Wednesday, May 21, 2014

DUI Checkpoints Go VRI

This certainly doesn't seem like the intended purpose of a DUI mission:
  • Per Deputy Chief Georgous (pardon spelling, no idea who this guy is),the DUI Saturation overtime cars have been assigned "zones" or "boxes". Per the Deputy, we must stay in this box at all times and basically have the same rules as VRI.

    This program is funded by the State of Illinois with the hopes of numerous DUI arrests each night. I am all for time and a half, the Deputy just made my job that much easier. Just hope the funding remains as the DUI's plummet.
So Illinois is inadvertently funding a portion of VRI by paying officers to sit in boxes all night.

We suppose it isn't the Department's fault if there aren't any busy streets with taverns nearby to actually hunt DUI's on and it certainly can't be the Officer's fault that they're nailed to a certain location and not out actively hunting drunk drivers.

We'd certainly like to see who picked the spots the DUI Team is supposed to be working - are these spots known for drunk driving accidents? Or just shootings?

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148 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Typical expensive, though ineffective, government planning.

5/21/2014 12:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In other words, the white folk get a free pass with no DUI patrols in their neighborhood?

Is Rahm Racist?

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not only were the traffic section's state grant funded DUI overtime programs moved to the violence hot spots every week, but so have the every day operations on all watches. Now one car is on the Skyway and 2 cars are assigned to all of Lake Shore Dr. One north and one south. ALL other traffic section personnel are sent to wherever the hot spot of the week is. And even though the Supe only counts the "weekend" as Friday-Saturday, the ghetto deployments for traffic section are every Fri-Sat-Sun & Mon. No time or personnel from traffic to cover Safe Passage on Mondays and Fridays either anymore. I guess the school children on Mondays and Fridays aren't as important anymore?

5/21/2014 12:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Desplaines PD just had some guys get burned for defrauding US DOT over DUI checkpoints. You have to get a certain # of actual DUI's, or they cut off the money and want it back.

5/21/2014 12:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The same goes for CTA Special Employment for the 5th Watch. For the past week, all units are assigned to the 5th District driving back and forth on Michigan, 111th Street, Halsted, and 119th Street. We are driving on bus routes. This is because the 5th District had an abundance of shootings. The location will be changed to wherever it is "hot". Essentially, CTA Special Employment is VRI at straight time.

5/21/2014 12:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I didnt know there was such a unit as DUI Saturation overtime cars

5/21/2014 12:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is easy to fix all you p.os that can't live within your means quit working any overtime this summer

5/21/2014 12:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

011 got rid of all rapids and other cars to form a new team, 1165? To do what exactly?

5/21/2014 01:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Funny, every move McDimWit makes seems to point toward putting more officers on the street.

HIRE MORE COPS! They deny they need more manpower, yet every move they make is exactly toward that end...having more cops on the street.

5/21/2014 01:06:00 AM  
Blogger I Fart In Your General Direction said...

"We'd certainly like to see who picked the spots the DUI Team is supposed to be working - are these spots known for drunk driving accidents? Or just shootings?"


I think we all know the answer to this question.

Regardless, this is yet more manpower assigned to the non-contributors while your neighborhood and mine go unprotected.

Speaking of which, just saw that Clearing and Garfield Ridge residents were warned of an increase of burglaries in the last couple of weeks...

DID THE BRAINTRUST RUNNING THIS CIRCUS DEPLOY ANY EXTRA CARS FOR THOSE TAXPAYERS? MAYBE EVEN 4 OR 5 VRI CARS REDIRECTED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

A hearty "Fuck You" to the Nine-Digit-Midget, McWetBrain and every other gold star Bosshole in a position to make the necessary adjustments, but won't, for whatever asinine reasons they create.

5/21/2014 01:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Georgous is a fuck up..that guy hasn't done anything his entire career but fuck things up.. Sgt at the time of the Cabrini green crap that went down some years ago. then made Commander of 018 fucked the best district in the city up. After being the sgt on scene during the cabrini incident told one of the coppers that sued to get his job back and won he wasn't welcomed back when the officer came back to work in 018.

5/21/2014 01:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10 people shot as of 2 AM. Yeah let's put them in those boxes. How's that working out so far? And let's not forget it's a Tuesday night. WTF!

5/21/2014 02:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pay Attention City of Chicago
If your were deployed during the GWOT then read this

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140520/NEWS02/305200048/United-Airlines-settles-USERRA-case-6M

City owes you and must pay into your pension
Semper Fi

5/21/2014 03:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Most offenders in drive by shootings are under the influence . It is for the children , the drug dealin children.

5/21/2014 06:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The program is funded by the state of Illinois... I hope the city realizes that the state does not pay it's bills. Good luck collecting that money.

5/21/2014 06:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

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GFY dickhead. PO Michael Gordon was killed by a illegal drunk driver. Go back to your one bag arrest hero.

5/21/2014 06:17:00 AM  
Anonymous The Bear said...

OT (Kinda)
From yesterdays post "Arrests vs. Anov's :Anonymous said...
Why not just make Blacks exempt from ALL laws so every other race can Stop being racist.
This is an interesting question.
Here is an "What if" that could make for some interesting opinions.
"What if a referendum exempting all Blacks, including bi-racial and multi-racial individuals from city, county and state laws and ordinances were to pass on an election ballot? What would/could be the immediate, short term and long term effects be?
Such a referendum may impact a broad spectrum of issues. What issues (real world) would be so impacted?
While thinking about this I assumed a position that state legislators would "carve out" Cook County with regard to State law exemption.
Would anyone care to offer an opinion?

5/21/2014 06:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dui checkpoints and saturations are scams that MAAD and other organizations push for. Most of the traffic people that work them are morons. They almost never use discretion. They'll lock up a guy with a DL and a.08 blow. They're scared to patrol in a high crime area and DUI the beast. I'm glad Georgas is making them stay in a "box".

5/21/2014 06:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


CTA Special 5th watch is new VRI. Worked it last week. We were tripping over ourselves. Us, traffic, Sat. Teams, etc. Up and down Halsted in 005 all night. CTA pays for us to be on the trains.....doing more with less!!!!!! And starting June 1, Georgas put us uniform to prob work downtown and lakefront when the assholes start their shit on Michigan Ave and Noth Ave beach. Hire some fucking officers!

5/21/2014 06:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nonymous said...
Georgous is a fuck up..that guy hasn't done anything his entire career but fuck things up.. Sgt at the time of the Cabrini green crap that went down some years ago. then made Commander of 018 fucked the best district in the city up. After being the sgt on scene during the cabrini incident told one of the coppers that sued to get his job back and won he wasn't welcomed back when the officer came back to work in 018.

5/21/2014 01:39:00 AM

Yeah Georgas screwed up 018, now get back in your hole dog.

5/21/2014 06:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
In other words, the white folk get a free pass with no DUI patrols in their neighborhood?

Is Rahm Racist?


5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

Actually the jags in traffic take extra pleasure when they work in 016, 017, 020.

