An ACTUAL Investigative Report
- The CBS 2 Investigators and the Better Government Association have been warning about an apparent shortage of Chicago ambulances and paramedics. The result: dangerous delays for patients needing emergency care.
So far, it seems the city is trying to cover the problem up instead of fixing it. In the meantime, the response times for ambulances are just getting worse.
“Anybody available downtown that can take a run,” a dispatcher’s voice crackles through the scanner speaker.
And she even manages to put a spotlight on city efforts to cover up the shortage:
- But now, city officials apparently don’t want the media or anyone else with a scanner to hear some of those transmissions asking for help. They are asking dispatchers to watch what they say.
CBS 2 and the BGA obtained a copy of a memo written by a supervisor at the Office of Emergency Management. It called shout-outs for any available ambulances: “not an acceptable practice.”
The memo instructs dispatchers to, “Avoid terminology like we have no ALS (advanced life support) ambulances available,”….particularly when they have to send a basic life support ambulance to the scene and a fire engine with a paramedic on board. Basic life support ambulances do not have paramedics and the same equipment as advanced life ambulances.
Dispatchers should use ambulance numbers to instruct staff in the field on what to do in those cases, the memo said, adding, “Hopefully we can get the message across without highlighting the fact that no ALS unit is available.”
This isn't a fluff piece, and it's odd having to actually salute a media outlet for doing their jobs properly instead of sucking at whatever appendage is available from a Chicago mayor, but this is a good start. Now how about some follow-up? One-and-done isn't going to cut it when lives are on the line. And after that, maybe a few more pieces on what a cesspool of corruption exists here - we're sure our readers and our archives contain years worth of pieces.
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
152 Comments:
And , in the end, no one will really give a fuck . No one cares about the shortage in manpower on Fire or Police.
Hey, it saves taxdollars!
No one cares.... Untill THEY are lying there bleeding.
It's simple. Chicago no longer has almost unlimited funds. The mayor is prioritizing how to allocate scarce funds. Obviously he does not place as high a priority on EMS, ambulances and paramedics as he does on other projects. It is all based on politics and getting the biggest political bang for the buck.
Pam is awesome. I am one of her biggest fans. Chicago is lucky to have an investigative journalist of her caliber. Of course the mayor wants to keep the ambulance/paramedic shortage quite. What mayor would not, but is there anything he can do about it? Maybe some federal funding.
What about the shortage of squad cars?? Where the fuck is the money going????
We can't be short of ambulances. Hell, we had one parked at Midway waiting to give Daley free transportation to Northwestern Hospital, in violation of all CFD rules and Regs.
If ALS is unavailable for a bonafide 911 call for my family the attorneys will be subpoenaing the logs, the tape and the staffing levels.
Try me!
This is literally playing with the lives of anyone in Chicago who suburbs to an emergency requiring advanced life support.
Rahm lies and people die...
This is a deviation from Rahm's carefully crafted script...
"We brought forth new efficiencies at CPD & CFD."
Funny... And Rahm is still gunning for reduced the staffing requirements on fire apparatus?
This crazy motherfucker is really out there with the politics of spite and vengeance isn't he?
We hope somebody can connect enough dots to hang him on the tree for criminal negligence.
Prepare to cough up some of that ill gotten Wall Street loot you little malignant manling!
Translation: We gutted public safety and diverted the allocated funds to "other stuff."
This mayor is destroying our city
Lies and deception. Two former feds that want back in. The stupid lead the FILL IN THE BLANK
Wow no police cars at the beginning of your tour of duty. Officers wait up to 2 hours waiting for a vehicle. And all this time for the past several years we are running thin but budgeted for 13500 officers. we are at 9000
How about giving the 70 million dollars that is to be spent engaging the construction of a useless private DePaul Basketball stadium and pour it into top rate ambulances...or is it better to let folks die so then there are less persons to worry about, ultimately? Pull the cord one way or the other.
Back before the city added BLS ambulances there were no shortages. After the city added the BLS ambulances they gradually increased the types of illnesses/ailments/injuries the CFD responded to leading up to this backlog. Before BLS the CFD only responded to real life threatening emergencies. Now the CFD is a glorified taxi service for anyone wanting to go to the hospital who thinks being transported in an ambulance will get them seen by a doctor ahead of someone with a more serious ament.
The "I-Team" at ABC7 recently beefed up their investigative staff and are trying to put something on-air daily, as somebody has FINALLY discovered that viewers like seeing corruption caught and wrongdoers highlighted on the news. That, in turn, creates the all-important RATINGS that is the lifeblood of anything related to television.
Channel 2 appears to be accepting the challenge and going after their own investigative heroics. How far behind can NBC5, FOX32 and WGN be? After all, the Daley Crime Family is NOT the sheriff in town now. Maybe they are all starting to stretch their broadcast muscles to see where their new limits are under this mayor... especially with Rahm using CNN and their "Chicagoland" series as a personal campaign commercial for the rest of his political career.
AND about that "Chicagoland" series... I recently read THIS about it:
"If you have watched an episode of The CNN Special Chicagoland and found it obviously biased, you are right on the money.
Chicagoland is a farce.... A corrupt, partisan political piece designed to make Mayor Emanuel and the Chief of Police look like heroes.
With the executive producer being Robert Redford, one might think it has credibility but it's just another Chicago snow job. Redford changed agents in 2012 to William Morris Endeavor (WME) headed by co-founder Ari Emanuel. Ari is Rahm's brother and Redford's agent.
Redford should do a special on how Chicago's elected politicians squandered billions, including the pensions of the city's first responders. Don't hold your breath."
And so it goes...
Does anyone really think our Raccoon Eyed mayor cares about the lives of the taxpayers paying the bills to keep this town afloat. He could care less. He knows that if HIS family needs an ambulance it will be at his door in seconds. Let's see if the rest of the media picks up on this story. Don't bet on it.
Every day I get a job where "Fires not rolling" and have to request one from the scene!
How about a look at the do nothings the insiders and the PO crossing Guard Supervisors Some cops work get CRs and others skate with weekends holidays and Summers off
Tru Tru
Pam must have been spoon-fed this story by someone.
Yeah were short because shooting each other is as common in the ghetto as a rain storm in spring. Once again the cradle to grave and their enablers ,the cook county dems have fucked the taxpayers
Fourth district 1st watch roll call + FOPs vice president elect + a couple of drinks= comedy stand up
STFU, pay your taxes and take care of yourself.
