Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Special Service Award Denied

The criteria for different awards can be located in Department Special Order S 01-01-01. The so-called "Special Services Award" is earned in the following manner:
  • - is granted to any Department sworn or civilian member whose service contributed to any event that has a significant impact upon the historical direction and operations of the Department.
That's it. Pretty straightforward. So what's the problem with this submission?
  • Captain Lemmer was assigned to the 11th district in the early part of 2014. Through his domineering personality he was able to drive out all the Lieutenants assigned to the district and the institutional knowledge they possessed. He was also able to replace approximately a third of the remaining supervisory staff and their knowledge. This institutional knowledge, in some cases had been developed over cumulative decades of being assigned to the district. These efforts were not limited to the supervisory ranks his effort additionally purged the experienced patrolman ranks.

    The Captain was then able to bring in all new personnel who were not only brand new to their ranks and the billets they held, but also had not been soiled by assignment to the 11th district in previous billets. This fresh supervisory staff, coupled with implementation of the tactics from previously failed programs, the Captain's pugnacious sense of entitlement, and firm belief in his own infallibility allowed the Captain to obtain the greatest single year increase in homicides this century. The homicide numbers had such an increase that the year end totals were the second highest year over year increase since the founding of the Harrison District, and also the second highest increase since the Chicago Police Department began keeping records by district.

    This apex certainly qualifies for the criteria of special service award as the wording for this award is: "a member whose service contributed to any event that has a significant impact upon the historical direction and operations of the Department." The significant increase he was able to obtain completely changed the historical downward trend of homicides the 11th district has been experiencing for several years, and the amount of manpower poured into this district during the performance of this increase did also directly and significantly impact the operations of the Chicago Police Department. Meeting both criteria for the Special Service Award, Capt Lemmer is hereby nominated for this honor.
The comments have been alive with bitching from 011 for the past few months, mostly since the assignment of the psycho ex-commander who (allegedly) stuck a gun in someone's mouth and a Taser in another guy's nutsack. Most people wrote it off as an exaggeration of sorts, until you look at the 2014 transfer orders and see four lieutenants, nearly ten sergeants and upwards of 40 veteran officers leaving, then you have to wonder if there isn't a grain of truth in it all. 011 certainly had more than their share of shootings and killing in 2014, winning the homicide race decisively for the first time in years.

In any event, a negative impact is still a "significant impact upon the historical direction and operations of the Department" isn't it? Word from the street is the nominating individual has already taken a three-day-suspension in regard (retaliation) for his efforts. It seems a sense of humor is definitely lacking in the upper echelons. A tip of the hat for the "silliness" and a shake of the head for the three days.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

And drop the microphone and walk away......... Silence. I don't know the guy.. But wow.. Wow

1/28/2015 12:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Onwards and Upwards!

This man needs to make a difference on a grander stage.

1/28/2015 12:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Reminds me of Nate Gibson back in the '90s.

1/28/2015 12:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where can i drop off an envelope?

1/28/2015 12:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I still get a kick out of when he walks by without looking at you and says "thanks for coming to work today"

1/28/2015 12:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hilarious. I love it.

First runner-up.... Eli Voulgaris 019 District

Someone took three days for that? Seems like a certain nominee is pretty thin-skinned.

1/28/2015 12:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, roll calls should be interesting tomorrow....

1/28/2015 12:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As time goes by, the places you work in change. It is never the same from when you arrived and from when you eventually leave. A lot of that has to do with the "changing of the times" and how policing is ever evolving, whether for the good or bad is one's own opinion. When we all came on we had some piss and vinegar and were "running and gunning" As you get more time on and mature you start to realize how the department and politics work. You also possibly get married and start a family. This greatly affects on how you work and treat this job.

Now putting all that aside, the 011th District is completely destroyed. As one of those officers who left this past year, there is nothing that will ever happen to change the environment there. There are no veteran officers there anymore and that is setting up for disaster. You have no veteran officers or supervisors, minus the one who submitted Lemar for the award, to help guide/protect the very young ones now working in the district. Yes there are still some there, but the newer people on the job view them as "dogs" and not wise. A majority of them, not all, had been workers at one point in their career but for the above reason or others have slowed down and are using their brains when it comes to working. They can completely shuffle the deck of the supervisory ranks in that district and it will not make a bit of difference. It is very bad when you have no veteran officers to help guide the young ones and since the mass exodus of lt’s and sgt’s, you have no capable supervisors there either. The supervisors there now only care about making themselves look good for the betterment of their own careers. They can give two shits about protecting the officers. This is evident in them jumping on the mission, contact card, anov, band wagon. This shit is not policing, it’s a numbers game that solves zero crime. I feel bad for both the veterans who are still there and haven’t made it out to greener pastures and for the young guys there who will have no guidance to help them develop into better officers.

God bless and be safe

1/28/2015 12:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm a southsider and don't know this lemmer guy so I googled cpd and lemmer and a lot of these stories with the attached link showed up. Is the guy in this story the same lemmer in 011 you guys are talking about? If it is the same guy maybe lay off a little. I remember this story from years back. If so it seems at least he did a really decent thing for this guy.. But then again, I don't work in 011 or know the guy so easy for me to say give him a break. Same guy can anyone confirm?

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/10/26/unclaimed-police-and-vietnam-vet-no-longer-forgotten/

1/28/2015 12:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A veteran officer was briefly removed from the 1106 team recently for making too many narcotics arrests. He also had a significant number of gun arrests and a sufficient number of contact cards. The current leadership in 011 discourages proactive policing because it results in otherwise avoidable rd numbers and thereby results in a higher crime rate. Your tax dollars at work for the fraud that is known as compstat.

1/28/2015 12:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know, SCC, this is the awards season. Maybe we could come up with annual awards, like The Oscars or The Tonys. We could have The Garrys!!!!! We could have different categories, the readers could vote, and we could reveal the awards on April 1st. Categories could include:

Biggest douchebag politician
Best morale-killing boss in a district
Most incompetent merit promoted boss in a lead position (d/c, unit commander, dep. chief, etc...
Most incompetent merit promoted boss in a supporting position (sgt., lt., XO)
Best acting performance at a community or CAPS meeting regarding crime stats
Biggest political hack award
The Ron Huberman Award for those former CPD members now in other city/county/state roles
The Golden Kneepad Award

I'm sure the readers here can come up with some more/better categories. Maybe 3-5 nominees for each category? Can't wait to see that red carpet!!!!!!

1/28/2015 12:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If that was really put in for an award, that might be the single greatest thing I've heard in my time on the cpd. Bravo. That is hilarious and incredibly ballsy!

