn't find their butts without a general order and a map? A certain north side xo was out driving around with a sgt and decided to play police on New Year's eve, attempted to stop someone and got into a chase. Suspect starts fighting with the sgt; meanwhile xo runs down the street looking for an address because xo does not know where they are, instead of helping the sgt first. This is what our exempt ranks are filled with- unreal!
http://touchvision.com/video/45366/FALLING+THROUGH+THE+SYSTEM
Dear SCC
I am a retired sergeant, and along with Joe Gandurski, Pete Kokonis and Joe Fitzsimmons, we do weekly crime reports for a news and entertainment website called Touchvision. The site has been up since September 2013 and being retired we have a lot of latitude in writing our stories with a police slant.
Please give us a look and maybe a plug. I would welcome any comments by cops and maybe a story idea.
Thank you. Jeffrey Peraino
I've been on the CPD 2010 waiting to be called to get on. I hear you need Juice to get on. Do I need apple juice or grape juice ?????geez hurry up so I can save lives like I see in the movies. Like Jackie Chen and Chris rock.
Hey "things are better in the private sector" guy. I did 25 on the job and have almost 12 now in the "private sector". In my opinion private sector has almost all of the woes of the job, maybe more. Boss just doens't like you? Fired. Bosses friend drops in from nowhere to take your promotion (twice). Sound familiar ?
OT : Chief Kirby gone yesterday she will not be missed..
WHEN THE RATS OR LAWYERS JUMP SHIP IT'S BAD NEWS.
1/09/2014 01:06:00 AM
CITYWIDE TEAM FROM 34 MONTHS AGO:
Bella - gone
Capparelli - gone
Garza - gone
Burns - gone
Armstrong - gone
Butney - gone
Bulock - gone
Cosentino - gone
Duckhorn - gone
Hanley - gone
McDonaugh - gone
T. Moriarty - gone
Rutherford - gone
Saladino - gone
Shogren - gone
Skelly - passed away
Trevino - gone
Tucker - gone
Young Jedi Knights when the storm troopers flee from the dark lord you know something is very wrong.
Donahue = Emperor Palpatine
Dougherty = the dark lord
Voight = Jar Jar Binks
Rahm treats you like this yet a lot of you will still help him by working VRI and special. All of you officers working VRI and special don't bitch you only have yourselves to blame.
Anonymous said...
Anyone else catch "Chicago P.D." on NBC? Wow hard hitting show about how tough the coppers of the CPD are. Makes it look like you commit a crime in Chicago, you are toast.
Its a TV series,nothing more All BS Very disappointing
Is desk sgt in Chicago pd played by that female captain that escorted Elton John from midway , looks like her?
The merging with 013 is not bad, less of clickishness and more grown ups around. Keeps the young ones with no experience in check, can't talk all that smack if others got more experience than just being in super 012. The district is bigger, might get your behind kicked before any backup can make it to you because the size of the beats, manpower is not there, but it sucks citywide with McCarthy in charge. He is real morale killer. He doesn't care if anyone dies, is not like his check gets affected every time an officer dies or gets hurts by his poor decisions. So, ride the wave. Take care of each other, because that's all you got. The ranks are so divided, can't even trust if the supervisor will do their job or the dirty work to make themselves good. So, ride that wave. Survive this bad time in this job
Lets not get carried away. McCarthy doesn't care if you die? Come on. Haven't heard of a po being killed because back up couldnt make it on time. Lets not get melodramatic
Not funny at all. Please stop
1/09/2014 01:49:00 AM
The show sucked balls
Off topic anyone know if BS Ohare elite tact who went to 22 shot up the trunk of a unmarked car with his carbine rifle , causing. Coppers and citizens in the Dist to dive into the snow to take cover, and that he kept calling his clout Daddy on his cell phone for help but got voice mail?
Steve Chapman wrote a great article on how the city of chicago wasted millions on fighting what it knows is a losing battle on Second Amendment rights. They've already had to pay $1.4 million to the NRA in legal fees for the McDonald decision. Now Rahm wants to waste millions more on socialist roadblocks to your Bill of Rights.
Remembering John KNIGHT #5119
EOW 09 Jan 99; Miss you John.
Wait, the post blames the sgt who never asked for this? Blames the sgt for wanting people to follow the rules? Claims ignorance of said rules is good enough? How about do the job. Change sucks. For everyone. But like the past everyone will get used to it. I really wish it was all roses and butterflies. It does suck that those who do not know make the decisions but work together.
Have has the combining of district manpower gone? I see the transfer order and a whole bunch of old 019 people leave new 019. There has to be some misery going on for that.
Anonymous said...
OT: Just got my copy of the FOP news letter AKA Pravda. What a pile of horse mature. Every person running for office for the top of the ticket should get the same amount of ink in next months news letter.
Just looking at my citywide team magnet for last election and compared it to their website.
16 out of the 26 people who ran with them last time have left their ticket.
WHEN THE RATS OR LAWYERS JUMP SHIP IT'S BAD NEWS.
1/09/2014 01:06:00 AM
The whole waste so paper propaganda piece was all bash Shields! Come on asshats any of you have a new idea? Any contract news imbeciles! But billy Doherty your much smarter your an intelligent imbecile!
It's just not CPD Rahmbo is feckin with.
At the CTA EVERY tradesman starts there workday at the West Shoppes on Pulaski. Guys who work out of locations on the south side or north side are transported from the west shoppe to the other locations by CTA vehicle and then returned at the end of the day. Figure at least 90 minutes a day in travel time and cost wasted.
Why did this happen you ask?
Right after this hit the fan the work change came about. Before guys started and ended their work days at their primary locations.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/10/30/employees-accuse-cta-of-placing-cameras-in-worker-changing-rooms/
Essentially guys who live near the north side or south side locations are forced to travel and spend their time and money because Rahm and Claypool were embarrassed.