5/21/2014 06:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OR places where DUI's rarely occur.

5/21/2014 06:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Garry always said "be careful of the words you use because people will conjure up certain images"

So when is A DUI a VRI? heh. '

5/21/2014 06:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


VRI, DUI

" 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more... " --

Humpty Dumpty in Through The Looking Glass

5/21/2014 06:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I saw a quote by Plato the other day and it reminded me of Chicago and Illinois...

“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”

We need better politicians - thats the bottom line! People need to ger involved at the grass roots level and make a difference.

5/21/2014 06:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

considering 90-95% of the drivers on the westside are drunk by 7pm(winter) and 3pm(summer) this should be a no brainer for someone looking for dui court.

5/21/2014 07:01:00 AM  
Anonymous We Are Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
This is easy to fix all you p.os that can't live within your means quit working any overtime this summer

5/21/2014 12:58:00 AM
Hilarious...and yet so sad and true!

5/21/2014 07:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Michael Mette said...

I know we need more police on the street...I hear everyone on here complain about it everyday. Now only if there was a way to make this painfully obvious to the people down at 35th st? Oh yeah, come together and stop working your days off for the shity! Just one month out of the summer, no one work VRI or CTA or whatever overtime the city offers. I know this will never happen it has become abundantly clear that here at CPD we complain a lot about what is wrong with this job, but no one will actually man up and do anything about it!

5/21/2014 07:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those bars the tribune and Scum Times editors and columnists and other Media would be my favorite.

5/21/2014 07:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


If the political apparatus where truly concerned about DUI drivers the Mayor and his commissar would go after the bar and liquor stores bank accounts as they do with gun manufactures.

Time for yet another "Garry has taken "X" guns off the street speech yet?

Yeah, but where do these guns go now? Maybe to the DOJ where they can be run down to Mexico cartel leaders to stir up unrest that enhances the DOJ budget and self worth via a campaign of fear.

5/21/2014 07:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alderman shake down? DUI patrol right at a tavern that doesn't contribute to an election fund? Im all for catching drunks, but Chicago isn't known to shake down business owners,....ya right.

Get the drunks when they start the car, not after driving, but you can select the drunks...and where you get them. There are plenty of them around.

5/21/2014 07:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

Hey Tough Guy!

It sounds like you condone driving drunk, like you would after slugging back a few at a tavern on Higgins Road in 016.

Then you leave and become one of the out of control missiles, who runs over people and crashes! Or worst the person you defending now runs over you or your family members! Then what!

Have you ever been on a D.U.I. crash and resulting carnage? I think NOT!

Then it becomes, why didn't anyone take this asshole off the road before he/she killed my baby!

Then you are the coward and hypocrite asshole, whining with the eight grade picture of your kid standing over a coffin!

Your the loser, jagbag!

5/21/2014 07:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I hope this idea blows up in the Exempts faces with a Federal Indictment of misappropriations of funds!

I would love to see Deputy Whatever Georgas face when he gets a federal subpoena to answer!

5/21/2014 07:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The State will pull the money and someone should have to answer for mis-spending....forget which one but a suburban PD just caught hell for it....but since Rahm does what he wants and no one calls him on his BS ....

5/21/2014 07:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

May you never lose a loved one to a drunk driver! Sounds like your the Coward and Hypocrite for NOT doing your job!

Why don't you get a one rock pinch and think your saving the world! Fucking Stroke!

5/21/2014 07:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Georgous is a fuck up..that guy hasn't done anything his entire career but fuck things up.. Sgt at the time of the Cabrini green crap that went down some years ago. then made Commander of 018 fucked the best district in the city up. After being the sgt on scene during the cabrini incident told one of the coppers that sued to get his job back and won he wasn't welcomed back when the officer came back to work in 018.

5/21/2014 01:39:00 AM


He was the Lt. on the scene. Get your fact right.

5/21/2014 07:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

011 got rid of all rapids and other cars to form a new team, 1165? To do what exactly?

5/21/2014 01:04:00 AM

Evans did the same thing in 003. Except created many more plain clothes teams.

306 day team
307 business team
380 gang school team
369 afternoon team
368 night team

briefly had a midnight 06 team but not enough people on midnights to support it.

Evans thing is to reward people that work. So he creates teams.

Shootings did go down. But I don't think it was the success of all these teams. Operation Impact, VRI, Saturation, Gang teams, Gun teams.

Take outside help away and we'll see if it makes a difference.

5/21/2014 07:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey asshole that thinks duis are bullshit. They kill innocent people everyday. Do your job.

5/21/2014 07:57:00 AM  
Blogger The Keesing Bandit said...

What is this fixation with a box?

Freud would have a field day with this.

Now, kees me you fool!!!!

5/21/2014 08:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Will roll call still be at the Hotel Intercontinental?

5/21/2014 08:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mass Transit has less than 175 officers permanently assigned. Special Employment is the backbone of that Unit, especially at night on the trains. By putting 5th Watch in uniform following buses they are taking the few remaining cops off of the trains. CTA Special is working for straight time, so whomever put these officers following buses in the "Box" may think he or she is brilliant, but in fact they have put CTA train riders at risk. In addition they may be misusing federal funds to the CTA for counter terrorism security. Claypool will go along with it because he is a Political Hack, but someone needs to object to this misuse of CTA funding. The CTA is not safe, and everyone who rides it is doing so at great peril.

5/21/2014 08:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Funny, every move McDimWit makes seems to point toward putting more officers on the street.

HIRE MORE COPS! They deny they need more manpower, yet every move they make is exactly toward that end...having more cops on the street.


5/21/2014 01:06:00 AM

Time to clean out HQ again.
Try 1 PO per office, and 1 sgt per floor.

5/21/2014 08:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If the Deputy is misappropriating state funds in violation of state law, then it is the duty of the Chicago Police Department to investigate and arrest him.

5/21/2014 08:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about drunken drive by shootings? They could be counted in maybe three different columns of stats.

5/21/2014 08:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

CTA is doing the same thing...I worked 5th watch last week and we were told no arrests just ANOV'S. We usually work plain clothes on the train lines. They had us driving the bus routes in the 5th District which are in the VRI boxes. Between VRI, CTA, the PPO's and the DUI enforcement cars there must have been 20 cars on Halsted between 115th and 127th St.

5/21/2014 08:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

So genius if a "normal hard working family drunken man" ends up killing your son or daughter I guess he should be given a free pass right? I am sorry, but if you drive while intoxicated then you are an asshole. Assholes should be arrested and sent to jail.

5/21/2014 08:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who ever says dui's are for cowards is a moron and obviously doesnt work. If you font know, the animals always drink and drive and get stiffer sentances then gubs or drugs. I do dui's and whatever else. If u are the working police you wouldnt call the person thst does it for u if you get stuck with it a coward, so you need to nind ur tongue guy. Dui's pay better then dope or guns ands keep them from hitting ur family--- so think before you talk shit

5/21/2014 08:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Harlem/Higgens

5/21/2014 09:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

When a DUI driver kills another driver or crashes into a car with a family killing them, then you cry for the police. Working men know the DUI will result in a bad accident. Drive DUI, get caught and loose your license. BTW, learn how to spell you idiot.

