Mounted Unit Graduates
- The gates to South Shore Golf Course’s dusty riding arena opened to let through a wailing police car, which began to circle the arena’s circumference. At the center of the arena stood nine mounted patrol officers, shoulder to shoulder, gripping the reins of their horses.
The police car’s sirens whirred. The officer in the car fired shots into the air from the window.
Not once did the horses flinch.
The demonstration was the highlight of Wednesday’s graduation ceremony for the Chicago Police Department’s newest members of the mounted police unit. A crowd of about 100 friends and family cheered for the nine graduating officers, after they gave a skillful, 15-minute presentation of different riding techniques.
We can't recall any articles about a Mounted Unit Graduating Class, so this was a good read. We do recall it being called some of the most physically demanding training from people who went through it, both those who failed and those who made it. Well done Officers.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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Did they play the Garry Owen? I hope so. The First Cavalry Division has/had a mounted unit. It is amazing to see them at sabre drill and at the charge.
You can't recall any articles? I picked up a SunTimes on Wednesday and could not find any articles on the IRS scandal or even the VA Scandal.
The media isn't reporting the news. The SunTimes is nothing but Sports, Comics, Horoscopes and Celebrity News.
There was no hard news about any scandal in it and now I see why many people have no clue as to what is going on- the media is silent.
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Scandals? What scandals?
Obamacare, the Stimulus, TARP, Fast and Furious, support of the Egyptian regime change, Libyan Leading from Behind, four American killed in Benghazi, blaming a video for the Benghazi attacks, the IRS targeting, NSA email and phone file storage, Syrian Red Line, the Russian takeover of Crimea, the VA handling of veterans, release of Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo, the onslaught of children crossing the Mexican border, two years of lost emails of the key IRS individual and now Iraq. I can’t imagine any previous U.S. President having so many scandals attributed to his administration and virtually none of them adequately answered or resolved.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-25/blind-faith
Were Garry and Rahm at the graduation?
And yet the marine test has been completed since the end of april and the list has not even been posted. Don't worry all, eventhing is on the up and up.
Congratulations.
Congrats rich!
The media is doing their job. They are protecting Obama and his administration.
OT Sorry.
I picked up a SunTimes on Wednesday and could not find any articles on the IRS scandal or even the VA Scandal.
People don't want to hear bad news unless it can be pinned on a Republican.
I kid you not when I say that a busload of college kids from out of state were imported by the DNC to phone bank and help the local (D) try to win back the seat they lost. The majority of these volunteers "Journalism Majors".
News reporters are no longer interested in breaking a story that someone doesn't want told. It's now activist journalism.
These lazy slobs have been brought up through the university system that tells them that rich people are evil and that capitalism is the reason for all of the worlds misery. It's their duty to right these wrongs, and if they have to lie or cheat to do it. So be it. It's all for a greater collective good.
Communism is here folks, and the media is its Vanguard.
To 2:31
Well put. Chicago residents are given white washed news. Listen to Savage, Levin, and Beck.
Patriotic blacks will save America from Obama/commie~Democrats and thereby put a huge hit on racism.
Wilbur .......................
"...called some of the most physically demanding training..."
Yes, for the horse.
- Mr. Ed
how about an evidence tech class now?
Good luck E.B. Another Fillmore alum makes good.
We do recall it being called some of the most physically demanding training from people who went through it, both those who failed and those who made it.
And if you don't believe SC look up sheath cleaning!!
God Bless the Mounted Unit. They helped so much that last Taste of Chicago
Congratulations to Chicago's very
own " Mounties ", especially the current graduating class and their
horses.
As someone who schools hunters and jumpers over fences, I appreciate their hard work. Yes, we know it looks like we just hop up on the horse and ride, but it's not that easy. Bravo to the new grads!
Many of the police mounts I meet are Thoroughbred crossed with some breed of draft, such as Belgian or Percheron, which is a stunning combination of intelligence, strength and patience. And truly beautiful.
A big thank you to all of you, mounted or otherwise, for the job you do. Stay safe!
I have always enjoyed golfing at South Shore (a former private country club now mismanaged by the Chicago Park District). The constant presence of off duty Chicago Police officers from the Mounted Unit always assured me that the parking lot was safe and secure. The officers always worked with their horses even on their off days.