The equivalent in the CPD would be having every cop start his day for a mass inspection at Lake Calumet and then bussing the cops back and forth to their districts. EVERY Day.
I've tried to get the media to write about this and the response I've received is NOT INTERESTING enough. Perhaps I should try the BGA. Andy Shaw is an equal opportunity prick. He screws with everyone.
The criminals and those who lead seedy lifestyles will love this.. Heh.. heh..
Keep bringing in activity for V.R.I. all you Robots. This Dept. can shit on all your heads and you would still keep up the activity for the o.t. Wake up pimps. We are our own worst enemy. We are cutting our own throats. Your pension is fading....Bye Bye.
Anonymous said...
Waaahhhhhh I work in 012 and get to enjoy the west loop, greektown and the medical district every day... Sorry, your crying falls upon deaf ears here.. You work in 012, show up do your job and go home.. Some people really bother me...
Well said, sir. I work in 011. Happy here. But if I ever left, it'd be for 012. What The Fuck is there to EVER bitch about in 012? Christ! Some coppers...
Waaahhhhhh I work in 012 and get to enjoy the west loop, greektown and the medical district every day... Sorry, your crying falls upon deaf ears here.. You work in 012, show up do your job and go home.. Some people really bother me...
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This right here (see above) is exactly what's wrong with this Department. Well, one of the reasons anyway. Listen you stupid 5 year hair gel muthafucka, I've been elsewhere besides 012, in fact a lot of us here have worked in the 'hood. For a long time. Due to your time son, and please young guys, drop the attitude that you guys are the shit because we work in (insert busy district). No one cares. Been there, done that. And when this program goes city wide because they don't want to hire any more officers where the citizens get fucked over, guess what stupid? Your ass will also be working this pilot program, except you'll be working it in your busy ditrict! How's that thought stupid? You think working in 007 is bad now with shitty bosses? Try working it under these conditions with no partner and a poor sgt. Wake up stupid. This is much bigger than what fucking restaurants I'll be eating at this afternoon.
I have been gone since 2005 I saw this shit starting to happen after 22 yrs. on tact teams. Guy's could still keep their partners on the watch nobody fucked with them unless someone had a hard on for you but now you are at the mercy of such poor leadership from the top on down I really feel sorry for you guy's. Most of you are working for a higher ranking officer not a superior officer. I have seen some of the people daley and rham have brought in or GAVE rank to I wouldn't follow them into the shithouse. All I can say is hopefully we will get someone elected that will understand how much the people of Chicago need you guy's. I wish you well and would help any officer I observed having a need for back up try to stick it out and remember family come's first.
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I was going to use Retarded but I don't want to insult mentally challenged people.
hey hair gels , we are here as squad leaders to put your butt to work , not to be your friend .
capeesh , now go get some activity
Off topic: That new CPD Chicago or what ever it's name is, totally sucked on so many levels.
Lighten up, it's not a documentary
Been done before in different cities and takes a huge amount of manpower. Something" new" is the SOS.
The city keeps fucking with you and yet you do nothing about it.
Anonymous said...
Waaahhhhhh I work in 012 and get to enjoy the west loop, greektown and the medical district every day... Sorry, your crying falls upon deaf ears here.. You work in 012, show up do your job and go home.. Some people really bother me...
1/09/2014 02:34:00 AM
Lots of nice places on the north end of the district and citizens who actually like the police. And we have a commander was the police and isn't afraid to hit the street herself.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anyone else catch "Chicago P.D." on NBC? Wow hard hitting show about how tough the coppers of the CPD are. Makes it look like you commit a crime in Chicago, you are toast.
1/09/2014 01:49:00 AM
What drivel.
Here's an idea, have a 10, 20 and 30 sector with assigned partners and cars/beats, then one sgt for each sector.
The paramilitary organization is gone ans has been gone for awhile. Keep gutting the department and it's going to be run by federal police force. No more city policing.
Let the bodies hit the floor, let the bodies hit the floor!!!
This my activity 3 arrests, 5 parkers, and 5 contact cards. Well lookie here I got another month of VRI.
I feel for each and every one of you, you have to deal with a ton of bullshit from many different directions. As a citizen, I appreciate what you do. I don't know how you do it, but I thank you.
OT MUST WATCH:
couldn't post the link because its too jammed up
Youtube baby thug Omaha police union
Then watch the follow up videos of the leftists actually criticize the union
It - I think that the snow plowing job done after this last storm is one of the worst I've seen.. It's Thursday and there are plenty of side streets that haven't been touched yet..
More sergeants to come from old list?
That new TV show "Chicago PD" was.....wait for it; HORRIBLE!
Bad acting, bad plot, bad characters. The only thing good was it was nice to see any show not about the NYPD or LAPD.
I thought "Chicago Code" was weak, but compared to this crap it was Emmy material.
Someday a show about CPD will be made that works like Southland did for the LAPD. Until then I will watch my DVD collection of "Crime Story" with the great late Dennis Farina.
I understand that there is a Chicago Detective that is the Technical advisor to this new show Chicago PD. well I after having over 30 yrs in working units and going thru many doors have never seen a police officer holding his gun pointing downward and on his chest while clearing a room. I know some things go thru the cracks but this Voight guy just doesn't make it. Yes we have some goofs on the job but he will be the downfall of the show. Also the copper who takes his gun and badge off to whack the Shit out of some guy with all these witnesses. Come On Now !!!!.
"OT : Chief Kirby gone yesterday she will not be missed.."
1/09/2014 10:06:00 AM
well said
RIP Officer Knight.
I agree with the opinion of the previous post that McCarthy does not give a shit, nor does Rahm Emanuel, if we get killed out there.
Matter of fact, you couldn't convince me that they don't much prefer it, because it's cheaper, and it allows them to look relevant for easy photo ops, with podiums, serious faces, and our funerals as props.