5/21/2014 09:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT -
Looks like Huberman has resurfaced trying to scam the Madisin WI school district. Seems "a colleague/former co-worker" is now the superintendent of those same Madison schools!

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/district-proposes-using-screening-test-to-predict-teachers-impact-on/article_7259b842-dbdf-5c7f-869b-84a2830388c2.html

5/21/2014 09:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

011 got rid of all rapids and other cars to form a new team, 1165? To do what exactly


011 did not get rid of rapids. There are 16 people on the 65 team, taken from 3rd watch. They do a bunch of different enforcement shit every day. There are still rapid cars almost every night. There are also, on average, about 70 POs working the street on 3rd watch in 011 every night which does not include tact, VRI or SAT teams. So why the fuck have the cmndr and capt decided to limit the number of people off on any day to 7?

5/21/2014 10:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
In other words, the white folk get a free pass with no DUI patrols in their neighborhood?

Is Rahm Racist?


5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM


No, there's no "free pass," there aren't any more white neighborhoods left in chicago. Suburbs are way harder on DUI than Chicago, so yeah, about time minorities get hit with some DUI's.

5/21/2014 10:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM
Hey jackass are you scared every RDO that your out drinking??
What are you 22 years old with one year on?
You just showed your coward colors Champ, go get you bag of week arrest.

5/21/2014 10:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are DUI's really plummeting? I thought for sure that dropping to .08 would keep the numbers high.

5/21/2014 10:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who is this elusive Deputy Chief Georgeous? This guy actually speaks. Who is this Georgoeous guy? Old timers relate he was once a secretary in the Special Operations Section (S.O.S.). No timers speak of his brother who is a high ranking sergeant in Unit 124, or the recruit training depot.

At 162K a year, maybe he should speak up the CompStat noting an increase in the increase of intoxicated driving. He should further stress the importance of CompStat noting how there exists a strong statistical correlation between DUIs and murder violence. When CompStat talks, everyone listens. That includes Chicago Magazine recent two part expose.

Maybe some journalist or reporter could interview the high command seeking a reiteration in their own words addressing violent crimes strategies, crime analysis trends via CompStat and the importance along with the identification of the role of specialized units. Address the summer’s plan of attack with regards to wildings, apple picking (I-phone robberies), identified hot boxes of crime, contact card blitzes, the out of control burglaries in middle-class areas, under reporting criminal activity, the proliferation of non compliant concealed carry permitless holders in the inna city and those shootings occurring outside the city’s alleys.

Maybe the Chicago Magazine can put the best and brightest of this dept in the spotlight with off the cuff interviews and let them shine brightly. Or will they occasionally dimly flicker in lockstep like a swarm of lighting bug insects on a hot summer night?

5/21/2014 10:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Anonymous Anonymous said...
Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

Hypocrites? Some of us are smart enough to not drive when we're drinking. No one should be driving when drunk-not even a "normal working man." I'll bet you're one of those knuckleheads who gets hammered and drives.

5/21/2014 10:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The same goes for CTA Special Employment for the 5th Watch. For the past week, all units are assigned to the 5th District driving back and forth on Michigan, 111th Street, Halsted, and 119th Street. We are driving on bus routes. This is because the 5th District had an abundance of shootings. The location will be changed to wherever it is "hot". Essentially, CTA Special Employment is VRI at straight time.

Sounds like a good move for the dept.

5/21/2014 10:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The same goes for CTA Special Employment for the 5th Watch. For the past week, all units are assigned to the 5th District driving back and forth on Michigan, 111th Street, Halsted, and 119th Street. We are driving on bus routes. This is because the 5th District had an abundance of shootings. The location will be changed to wherever it is "hot". Essentially, CTA Special Employment is VRI at straight time.

That is correct. The money for that is money given to the CTA by the Federal Government, but then again, lets make it look like we have enough police out there. Not only that but the CTA 5th Watch was plain clothes. Nope, not know more, put the uniform on and make it look like we have the man power. All it is now, is VRI at straight time on your day off.

5/21/2014 11:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Time for Illinois to pull the funds and offer the DUI checkpoint jobs to troopers. Their jurisdiction is the entire state, so why not?

5/21/2014 11:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Show some respect " acting chief "

5/21/2014 11:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is only for the federal goverment to pay for more police in SHIT HOLE neighborhoods.

5/21/2014 11:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DUI in the suburbs is a revenue maker. Perhaps someone up high looked at this and said "More DUIs = more $" without looking at whether or not it makes any sense to pay cops OT to do so. It might still be worth the city's time to do so... if they do it right... plant themselves near clubs and bars and such.

Naturally, long term this is death for the city. Harassing and pulling over citizens for the crime of driving late at night. Many will soon determine that they don't need the hassle and avoid the city altogether.

But, hey, who's thinking long term?

5/21/2014 12:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM
So when one of these drunk assholes kills a family member of friend of yours, you'll be all good because the are "normal working man." I have friends who did prison time and lost everything because they drove drunk and killed someone. I also have friends who have paralyzed themselves in accidents while drunk and wish they were dead.The coward here is YOU. You keep letting them go and when I get them, I'll explain to them that I'm doing what YOU should have; hopefully, there is no body attached.

5/21/2014 01:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

...Until u or family are killed by one.

5/21/2014 01:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

OK TAC guy, go get a weed pinch for some numbers

5/21/2014 01:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man........


Is there an abnormal working man?

5/21/2014 01:24:00 PM  
Blogger John Northen said...

Going to visit "the Big Apple"?
Manhattan is relatively safe. Not so in the Outer Boroughs, particularly Brooklyn (almost as populous as Chicago) and the Bronx where most of NYC's violent crime occurs. Queens and Staten Island have rough spots but are generally safe.

While I have personally visited all five boroughs including NYPD ride-alongs, I'd say that even daytime Harlem is relatively safe.

The most deadly? I'd nominate Brooklyn's adjoining precincts: Brownsville (73rd Pct.) and East New York (75th Pct.) Both share NYPD Radio Zone 22.

CLICK on NYPD TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR NYC

5/21/2014 01:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Do you really think any exempt is coming up with this. By the way. Georgas was the brains behind the entire NATO plan. And if memory serves me right, we were all pretty united and happy after that. Quit whining. By the way, DUI hot spots have always been given locations to conduct the DUI mission. This is nothing new and as long as those cars are still looking for DUI there are no grant issues. The guys in des plaines were ghost payrolling. Please have your facts straight before you post. If you don't like it, don't work any overtime mission.

5/21/2014 01:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I went to the general meeting yesterday and found out that president Angelo got rid of the entire core group from the negotiation team. Why would you bring in all new people after this long. Not to mention he told us at our roll call that he would ask the core group to stay and finish. Great start to your new term. Can we get a president that doesn't lie?

