VRI Cuts?
Remember, since deployment doesn't stop crime, this is only to be expected:
- Just a.nounced at VRI roll call: VRI is beibg slashed from 130 officers per shift down to 78 starting in March
We've seen a few different sets of numbers, but since Rahm is spending all of his day-to-day money on pothole repair and extra slat and parks and private stadiums and non-job-producing "factories," you can't say you weren't warned.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
87 Comments:
How am I supposed to finish my basement now? Damn!
MG
You mean I wrote 5 parkers, 5 contact cards, and parachuted on 3 arrest this month for nothing. No no no
Number is wrong. March has over 200 PO's assigned through March 9. After that date the number decreases to 140. Anyone posting different numbers is full of shit.
Only 78 peons working against their own pension?
How disturbing. For the city.
Anonymous said...
Civil case for FOP recording? Under what legal thoery? What are the damages? More wasted dues from geiger and company.
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Ummm......it's called eavesdropping, both federal and state felonies there Einstein and violating the civil rights of various FOP members at which point they become civilly liable.
money for salt has to come from some where?
pot hole budget in the shitter too?
How about them bike lanes they aint free.
Squad cars not working and not repaired?
Parking tickets are up but nobody is saying how many are paid?
No Job factories and new, no cause stadium for tons and tons of money to build...and Preckwinkle breathing down his neck..what's Rahm thinking? Dismal, very dismal.
Partially true. The number is down to 138 for march not 78. It used to be in the low 200's. As soon as the warmer weather hits they will increase it.
The money train is coming to an end.
I'm thankful for making a lot if money from this initiative, hopefully I will still get a few days here or there in the future. I thank you and my family thanks you for a great 2013 and the extra 25k.
Outstanding!
Cue the guys that soon won't be able to get it crying about how bad this is gonna sting.
Best intentions of paying down debt having fallen to the wayside in exchange for continuing to live beyond their means will be the story of the day when this becomes official.
Maybe now some of these knuckleheads will take notice of the looming pension crisis and how VRI doesn't do jack shit but help further divide and conquer the ranks.
How will this effect me and my new car, car note?
AND how many of those VRI police officers will be patrolling downtown to stop those roving black youth mobs??? March/April is usually the time of year they come up from the south side to raise hell. Then Garry and Rahm lie and say downtown is protected. Every year it's the same since 2011.
PPOs will be assigned as mobile jump out boys when not monitoring the snitch boxes.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never work VRI so I could care less. Rahm and McDumbass can shove their VRI right up their pucker knots.
With the cuts comes more crime.
Blame the running dog capitalists.
I'm gonna go return my wife's jewelry I just bought from Tiffany's now. Dammit she's gonna kill me.
MG
So the elderly are going to patrol the worst bloodbath in the history of the department? It probably would have been wiser to reduce the manpower between NOV and MAR. Maybe they are doing a body count test. Hopefully this does not deplete the skeleton crews in the taxpayer areas. They should not forget that homicides are truly analysed by the percentage increase and not the actual number. If 1 homicide in 008 is recorded MAR 2012 than 2 homicides are recorded MAR 2013 that is a 200% increase. 4 recorded in 007 reduced to 3 is a 25% decrease. The impact on the geographical areas with morals and ethics becomes devastating.
And to all you bitchy crying officers " the city screwed me", "what am I going to do now"? Stop living beyond your means. The overtime was a gift. That's it. Move on. Stop bitching.
Many guys with time on enough to retire are staying because of all the extra money, you cut it watch another mass exodus!
2/25/2014 12:20:00 AM
I believe this refers to James Moriarity of the Citywide "CLOWNY" Slate.
To Jimmy the "CLOWN" Moriarity. You are going to cost the dues paying Police Officer's of FOP #7 a ton of money by your THUG like mentality.
You know you put out the video and when google officially confirms the Charge against you, I suppose (Paul, I'll take my time with this one Geiger) will be busy for at least 4 weeks at FOP filing Court Papers for FOP #7.