1/28/2015 12:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any reporters out there?

Maybe Captain Lemmers achievements deserve some publicity? It sounds like the story has already been written for you. And --- It has it all, blood, gore, conflict, good guys, bad guys, underdogs, crime and tragedy.

1/28/2015 12:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are the folks in 011 taking up a collection to offset the 3 days?

1/28/2015 12:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is true that a new broom sweeps the cleanest, and that high rank has it's privileges. An award seems in order. After all our POTUS won a Nobel Peace Prize for his accomplishments.

1/28/2015 01:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Get the F out of here. Capt Lemmer is the best, a self made man who earned those bars by being the real police. He is also loved by his troops ....... Just Ask Him.

1/28/2015 01:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The problem is the 3rd Watch Lieutenant who drove away the experienced officers, made a quarter of the watch 06 and 65 teams, and manned them with two year wonders who just got off of foot patrol. These guys rode around in a beat car for a few months and don't know anything about doing the job, but they sure bring in those contact cards. Worst of all they walk around like their shit don't stink not realizing we're all laughing at them.

1/28/2015 01:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It could only have been denied because Barb West was not nominated for the same award, which she deserves every bit as much as Lemmer, and for the same reasons.

1/28/2015 01:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Ballad of Steve Buscemi said...

And yet no one down at Fort Fellatio seems to notice that everywhere this asshole Lemmer lands, he does nothing but leave a trail of destroyed morale and problems for the next regime to fix.

011 has pretty much run itself since the beginning of time. The vast majority of coppers assigned here are workers. There are/were many, many guys and gals with more than enough time on to bid to greener pastures several times over, but they chose to remain because, overall, their coworkers and supervisors are OK. To see how many people have bailed in less than a year is disgusting. Yet the powers-that-be will ignore the fact that Lemmer and the policies he creates is responsible for an exodus not seen since Nate Gibson.

Like anywhere else, there's a contingent of asshole supervisors that insist on making life miserable for anyone that doesn't march in lockstep with whatever their agenda is for the week. And like everywhere else, these assholes (with the exception of dickheads like 1130 afternoons) come and go, never seeming to be able to last in a place like 011 for more than a bit. They move on because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to handle themselves what they dish out to their subordinates.

Enter Glenn Evans and his posse of hangers on. They stormed into 011 and without so much as hanging back and seeing how things here were run, they decided to turn the place upside down and implement "their" style of management and policing. And now'd be a good time to describe the accompanying personalities attached to this regime change, lest we all forget: the collective attitude towards the people in 011 by these newcomers was off-the-charts condescending and downright ignorant at times.

Almost immmediately, unnecesary locker audits were conducted by Evans' people, booting officers from second lockers that some of them had them for decades - literally. Also evicted from second lockers were a lot of tactical/gang people who needed the extra room for all their riot gear, BDUs, etc. Lockers that to this day still sit unoccupied. A totally unnecessary move, it's just that Evans' people felt they had to flex to show who's 'in charge'.

Next, they removed from his duties the guy responsible for ordering damn near every supply necessary to make this place run. He'd been handling that duty for over 15 years, and we never wanted for anything required to do our jobs. Ever since Evans' lackies took over the "Supply Room Job", we're consistently out of paper, inventory bags, toner cartridges for fax machine and copiers, vehicle impound reports... you name it... we don't have it 9 out of 10 times.

And where to begin with Tommy Lemmer?

Supervisors getting upwards of 20 emails a day for a pletora of bullshit missions and unrealistic demands. Sending every one of us sergeants a seven page tutorial on how to properly investigate CR numbers (HIS way) - or else. I guess the way we'd been doing it all along was wrong. Tommy's way is the best way, just ask him and he'll tell you why in a 3-page email.

There's plenty of other asinine protocol under the short-lived guidance of Evans - and by default, his sidekick Lemmer, but time and room prohibits expounding further.

Concluding, promoted beyond their capabilities people like never-been-the-police Tom Lemmer and the litter of clueless House Cats Evans brought with them have absolutely no place trying to run a joint like 011. Office Dollies that don't yet have two bars on their sleeves and whose asses haven't seen the seat of a squad car since their probation ended shouldn't have a voice in the day-to-day operations of how a lemonade stand is run, much less a place like the 011 District. And people wonder why morale is in the toilet.

It's high time these micromanaging morons are sent packing before the place implodes completely. Just hope and pray that the new regime is better.

Rant: /OFF

1/28/2015 01:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

019 is very similar but without the murder numbers. Large numbers of veteran Sgts and even larger numbers of veteran police officers have fled. Not sure if the leadership is to blame it's probably more because of all the bars and cubs BS.

1/28/2015 02:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Okay, here's what we do: Send Capt. Lemmer off with a bottle of Wild Turkey and a guitar and let him serenade Cmdr Maria Pena from beneath her bedroom window. What a match! If they hit it off any offspring would need to be baptized by Rod Serling! Anyway, it could be a distraction for those two and if it lasts long enough, er, the distraction, not his..., maybe 011 might recover in a few years.

1/28/2015 02:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Word from the street is the nominating individual has already taken a three-day-suspension in regard (retaliation) for his efforts. It seems a sense of humor is definitely lacking in the upper echelons. A tip of the hat for the "silliness" and a shake of the head for the three days.


True. Cmdr Washington did nothing but go thru the motions the last (3rd) time was DC. Yet he felt it necessary to let the good sgt GM get hit with a 3 day whack over what can be argued is totally factual. Just God forbid another clouted white shirt has his true colors on display, right Eric??? Cant embarass a fellow clout baby huh? Lemmer couldnt make a pimple on this sgt's ass by the way. Im guessing SCC never had anyone from 011 send you guys a pic of what Lemmer got to look at out of his office window before Wahington ordered it removed? A tribute to Lemmers superior intellect for all to see! I'll make sure you get it sent to you for another thread. Good stuff it is

1/28/2015 02:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Barb west should get this award too. The amount of bosses on down to P.Os that left 015 during her tenure is more then I had ever scene during my career there.

1/28/2015 05:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This Department has been on a five year nose dive. It's hardly fair to blame the 011th District's problems entirely on Lemmer. The Problem is obvious. Who in his right mind wants to deal with it longer than they have to?

1/28/2015 05:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And just where do the patrolmen share in this award? Clearly, the bosses can't spend all of their time patrolling the streets, actively preventing shootings and homicides.
That's been a constant missing point here on the blog for quite some time now. Where is the sense of duty/responsibility among the grunts? Aren't they the real boots on the ground? If the patrolmen and tact officers are dropping the ball, then what? What exactly can the bosses do with the poorly motivated troops that exist today, all across the city? Because it's not just 011 that has an excess of unmotivated whiners. people from 019 often whine and rant here too. At what point do the boots of the ground accept some responsibility for perceived failings? Haven't seen any of that here, but I've seen a number of I ain't doing shit postings on a daily basis.