5/21/2014 01:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Desplaines PD just had some guys get burned for defrauding US DOT over DUI checkpoints. You have to get a certain # of actual DUI's, or they cut off the money and want it back.


True dat !

5/21/2014 02:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To anonymous dog at 12:14:00am,DUI' s are for cowards and hypocrites? Esp when a normal working man is DUI d?So dog ass your saying a normal working man can't kill your family on his way home from the bar? I do dui's and get a lot of $$$ doing it,I deal with drunk asshole cops like you and have taken each one home,even though I don't respect dog ass cops who do nothing but drive in circles and complain,I would still take you drunk dog ass home or make sure someone else did.It sounds like the hypocrite is you.Hope your family is never in the path of a drunk driver,it's not something you ever want to deal with,trust me

5/21/2014 02:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well you certainly don't want a drunk shooting up the place,be aware that drunks carry guns and are bad shots,hey but make dat OT office!

5/21/2014 03:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I guess it wasn't really about their safety after all,now let me get this right,let's call friday and saturday the weekend and not Sunday,keep it Sabath,where we should all rest and make that VRI overtime,in the hot spots,because drunks carry guns and are bad shots,and it's for the children,coming from ....Sunday school,that's the ticket,but a least on Sunday it doesn't count as a what,a sin?

5/21/2014 03:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does anyone really know what the reqirements for a box is?

5/21/2014 03:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

GFY dickhead. PO Michael Gordon was killed by a illegal drunk driver. Go back to your one bag arrest hero.

5/21/2014 06:17:00 AM

So were many civilians by drunk coppers

5/21/2014 04:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people.

Maybe that normal, working, jag off, piece of shit man shouldn't be driving drunk. I hate drunk drivers almost as much as pedos/rapists and child killers. I WILL slap any person with a dui , civilian, cop, Anyone.

5/21/2014 04:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Deputy Chef Gorgeous AKA "Greek Fire" is a good man. Please don't disrespect.

5/21/2014 04:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Anonymous Anonymous said...
Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

Is it possible this poster meant THOSE WHO DUI are cowards and hypocrites?

And when he said to go to the burbs, did he mean "if you want to DUI, then go DUI in the burbs"

5/21/2014 05:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Who is this elusive Deputy Chief Georgeous? This guy actually speaks. Who is this Georgoeous guy? Old timers relate he was once a secretary in the Special Operations Section (S.O.S.). No timers speak of his brother who is a high ranking sergeant in Unit 124, or the recruit training depot.

At 162K a year, maybe he should speak up the CompStat noting an increase in the increase of intoxicated driving. He should further stress the importance of CompStat noting how there exists a strong statistical correlation between DUIs and murder violence. When CompStat talks, everyone listens. That includes Chicago Magazine recent two part expose.

Maybe some journalist or reporter could interview the high command seeking a reiteration in their own words addressing violent crimes strategies, crime analysis trends via CompStat and the importance along with the identification of the role of specialized units. Address the summer’s plan of attack with regards to wildings, apple picking (I-phone robberies), identified hot boxes of crime, contact card blitzes, the out of control burglaries in middle-class areas, under reporting criminal activity, the proliferation of non compliant concealed carry permitless holders in the inna city and those shootings occurring outside the city’s alleys.

Maybe the Chicago Magazine can put the best and brightest of this dept in the spotlight with off the cuff interviews and let them shine brightly. Or will they occasionally dimly flicker in lockstep like a swarm of lighting bug insects on a hot summer night?

5/21/2014 10:37:00 AM

Tough guy when you're anonymous, aren't you bitch?

5/21/2014 05:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The dimensions of Big All

5/21/2014 05:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

5/21/2014 08:30:00 AM why doesn't the sup clean out homan square organized crime - you have a ton of dead weight there. This was yuk can curb the amount of ghost patrollers since most of the people that work in OCD don't adhere to the same start time police and abuse the OT system. Don't believe me conduct a forensic timekeeping auto. Ask tuff questions about some of the OT being submitted from thy bureau.

5/21/2014 05:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.T. We all remember how J-Fled handled the shots fired during a press conference while he was in charge. He should take a lesson in case he ever decides to lead some poor law enforcement agency again. Check out how the Police Chief in Florida handles it. Not only does he NOT "GOTTA RUN", but he threatens to shut the neighborhood down.
Here is the link to the video
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/video?clipId=10178157&topVideoCatNo=237186&autoStart=true

5/21/2014 06:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To anonymous dog at 12:14:00am,DUI' s are for cowards and hypocrites? Esp when a normal working man is DUI d?So dog ass your saying a normal working man can't kill your family on his way home from the bar? I do dui's and get a lot of $$$ doing it,I deal with drunk asshole cops like you and have taken each one home,even though I don't respect dog ass cops who do nothing but drive in circles and complain,I would still take you drunk dog ass home or make sure someone else did.It sounds like the hypocrite is you.Hope your family is never in the path of a drunk driver,it's not something you ever want to deal with,trust me

*****************

dog??? anything but coward. Work every single day and work hard. I dont need to hide in traffic and get that DUI number. I make plenty of money on cases in court and vri. my second home unfortunatly because I have a home life and social life is 26th and cal and branch court. dont hide behind trying to call me a dog to take the spotlight off of you. Keep thinking its ok to DUI a good hardworking guy. Dont be a hipocrite then and give coppers a ride home, DUI everyone. Its not fair to a guy who works everyday and goes out to blow off steam. Dont make yourself a martyr because your "saving my family"... Ill take care of my family and they will take care of themselves... we dont need you traffic boy. go work for glencoe or des plaines or some other lame suburb and write your DUIs, pretty certain 011, 015, 025, 006, 007,003, 004, 005, 008, 022 and 024 could use the help.. but hey, you go get that kid leaving the bar and heading back home or the working man on the way home from the bar after a night out.. complete losers. If your gonna help out coppers, then help out regular guys... give them a lift home too not just us. They deserve it for being decent people who work and in most cases support us. the dog gangbangers, dui them... or are you too scared to stop them??? Oh, I forgot, the working man can afford a good lawyer who will get you plenty of court dates and does not want a conviction instead of the thug who will cop right out at the first or second court date??? yeah ok, its about saving lives..

5/21/2014 06:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The same goes for CTA Special Employment for the 5th Watch. For the past week, all units are assigned to the 5th District driving back and forth on Michigan, 111th Street, Halsted, and 119th Street. We are driving on bus routes. This is because the 5th District had an abundance of shootings. The location will be changed to wherever it is "hot". Essentially, CTA Special Employment is VRI at straight time.

That is correct. The money for that is money given to the CTA by the Federal Government, but then again, lets make it look like we have enough police out there. Not only that but the CTA 5th Watch was plain clothes. Nope, not know more, put the uniform on and make it look like we have the man power. All it is now, is VRI at straight time on your day off.


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The first change was 1 March, whereas, CTA 5th Watch went to bus routes in and around current and old VRI boxes.

