A Bigger "Merit" List (UPDATE)
We got this in a few e-mails. It appears to be a comprehensive "merit" lists of CPD promotions for Lieutenant, Sergeant AND Detectives from 2000 until 2011:
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We apologize for the washed-out quality of the document. It appears to have been photocopied many times. Most interesting is the notation "DP" next to a number of names (be forewarned we will be deleting those comments that are sexual in nature.) It stands for Double "merit" Promotions.
Combined with the other "merit" lists we've put up this week, it would be interesting to track the Triple "merit" Promotions. What we really need is some sort of "family tree" outlining how "merit" begets "merit."
We'd also like to find out the identity of the scratched out name on page 6.
UPDATE: There appears to be at least one error on the list. Planey helpfully sent a copy of his results and he was ranked 138 on the list. He was passed over for time-on-the-job, but promoted in rank order afterwards.
We didn't create this list. It's titled "Bureau of Administrative Services," so it's an internal document, and it was produced via an FOIA request by the Department. It's obviously been photocopied many times as these sorts of things are when being passed around at HQ among the exempts. That it is rife with errors isn't a surprise by any stretch of the imagination.
UPDATE: We've been handed/e-mailed evidence that shows an additional three supposed "merit" picks that actually made it by score. We're going to take down the document for the moment until it can be determined exactly what this list supposedly contains. Much of it matches the previous posted "merit" lists, the vast majority actually. Might it have been a "merit applicant" list? We have no idea, but now that the cat is out of the bag, it isn't going back in easily. FOIA requests will continue to be filed, lists will be leaked and slowly the rotten process of "merit" will be exposed.
Combined with the other "merit" lists we've put up this week, it would be interesting to track the Triple "merit" Promotions. What we really need is some sort of "family tree" outlining how "merit" begets "merit."
We'd also like to find out the identity of the scratched out name on page 6.
UPDATE: There appears to be at least one error on the list. Planey helpfully sent a copy of his results and he was ranked 138 on the list. He was passed over for time-on-the-job, but promoted in rank order afterwards.
We didn't create this list. It's titled "Bureau of Administrative Services," so it's an internal document, and it was produced via an FOIA request by the Department. It's obviously been photocopied many times as these sorts of things are when being passed around at HQ among the exempts. That it is rife with errors isn't a surprise by any stretch of the imagination.
UPDATE: We've been handed/e-mailed evidence that shows an additional three supposed "merit" picks that actually made it by score. We're going to take down the document for the moment until it can be determined exactly what this list supposedly contains. Much of it matches the previous posted "merit" lists, the vast majority actually. Might it have been a "merit applicant" list? We have no idea, but now that the cat is out of the bag, it isn't going back in easily. FOIA requests will continue to be filed, lists will be leaked and slowly the rotten process of "merit" will be exposed.
Labels: promotions
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
243 Comments:
Most interesting is the notation "DP" next to a number of names (be forewarned we will be deleting those comments that are sexual in nature.)
Hilarious! I actually laughed out loud. SCC, you know your readers all too well.
"We'd also like to find out the identity of the scratched out name on page 6."
My non-detective ass has odds on that identity belonging to the merit slug who send you this list.
Probably upset that s/he only had one bite of the Merit Apple after years and years of "hard work".
(Insert finger down throat)
"I understand the anger but not the naiveté. The graft in this state is as embedded as in Mexico. It only makes sense that those that get 'merit' promotions also get the best assignments with the promotion and down the line are more likely to get the appointed rank."
Amen, Brother.
What a joke, the whole merit process should be scrapped immediately! The best man/woman for the job, who cares their gender or ethnicity.
I left the job two years ago.
Seeing some of my former colleagues names on this list breaks my heart.
This, after years of hearing them say that they were against 'merit', and how they studied for tests.
This department is a joke. The DP list is not updated. There are several new incompetent hacks that need to be added to the DP "Didn't Pass" an F'n test list.
you merit pukes better humble yourselves. I will for now on carry around this list of merits and if you get out of pocket I will remind you that you didn't get promoted because you scored well enough but because who you knew. I will never respect you and never trust that you know what you are talking about.
A Detective that made it by rank order!
Here's my thing, i understand one merit selection. I dont like i but i get it. I feel its ok for detective or sergeant. Like most coppers out there i dont think anyone should get more than one bite at the merit apple. But that lieutenant right to gold star crap thats a disgrace absolute disgrace. We have these 'family trees' as scc calls them or clout groups who have been living high off the hog for far to long.
For example look at Kirby, promoted barb west, who promotes helwink just wait 5 years she will make gold star and let's see who she promotes...disgusting
So mrs troche was put in hdqs by chief of detectives Kline to organize the DNA lab reports because she touted herself as a biological expert in college. Her job was to review the lab reports from the crime lab (after testing evidence for DNA) and distribute them to the area detectives for follow up. When Kline moved on up, the new chief of detectives people found hundreds of lab reports folded and shoved in numerous desk drawers in their section. These hidden lab reports were majority positive DNA hits with named offender and the detectives never received these results. The office was in a chaotic panic and the lieutenant was furious and was to obtain a CR number on mrs troche and dump her. Suddenly the office was told to be quiet and distribute these newly found yet dated lab reports to the area detectives without explanation. It was quoted that mrs troche is there because of Kline and she is on the list to make detective so she will be leaving anyway. Now here it is, as always suspected, mrs troche was promoted to detective meritoriously for her incompetence and dereliction to duty. Thanks again Kline.
NEWS FLASH!
More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!
This list is bullshit. Im a Sergeant on this list who was promoted as a result of a good test score. NOT MERIT.
A lot of merit double-promotions. Unbelievable.
So many merit people with nice inside spots.
This is unbelievable. Some of these people have swore up and down they weren't merit.. And here it is in black and white. Just unreal.
This blew my mind.
Very interesting list...I worked with a dozen of these clowns over the years, and almost none of them ever admitted to being meritorious...!
Thankyou SCC for the Transparency
Seeing these lists makes me sick on so many different levels.
The Officer or Sergeant without clout does this job on a tightrope without a net.
These people had the 'phone call' that we talk about.
But I can imagine other phone calls:
'Hey Kirby, kill that CR already. That guy's OK, he's one of us.'
'Hey LoevyLoevy, knock it off with that lawsuit. This guy is one of ours, he's willing to make an 'out of court' settlement, if you know what I mean.'
Only in Chicago would you have to use different race codes for some paperwork than what we use EVERYDAY
What's wrong with 1,2,4, etc??? Anyone who ever did a case report would understand. Oh, wait......
What a joke> that explains alot having to deal with "the best and brightest" short bus riders.
This list is not correct. I am listed as merit on the list am am 100% not a merit selection. I still have my results letter and will post it to prove that I was not merit. This is an embarrassment to not only myself but to every other police officer that makes it on their own.