Thank you
Rahm
Family is Cfd paramedics the ambulances they have are like the jalopies we drive beat up, the city under rahm is not buying new equipment. They take you to the closest hospital because they don't think the ambulances could make it to better hospital before they breakdown!
On another note, when are bids for airports coming out, with 28 years on going to finish my career watching airplanes, working days. Heard big management changes coming at airports and pts wonder what that entails?
I actually saw this piece while channel surfing. One of the fire officials said that they would hire more paramedics if after they do a study to find out if it is feasible or if it's more cost effective to keep paying overtime to current staff. That sound familiar? What is the price of a life? Think they are trying to eliminate citizens by late response or they are getting ready to put a life saving tax in effect. They put your life in danger by using fewer, overworked and tired people responding slower (when they are not taking someone to the hospital for a stomach ache) to your emergency. When and if they save your life they tax you for it. With the prices they charge insurance companies for the transport you would think that They could afford a fleet of ambulances. Another cash cow?
When Pammy wants to be good, she's good. It's been a while since she's been on the warpath. It seems as though her and liberal Carol Marin are the ONLY real investigative reporters on the tube. Chuck Gowdie is laughable in comparison.
no matter how many ambulances and paramedics you have available you can run into staffing problems or other situations that result in not having one available when it might otherwise be desirable.
It might be that some administrative mess is what is causing the problem rather than staffing or equipment issues.
It would be nice to see if they go any deeper to look at why rather than just what.
"Now how about some follow-up? One-and-done isn't going to cut it when lives are on the line."
Next CPD dispatchers will have to refrain from indicating DAILY that there are no police units available.
They will be asked not to put in a 'wrap' over the air.
If the people only knew.
Well If you want more ambulances they will have to come out of the pension fund.
As usual its not original thinking by Pammy. The original story/investigation was totally done by the BGA and Andy Shaw and aired on WBBM NewsRadio about 2 months ago.
The numbers of ALS ambulances have been controlled And kept down because the majority members of the fire department are firefighters.That Nepotistic structure is designed to help firefighters to keep their numbers down(als) to Ensure they get their kids on the job in the future.It's not about public safety.It's about political control of fire dept. Policy.The Basic life support (EMT's)are not as highly trained as Paramedics who go through much more training.The higher numbered ambulances are BLS (close to 100) and the lower numbered ambulances are ALS.But to the citizen,they just see an ambulance and may assume it is paramedic ambulance.The word Paramedic on the side of the ambulances years ago was removed to help continue the illusion that all ambulances have paramedics on them.The public deserves no less.
I'm glad that the city has screwed up the CFD as much as they have done the CPD. I spent 29 years on CPD. My son wanted to join CFD. I wasn't thrilled with the idea. He got his paramedic license and waited...and waited. And waited some more. Meanwhile he worked for a private ambulance service. Low pay, no benefits, nowhere near 40 hours per week. He decided to go to nursing school. He graduates this year with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then he'll be commissioned as an ensign in the US Navy. Many thanks to Shortshanks and to Tiny Dancer 9.5.
Sounds like the ET shortage, the canine shortage...etc
Look up Sarah Pang's report to the mayor(tri-data report)submitted to then commissioner Altman which recommended more ALS ambulances over 20 years ago.As the baby boomers age,the need for EMS is greater.Fire numbers are down and EMS numbers are way up.......except for Paramedic staffed ambulances.Some fire engines and trucks have the words Paramedic equipped lettered on the side of the vehicle.I didn't know that a highly trained person was considered a piece of equipment.The Nepotistic attitude of the fire dept.needs to change.Those that control policy can encourage their son's and daughters to become paramedics.A heart attack victim or trauma victims,etc life is no less valuable then anyone hanging out a window waiting to be rescued.The paramedics end up taking care of all of them anyways,including firefighters injured "on what many consider to be "their job only".In reality,The department is The Chicago Fire and EMS department!Tradition has got in the way of progress.To the Democratic "progressives"as they call themselves,they might need to look up the meaning of the word progress and better serve all human beings including themselves.What to you want coming to your front door when you or your loved ones are in need of Emergency personnel?I hope the most highly trained.Politics of the not just a fire department anymore be Damned!
Interesting e mail sent out last week. Apparently the media is doing a report on police response times being extremely slow. Email states that we should try and explain what a great job the super is doing and that how crime is down and change the subject if the citizens start to question response times. I believe the email emanated from news affairs.
There is a list of about 1100 people waiting to be called specifically for paramedic jobs. A list that hasn't had a single person even called for processing in the almost three years it has been in place. And with each passing day at least one person on that list finds that job less and less appealing. Especially since one has to live in Chicago to do it.
Stop sending the Ambulances on those drunken homeless calls of men sleeping in the alley.
How about Pam investigate how the board of Ed can close schools but spend millions on furniture and rent! When they already own buildings and land. Ask how much they are going to spend in rent for 15 years? Really having headquarters for board of ed downtown? Spend that rent on fixing a closed school for headquarters.
Someone who lost someone due to the delay in ambulance arrival should should sue the fuck outta the city and then the problem qould be fixed! Gaurenteed
Ask why BLS ambulances cost the taxpayers more than ALS ambulances do. Good one, huh?
Anyone who trusts that woman to have any journalistic ethics is crazy..I'm sure she has an agenda
Glad to hear the comment about "fire not rolling". I remember the days when an ambulance AND engine company were sent for every mutt with an "asthma" attack or sore ass, to mention a few. Thus, taking those units out of service for real emergencies. Hopefully, the screening process is a little better. Unfortunately, that leaves the responding copper the task of diagnosing and determining if immediate treatment is necessary. And, liability wise, in the proverbial trickbag.
pam zekman is still crawling around in the bushes--- I thought all the munchkins were deceased....
I'm sure an ambulance follows Rahm around in case he gets indigestion.
What's going on at FOP? Did they find out who posted the the Board meeting on you tube? Heard Mills and Fusco calling there, articles to follow in trib and times.
Now the fed is going to pay $30M to help tear down blighted homes in Englewood. WTF??? $30M of our hard earned tax dollars, going down the toilet, all because a bunch of cockroaches disemboweled another once thriving community of our great City.
Here's an investigation for Pammy or the I Team or whoever wants it.
The Admin Mgr at the Academy does show up for work
She just makes sure to be seen by the DC's secretary and Sgt - then she takes off - never to be seen again for hours or even the rest of the day!
This woman doesn't or won't put in a full day of work!
This is nothing..... did this report make it's way into the PRIME TIME TELEVISION NEWS or did it just get buried on their website there, where absolutely nobody ever sees it?