1/28/2015 05:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

I'm a southsider and don't know this lemmer guy so I googled cpd and lemmer and a lot of these stories with the attached link showed up. Is the guy in this story the same lemmer in 011 you guys are talking about? If it is the same guy maybe lay off a little. I remember this story from years back. If so it seems at least he did a really decent thing for this guy.. But then again, I don't work in 011 or know the guy so easy for me to say give him a break. Same guy can anyone confirm?

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/10/26/unclaimed-police-and-vietnam-vet-no-longer-forgotten/

1/28/2015 12:27:00 AM

I didn't read the story you posted but I know the incident you're referring to. I worked in 023 at the time. Police officer & Vietnam Vet on disability dies alone in a seedy joint on Lawrence Avenue. Lemmer gets wind of it and arranges an honors funeral for the officer ... Smith-Corcoran on Western Ave. foots the bill. Over 100 coppers attend the officer's funeral. It was all on Lemmer, just to make sure a forgotten cop wasn't forgotten. You can say whatever makes you feel good about Lemmer ... he's OK in my book.

1/28/2015 06:36:00 AM  
Blogger SpankDaddy said...

If he doesn't want it, I'll take the bottle of Wild Turkey.

1/28/2015 06:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So is the new commander gonna fix 011, like she "fixed" 015 ????

1/28/2015 06:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sounds like the jackass captain in the 9th district

1/28/2015 07:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I want to start out by saying I am a Supervisor. I have read every comment including the original thread. What eveyone is complaining about in 011 is happening in every district. Evt#'s, Miss#'s, and No RD#'s is the name of the game now. Some Supervisors try to not go along but the suckups who are only looking out for themselves tell on those who aren't playing nice. I hate this department and job. I just try and hide. I hate dog ass do nothings but, I hate the Supt and his policies even more. The days of being the police are long over.

1/28/2015 07:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The downward spiral started with LT JA(now retired, yeaahhh) and his bullshit. Here is a guy who came to 011 after getting booted from the D UNIT after 2 periods. So what does that tell you about him? Yet he would tell us at roll call about his times in the D UNIT. Yeah ok Jam U UP JOHNNIE.

I was in 011 for years and it all started with LT JA. Now Lemmer, Evans and Lil Hitler with totally destroy it.

COl Hanibal Smith

1/28/2015 07:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The stupidvisors on this job nowadays are truly a work of art....

1/28/2015 07:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

LOL!

1/28/2015 08:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would love to buy the author of this nomination a beer at the bar but he probably can't stand near the bar due to the size of his cajones.

1/28/2015 08:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Damn shame! A man with that much talent and skill to wreck a district is not promoted to a higher leadership role by now? Maybe he will be in line for a deputy district commander job next?
He must really be bad if he's being compared to "give 'em a day", Nate Gibson!

1/28/2015 08:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Masters and Lemmer both have a Beef pending involving the way they treated a female Sgt. When this complaint gets rolling, both of them will have to go to sensitivity training, and their incompetence will be exposed.

1/28/2015 08:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

bring back capt. bubblehead to 011, what a gift he is

1/28/2015 08:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And take Lt Madters with you! She is. a HUGH reason why it's so bad.

1/28/2015 08:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Word is Captain Lemonhead will be holding a March Madness Kool Aid fund raiser in 011.

He will be mixing up various flavors of Kool Aid to determine which ones are the most popular. this way he can get a better idea of which flavor to serve up at the next comstat meeting.

Captain Kool Aid? Has a nice ting to it..lmfao.

1/28/2015 08:51:00 AM  
Anonymous 1127X said...

Wait! So, you're telling me all those units the good Cpt had guarding locations of shooting for entire tours & for days at a time...AFTER THE DAMNED SHOOTING HAD OCCURRED, didn't drive down shootings? I wont hear it, dammit!

1/28/2015 09:21:00 AM  
Anonymous 011 2nd Watch DOG said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
If that was really put in for an award, that might be the single greatest thing I've heard in my time on the cpd. Bravo. That is hilarious and incredibly ballsy!

1/28/2015 12:44:00 AM
You can go into Clear and look up the award, it is now part of CPD canon for everyone to laugh it. Trust me we do not need to take up a collection for the good Sgt GM, he has been stockpiling time for just this occasion. The man may be a old crab ass but he would be one of the only Sgt's in 011 that I want on my side when you need your ass saved.
765B

1/28/2015 09:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If all break s right, you'll be able to count me among the ever increasing number of veteran PO's bailing outta good ole fillmore.
It's just time.

1/28/2015 09:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know, SCC, this is the awards season. Maybe we could come up with annual awards, like The Oscars or The Tonys. We could have The Garrys!!!!! We could have different categories, the readers could vote, and we could reveal the awards on April 1st. Categories could include:

Biggest douchebag politician
Best morale-killing boss in a district
Most incompetent merit promoted boss in a lead position (d/c, unit commander, dep. chief, etc...
Most incompetent merit promoted boss in a supporting position (sgt., lt., XO)
Best acting performance at a community or CAPS meeting regarding crime stats
Biggest political hack award
The Ron Huberman Award for those former CPD members now in other city/county/state roles
The Golden Kneepad Award

I'm sure the readers here can come up with some more/better categories. Maybe 3-5 nominees for each category? Can't wait to see that red carpet!!!!!!

*************************************
Great idea!!!!

1/28/2015 09:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody who knows anything knows its the blue shirts vs the white shirts on this job. Throw the actual citizens of the district in there somewhere, but the 95 percent of a coppers problem is dealing with supervisors. Tell me I'm wrong.......

1/28/2015 09:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was there a fundraiser for the author of this? That is the best writing I have seen in my nearly 20 year career. I would give a day's pay to the author!

1/28/2015 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

after reading this and working in a ghetto district im very grateful to be in 016 and have the ox n lt on third watch

1/28/2015 10:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Clever. But statistics lie.

Signed,
Captain Lemmer

1/28/2015 10:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who DOESN'T care about homicides in the 011th District?





THIS GUY!

1/28/2015 10:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As someone who's worked for TL in the past, I have to say this is spot on. The micro managing is unreal. At some point you have to let the supervisors under you do their job and stop trying to do it for them.

1/28/2015 10:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hate to tell ya guys, but I thought the ISP had the copyright on all the "Captain Queeg" dysfunctional personalities in command.