Jeffery M. PLANEY
God bless whoever got the list out. It makes me sick to my stomach reading it though. Some names are deserved but a majority are a waste. Some names are surprising that they aren't on the list. But i may have missed them or they attended the special study group.
Regardless, thank you.
Now I know who to kiss up to. Thank you.
Dick Devines kid has a special study group called 11 tac. It worked well.
Not complete some names missing from Sgts
The sad thing is there are some that were truly deserving and are going to be unfairly judged
Dave Harris DP
Funny Steve Martin tells everyone he made Sgt by studying his ass off for the test. Liar.
This list from a couple of days ago is correct. This list misses a lot of merit appointees and for some reason includes a few people that passed by score. These people are not on the list from a few days ago which is the correct list. Ignore this one.
Is Area Central the dumping ground for the clouted?
How is it all these great white shirt are in the homicide unit.
So they can't pass a test and they receive the PLUM spot in the department!
And Gary cannot figure out why homicides are unsolved.
And the double promoted are even laughable i can't even look them in the face anymore they are clowns with badges.
A big fat thank you! What a shame to all those who denied I mean lied!
This list is fraught with errors, its a fake. Someone has got far to much time on their hands. Several names on here are not merit.
The "scratch-off" on page 6 is none
other than Megan L. Aylward, promoted on 2/1/2006.
Most of these Families are R what's considered "Police Royalty. If U'r not a member of The Police High Court then Bow Down, Bitch!
The Ryles R living that sweet American Dream. Like Father, like Son. Both have bars on their shirts and if I'm not mistaken, the little Ryle is a Lt somewhere on the South side. If that's true then U know the little guy will B back up North B4 years end so he can gossip w/Nari & Little Roy Issacson. Another Family that seems to catch all the breaks.
God Bless to all these hard working promotions. Including Barb "Where's my medication" West for she is a true whack job.
Good Day, Sir......I said Good Day, Sir!
Just study harder. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps because if you do, you'll get promoted. What a joke.
Notice how some of the most self righteous and self proclaimed smartest individuals on the job were merit picks. It is good to see that all the humble and truly smartest bosses that I have ever worked for are not on this list. Just shows how the whole merit system is flawed.
Dominick Ciccola is a two time merit hack ~ he's so far up his own ass, walking around bragging that he made it on his own! Now we know and hope he shuts his mouth!
There is only 1 deserving name on that list. WOW.
NEWS FLASH!
More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!
7/10/2014 01:09:00 AM
There are/were more M/2s on the job, Hoss. Do the math and show percentages if you want to be taken seriously.
A copper on this department would cut out his/her own heart for a merit spot. In all my years I have never given in or succumbed to the bullshit of this department and the total ego morons that run it. All these all and ever so wonderful city college dumb asses think they are God's gift to law enforcement. The ego's are hilariously enormous. Yet when they leave this job, they are nothing, have nothing, except for a few thousand hours of stolen comp[ time. They die young and miserable because they had/have no passion in life. They all conger to Florida to tell each other how wonderful they are ( barnas ). 9 out of 10 would cry like little girls if you got in their face. Those of you young boys and girls. Don't get consumed by the political askissingness of this department. Have another passion. Live life. Don't let yourself become a cpd stepford wife.
Anonymous said...
NEWS FLASH!
More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!
7/10/2014 01:09:00 AM
Hey jackass, the majority of the dept is white. I would hope there would be more white merit picks. Just because whites score better on tests doesn't mean minorities should get all merit spots to make up the difference.
"More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!"
The truth? What's the percentage of M1s vs M2s vs M4s on this job? To make it simple for you: (get your pen out) 10 M2s on this job and 5 get promoted merit that's 50%. 2 M1's on this job on 1 makes merit that's 50%. What's more? 5 or 1? Let me help you So....ready for the truth? 5 M2s is more than M1s but both at 50%!!!!!!!
WOW WOW WOW! Soooooo many liars on this list!!!!!! How can you look us in the face?
Sadly a vast majority of these merit picks run Area North Detective Division and haven't a clue. And it's clear why all of them are "Yesman" to the sex offender in charge.
Neat. More importantly, for me at least, I had a nice summer night with my family, got my weekends coming up, and was happy to see Kane and Toews signed for 8 years. Supervisors come and go, I still get paid, and I leave work at work.
Funny that all those involved in Koschman are merit?
How do people get promotions in the real world(private sector)?
dave harris..... words can't explain! he could not pass gas! !
This list is inaccurate. Somebody is just f*****g around now. Could this be a list of people who were put in for merit but maybe didn't get it?
There is a guy on here who told me how hard he studied and made it on his own when he saw me studying for the last test. You are morally bankrupt and pathetic.
B4 I came on I asked an old timer if these test were legit. His response was "yes, The Feds R closely monitoring the testing process so no one gets in that's less then qualified." In this case ignorance is true bliss.
Morale problems? Not here. Everything is on the up & up. To quote that dude from The Wire "Shiiiiiiiiit!"
So mrs troche was put in hdqs by chief of detectives Kline to organize the DNA lab reports because she touted herself as a biological expert in college. Her job was to review the lab reports from the crime lab (after testing evidence for DNA) and distribute them to the area detectives for follow up. When Kline moved on up, the new chief of detectives people found hundreds of lab reports folded and shoved in numerous desk drawers in their section. These hidden lab reports were majority positive DNA hits with named offender and the detectives never received these results. The office was in a chaotic panic and the lieutenant was furious and was to obtain a CR number on mrs troche and dump her. Suddenly the office was told to be quiet and distribute these newly found yet dated lab reports to the area detectives without explanation. It was quoted that mrs troche is there because of Kline and she is on the list to make detective so she will be leaving anyway. Now here it is, as always suspected, mrs troche was promoted to detective meritoriously for her incompetence and dereliction to duty. Thanks again Kline.
This is absolutely true. It caused Maurice Patterson to be tried and convicted without a fair trial, two ASA's to be removed from their assignments, law suits filed against any detective that touched the case, Anita Alvarez to issue a certificate of innocence, and the city (you) a 3 million dollar payout.
I'd just like to add that some of these people I know are nice hard working coppers. But I just can't shake this horrible sick feeling for all the people who passed these tests and were passed over due to the merit process.
There are actually more double merit promotions out there than the lists reveal.
Every sgt and lt in area south was promoted by merit......wow!
There are some good bosses on this list...and there are some who never should have even been considered (much less actually gifted with rank)...We are not a professional operation- and never have been- CPD will never be legit because our politicians will never be honest, moral, ethical and law abiding.
I call bullshit. There are a number of missing names. Lynette Helm is one. That moron should have a QP next to her name for Quintuple Promotion.
Anonymous said...
This list is bullshit. Im a Sergeant on this list who was promoted as a result of a good test score. NOT MERIT.
