Thursday, July 03, 2014

Cops Acted "like...crossing guards"

  • As Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) considers whether the annual Gay Pride Parade should be moved downtown, the manager of a Boystown bar said the real issue is a lack of cooperation from police officers after the parade is over.

    “There were quite a few people on the street smashing their beer bottles, sitting on steps of residences; and the police, basically – from my perception – stood there and just allowed it to happen,” said Brenden Chrisman, general manager of Roscoe’s Tavern, which is located along the parade route in Boystown.

    [...] Chrisman said police have been responsive in the past when his bar needed them during the parade, but officers were not doing nearly enough in the hours after the parade this year. He said, after the parade ended, police essentially left the neighborhood to fend for itself at night, when a different group of people descended on the area, even though they weren’t there for the parade in the first place.

    “They were acting more like crossing guards,” Chrisman said. “I feel, from a management standpoint, that our security staff was more engaged with the problems on the street than the police themselves.”
Well, we're kind of under orders not to make arrests in these situations. It was in the briefing that incidents should be avoided. If you send 2 coppers in with even a single head, they aren't on the street where they're needed immediately and you have to spread the thin line even thinner. The "mass arrest" protocols are designed to discourage arrests by the police if you must know the truth. Welcome to the Police Department the liberals always wanted.

We certainly used to be able to control the streets, or at least keep up with the mayhem to an extent. But 019 is gone and the new 019/023 is down a hundred cops or so from the combined strength that was promised. The Department itself is down some 1,500 from peak strength a few years ago. Just because Rahm cuts 1,200 positions doesn't mean we're suddenly at full strength - we're just smaller.

We just love how the Department is only touting eight arrests, including one guy who damaged a squad car. The pictures over at the CrimeinBoystown blog show at least 8 people on the destroyed police vehicle, so at least 7 got away. The eight arrests would have had more of an impact if it were 80 or more, but McCarthy got rid of the units that could have poured 100 or 150 coppers on short notice and locked shit down.

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Anonymous Academy said...

A PPO FROM THE ACADEMY was brought down to 35th street Monday and blew over a .017.

He reeked so bad from booze EVERY DAY according to his fellow recruits.

It turns out he is related to the Fire Captain Pendergast who was accused of shoving a police officer in 014 a while back during a water recuse operation.

7/03/2014 12:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TRUTH..... same shit goes down in 18 with wildings, just stand by and watch the be broken, because "you can't arrest everyone"

7/03/2014 12:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe Brenden and his employees should become the police and solve problems like this. I'm sure they would have done a better job and just stopped all these assholes from being assholes.

7/03/2014 12:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When the Southside Irish Parade got out of hand they cancelled it for a while. Why not do the same with the "pride" parade? Oh wait, I forgot, they're special.

7/03/2014 12:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To hell with moving it downtown. Move it to Detroit as a new cultural event. They need the tourists.

7/03/2014 12:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Even if 019/023 was at "full strength" I'm afraid you folks would have been undermanned for the parade.

I know some of you sworn officers may not like it, but I think the Crime in Boystown blog does a fair job at telling what happens and tells readers how critically undermanned that district is.

7/03/2014 12:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Cecil B Dechill said...

Here's video of Halsted Street several hours after the parade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMsHIjElSg#t=310

7/03/2014 12:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Cecil B Dechill said...

^^ Compare that video with this one from shortly after the parade ended. Something changed. Can't put my finger on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZJd3CGLmjw

7/03/2014 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'd like to ask mr. Chrisman what his sales receipts were for that day? How many people did his bar over-serve, how many people over capacity were in his establishment. How many of his patrons left and went out and pissed in the street, gangway, or alley. SCC, you nailed it. This is the Dept. the libs wanted.

7/03/2014 01:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lmao...typical....only when its convenient do they want the police. Tell that guy and the rest of the bar owners and the others financially benfiting from the sale of alcohol to cut people off when they see they are drunk....yes before they get stupid wasted. Yeah right never going to happen, they want to make the money but not repercussions. There should be no alcohol at any of these parades. That should include the bars, from begining of event til the end.

7/03/2014 01:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Panic mode = RDO's cancelled 3W 04 & 05 JUL.

7/03/2014 01:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The 2 overnight Subway sandwich shops on Belmont are a great place to test your boxing skills...As you fight to keep your phone and wallet ! Its Chicagos very own version of Survivor: You are given a can of pepper spray, a folding knife and running shoes...Make it from the Redline to Halsted and you are eligible for the Grand Prize !

7/03/2014 01:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The pride parade will be moved downtown next year. There is no doubt about it.

7/03/2014 01:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As always, you can't please a liberal. If there is a pro - active police presence, they are said to be "an occupying army" or "jack booted thugs". If the police are hands off, they are said to be "acting like crossing guards". There is no pleasing certain people.

7/03/2014 01:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mistuh Chrisman is an ignorant, willfully blind, two-faced
libtard jag-off who would have been screaming for the scalps of every copper that did all the "body attachments" that he was whining for.

Hey you ignorant tit!
The lock-up in that shiny new station isn't open so where are all these people you want to see arrested going to be processed at?

Belmont & Western.

So if coppers snatched up all these people who "did stuff" displeasing to Mistuh Chrisman, everything would have somehow been ok?

Hey Mistuh Chrisman!

Did you step up and do your duty as a citizen and not only notify The Police of these things that displeased you, but did you offer to point the law breakers out and sign complaints against them?

Sorry... Police Officers as complainants for public peace violations result in those cases being tosses in court and Policemen taking it in the shorts for false arrest.

Mistuh Chrisman would know that if he were paying attention over the last 25 years but that would interfere with him joyfully clacking his dentures about all the stuff "you cops aren't doing."

Absolutely maddening when an ill informed motherfucker has a LOT to say about how he's displeased about what all he THINKS The Police aren't doing and how they aren't doing it well enough to suit him.

Besides...
You KNOW if a Policeman had to snatch a hard-head motherfucker up out of his still walking shoes in full view of Mistuh Chrisman, Mistuh Chrisman would have film labeled "Out of Control Chicago Cops @ Gay Pride Parade Beating Innocent Citizen" in the hands of every media outlet in town.

Kiss your employment, home, assets, pension and freedom goodbye for putting hands on a protected class person.

Mistuh Chrisman has his undies in a knot because Policemen are no longer willing to take a lick for society in the name of the law without any iron clad guarantee to protect the Policeman's job, assets and freedom when he steps out under color of law.

They got the Police Department they always wanted and they got the nerve to not like it!

7/03/2014 01:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Speaking of Tiny Dancer...heard at a CAPS meeting tonight in 012 that the Mayor was about a block from where a drive by shooting took place less than an hour later. He strangely just showed up with his security at a popular coffee shop, Star Lounge on Chicago Ave. Can you imagine the J-Fled he woulda pulled had the shots rang out while he was sipping some java?

With regard to the shooting, really feel sorry for these residents. Lots of nice $500k plus houses and the dirtbags decide to bring their business to their neighborhood.

7/03/2014 01:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lack of Cooperation?
Brenden, are you stupid or stoned?

Let me tell you how this little scenario plays out.

Your patrons, Dear Brendan, act a fucking fool, they are already drunk. Enter stage right: The big, bad Chicago Police. One of your patrons decides he doesn't feel like going to jail today because of his actions. He decides to fight. Those Big, Bad Cops lump the snot out of him. Now Brendan, from a "Management Standpoint" in the Chicago Police Department, it looks bad! Your drunken customers feel that the Police "beat him because he's GAY!" and some of them decide to join in the ruckus.

Now, All of your other patrons have their smart-phones out and the incident is on Youtube in less than a minute.

How many pro-police comments do you think there are going to be? I'll give you a hint: ZERO. You know, those Homophobic Police just LOVE to beat up on the Gay Community, right there buddy?

The incident goes to court. Guess what the Judge is going to do? He's going to toss it out by stating "No Probable Cause". You don't believe me? Then go sit in the Court Room at Belmont & Western and look for your fucking self! Now, Mr. Manager, let me tell you a little secret: When the Judge says "NPC", the COPPER is now on the hook.