Some districts have acute cases of "Gold Fever." that gold once on the collar gets like heroin: ya just gotta get more.

I firmly believe that no matter what department, at a particular rank you stop being a cop and start being a politician.

25 yr road troop

1/28/2015 10:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

McStreetlightSniper was probably pissed B-Dub had some competition. The award was set to go to her for her fine employee turnover rate in 015.

1/28/2015 10:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Two sides to every story .
Captain Tom Lemmer should be named District Commander of Englewood .
Company man , chased dead weight to build his own team . Homicide increase means nothing , CPD has no control when gang bangers,drug dealers , domestic partners kill each other .

1/28/2015 10:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lemmer is an oratory and academically gifted giant and a morale booster and operationally decrepit dwarf.

1/28/2015 11:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lemmer would stare out his condo balcony, which viewed directly on the rear of the 1rst district, and call in Sgts from Mass Trans leaving early and write them up!

1/28/2015 11:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lemmer was dumped out of Mass Trans to 3rd Dist but would continually show up for afternoon roll call, in Mass Trans!!!!! And would walk around and say thanks for coming in!!!

1/28/2015 11:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well Lemmer is a tool no doubt but he wasn't there in 019 when Eli Voulgaris was commander. The whole 019 district debacle is comparable to Lemmer since it had to do with an XO, the one there at the time (MR), who was the driving force behind the great migration out of 019.... Yes Lemmer was and is a tool promoted way beyond his abilities and should not be in his position just like the former XO of 019 shouldn't be in his position either. The problem in 019 was the commander there was/is weak, and never got MR under control until it was too late. But this is par for the course for a dept. That is completely finished as a professional organization....

1/28/2015 12:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When Capt. Lemmer was with his FTO he got his first Department Commendation for getting a guy in a stolen vehicle. No gun, no robbery, nothing unusual but his dad (Retired Lieutenant) wanted him to have the award before graduation so he got it. Been taken care of his whole career.

1/28/2015 12:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TL was the worst thing that happened to 019 years ago. He was a miserable person, and absolutely ruined the morale of POs and Sgt's when he was there for years. It seemed like there was no end in sight, but finally he left, but not before he ruined everyone's spirit. There should be a demotion process because his thousand missions a day did nothing, and when he left crime was absolutely the same levels then when he was there. All those useless missions, seat belt, this mission, that mission, notes with your duties highlighted like we were 5 year olds. I feel sorry for any district who gets stuck with this man with a very big head who wants that gold star so bad its embarrassingly obvious.

1/28/2015 01:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
sounds like the jackass captain in the 9th district

1/28/2015 07:21:00 AM

You obviously mean 019 not 009, the Capt in 009 doesn't say a word and is actually a nice guy. And ye I work there and no I am not him. He did manage to get the whole district outfitted with PDT's, which is more than I can say for other XO's.

1/28/2015 01:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Worked w/a PPO the other day who was pullig over every fucking car on the road. He told me that all these guys w/time on the job that don't do shit should be fired.
I know what some of the posts are talking about. These kids haven't taken an injury yet,taken a BS suspension, or seen the person who took the ACT in HS and scored just a point above the monkey get promoted 3Xs.
They also brek the sound barrier when driving for gas. Imagine how they drive for the ommon 19Ps.
They'll learn

1/28/2015 01:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Speaking of captain bubble 007. Did anyone buy into his superbowl squares? Just wondering what each square cost and what each quarter and final pay out?

Old time fillmore ranger
Now retired.

Ek, you owe me $20 for the lts xmas you collected for and spent at the boat.

1/28/2015 01:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does his still brush his teeth with a hammer?

1/28/2015 02:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lemmer should so the same respect to the living that he has to the dead. It was a truly great gesture for the dead, but the living are being taxed by poor leadership.

1/28/2015 02:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
A veteran officer was briefly removed from the 1106 team recently for making too many narcotics arrests. He also had a significant number of gun arrests and a sufficient number of contact cards. The current leadership in 011 discourages proactive policing because it results in otherwise avoidable rd numbers and thereby results in a higher crime rate. Your tax dollars at work for the fraud that is known as compstat.

1/28/2015 12:34:00 AM

8 years on the job does NOT make one a "veteran", Sam T. Give it up already. Helen Keller and Ray Charles could find dope in 011. This place WILL go on without your expertise.

1/28/2015 02:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
019 is very similar but without the murder numbers. Large numbers of veteran Sgts and even larger numbers of veteran police officers have fled. Not sure if the leadership is to blame it's probably more because of all the bars and cubs BS.

1/28/2015 02:07:00 AM

Our bosses here are on the 4 and 4 schedule they each only work 4 hours. Works out great for them. But they can do that their the boss. Right ??

1/28/2015 02:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Reminds me of Nate Gibson back in the '90s.

1/28/2015 12:13:00 AM
Now that is a name from the past. A real hater. But, I worked with both Gibson and Lemmer when he was in 007. Hard to make a comparison since both of them are not the nicest or most competent of people. Blowhards to be sure.

1/28/2015 02:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Anybody who knows anything knows its the blue shirts vs the white shirts on this job. Throw the actual citizens of the district in there somewhere, but the 95 percent of a coppers problem is dealing with supervisors. Tell me I'm wrong.......

1/28/2015 09:55:00 AM
Maybe so, but no different then in private industry. I know, I have worked in both areas. Managers are there for one reason, to manage and to supervise. They are not always on your side.When you are unhappy with a supervisor you need to be more specific. What are they asking for? More work, be on time, correct uniform, respond to calls timely? Not sure what the specific complaint is. They do, after all, have managers of their own who are making demands of them.

1/28/2015 02:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


You know, SCC, this is the awards season. Maybe we could come up with annual awards, like The Oscars or The Tonys. We could have The Garrys!!!!! We could have different categories, the readers could vote, and we could reveal the awards on April 1st. Categories could include:

Biggest douchebag politician
Best morale-killing boss in a district
Most incompetent merit promoted boss in a lead position (d/c, unit commander, dep. chief, etc...
Most incompetent merit promoted boss in a supporting position (sgt., lt., XO)
Best acting performance at a community or CAPS meeting regarding crime stats
Biggest political hack award
The Ron Huberman Award for those former CPD members now in other city/county/state roles
The Golden Kneepad Award

I'm sure the readers here can come up with some more/better categories. Maybe 3-5 nominees for each category? Can't wait to see that red carpet!!!!!!

*************************************
Great idea!!!!



that is a classic! the awards show would rival the oscars and the emmys....