7/10/2014 01:09:00 AM
Really? I don't remember seeing the last name of ANONYMOUS on the list. /sarcasm
Ok, Big Shot. If true, why didn't you sign your name to your post?
This list is fraught with errors, its a fake. Someone has got far to much time on their hands. Several names on here are not merit.
Then who are they?
And, Graeber is not on the list. Some would say he was a nice guy, but he fucking had a problem with putting one foot in front of the other. He's another QP.
No sexual comments? I got nothing else!
This list is not correct. I am listed as merit on the list am am 100% not a merit selection. I still have my results letter and will post it to prove that I was not merit. This is an embarrassment to not only myself but to every other police officer that makes it on their own.
Uh huh. I have Microsoft Word too so I can print out any document I like.
Lets get real here; the history of Chicago is a history of corruption. So one must assume that Promotional Exams were NEVER on the legit. And the long list of corrupt bosses supports that theory. The Merit System was the visible justification but there still were suspicious Invitation Only study groups and specific families that would have two siblings with top scores at the same time on the same test. Nobody ever questioned that, and there are several families like that, and we all know who they are. Especially one set of siblings, whose father had been Kline's partner back in the day. So if you consider the Merit and add in the Real Secret promotions, it is possible that more than half of the leadership is not from the testing process. And if this is true, then the morale and respect for CPD is completely trashed. There are a lot of hard working cops out there who are now more bitter than ever, because they could sense that their bosses were incompetent, but they respected the rank, even though it was as illegitimate as a Ghetto Love Child! Many officers are dedicated men and women of integrity, wisdom and courage, led by Political Hacks, cowards and incompetents. I guess it is all about Chicago Values.
Proud to say I made "Youth Investigator" by rank order...everyone else turned it down.
Not to pick on Phil Orlando but I remember when he made and he was adamant that he wasn't merit. At least Sgt Stewart was honest about it and was proud to be picked as a merit. I am sure some deserve it as a merit pick and I don't understand the denial and secrecy. Why not raise your head up and be proud? Why get awards read at roll call all the time and applause from your colleagues so why the secrecy when it's a promotion?
Very interesting list...I worked with a dozen of these clowns over the years, and almost none of them ever admitted to being meritorious...!
Thankyou SCC for the Transparency
7/10/2014 01:14:00 AM
So true. I've had many of them outright lie and say they studied hard and scored well on the test! What a fucking joke.
This list is fraught with errors, its a fake. Someone has got far to much time on their hands. Several names on here are not merit.
7/10/2014 03:18:00 AM
Bullshit. That list is totally legitimate. You're probably one of the disgusting losers on that list.
There are quite a few people on here that made it by score, and there are names that are missing that made merit. And to Planey, why don't you sit down and take a seat you goof. The only thing that is embarrassing is the fact that someone put your name up for merit. That's the embarrassment.
I must say, I was surprised by a couple of the names on these lists but most of them were no surprise at all. It's funny how many of the people on those lists I've worked with/for over the years that pretended to have made it by score. It truly is a let down.
To the poster who says he is going to carry the list around and remind certain people that they were merit, go ahead, see how that works out for you. Especially since can see the reason on here next to each name as to why they were put in. It's the same crybabies on here time and time again.
At the end of WW2 (the big one) DP stood for displaced persons. Hmmmm.
Anonymous said...
This list is fraught with errors, its a fake. Someone has got far to much time on their hands. Several names on here are not merit.
7/10/2014 03:18:00 AM
Says the merit promotee who's been lying to everyone for years telling them he's made it legit.
How about FOP just demanding the rank order list be published and available for all to see (like CFD gets) - then we don't have to worry about who's merit - what list is correct ? Sounds simple enough.
I always thought DP is what Archie called Meathead...
Sticks and stones may break my bones but you are one DP
What an insult to the knowledgeable working cops.
91-8C said...
I was in homeroom with Dominick C. I recently bumped into him, after not seeing him for a long time... as I work South. Great Copper. I couldn't think of a more deserving person for a merit spot. He has been in more than a few truly hairy situations. I would be proud to wear some of the medals pinned to his uniform. One incident in particular happened pretty close to the N.Side promised land, from what I remember. I think you should do your homework before you criticize someone that you seemingly know little about.
91-8C
And of those who have known Dominick all these years, we know only one person who could of written this... Hi Dominick!! It's sad you need to praise yourself
Maria Pena is a one woman Sergeant making machine!!!
Some of the ones she made are laughable!
Well, that's because she's a joke herself. As tact Lt she would sit at her desk saying how she "deserved" a commanders spot... and presto!! Lil Carlos 'I'll take the strap on' pushes for her to get it. Seriously, how can you look at her or barb west and see or say they are leadership material??? (Amongst many others) Sickening doesn't even begin what this department has become
There are some real good Detective names on this list. Some dogasses, which means they were probably dogasses before. But none the less, good Detectives, which means, they re not forgetting that they were merit.
Hey SCC, you're missing one more list. You need to post a list from the '99 Sgts class since this list starts in 2000 and an earlier list submitted by a poster was only from the '98 Sgts class.
Explains Area North. Sergeants and detectives that spell shit with two "t's". Where corruption, criminal activity and incompetence reign from top to bottom-by design.
Anonymous said...
This list is bullshit. Im a Sergeant on this list who was promoted as a result of a good test score. NOT MERIT.
7/10/2014 01:09:00 AM
Do you still have your "study guide"?
How many of these merit selection are also named on the really big lawsuits?
How many of them have been arrested and/or imprisoned?
How many of them were involved in the Koshman case alone?
Why do we have a testing process that costs millions of dollars and then promote the people who do badly on the test into all the top management spots on the department?
Why do we have such a dismal crime solving record? Is it simply because the detective division is managed by mostly people who did not score well on any promotion tests and were promoted anyway and then placed in good detective division spots to await their next promotion by failure.
Are there any District Commanders who actually passed the promotional tests?
These are good questions for any aspiring journalist to ask!
This list is bullshit. Im a Sergeant on this list who was promoted as a result of a good test score. NOT MERIT
Really...? Then why the Anonymous post? You lost a chance to gain creds here...
"It's not a lie, if YOU believe it's the truth"
George Costanza
A few good people on the list, but fair is fair.
Don't have a two-part exam and then pull names from the bottom of the list. Some were expedited to promotion, not me, but some were. Wait your turn.
Score high, first promoted. Many high score eggheads were promoted legit and are assholes, some of the merits are asshole stooges. Very few merits have earned it. Meritees picking merits, that's wrong.
GeeWizMac...you think you have a Real Department?
Time for a Business Management re-fresher, or at least read the Cliff Notes edition.
—Why won't FOP publish scores/rankings?
Anonymous said...
you merit pukes better humble yourselves. I will for now on carry around this list of merits and if you get out of pocket I will remind you that you didn't get promoted because you scored well enough but because who you knew. I will never respect you and never trust that you know what you are talking about.