Now the Cop is getting sued. "For what?" you ask? I'll tell you, Excessive Force (and your Youtube vides are going to help sooo much in frying the officer in this case!), Violation of 1st, 4th, Amendments as well as Civil Rights Violations just because the Offender is GAY.

Result: The officer(s) get fired from the Department, as well as some hefty fines out of their personal pockets.

Now for the real fucked up thing: I'll bet you wouldn't even kick in $20 for their benefit.

I got a great idea Mr. Chrisman, YOU and your establishment got them drunk, YOU do something about the drunks!

By the way, pal... Just who exactly was the "different group of people"?
Are you afraid to tell us who they are? Too "Politically Correct" for your own good?

Well, Mr. Chrisman, guess what? And you can tell this to all your friends, relatives and neighbors:
YOU GOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU WANTED! But now that you got it, you want to bitch about that too... Have a nice day!

7/03/2014 01:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Tunney, you don't want to shut down the parade because its out of control. Hell, you don't even want to call it "Out of Control"!

You just want to move the problem somewhere else, huh?

7/03/2014 01:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This POS mayor and the city council are to blame for the way this city is being run the mayor loves Obama and tries to emulate him in every way so what do business people and citizens want when officers are told to go easy on offenders SCC is right this is the police Dept. the liberal asshole's want .....they got it.

7/03/2014 01:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The name of the game is self-preservation. FUCK YOUR BAR AND FUCK YOU! People don't get it. The department, the city, the courts and society in general do NOT have our backs. I'll do the bare minimum and keep my job.

7/03/2014 01:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

when a different group of people descended on the area, even though they weren’t there for the parade in the first place.

Who is this "different group of people" that is mentioned?

7/03/2014 01:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fuck you Tom and your constituents you all got just what you always wanted a pussy police department now shut your pie holes and enjoy what you created. If your people would act civilized we wouldn't have to babysit your assess like the shitheads out west and south.

7/03/2014 01:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought this is the way they wanted the Police Dept. Now they are complaining that we are not aggressive enough. Maybe we should continue to not arrest and be that kinder and gentler Police Dept. Then maybe they will beg for a return of the good old days.

7/03/2014 02:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Commander is a joke

7/03/2014 02:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They are merely exuberantly celebrating their culture in public on a beautiful Summer Day. You must unquestioning approve their lifestyle and behavior or else you are a racist homophobic bigot.


(You know it is bad when it is not homeowners, but the bar managers who are complaining.)

7/03/2014 02:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

By plan, the current CPD is unable to be a significent threat to the democrat base.

7/03/2014 02:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

7/03/2014 03:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kinda like my dist every time we get new "bosses" the try and re invent the wheel. .The nerve to scream and belittle supervisors on the street and the Lt for and u quote " in effective use of man power. ." Seriously ? All the missions and boxes and contact cards and anovs will NEVER change the west side ..been here 18 years ..The powers that be stopped the way we policed our district put in their policies and year after year it didn't work and got worse and now you blame the workers for the failure ??? -leadership at its finest. .we have a saying here in this district " you to will pass" LIFM

7/03/2014 04:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"When a different group of people descended on the area..."

>Air Raid Sirens<

Mistuh Chrisman is a RACIST!

Please "Different Group of People!"
Sue his ass into knee-knocking poverty.

Take over the business he runs and turn it into
A combo fast food emporium and barbershop or
something...

"The cheapest, hairiest, greasiest and cheesiest taco meat in a paper bag with flamin' hots and jalapeño slices on top!"

7/03/2014 04:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well...
PO Crossing Guard Supervisors
say YES and we make No arrests too

7/03/2014 04:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did a USM on the pdt on Sunday and there were 5 down cars on days. Not familiar where the beats are, but that's some serious manpower issues, and places that had no police service.

7/03/2014 05:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's great! This is the most violent event in the city and way under policed. City hall killed the manpower in 019 and now the same "political correctness crowd, police hating, fools" are crying about no help. This is the same group that throws out the "sex card" whenever it benefits them and targets the police for "doing too much." Police youselves or call TW from 019. You all love to throw his name aroud. 019 is way under staffed. The district needs to have at least 400 P.O.'s.

7/03/2014 05:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

7/03/2014 03:30:00 AM

They got the white shirt now and became so much smarter than us.

7/03/2014 05:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can I get an event number?

7/03/2014 05:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Commander is a joke

7/03/2014 02:09:00 AM

That would be an understatement. All everyone talks about is when he will go.

7/03/2014 05:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

7/03/2014 03:30:00 AM

I thought this was a joke, someone being funny.

Well Mr. Grown Ass Man, ask your Sgt like an adult, not some whiny kid typing on his mom's computer at 3:30 in the morning.

I am sure he will tell you that out co-workers generally act like children and need to be treated like one. He will probably tell you it's easier to do it than to beg you to do it right. He doesn't realize that's not the way to teach you, but in the long run, doing your job for you is easier, Mr. Grown Ass Man.

7/03/2014 05:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Someone needs to inform these fools that there is a constitution and when it's "their special day" the police better stand down. The bosses will never be in court and never be at any civil litigation defending the lowley P.O's. No boss will ever risk their wealth and admitt they gave an order. Unfortunately it's always the P.O's. that get hurt in the wallet and then find themselves very alone.

7/03/2014 05:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When the Southside Irish Parade got out of hand they cancelled it for a while. Why not do the same with the "pride" parade? Oh wait, I forgot, they're special.

7/03/2014 12:38:00 AM

Can you please shut up already about the Holy South Side Irish parade. You sound just as special as the people you are pointing the finger at.

7/03/2014 06:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HA HA HA Just put them on the EL Train for free per CMDR 1800

7/03/2014 06:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So glad I left when I did. i left after 23 years. I saw the shit coming. I bet you will see less and less of "32" and out. More like 209 and run like hell. There is another life people. And it is far away from that shit hole

7/03/2014 06:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe the 19th district should step up enforcement with Roscoes on Friday and Saturday nights. IE: code violations and overcrowding. Maybe Brenden will be happy then. We had a saturation Sgt who did that with a establishment that gave us a little trouble and it worked wonders!

7/03/2014 06:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Maybe Brenden and his employees should become the police and solve problems like this. I'm sure they would have done a better job and just stopped all these assholes from being assholes."
----------------------------------
There is some clear, succinct logic in this statement.

-more-
*Policing changed forever with the advent of the cell phone video. Now any idiot can shoot and edit the first part of a video to remove what an offender actually did to get taken down and handcuffed by coppers. Maybe he was only taking Communion? Or praying for his sick grandmother?
* There are generations of people out there who are incapable of comprehending any concept that is longer than 140 characters.

7/03/2014 07:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

IT should be on Columbus drive like every other parade!

HELLO special events!!!

7/03/2014 07:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What would the CPD do with a real serious event?????

7/03/2014 07:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sure, move this freak show downtown where they can inconvenience EVERYONE. Only in America.

7/03/2014 07:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Having been formerly assigned to 023 I can tell you from first hand experience that Roscoe's is the number one problem bar there. It is hilarious to me that this guy is the one complaining when they do everything they can to attract as many customers as possible then don't like it if the wrong type of people hang out by their establishment. If you encourage people to drink as much booze as possible and to express themselves however they want, you shouldnt cry when they break shit.

As others have mentioned above we(the police) are pretty much instructed to let them enjoy themselves so it is no surprise that we do just that. The 19th district (formerly 23rd) appears to exist solely to maximize profits for the local businesses which happen to be places where people go to get shitfaced and act stupid. Residents and public safety be damned.

Enjoy the summer.

7/03/2014 07:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a PO one of the other problems I see is that all the PO's and bosses are not on the same page. For example the XO in 18 sympathizes with the "groups" that come downtown and doesn't understand why people would be angry with them robbing, beating, and destroying people's night out.

7/03/2014 07:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TO: 01:20:00 AM
Absolutely the most succinct, accurate and spot on comment regarding the cluster-f**k known as the "Pride" parade.
A hand salute to you brother/sister, whoever you are.