5/21/2014 07:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How to run a City:

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The Village of Oak Brook is a very unique and exciting place to live, work, and play. Property owners pay no property tax to the Village, as Village services are funded primarily by sales tax receipts. Superior services, including excellent police protection and state-of-the-art emergency medical services are provided to Oak Brook's business community and to our residents.

Oak Brook is a premier community, with spacious, prestigious residential areas and a beautiful commercial district. Oak Brook also serves as the headquarters for many national and international companies and organizations, including McDonald's Corporation, Ace Hardware, Federal Signal Corporation, Blistex, TreeHouse Foods, and Lions Clubs International.

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5/21/2014 07:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There a pain in the ass to work. You have to write a certain amount of tickets every hour and the numbers go to the feds to back up that you were working. That's how des Plaines got jammed. No paper showing they were working.

5/21/2014 07:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I went to the general meeting yesterday and found out that president Angelo got rid of the entire core group from the negotiation team. Why would you bring in all new people after this long. Not to mention he told us at our roll call that he would ask the core group to stay and finish. Great start to your new term. Can we get a president that doesn't lie?

5/21/2014 01:26:00 PM
Great and he brought his opponent McDonough in and gave him a d6 position? Collusion? If I will I will bring you in vis a versa? Angelo will make mighty mike shields look like a superstar when the disability king dean is gone! Maybe just maybe shields was right all along?

5/21/2014 07:17:00 PM  
Anonymous a.d.s. for nepotism "matty" cline said...

Does anyone really know what the reqirements for a box is?

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a volumetric cube, with six closed sides

5/21/2014 07:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A Summer without V.R.I. would be a Fall with SERIOUS contract negotiations. We are so divided and short sighted it's disgusting.

5/21/2014 07:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Does anyone really know what the reqirements for a box is?

5/21/2014 03:47:00 PM

You have to be a square.

5/21/2014 07:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the morons that work the roadblocks like to sandbag people. they will dui a guy with less than .08 just to get done early. a couple of years ago the department wanted to use the money in the dui road fund for other than dui expenses and when the lt. in charge of traffic protested that they could not do that he was transferred out.

5/21/2014 08:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pay Attention City of Chicago
If your were deployed during the GWOT then read this
http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140520/NEWS02/305200048/United-Airlines-settles-USERRA-case-6M
City owes you and must pay into your pension
Semper Fi

City of Chicago already on top of this. The City is the most military reserve friendly employer among any of the big city.

5/21/2014 08:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey lil pussies gonna have to write the drunks and go to court. No calling a Bt. car. About time you earn your time and a half. Put your laptop and movies away and sign out your ticket books. After you learn how to process a DUI. Only in Chicago where 85% of coppers have NO CLUE how to arrest a DUI.

5/21/2014 09:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just read 2 birds locked up at school in 008 for having pistols in school. WTF!

5/21/2014 09:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You don't know who Georgas is? He was Mauer's whipping boy who never was the police. He used to walk Mauer's dog for him. Now he's the Superintendents whipping boy. He's scared of his own shadow. Terrible boss. Never supports the troops and would hang you out to dry faster then a Madison street crack whore would blow you for two dollars. That's who your dealing with.

5/21/2014 09:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If they did a valid social security card checkpoint and had Arizona deportation laws in our state we would lose 1/4 of population. Keep feeding them.

5/21/2014 10:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I just wish Steve would stop wearing floods. He can definitely afford new pants.

5/21/2014 10:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

GFY dickhead. PO Michael Gordon was killed by a illegal drunk driver. Go back to your one bag arrest hero.

5/21/2014 06:17:00 AM

So were many civilians by drunk coppers

5/21/2014 04:12:00 PM

**************

very, very true, but unfortunate statement. Many coppers have killed innocent people and many have gone to jail... others have been "taken care of".. justify that before you talk about all the other bad people who are drunk drivers out there. the coppers helping other coppers getting out of a dui involving death have a place reserved in hell for them. we (cops) think we are above the law off duty. guess what strokes, we are no different so stop thinking that. leave the police crap at home off duty and tell people you are an insurance salesman or something... I dont like the police and I am the police... imagine what the public thinks....

5/21/2014 10:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Georgous is a fuck up..that guy hasn't done anything his entire career but fuck things up.. Sgt at the time of the Cabrini green crap that went down some years ago. then made Commander of 018 fucked the best district in the city up. After being the sgt on scene during the cabrini incident told one of the coppers that sued to get his job back and won he wasn't welcomed back when the officer came back to work in 018.


Must be a Greek thing. Voulgaris screwed up 019 beyond recognition too.

5/21/2014 10:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
How to run a City:

------

The Village of Oak Brook is a very unique and exciting place to live, work, and play. Property owners pay no property tax to the Village, as Village services are funded primarily by sales tax receipts. Superior services, including excellent police protection and state-of-the-art emergency medical services are provided to Oak Brook's business community and to our residents.

Oak Brook is a premier community, with spacious, prestigious residential areas and a beautiful commercial district. Oak Brook also serves as the headquarters for many national and international companies and organizations, including McDonald's Corporation, Ace Hardware, Federal Signal Corporation, Blistex, TreeHouse Foods, and Lions Clubs International.

-----

5/21/2014 07:16:00 PM

--
OMG, it's DISNEYLAND!!!

5/21/2014 11:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please all the mother hens chirping about DUI's kill.

Chill out

So do drugs
Guns
Gangbanger

everyone starts sounding like RAhm people get hurt that is a fact of life.
If a persons drunk and you stop them take the car and have the goof walk. Im talking about giving slack to the working people of this world.

5/21/2014 11:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
GFY dickhead. PO Michael Gordon was killed by a illegal drunk driver. Go back to your one bag arrest hero.

5/21/2014 06:17:00 AM

So were many civilians by drunk coppers

5/21/2014 04:12:00 PM

NO ONE should drink and drive.

5/21/2014 11:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

Will you think that if your loved one gets killed by a DUI driver?

5/22/2014 02:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
You don't know who Georgas is? He was Mauer's whipping boy who never was the police. He used to walk Mauer's dog for him. Now he's the Superintendents whipping boy. He's scared of his own shadow. Terrible boss. Never supports the troops and would hang you out to dry faster then a Madison street crack whore would blow you for two dollars. That's who your dealing with.

5/21/2014 09:37:00 PM

I hope you're practicing safe sex.

5/22/2014 06:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

.). No timers speak of his brother who is a high ranking sergeant in Unit 124, or the recruit training depot.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That super (sarcasm) Sgt. Sprio left the Academy like a fart in the wind when Howard the Coward put in his retirement papers. Super Sgt Spiro went to O'Hare. Super Sgt. Spiro knew that whomever came in after Howie was going to launch his ass as far away from 124 as they could.
Neither brother has got a whole pack of blubs but love to pat themselves on the back. Sgt. Spiro would shit himself if he actually had to do a full day of real police work!