This is nothing.... until it shows up on the evening news at 5:00 p.m.
THEN we'll see what happens.... but then, it's not gonna show up on TV because Emanuel's orders to the media are to bury stories like this so they can claim they reported it, but under the petty demands of mayor shitstick they'll never actually see the public light of day prime time, because they're complicit in the burying of damaging stories against the petty little boy on the 5th floor.
Now OLR is going to go...
Portage Park Hospital Likely to be a Hard Sell, Analysts Say
March 27, 2014
"PORTAGE PARK — For sale: one aging, money-losing hospital that faces an uncertain future in the midst of sweeping changes in the health care industry.
"It is unlikely that Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center in Portage Park will remain a full-service hospital after it is sold by Presence Health because of waning demand for in-patient services, two health care analysts said this week.
"Although Presence Health officials have said a new owner of the hospital will be required to keep Our Lady of the Resurrection open as a general acute care medical center and to retain the hospital's 900 employees, that may not be possible, said Allan Baumgarten, a Minneapolis-based health care analyst who studies the Illinois market..."
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140327/portage-park/portage-park-hospital-likely-be-hard-sell-analysts-say
That's OK. Maybe CVS across the street will open an in-store ER. The pharmacy chains overall have decided that they call the shots, not your doctor -- and are looking to expand into selling medical insurance as well.
Signs at Walgreens -- "Over 65? Have this condition? That condition? The other condition? HAVE YOU SEEN A PHARMACIST?"
Uh, no. I go to a physician...
"With the executive producer being Robert Redford, one might think ['Chicagoland'] has credibility but it's just another Chicago snow job. Redford changed agents in 2012 to William Morris Endeavor (WME) headed by co-founder Ari Emanuel. Ari is Rahm's brother and Redford's agent.
3/27/2014 03:39:00 AM
...as once again we riffle through the Rolodex Of Evil.
Way off topic:
I read a lot of press that is very negative toward the police. "We need more cops", "the police don't do enough", etc etc. then I read a report about a trial that ended with the conviction of two gang members who killed a 9 year old girl while aiming for her Dad. Chastity Turner killed in front of the house by two guys who were former friends of the Dad but the friendship ended when all three could not decide the best way to share the proceeds from two drug spots in Englewood. After their attempts at combining their territory, Kevin "Big Stupid" Stanley decided to shoot Chastitys Dad, whom we must remember was formerly in cahoots with the shooter. Big Stupid killed Chastity and wounded 3 others. I'm retired now after 26 yrs otj, and I truly feel bad when I hear coppers get slammed, but I have a question:
Can anyone tell me what the police are supposed to do to prevent this from happening? I'm at a loss.
But CPS needs 10 mil in furniture, DePaul needs a 100 mil for a stadium ...etc etc....
We had a battery victim, not to bad but did need medical attention at a hospital. The ambulance would not start, petered out right in the middle of the gas station. They had to call for another ambulance to pick the kid up and transfer him to the hospital. How fucking ridiculous what if it was more serious that person could have died. Wake up sheep start putting the screws to these asshole politicians.
If ALS is unavailable for a bonafide 911 call for my family the attorneys will be subpoenaing the logs, the tape and the staffing levels.
Try me!
Come on, you are scaring everyone. Unique approach to get a lawyer and sue. Glad you are the first one to think of that.
Back before the city added BLS ambulances there were no shortages. After the city added the BLS ambulances they gradually increased the types of illnesses/ailments/injuries the CFD responded to leading up to this backlog. Before BLS the CFD only responded to real life threatening emergencies. Now the CFD is a glorified taxi service for anyone wanting to go to the hospital who thinks being transported in an ambulance will get them seen by a doctor ahead of someone with a more serious ament.
Couldn't have said it better. Now the fools use the ambulance as a free ride to the ER instead of going to the doctors and hospital. Few years back they had a report that showed 80-90% of those calls were for non emergencies and I'm sure it only got worse. And it is free for most. How many of the fools actually end up paying for the ride.
Not sure about the paramedics. Have seen some good ones and some that don't appear to be in any hurry to get back on the air. Same as CPD some come right back up,others dog it.
Gee that doesn't sound like Rahm and the city to misrepresent and lie does it?
When you have media people, the wealthy, and politicians all hobnobbing together at charity events and social galas, you will get the sort of corruption that has brought Chicago (and other cities) to its knees.
Corruption is not a Left-Right issue. Kudos to those who are willing to reject the media-industrial complex, and expose the corruption that destroys us all.
The "Glorified taxi" comment is spot on. It happens here in the burbs too.
FYI, whats the department going to do after April 8. Most of the computers in the department run on windows XP, I guess there will be security breaches. See the article
Microsoft set to pull plug on Windows XP http://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-set-to-pull-plug-on-windows-xp
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Wow no police cars at the beginning of your tour of duty. Officers wait up to 2 hours waiting for a vehicle. And all this time for the past several years we are running thin but budgeted for 13500 officers. we are at 9000
3/27/2014 02:11:00 AM
Word is: Candy Crush
Anyone know of weight restrictions for semi-trucks on side streets? Please cite MCC or IVC. Thanks
... and then the paramedic chief who was interviewed in that piece was called down to IAD for a HIPPA violation the morning after the report aired.
CFD is on a witch hunt and wants to put a muzzle on the very vocal Fitzmaurice.
If police officers are waiting up to 2 hours for a vehicle , something is wrong with our command merit staff .
Hours should be adjusted and the officers starting time should be changed to start 2 hours later .
Another waste of tax dollars . Citizens are paying for police protection and police officers are stranded in police stations because a shortage of vehicles.
This is the problem with merit supervisors that will not speak out . Document and notify news media .
A police officer or citizen will be hurt because of police officers stuck in a police station .
"Now how about some follow-up?"
Incredibly, this IS a follow-up!
Does Chicago Have An Ambulance Shortage?
February 6, 2014 9:56 PM
(CBS) – If you have a life-threatening condition will the city get an ambulance to you in time?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/02/06/2-investigators-bga-does-chicago-have-an-ambulance-shortage/
"Obviously [the mayor] does not place as high a priority on EMS, ambulances and paramedics as he does on other projects. It is all based on politics and getting the biggest political bang for the buck."
3/27/2014 12:27:00 AM
The aldermen recently voted a $1 billion limit for the mayor on the city's credit card. Existing debt has been "refinanced," "scooped and tossed" far into the future so that the costs will show up long after the elections.
Important? "Other projects" like the $60 million (to start) four-year Navy Pier Flyover project. God knows what the cost overruns will be by the end.