A Detective that made it by rank order!
7/10/2014 12:51:00 AM
Just wondering, would you rather have a sgt that knows his general orders inside-out and will go by those rules and stick it in your ass when you fuck up or would you rather have a merit sgt that knows enough general orders to get by but their main intent is to have your back? Point is I worked for some merit bosses and they took care of their people. Hey guess what? If the only chance you had to put more money in your family's bank account was by merit you wouldn't take it?
Before you go indignant on me, I made detective off the list too.
This is why I will not waste my time taking another promotion test. I will focus on retirement and getting the hell away from this mess of a Police Department. This is simply unreal. I feel so bad for the guys who think everything is on the up and up. WOW!!! So disappointing and disheartening. Should be some kind of class action lawsuit in effect, count me in.
It's not accurate. And how does someone get a DP behind their name when they have only had one promotion? The names with the sponsors listed are more believable. You can see the connections.
Talk is cheap,but it is what it is and ain't what it ain't,who cares,carry on nothing to see here!
where are the pre- 2000 merit detectives?
This is not correct. Several people on here were not merit. This list also does not match the other lists posted on this site
Try not looking left or right,look straight ahead into a mirror,and say....I'm beautiful.....I'm kind......I'm important !
To all the guys talking about how you made sgt. or whatever because you scored well that's good for you. But if while you waited to get promoted and somebody made you a merit pick you would not turn it down. And you you did your an idiot. Stop acting like your something special. Just a blue shirt here
The part that gets me is when one of these " MERIT HACKS" acts like they are smarter then us lowly blue shirts.
Wait a minute! People missing on the list. Not to mention, some SGTs got made and never took part 1.
Otero was a merit pick? Figures
The quality of his work and his reputation with us here In the district clearly shows he is one of the best and the brightest. Another self promoting blow off artist.
Nobody deserves a merit promotion , it is doubling pensions for the political connected . Taking away from police officers that studied and were passed over .
Why not send this information to newspaper , majority of command staff and xo do not deserve to be supervising any police officer . Demand list of police officers doing clerical work in districts and units at Homan square . You could staff a city wide unit to fight crime not shuffle paper . Citizens are murdered while police shuffle commanders paper work .
This list is very incorrect. I do not know if it is due to incompetence or someone with too much time on their hands, but either way it is wrong. There are numerous names on this list that were 100% not merit.
Planey has provided proof that this list is incorrect, or a fraud, and yet people are still throwing each other under the bus. Grow the F*** up.
CPD "Merit" is nothin more than Guaranteed Future Corruption, by the Democrat (Communist) Party. Like Labor Unions, just a funnel for under-the-table corruption, organized crime, and guaranteed kickbacks by patronage goons, for under-the-table illegality, pension padding for future kickbacks, contract rigging, etc; etc; etc; to the Union Chumbalones, to their Coat-Holder Masters, who live lavish lifestyles off their underlings Union Dues, while offering little or nothing but Hot-Air in return, in true Parasite manner. Meanwhile, dimwitted , incompetent, and paid-off Feds look the other way , whistle in the wind, and polish their cheesy looking gold Badges, failing to even police their own Sister Agencies, such as the Out-of-Control, corrupt, lying, criminal organization, known better as the IRS.
Wow interesting to SEE a last name of MENDOZA always said he was a smart college educated moron. Get it MENDOZA as in SUSANA MENDOZA BROTHER................AWWWWWWW never forget my good old FTO first words that came out of his mouth and I quote " KID IS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW BUT WHO YOU KNOW" the list explains it alllllllll. Fix my pension and go fuck yourself CPD tired of all the corrupt, unfairness to the hard working men and women. If you are a dumb ass does not matter the color of your skin you not supervisor material OHHHHHHHH we see it now. SAD DAY in what was a great department so I THOUGHT................
Anonymous said...
So mrs troche was put in hdqs by chief of detectives Kline to organize the DNA lab reports because she touted herself as a biological expert in college. Her job was to review the lab reports from the crime lab (after testing evidence for DNA) and distribute them to the area detectives for follow up. When Kline moved on up, the new chief of detectives people found hundreds of lab reports folded and shoved in numerous desk drawers in their section. These hidden lab reports were majority positive DNA hits with named offender and the detectives never received these results. The office was in a chaotic panic and the lieutenant was furious and was to obtain a CR number on mrs troche and dump her. Suddenly the office was told to be quiet and distribute these newly found yet dated lab reports to the area detectives without explanation. It was quoted that mrs troche is there because of Kline and she is on the list to make detective so she will be leaving anyway. Now here it is, as always suspected, mrs troche was promoted to detective meritoriously for her incompetence and dereliction to duty. Thanks again Kline.
THAT's what Legitimate Police Agencies call,
"OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE", & "OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT"
However, this does not apply to the ultra-corrupt CPD, per the Crook County States Attorney, Chicago FBI, and U.S. Attorneys Office.
http://www.cityclub-chicago.org/events/detail/935/michael-masters
Piece of Shit Mike Masters getting an award ?
Wonder if he will be carrying his gun?
Without merit promotions over 90% of supervisors would be white .
What a shame so many qualified police officers are still working a beat car because of the merit hack promotional system .
This list is incorrect there are names on here that are NOT merit! How could a person be merit that waved it twice? There are two names for sure on this list that waved the promotion at least once. This is BS. Perhaps we should post our result letters! The judgement people make on this list is disgusting... So SSCblog is the Bible.. ? Don't believe everything you read.
Haha!!! I love how the merit hacks are coming on here STILL defending themselves and LYING and trying to tell everyone they made it on their own. Lol! Karma' a bitch
Regina highttower double merit, Detective
And now Sgt in 005. Great job girl! Lol
This list is BS many names that were not merit in fact, names of people who waved the promotion the first time are on this list. You don't wave a merit promotion! People have nothing else to concern themselves with-seriously ??
Looks like white officers would be lost without merit. We better watch what we say. The numbers of whites promoted is far above any other race. Better rethink the lawsuits or study harder.
There's things missing off this list. Where is the great LB at?
Hi Chuck!
NEWS FLASH!
More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!
7/10/2014 01:09:00 AM
I noticed that too. The totals are on the last page. Whites outnumber any other race. Same with the other lists.
As much as I dislike this blog I must comment .This list is fake. Just as Jeff Planey stated I too was 100 percent NOT a merit selection. In fact anyone who worked with me in Area Three knows that I waived the sergeant promotion the first time. I still have my letter which lists my score of 213.