I say 4 weeks because Paul, along with the other attorney's at FOP will be GONE (FIRED) period.
New FOP #7 President-New Attorney's!!!!!!!!!!!
BYE, BYE, SHITTYWIDE
Where is all that extra overtime money in the police budget going to then?
UNTIL CRIME GOES UP!weather breaks vdi back up!
Classic
You mean I wrote 5 parkers, 5 contact cards, and parachuted on 3 arrest this month for nothing. No no no
2/25/2014 12:13:00 AM
About time. VRI is a joke, it solves nothing. (It does drain the fleet of motor vehicles though)
For those of you who used the extra VRI money to pay down your debts or save a little more for your retirement good for you. For those who used the extra money to buy a new car, make a "man cave", buy more extra shit, how foolish of you. The gravy train ended.
They decreased it just in time for the spring thaw! Its gonna be crazy, i'm tellin ya! The rats will be out in full force. Burn baby burn!
About time. Stop wasting our tax dollars.
I think Rahm took some of the massive OT money already approved to pay the Sgt.'s retro and DSS. Rob Peter to pay Paul like the pension heist....the Democrat party way...
laughed out loud listening to am 780 radio yesterday
police issued parking tickets up 19% from last year
fool on radio says its because Rahm has put more officers on the street from behind desks
we all know parkers are up because they are the admission fee to work VRI
I wonder if that 19% covers a large percentage of the money spent on VRI?
don't worry, when the weather warms and these savages start blasting each other again their will be a full contingent of people working vri......
Told at VRI roll call Michican Ave. 8 PO's during the week 10 on weekends starting 01 March. 1800 going to 78 total starting on 10 March. Definitely see cuts for the 1600 Michigan Ave. start. Still looks like more than 78 for 1800 start for now at least.
Assignment to VRI based on activity NOT seniority.......get used to it kids.... Back before watch bids you got "picked up" by a watch and rotated with that watch. But they could launch you anytime and you were not guaranteed another watch would take you so in essence you were in orbit, usually on midnight a. The way to get in a watch was activity. Every watch was different, like one watch would require 3-5 Parker's a day along with a mover a day, or another watch wanted more movers than Parker's or vise versa. But you had better be filling all the boxes of activity that went to the WC AT&T he end of the period because when they had to dump someone it was usually based on lack of activity. Now all these kids bid to a watch and look at their IPhones all night.
Ahhhh he's who name we can't mention is baaaccckkkkk
Sooo...a shitload of coppers deployed during the COLDEST,LEAST Active months of the year. Just as Spring and Summer (busiest months) approach, cut the manpower? Gotta love the braintrust round these parts.
Don't worry guys the minute the weather breaks 50 you'll all be out there because mctupid won't chance the uptake in killins!!!
Nothing lasts forever.
Makes total sense. Weather is breaking and thugs are going to be out in full force. So lets cut VRI?
I forgot weather has nothing to do with crime. My mistake. Lets revisit this idea in a couple of months.
Most off us MAXED in deferred Comp because of VRI.
The rest of you can CRY your eyes out when your pensions take a dump.
Shit they just announced on fox noon news on how police have written more parking tickets this year. They haven't seen numbers like this since 2008. It looks like those numbers will be dropping very fast.
VRI emergency! I need a paper car!!!
There's always CTA.
To 1:38 a.m. We'll said
Off topic pertaining to writing meter maids or anybody else for that matter. The politicians have got what they wanted pit everyone against each other and nothing but distractions and revenue for Rahm. You guys are so shortsighted it's pathetic. I am not telling you not to do your job, you should answer your calls, back each other up and help the real victims. The sad part is you do just enough to qualify for special employment and then brag about writing a revenue truck, who did you hurt not the city they don't pay that ticket . I remember along time ago when I was afraid and respected the police, before I actually became one. Now every year they just get dumber, expect more for nothing and are lazier I guess the police dept. is finally just like the rest of America.