1/28/2015 03:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now come on !!! Please !!!
Not a single bit of credit to
LT Dingy H.
I'm sure she deserves some mention it this accomplishment.
Possibly that is why the award was denied.


1/28/2015 03:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Major Blockrounder said...


It's all legit.

After all is said and done, he will still be a Captain waiting for his next undeserving promotion.

The more things change,
the more they stay the same.

1/28/2015 03:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Anonymous Anonymous said...

And just where do the patrolmen share in this award? Clearly, the bosses can't spend all of their time patrolling the streets, actively preventing shootings and homicides.
That's been a constant missing point here on the blog for quite some time now. Where is the sense of duty/responsibility among the grunts? Aren't they the real boots on the ground? If the patrolmen and tact officers are dropping the ball, then what? What exactly can the bosses do with the poorly motivated troops that exist today, all across the city? Because it's not just 011 that has an excess of unmotivated whiners. people from 019 often whine and rant here too. At what point do the boots of the ground accept some responsibility for perceived failings? Haven't seen any of that here, but I've seen a number of I ain't doing shit postings on a daily basis.

1/28/2015 05:28:00 AM

Patrolmen do not need to take responsibility.

It's the responsibility of the supervisors to motivate officers.
With all of the ad hoc missions and BS assignments what did the bossholes think would happen.

My job as a PO is to answer my radio assignments and conduct preliminary investigations. If I stumble upon a crime as it occurs I'll take police action. But as we are running from job to job, staying in boxes, how do you prevent shootings and homicides?

From my calculations, based on the number of days I worked, streets I patrolled between assignments, and school crossings handled, I prevent about 18 homicides and 30 shootings last period. Prove I didn't!

Not get your shine box sagre and dress some shoes!

1/28/2015 03:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If any of you a**holes think this stunt is funny and the supervisor who wrote it shouldn't have taken more than three days, you are just as sick as the individual who tried to pull this shit. He needs to spend his time and efforts writing legit awards for deserving officers under his supervision. He should have taken thirty days pending for this bs. It discredits the department, as well as each and every one of us who wears a star and it sends a bad message to the younger officers on this job. That is part of the reason that 011 is so fucked up. You people want to talk about how terrible Lemmer is, (don't know him personally) most of the Sergeants in 011 are way worse. They fuck with the blue shirts for no other reason than to stroke their own egos. Grow the fuck up or resign and find another job.

Signed:
A White Shirt in 011

1/28/2015 03:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

[...] I hate dog ass do nothings but, [...]

1/28/2015 07:31:00 AM

Please describe what you consider the aforementioned.




1/28/2015 03:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

I still get a kick out of when he walks by without looking at you and says "thanks for coming to work today"

1/28/2015 12:17:00 AM

At least your boss says something to you. My boss doesn't say anything nor does he even make eye contact. Plus you have to constantly worry if he is in a bad mood or not.

1/28/2015 03:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lemmer was an asshole when he was in Tact in 009 in the early 90's.
He was always his own biggest fan.
He deserves no respect...

1/28/2015 03:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.T. Take Care Of Your Health Guys/Gals

A friend recently had a stroke. His stroke was so severe that he became deaf AND blind. I feel so sorry for him and his family. Exercise and get regular medical check ups. My partner is 59 and he told me he doesn't need any checkups and the last check up he had was like 12 years ago. Guys and gals, exercise and get a medical evaluation.

1/28/2015 04:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...

I'm a southsider and don't know this lemmer guy so I googled cpd and lemmer and a lot of these stories with the attached link showed up. Is the guy in this story the same lemmer in 011 you guys are talking about? If it is the same guy maybe lay off a little. I remember this story from years back. If so it seems at least he did a really decent thing for this guy.. But then again, I don't work in 011 or know the guy so easy for me to say give him a break. Same guy can anyone confirm?

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/10/26/unclaimed-police-and-vietnam-vet-no-longer-forgotten/

1/28/2015 12:27:00 AM

I didn't read the story you posted but I know the incident you're referring to. I worked in 023 at the time. Police officer & Vietnam Vet on disability dies alone in a seedy joint on Lawrence Avenue. Lemmer gets wind of it and arranges an honors funeral for the officer ... Smith-Corcoran on Western Ave. foots the bill. Over 100 coppers attend the officer's funeral. It was all on Lemmer, just to make sure a forgotten cop wasn't forgotten. You can say whatever makes you feel good about Lemmer ... he's OK in my book.

1/28/2015 06:36:00 AM

There is a big difference between being a nice guy and being a good boss.

What he did was a good thing, but that doesn't automatically make him a good boss.

Sometimes we're fortunate and they both happen together, a good guy/gal who's a good boss, too, but not often.

1/28/2015 04:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lemmer would conduct winter inspection in Mas Trans wearing un authirized Deputy Chief winter overcoat, whille screaming at blue shurts for having salt on there shoes!

1/28/2015 04:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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I didn't read the story you posted but I know the incident you're referring to. I worked in 023 at the time. Police officer & Vietnam Vet on disability dies alone in a seedy joint on Lawrence Avenue. Lemmer gets wind of it and arranges an honors funeral for the officer ... Smith-Corcoran on Western Ave. foots the bill. Over 100 coppers attend the officer's funeral. It was all on Lemmer, just to make sure a forgotten cop wasn't forgotten. You can say whatever makes you feel good about Lemmer ... he's OK in my book.

1/28/2015 06:36:00 AM


Our bosses are supposed to do that kind of thing for the troops. Do it and do not seek praise or a pat on the back.

You do something like that for a PO and see if it gets you out of any suspension time.

The 023rd District wagon man who killed the murderer of PO Lee Seward was indicted for taking a few lousy bucks from a funeral home. He goes into an apartment with a bad guy armed with an officer's gun and risks his life so the guy comes out feet first in a bag and they try to put him in prison for accepting a tip from a funeral home.

That policeman was killed by an unarmed black man by the way. Unarmed until he took the policeman's gun and killed him with it.

1/28/2015 04:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sounds like the jackass captain in the 9th district

1/28/2015 07:21:00 AM

I second that. M.R. is a major stroke!
Had it soft and easy as XO at OEMC and he fucked it up for himself.

1/28/2015 05:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When Capt. Lemmer was with his FTO he got his first Department Commendation for getting a guy in a stolen vehicle. No gun, no robbery, nothing unusual but his dad (Retired Lieutenant) wanted him to have the award before graduation so he got it. Been taken care of his whole career.

1/28/2015 12:39:00 PM

That must've been right before he made one of his finest arrests of his short career on the street.... he arrested a couple for public fornication! I shit you not.
Fact!