7/03/2014 07:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

...
The pride parade will be moved downtown next year. There is no doubt about it.

As a nonLakeview north sider this is welcome news, if true. Because to some degree, the ENTIRE North Side of the city is held hostage during the weekend of that parade. Not just Lakeview.

7/03/2014 07:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Total Pride tally:
5 shot
Over 40 total arrests
Over 200 ANOVs (each could have been an arrest)
1 IOD for heat exhaustion/dehydration
2 squad cars trashed

A successful event?

7/03/2014 07:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Off Topic but K-Mart just got a lot of new customers including me.

Not only did TARGET have a super breach of its credit card data base this year it just announced that it is banning carrying of firearms in its stores.

Funny thing for a company whose name is TARGET.

How about TARGET being the target of an NRA and CCW holder boycott.

7/03/2014 07:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This has been going on for years. Nothing new. The bars make a fortune during and immediately after the parade. Later in the evening, mostly black kids who aren't drinking age come up to Halsted and the bar owners want the POLICE to chase them away as they won't and can't spend money in their establishments. Of course, the kids really aren't doing anything to get locked up for but guys like this Chrisman want us to lock them up anyway and then of course he'd be the first one to call us "racist." Just move this parade and get it over with. We're simply pimping for these bards.

7/03/2014 08:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are damned if you do and damned if you don't. We just can't win.

7/03/2014 08:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

7/03/2014 03:30:00 AM

Sorry buddy, that's the downside of being paid $60 an hour to watch your iPad and BS with a friend. A scheduled lunch segment, the nerve of them! You could always stay home and eat at your convenience; you just wouldn't get the $510.

7/03/2014 08:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
They are merely exuberantly celebrating their culture in public on a beautiful Summer Day. You must unquestioning approve their lifestyle and behavior or else you are a racist homophobic bigot.


(You know it is bad when it is not homeowners, but the bar managers who are complaining.)

7/03/2014 02:16:00 AM

Agreed.

All these Progressive, Socialist, Communist Liberal ideologues have the Police Department they dreamed about.

7/03/2014 08:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

7/03/2014 03:30:00 AM

you are an idiot!

7/03/2014 08:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think that crossing guards have a contract?

7/03/2014 08:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They wanted Sodom and Gomorrah. Now they got it. Don't cry.

7/03/2014 08:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Whether the district is undermanned is irrelevant. I saw dozens of outside units along with recruits out there. So, manpower wasn't an issue. The issue is who wants to risk their careers over such nonsense? Don't get caught on camera putting your hands on anyone over there. That's the reality.

7/03/2014 08:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, Mr. Chrisman, guess what? And you can tell this to all your friends, relatives and neighbors:
YOU GOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU WANTED! But now that you got it, you want to bitch about that too... Have a nice day!

7/03/2014 01:20:00 AM
As a former active participant in the police department ( 35 years) and now a casual observer of the department and all that goes on ( 15 years), I can safely say that I have seen many things over these past 50 years. Never truer words spoken then the above comments. The police department has been used as a political football in this town by the democrats and liberals as long as I can remember. These complainers and liberals wanted a kinder and gentler department, now they have one and they are unhappy because they are finding out that they are the sheep and the wolves are out there. So, what do they do? Blame the police, what else? The gay community has long wanted to have their public display of bad behavior with immunity from the police. They how have it, but they also do not want "outsiders" ( i.e. black gangsters) coming into their community for a little fun. Now they want the police to get rough. I don't think that this will happen.

7/03/2014 08:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I bate it when the Amish show up and ruin everything.

7/03/2014 08:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can Loevy & Loevy sue us for NOT doing anything?

7/03/2014 08:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The sad thing about this is, Chrisman isn't lying in his assessment about the Dept.'s effectiveness at the parade. Unfortunately Mr. Chrisman, that's just what YOUR ALDERMAN and YOUR MAYOR wanted. Please remember THAT at election time!

7/03/2014 08:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh sure ill trade my $90,000 a year job, my house, and my kids chance to go to college so THIS guy feels safe at his bar. Sure thing bud. Any thing for you, Sah

7/03/2014 08:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Mt Greenwood Hillbilly said...

Nobody wants a cop until they need a cop to act like a cop and protect their selfish interests.

7/03/2014 08:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Typical. Typical. I worked this parade. Sure they needed more police but even that being said that doesn't take away the fact that some of these citizens have no common sense!!! Naked , drunken fools... CFD on stand by for people passing out, not from the heat but from being over served!! Why aren't We doing something????? That parade is out of control and it's the liberals fault not CPD's.

7/03/2014 08:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

What a jackass! Don't work VRI go work at Walmart that would teach them to assign you a lunch time.
I can't believe how many morons are on this job !

7/03/2014 08:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

7/03/2014 12:07:00 AM I hope this kid was fired we don't need any more connected problem children on this job.

7/03/2014 09:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I honestly did not notice the chaos. I was hypnotized by the TRUMP sign.

7/03/2014 09:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is the police department you liberals wanted, you finally got it, your not happy now? go fuck yourselves...

7/03/2014 09:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

fuck you liberals

7/03/2014 09:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

7/03/2014 12:51:00 AM of you are so concerned with crime on boys town why go get all of the chamber of commerce in your area to protest city hall demanding more police. Vote these goofs out of office and stop donating to their campaign funds. Complaining like a little sassy bitch is not going to solve the problem. The gay community has a great deal of power collectively. Start using that power to demand more police be hired and for the city to pay its pension contributions so that the police in your area actually give a shit. It is easy to point the finger at the police. The problem is with you and everyone else that failed to do what is right and that is solved with casting a vote.

7/03/2014 09:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

--Welcome to the Police Department the liberals always wanted.--



C'mon dude seriously ?!?! I'm not even a 'Liberal' and I'm tired of this rant. I'd say its just lazy ass PO's being Lazy ass PO's, as usual.

You call out everyone EXCEPT the good for nothings that infest our Department.

7/03/2014 09:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Old Retired Guy Here Again........!
Bottom Line Is; Would You Rather Have Some Alder Person Be Upset With Police Performance, or You Having To Justify Your Actions For The Arrest You Made At This Parade.
They Are Getting The Police Performance They Wanted. It's Their Problem It's Not Working Out The Way They Designed It.

7/03/2014 09:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think the statement is fair. It is not a knock against police, but their management. Police aren't allowed to be the police and it makes them look like shit to the public. But the public video tapes and doesn't like when the police are the police. Anyone who is butt hurt by the statement made, grow up. Your not here to be liked. Not everyone is going to kiss your ass because your a cop. People will not appreciate you most of the time. This info wasn't on the recruitment flyer...?

7/03/2014 09:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is why Iam retired fuck this job !

7/03/2014 09:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wonder if he'd prefer that the police do their job by setting up in local watering holes to determine if there is any considerable drug use in it by patrons. If I had to guess, I'd say that ecstasy and meth use might be a bit pervasive.

7/03/2014 09:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

First, the libs complain that the big bad po-leece are just too mean.

Then, the LBGT community throws its arms open for the animal, all in the name of diversity and inclusiveness.

Now, things get all fucked up and they complain about it?

DUH!

Not a cop.

7/03/2014 10:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

City waits until two days ago to let ya know that RDO 04th Holiday 3rd watch cancelled! There is no man power shortage. Bite Me!

7/03/2014 10:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cecil B Dechill said...
Here's video of Halsted Street several hours after the parade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMsHIjElSg#t=310

7/03/2014 12:53:00 AM
Anonymous Cecil B Dechill said...
^^ Compare that video with this one from shortly after the parade ended. Something changed. Can't put my finger on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZJd3CGLmjw

7/03/2014 12:55:00 AM

If possible, please post click on links for us totally illiterate computer users. No way can I find on Youtube that amazing collection of letters, both large and small, numbers,smmbols, etc

7/03/2014 10:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OFF TOPIC, but.............