Really?? Because there are 200+ assigned everyday at least through the 3rd of March..
Well lets see how the flood gates open with new recruits paying into the pension.Cause that's what's gonna happen now right? According to all the Vri haters.
No!!!!! Think about the Littile mutts (children) in the getto who will protect them??? Oh well let the killings begin..
I hope all the Parker's, movers, C.C, and arrest don't take a fall ????
selection to be performance based
What?! But I have two new jet skis for the family I never see!!
pothole repair? not in the 008th dist.,every east/west street is a minefield, city that works
121 for VRI at Harrison and Racine for 13 Ma
VRI is getting cut because they lost over 40 vehicles (this time) that had to be scrapped. The cars they were using were deemed unsafe and un-repairable. Those cars were supposed to be junked but the City hid them and put them back in operation so they didn't have to buy replacement cars. Someone caught the ol'switcharoo and now they have to sell them as scrap metal, of course only after they strip them in order to Frankenstein the rest of our fleet together with the garbage parts they strip off. But rest assured they will still mislead the public and the media saying we have hundreds of extra officers working to keep the community safe. It's cheaper to rehire and pay overtime in order to avoid the costs of new hires paying their salary and benefits, etc., for years. Like it or not, VRI and other overtime initiatives does save the City money, but those initiatives are bankrupting the pension fund we are all going to rely on over the next 25-30 years. New hires pay into the pension fund, although the politicians are going to try and put that to an end too, making any new hires pay into a 401K fund, thus eventually bankrupting the pension system since there is only takers and no givers. No money in means no money out. The 401K is money employees pay in and the employer (government) can use and invest for profit. Until they mandate the transition for new hires into a 401k plan all new hires will pay into the pension, so we need to force them to hire. HELLO UNIONS! You need to get on the ball and file court actions! By working VRI and most of the other OT initiatives it plays right into their plan to bankrupt our pension. The old CTA and CHA special employment were Federally funded programs and may have even had pension reductions deducted from the checks. We need to think ahead instead of the here and now. I know the money helps, but by working it, your putting a LITTLE money in your own pocket but taking a lot out of your wallet to do it. The car shortages across the Department is only a byproduct of our government waste and mismanagement. You see how long they put everyone working VRI at risk by underhandedly using substandard and unsafe equipment. That's exactly what they think of us. Why help them hurt us?
Since they are cutting VRI it must mean they are going to hire more Police. Because, you know, according to the rocket scientists that post on here the only reason the city wont hire is because people work VRI.
Just wait until July and August.
Anonymous said...
Told at VRI roll call Michican Ave. 8 PO's during the week 10 on weekends starting 01 March. 1800 going to 78 total starting on 10 March. Definitely see cuts for the 1600 Michigan Ave. start. Still looks like more than 78 for 1800 start for now at least.
2/25/2014 09:51:00 AM
You are a dummy. March roster is out and there are 135 a day. Just look it up or stop lying.
Swan Lake is not spending his time on all that - he is spending it on all the publicity he is getting from getting a talk show host to jump in the lake. Disgusting.
--No Cop Here
All I can say is wow!!! As one poster stated, let's revisit the cutting of VRI troops in spring! If it's a blood bath I will be the first to say I told you so.
My baby's mama anti going to like this shit !!!!!! We was just going to scoop up a Buick DAMN
Matter of time before VRI is a thang of the past. Hope you fucks saved all your VRI money for past year or two. Will only have a small if any pension. BWAHAHAHAHA. Dumb fucks.
OH NO!!!! How will I have money for my casino trips????
Is okay, if you need more scab work just ask FORMER DISGRACED FOP President Mike Shields to hook you up at General Iron or Heneghan Wrecking.
Just think. The Dicks might start actually getting legit contact cards to work with.