OT: I’d like to thank the police offers making their way to the Parole Board hearing today. On behalf of other NAC Chicagoans, we grieve for all lost officers, their families and friends. These criminals should never be released – aside from the sentence being well deserved, a release would send a terrible message to thugs in the streets of Chicago /across the state of IL
God Bless
Hello, I'm Mister Ed
A horse is a horse, of course of course,
and no one can talk to a horse of course,
that is of course, unless the horse,
Is the famous Mister Ed!
Go right to the source and ask the horse.
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse.
He's always on a steady course.
Talk to Mister Ed.
People yak-it-ti-yak a streak
and waste your time of day,
but Mister Ed will never speak,
unless he has something to say...
A horse is a horse, of course of course,
And this one will talk 'til his voice is hoarse.
You never heard of a talking horse?
Well, listen to this...
I am Mister Ed
Mens in regulation uniform leathers riding them stallions. Half man, half horse. Sweeeet! I can't wait to see those cowboys in blue getting costumed up horsing around on north Halsted for this weekend’s parade. Cracking those horse whips on those bodacious bare beast’s behinds. It earns a “Two Snaps Up” for those horsemen. Fabulous!
ssc nice story but in real terms a very clout heavy unit unless you live in the 11th or the 19th ward you can only dream about it
ps call from ald o'shea is a given
Congratulations Officers...and Gallant Steeds :-) These songs are for you.
--- Garry Owen ---
--- Beer for MY HORSES ---
--- My Rifle, MY PONY, and Me ---
--- I Should've Been A Cowboy --
You make the city proud.
Good luck you clout peeps
People on this job more qualified with horses
Way to go Gonzalez!!!
nice and all... now if only skilled horse-riding actually helped deter crime like it did, say, oh, about 150 years ago, it might be helpful to people who make arrests, respond to crime in progress and put criminals in prison.
But, hey, nice show.
". . . fired shots into the air . . ."
Blanks, I hope? In any case, congratulations to the officers.
Police shooting in the air?
Anonymous said...
"There was no hard news about any scandal in it and now I see why many people have no clue as to what is going on- the media is silent."
6/26/2014 02:31:00 AM
There will no longer be hot and spontaneous, fresh and lively public commentary because both papers have been "re-contented," i.e., online comments permanently disabled so that dissenting/contrary opinions will no longer be seen which means only Rahm Emanuel's narrative is available.
Why do you think nation-wide media reports that Rahm is doing such a bang-up job in Chicago "getting things done and kicking the ass of 'entrenched muni employee union interests' intent on bankrupting Chicago?"
If you're at ground level here in Chicago, you're painfully aware of THAT narrative being a construct of a collusive media black-out and city hall criminal-political fuckery aided by entrenched and beholden corporate interests that have successfully managed to elbow the middle class taxpayer/voter to the back of the line.
The captive component of the middle class taxpayer/voter, the municipal employee; has been reduced in stature by design.
The first responder component has been targeted for total destruction... In particular, The Police. Why? Because they have the muscle memory of what a robust middle class was in Chicago. They also have the muscle memory of a robust, fully staffed and fully functioning Police Department that was imperfect but still able to get things done at ground level.
Now? Hmmm... Not so much. Political interference is unchecked and people (folks too) with agendas have too much say in department operations but that's another story.
People with common sense are appalled at what Chicago has been turned into in order to pander to those of the lowest denominator.
Correction... This is now a nation-wide phenomenon.
Chicago style fuckery gone nation wide.
A gift from Daley Inc. because they were terrified of some hollow, smart-ass "colored guy" lawyer cum "community activist" was going to SERIOUSLY fuck up "da guyz" epic thievery by winning the Mayor's office.
"We gotta do somethin' 'bout dis smart colored guy or else!"
>Doorbell rings at the Obama home... Emissaries from Daley Inc. looking kind of uncomfortable being on the wrong side of a peep hole<
The rest of the sad, sore, sorry and sordid turn of events, is now unfortunately history...
Lady Liberty has been disrobed and caused to shamefully and publicly shit herself by these dishonorable bastards from Chicago...
Media Black-out on that too.
Civilians will take over crime lab as evidence technicians and forensic investigators .
Hey 1:17pm. You are an ass.