The Commander for the 019 District showed up at the memorial for P.O. FRANCIS in blue jeans! Too much trouble to throw the costume on? It was OK to bring the company car and stand in front with Rabbi Moshe Wolf (thanks for coming!) though, huh? And how about the FAT Sergeant in the front with no hat, no gun belt and a shirt that looks like he slept in it. Appreciate your coming, but please take a little pride in your appearance, you are a supervisor!

7/03/2014 10:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This community has been allowed to do what every they want and those politicians still in the closet allow it. Bad behavior is bad behavior no matter what.

7/03/2014 10:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I felt like a crossing guard. I did a lot of pointing and laughing. I would have blown my whistle but a real hairy guy wearing a clown mask and spandex knickers riding a unicycle snatched it from me.

7/03/2014 11:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why was Ms. Chrisman so concerned the police couldn't control the many "different groups" of people who descended into the Hades known as boystown after the parade?

Too many ghetto faces grazing outside on the streets and not enough dead faces of presidents showing up at his establishment? Is he not colour blind?

Time to pack up the show and move it to Orland Park.

7/03/2014 11:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

You posted this as if it is a real problem?

Well......
Yes, it is troublesome. I fill out the humper because some nitwits can't do it correctly. 1900-0330 (not 0300), wrong car number, wrong beat, impact zone ect. All you have to do is sign it and return it with or with out any activity. I dont assign lunches but maybe I'll start. Your the the same guy or gal that complains the sergeants dont do anything and then when one does you complain they treat you like a child. Now go paint your toe nails in the squad sign the humper and give it back, Mr. growing ass man.

7/03/2014 11:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

7/03/2014 03:30:00 AM

It is year 2014!

Why do we even need to fill out stupid humpers? Everything, the activities are all in the computer Data Warehouse and Business Objects!

Humpers are a waste of paper filled with fucking lies and is a relic of a by gone era that should be left for dead long ago i.e. CAPS!
I have put down many silly comments on Humpers and not once challenged about it, in all the years of filling out the stupid humper papers!

7/03/2014 11:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Fuck you Tom and your constituents you all got just what you always wanted a pussy police department now shut your pie holes and enjoy what you created. If your people would act civilized we wouldn't have to babysit your assess like the shitheads out west and south.

7/03/2014 01:58:00 AM

I didn't see Tunney criticize the police at all. If there is one alderman who supports us on the council it's him. He's been trying to get the answers on staffing and the underfunded pension for years. And like the person wrote above, those weren't his constituents causing the issues after the parade -- those were visitors from the south and west sides. And Sunday night wasn't aberration. Come see what we have to deal with EVERY night from Sheffield to Halsted on Belmont. You'd think you were in Englewood but the businesses aren't boarded up.

7/03/2014 11:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are their invited guests, now they want us to be bouncers.

7/03/2014 11:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It was 6 juvenile arrests, 34 adult arrests, 6 shootings and over 100 medical emergencies, 2 squads totaled and several others with minor damage but 8 total arrests and 1 squad damaged sounds a lot more warm and comfy.

7/03/2014 11:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and this jerk would be the first on a federal jury to condemn the defendant cop for enforcing the law when he "should have given the guy a pass."

Goooo karma train !

7/03/2014 12:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

FYI...Roscoe's bouncer is Johnathan Maynard - fired from CPD for abusing medical, working side job while IOD, lube wrestling while IOD, and working side job at liquor serving establishment. Of course, he claims he was fired because he's gay. He checks ID's at Roscoe's door while wearing handcuffs on his belt.

7/03/2014 12:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The VRI Sgt. who is making out your humper is a chump, for what little you PO's do for your money while working VRI is sinful, I would not accept any incomplete paperwork but I guess ole Sarge is just ball less and doesn't want to catch the heat for dogass PO's who don't do it right!!!!!

7/03/2014 12:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well from what I understand from a PO in 19 the streets were lined with teenage shizheads till late in the evening. Move the parade!

7/03/2014 12:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

when a different group of people descended on the area, even though they weren’t there for the parade in the first place.

Who is this "different group of people" that is mentioned?

Figure it out, Einstein

7/03/2014 12:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A PPO FROM THE ACADEMY was brought down to 35th street Monday and blew over a .017.

He reeked so bad from booze EVERY DAY according to his fellow recruits.

It turns out he is related to the Fire Captain Pendergast who was accused of shoving a police officer in 014 a while back during a water recuse operation.

7/03/2014 12:07:00 AM

If you are going to tell a story, at least get part of it straight.
Altman was the CFD captains name, the po was from the marine unit.
So now anyone should listen to anything else you have to say about the ppo and academy.

7/03/2014 12:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TO: A PPO FROM THE ACADEMY was brought down to 35th street Monday and blew over a .017.


If you typed the BAC level correctly that is nothing... That could be residual from the night before... Now if what you meant is .17 then yes there is a huge problem with that... He either stopped before reporting for duty OR had a much higher BAC when he stopped at their highest point. Either way, stupid pissed away a good job....

7/03/2014 12:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Move the parade to Gary.

7/03/2014 12:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You libs got the police dept you wanted. Its your problem now.

7/03/2014 12:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can't have it both ways there guy! You either want us to be the police or you don't. As of right now (and for the past several years) this City does Not! You'd be right up front and center saying the police were too heavy handed and beating on your customers just because they're gay, had it gone the other way! Sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, GFY!

7/03/2014 01:02:00 PM  
Blogger Cuthbert J Twillie said...

+++++ '..... the manager of a Boystown bar (Brenden Chrisman), said the real issue is a lack of cooperation from police officers after the parade is over ... when a different group of people descended on the area, even though they weren’t there for the parade in the first place.' +++++

Ewwwww, Brenden, 'a different group of people'?!? Who 'descended on the area'?!?! Shame on you Mr uber liberal, everyone can see through you and your use of code words. So just come out and say it. Black people don't 'belong' in your neighborhood.

How very Racist of you.

---- Ha-ha-ha, Tiny Dancer and McCleless have a little problem now. One catered to constituency complaining about another catered to constituency. So any decision they make will be wrong and one group will be pissed off. Love it. LOL! ----

7/03/2014 01:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The city will get the police dept. they deserve.

7/03/2014 01:34:00 PM  
Blogger SpankDaddy said...

VRI sergeants assigning lunches and filling out your humpers?

How awful. You have such a tough life.

7/03/2014 01:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Then if we start laying our hands on people and actually locking people up you get criticized from a different group.
The old damned if we do and damned if we don't.

7/03/2014 01:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

there are NOT enough police to keep order anywhere in the city.... 19th dist going to shit, wildings have taken over gold coast and lake front... rumor had it, even with VRI and mandatory VRE they are still 400 to 500 PO's short for July 4th & 5th... be prepared to be ordered to work late.

7/03/2014 01:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about each business in the area pay for two coppers to be placed in front of their establishments for the duration of the spectacle that is pride day. Or, limit alcohol sales for the day. It's about pride; not drunk fest.

7/03/2014 01:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Can someone help me understand these VRI Sergeants? What with them assigning lunches and filling out my humper. Seriously, I'm a grown ass man...I can fill out my own humper. And it's that troublesome to let the men and women under ur command pick the lunches they'd prefer?

7/03/2014 03:30:00 AM
If you don't like it, don't work it... Simple as that!

7/03/2014 01:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't move the parade! Let the neighborhood show it's pride.
The neighborhood created this monster, they can have it.
Why ruin downtown!

7/03/2014 02:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Jingo Jay said...

“There were quite a few people on the street smashing their beer bottles, sitting on steps of residences....

Please put a stop to people sitting on steps!

7/03/2014 02:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why dont they move it to girls town next year in Oak Park?