You don't think people are getting hurt and killed because of their systemic weakening and compromising of our posture?
An E.T killed on the scene of a burglary?
Thor killed changing like many of us have, behind his own car in the lot outside of a police facility?
Or even the mayor's detail veteran, still in uniform that morning, killed for his car as he was washing it?
Yes, I know, that one predates Rahm and McCarthy, but when you show up newly announced as the new "top cop," DO SOMETHING!
Say something about manpower, public perception, and allocation of resources, proper equipment, spending, and staffing levels.
Instead? Don't forget for one single minute that this piece of shit clown cop pretender took his first public opportunity to do what?
Take the microphone from Michael Flaeger and prance about the church doing his very best al sharpton routine and suggest that gun violence and gun arrests in black neighborhoods are the current modern chain of events in African American history, equal to Jim Crow and slavery...
That would mean the cops whose department you were brought here to run are doing what?
Serving the purpose of unjustly oppressing and enslaving blacks through some modern system of racist gun laws meant to sweep blacks into jail for no other purpose than their continued eradication from Chicago and other major cities?
Is that what purpose I serve, boss?
Is that the message you just delivered to the public as I risk my life for their needs every time I get out of the car in their disgusting garbage neighborhoods, Superintendent?
McCarthy is himself a good for nothing police fighter who threatened cops for doing their jobs in New York.
He and Rahm DO NOT care if the criminal element and general public see you as nothing but a bull's eye. They put it there by not backing you, by allowing the attrition to get out of hand, by shuffling you around like traffic cones or barricades, and by disregarding contracts, precedent, or even court orders and arbitrator rulings for something as simple as PAYING YOU FOR WORK YOU DID OVER A YEAR AGO!
Melodramatic?
The next savage that doesn't think twice about killing you... I'm certain our superintendent did absolutely nothing to give him any reason to think twice. I'm also certain he'll easily forget the names and faces when he finally moves on to the next political hack job, and leaves this department worse off than he found it.
No, 1035am, but plenty of POs have had their ass kicked because they were one man and the shit hit the fan. Beats go unmanned or undermanned on every watch in every district, that is dangerous.
This Mayor and the former Mayor are balancing the budget on the backs of city employees.
McILoveMyself is complicit in this.
ok....I was assigned to 1231 and took calls on the beat and in the 30 sector when other cars were down. Same when I was on 1234 and 1215. worked a rapid and got calls over the whole district. Besides the new start times and same partner for all the days there's not a whole hell of a lot of difference. Oh and I still get paid on the 1st and the 16th. So stop the damn whining already!!!
1/09/2014 11:08:00 AM
Mad they ran out of chips at river and Irving?
It's hard to believe John Knight has been gone for 15 years. Thoughts and prayers go out to John's family.
Only 45 coppers left / PATROLMEN 9161s with 30 years or more on the job Citywide per CLEAR.
It all really started when they put Sgt's in charge of the watches. It's not even the same Sgt. Every couple of days it's a different person in charge.
If you don't like 013, the districts in Area South have plenty of spots for you.
Anonymous said...
OT- guess who is a paid consultant on the new Chicago PD tv series? You guessed it - Fat Fill.
1/09/2014 08:50:00 AM
You mean Fat Phony Phil, don't you? No wonder the show stinks.
The problems in the 0012 District have been getting WORSE!!!!
I was told that we would be getting a great commander, but that is not the case. Melisa Staples as a District Commander has been a Big Disappointment to many. Overall, she is a good person, but he Management skills, Lack of support for working police, and tolerance of poor leadership, and half-ass police work has to stop. After taking command and breaking the Honeymoon stage this commander is loosing the RESPECT and SUPPORT of all.
The 012 District now needs a Whole HOUSE CLEANING!!!!
Starting with the Command-Staff!!!
Just like the FOP, 012 District needs serious help.
How did such a good district turn too SHIT ??????
Answer - The Boss's and pr-Madonnas took over.
012 is a working FAILURE !!!!!!
"Chicago P.D."
Sgt. Voight must be a Federal plant...
In Chicago Fire he was in jail for corruption... he gets released and sent back to work in an Intelligence Unit where he takes money on the street and roughs up suspects. Black Commander talks to him and says Internal Affairs is watching you.
We had some good attempts at TV series here...
"Turks" with William Devane (RIP) was very good, nice story and family line but it had a bad time slot which put it against a top notch hospital show also filmed in Chicago.
"Crime Story" with former CPD Detective Dennis Farina (RIP) was excellent as long as it was in Chicago. Many episodes were based on real Chicago crimes. Some people said that some of the dialogue was unreal, cops didn't talk that way. Take it from an Old Timer who remembers some of those guys, yes they did. When it moved to Las Vegas it became a piece of fluff.
Then there was "Hill Street Blues" and "M Squad".
Donahue was asked at Tuesdays Board meeting why he didn't tell the Board of Directors that he told Shields four times to send the city the letter and each time he refused. Donahue when forced to answer called it a tactical decision. Whhhaaaast?
If you think things are going good then vote for the Citywide team.
OT:
Widow of Murdered Police Officer on President Obama's DOJ Nomination: "It's Like Spitting on All of Our Officers"
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/01/09/widow-of-murdered-police-officer-obamas-nomination-of-cop-killer-advocate-is-a-disgrace-n1774143
GOD save us in 024!! There are too many shit Sergeants on 2nd watch. Way to go CPD brass, another goofy shit idea.
Garry is fly.
He gave the VRI!
Waaahhhhhh I work in 012 and get to enjoy the west loop, greektown and the medical district every day... Sorry, your crying falls upon deaf ears here.. You work in 012, show up do your job and go home.. Some people really bother me...