Mia M. Ogliore
I have 23 yrs on always on a beat car never promoted. Does any of this suprise me no and if it suprises you then you are extremely naive. I took this job knowing the pros and cons. Pro good job, good pay. Good benefits. Cons I am a white male with no clout odds are il be a patrolmen for duration of my career. Considering I only have a high school diploma not such a bad place to be. If you want a job that's completely fair where you will Probaly work a lot harder for less money, benefits, and vacation time good luck in the private sector. Yes this job is dangerous at times but a lot more construction workers get killed every year
This list is not correct. I am listed as merit on the list am am 100% not a merit selection. I still have my results letter and will post it to prove that I was not merit. This is an embarrassment to not only myself but to every other police officer that makes it on their own.
Jeffery M. PLANEY
You can add John M. Cannon to this statement. I ranked 66 out of nearly 7000 test takers placing me in the top 1% and was promoted off the list not merit. I was in the same class of Jeff Planey. This list is flawed.
NEWS FLASH!
More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!
AMEN!!!!
Who really gives a shit. I know who, the fuckers who didn't make it either way.
I don't see what good posting these lists do really. It solves nothing, creates more animosity and low morale. I think anywhere you work, public or private sector you're going to run into this because this is just how it is in life. The City is no different than any corporation. I'm sure if you took a poll at Abbott Labs or Exxon or Walmart or any company, there would be people just as in this department that are promoted who deserved it and those promoted based on political reasons.
Looking at the lists, many people were deserving of promotion and some seem political. I don't care either way. I respect others period...Until they give me a reason not to. There are also many officers who are deserving who did not get a shot at being merit promoted. But then CPD has a large number of officers and few spots for promotion in comparison. IMO at least there is the opportunity for officers to put in for consideration. Some will always be political but some will not. This is encountered at every level of employment, in every state. It has nothing to do with republican or democrat. It is just life.
It's interesting what the list does not show. That there are many bosses merit or not, who have not had their officers considered. Apparently those bosses are not political and that's good too. Everything is not black and white. I agree that the promotion process could be improved.
To Mr or Mrs news Flash
M2s out number M1's and M4's on this Job at least 4 to 1. So that statistic makes sense however merit and double merit and gold stars are completely disproportionate for the make up of the department.Not to mention how some are assigned strait to tact or other units with in months of promotion. Beings as you chose to play the race card know your facts look at the numbers or shut up.For the record most of my favorite bosses are black with merit promotions.
NEWS FLASH!
More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!
Only if their percentage on the job is less than their percentage of merit promotions. More M2s on the job mean more M2 merit promos without being disproportionate etc. Nice try though
Terry Downes. Surprise, surprise. He sure thinks he's smart. Not smart enough to pass a test I guess.
This list contains names of people who were put in for merit but then weren't made merit. They made it on their own. Some crybaby out there is stirring up shit. Where did he get this list from? This looks like a list of people from a merit pool.
SCC There are two people on the list who I know weren't merit. Both are relatives. I saw there test results letter. This isn't right.
Just because the person on the list made it by score does not mean they were not put in for merit. I know one Det who was put in but barely made it off the list because a couple of people turned it down. Bosses do that to make sure their "Guy" gets in.
THANK YOU SO MUCH SCC !!!!
Please list ALL the MERIT sergeants and lieutenants going back to 1998.
Also the Merit detectives that go back further.
I see LT. Dennis WALSH is a merit LT.
How about his brother Mike WALSH who was promoted around 2000?
If anyone has more of these lists please send them to SCC.
SCC Take down list until it can be vetted. There are people wrongly identified as merit. This is unfair.
Sandy MAZUR made merit sergeant in 2000.
THEN made merit detective in 2003???
That makes NO sense.
Look at exempt staff , many should be wearing a blue shirt , what are the qualifications for merit promotion .
Merits allowed llto promote others that could not pass a test . Exempt rank is a joke and they are draining the pension fund .
Look at exempt staff , many should be wearing a blue shirt , what are the qualifications for merit promotion .
Merits allowed llto promote others that could not pass a test . Exempt rank is a joke and they are draining the pension fund .
Its too bad the accompanying scholarship application and paperwork weren't available. Wouldn't it be intersting to see just how exactly merit was defined.
Misinformation...a common tactic by the powers that be and whoever put it out crossed his own name out. Deduction my dear friends.
Martin as a jag***!
Kris Caraballo and Jeff Planey are NOT merit sergeants. I don't know where this list came from, but it's wrong.
All right ten let put it to rest already. The commanding officer has several horse bites into that meritorious apple. Its has now been revealed 1070 was successfully chosen as a merit pick. That leaves 1020 days. Well the previously listed merit listing validated the fact that if you demonstrate office police work clerical skills and perform Jitney cab services to the exempts, you too have demonstrated merit and are worthy of a bump in rank. And be sent to a choice district on days. How do like those apples!
Will father flakey , rev run jackass run for mayor ?
Look at Area south second watch violent crimes sgts.
All are Merit. Sgt JB, who swore he made it on the test score, who looks at everyone payroll stubs, special. And over time. Over time is a craw in his side.
Then we have the Merit Sgt from narcotics as a Sgt after being accused of a sex crime with a female dea agent.
And JP, I respected you the most, you are a good man but you have my stripes.
This year when we are asked to contribute one hundred dollars a. detective at X-Mas, I'm going to the inspector general and media and a special frigg u to commander Salamie, u patronage hack....
Excuse me while I puke.
NEWS FLASH!
More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!
7/10/2014 01:09:00 AM
Actually it doesn't. The department is %49 white. Blacks exceed their ratio in very category except detective, were Hispanics received a bump. Meanwhile whites are below the 49% ratio in every promotional category.
Can't wait for the FOI the come out regarding the racial breakdown of rank order promotions. Soooooooo interesting.
Sgt Mike Cooney is NOT merit!
I honestly don't begrudge the merit people. Hell, if it were you or I we would have taken it in a heart beat.
"..Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, consider this justice a gift..."
--Don Corleone
I see a certain lieutenant from McCarthy's office that wants to shut the blog down on there not once but twice.
As a show of good faith, the department and city should immediately scrap the old sergeants list, release the results of the current sergeants test, and ELIMINATE MERIT PROMOTIONS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS NEW LIST.
Majority of the top 300 scores being held by male white officers (per the latest juicy rumor) or not - promote in rank order, none of the outside factors, clout and nepotism allowed this time around. Best people for the job and all the jazz.
- Male White Officer Who Studied His Ass Off
cpd stepford facebook wifes-i like it-lots of them in 010!
You are scaring the hell out of the clouted,that they now have to prove they are not clouted!
Only in CHI-Raq
70% made in rank order
after reading this i can honestly say that the 11th ward n 19th ward along with fat phil still run the department my quess that even rahm cant even tie his shoes without first clearing it with 11th ward office , thank god im still a worker and living n protecting the home front in 016,
What number did they go up to on the list? I heard right around 415.
Anonymous said...
This list is bullshit. Im a Sergeant on this list who was promoted as a result of a good test score. NOT MERIT.