7/03/2014 03:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gay parade 2012, corner of Montrose and Broadway, with all the bosses and several P.O's, ordered to move the crowd from the street to the curb to let the floats get by. Drunk, and/or high 20 something black female takes exception to being asked to move to the sidewalk and throws a half full water bottle at P.O., point blank range striking him in the chest. P.O. moves in to arrest, fat 250 pound ghetto slob auntie steps in between with cell phone recording, and screaming at P.O. Offender escapes. P.O. does TRR, and generates case report. 6 hours later, offender and auntie show up to beef, and offender is placed under arrest, with felony charges. Fast forward to 18 months later......offender sues, and 2 days before trial, Corp Counsel pays her 18,000.00 for her trouble, and Cook County prosecutor pleads her down to misdemeanor reckless conduct the following day in court!!! True story, Im still waiting for the disposition of the CR number for excessive force? I still work in 019, days....come find me I will thrill you with all the gory details! Oh, and by the way, the reason Corp counsel gave for paying before trial? The offender came to the station to file a complaint (which was taken) not to be arrested and held overnight for a line-up the next day, the poor thing! Im still amazed I was not stripped (again) and sent to call back for another 4 years for arresting someone that threw a bottle at me?

7/03/2014 03:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Speaking of Tiny Dancer...heard at a CAPS meeting tonight in 012 that the Mayor was about a block from where a drive by shooting took place less than an hour later. He strangely just showed up with his security at a popular coffee shop, Star Lounge on Chicago Ave. Can you imagine the J-Fled he woulda pulled had the shots rang out while he was sipping some java?

With regard to the shooting, really feel sorry for these residents. Lots of nice $500k plus houses and the dirtbags decide to bring their business to their neighborhood.

7/03/2014 01:19:00 AM

What's your point? Rahm 'strangely' showed up at a business? Huh?

7/03/2014 03:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

McDermott street would be a fine parade route next year.

7/03/2014 04:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They have the Police Department they wanted. Now live with it.

7/03/2014 04:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We were told, reportedly passed on from the Superintendent, NOT to make physical arrest because we don't have enough police officers. Arrests take POs off the streets and cost in court time. ANOVs make money.

All of our problems stem from not having enough money, police officers, cars or computers. It's like working in Detroit.

7/03/2014 04:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

May be Rahm will get the hint.

Too many rules to screw the boys in blue.

Juvy being processed and released for robbery's.

No dick to be found.

Tact teams used as crossing guards.

VRI told to stand around.

If this is the new police then sign me up.

I just purchased a kick ass phone and signed up for NETFLIXS and World wrestling Federations streaming.
I look spiffy with my vest that says police on the back and my name stitched on my vest cover.

I write parkers on fake temp tags and make contact card on victims.

And guess what my bosses are happy. Thank for the 4 on the end.

7/03/2014 04:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"The Commander for the 019 District showed up at the memorial for P.O. FRANCIS in blue jeans! Too much trouble to throw the costume on? It was OK to bring the company car and stand in front with Rabbi Moshe Wolf (thanks for coming!) though, huh? And how about the FAT Sergeant in the front with no hat, no gun belt and a shirt that looks like he slept in it. Appreciate your coming, but please take a little pride in your appearance, you are a supervisor!

7/03/2014 10:33:00 AM"

No 1st Deputy or other gold star Command Staff? That's right last one to attend was Dan Dugan.

Leave the Sgt alone, it's 2am he attended didn't he?
Care to discuss further? Meet you in the A3/ Backlot if you need to discuss further buttmunch.

7/03/2014 05:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Maybe the 19th district should step up enforcement with Roscoes on Friday and Saturday nights. IE: code violations and overcrowding. Maybe Brenden will be happy then. We had a saturation Sgt who did that with a establishment that gave us a little trouble and it worked wonders!

7/03/2014 06:46:00 AM"

Must be new on the Job, all Gay Bars are exempt from City Code violations. Don't believe me, look @ all the violations the Spin club has accrued over the years& it's still in business. Runt Daley passed that edict years ago & it's still in place.

7/03/2014 05:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How come he did not sign come he did not sign complaints himself?

7/03/2014 05:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

... when a different group of people descended on the area, even though they weren’t there for the parade in the first place....Are we not all "equal"???

7/03/2014 05:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

19 district is going to crap, new bozo sgt's are joke..

7/03/2014 05:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

--Welcome to the Police Department the liberals always wanted.--



C'mon dude seriously ?!?! I'm not even a 'Liberal' and I'm tired of this rant. I'd say its just lazy ass PO's being Lazy ass PO's, as usual.

You call out everyone EXCEPT the good for nothings that infest our Department.

7/03/2014!09:08:00 AM

Lead the way hard-ass...

>WAH! How come nobody is buying tickets to
my 10-1 legal expenses benefit?"<

You rah-rah, Tuffy O' Toole hard-o's will be standing all alone and justifiably so.

There IS NO UPSIDE to trying to Police a protected constituency given de facto carte blanche to do the m/fing fool by City Hall as a check against upright tax payers taking their city back.

Funny... People are so quick to deride as "lazy," those coppers who have the nerve to use that self preservation thingy all humans are supposedly gifted with.


7/03/2014 05:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is EXACTLY the kind of beefing needed, by businesses and their owners, to at least get Emanuel & Company to even THINK about restoring CPD.

That, or maybe they'll just let it go, and let the businesses take on the civil liabilities.

I mean, every reputable business can't move out of Chicago, can it?

7/03/2014 05:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Shit...

You can't be sued/put on the horns of punitive damages, end up with your wife and kids hating you, losing your house, job and freedom for sitting on your hands when you're forced to be in proximity with some of Chicago's protected people (and folks :^) when they're gloriously showing their asses on THEIR special day... Or any other day for that matter.

7/03/2014 06:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Okay. It is a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation because it was the Pride parade. I would like to point out that any responsible bar business during an event like this should maybe order the beer in the plastic bottles, or better yet, only serve it in plastic cups. And quit serving the obviously stinking drunk idiots. You get 'em shitfaced and WE have to deal with the consequences? Hell no.

7/03/2014 06:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I didn't see Tunney criticize the police at all. If there is one alderman who supports us on the council it's him. He's been trying to get the answers on staffing and the underfunded pension for years. And like the person wrote above, those weren't his constituents causing the issues after the parade -- those were visitors from the south and west sides. And Sunday night wasn't aberration. Come see what we have to deal with EVERY night from Sheffield to Halsted on Belmont. You'd think you were in Englewood but the businesses aren't boarded up.

If you think Tunney is on the side of the Police, you are sadly mistaken.

7/03/2014 08:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...a different group of people..." - gay bar owner Brenden Chrisman

Oh, we get it. Code phrase. You're speaking of the "latecomers": the roving bands of feral Scandinavian youth wreaking havoc.

Sounds familiar. They decided to get off the Red Line at Belmont instead of Chicago Ave. last Sunday.

7/03/2014 08:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's kind of funny how I looked in clear, which you guys can too and counted 25 arrests where the first line had the words " gay pride" in it......I also counted four arrests that in the first line stated this is a " mass arrest" from blah blah blah......so by my count that is 29 from the parade....not 8........why oh why the lies over something so stupid?

7/03/2014 08:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Keep the parade in Boystown. The parade is for the benefit of the LGBT community and what better place to prop up the LGBT community than in Boystown.

As far as police activity. The citizens have always wanted a police force that wasn't visible at these parades and others and now that the police are less visible and less active in curbing the mayhem that results from parades the poor citizens are complaining. Will these same citizens sign a complaint? Hell no they won't? Ain't disturbing the peace of the police so why bother with the scum. If the scum are disturbing the civilities of the citizens then let the citizens step forward and sign complaints.
Law and order is a wonderful concept. When there is too much of either one the other suffers.

7/03/2014 08:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"If there is a pro - active police presence, they are said to be "an occupying army" or "jack booted thugs". If the police are hands off, they are said to be "acting like crossing guards". There is no pleasing certain people."

How about, you do your job and arrest people who commit crimes? At least then we have a chance to maintain an ordered society. If you cave to the liberal whiners and let jackasses get away with "minor" crimes, we're going to lose our society as what's "acceptable" gets worse and worse.

--An honest citizen and business-owner

7/03/2014 09:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Assholes like Brendan or whatever his name is are the real problem. First they're serving alcohol to all of these drunken a-holes to begin with, causing or exacerbating the problem, then they complain that the police aren't doing anything about it. Stop serving alcohol to drunks, idiot! Oh, by the way, next time there's a police exam, you and your staff can apply, take the exam, and go through all the training, and then when you are the police, you can show the rest of us how it should be done, instead of making stupid comments to the media.