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This right here (see above) is exactly what's wrong with this Department. Well, one of the reasons anyway. Listen you stupid 5 year hair gel muthafucka, I've been elsewhere besides 012, in fact a lot of us here have worked in the 'hood. For a long time. Due to your time son, and please young guys, drop the attitude that you guys are the shit because we work in (insert busy district). No one cares. Been there, done that. And when this program goes city wide because they don't want to hire any more officers where the citizens get fucked over, guess what stupid? Your ass will also be working this pilot program, except you'll be working it in your busy ditrict! How's that thought stupid? You think working in 007 is bad now with shitty bosses? Try working it under these conditions with no partner and a poor sgt. Wake up stupid. This is much bigger than what fucking restaurants I'll be eating at this afternoon.
1/09/2014 01:05:00 PM
Most coppers in 012 worked their whole career in 012.
Is desk sgt in Chicago pd played by that female captain that escorted Elton John from midway , looks like her?
1/09/2014 10:33:00 AM
Nope, shes a real actress. She played the mom in rookie of the year. That kid pitched for the flubs...
Off topic anyone know if BS Ohare elite tact who went to 22 shot up the trunk of a unmarked car with his carbine rifle , causing. Coppers and citizens in the Dist to dive into the snow to take cover, and that he kept calling his clout Daddy on his cell phone for help but got voice mail?
I haven't heard about that incident, but it wouldn't surprise me. This guy went to a unit out of the academy. By the way, he couldn't pass the final power test in the academy after several attempts, until an exempt came in to "time" his run and he miraculously passed. Then he gets to O'Hare tact with less than 10 years on the job. After that, he made it to 022 with 10 years on, when the minimum needed to make the bid was definitely more than 10 years. But, better start kissing his ass now because I guarantee he will be a MERIT Sgt. I also guarantee he's one of the clouted that the passing grade had to be lowered for.
Old Retired 012 vet here. Monroe Street, Skid Row, the Original Palace with young George and Dino washing dishes while their Dad and Uncle manned the grill. Is old Sgt. Pieper still alive? Capt. Cash Box Slattery holding roll call with his hat on. Indian Phil working the wagon taking Polaroids of the 'he-shees'. The Checker Taxi garage right across the street and a couple of bars that never closed. Sheriff Pete at Diana's. Unforgettable.
Seriously? Someday they'll make a first-rate police procedural set in Chicago; this isn't it.
1/09/2014 07:59:00 AM
They did, it was called Hill Street Blues. Best theme music ever...Magnum P.I. second best.
Turks was a good show
And of those 45 coppers how many put in to retire in 2014 ? probably 40. And I'm one of them!
This right here (see above) is exactly what's wrong with this Department. Well, one of the reasons anyway. Listen you stupid 5 year hair gel muthafucka, I've been elsewhere besides 012, in fact a lot of us here have worked in the 'hood. For a long time. Due to your time son, and please young guys, drop the attitude that you guys are the shit because we work in (insert busy district). No one cares. Been there, done that. And when this program goes city wide because they don't want to hire any more officers where the citizens get fucked over, guess what stupid? Your ass will also be working this pilot program, except you'll be working it in your busy ditrict! How's that thought stupid? You think working in 007 is bad now with shitty bosses? Try working it under these conditions with no partner and a poor sgt. Wake up stupid. This is much bigger than what fucking restaurants I'll be eating at this afternoon.
No you are the problem with this department. Go ahead call people stupid mothafuckas and hair gels, yet for all you know a 25 year veteran could have posted that. You have all this time on, you can figure out how to make the pilot program work to benefit you. Or just continue to be miserable and tell everyone how great the good old days were.
Anonymous said...
The problems in the 0012 District have been getting WORSE!!!!
I was told that we would be getting a great commander, but that is not the case. Melisa Staples as a District Commander has been a Big Disappointment to many. Overall, she is a good person, but he Management skills, Lack of support for working police, and tolerance of poor leadership, and half-ass police work has to stop. After taking command and breaking the Honeymoon stage this commander is loosing the RESPECT and SUPPORT of all.
The 012 District now needs a Whole HOUSE CLEANING!!!!
Starting with the Command-Staff!!!
Just like the FOP, 012 District needs serious help.
How did such a good district turn too SHIT ??????
Answer - The Boss's and pr-Madonnas took over.
012 is a working FAILURE !!!!!!
1/09/2014 08:16:00 PM
you must be A- someone who works mid's. B- someone who has no seniority. C- just a plain HATER.
Commander Staples is not a Disappointment, She is A GREAT BOSS ( she remembers where she came from and no she is not a dog ass boss but a great boss. the likes of those bosses we remember from back in the day( very few left). If YOU were told you were getting a great commander. you were told correctly. You stated that she lacks support for the working police- again , seems like you must be A,B,C or all of the above. what ? did you not get carried because of your lack of seniority- GET OVER IT Francis. The merge wasn't what anybody wanted but there's nothing you can do about it so STFU and stop trying to make it seem like its a shit district. It is a great place to work and the only drawback is that there are never any cars available because they're always at the area and we don't have any pool cars. Or is it that your life really sucks and you have nothing better to do bitch about... wahh waaaah waaahhh. let me guess, you couldn't even bid out successfully to any of the districts with openings that were to your liking.. Hope you're enjoying furlough young hair gel!
Old timer...hugs and kisses
OT but I had to say something about the new Chicago PD show on NBC. Really? They ran the gamut in one show. A recently released from the feds cop, back on the job (right)and taking money; Columbian drug runners cutting people to bits; really, really healthy looking druggies trying to buy dope in the hood from the brothers; a cop shot; shooting locks on doors to gain entry (yeah, we do that every day); beating snitches to a pulp; taking another snitch to dinner at your own home; your kid getting kidnapped by the Columbians; oh, and let's not forget, up to date or possibly non existent wire equipment? I wouldn't know since the shit we had was ancient. Who writes this crap? What could possibly be next? Terrorists blowing up the city, giant locusts, an alien invasion (E.T. type, I mean), zombie apocalypse? Jeez.