Important? A "facelift" for Irving/Austin. "A $600,000 city project...pedestrian-friendly crosswalks, bigger sidewalks, new light-pole banners and a "People Spot," which is designed to allow folks to gather in a playful place once ruled by cars...would take up at least one but as many as four parking spots, and would be enclosed by a guardrail to protect people from traffic.
Other "People Sport" have drawn criticism from business owners for taking up crucial parking spots and driving away customers.
Key moments in Portage Park's history would be painted on the sidewalk...gardens, playground equipment, ramps, benches, bike racks, trash cans...
The city project is designed to "create spaces that create community and culture..."
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140324/portage-park/irving-austin-business-district-get-badly-needed-facelift
Howard Street just got $6.6 million of this crap, "and still the people who loiter around, it really deters people from coming here," said Freddie Lee, 32, who runs Freddie's Modern Kung Fu, at 1642 W. Howard St.
"Lee said his wife's business, Jenny's Gourmet Restaurant, operated out of the same building about three years ago before closing.
"He said the road construction for the streetscape was partially to blame.
"I think it hurt our business," he said of the project."
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140325/rogers-park/howard-street-clock-tower-caps-off-years-long-streetscape-project
I saw the State Street Mall go in with all kinds of promises, and I saw it torn back out after it proved to be a disaster for business.
No matter! Endless work and rework for contractors.
Ka-ching! $$$ Ka-ching! $$$
Any word on who's the new HR director going to be????
Stopped by FOP today looks like Hitlers bunker in the last days of the war. Everybody is busy at the computers. I'll bet they are in delete mode. Dean Angelo should go to court to stop them from deleting files. Who knows what will be uncovered.
gary chico for mayor 2015
who cares rahm is just the gate keeper nora conroy daley is our next mayor get used to it the 11th ward controls it all including all the police promotions
And that surprises you .
Fuck the chicago media.
Do not trust ANY of them
Where does the money go? Pissed away on events that never even happened...
Mayor moving to redevelop Michael Reese site
September 17, 2012
"Four years after then-Mayor Richard M. Daley borrowed $85 million to buy the Michael Reese Hospital site with a dream of building an Olympic Village there, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is moving to realize his predecessor’s back-up vision: to turn the 37-acre site into a technology park.
"The Emanuel administration has awarded an $885,000 contract to the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for “property redevelopment, strategic planning and consulting services” for the Reese site on the South Side.
"In 2008, Daley rolled the dice that a depressed real estate market would come roaring back to further his dream of hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Chicago borrowed $85 million to purchase the then-soon-to-be-shuttered campus Reese to pave the way for construction of an Olympic Village.
"The price rose to $91 million after the city’s stunning first-round knockout in the 2016 Summer Olympic sweepstakes.
If the property is not unloaded to private developers by 2014, five years after the city took possession, the price goes up to $96 million and the city must start making payments on the loan...
http://www.suntimes.com/business/14508916-420/mayor-moving-to-redevelop-michael-reese-site.html
...so that's one place where money for ambulances went.
We had plenty of Ambulances until McCarthy arrived in town after his side kick Raccoon Eyes took over, that is right took over, I have never seen a person outright say, I will be the mayor of Chicago, return from Washington and run and win, they put schill candidates in that race so he could win. McCarthy came in , chopped up units that REAQLLY DID A GOOD JOB, despite district crybabies and jealous coppers and that is when we started having service issues, Ambulance service is soaked up on the south and westside in the war zones, travelling to hospitals miles away, then the teams on these ambulances are so so burned out they shut down and take their time. I hope I don't need one in a hurry.
to be filed with;
if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.
crime is down.
the state income tax increase are temporary.
and.
it's for the children.
i give you [drum roll please]
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Gun-Banning CA Senator Busted For Weapons Trafficking
California Senator Leland Yee, who authored gun control legislation, has been busted by the FBI for conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and to illegally import firearms
...
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against state Sen. Leland Yee in court Wednesday, accusing him of conspiring to commit wire fraud and traffic firearms.
In all, 26 people, including former school board president Keith Jackson, were indicted on charges related to an extensive crime ring headed by well-known Chinatown figure Raymond Chow, who was also arrested and charged Wednesday.
The indictment alleges Yee and Jackson defrauded "citizens of honest services" and were involved in a scheme to traffic firearms in exchange for thousands in campaign donations to the senator.
Federal prosecutors also allege Yee agreed to perform official acts in exchange for the money, including one instance in which he introduced a businessman to state legislators who had significant influence over pending medical marijuana legislation. In exchange, the businessman -- who was actually an undercover FBI agent -- agreed to donate thousands to Yee's campaign fund, according to the indictment.
...
and the Gun-Control-legislating Senator explained in the sting...
Yee discussed helping the agent get weapons worth $500,000 to $2.5 million, including shoulder-fired missiles, and explaining the entire process of acquiring them from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines to bringing them to the U.S., according to the court document by FBI agent Emmanuel V. Pascua.
Yee said he was unhappy with his life and told the agent he wanted to hide out in the Philippines, according to the affidavit.
"There's a part of me that wants to be like you," he told the undercover agent, according to the affidavit. "You know how I'm going to be like you? Just be a free agent there."
read the whole thing.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-27/gun-banning-ca-senator-busted-weapons-trafficking
thanks obama.
Please make sure if a police officer is hurt you put him in a squad and take him to the hospital. DONT wait for the paramedics your quick transport could save his life.
war on drugs update anyone...
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Hemp aid: US considers buying industrial cannabis from Ukraine to bolster its economy
The US Department of Agriculture is looking to boost imports of hemp seeds from Ukraine, hoping this will help the country’s battered economy. However, they still do not know what it will be used for.
“We are now involved in trying to figure out ways in which we might be able to use the industrial hemp seeds that are created in Ukraine in the US,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Bloomberg in an interview Tuesday.
Ukraine is the world’s fourth-biggest producer of industrial hemp seed, the term used to refer to cannabis strains cultivated for non-drug use. Unlike another, most known type of Cannabis grown for marijuana, industrial hemp lacks that same ingredient, THC, which causes physical or psychological effects and gives smoker a high.
http://rt.com/business/us-hemp-ukraine-aid-437/
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hey, how this thc get in this industrial hemp shipment...can't you just see it now.
no money for detroit, no money for chicago pensions. plenty of money to bail out the ukraine using hemp purchases 'as a tool' and that we haven't got a clue of what to do with.
of course if some bureaucratic slip-up mistakenly ships the thc variety there's a lot of money to be made there. we suppose the politically clouted mexican drug cartels will not be very happy with the competition tho.
on the other hand maybe the doj can get in the act and ship some weapons to both sides eh/
'... Ukraine is currently angling for aid from the International Monetary Fund, as much as $20 billion, while it has also been struggling with months of political crisis.