7/03/2014 09:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well...
PO Crossing Guard Supervisors
say YES and we make No arrests too
Stop your hate crusade and shut the fuk up

7/03/2014 09:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a PO one of the other problems I see is that all the PO's and bosses are not on the same page. For example the XO in 18 sympathizes with the "groups" that come downtown and doesn't understand why people would be angry with them robbing, beating, and destroying people's night out.

she aint nothing but a south side mut in a captains uniform. shame on u wysinger.

7/03/2014 10:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't watch the videos one commenter posted, something about it not being a vid made for mobile. But I wonder was the video basically that "other group of people". If it was, was it the "wildings group of people" or the "Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup group of people"?

7/03/2014 10:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You put your hands on someone and you're manhandling them....you keep hands off to avoid a riot and you're a crossing guard.

We just can't win.

7/03/2014 10:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OFF TOPIC.... Hey SCC, I heard the Supe giving an interview on Roe and Roeper's radio show yesterday. He stated that he's putting in half days now, and when he goes back to work he probably won't be able to work on the street for a long time. Said he likes to do ride alongs regularly. At one point I thought he said he'd be off the street for at least one year, but I could be mistaken. Anyway.... Why does he get to put in half days? Any other copper would be forced to stay on the medical until cleared to at least put in a full tour. And the clock would start and those days would count against medical limited duty time. And if he can't work the street, how is that any different than the DOZENS of officers at callback on medical light duty that are going to be forced to quit at the end of the year? Talk about different rules... Hell, I'd love to see a copper with a heart condition waltz into a district and say "yeah, I'll just pull some half days. And If I can't work the street I'll just hang out in here for the next few years". Perhaps the Supe should look in the mirror and think twice before he sends a lot of sick coppers packing that are in a very similar situation to his own....

7/03/2014 10:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Old Retired Guy Here Again........!
Bottom Line Is; Would You Rather Have Some Alder Person Be Upset With Police Performance, or You Having To Justify Your Actions For The Arrest You Made At This Parade.
They Are Getting The Police Performance They Wanted. It's Their Problem It's Not Working Out The Way They Designed It.

7/03/2014 09:12:00 AM

Seriously, how do you TYPE LIKE THAT? Every word starts with a capital letter?

7/03/2014 10:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Commander for the 019 District showed up at the memorial for P.O. FRANCIS in blue jeans! Too much trouble to throw the costume on? It was OK to bring the company car and stand in front with Rabbi Moshe Wolf (thanks for coming!) though, huh? And how about the FAT Sergeant in the front with no hat, no gun belt and a shirt that looks like he slept in it. Appreciate your coming, but please take a little pride in your appearance, you are a supervisor!

Ease up, Francis...how many EXEMPTS even bothered to show up, at 0145? And we all know Eli's had a tough week of things in 019...and yet, he got out of bed to make a show of solidarity with the troops...and you rag him out for showing up in jeans? You ungrateful, lazy bastards in 019 don't know how lucky you are to have Eli as your boss...maybe you'd rather go back to having the invisible John Kenny as your boss. Someone who could stand next to any inanimate object, and be mistaken for it. You guys kill me. No wonder things are so shitty in 019.

7/03/2014 11:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gay parade 2012, corner of Montrose and Broadway... Drunk, and/or high 20 something black female takes exception to being asked to move to the sidewalk and throws a half full water bottle at P.O... P.O. moves in to arrest, fat 250 pound ghetto slob auntie steps in between with cell phone recording, and screaming at P.O. Offender escapes. P.O. does TRR, and generates case report. 6 hours later, offender and auntie show up to beef, and offender is placed under arrest... Fast forward to 18 months later... Offender sues, and 2 days before trial, Corp Counsel pays her 18,000.00... I'm still waiting for the disposition of the CR for excessive force?"

7/03/2014 03:15:00 PM

And ignorant, ill-informed motherfuckers wonder why "Cops Acted "like... crossing guards""

THIS should be splashed all over the blogosphere in response to hypocritical, wet-eyed, closet racist liberal
hand wringers like Mistuh Chrisman... Who by now probably wishes he kept the snap on his pie hole
secured.

7/03/2014 11:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
"If there is a pro - active police presence, they are said to be "an occupying army" or "jack booted thugs". If the police are hands off, they are said to be "acting like crossing guards". There is no pleasing certain people."

How about, you do your job and "arrest people who commit crimes? At least then we have a chance to maintain an ordered society. If you cave to the liberal whiners and let jackasses get away with "minor" crimes, we're going to lose our society as what's "acceptable" gets worse and worse."

--An honest citizen and business-owner

Right on!

7/04/2014 01:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ease up, Francis...how many EXEMPTS even bothered to show up, at 0145? And we all know Eli's had a tough week of things in 019...and yet, he got out of bed to make a show of solidarity with the troops...and you rag him out for showing up in jeans? You ungrateful, lazy bastards in 019 don't know how lucky you are to have Eli as your boss...maybe you'd rather go back to having the invisible John Kenny as your boss. Someone who could stand next to any inanimate object, and be mistaken for it. You guys kill me. No wonder things are so shitty in 019.


If you want him, you can have him. He's not fit to run a Boy Scout troop. In WAY over his head. Commander Kenny was top notch, knew what he was doing, knew when to get involved, and knew when to keep his XO in line. Eli is a mush. 019 was a great place to work, but has been destroyed by the merge and the Eli experience.

7/04/2014 02:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Leave it to a copper to bitch about what is basically a free 500+ check.

7/04/2014 02:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Crossing Guard said...

Oooooooooooohhh, smashing beer bottles and sitting on steps. Under this guys philosophy we can lock up the entire west side. Does this guy understand this behavior has been going on in the 015th and 011th Districts for 40 years?? And it's not new to the police, it's new to him. He's disturbed that people were not spending money in his entertainment place and having fun on their own, on the sidewalks. Here's a clue to expand your empire; open a ghetto liquor store. You will make more money in a day than you do in a week in boys town. PS: stock up on Patron.

7/04/2014 02:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

After months of Safe Passage I have determined that being a Crossing Guard is exactly what the City wants me to be

7/04/2014 04:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dont you imbeciles understand yet that the Democrats are Communists and are out to destroy the USA as we know it? Grow some brains already...

7/04/2014 06:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well...
PO Crossing Guard Supervisors
say YES and we make No arrests too
Stop your hate crusade and shut the fuk up
:)! Weekends and holidays off too

7/04/2014 07:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

After months of Safe Passage I have determined that being a Crossing Guard is exactly what the City wants me to be
...I do it during the school year as their supervisor. Best gig ever

7/04/2014 07:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

EV is an outstanding boss! Absolutely great guy who actually cares for the blue shirts.

7/04/2014 09:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

019 district is such a joke. almost every new sgt is greek. Of course the commander is greek that explains a lot. Im sick of this Cronyism that is in this department. 019 district commander must go. The writing is on the wall when you have over 5 openings a month and people are bailing the district like its the titanic something is obviously wrong.

7/04/2014 09:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

OFF TOPIC, but.............

The Commander for the 019 District showed up at the memorial for P.O. FRANCIS in blue jeans! Too much trouble to throw the costume on? It was OK to bring the company car and stand in front with Rabbi Moshe Wolf (thanks for coming!) though, huh? And how about the FAT Sergeant in the front with no hat, no gun belt and a shirt that looks like he slept in it. Appreciate your coming, but please take a little pride in your appearance, you are a supervisor!

7/03/2014 10:33:00 AM

Hey Paulie, I think they are talking about you! Gotta agree, thanks for showing up but if you look like sh*t at least stand in the back so you're not on camera.