Anonymous said...
WHEN THE RATS OR LAWYERS JUMP SHIP IT'S BAD NEWS.
And where is Team Shields from 34 months ago.
Mike Shields Charged by State FOP and Lodge 7 as an incompetent dictator who only cares about personal gain and doesn't give a rats ass about us coppers. One of his campaign promises. "The Shields Team is a group of dedicated Chicago Police Officers, retired and active, from different units within the department, with one common goal¬ - to fight for your money" So why did you give my retro for the 1st year of the contract back to the city??????
James McCarthy was not elected to office so Mike brought him up there without being elected because he had the votes to do it. McCarthy informed Shields he was resigning his position mid December because he could no longer deal with Shields.
Megan Whelehan Curry not elected and Shields brought charges against her.
Danny Gorman not a bad guy but also disowned Shields.
Damon Stewart not elected
Saul Del Rivero not elected brought on as a Field rep by Shields and wanted nothing to do with him and running on another ticket.
Glen Popiela not elected
Daniel J. Shields his brother and the brains of the outfit.
John Frano not elected
Dean Angelo running on another ticket
Harold Brown thrown out of the union by Shields
Mike Burke running on another ticket
Terry Collins running on another ticket
Marlon Harvey not elected appointed to field rep spot by Mike Shields
Patrick McGrath not elected
James Muzupappa not elected
Dennis Mushol not elected
Tim “Murph” Murphy running on another ticket
Steve Robbins not elected
Joe Simpson not elected
So you have 17 people who ran with Mike and Dan Shields and want nothing to do with them this election. So who do we have left standing with the Shields brothers:
Marlon Harvey just give captains pay by Mike Shields.
Mike Underwood, Al Jaglowski, Mike Lipka, Rick King, Fernando Flores and Denis E. Doherty. Out of the seven left standing with the Shields brothers one is getting captains pay, so he would never cross Mike but what type of financial ties do the remaining have with the Shields family. Finkl Steel, General Iron and Jetty Security are a few names that come to mind. Can anyone confirm???? Got to be someone in 018 fuck*d by one of the shields brothers. Post a schedule please.
There are two additional people who did not run with Shields but seem to have their umbilical cords tied to the Shields placenta, Bill Burns and Danny Trevino.
Ot: why is the media giving the ballerina a pass on how shitty these side streets are? It's been several days since the snow storm passed and the side streets still look like it just snowed. They said the side streets will be plowed after all the major streets are done, that's been days ago already and yet the side streets are not plowed, I don't see why citizens are not in an uproar.
Devane is not RIP.
SCC, did you see the Sun Times has TWO articles up about snow removal after the editor put you on blast days ago for commenting on the lack of snow removal ?
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Off topic: That new CPD Chicago or what ever it's name is, totally sucked on so many levels.
1/09/2014 12:37:00 AM
Been retired one year now. Sounds like I made the right move. I don't read anything good about the job I held for 30 years. This is the mayor the sheep elected. This is what you get when 70% or so of registered voters can't be bothered to go to a polling place on election day.
Now Rahm is mayor for life like Richie, he's got it for as long as he wants it. How's that feel now there you voters? And remember, police vote in such low numbers that the FOP was embarrassed to release the low number of cops who were even registered to vote.
1/09/2014 05:08:00 AM
My mistake! When rereading the top post, I obviously did not make it clear that I was referring to the TV program that aired Wed night. My mistake. Sorry to have confused you. Me? Retired 8 years now.
Be safe boys and girls.
How in the world do you discharge a carbine in the trunk? Very Dangerous.
Anonymous said...
Is desk sgt in Chicago pd played by that female captain that escorted Elton John from midway , looks like her?
1/09/2014 10:33:00 AM
You obviously never knew Ruth or you would know what she looks like. She rode with me as a ppo and I later worked under her command. Actually a pretty decent person. Elton Schmeton John? Ooooohhhh, major scandal. That's the best you got and you don't even know her. Retired and just setting the record straight and having a little fun with your silly post.
OT but I had to say something about the new Chicago PD show on NBC. Really? They ran the gamut in one show. A recently released from the feds cop, back on the job (right)and taking money; Columbian drug runners cutting people to bits; really, really healthy looking druggies trying to buy dope in the hood from the brothers; a cop shot; shooting locks on doors to gain entry (yeah, we do that every day); beating snitches to a pulp; taking another snitch to dinner at your own home; your kid getting kidnapped by the Columbians; oh, and let's not forget, up to date or possibly non existent wire equipment? I wouldn't know since the shit we had was ancient. Who writes this crap? What could possibly be next? Terrorists blowing up the city, giant locusts, an alien invasion (E.T. type, I mean), zombie apocalypse? Jeez.
At least it beats Chicago Code! Lol
Kirby is gone???? Please don't play! Is she really?
They did, it was called Hill Street Blues. Best theme music ever...Magnum P.I. second best.
1/09/2014 09:28:00 PM
No way! The TJ Hooker theme music still gets me all jacked up when I listen to it on the way to work!!
Some of you people are truly buffoons. What makes you think anyone jumped ship from the Citywide Team? More likely the dead wood wasn't asked to return or they are retired. And oh yeah, get your facts straight. Tucker is still there.
you must be A- someone who works mid's. B- someone who has no seniority. C- just a plain HATER.
Commander Staples is not a Disappointment, She is A GREAT BOSS ( she remembers where she came from and no she is not a dog ass boss but a great boss. the likes of those bosses we remember from back in the day( very few left). If YOU were told you were getting a great commander. you were told correctly. You stated that she lacks support for the working police- again , seems like you must be A,B,C or all of the above. what ? did you not get carried because of your lack of seniority- GET OVER IT Francis. The merge wasn't what anybody wanted but there's nothing you can do about it so STFU and stop trying to make it seem like its a shit district. It is a great place to work and the only drawback is that there are never any cars available because they're always at the area and we don't have any pool cars. Or is it that your life really sucks and you have nothing better to do bitch about... wahh waaaah waaahhh. let me guess, you couldn't even bid out successfully to any of the districts with openings that were to your liking.. Hope you're enjoying furlough young hair gel!