Only 6000 out of 13000 ballots have been turned it for fop election. We can do better. Please vote guys and gals. If you didn't get a ballot, head over to FOP hall a week from Friday between 900-1200pm. Don't let the Retirees steal this election.
Seriously. Who are you kidding? VRI is a joke. Nobody is doing shit. Everyone I hear talking about it says all they do is sleep, watch movies and sit there doing nothing. Total waste of fucking money. For all I care cancel this useless spending. It's pretty sad watching dog ass cops running around all day like crackheads looking for their next fix and asking other cops to put them on their arrests or school absentees etc etc just so they can work VRI. Pretty sad...
its not 78.. its 130 which is down from the 200 per shift. Just look at the rosters for march, its not 78 its 130 or so. get your facts correct first before posting people.
"Don't let the Retiree's STEAL this election" Well thanks for the Kind words Bill and also thanks for showing your true colors. Any bets that slur on Retiree's came off the server at 1412 W. Washington ?
Signed: A Retiree who takes offense at your words.
Anonymous said...
Civil case for FOP recording? Under what legal thoery? What are the damages? More wasted dues from geiger and company.
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Ummm......it's called eavesdropping, both federal and state felonies there Einstein and violating the civil rights of various FOP members at which point they become civilly liable.
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read your case law and the recent rulings on eavesdropping and you may want to rethink your comment... thanks for playing.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Only 6000 out of 13000 ballots have been turned it for fop election. We can do better. Please vote guys and gals. If you didn't get a ballot, head over to FOP hall a week from Friday between 900-1200pm. Don't let the Retirees steal this election.
2/25/2014 09:19:00 PM
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Ag-u-liar F-off.
The actives hate you shitty wide guys even more. Most retirees don't know what you a-holes did to this lodge in the last three years in order to keep your reign going.
You lied to us at roll calls, changed your story it was a strategic decision not to send the letter, and lied to direct questions at the general meetings.
to all those saying vri is over think again. march is short because they cars are not there. they will save money in march and up it again in april and they will double it all again for may-sept. lets not forget, the OT budget for VRI was more than doubled in the budget this year. From what personnel is saying 500 officers for june, july and august. the problem now is cars which was unexpected. better get the cars by may or the plans not gonna happen for Gmac.
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Anonymous said...
Told at VRI roll call Michican Ave. 8 PO's during the week 10 on weekends starting 01 March. 1800 going to 78 total starting on 10 March. Definitely see cuts for the 1600 Michigan Ave. start. Still looks like more than 78 for 1800 start for now at least.
2/25/2014 09:51:00 AM
You are a dummy. March roster is out and there are 135 a day. Just look it up or stop lying.
2/25/2014 06:48:00 PM
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He's repeating what the VRI Lt. said. Maybe they changed their minds. Now, say how stupid I am for saying I heard the same thing from the Lt at 6120 Racine during roll call. Don't forget to remind me I'm a scab. No, I didn't save my VRI money, although some went to an increase for def comp. I paid bills and now am a little more liquid as a result.
And when is Safe Passage going to end? With all the overtime and misappropriate resources the city is spending on covering so-called Safe Passage, they would have been better off keeping those schools they closed OPEN!!
Anonymous said...
About time. Stop wasting our tax dollars.
2/25/2014 09:00:00 AM
They are going to waste our tax dollars anyway. It might as well get wasted on us, that way we can waste it on our families.
We don't have 13000 9161s. More lik 7500-8000?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Civil case for FOP recording? Under what legal thoery? What are the damages? More wasted dues from geiger and company.
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Ummm......it's called eavesdropping, both federal and state felonies there Einstein and violating the civil rights of various FOP members at which point they become civilly liable.
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read your case law and the recent rulings on eavesdropping and you may want to rethink your comment... thanks for playing.
2/25/2014 11:05:00 PM
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UNION business is private.
And it has nothing to do with the change in law allowing police to be taped while in performance of their police duties. Guess again.