The Obama administration is planning to provide a $1 billion loan for the coup-imposed government of Ukraine, and is working with European allies on a broader package...'
Friday is coming. Are they making people and how many?
what an embarrassment to this country. check out this video clip. dead silence when he's done reading the teleprompter.
that has to be a huge blow to ones narcissistic ego no.
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What Happens If A US President Stops Speaking, And Nobody Claps
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-26/what-happens-if-us-president-stops-speaking-and-nobody-claps
... does it mean that everyone saw right through the endless bluster, hollow rhetoric and empty promises of the man tasked with reading from a teleprompter, and currently in charge of one of the world's most totalitarian states? Because either someone is getting fired for forgetting to turn on the "applause" sign, or Europeans no longer care for the lies uttered by Obama on all topics NSA-related (and all other topics too).
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meanwhile, in a vote of confidence within his own administration...yet another unspoken message is sent
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Secret Service agents on Obama detail sent home from Netherlands
Party over: US Secret Service agents sent home over drunken Netherlands incident
Three agents from the US secret service responsible for protecting President Obama in Amsterdam this week have been sent home after a night of drinking. The incident happened just a day before the president’s arrival.
One of the agents was found drunk and passed out in a hotel hallway by hotel staff on Sunday morning, according to the people familiar with the incident who spoke on condition of anonymity, reported the Washington Post. The hotel workers immediately alerted the US embassy in the Netherlands, which then informed senior agents on the presidential trip, including its director, Julia Pierson.
more -- http://rt.com/news/us-secret-service-drunk-273/
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Secret Service Suspected of Drinking, Crashing Car
Newser-3 hours ago
(Newser) – The Secret Service's Netherlands debauch wasn't the agency's first ... ahead of the Netherlands trip, and they warned agents to stay out of trouble.
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wasn't there a sex-capade in south america with obama's ss a while back too.
with no future and all the lies does anyone give a shit anymore about anything. i think not.
it's everyman for themselves get what you can while you can. it's a hooray for me and eff you society.
so who's buying the first round..
Asshat rham has money for everything else but emergency services.
The mayors press core doesn't have any manpower shortage though and it's budget is routinely expanded.
"When seconds count...police and fire are minutes away."
How many CPD Officers have transported themselves to thew hospital because they KNOW that an Ambulance may not be coming ???I have been at shootings where CPD has crowd control issues because CFD cant transport the victims fast enough waiting 15 minutes for an Ambulance..Someone needs to be fired for allowing this to happen
so this is why police captain marty ryczek is threatening his civilian employees at the fire shops.
I still can't stand that evil hobbit. Feel like Satan herself is talking every time I hear her voice.
This is a bigger symptom of what ails America since the financial crisis of 2008. My friends this sort of incidents is happening throughout our country. I have friends and family in other states and here is a snippet.
In Tampa, Florida the number of police officers and firefighters is down by 35%. The number of teachers is down by 25%.
In the suburbs of northern Atlanta, GA (these are good quality high income suburbs by the way) the number of teachers is down by 30%.
The media likes to cover up the financial crisis we are embroiled in. There is no recovery. More Americans are unemployed (when you count those not in the labor force) than ever. The number of people on food stamps keeps breaking new highs every month.
The DePaul basketball arena makes no sense at all. During the recent disappointing season, the DePaul team is barely averaged 1,800 fans per game. Why would Chicago partner with a losing team on a new stadium that will not produce any profits? A stadium may have turned a profit twenty-five years ago when DePaul was in the Final Four, but that was ages ago.
Anonymous said...
If ALS is unavailable for a bonafide 911 call for my family the attorneys will be subpoenaing the logs, the tape and the staffing levels.
Try me!
This is literally playing with the lives of anyone in Chicago who suburbs to an emergency requiring advanced life support.
3/27/2014 01:15:00 AM
Planet earth to Perry Mason: you ain't gonna win against the city of Chicago. They will doctor any and all records so you won't go far in your lawsuit.
You would be better off telling your fellow citizens how corrupt and inefficient are city is being run by these politicians and their underlings.
OT: Epitome of Evil: Notorious Oak Lawn Killer Dies in Prison.
http://oaklawn.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/notorious-oak-lawn-killer-dies-in-prison
from elderly downtown citizen:
Tiny Pointer takes shots wherever and whenever he finds an opening. Shame on him.
Now, he's killing us? How Chris Christie of him.
I've had 3 emergency ambulance rides since November 2013. I can't say enough for how much I appreciated CFD's help, compassion and professionalism. I had no idea they were stretched so thin, but you do pick up on burn-out pretty easily, just like with CPD.
As for our UGLY mayor, in this City of the Ugly Mayors...VOTE HIM THE HELL OUT OF TOWN NEXT ELECTION!
this is just the beginning just watch what happens to our pensions! no money for public saftey where did it go,someone should be in jail!
Not many know this story outside the OEC/OEMC, but the BLS ambulances were only added shortly after shortshanks needed an ALS ambulance one night and the closest was coming from Midway or some shit like that.
The next week shortshanks decided the city needed more ambulances pronto, but not ALS ambulances.
Very similar to the fire engines with a trained paramedic on board. Instead of just adding ALS ambulances or cutting the types of runs they would go out on, Chicago and other cities do half-assed measures like putting the cross-trained paramedic on a fire engine. Likely a fop to the fire department unions, as it has nothing to do with the health and well being of citizens.
Anyway, hope everybody can smile at least at the thought of shortshanks waiting in his south loop townhome for a Chicago ambulance for 15 or 20 minutes while he was mayor. This really happened.
Think of how many bambalances get called for breevin treatment, the sugars, or get sent to lockups cause dude gots heart palpations. Then one is needed for a real patient and it has to come from several miles away. No win situation with this.
Psst-Here's a secret:
80 series ambulances are BLS, the
lower numbered ones are ALS.
Since Pam probably got permission from city hall to air the story, I wonder whats behind it.
Hmm, maybe the retired CFD bosses who want a private ambulance contract with the city????
"The CBS 2 Investigators and the Better Government Association have been warning about an apparent shortage of Chicago ambulances and paramedics."