Wow, spoken like a twelve year old Tiger Beat fan club member.
Off topic: That new CPD Chicago or what ever it's name is, totally sucked on so many levels.
1/09/2014 12:37:00 AM
The part where the sgt told the po to go to the morgue to steal a doa's ring, which she did, really hit home for me! Happens AT LEAST once a week in my district!
1/09/2014 09:27:00 PM
Didn't know 007 was a "unit". Get your facts straight skippy.
The only people who dont still work with their regular partner are the people who their regular partner didnt want to work with anymore. Most everybody else is paired up with who they want to work with. There is really no difference with the squad policing. In fact, I'm having a hard time thinking of ANY difference other than the start times. Still work in your beat, or cover another beat in the sector. Still called by your beat when given a job. Maybe get logged by a supervisor. Get a few jobs and then go eat a nice dinner. Same old 012. Who's bitching??
1/09/2014 09:27:00 PM
Get your facts straight, then GFYS.
These smarter than thou l.E. gypsies from New Yuck are following Rahm's orders to put CPD to the torch behind closed doors while blowing their gump-stat bullshit up everybody's ass to make it look as if they're "doin' somethin' about all dis crime up in heah..."
IMDB doesn't have a date of death for WIlliam Devane, so I'm going to say you buried him before he died.
Off Topic here. The greatest television series portraying "Real" Police work is "Barney Miller." When we started working this job, most of us working police were gungho and hardcore. Then we realized that the funniest part of this job was watching each other. I've laughed hardest at the stupid things I've done. Yes, "Barney Miller" gets my vote. I'm showing my age but the there are two more favorite sitcoms, "Sanford and Son" and "All in the family."
Anonymous said...
GOD save us in 024!! There are too many shit Sergeants on 2nd watch. Way to go CPD brass, another goofy shit idea.
1/09/2014 09:16:00 PM
I heard the 3rd watch Lt. retired. No one ever sees her anymore. Was she 50?
007 is a unit. It's headed by a Deputy Chief. If 007 is not a unit, Then It Would Be Headed By A Lowly District commander
OT but I had to say something about the new Chicago PD show on NBC. Really? They ran the gamut in one show. A recently released from the feds cop, back on the job (right)and taking money; Columbian drug runners cutting people to bits; really, really healthy looking druggies trying to buy dope in the hood from the brothers; a cop shot; shooting locks on doors to gain entry (yeah, we do that every day); beating snitches to a pulp; taking another snitch to dinner at your own home; your kid getting kidnapped by the Columbians; oh, and let's not forget, up to date or possibly non existent wire equipment? I wouldn't know since the shit we had was ancient. Who writes this crap? What could possibly be next? Terrorists blowing up the city, giant locusts, an alien invasion (E.T. type, I mean), zombie apocalypse? Jeez.
You forgot the cop clocking in with the little hand machines in the districts, the cop beating the shit out of the "white thug" who threw a bottle at his hot piece of ass partner and then didn't make any arrest, the broad that took a shotgun blast to the face through a door but didn't have a mark on her pretty little face in the bambulance, the ugly desk sergeant sending the female patrol officer to the morgue to steal a ring off the finger of a corpse and pawn it, and my personal favorite of taking a recruit out of the academy mid way through his training and putting him out on the street to do drug buys. I'm sure I'm probably missing a bunch of shit too. It was definitely comical to watch.
To 12:33 am I have over 20yrs on. I am a bid spot on days so I have no clout. I work for Staples in 012 and I will say she is probably one of the best boss I've worked for and also one of the few if any that stood up for her workers at compstat. This squad thing wasn't her idea and you can't accommodate everyone.
Its 20 and out for me... I can't take this place! The private sector is much better.
As you get closer to your 20 year mark, let me know how your plan is working out. It would be nice to know someone that has all of their life planned out to the smallest detail.
Anonymous said...
Some of you people are truly buffoons. What makes you think anyone jumped ship from the Citywide Team? More likely the dead wood wasn't asked to return or they are retired. And oh yeah, get your facts straight. Tucker is still there.
1/10/2014 12:28:00 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Dead wood??
Please!
Most of the City Wide team is Dead Wood.
Are there any "new" (never worked at the FOP) team members?
Why would I vote for the same ole same ole?
It's like voting Democratic in Chicago and then bitching why things haven't changed.
NO thank you to anyone that has any past connection to the past FOP regimes. I want new thoghts and new blood.
What's with the po working her side (tv show) while on the clock at CPD.
Oh, and she reports to that Admin. Mgr of the academy. Go figure.
If you need to work a specific time there is no guarantee that you will be able to do that.
But what about those coppers that have FAMILIES????
/sarcasm
There is no squad policing program. It is ALL still the same and was just a way to scale down to only 3 day off groups.
Anonymous said...
Seriously? Someday they'll make a first-rate police procedural set in Chicago; this isn't it.
1/09/2014 07:59:00 AM
They did, it was called Hill Street Blues. Best theme music ever...Magnum P.I. second best.
1/09/2014 09:28:00 PM
Magnum P.I. was set in Chicago??
I agree with the opinion of the previous post that McCarthy does not give a shit, nor does Rahm Emanuel, if we get killed out there.
Matter of fact, you couldn't convince me that they don't much prefer it, because it's cheaper, and it allows them to look relevant for easy photo ops, with podiums, serious faces, and our funerals as props.
You don't think people are getting hurt and killed because of their systemic weakening and compromising of our posture?
An E.T killed on the scene of a burglary?