5/22/2014 06:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In other words, the white folk get a free pass with no DUI patrols in their neighborhood?

Exactly. Worked those DUI checkpoints years ago. We went pretty much everywhere, but studiously avoided the 022nd and 016th Districts. Once we were assigned to Beverly, but we were stopped from writing any of the DUI possibles we had curbed; it seems the Sgt. and Lt. of the unit we had assembled together for that evening 'knew everybody' we had stopped who was impaired, and of course, they all got a pass.

5/22/2014 07:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

5/21/2014 06:18:00 AM these people are already exempt from everything that is why crime is up-- duh

5/22/2014 09:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just read 2 birds locked up at school in 008 for having pistols in school. WTF!

5/21/2014 09:29:00 PM

At Byrne Penitentiary? On Oak Park? Unbelievable!

5/22/2014 09:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To anonymous dog at 12:14:00am,DUI' s are for cowards and hypocrites? Esp when a normal working man is DUI d?So dog ass your saying a normal working man can't kill your family on his way home from the bar? I do dui's and get a lot of $$$ doing it,I deal with drunk asshole cops like you and have taken each one home,even though I don't respect dog ass cops who do nothing but drive in circles and complain,I would still take you drunk dog ass home or make sure someone else did.It sounds like the hypocrite is you.Hope your family is never in the path of a drunk driver,it's not something you ever want to deal with,trust me

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dog??? anything but coward. Work every single day and work hard. I dont need to hide in traffic and get that DUI number. I make plenty of money on cases in court and vri. my second home unfortunatly because I have a home life and social life is 26th and cal and branch court. dont hide behind trying to call me a dog to take the spotlight off of you. Keep thinking its ok to DUI a good hardworking guy. Dont be a hipocrite then and give coppers a ride home, DUI everyone. Its not fair to a guy who works everyday and goes out to blow off steam. Dont make yourself a martyr because your "saving my family"... Ill take care of my family and they will take care of themselves... we dont need you traffic boy. go work for glencoe or des plaines or some other lame suburb and write your DUIs, pretty certain 011, 015, 025, 006, 007,003, 004, 005, 008, 022 and 024 could use the help.. but hey, you go get that kid leaving the bar and heading back home or the working man on the way home from the bar after a night out.. complete losers. If your gonna help out coppers, then help out regular guys... give them a lift home too not just us. They deserve it for being decent people who work and in most cases support us. the dog gangbangers, dui them... or are you too scared to stop them??? Oh, I forgot, the working man can afford a good lawyer who will get you plenty of court dates and does not want a conviction instead of the thug who will cop right out at the first or second court date??? yeah ok, its about saving lives..

I wish the trolls would stay off the blog. I'm pretty sure no "intelligent" Officer would write things that are written in these comments. CORRECT.

5/22/2014 10:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Mt Greenwood Hillbilly said...

I didnt know there was such a unit as DUI Saturation overtime cars

I don't know how long it's been state funded, or in Chicago, but checkpoints and roaming DUI cars have been around for over 25 years.

It used to be that these things would start on the Friday before a holiday weekend. Now it's a week before, and a week after.

What we've got here is the city wasting taxpayer money to support daily operations.

5/22/2014 10:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The crux of it is, the City lied on its grant requests, stating the money would be used for DUI checkpoints and directed enforcement. They are stealing the Federal grant money to try to make it look like we have more police protection than we really do.

5/22/2014 10:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Further more, the ONLY reason most Cops won't DUI a Copper is out of fear of the backlash they would get from other Cops, Srgts, LTs, Captins, etc they work with. Just look at all the BS talked about the few that don't care about the above and still DUI anyone over the limit no matter "who they are" or "who they know."

5/22/2014 10:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pay Attention City of Chicago
If your were deployed during the GWOT then read this
http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140520/NEWS02/305200048/United-Airlines-settles-USERRA-case-6M
City owes you and must pay into your pension
Semper Fi

City of Chicago already on top of this. The City is the most military reserve friendly employer among any of the big city.

Some people just have to complain about everything. Especially those who aren't up to date and have no clue about what is happening.

5/22/2014 11:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The same goes for CTA Special Employment for the 5th Watch. For the past week, all units are assigned to the 5th District driving back and forth on Michigan, 111th Street, Halsted, and 119th Street. We are driving on bus routes. This is because the 5th District had an abundance of shootings. The location will be changed to wherever it is "hot". Essentially, CTA Special Employment is VRI at straight time.

That is correct. The money for that is money given to the CTA by the Federal Government, but then again, lets make it look like we have enough police out there. Not only that but the CTA 5th Watch was plain clothes. Nope, not know more, put the uniform on and make it look like we have the man power. All it is now, is VRI at straight time on your day off.

Then don't work it. Its optional and you would be doing your fellow po's a favor because it would show the shortage of manpower.

5/22/2014 11:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

approximately 1,000 people a year are killed in traffic related incidents in Illinois. Scores more are seriously injured and the one poster calls DUI enforcement hypocritical. That poster is a grade a asshole. I like my pop as much as the next guy, but I know my limitations and never drive when I even think I am close to .08. You better pray you or yours is never injured by a DUI OR. you don't hurt or kill someone when you feel the need to drive after too much.

5/22/2014 11:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

More people that know nothing. Cabrini. Georgas was a LT and was not the one that did not know how to stop a car in the middle of a project. The officers who were afraid to take appropriate action were the ones that screwed that up and the officer who was fired that decided to kick a offender in handcuffs and leave. I was there and was the sgt soooo maybe you are talking about me. Mr m white

5/22/2014 11:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

"Duis are for cowards and hypocrites. Especially when a normal working man is dui'd. I know court money, good for u.. Now go back to the burbs if u wanna DUI people"

5/21/2014 12:14:00 AM

For the nitwit slamming those who do DUIs...

You come off like one of the typical, loud-mouth, no class "meatheads" who have ruined this job, you ignorant jag off.

You probably pull a shift at the gin mill after your tour...

Impaired driving is against the law, you big dummy!

Please STFU then hurry and go get caught driving drunk please. It'll be the best for everybody.

5/22/2014 12:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You sell your soul to the devil arresting DUI's. By doing so you put the BIG money in defense attorneys pockets. Defense attorneys all think PO's are cro magnums. When we walk in court they see $$$ signs. I've talked to defense attorneys and they all tell me the DUI business is down. Let's keep it that way.

5/22/2014 12:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In this day and age there is no excuse to drive drunk, be it copper, fire fighter, carpenter, businessman, anyone. To the person who thinks it's beneath him, GFY!

The word is out, it's not cool to drive intoxicated, Period!

GFY again

5/22/2014 02:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who is this elusive Deputy Chief Georgeous? This guy actually speaks. Who is this Georgoeous guy? Old timers relate he was once a secretary in the Special Operations Section (S.O.S.). No timers speak of his brother who is a high ranking sergeant in Unit 124, or the recruit training depot.