1/28/2015 05:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When Capt. Lemmer was with his FTO he got his first Department Commendation for getting a guy in a stolen vehicle. No gun, no robbery, nothing unusual but his dad (Retired Lieutenant) wanted him to have the award before graduation so he got it. Been taken care of his whole career.

And we Wonder why everything is So legit

1/28/2015 06:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Off topic. Anyone hear anything about downtown releasing results for SWAT? It's been almost a year. WTF!!! I'm ready to give up.

1/28/2015 06:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When Capt. Lemmer was the XO in 003, none of the bosses ran away. I'm just saying....

1/28/2015 07:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

. I remember this story from years back. If so it seems at least he did a really decent thing for this guy.. But then again, I don't work in 011 or know the guy so easy for me to say give him a break. Same guy can anyone confirm?

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/10/26/unclaimed-police-and-vietnam-vet-no-longer-forgotten/

1/28/2015 12:27:00 AM

I was there for the service. One of the nicest, most generous things I have seen on this job.

So the way I see it here, his crimes are: too many e-mails, says thanks for coming to work, cleared out guys with two lockers ( I am sure the guys that had no lockers because others had two or more thought it was OK ) and follows the policy set out by the Superintendent. My God! How have you survived.

The award was clever, but there are some self serving assholes on this job that deserve the slam a lot more than a guy that is just trying to do the right thing. But I guess he's not one of the cool kids, so it's OK.

1/28/2015 07:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Been retired for a few years, and left 011 a long time ago, but it's good to hear about Sgt GM. Don't know Lemmer, but I knew GM; only wish I could see the smile on his face.

1/28/2015 08:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why is it when i call FOP, i either get a civilian that doesnt know shit or I get an officer on speaker phone?

1/28/2015 09:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't know what happened to X.O. M.R. in 019, but we love him in 024. Awesome guy, glad he is here.

1/28/2015 10:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


I want to start out by saying I am a Supervisor. I have read every comment including the original thread. What eveyone is complaining about in 011 is happening in every district. Evt#'s, Miss#'s, and No RD#'s is the name of the game now. Some Supervisors try to not go along but the suckups who are only looking out for themselves tell on those who aren't playing nice. I hate this department and job. I just try and hide. I hate dog ass do nothings but, I hate the Supt and his policies even more. The days of being the police are long over.
------------------------------------------

As soon as you said "I'm a supervisor", everyone went on to the next comment. Us vs Them......

1/28/2015 10:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

....That's been a constant missing point here on the blog for quite some time now. Where is the sense of duty/responsibility among the grunts? Aren't they the real boots on the ground? If the patrolmen and tact officers are dropping the ball, then what? What exactly can the bosses do with the poorly motivated troops that exist today, all across the city? Because it's not just 011 that has an excess of unmotivated whiners. ... At what point do the boots of the ground accept some responsibility for perceived failings? Haven't seen any of that here, but I've seen a number of I ain't doing shit postings on a daily basis.
\SNIP

Not that I'm complaining, but, how many supervisors really do their jobs? Three deep at DD, in the supervisors office surfing, nodding off, playing on their phone, calling the kid/wife to get out of bed, have beat xx to call me for Sunday's game squares, you know the drill.

When's the last time someone was reamed for taking 3 hours for a CDTP report? Does your sergeant do vehicle inspection on Sundays or do you? What's the order say?

Grunts get their ideas from the supervision(or lack thereof). Problem trickles down...You don't care, I don't care. Caring just makes more work for me, cause the supervisor will just 'ensure' the job gets done by me.

DSS gets ALL the daily work dumped on him, Lt's job not relevant anymore. DSS being the same rank, certainly not telling street Sgt's what to do.

I play with my phone, supervisor
plays with his, everybody happy.

1/28/2015 11:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Off topic but interesting ....

http://www.taxpayersunitedofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/Chi-PD-Pensions-full-PDF.pdf

1/28/2015 11:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So...

The clouted, thin-skinned bosshole gave the good Sgt a 3 day whack?

Typical...

The only laugh he wants to have is at another copper's expense.

He apparently wasn't a Patrolman long enough to develop a sense of humor...

1/28/2015 11:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

When Capt. Lemmer was the XO in 003, none of the bosses ran away. I'm just saying....

=======

Guess again. When Lemmer was the XO of 003, you have no fewer than 18 bosses detailed out at one poiont, maybe as many as 020. They didn't have to "bid out" when they weren't there anyway.

1/29/2015 12:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
If any of you a**holes think this stunt is funny and the supervisor who wrote it shouldn't have taken more than three days, you are just as sick as the individual who tried to pull this shit. He needs to spend his time and efforts writing legit awards for deserving officers under his supervision. He should have taken thirty days pending for this bs. It discredits the department, as well as each and every one of us who wears a star and it sends a bad message to the younger officers on this job. That is part of the reason that 011 is so fucked up. You people want to talk about how terrible Lemmer is, (don't know him personally) most of the Sergeants in 011 are way worse. They fuck with the blue shirts for no other reason than to stroke their own egos. Grow the fuck up or resign and find another job.

Signed:
A White Shirt in 011

1/28/2015 03:46:00 PM

Hmmm... a white shirt with a silver bar, perhaps? Some advice from the class of '82: cultivate a sense of humor.

Life's too short. No one died, no one got hurt, and everyone got a great story-of-a-lifetime out of it.

1/29/2015 12:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Hate to tell ya guys, but I thought the ISP had the copyright on all the "Captain Queeg" dysfunctional personalities in command.

Some districts have acute cases of "Gold Fever." that gold once on the collar gets like heroin: ya just gotta get more.

I firmly believe that no matter what department, at a particular rank you stop being a cop and start being a politician.

25 yr road troop

1/28/2015 10:37:00 AM

Very well said.The blue tornado still exists in some parts of the city.Safe travels.

1/29/2015 12:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I play with my phone, supervisor
plays with his, everybody happy.


1/28/2015 11:02:00 PM

Supervision is non existent. Discipline is unheard of. Hair and nail standards are ignored, late roll calls, early check offs, holding slips expected, this job has been going down hill and picking up speed for the past ten years.

Find a guy that tries to instill some discipline and you are looking at the guy everyone thinks is the jagoff in the District. Tell me I'm wrong. Worst thing they ever did was get rid of inspectors and change the command structure on the watches. I never minded doing the job I was paid for. These new kids think they deserve everything. It is astonishing.