7/10/2014 01:09:00 AM
YEAH SURE DUDE
And of those who have known Dominick all these years, we know only one person who could of written this... Hi Dominick!! It's sad you need to praise yourself
>>>>> OP 91-8C here. Sorry, your hunch is not correct. My initials=DM, 610/2nd watch. You can call me on the pax Monday, I'll confirm it. Enjoy your weekend.
Anonymous said...
Every sgt and lt in area south was promoted by merit......wow!
I noticed that too. So
E real winners there. Oh well as long as your a sharp dresser or have special skills who cares about actually knowing the job.
There are a TON of errors on here. People that may have been put in, didn't make it, and then made it off the list. Not to mention a tom of merit missing off here.
Sgt Mia Olgiore in Area North was not merit. She waived it twice before accepting it, Off the list. She may have been put in before and not made it. But when she got promoted, It was off the list.
Ton of errors on here SCC. She is just one.
If anyone of the crybabies on here were put in and made it, they would then justify it by saying, I deserve it. Quit crying.
Move on, Nothing to see here.
Steve V. Martin (008) legit . Steven W. Martin (?) Not. Same Sgts class in 2004.
Garry McCarthy was NOT merit!!! He told me so himself!!!
UMMMMM, Could someone please tell me the requirements for a merit promotion?
Gosh are those Walsh brothers smart.
10:17 AM FUCKSTICK
I made SGT legit it '97 while you were still playing JR. G-Man.
You Need Supervisors who can interpret G.O.'s as they can support the laws; and also know how to support their troops and accomplish the mission.
If you can't find your ass with both hands you can't be a supervisor on this job. Lives and livelihoods are at stake.
So go get your shinebox, Jr. G-man.
If a person was promoted by merit, it has already been established that they are not an expert in the subjects tested on the promotion exam. Then why is it that most of the so-called "subject matter experts" being used for the next Lieutenant's exam were promoted by merit. Here is another example of these people believing in their own expertise when it has been proven by the fact that they didn't pass the test themselves that they have no fuckin' expert knowledge in the subject being tested.
Thanks for posting SCC. Truth be told there are also those that were given the heads up to "command channel review". Study groups with the secret "in", like "you'll see this again." Kennedy, Georgas, Biggane,et. al who get to be the administrative sgts then score well. Cline, Wiberg, the A/4 11 tact 189 193 study groups. They get the seniority, pension & good spots. This stuff has to stop!
What a dept.!
Here's a few suggestions to try and solve the problem.
1. How about 60hrs of college required to come on the job, Associates degree to make Sgt, Bachelors degree to make Lt and a minimum of a Masters to be made exempt. This would show a progression, commitment and desire on the part of the candidate. Obviously, there would still be idiots, but there would be a lot less of them.
2. In addition to the above educational requirements, a candidate for exempt promotion should have had no more than 1 previous merit promotion. This would still allow for somebody to actually have "earned" a genuine merit spot for doing some extraordinary deed, but it would eliminate the triple merit morons that have destroyed the command staff and in turn the department.
3. Exempts should pay into the pension according to their exempt salary and not according to their career salary. Fair is fair after all.
4. A district commander should be a commander and not a Deputy Chief!! Especially when he has never passed any promotion test in his entire career...Sorry boys!
5. Finally, supervisors in the detective division should have been detectives themselves. Merit detectives who then become merit sgt should not be assigned to the detective division. How about a test for a rank of Detective Sergeant and Detective Lieutenant? We need the best and brightest investigating crimes, not the dumbest and most connected. When a good detective gets promoted on his own, he is sent back to patrol, while the merit ones get sent right beck to the detective division. How are those clearance rates looking now???
To: 7/10/2014 09:01:00 AM
At least he had the balls to sign his name knowing this list is bullshit. Time to take a seat goof.
Oh...I waived it...but my godfather who was the chief of patrol.. gave me the test and I got 21*.......ok dolly.....get off your horse....still being taken care of in the D-unit..Fcking incredible....
The part that gets me is when one of these " MERIT HACKS" acts like they are smarter then us lowly blue shirts.
7/10/2014 10:41:00 AM
You're not helping your case when you spell THAN like THEN.
WOW!! Just WOW. Half the Sgt. at area south are merit on the violent side. Half. The other half are all former dicks. NO wonder we are in trouble here. Oh well back to the handouts.
MAYOR RAHM TOUT"S HIS 4-P's solution to violence.
The fourth is parenting.
Meanwhile they have just waved in 0ver 400 unaccompanied illegal immigrant minor children.
Kirk says 400-plus kids from Mexican border crisis are in Chicago
Chicago Tribune-by Katherine Skiba-1 hour ago
Mark Kirk said today that 429 unaccompanied minors from the Mexican ... Kirk, an Illinois Republican, said the children are in the custody of the...
Throwing gas on the Chicago violence fire. Expanding the violence culture.
429 and counting as more buses are on the way.
La Raza leading the parade and anyone that opposes the Hispanic version of the KKK is called a racist.
Middle finger to the law says Obama. Just follow orders and do what you're told Eff the US constitution and the laws is the message.
A fine "Broken Windows" crime fighting message don't ya think?
Terry downes, didn't he get knocked out on tv by paul pender in the sixties?
4:17 PM
Speak for yourself.
Some of us have pride, an outstanding performance as street cops and leadership skills to excel--if only this shamelessly corrupt promotional process was legit.
Many officers rightfully believe that rigged promotions are the most demoralizing factor in the CPD.
Anonymous said...
A copper on this department would cut out his/her own heart for a merit spot. In all my years I have never given in or succumbed to the bullshit of this department and the total ego morons that run it. All these all and ever so wonderful city college dumb asses think they are God's gift to law enforcement. The ego's are hilariously enormous. Yet when they leave this job, they are nothing, have nothing, except for a few thousand hours of stolen comp[ time. They die young and miserable because they had/have no passion in life. They all conger to Florida to tell each other how wonderful they are ( barnas ). 9 out of 10 would cry like little girls if you got in their face. Those of you young boys and girls. Don't get consumed by the political askissingness of this department. Have another passion. Live life. Don't let yourself become a cpd stepford wife.
7/10/2014 05:35:00 AM
Okay hero. Actually, many coppers wouldn't even cut a toenail to be promoted meritoriously. And quit picking on little girls.
Anonymous said...
As much as I dislike this blog I must comment .This list is fake. Just as Jeff Planey stated I too was 100 percent NOT a merit selection. In fact anyone who worked with me in Area Three knows that I waived the sergeant promotion the first time. I still have my letter which lists my score of 213.