At 162K a year, maybe he should speak up the CompStat noting an increase in the increase of intoxicated driving. He should further stress the importance of CompStat noting how there exists a strong statistical correlation between DUIs and murder violence. When CompStat talks, everyone listens. That includes Chicago Magazine recent two part expose.

Maybe some journalist or reporter could interview the high command seeking a reiteration in their own words addressing violent crimes strategies, crime analysis trends via CompStat and the importance along with the identification of the role of specialized units. Address the summer’s plan of attack with regards to wildings, apple picking (I-phone robberies), identified hot boxes of crime, contact card blitzes, the out of control burglaries in middle-class areas, under reporting criminal activity, the proliferation of non compliant concealed carry permitless holders in the inna city and those shootings occurring outside the city’s alleys.

Maybe the Chicago Magazine can put the best and brightest of this dept in the spotlight with off the cuff interviews and let them shine brightly. Or will they occasionally dimly flicker in lockstep like a swarm of lighting bug insects on a hot summer night?

Excellent post!!! These Exempts need to be fired. They can't speak up because they have McJersey's balls in his mouth. Hey FOP you sucking on the balls also. Why the hell haven't you given this ass clown a vote of no confidence? Too busy getting paid. You are disgusting.

5/22/2014 02:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Deputy Chef Gorgeous AKA "Greek Fire" is a good man. Please don't disrespect.

5/21/2014 04:51:00 PM


Greek Fire is right!! He really is hot!! Especially with floods on and tight pants. He makes me feel freaky. He's like a dumpy version of Clark Kent. How can I get me some of that Greek Fire?

5/22/2014 03:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Do you really think any exempt is coming up with this. By the way. Georgas was the brains behind the entire NATO plan. And if memory serves me right, we were all pretty united and happy after that. ....


Although he was the "Brains" behind the Royal family debacle in 018 where he then threw the coppers under the bus and got them fired. I won't bother going on because he makes me nauseus. Suffice it to say he's a clout hack going all the way back.

Go sell Stevie somewhere else .... we've had it up to our ears with his ilk.

5/22/2014 05:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm done. Too close to my end time to keep taking chances for someone who didn't think enough about their families and now they want me to risk my pension and my ability to provide for my family? Just because you think your badge means you can "blow off steam?!!!"

It's 2014, and we answer to a**holes who can't wait to offer up a copper's head to the media as proof they are keeping the department clean.

I'm not that smart, and I don't have a phone call. The next time you were too drunk to make it home and you were too stupid to get a ride, and you still think "da job" is your excuse to be at the bar all night telling your bullshit stories to that sad barfly with daddy issues instead of being home, getting rest, staying healthy and being sober...
TOO BAD, BROTHER!

Cops avoid DUI's because they are lazy!
I'm too lazy, it's too complicated, and not worth the miserable days in court being made to look foolish for not understanding the law.

If Chicago cops averaged one lousy DUI a period, this town would be in a panic. Crime would go down faster than any silly box or latest 2 degrees computer nonsense could ever manage to do.

When you blow off the drunk driver, Gangbangers get let go, felons get let go, and criminals of every type keep thinking Chicago is a bunch of scared, lazy dumbasses.

Start doing DUI's in every neighborhood and even the economy would improve.

It's about more than court and overtime. Driving drunk is nobody's right. Even driving sober is nobody's right, or did you forget that, too?

5/22/2014 07:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
nonymous said...
Georgous is a fuck up..that guy hasn't done anything his entire career but fuck things up.. Sgt at the time of the Cabrini green crap that went down some years ago. then made Commander of 018 fucked the best district in the city up.

All true.

5/22/2014 08:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
I went to the general meeting yesterday and found out that president Angelo got rid of the entire core group from the negotiation team. Why would you bring in all new people after this long. Not to mention he told us at our roll call that he would ask the core group to stay and finish. Great start to your new term. Can we get a president that doesn't lie?

5/21/2014 01:26:00 PM
Great and he brought his opponent McDonough in and gave him a d6 position? Collusion? If I will I will bring you in vis a versa? Angelo will make mighty mike shields look like a superstar when the disability king dean is gone! Maybe just maybe shields was right all along?

5/21/2014 07:17:00 PM

shut up already, EVERY post you put out is this crap. Wait and see what there is (if anything) to bitch about. okay Bill, Frank, or whoever the f this is.

5/22/2014 08:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymoussaid...
Anonymous said...
You don't know who Georgas is? He was Mauer's whipping boy who never was the police. He used to walk Mauer's dog for him. Now he's the Superintendents whipping boy. He's scared of his own shadow. Terrible boss. Never supports the troops and would hang you out to dry faster then a Madison street crack whore would blow you for two dollars. That's who your dealing with.

5/21/2014 09:37:00 PM

all true statements,agree 100%.
He is a backstabbing prick. Has shoved his fuk ups in other good men's asses to cover his own.

5/22/2014 08:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Some very intellectual conversations on here. The guy who talks about floods and appearances should be promoted. I'm sure he is smarter then all of us and must look like brad Pitt. Doubt it though. He actually knows nothing. Would anyone follow him through a door? Not

5/22/2014 08:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Will someone please pass me the tzaramasalta?

5/22/2014 09:03:00 PM  
Blogger 30 pending and what said...

Scc, speaking of vri, the park district vri is shit. They supposedly didnt dish out check bc get thus, the city/park district dont know when or how they are going to pay us eithwr by direct dwpiait or through a hard cgeck. We just have to wait and see ao keep track of the days u work, bc as of today according to special events they have no idea how to pay us.

5/22/2014 09:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You sell your soul to the devil arresting DUI's. By doing so you put the BIG money in defense attorneys pockets. Defense attorneys all think PO's are cro magnums. When we walk in court they see $$$ signs. I've talked to defense attorneys and they all tell me the DUI business is down. Let's keep it that way.

5/22/2014 12:48:00 PM

Do really wonder why attorneys look down on us? Cro magnum? What is that? An evolutionary descendant of Tom Selleck? It's Cro-Magnon big guy.

5/22/2014 09:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To the fucktard who says DUI's are bullshit. I wish you were there when the drunk killed Officer Gordon in 011. Bury your fellow officer, a guy you saw at roll call earlier that tour, then tell me how DUI arrests are bullshit! Fuck You asshole !

5/22/2014 09:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Especially when a normal working man is dui'd...

You want credit for working? You're supposed to work!

5/22/2014 10:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duis are for cowards...

Traffic Unit cars are working boxes and hot spots as 10-99 units. Keep that in mind before calling them cowards.

5/22/2014 10:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They almost never use discretion. They'll lock up a guy with a DL and a.08 blow.

If you knew anything about DUIs, you'd know that the person has to be under arrest before a breath test can be administered. So, now that you've made the arrest and your offender is a .08, are you supposed to pretend the test never took place (it's recorded on the breathalyzer) and let him go because he's got a license and is only at the limit? If you use discretion in that situation you'll need a good attorney to defend you against the department's discipline and another to defend you in the lawsuit.