7/04/2014 10:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OFF TOPIC.... Hey SCC, I heard the Supe giving an interview on Roe and Roeper's radio show yesterday. He stated that he's putting in half days now, and when he goes back to work he probably won't be able to work on the street for a long time. Said he likes to do ride alongs regularly. At one point I thought he said he'd be off the street for at least one year, but I could be mistaken. Anyway.... Why does he get to put in half days? Any other copper would be forced to stay on the medical until cleared to at least put in a full tour. And the clock would start and those days would count against medical limited duty time. And if he can't work the street, how is that any different than the DOZENS of officers at callback on medical light duty that are going to be forced to quit at the end of the year? Talk about different rules... Hell, I'd love to see a copper with a heart condition waltz into a district and say "yeah, I'll just pull some half days. And If I can't work the street I'll just hang out in here for the next few years". Perhaps the Supe should look in the mirror and think twice before he sends a lot of sick coppers packing that are in a very similar situation to his own....

I hope he would think twice about that,considering those light duty are putting in full days.

7/04/2014 11:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

aww your bar is going to crap "f**k you pay me" your streets are being taken over by the savage? "f**k you pay me" you continue to attempt to bait police into crap situations, and video them doing their job you get no good police service. Shut up walk the other way and let the police be the police.

7/04/2014 11:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A PPO FROM THE ACADEMY was brought down to 35th street Monday and blew over a .017.

He reeked so bad from booze EVERY DAY according to his fellow recruits.

It turns out he is related to the Fire Captain Pendergast who was accused of shoving a police officer in 014 a while back during a water recuse operation.

Give it a few years he will be a LT one day.

7/04/2014 11:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I didn't see Tunney criticize the police at all. If there is one alderman who supports us on the council it's him. He's been trying to get the answers on staffing and the underfunded pension for years. And like the person wrote above, those weren't his constituents causing the issues after the parade -- those were visitors from the south and west sides. And Sunday night wasn't aberration. Come see what we have to deal with EVERY night from Sheffield to Halsted on Belmont. You'd think you were in Englewood but the businesses aren't boarded up.

If you think Tunney is on the side of the Police, you are sadly mistaken.

7/03/2014 08:28:00 PM
I pointed out facts about how Tunney supports police. Where yours?

I could have also mentioned that I've read on here that he gave Cozzi a job and wouldn't let the 3rd watch officers in 017 pay for their caterered dinner on Thanksgiving. Years ago he brought food to Cook County for the family and officers waiting for word on Mike Ceriale's condition. I know, because I was there.

7/04/2014 11:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

*Policing changed forever with the advent of the cell phone video. Now any idiot can shoot and edit the first part of a video to remove what an offender actually did to get taken down and handcuffed by coppers. Maybe he was only taking Communion? Or praying for his sick grandmother?
* There are generations of people out there who are incapable of comprehending any concept that is longer than 140 characters.

Theres a video on the internet of a police officer shooting a drunk fireman for hammer punching him in the face. ( not sure what city) When the cop is wrestling with him the camera is all on him then when the fireman flips over the cop and begins hammer punching him all of a sudden the video is now taping a wall. I can see where your coming from on this one.

7/04/2014 11:48:00 AM  
Anonymous GetMeOutofHere said...

I live in 019 and I can't thank the officers we have enough. They go through absolute hell up here and are extremely outnumbered by drunks and thugs.

I attended the 019 CAPS meeting the other day and believe it or not, a vast majority of the people there (including myself) are disgusted by the way the parade has become (this includes gays).

The parade has become the ghetto pride parade. I swear the entire south and west side population was occupying all four corners of Sheffield and Belmont. I could just sense all of the police up there losing their minds and rightfully so.

Our Alderman is a total moron. He just sat there and blankly stared into space while his constituents tore him a new one. He simply doesn't care. I hope it bites him in the ass next year but people are simply too ignorant in this city to grow a pair and vote scum out of office.

7/04/2014 01:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

By the way, pal... Just who exactly was the "different group of people"?
Are you afraid to tell us who they are? Too "Politically Correct" for your own good?


A different group !?
LMAO

7/04/2014 02:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Ease up, Francis...how many EXEMPTS even bothered to show up, at 0145? And we all know Eli's had a tough week of things in 019...and yet, he got out of bed to make a show of solidarity with the troops...and you rag him out for showing up in jeans? You ungrateful, lazy bastards in 019 don't know how lucky you are to have Eli as your boss...maybe you'd rather go back to having the invisible John Kenny as your boss. Someone who could stand next to any inanimate object, and be mistaken for it. You guys kill me. No wonder things are so shitty in 019.


If you want him, you can have him. He's not fit to run a Boy Scout troop. In WAY over his head. Commander Kenny was top notch, knew what he was doing, knew when to get involved, and knew when to keep his XO in line. Eli is a mush. 019 was a great place to work, but has been destroyed by the merge and the Eli experience.

7/04/2014 02:02:00 AM

I worked for John Kenny and Eli and if I have to pick Kenny gets my vote. Never knew either before they arrived but Kenny was set up by the great miserable of an xo m.r.who back stabbed him. Eli is a good boss but his only problem is he keeps to many secret do nothing cars while the watches suffer from being short. He must not ever look at the work sheets because if he did he would see a homeless do nothing 2 person car up that does nothing but hide out from station to station and go shopping. 2 quality of life cars that try and act like they are busy but work 5-6 hour days. What we had before all the entertainment detail special cars and hiding spots worked better with beat and rapids up, commander just ask any of us and you will get the answer

7/04/2014 07:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think many, many people on this job need to ask themselves why they took this job.

7/04/2014 09:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

OFF TOPIC, but.............

The Commander for the 019 District showed up at the memorial for P.O. FRANCIS in blue jeans! Too much trouble to throw the costume on? It was OK to bring the company car and stand in front with Rabbi Moshe Wolf (thanks for coming!) though, huh? And how about the FAT Sergeant in the front with no hat, no gun belt and a shirt that looks like he slept in it. Appreciate your coming, but please take a little pride in your appearance, you are a supervisor!

7/03/2014 10:33:00 AM

Hey Paulie, I think they are talking about you! Gotta agree, thanks for showing up but if you look like sh*t at least stand in the back so you're not on camera.

7/04/2014 10:33:00 AM


So true. The other day, I actually saw a tactical police officer wearing a baseball cap and shorts while working the streets. I mean an actual grown man wearing a baseball hat and shorts to his job! A man. A grown man! And his hat was on backwards.

It was the stupidest thing I ever did see in my whole life.

7/04/2014 09:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A PPO FROM THE ACADEMY was brought down to 35th street Monday and blew over a .017.

He reeked so bad from booze EVERY DAY according to his fellow recruits.

It turns out he is related to the Fire Captain Pendergast who was accused of shoving a police officer in 014 a while back during a water recuse operation.

Give it a few years he will be a LT one day.

Calling this one BS Fire Captain was Altman, the brother of ex Chief Altman. Coper was from marine unit. Whole story stinks and not one statement has been right.

7/04/2014 10:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
OFF TOPIC.... Hey SCC, I heard the Supe giving an interview on Roe and Roeper's radio show yesterday. He stated that he's putting in half days now, and when he goes back to work he probably won't be able to work on the street for a long time. Said he likes to do ride alongs regularly. At one point I thought he said he'd be off the street for at least one year, but I could be mistaken. Anyway.... Why does he get to put in half days? Any other copper would be forced to stay on the medical until cleared to at least put in a full tour. And the clock would start and those days would count against medical limited duty time. And if he can't work the street, how is that any different than the DOZENS of officers at callback on medical light duty that are going to be forced to quit at the end of the year? Talk about different rules... Hell, I'd love to see a copper with a heart condition waltz into a district and say "yeah, I'll just pull some half days. And If I can't work the street I'll just hang out in here for the next few years". Perhaps the Supe should look in the mirror and think twice before he sends a lot of sick coppers packing that are in a very similar situation to his own....

I hope he would think twice about that,considering those light duty are putting in full days.

7/04/2014 11:00:00 AM

He is E X E M P T.

He's better that everyone else,just ask him.

7/04/2014 11:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Funny... People are so quick to deride as "lazy," those coppers who have the nerve to use that self preservation thingy all humans are supposedly gifted with.