Mia M. Ogliore
7/10/2014 11:58:00 AM
In March 2006, I was in Mias class of Sergeants. It was originally 100 (making it sooooo easy to do a 70%/30% split). However,.....there were three people who had waived the promotion earlier, who had to be added to the class because the department forgot to ask them if they wanted it this time. One of those three was Mia. We all knew about it, learning about it while we were doing our "pretend Detective" training in the Areas. Mia, obviously, continued working as a Detective until the Sergeant classes started at the academy.
Sorry, Mia made it on her own.
Sgt. Gerard Majerczyk #2201
010th District, 1st Watch
#281 (or was it #282?) on that list.
Dan Garrity is not merit, I've seen his score and letter. This list is wrong.
To Mr or Mrs news Flash
M2s out number M1's and M4's on this Job at least 4 to 1. So that statistic makes sense however merit and double merit and gold stars are completely disproportionate for the make up of the department.Not to mention how some are assigned strait to tact or other units with in months of promotion. Beings as you chose to play the race card know your facts look at the numbers or shut up.For the record most of my favorite bosses are black with merit promotions.
7/10/2014 12:35:00 PM
That argument goes both ways then. You can't be innocently disproportionate for merit promotions because of your numbers on the job then super smart test takers if more m1's score higher.
Your argument only proves what others say that the majority race of officers on the job will proportionately have a majority of the higher scores. It has nothing to do with intelligence so why don't you all drop the derogatory race card against other non-white officers.
I found at least a few inaccuracies.
One of the individuals listed as a merit Lt is not listed as a DP nor as a merit Sgt.
I know this to be false because, at the direction of our mutual commander, I wrote that individual's successful merit submission for Sgt. That person was promoted to Sgt meritoriously but is only listed as a single merit, to Lt in 2005. Mysteriously, it does list the other people for whom I wrote their successful merit submissions to both Det and Sgt.
Additionally, it does not list an individual for whom I wrote the successful submission for merit Lt. That particular person is listed on the list you previously posted as having been meritoriously promoted to Lt. in 2001 with an "unknown" nominator. That listing is correct and the "unknown" nominator was a D/C and subsequebtly a Dep. Chief, for which we had both worked for as Sgts although at the time of submission that person was working elsewhere.
My name does not appear on any of those lists as I was promoted by test score .... which is probably why I was asked to write the nominations. Nonetheless, all the people I wrote nominations for were very good candidates and they had either worked with or for me. I had no diffculty writing their submissions as my D/C - Dep Chief knew the department was going to use those meirt percentages no matter what so why not try to get people we knew to be experienced and knowledgable promoted rather than letting the department fill those spots with the usual morons.
"...why is it that most of the so-called "subject matter experts" being used for the next Lieutenant's exam were promoted by merit..."
cuz it makes it easier for them to get the answers for first part of test to pass on to next bunch of pre-determined merit promotes
I believe the officers past over should be promoted. Hire the next 125 or so from the list. Fair is fair....
How many red-herrings are on this list?
Who ever promoted Lucy Moy should be ashamed of themselves. She is not the police, she is not a leader and worst of all, she is not even close to being decent human being. The person who went to bat for her has done a huge disservice to the department and the city.
There are/were more M/2s on the job, Hoss. Do the math and show percentages if you want to be taken seriously.
7/10/2014 05:33:00 AM
You should do the math. Whites make up 50% of the department but close to 75% of merit. Is the serious enough for you
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NEWS FLASH!
More M2s received merit promotions in every category than M1 and M4s. So this completely shoots down the rhetoric regarding M1s receiving a disproportionate share of merit proportions. The truth is soooo interesting!
7/10/2014 01:09:00 AM
If you look at the ethnic percentages within this department, you will see the disparity. Minorites DO get promoted at a higher rate.
PS I'm a m4. I also studied like hell for the ONLY promotional exam I've been eligible for in 11 years. Colour me crazy.
Not one of you would turn it down. That's the problem. We don't stick together. All merit promotions are as wrong as the tier system in the CPS and affirmative action. Demand that it be stopped. Look at lt. Walsh and the discredit he has brought to the cpd in michigan and with the former mayors nephew, yet he still works are north like nothing is wrong. Chicago is the most corrupt city I. AmericA. Is it any wonder Obama is the same.
Hey "SGT" Cannon... Simmer down now... I personally handled your merit paperwork... Shook my head with every copy I had to make... Nice try though!
Dominick Ciccola is a two time merit hack ~ he's so far up his own ass, walking around bragging that he made it on his own! Now we know and hope he shuts his mouth!
7/10/2014 05:21:00 AM
Sorry to hear you hate Dom he's a class act, and for your information he's a good boss. I worked south most of my career, and he's one of the best bosses I have worked for. He's smart and knows his shit! He's been great to us in 025th. We have been very lucky to have good sgts like him. Maybe if you talk to the guy he's down to earth, and a good guy, and actually gives a shit about the troops. Not like some bosses.
Lotso
The merit system is badly broken. Per Illinois state law when a system has proven time and again to give severely diminished returns there is only one thing to do.....throw vast amounts of taxpayer money at it. The only way to right the ship would be to divert funding from our pension funds to finance an exploratory committee to determine if a better more efficient way to circumvent the testing process can be applied so that the politically connected could somehow skip the entire blue shirt process and go straight from PPO to meritorious Sgt and in certain cases straight from the application process to exempt member. Money will help, it always does.
I am a Sgt and a fried of Mike Cooneys I studied with him night and day. I had made it off another test and knew how to help him studied. He worked his ass off. I saw his score personally it is disgusting that someone who put him down as a merit promotion. However, had he been a merit sgt, he would not have deserved in any more of less.
This depicts that Lt. A.S. got merit from B.R. Which is OK. Just own up to it. The list is not valid on its face. At least she now saying I am a Lt. of police in the Marine Unit.
Anonymous said...
I honestly don't begrudge the merit people. Hell, if it were you or I we would have taken it in a heart beat.
7/10/2014 04:17:00 PM
You, sir, are an asshole. After we've finished thrashing those who have no claim to the stripes or bars they wear our focus must next be on reparations for those whose careers were derailed, their promotions stolen from them, by merit promotions. I would turn down merit promotion,
Im making an obscene gesture right now that includes repeated gyrations of my elbow whilst holding onto my manhood one handed.
The first 2 lists that were posted are legit . The department released them after thoroughly fact checking them. This list was never fact checked and contains some names that it should not. Even if the majority are accurately listed, it should be taken down so as not to take away from those on the list who were actually promoted based on their test score.
Wow. So many double and triple merits.
And is it really any wonder why this dept is such a mess?
If you can't pass the test- then your not competent enough to do the job. So you get merit promoted and you fuck up and screw up and keep doing it. These merit pics are bullshit. Once in a career. Not two or three
Times.
I honestly don't begrudge the merit people. Hell, if it were you or I we would have taken it in a heart beat.