Thor killed changing like many of us have, behind his own car in the lot outside of a police facility?
Or even the mayor's detail veteran, still in uniform that morning, killed for his car as he was washing it?
You might agree that McCarthy doesnt give a shit, but your examples sure didnt show it. The ET, Thor and Bailey all predated McCarthy's appointment. They ocurred in 2010 and 2011. As far as McCarthy, there havent been three killed since he has been the boss and that is a good thing.
Anonymous said...
The problems in the 0012 District have been getting WORSE!!!!
I was told that we would be getting a great commander, but that is not the case. Melisa Staples as a District Commander has been a Big Disappointment to many. Overall, she is a good person, but he Management skills, Lack of support for working police, and tolerance of poor leadership, and half-ass police work has to stop. After taking command and breaking the Honeymoon stage this commander is loosing the RESPECT and SUPPORT of all.
The 012 District now needs a Whole HOUSE CLEANING!!!!
Starting with the Command-Staff!!!
Just like the FOP, 012 District needs serious help.
How did such a good district turn too SHIT ??????
Answer - The Boss's and pr-Madonnas took over.
012 is a working FAILURE !!!!!!
******
If you think Melissa Staples is a bad boss, you must be brand new to the department.
I like her, and so does the vast majority of people I talk to.
Btw, Putting words into CAPS to emphasize your point makes you seem desperate and insane.
"Crime Story" with former CPD Detective Dennis Farina (RIP) was excellent as long as it was in Chicago.
The best so far
Anonymous said...
you must be A- someone who works mid's. B- someone who has no seniority. C- just a plain HATER.
Commander Staples is not a Disappointment, She is A GREAT BOSS ( she remembers where she came from and no she is not a dog ass boss but a great boss. the likes of those bosses we remember from back in the day( very few left). If YOU were told you were getting a great commander. you were told correctly. You stated that she lacks support for the working police- again , seems like you must be A,B,C or all of the above. what ? did you not get carried because of your lack of seniority- GET OVER IT Francis. The merge wasn't what anybody wanted but there's nothing you can do about it so STFU and stop trying to make it seem like its a shit district. It is a great place to work and the only drawback is that there are never any cars available because they're always at the area and we don't have any pool cars. Or is it that your life really sucks and you have nothing better to do bitch about... wahh waaaah waaahhh. let me guess, you couldn't even bid out successfully to any of the districts with openings that were to your liking.. Hope you're enjoying furlough young hair gel!
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Wow, spoken like a twelve year old Tiger Beat fan club member.
1/10/2014 12:33:00 AM
That's the best you have Francis? you are a hair gel,,,hahahahaha
waaah waaaah waaaahhhhhh
Anonymous Anonymous said...
If you need to work a specific time there is no guarantee that you will be able to do that.
But what about those coppers that have FAMILIES????
/sarcasm
1/10/2014 09:01:00 AM
Oh, yes! CHILD CARE issues! (odd that we didn't have child care issues when I came on the job)
Let's see, Barney Miller, good along with Hill st. Blues, but an oldie which was very good, Police Story, from the 1970's, anyone remember?
If you need to work a specific time there is no guarantee that you will be able to do that.
But what about those coppers that have FAMILIES????
/sarcasm
1/10/2014 09:01:00 AM
Oh, yes! CHILD CARE issues! (odd that we didn't have child care issues when I came on the job)
1/10/2014 03:35:00 PM
You guys are both fucking morons. The same assholes that would rather work their precious VRI than have free time to be parents to their children. Personally, I always put my family first. I will do whatever it takes to spend my days off and my time before and after my shift with my family. You can't buy back time. I'm on this job for the paycheck. That's it, that's all. Children don't give a shit about your constant excuse that you "had to work", or that your watch or day off group got changed. All they care about is having you with them. Someday when you get a fucking clue, you'll understand. Hopefully your kids won't resent you by then. And P.S. "child care issues" weren't an issue as much in the past because most guys had stay at home wives. Welcome to 2014.
Magnum P.I. was set in Chicago??
1/10/2014 09:33:00 AM
No, sorry. Meant 2nd best theme music, not Chicago show.
I also agree that McCarthy doesn't care what happens to coppers who have to call him boss.
He got here in May of 2011.
2010 saw the murders of both Soderberg and Bailey in July of 2010 and Flisk in November of that same year.
I agree with the post that questions how a top boss can show up here and suggest police officers are part of a racist chain that just seeks to pin gun crimes on blacks.
Officer Lewis was killed in December of 2011 and I don't see how political pandering on the part of our superintendent helps our cause.
But I do see a violent retaliation on the upswing and more aggressive resisters who think it's their right to do everything to avoid arrest, elude through high speed attempts to escape, or shoot, run over, or fight the police AND still expect the usual probation sentence because our politicians protect criminals and our superintendent conveniently NEVER disagrees with his boss, the mayor.
We're supposed to believe him when he says staffing levels are where they need to be?
We're supposed to believe him that Rahm's policies and approach and McCarthy's are both so in tandem that we just should never expect our boss to ever have our back?
There are currently NO more trainings available for in-service in any area of learning.
The entire catalog of courses is one blank page.
There is no expectation of any consistency in management as watch commands give way to out-of-grade grievances and redesigns of whatever dss means this month.
Clout and favoritism is at its worst.
Physical arrests made from any proactive policing are seen as obsolete.
McCarthy won't even matter as no one expects his tenure to last in anticipation of the next calculated political posturing by Rahm's target constituency.
We have no leadership.
Melodramatic. O.k. sure.
Personally, I always put my family first. I will do whatever it takes to spend my days off and my time before and after my shift with my family. You can't buy back time. I'm on this job for the paycheck. That's it, that's all.