So, not only is it against union rules to record the proceedings, it's against the law.
VRI. Aka blood money
To: 500k + in deferred comp.
I hope that after saving every penny youre entire career, you actually live long enough to enjoy it. But probably not, youll end up getting another job because thats all you know and youll never get to enjoy youre money. Before you know you be old and full of cash with nothing to do.and think back of the things I should of done while I was young. Life not just about accumulating money asshole.
Sometimes it appears that no matter what is put on this blog or talked about in the station, coppers will believe what they want to believe.
So for what it is worth:
A large part of the story related to VRI reduction has to do with car shortages. It's not 100% of the story, but it is a driving issue behind the reduction.
Many of the cars were no longer safe, yet, they were still being used. Everyday, cars were downed and numerous teams were going out with four officers in a squad. There is no point to that.
This car problem is city wide. Many, many districts do not have enough cars that even the second watch officers are going out with partners.
If the car issue gets remedied, the number of officers at VRI will go back up. Of course, they can say that is subject to change - already some bosses are ignoring the impact of this winter and are quietly announcing a "Victory" in the war against violence. This perceived victory might be translated into keeping VRI officers down, but for now, the main issue for VRI is the cars.
On march 10 and after there are 120 PO's scheduled and 10 sgts, for a total of 132. This is for week nights. Weekends are still about 240. Since the brass has championed this as a win-win for everyone, I doubt it will go away, especially with an election in the near future. We just passed a city budget almost tripling OT this year, so i doubt we burned that up in 6 weeks. But, it makes no sense to have a big roster when its 20 below out. I think it will pick up again with the warmer weather. Now, I was told by someone at roll call monday, that it "might" be cut to 1 Sgt and 8 or maybe even 6 po's. I'll be there this week to hear for myself.
Anonymous said...
We don't have 13000 9161s. More lik 7500-8000?
2/26/2014 02:12:00 AM
Nobody said we did, more like 9,000 9161's. Check with CLEAR and pension board, no secret or conspiracy. Its all there
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Only 6000 out of 13000 ballots have been turned it for fop election. We can do better. Please vote guys and gals. If you didn't get a ballot, head over to FOP hall a week from Friday between 900-1200pm. Don't let the Retirees steal this election
Anonymous said...
We don't have 13000 9161s. More lik 7500-8000?
2/26/2014 02:12:00 AM
Comprehend? It said 13,000 ballots, not 9161's A hint would be the statement,"Don't let the retirees steal the election" Maybe the other 4,000 ballots were to retirees?
It's pretty sad watching dog ass cops running around all day like crackheads looking for their next fix and asking other cops to put them on their arrests or school absentees etc etc just so they can work VRI. Pretty sad...
2/25/2014 10:43:00 PM
hahahahahahahaha
You mean I might have to go back to court to make $. That's absurd.
Is it true that James Moriarty, running for Sgt. at Arms on the City Wide teams, was charged with Agg. Assault for attacking a some senior citizen who is on blood thinners and has an implanted pacemaker?
What is wrong with these people on Washington Blvd?
Time for a complete house cleaning!!
Do not vote for anyone on third floor of FOP. They're all nuts with power!
Anonymous said...
Matter of time before VRI is a thang of the past. Hope you fucks saved all your VRI money for past year or two. Will only have a small if any pension. BWAHAHAHAHA. Dumb fucks.
2/25/2014 07:35:00 PM
Well we made more money than you woof, woof!
Bwahahahah
Idiot
Anonymous Anonymous said...
It's pretty sad watching dog ass cops running around all day like crackheads looking for their next fix and asking other cops to put them on their arrests or school absentees etc etc just so they can work VRI. Pretty sad...
2/25/2014 10:43:00 PM
hahahahahahahaha
2/26/2014 12:45:00 PM
So true lol. These dogs never did anything before but hide and sleep. Now these dogs seem to have activity just to work VRI sad but true.
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