7/10/2014 04:17:00 PM
You, sir, are an asshole. After we've finished thrashing those who have no claim to the stripes or bars they wear our focus must next be on reparations for those whose careers were derailed, their promotions stolen from them, by merit promotions. I would turn down merit promotion,
7/11/2014 02:03:00 AM
Yea sure you would. stfu
Anonymous said...
This depicts that Lt. A.S. got merit from B.R. Which is OK. Just own up to it. The list is not valid on its face. At least she now saying I am a Lt. of police in the Marine Unit.
7/11/2014 02:02:00 AM
What list are YOU looking at? I don't see A.S. on either the sgt. or Lt. list as merit. Like her or not she made it both times off the list. Send it here as an attachment to this response and I'll apologize to you.
To 7:37 p.m. I disagree college has nothing to do with being a good police officer. I came on this job without college let's assume I have a wife and 4 kids or I am a single mother where am I supposed to find the time to go to college and or work side jobs to cover the cost of my family. In my opinion college ruined this job the entry exam and academy should be harder. That would weed out the incompetent people, but we know that will never happen. In my experience as a whole not always, the boss with life experience was always better than the inexperienced colleg grad. Changing the gold braid pension system is a drop in the bucket compared to the real financial corruption that desolved our pension.. Also there are many good police officers that had no desire or got promoted to sgt before detective that would make excellent sgt of dicks. Excuse my grammar I have 23 yrs and a high school diploma
Isn't Dominick Cicciola the same guy thst shot it out with the gas station robber a few years ago up north? If yes, I say he deserves a merit spot.
At the minimum they need to limit "merit" to one bite of the apple, period! D-2, D2A, D3 or D4 , if any cop accepts any of those positions that should forever bar them from any additionsl promotion on merit.
Many of these merit promotions are nothing more than political cronyism and the incompetency of many of them is poisoning this once great department.
When will the public see the emperor has no clothes?
Internet journalism at it's finest.
Anonymous said...
I honestly don't begrudge the merit people. Hell, if it were you or I we would have taken it in a heart beat.
7/10/2014 04:17:00 PM
You, sir, are an asshole. After we've finished thrashing those who have no claim to the stripes or bars they wear our focus must next be on reparations for those whose careers were derailed, their promotions stolen from them, by merit promotions. I would turn down merit promotion,
7/11/2014 02:03:00 AM
He's not an a-hole. I would take the merit promotion too if it was offered to me. He's right, anyone would.
Isn't it possible that all the people that are outraged for being placed on the merit list were IN FACT put in for merit but made it off the list anyway?
It wouldn't surprise anyone that these sergeants that made it off the list allowed themselves to be put in meritoriously just in case.
The brass at the CPD would do just that. "Waste" a merit selection or waste time with a merit selection packet knowing that person was going to get promoted off the list.
Paranoia will destroy ya. Nobody trusts anyone else so they do the merit process anyway.
So these sergeants that are crying about being made off the list, cut the bullshit. You know exactly what happened to you. The fix was in.
Almost makes it worse.
I thought being merit meant you were the best of the best.
Judging by how quickly so called legit sergeants who probably were in special study groups chime its not looking good.
And what is with all the SGT. so and so is a great guy and made it on his own! Its equivalent to me saying G-MAC is a great football player and that makes him a great leader!
Anonymous said...
I am a Sgt and a fried of Mike Cooneys I studied with him night and day. I had made it off another test and knew how to help him studied. He worked his ass off. I saw his score personally it is disgusting that someone who put him down as a merit promotion. However, had he been a merit sgt, he would not have deserved in any more of less.
7/11/2014 01:42:00 AM
Okay, Sgt. You writer scary. Now no why you sgt. so donut half to right two much paper.
Ok folks, check it out:
1. You (CPD) are the best street cops in the world!
2. This is a political job and very political city. Promotions are given for the wrong reasons and to put extra money in peoples pockets..
3. Merit Promotions: There are some good merit picks and there are some awful promotions.
4. Promotions off the list: There have been some good and bad promotions off the list. Well I've never seen the list. The list should be mailed to each of us and posted online. I get some BS number in the mail that's about it.
4a. Promotions off the list: The chosen few, who take secret study groups from Subject Matter Experts on the department, furthermore conducting these study groups in public venues is BS. At least hide it at a private venue.
5. You can only control what you can control. Do your best, protect your partner(s), study hard, network and make connections.
In 1995 was offered merit sgt position, did not take it first did not deserve it secondly don't want to be beholden to any boss or like many bosses do payoff politicians by buying fund raising tickets to keep their spots. The only ones I will beholden to is my family it's pathetic to watch a Merit appointee follow their sponsor for more crumbs and beg forever!
iam a working police officer, military veteran and have no clout , i have been following the parkside grill story, this foxgrover gal, i hear she has big 19th ward clout family very heavy. does she have any sisters, if i knocked one of them up could i get promoted?
JUST A THOUGHT
Reparations for derailed careers is an excellent idea. Merit is theft. Damages from the clout kids.
Not to pick on Phil Orlando but I remember when he made and he was adamant that he wasn't merit. At least Sgt Stewart was honest about it and was proud to be picked as a merit. I am sure some deserve it as a merit pick and I don't understand the denial and secrecy. Why not raise your head up and be proud? Why get awards read at roll call all the time and applause from your colleagues so why the secrecy when it's a promotion?
7/10/2014 08:59:00
Thanks for not picking on me but its obvious this list is flawed I know merit picks that are not even on there. Anyway I'm still adamant my number was 241 and I believe they made it to 350 or so on that list. xoxoxox Phil Orlando
Adams v. City of Chicago, 135 F.3d 1150 (1998)
• Although 46% of those who took the Chicago Police Sgt. Test were minorities, only 12% were later eligible for promotion. P’s alleged disparate impact and a violation of Title VII.
• A lot of this had to do with a request for a preliminary injunction (enjoin the promotions being made in rank order), which was denied due to lack of irreparable injury (could get backpay).
• 1993 Sgt’s test (administered in first 3 months of 1994). 3 parts, the third being oral. There was no meritorious whatsoever. 4,700 took parts I (31.8% were black, 10.8% were Hispanic, and 56.4% were white) and II, of which 1,900 went on to part III. But after all three parts were graded, about 88% of those designated to be promoted to sergeant were white and 12% were minority.
• HOW MERIT CAME ABOUT.
• The plaintiffs filed an interlocutory appeal. However, during the pendency of this appeal, the City of Chicago initiated a Blue Ribbon Task Force to review the Department's promotion practices. By consent of the parties, argument on this appeal was delayed until the Task Force issued its report. In May 1997, the Task Force issued its report recommending that up to 30% of the Department's promotions to sergeant be made on the basis of "merit." This meant that current sergeants and lieutenants would pick 30% of the police officers that would be promoted to sergeant. However, the report also recommends that the current test continue to be used to assure that sergeants given "merit" promotions meet a minimum level of competence.
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