Could a big part of the real problem for both police and fire be a surplus of s--theads who are constantly getting shot and cut up and diabetic-with-hepatitis-and-heart-problems-and-morbidly-obese-pregnant-again and falling-down drunk and OD'ed?
What, probably 10% of the population generates 90% of the calls for service.
Ambulances? Hell, even the morgue wasn't big enough anymore.
By the way -- they are talking about expanding the school lunch program to SEVEN DAYS A WEEK; take-home packs so that no chronological "adult" will have to heave they a-- up off the front steps and do anything at all.
Ever.
Now walk my kids to school. I got the vapors.
....Wait till the Summer
Let the fire union worry about it.
They just elected a new prez and let him earn his hefty salary.
They could easily issue a memo and state that they fear live are being out in danger for lack of manpower.
If you are shot have your partner drive you ASAP!!!
Have you seen dave savini's facebook page...this douche has portrait type pictures of him self, with like a George Washington look away stare...he is such a conceited stroke. I bet he just stares at himself everyday....
https://www.facebook.com/dave.savini?fref=ts
Anonymous said...
The numbers of ALS ambulances have been controlled And kept down because the majority members of the fire department are firefighters.That Nepotistic structure is designed to help firefighters to keep their numbers down(als) to Ensure they get their kids on the job in the future.It's not about public safety.It's about political control of fire dept. Policy.The Basic life support (EMT's)are not as highly trained as Paramedics who go through much more training.The higher numbered ambulances are BLS (close to 100) and the lower numbered ambulances are ALS.But to the citizen,they just see an ambulance and may assume it is paramedic ambulance.The word Paramedic on the side of the ambulances years ago was removed to help continue the illusion that all ambulances have paramedics on them.The public deserves no less.
3/27/2014 07:54:00 AM
The bls ambulances are like the old Sanford and son show the junk truck Lamont drove to pick up scrap. These ambulances are staffed by no clue fireman basically it's a free ride to hospital nothing more nothing less! The taxpayers deserve better!!
Do they have an ambulance that is on standby solely for the mayor? Any fire people want to chime in....
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This mayor is destroying our city...No he's just continuing where Daley left off!
This mayor will pay for the decisions to cut this and that,the piper will be paid! It will come In an event or a suit worthy incident showing lack of or inefficiency on the part of manpower,and it will then be to late,but never the less effective!
You can bet Pam has a few police and CFD on her pay roll for info! Just like saying to much on this blog,she reads this, I hear Obama reads this!
Anonymous said...
Here's an investigation for Pammy or the I Team or whoever wants it.
The Admin Mgr at the Academy does show up for work
She just makes sure to be seen by the DC's secretary and Sgt - then she takes off - never to be seen again for hours or even the rest of the day!
This woman doesn't or won't put in a full day of work!
3/27/2014 10:03:00 AM
OMG! Would you please shut up or see a therapist already!!!!
We had plenty of Ambulances until McCarthy arrived in town after his side kick Raccoon Eyes took over, that is right took over, I have never seen a person outright say, I will be the mayor of Chicago, return from Washington and run and win, they put schill candidates in that race so he could win. McCarthy came in , chopped up units that REAQLLY DID A GOOD JOB, despite district crybabies and jealous coppers and that is when we started having service issues, Ambulance service is soaked up on the south and westside in the war zones, travelling to hospitals miles away, then the teams on these ambulances are so so burned out they shut down and take their time. I hope I don't need one in a hurry.
WTF Now its McCarthy's fault we don't have enough ambulances since he arrived.
Get a fing life. You better never hope McCarthyt leaves town, then who are you going to blame.
Anonymous said...
Here's an investigation for Pammy or the I Team or whoever wants it.
The Admin Mgr at the Academy does show up for work
She just makes sure to be seen by the DC's secretary and Sgt - then she takes off - never to be seen again for hours or even the rest of the day!
This woman doesn't or won't put in a full day of work!
3/27/2014 10:03:00 AM
Hello! I miss your updates on the Adm manager. How are you? Why not let the front office know about your concerns? Or maybe no one cares? Have a nice day!
Anonymous said...
FYI, whats the department going to do after April 8. Most of the computers in the department run on windows XP, I guess there will be security breaches.
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I thought we had Windows 2000, which was before XP, right? I swear at Area North we've got 2000 on some computers.
Not to mention that the city is stealing from Accurint....but that's another story.
Anonymous said...
If police officers are waiting up to 2 hours for a vehicle , something is wrong with our command merit staff .
Hours should be adjusted and the officers starting time should be changed to start 2 hours later .
Another waste of tax dollars . Citizens are paying for police protection and police officers are stranded in police stations because a shortage of vehicles.
This is the problem with merit supervisors that will not speak out . Document and notify news media .
A police officer or citizen will be hurt because of police officers stuck in a police station .
3/27/2014 11:31:00 AM
You can barely make it through the hall in 11 around change time from days to aft because officers are standing around waiting for cars...nowhere to sit at a computer in case they want to do some work, nowhere for them to go.
Anonymous said...
Friday is coming. Are they making people and how many?
3/27/2014 12:53:00 PM
Wife merit-promoted to sgt. Husband to be (rumored) merit-promoted to lt. tomorrow.
ARE YOU F***CKING KIDDING ME?
As for our UGLY mayor, in this City of the Ugly Mayors...VOTE HIM THE HELL OUT OF TOWN NEXT ELECTION!
3/27/2014 02:27:00 PM
Yeah. Then our next mayor will be Preckwinkle.
We're doomed. Get out while you can.
That was controlled by Rahm. The city judt proposed to cfd to make all ambos ask staffed with one medic and one emt. He spoon fed the story to create a crisis.
Please make sure if a police officer is hurt you put him in a squad and take him to the hospital. DONT wait for the paramedics your quick transport could save his life.
Bad Advice. A CHA copper bled out int the
back seat of a squad car when he got tossed into the car and "rushed" to the hospital. What are you going to do when the copper suffers a heart attack in the back seat ?.
RIP to the two Boston FF's who died.
good job Pam, keep it up..
Anonymous said...
The DePaul basketball arena makes no sense at all. During the recent disappointing season, the DePaul team is barely averaged 1,800 fans per game. Why would Chicago partner with a losing team on a new stadium that will not produce any profits? A stadium may have turned a profit twenty-five years ago when DePaul was in the Final Four, but that was ages ago.
3/27/2014 01:36:00 PM
Did the whole team travel as in a field trip to the Final Four...or do you mean they played in it? The former is much easier to believe.
Anonymous said...