Hey Buddy, I call it like I see it. Plus, showing up to work and actually WORKING doesnt make a person a hard ass, just means they are doing what they are PAID to do.

Face it, many northside POs are lazy as F***, ive seen it first hand.

7/04/2014 06:53:00 PM

Sure thing pal...

Your work-day must be full of nothing but car chases, shoot-outs and blow jobs, right?

See how easy it is to paint in broad brush strokes?
YOU shouldn't DO that...

BTW...
Not a northside PO.
Despise a lazy m/fer no matter what part of town.
Despise a two-faced shit-starting "Topper" even more.

So... Mistuh Call-It-Like-I-See-It...
What you're saying is most northside coppers are lazier than you?

So... What's YOUR benchmark for busyness?
"Uhhhh - Hamina - Uhhhh - Duh-EEEEE?"
Hurry up and finish your STFU-cicle.
It's melting...

7/05/2014 12:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

7/04/2014 09:10:00 PM

What the fuck are you talking about? Not everyone works in an office sweetheart. Once you get the courage to leave the office maybe you'll notice the firemen, mailmen, UPS, tradesmen, construction workers, and the countless other people who wear shorts to work.

7/05/2014 02:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I pointed out facts about how Tunney supports police. Where yours?

I could have also mentioned that I've read on here that he gave Cozzi a job and wouldn't let the 3rd watch officers in 017 pay for their caterered dinner on Thanksgiving. Years ago he brought food to Cook County for the family and officers waiting for word on Mike Ceriale's condition. I know, because I was there.


Hmmmm.....why don't you ask Tunney what happened and what he said when he got a ticket for talking on a cell phone while driving. Ask what he said to the then 023 Dist commander. Ask what happened to that ticket. Check out his voting record when it comes to the City budget and police hiring. Votes just the way Rahm tells him to vote. Doesn't question a thing. He can keep his shitty-ass food. I'd rather have a 7-11 turkey sandwich before I ate his food.

I wouldn't exactly call them "pro-police", but at least Waugespak and Fioretti give some type of resistance when it comes to 9.5.

7/05/2014 02:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And the complainers will be the first to cry police brutality , hire security for your bar

7/05/2014 03:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just relaying what I have experienced personally .

Lazier than me? Amusing. I actually work my tour. Not lazy at all bud. Why is it that anyone who calls out the worthless gets shit from people? Ok, maybe you are correct. Maybe saying most Northsiders is a bit much. But I tell you, other than once, my experiences with POs on the Northside were shameful at best.


Yes, of course there are dog asses in every district but be realistic, who would you rather have watching over your home and family while you are at work.....??? Well, just leave out 022 and 002 haha.

Well Pal, when it's all said and done, we will probably disagree on this topic.

Enjoy your weekend


Sure thing pal...

Your work-day must be full of nothing but car chases, shoot-outs and blow jobs, right?

See how easy it is to paint in broad brush strokes?
YOU shouldn't DO that...

BTW...
Not a northside PO.
Despise a lazy m/fer no matter what part of town.
Despise a two-faced shit-starting "Topper" even more.

So... Mistuh Call-It-Like-I-See-It...
What you're saying is most northside coppers are lazier than you?

So... What's YOUR benchmark for busyness?
"Uhhhh - Hamina - Uhhhh - Duh-EEEEE?"
Hurry up and finish your STFU-cicle.
It's melting...

7/05/2014 10:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So true. The other day, I actually saw a tactical police officer wearing a baseball cap and shorts while working the streets. I mean an actual grown man wearing a baseball hat and shorts to his job! A man. A grown man! And his hat was on backwards.

It was the stupidest thing I ever did see in my whole life.

7/04/2014 09:10:00 PM
Well, shorts are Ok for an covert assignment, but I would not approve them for everyday street work. Not because they don't look good, but skinned knees and cuts just too dangerous. But, I once asked a patrolman why he does not have a flashlight, and his response was " I ain't looking for anyone".

7/05/2014 12:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Paulie said...

That wasn't me.

7/05/2014 02:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Everyone gets a parade because they're so special. Can I have a "I'm straight, white and male" parade? Oh, but that would be racist I guess.

7/05/2014 09:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A lot of irate posts. Happy fucking 4th of July. And the good word talks.

7/05/2014 11:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sign a complaint I will be happy to make an arrest; otherwise, no.

7/06/2014 11:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I pointed out facts about how Tunney supports police. Where yours?

I could have also mentioned that I've read on here that he gave Cozzi a job and wouldn't let the 3rd watch officers in 017 pay for their caterered dinner on Thanksgiving. Years ago he brought food to Cook County for the family and officers waiting for word on Mike Ceriale's condition. I know, because I was there.


Hmmmm.....why don't you ask Tunney what happened and what he said when he got a ticket for talking on a cell phone while driving. Ask what he said to the then 023 Dist commander. Ask what happened to that ticket. Check out his voting record when it comes to the City budget and police hiring. Votes just the way Rahm tells him to vote. Doesn't question a thing. He can keep his shitty-ass food. I'd rather have a 7-11 turkey sandwich before I ate his food.

I wouldn't exactly call them "pro-police", but at least Waugespak and Fioretti give some type of resistance when it comes to 9.5.

7/05/2014 02:59:00 AM
Not the OP on this, but Tunney pd the ticket. 023 Cmdr made a mountain out of a molehill, not Tunney.

7/06/2014 01:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Just relaying what I have experienced personally .

Lazier than me? Amusing. I actually work my tour. Not lazy at all bud. Why is it that anyone who calls out the worthless gets shit from people? Ok, maybe you are correct. Maybe saying most Northsiders is a bit much. But I tell you, other than once, my experiences with POs on the Northside were shameful at best.


Yes, of course there are dog asses in every district but be realistic, who would you rather have watching over your home and family while you are at work.....??? Well, just leave out 022 and 002 haha.

Well Pal, when it's all said and done, we will probably disagree on this topic.

Enjoy your weekend


Sure thing pal...

Your work-day must be full of nothing but car chases, shoot-outs and blow jobs, right?

See how easy it is to paint in broad brush strokes?
YOU shouldn't DO that...

BTW...
Not a northside PO.
Despise a lazy m/fer no matter what part of town.
Despise a two-faced shit-starting "Topper" even more.

So... Mistuh Call-It-Like-I-See-It...
What you're saying is most northside coppers are lazier than you?

So... What's YOUR benchmark for busyness?
"Uhhhh - Hamina - Uhhhh - Duh-EEEEE?"
Hurry up and finish your STFU-cicle.
It's melting...

7/05/2014 10:05:00 AM

Why don't you two get a beer at Roscoe's and work it out!

7/06/2014 04:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This entire thread is kind of amusing when you think about it… many have been quick to jump on this Mr. Chrisman for everything his establishment did wrong… but did they? Did he not make a point of appreciating the efforts made early in the day by the police? It is easy to point fingers at a bar on a festival weekend… but do any of us know what the establishment he represents actually did to attempt to maintain order? Roscoe's isn't a "new kid on the block" and sure they make a boat load of money on weekends like this but they aren't stupid, they have the most to lose in this. To be critical of the event as a whole.. that takes balls. Perhaps he (they) have a point that might be taken offensively by individual officers that were on the scene but actually looks at the bigger picture?

7/08/2014 05:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Old Retired Guy Here Again........!
Bottom Line Is; Would You Rather Have Some Alder Person Be Upset With Police Performance, or You Having To Justify Your Actions For The Arrest You Made At This Parade.
They Are Getting The Police Performance They Wanted. It's Their Problem It's Not Working Out The Way They Designed It.

7/03/2014 09:12:00 AM

Seriously, how do you TYPE LIKE THAT? Every word starts with a capital letter?
----------------------------------------------------
Your comment is HILARIOUS!!!! I did t even notice every word began with a capital letter😄😄😄😄😄

7/08/2014 09:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Love you guys! The Chicago version of "diversity" is getting it's ass handed to them on a rainbow platter. Serve it with the utmost ignorance and sassiness or they won't understand (trust me).

"other group of people"? Priceless.

Signed, GWM

8/31/2014 04:01:00 AM  

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