1/29/2015 05:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If any of you a**holes think this stunt is funny and the supervisor who wrote it shouldn't have taken more than three days, you are just as sick as the individual who tried to pull this shit. He needs to spend his time and efforts writing legit awards for deserving officers under his supervision. He should have taken thirty days pending for this bs. It discredits the department, as well as each and every one of us who wears a star and it sends a bad message to the younger officers on this job. That is part of the reason that 011 is so fucked up. You people want to talk about how terrible Lemmer is, (don't know him personally) most of the Sergeants in 011 are way worse. They fuck with the blue shirts for no other reason than to stroke their own egos. Grow the fuck up or resign and find another job.

Signed:
A White Shirt in 011

1/28/2015 03:46:00 PM
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Fuck you and fuck your worthless white shirt. If your head wasn't shoved so far up your ass, you would see that GM and anyone who still cares about this job is begging for effective leadership. McCarthy promotes hacks and yes men/women who don't have the courage or integrity to stand up and speak the truth, which is that the current strategies are not working and the current leaders are not listening. Go thank Barb West for your undeserved merit promotion and stfu. You are part of the problem.

1/29/2015 05:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Don't know what happened to X.O. M.R. in 019, but we love him in 024. Awesome guy, glad he is here.

1/28/2015 10:17:00 PM


That doesn't sound like the Jeckyl and Hyde wacko we had in 019. Check his ID's and fingerprints.

1/29/2015 07:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...



When Capt. Lemmer was the XO in 003, none of the bosses ran away. I'm just saying....

=======

Guess again. When Lemmer was the XO of 003, you have no fewer than 18 bosses detailed out at one poiont, maybe as many as 020. They didn't have to "bid out" when they weren't there anyway.

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Total BS 4 Lt's out of each class and 5 Sgts would always be sent to 3 cause they ALL BUD OUT!!!!!

1/29/2015 07:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If any of you a**holes think this stunt is funny and the supervisor who wrote it shouldn't have taken more than three days, you are just as sick as the individual who tried to pull this shit. He needs to spend his time and efforts writing legit awards for deserving officers under his supervision. He should have taken thirty days pending for this bs. It discredits the department, as well as each and every one of us who wears a star and it sends a bad message to the younger officers on this job. That is part of the reason that 011 is so fucked up. You people want to talk about how terrible Lemmer is, (don't know him personally) most of the Sergeants in 011 are way worse. They fuck with the blue shirts for no other reason than to stroke their own egos. Grow the fuck up or resign and find another job.

Signed:
A White Shirt in 011

1/28/2015 03:46:00 PM
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Fuck you and fuck your worthless white shirt. If your head wasn't shoved so far up your ass, you would see that GM and anyone who still cares about this job is begging for effective leadership. McCarthy promotes hacks and yes men/women who don't have the courage or integrity to stand up and speak the truth, which is that the current strategies are not working and the current leaders are not listening. Go thank Barb West for your undeserved merit promotion and stfu. You are part of the problem.

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Written by none other than Sgt "ass kissing" TB!!!!!!! We don't respect you or your buddie Lt Masters!!!!!

1/29/2015 07:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

---
I didn't read the story you posted but I know the incident you're referring to. I worked in 023 at the time. Police officer & Vietnam Vet on disability dies alone in a seedy joint on Lawrence Avenue. Lemmer gets wind of it and arranges an honors funeral for the officer ... Smith-Corcoran on Western Ave. foots the bill. Over 100 coppers attend the officer's funeral. It was all on Lemmer, just to make sure a forgotten cop wasn't forgotten. You can say whatever makes you feel good about Lemmer ... he's OK in my book.

1/28/2015 06:36:00 AM


Our bosses are supposed to do that kind of thing for the troops. Do it and do not seek praise or a pat on the back.

You do something like that for a PO and see if it gets you out of any suspension time.

The 023rd District wagon man who killed the murderer of PO Lee Seward was indicted for taking a few lousy bucks from a funeral home. He goes into an apartment with a bad guy armed with an officer's gun and risks his life so the guy comes out feet first in a bag and they try to put him in prison for accepting a tip from a funeral home.

That policeman was killed by an unarmed black man by the way. Unarmed until he took the policeman's gun and killed him with it.

1/28/2015 04:49:00 PM

"Our bosses are supposed to do that kind of thing for the troops." I worked in 007 & 011 my whole career of 36 years and I NEVER saw a boss do that. That I believe was the WHOLE POINT of the post. And according to folks I know who were there at that time, the Captain wasn't looking for pats on the back. He just did the right thing. You must be a real pleasure to work with, you goof.

1/29/2015 09:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's what everyone fails to understand about Lemmer. He's a megalomaniac who thrives on publicity. He loves the spotlight. He craves having people talk about what a jag he is. Every negative thing that's written about him only makes his hard on bigger. You really want to piss him off? Don't say anything about him at all. Pretend like he doesn't exist. When he says "thanks for coming to work today", reply "I did it just for you, Captain". THAT will drive him crazy. Confirming that he's pissing you off is what he enjoys. Stop feeding the beast.

1/29/2015 12:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know, SCC, this is the awards season. Maybe we could come up with annual awards, like The Oscars or The Tonys. We could have The Garrys!!!!! We could have different categories, the readers could vote, and we could reveal the awards on April 1st. Categories could include:

Biggest douchebag politician
Best morale-killing boss in a district
Most incompetent merit promoted boss in a lead position (d/c, unit commander, dep. chief, etc...
Most incompetent merit promoted boss in a supporting position (sgt., lt., XO)
Best acting performance at a community or CAPS meeting regarding crime stats
Biggest political hack award
The Ron Huberman Award for those former CPD members now in other city/county/state roles
The Golden Kneepad Award

I'm sure the readers here can come up with some more/better categories. Maybe 3-5 nominees for each category? Can't wait to see that red carpet!!!!!!


One of the funniest comments on scc. My personal favorite is the ron huberman award. Thanks for the laugh!

1/29/2015 01:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I want to start out by saying I am a Supervisor. I have read every comment including the original thread. What eveyone is complaining about in 011 is happening in every district. Evt#'s, Miss#'s, and No RD#'s is the name of the game now. Some Supervisors try to not go along but the suckups who are only looking out for themselves tell on those who aren't playing nice. I hate this department and job. I just try and hide. I hate dog ass do nothings but, I hate the Supt and his policies even more. The days of being the police are long over.
------------------------------------------

As soon as you said "I'm a supervisor", everyone went on to the next comment. Us vs Them......

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This is so hilarious! Great comment!