How about a look at the do nothings the insiders and the PO crossing Guard Supervisors Some cops work get CRs and others skate with weekends holidays and Summers off
Tru Tru
3/27/2014 05:18:00 AM
Hey dipshit, I'm not a P.O. crossing guard supervisor. I'm just a blue shirt riding a beat car like you(I'll assume). But stop with the jealous posts everyday. First of all they don't get Holidays off any more than you. If you want a Holiday off put in a slip for DOH. Our P.O. crossing guard sup. actually works a beat car on holidays to get the extra cash. Secondly they don't automatically get summers off, unless they use time or have furlo. They are p.o.'s just like you. They don't automatically get free days and summers off. Now either you can get some time and take day off holiday(because it goes by seniority) or take a summer furlo if you can get one. Until then shut the fuck up with your bullshit!!
So buy more Vehicles ? It's an equipment problem not a start time problem
Congrats go to the well deserving Bike Unit CO!!!! Well done,YOU have earned it after all these years. You wil be a great Lt Joe.
Looks like the openings for O'Hare will tell the difference between those with Real Clout and not . The phone calls coming in at 35th Strt are constant. This is real serious clout and with the Feds recent ruling on armed security at TSA checkpoints O'Hare P.O.'s could be making Lts pay with the OT.
Retired; I remember the job in the 70's seeing squad car pull up to Michael Reese ER with a guy laying the back seat with intestines exposed from where his ol' lady cut him high wide & deep, we assisted getting him on a gurney while the doctor screamed OR (operaing room), or the night we carried a guy on a wagon stretcher down 5 flights of stairs in the projects after he was shot mutiple times. Now they want a bambalance cause my head is paining me ALS was unheard of.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” George Orwell
RE: 3/27/2014 12:17:00 PM : Gun-Banning CA Senator Busted For Weapons Trafficking: A few days ago I read about those FBI raids and wondered why ..… figures only zerohedge ran with a follow up … fuck the mainstream sheeple media ...
I wonder if a dystopian state is inevitable - not just the stuff of teen novels - or the ravings of the tinfoil brigade. It seems to be around the corner...
Nero fiddled while Rome burned just as 9.5 sells the city with borrowed bonds.
While harrowing, perhaps things are as they should be.
Anonymous said...
The DePaul basketball arena makes no sense at all. During the recent disappointing season, the DePaul team is barely averaged 1,800 fans per game. Why would Chicago partner with a losing team on a new stadium that will not produce any profits? A stadium may have turned a profit twenty-five years ago when DePaul was in the Final Four, but that was ages ago.
3/27/2014 01:36:00 PM
Did the whole team travel as in a field trip to the Final Four...or do you mean they played in it? The former is much easier to believe.
3/27/2014 07:00:00 PM
Lost to Larry Bird in 1979 Final Four, were ranked #1 in the country for most of the season, and sold out the Horizon (Allstate Arena) for several years.
They were ok until they joined the Big East. Ever since, they have been in way over their heads. Athletic Director is clueless, school has dropped substantially academically and is a shadow of its former self. Forbes has the school ranked #312 in the country.
Building an off campus stadium for them is insanity. The United Center offered FREE rent for 10 years along with a pack of other perks. But I guess it's better to spend $75M to draw a couple thousand fans. Students could have taken the bus down Racine to the UC. After all its safe right?
Better government needs to do an investigation into how much police resources are stolen from taxpaying areas to give to the ghetto.
The taxpaying areas are getting robbed of police patrols and resources by Garry McCarthy and his "saturate the ghetto" VRI plan.
"Hey dipshit, I'm not a P.O. crossing guard supervisor. I'm just a blue shirt riding a beat car like you(I'll assume). But stop with the jealous posts everyday."
Thank you! Glad to know I'm not the only one tiring of this ass.
"The bls ambulances are like the old Sanford and son show the junk truck Lamont drove to pick up scrap. These ambulances are staffed by no clue fireman [sic]"
3/27/2014 04:33:00 PM
"Fireman" [sic} got plenty of everyday, working "clue" that can save your ass.
The thing that gets me is that many ALS today are down on what used to be wagon calls. "One to the detox." "One to the Read."
People today have NO IDEA what it used to be like before Fire Comm. Quinn got the fire ambulances in here in the first place in the early '60s. We were so happy to see them, felt so safe. Ambulances used to be run by funeral homes and stuff, great big Cadillacs with 0LS -- zero life support.
I'm looking at a pic, ca. 1950, of a police squadrol. Black. One red gumball machine on the top.
Equipment laid out alongside, as best I can see -- Fire axe, fire extinguisher, Halligan, couple hanks of manila rope, body bag, sledgehammer, folding stretcher, old Army blanket.
Count your fuckin blessings.
"Since Pam probably got permission from city hall to air the story, I wonder whats behind it.
Hmm, maybe the retired CFD bosses who want a private ambulance contract with the city????"
That could be it. Or perhaps it's another nail in our pension coffin.
"No matter what we do, without eliminating the pensions for active police and fire, the city will not be able to keep up, nor provide the level of service that the citizens deserve."
...said Rahm
"Bad Advice. A CHA copper bled out int the back seat of a squad car when he got tossed into the car and "rushed" to the hospital. What are you going to do when the copper suffers a heart attack in the back seat ?."
Better yet, take the time to learn some first aid...how to care for GSW's, puncture wounds, etc. Carry a "blow-out kit." (Google it). Learn CPR.
The life you save could be your partner's, your own, or a family member's.
"...hope everybody can smile at least at the thought of shortshanks waiting in his south loop townhome for a Chicago ambulance for 15 or 20 minutes while he was mayor. This really happened."
3/27/2014 02:37:00 PM
What, couldn't get up his private road out back for a case of emergency crotch irritation? Da City's Great No. 1 Bicyclist...it hurts if you don't hit it for months and months when there are no cameras around...
Lay a good coat a OTC Ben Gay all over dose dere if yez can find em.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Not the thing to use but in his distinguished case we will make an exception.
Maybe Pam can do a story on why our overtime checks are short by hundreds of dollars or more every month.
Only 5,730 ballots received for FOP president' selection. Get your ballot in the Mail ASAP. Vote!
Here's a number for ya. CFD responds to over 300,000 EMS jobs a year. Think we need more ambos? Ret. CFD LT/PM.
The Neanderthal said...
"With the executive producer being Robert Redford, one might think ['Chicagoland'] has credibility but it's just another Chicago snow job. Redford changed agents in 2012 to William Morris Endeavor (WME) headed by co-founder Ari Emanuel. Ari is Rahm's brother and Redford's agent.