5/22/2014 10:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

on behalf of all drunk drivers, thanks guys.

5/22/2014 11:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I lost my father many years ago to DUI.. He was DUI. We've all done it, but we never think it could happen to us.. It shatters familys no matter what side of the DUI your on. he left behind a wife and two kids. I'd venture to guess that he would have rather dealt with embarrassment of being cited and arrested than to be no longer on this earth. Be careful, all. Make good choices.
I miss you, Dad!

5/22/2014 11:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I need me some "Greek Fire"!!! Hot!! Spicy!!!

5/23/2014 12:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Boy o Boy we have some real ignorant haters on this job, first off Steve Georgas was never the secretary in SOS. in fact he was partners with Chris kennedy in Gangs North, then went thru the ranks, never a merit promotion, he went to school, next up if he is such a jagoff and doesn't know anything then how didhe pull off the NATO Detail?>.Steve is well respected by all of the federal agencies, and Rahm as well, there is not one exempt in the department that could handle his stuff, he does every major event in the city. I have been his friend and have worked for him for years, he does not like dog asses!!!!!! If you work he will defend you and go to bat for you!!!!!. There are a lot of jealous haters on this job, and most are dogasses. Yes he is Greek and has a lot of friends in high places but he has earned all that he has!!!! And I am defending him not as a friend but as a man who knows good bosses!!!

5/23/2014 12:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A state trooper wrote me a DUI five years ago and truly saved my life but he'll never get credit for saving the life of a fellow officer. Weird huh?

5/23/2014 04:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


 Anonymous said...

They almost never use discretion. They'll lock up a guy with a DL and a.08 blow.

If you knew anything about DUIs, you'd know that the person has to be under arrest before a breath test can be administered. So, now that you've made the arrest and your offender is a .08, are you supposed to pretend the test never took place (it's recorded on the breathalyzer) and let him go because he's got a license and is only at the limit? If you use discretion in that situation you'll need a good attorney to defend you against the department's discipline and another to defend you in the lawsuit.

5/22/2014 10:40:00 PM


Hey moron, if a guy blows a .08, in my experience, and I probably have made more DUI arrests than you ever will, he probably did half way decent on the FST's. Hard ass jags like your self would lock up a borderline fail on FST.

5/23/2014 12:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


 Anonymous said...

You sell your soul to the devil arresting DUI's. By doing so you put the BIG money in defense attorneys pockets. Defense attorneys all think PO's are cro magnums. When we walk in court they see $$$ signs. I've talked to defense attorneys and they all tell me the DUI business is down. Let's keep it that way.

5/22/2014 12:48:00 PM

Do really wonder why attorneys look down on us? Cro magnum? What is that? An evolutionary descendant of Tom Selleck? It's Cro-Magnon big guy.

5/22/2014 09:44:00 P

You do your spell check, but they still think your a moron.

5/23/2014 12:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Steve Georgas is a fucking poot-butt!

Hiya Stevie!
Remember the "No Confidence" march around City Hall?

I do!

You were hiding in the north doorway of City Hall with a pen and pad scannin the faces of marchers for any coppers you recognized, especially coppers from 018...

Fuck you Stevie... That was a bitch-ass move, you big sloppy PUSS-IE!

Tell the fucking truth.
When that bullshit in Cabrini happened, your only thought was to run and save your own stinking skin!

Fucker... You'll sit in the car and watch a Copper fighting for his life with an asshole, hoping the Copper "does something wrong" so you can fuck the Copper up on bad paper.

For the goof defending Stevie...
Who that fuck has that nitwit gone to bat for on this job?

Stevie ran NATO?
GTFOH!

He didn't run shit!
Not with the A thru Z of Feds making sure he DIDN'T fuck it up TOO badly. Give credit to the men and women on the line! You Georgas suck-ass and gherkin jerker...

5/23/2014 01:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wait till retired naperville police chief dave dial becomes supt. you bet your life you will be writing duis or you will be looking at heavy suspension time. dave will even want you dui fellow officers both on and off duty. when dave becomes supt, there will no more gang shooting or drug dealings, just duis, under age drinking arrests and more duis. they dont call dave dial the greatest police chief for nothing

5/23/2014 02:13:00 PM  
Blogger 30 pending and what said...

Scc, speaking of vri, the park district vri is shit. They supposedly didnt dish out check bc get thus, the city/park district dont know when or how they are going to pay us eithwr by direct dwpiait or through a hard cgeck. We just have to wait and see ao keep track of the days u work, bc as of today according to special events they have no idea how to pay us.

5/23/2014 07:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Steve Georgas is a fucking poot-butt!

Hiya Stevie!
Remember the "No Confidence" march around City Hall?

I do!

You were hiding in the north doorway of City Hall with a pen and pad scannin the faces of marchers for any coppers you recognized, especially coppers from 018...

Fuck you Stevie... That was a bitch-ass move, you big sloppy PUSS-IE!

Tell the fucking truth.
When that bullshit in Cabrini happened, your only thought was to run and save your own stinking skin!

Fucker... You'll sit in the car and watch a Copper fighting for his life with an asshole, hoping the Copper "does something wrong" so you can fuck the Copper up on bad paper.

For the goof defending Stevie...
Who that fuck has that nitwit gone to bat for on this job?

Stevie ran NATO?
GTFOH!

He didn't run shit!
Not with the A thru Z of Feds making sure he DIDN'T fuck it up TOO badly. Give credit to the men and women on the line! You Georgas suck-ass and gherkin jerker...


You my friend nailed it. Promoted way above his abilities and never did any police work. He worked in the 23rd District as a PPO and went straight to SOS. Never did any police work!! Worthless!!!!!

5/24/2014 03:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not a big fan of the 501 myself but it's more like a "He w/out sun cast the 1st one" and I'm no Saint. Not by a long shot. At the end of the tour working in an Entertainment District there's 501 candidates left and right. Passed out at the wheel after they hit 4 cars w/no shortage of eye witnesses. I wanna go home, don't want 2B there anymore, and especially being notified for court on my day off for the next year minimum. This is where the 501 Specialist is worth his/her weight in gold. IDK about U guys but the 501 writer suddenly becomes U'r best friend.
Speaking Words of Wisdom
Let It Be

5/24/2014 03:54:00 AM  
Blogger trublu said...

very, very true, but unfortunate statement. Many coppers have killed innocent people and many have gone to jail... others have been "taken care of".. justify that before you talk about all the other bad people who are drunk drivers out there. the coppers helping other coppers getting out of a dui involving death have a place reserved in hell for them. we (cops) think we are above the law off duty. guess what strokes, we are no different so stop thinking that. leave the police crap at home off duty and tell people you are an insurance salesman or something... I dont like the police and I am the police... imagine what the public thinks....


So what police crap should I leave at home? So you're telling me when I or another officer would have you pulled over you would say "i'm an insurance salemen, who hates the police" to me as im asking for that license? I ...Seriously...Seriously... Seriously doubt that

5/26/2014 10:25:00 PM  

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