1/10/2014 05:12:00 PM
Thanks for letting us know jagoff..want a medal? Plenty of coppers out here put family first, still do the job and do not have to tell everyone about it on a Police blog. Keep the lecture to yourself asshole. Get off the computer and go play with you're kids
Personally, I always put my family first. I will do whatever it takes to spend my days off and my time before and after my shift with my family. You can't buy back time
...You sound like the po crossing guard supervisor in 017
weekends and DOH too (many 4day weekends) How nice while others work with more time on the job
flop should make this a bid position
Thanks for letting us know jagoff..want a medal?
He has a wannabe ranger lol
most of those ribbons mean nothing but he pushes his pigeon chest out over his gut no less
Anonymous said...
IMDB doesn't have a date of death for WIlliam Devane, so I'm going to say you buried him before he died.
1/10/2014 02:27:00 AM
Still alive. According to Wikipedia he is reprising his role as James Heller in the "24" limited series scheduled for April.
You guys are both fucking morons. The same assholes that would rather work their precious VRI than have free time to be parents to their children. Personally, I always put my family first. I will do whatever it takes to spend my days off and my time before and after my shift with my family. You can't buy back time. I'm on this job for the paycheck. That's it, that's all. Children don't give a shit about your constant excuse that you "had to work", or that your watch or day off group got changed. All they care about is having you with them. Someday when you get a fucking clue, you'll understand. Hopefully your kids won't resent you by then. And P.S. "child care issues" weren't an issue as much in the past because most guys had stay at home wives. Welcome to 2014.
1/10/2014 05:12:00 PM
You are a jerk! Worry about your own life. You don't know why or why not a guy needs to work VRI. There could be issues that you would never want in your life. Big families with one income need another source of income. And for me, I'm home all day with the family. VRI is at night, Mr. Angry!
Personally, I always put my family first. I will do whatever it takes to spend my days off and my time before and after my shift with my family. You can't buy back time. I'm on this job for the paycheck. That's it, that's all.
Like your the only one that takes care of their family. Why don't you call a press conference and tell the world
Anonymous said...
What's with the po working her side (tv show) while on the clock at CPD.
Oh, and she reports to that Admin. Mgr of the academy. Go figure.
1/10/2014 08:48:00 AM
Would be a fool if she is. That can be documented and the city can go for termination. There is a paper trail
Personally, I always put my family first. I will do whatever it takes to spend my days off and my time before and after my shift with my family. You can't buy back time. I'm on this job for the paycheck. That's it, that's all.
1/10/2014 05:12:00 PM
Thanks for letting us know jagoff..want a medal? Plenty of coppers out here put family first, still do the job and do not have to tell everyone about it on a Police blog. Keep the lecture to yourself asshole. Get off the computer and go play with you're kids
Thanks for illustrating my point that you're a fucking moron. "You're kids"? Really? Hopefully you aren't the one responsible for teaching your children anything.
Also, no shit that most coppers put their families first. I never said anything to the contrary. The exceptions are the assholes that bitch when other p/os try to arrange their work schedules for family time and/or child care issues, as was blatantly obvious in my first response. And like everyone else I go to work, do whatever I need to do to get the job done, and then go home to my family. And I never claimed that that was anything special or abnormal. The POINT is that most coppers DO understand that family comes first. The problem is with the ones who don't. The morons that don't get that will regret it later. Apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. But carry on tough guy. Oops, sorry. I mean "jag off"
I thought you were told to get off the computer! Looks like someone is pretty angry.
Thanks for illustrating my point that you're a fucking moron. "You're kids"? Really? Hopefully you aren't the one responsible for teaching your children anything.
Also, no shit that most coppers put their families first. I never said anything to the contrary. The exceptions are the assholes that bitch when other p/os try to arrange their work schedules for family time and/or child care issues, as was blatantly obvious in my first response. And like everyone else I go to work, do whatever I need to do to get the job done, and then go home to my family. And I never claimed that that was anything special or abnormal. The POINT is that most coppers DO understand that family comes first. The problem is with the ones who don't. The morons that don't get that will regret it later. Apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. But carry on tough guy. Oops, sorry. I mean "jag off"
The problem is that in recent years there is a certain group that constantly says family comes first and I need concessions. The ones with no time on the job who say I have children and need days with weekends off. I cant work midnights because of child care, but everyone else can. I need to be home weekends because the kids are off of school, so let everyone else work weekends. I'm entitled.
Let me ask you a question dickhead? When you bitch and moan because "you have kids" about your work schedule, what happens? Some other poor fuck has to pick up your slack. That is why people complain you selfish piece of shit. Congratulations, you procreated, you deserve to cry and complain to get your way while others pick up your slack.
3 time keepers? Must be talking about 019.
I liked the show. I think I watched enough Chicago Fire to be prepared for the nonsense so I;m to not get too annoyed with the obvious foolishness. My favorite is them walking around with no vests on ALL the time, only putting on vests when they go to pick up somebody...the car cahse with no radio use, and yelling CLEAR almost on beat after they cleared each room in a house. Besides all that, I do like it better than Chicago Code. They tried too hard to "be Chicago like" for me. They haven't started trying so hard on this one so it's much easier to start. None of them are believable and maybe that's why I can like it, it's like a corny joke that still make me laugh.
Anonymous said...
Garry is fly.
He gave the VRI!
1/09/2014 09:17:00 PM
LOLOL wait, wait, wait...is that a rip on the Bill Cosby chocolate cake bit!?!? Hilarious.
Anonymous said...
Magnum P.I. was set in Chicago??
1/10/2014 09:33:00 AM
No, sorry. Meant 2nd best theme music, not Chicago show.
1/10/2014 05:51:00 PM
I thought it was clear.
You old timers got me watching Hill Street Blues on youtube. I was a kid so I remembered the show itself but not characters or anything like that. Too bad we don't have a primetime cop show like that 30 years later. Talk about falling off.
Seedy lifestyles?
Like farming?
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
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