." I can’t imagine any previous U.S. President having so many scandals attributed to his administration and virtually none of them adequately answered or resolved."
What in the world does this have to do with Mounted Unit Officer Graduation?
I can't imagine a police officer at a Department event shooting off live ammunition into the air. Blanks, perhaps but not live ammunition.
With my luck, I would let three go into the air and I would hit three rocket scientists about to turn their lives around and become Rap Stars and lard ass baby mommas would be howling something terrible. Ghetto lottery times three. Cha-ching, ching, ching.
Lets expand the mounted unit. Maybe we can also form a clown unit for block parties. We can also form a "mime" unit for grant Park. We definitely need a ballerina unit for the theater district. None of these units add to the court/overtime bill.
Years ago I took my kids to see the horses at SSCC. It was wonderful and a reminder of the old, now lost, Chicago.
Then some scumbag snuck in and hurt the horses and now nobody can get in. Why does the bad always drive out the good?
1045am, satire or not---you're a real asshole.
Congrats mounted unit. Chicago Police SWAT trains hard and has a very physical demanding job. The mounted unit, K-9 unit, marine unit and ETs get D2 pay. CPD SWAT.......zero. We train and run operations in all sorts of bad weather. What do we get after spending thousands of dollars on SWAT equipment.......zero. No extra pay, no take home car.
What?!? No comments by the Keesing Bandit about "mounted unit"?
SWAT guy quit crying, YOU volunteered to do that job. Nobody forced YOU there
Congrats mounted unit. Chicago Police SWAT trains hard and has a very physical demanding job. The mounted unit, K-9 unit, marine unit and ETs get D2 pay. CPD SWAT.......zero. We train and run operations in all sorts of bad weather. What do we get after spending thousands of dollars on SWAT equipment.......zero. No extra pay, no take home car.
Hey sweet cheeks, here's what you DON'T get:
no domestics
no "I can't do nothin' with him/her, officer
no child custody incidents
no shoplifters
No shooting victims
no burglaries
no CSAs
no burglary reports
no auto theft reports
So PLEASE SPARE US your sad, sad song!
Anonymous said...
Congrats mounted unit. Chicago Police SWAT trains hard and has a very physical demanding job. The mounted unit, K-9 unit, marine unit and ETs get D2 pay. CPD SWAT.......zero. We train and run operations in all sorts of bad weather. What do we get after spending thousands of dollars on SWAT equipment.......zero. No extra pay, no take home car.
6/26/2014 09:27:00 PM
Enough about me, let's talk about you. What do you think of me?
Congrats mounted unit. Chicago Police SWAT trains hard and has a very physical demanding job. The mounted unit, K-9 unit, marine unit and ETs get D2 pay. CPD SWAT.......zero. We train and run operations in all sorts of bad weather. What do we get after spending thousands of dollars on SWAT equipment.......zero. No extra pay, no take home car.
6/26/2014 09:27:00 PM
A take home? Sure. Extra pay? Nah.
"Lady Liberty has been disrobed and caused to shamefully and publicly shit herself by these dishonorable bastards from Chicago...
Media Black-out on that too."
Hopefully she did it in one of the horse stalls out of view of the media so nobody smelled it @ the graduation.
Enough about me, let's talk about you. What do you think of me?
6/27/2014 01:00:00 AM
That gave me a good laugh, thank you.
************************************What do we get after spending thousands of dollars on SWAT equipment.......zero. No extra pay, no take home car.
I feel so sorry for his fellow officers who have to work with this Guy, Be careful this guy is a Narcissist the "me". Not every one can qualify for SWAT, the honor is being selected for this elite team. He is the "anomaly"
Anonymous said...
Good luck E.B. Another Fillmore alum makes good.
6/26/2014 09:04:00 AM
Fillmore alum, is this guy 75 yoa.
I think you meant to say Harrison alum.
It's an insult to all of the actual Fillmore alums.
that's great for the mounted unit,now make some evidence techs. they are on overload!
Congratulations to all the mounted unit newbies! Now...can we please get some more canine handlers??? Needed one the other day at 0430 hours. Not a single canine on duty in the entire city. Seriously sad....