3/27/2014 03:39:00 AM
...as once again we riffle through the Rolodex Of Evil.
Hey news flash may have been good looking back in he day but now full blown douchebag demorat FUCK HIM for carrying water for the Rahmster. How come he isn't showing the truth and why is no one asking him ????
3/27/2014 10:15:00 AM
Congrats go to the well deserving Bike Unit CO!!!! Well done,YOU have earned it after all these years. You wil be a great Lt Joe.
3/27/2014 08:04:00 PM
BULLSHIT!
He doesn't deserve the merit spot for riding his bike, flying under the radar and leaving early.
Not that this surprises me.
This endangers Police as well as civilians.
Anonymous said...
The DePaul basketball arena makes no sense at all. During the recent disappointing season, the DePaul team is barely averaged 1,800 fans per game. Why would Chicago partner with a losing team on a new stadium that will not produce any profits? A stadium may have turned a profit twenty-five years ago when DePaul was in the Final Four, but that was ages ago.
3/27/2014 01:36:00 PM
Around 35-36 years ago.
Anonymous said...
Please make sure if a police officer is hurt you put him in a squad and take him to the hospital. DONT wait for the paramedics your quick transport could save his life.
Bad Advice. A CHA copper bled out int the
back seat of a squad car when he got tossed into the car and "rushed" to the hospital. What are you going to do when the copper suffers a heart attack in the back seat ?.
3/27/2014 06:23:00 PM
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You must be a real old timer, to remember that. That happened over 20 years ago. I was shown the spot where they shot him when I was a CHAPD PPO.
Our P.O. crossing guard sup. actually works a beat car on holidays to get the extra cash
Brony Says
*How Nice What's their Reg DOG?
LoL FS or SM -Do tell
We could all use some Extra Cash
How many arrests do they make??
Isn't "Squad, we are waiting on a vehicle", just as bad?
Beep Bop Boop....Emergency 51 Emergency 51, this is Rampart, start an IV with ringers lactate.
Hey dipshit, I'm not a P.O. crossing guard supervisor. I'm just a blue shirt riding a beat car like you(I'll assume). But stop with the jealous posts everyday. First of all they don't get Holidays off any more than you. If you want a Holiday off put in a slip for DOH. Our P.O. crossing guard sup. actually works a beat car on holidays to get the extra cash. Secondly they don't automatically get summers off, unless they use time or have furlo. They are p.o.'s just like you. They don't automatically get free days and summers off. Now either you can get some time and take day off holiday(because it goes by seniority) or take a summer furlo if you can get one. Until then shut the fuck up with your bullshit!!
Easy Francis Your Cush Spot is secure for,,, now
We could use 20 extra POs on the Beat working
Congrats go to the well deserving Bike Unit CO!!!! Well done,YOU have earned it after all these years. You wil be a great Lt Joe.
3/27/2014 08:04:00 PM
BULLSHIT!
He doesn't deserve the merit spot for riding his bike, flying under the radar and leaving early.
Not that this surprises me
Hey dipshit stop your hate crusade And Shit the fuck up!!!
"Oh Lordy I gots da bloat! Gimme a bamalance! What? Pay? Hahmuhfukkayoufunnyanshit!"
Think you can be better? Go to journalist school. (That's J school kids) but seriously, I see the spelling and grammar usage in your reports and laugh at your wasted education....
It's bad enough one of our own brothers in blue recently dies in the 014th district after suffering a heart attack and EMS took forever to get to the station with several calls over the air asking where the ambulance was and the kicker is ---the the fire station is literally across the street. CFD could have run across the street to help save the officer. Now his wife and kids will suffer the loss. This mayor blows great big donkey balls. But funny thing is people don't give a shit unless is happens to them. So keep supporting this goof and his buddies slowly killing our city.
They should hire more train conductor gal types!!
Amen to carrying a kit with you, LOMART was the best training I've ever gotten on this job
Let's see how much you like Pam if she shows up at one of your jobs and decides to Monday morning quarterback the circumstances of your performance. Get your head out of your ass, the media is a for profit business, not a guardian of the public.
Anonymous 3/27/2014 12:27:00 AM
said...
Pam is awesome. I am one of her biggest fans
Thanks for that Pam, you self-serving troll unless you're going to be honest for a change and reveal your true agenda, like sniffing for a Pulitzer.
Beep Bop Boop....Emergency 51 Emergency 51, this is Rampart, start an IV with ringers lactate.
Not THAT, was funny!
Anonymous said...
Here's a number for ya. CFD responds to over 300,000 EMS jobs a year. Think we need more ambos? Ret. CFD LT/PM.
3/27/2014 10:30:00 PM
And 290,000 are BS calls
No matter what we do, without eliminating the pensions for active police and fire, the city will not be able to keep up, nor provide the level of service that the citizens deserve."
...said Rahm
He used the wrong word, deserve. What he should have used was expect.
Cant believe he said that. Now everything is put on our pension, but he finds money for the CPS hdqtrs,furniture, Depaul,Malcolm X who puts out students that cant pass certifications after passing their classes. Yea, its all our pensions fault.
If I was running for Mayor I would request equal time on CNN.
Why not remove the hose beds from the paramedic equipped ALS Engines so they can transport patients on top to the hospital?
If you're going to be a 3rd world city, might as well look like one.
Anonymous said...
They should hire more train conductor gal types!!
3/28/2014 07:19:00 AM
Then they would definately have to get more ambulances
30 yr paramedic here. Get a shaving Dopp kit or clear plastic women's make-up bag. Fill it with gauze, trauma dressings, tape, etc. If a copper is shot, " stop the bleeding and keep em breathing" . Throw em in the back seat, hold pressure on the wound and drive em to the hospital. Ambo on 111th in Mt. Greenwood always out of town in Roseland on "stomach pains" or " my auntie gots high bluuuuud".
Credit Pam for this story, but the key to it will be the follow-up and any resulting accountability.
DePaul university is in trouble financially which is something they seem to have just noticed last year, maybe around the time Rhamfather put out his feelers on the stadium. Most units at the university are required to cut costs drastically, up to 40 percent. Salaries for peon employees are frozen indefinitely. Never mind the athletic dept. has racked up a $15 mill. deficit with little to show for it. Perfect time to drop $70 million on a big fat money launder...I mean, Arena. The school doesn't have a lot in the bank, so they will borrow most of it at enormous debt service:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/205470955/DPU-Arena-Memo-by-Professor-Tom-Mondschean
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