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Congrats mounted unit. Chicago Police SWAT trains hard and has a very physical demanding job. The mounted unit, K-9 unit, marine unit and ETs get D2 pay. CPD SWAT.......zero. We train and run operations in all sorts of bad weather. What do we get after spending thousands of dollars on SWAT equipment.......zero. No extra pay, no take home car.
6/26/2014 09:27:00 PM
A take home? Sure. Extra pay? Nah.
6/27/2014 04:10:00 AM
Is the FOP trying to get D2/D2a for SWAT this contract? I was in the Marine Unit. I had complaints about things. I filled out a PAR form and bid to a district. That was my option and I took it. You can too. I worked the rest of my career in a beat car, no complaints, no regrets.
Go for it.
Anonymous said...
What?!? No comments by the Keesing Bandit about "mounted unit"?
6/26/2014 09:43:00 PM
A boss I once worked for told me to go ahead, he was right behind me. I told him I knew, I felt him there many times.
Anonymous said...
Lets expand the mounted unit. Maybe we can also form a clown unit for block parties. We can also form a "mime" unit for grant Park. We definitely need a ballerina unit for the theater district. None of these units add to the court/overtime bill.
6/26/2014 07:24:00 PM
We already have a very top heavy clown unit, or unit of clowns. They wear gold stars and are paid way too much. Maybe they can start calling themselves Blue Man Group and carrying around tree trunk drums and do the hoppity hop. They already have that wild look in their eyes that says, "What the hell do I do next."
"..
The police car’s sirens whirred. The officer in the car fired shots into the air from the window.
Not once did the horses flinch."
Gabby Hayes here, SHIIIIT! Just my dadburn luck to get deaf horse! I want one who will giddy-up and get me the heck outa Dodge when the lead starts a-flyin'.".
Sarcasm off: Congrats and Happy Trails to You All.
It's an insult to all of the actual Fillmore alums.
Ease back ole timer. It's still called Fillmore by a lotta us. Policing didn't cease, when you left the job.
No canine anyways... All on safe passage fixed post. (Summer School)
Congratulations to all the mounted unit newbies! Now...can we please get some more canine handlers??? Needed one the other day at 0430 hours. Not a single canine on duty in the entire city. Seriously sad....
If your heavy enough to get in the unit, your heavy enough not to have to work midnights.
Although they probably have a few sgts. working midnights su[ervising the po's that aren't working mids wink wink
Is it true there are 2 canines (in different d.o.g.'s) assigned to midnights for the entire city?!?!
D1.5a pay... coming for bike and swat.
And for tac units assigned to crowd control.
and for any officer detailed to crowd situations in a district other than their unit of assignment.
may not be d2 pay but it's better than nothing. This is the new payrate for detailed and temporary assignments.
>>>Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Lets expand the mounted unit. Maybe we can also form a clown unit for block parties. We can also form a "mime" unit for grant Park. We definitely need a ballerina unit for the theater district. None of these units add to the court/overtime bill.
6/26/2014 07:24:00 PM
We already have a very top heavy clown unit, or unit of clowns. They wear gold stars and are paid way too much. Maybe they can start calling themselves Blue Man Group and carrying around tree trunk drums and do the hoppity hop. They already have that wild look in their eyes that says, "What the hell do I do next."
6/27/2014 03:26:00 PM<<<
Many years ago we did have Community Policing Officers who were real skilled clowns. They had the whole make-up, costumes and props and did performances at police picnics and children's hospitals. I remember one, Frank J. who had a Keystone Cop outfit as his costume.
We need something to make us laugh.
Congrat's.
Petey Horse.
Is it true there are 2 canines (in different d.o.g.'s) assigned to midnights for the entire city?!?!
6/28/2014 11:30:00 PM
The Department is letting the Canine Unit fall by the waste side. Only 12 dogs left working the streets citywide (50 Dogs in 2004).
1st Watch = 1 Dog
2nd Watch = 2 Dogs
3rd Watch = 3 Dogs
Now add in furloughs, medical and sick dogs and you really have:
1st Watch = 0 Dog
2nd Watch = 1 Dog
3rd Watch = 2 Dogs
Two guys have given up the D2 in the last month to leave the Canine Unit because of the poor way the unit is being run by the C/O.
It is not the elite unit it once was.
If you need a canine dog, you are going to have to call the suburbs.
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