1/29/2015 01:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nobody swipes in and out , sergeants hold slips for pets ,look at uniforms , security guards look more professional
braids , ponytails . beards etc
as a detective I go on crime scenes and am embarrassed , hoodies, skull caps not cpd ,baseball caps backward , all while a sgt.lt. commanders are on scene . no ball supervisors
inspectors should be fired

1/29/2015 01:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey white shirt in 011. how long have you been here..??? As long GM or I.? We have seen every type of officer, supervisor, Lt, capt commander area dep.come and go and the constant thread.. we stayed the same ...did our jobs laughed when we could and never lost sight of who we are.. all of us ..POLICE doing a job in a area that WILL NEVER change no matter how much you or any other capt thinks you guys can reinvent the wheel..it won't happen ..as I tell everyone that bitch about you and people like you ...""they never last and when they leave we'll still be here " 011 is our home you two fucks are just visiting. .don't worry we'll get you an award too..maybe a honorable mention..LIFM....

1/29/2015 02:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Signed


A White Shirt in 011

nice one benigno

1/29/2015 05:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Worst thing they ever did was get rid of inspectors...

You're shitting us, right?
Most inspectors were over-promoted hacks, who'd been taken care of their whole careers. They were asswipes by their very nature. After all, who else on this job, would sign up for the duty of fuckin with coppers over ticky tack bullshit, like not wearing that stupid ass hat?
In 91, I was PPO in 011, on 1st watch. One night, some jaggoff inspector comes to desk, talking some shit about coppers without their stupid ass round crown hats on. Our old, salty desk Sgt with an Irish brogue, (name escapes me) proceeded to tear the good inspector a new asshole, about "Tryin to take money out of workin coppers pockets". Literally told him to "Get The Hell Out Of My Station!"
THAT, my friend was LEADERSHIP!
I asked my FTO how could a Sgt get away with doing that to an Inspector? His Reply: Sometimes, it isn't as much about the rank, as it is the man.

1/29/2015 07:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Lemmer would conduct winter inspection in Mas Trans wearing un authirized Deputy Chief winter overcoat, whille screaming at blue shurts for having salt on there shoes!

1/28/2015 04:35:00 PM

BTW.... the coat you are referring to is for Lieutenants and above.

1/29/2015 08:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Signed A White Shirt in 011
nice one benigno
1/29/2015 05:15:00 PM"

I do know I joke about not only drinking the kool-aid, but actually mixing it, but that one wasn't me. Thanks for the vote of confidence though.

Sgt. JB 011

1/30/2015 12:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Supervision is non existent. Discipline is unheard of. Hair and nail standards are ignored, late roll calls, early check offs, holding slips expected, this job has been going down hill and picking up speed for the past ten years.

Find a guy that tries to instill some discipline and you are looking at the guy everyone thinks is the jagoff in the District. Tell me I'm wrong. Worst thing they ever did was get rid of inspectors and change the command structure on the watches. I never minded doing the job I was paid for. These new kids think they deserve everything. It is astonishing.

1/29/2015 05:44:00 AM

Standards only work when they are applied to EVERYONE. Anyone with more than 15 minutes on this job knows that there are rules for certain people but not others. Favoritism, clout, and connections has compromised the integrity of the department and when it becomes so blatant and rampant that even Ray Charles can see it, you cannot expect people to respect and follow a corrupted system. How can a supervisor dictate dress codes and appearance regulations to subordinates when he/she looks unkempt and slovenly? When supervisors take turns covering for each other and leave early (or are carried for the night), or allow certain officers to leave early every night, what kind of work ethic/environment does this behavior promote? Additionally, the morale on this department has continued to plummet which adds to the problem. People should still have some respect for themselves and try to take some pride in their appearance, but realize that our mental states and all the conflicts we harbor tend to surface. We internalize much of this job, most of which is pretty nasty. Just trying to put some perspective on a complex issue that appeared to be a little too simplified in your post.

1/30/2015 05:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In 91, I was PPO in 011, on 1st watch. One night, some jaggoff inspector comes to desk, talking some shit about coppers without their stupid ass round crown hats on. Our old, salty desk Sgt with an Irish brogue, (name escapes me) proceeded to tear the good inspector a new asshole, about "Tryin to take money out of workin coppers pockets". Literally told him to "Get The Hell Out Of My Station!"
THAT, my friend was LEADERSHIP!
I asked my FTO how could a Sgt get away with doing that to an Inspector? His Reply: Sometimes, it isn't as much about the rank, as it is the man.

1/29/2015 07:49:00 PM


Wow, what a story. Right down to the stereotypical 'old Irish desk sergeant'. Don't bullshit professional bullshitters. It makes you sound like an ass.

1/30/2015 05:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is it a bad omen, at the 11th district staff meeting the 11th district commander wanted to talk about morale and could even spell it on the handout?

1/30/2015 12:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have all the faith in the world in the Chicago Police Officer I have no faith in the Chicago Police Department. We shall overcome. We always do.
This is still the greatest fu--ing job in the world and 11 is still a great f--king place!!!!

1/30/2015 12:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

captains are now cpd xo inspectors
reason for taking assignment , get out of patrol , take home cars , week ends off , holidays off , select whatever hours I choose to work , only duties is to do the job a sergeant should be doing .That is why I studied so hard to make xo/captain

1/30/2015 04:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Captain Thomas Lemmer should be promoted to Commander of 007 .
He is the only person that can fill leo's shoes

1/30/2015 04:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Signed a white shirt" is totally Lemmer!

1/31/2015 06:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Captain Thomas Lemmer should be promoted to Commander of 007 .
He is the only person that can fill leo's shoes

1/30/2015 04:19:00 PM

Shoes? I thought Leo wore wings!

1/31/2015 09:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Worst thing they ever did was get rid of inspectors...

You're shitting us, right?
Most inspectors were over-promoted hacks, who'd been taken care of their whole careers. They were asswipes by their very nature. After all, who else on this job, would sign up for the duty of fuckin with coppers over ticky tack bullshit, like not wearing that stupid ass hat?
In 91, I was PPO in 011, on 1st watch. One night, some jaggoff inspector comes to desk, talking some shit about coppers without their stupid ass round crown hats on. Our old, salty desk Sgt with an Irish brogue, (name escapes me) proceeded to tear the good inspector a new asshole, about "Tryin to take money out of workin coppers pockets". Literally told him to "Get The Hell Out Of My Station!"
THAT, my friend was LEADERSHIP!
I asked my FTO how could a Sgt get away with doing that to an Inspector? His Reply: Sometimes, it isn't as much about the rank, as it is the man.

1/29/2015 07:49:00 PM

This is an interesting story ... if you live on Fantasy Island. I was an inspector and I always focused on coppers going to a 10 minute paper job, staying down on it for an hour, effectively fucking other coppers who had to handle more jobs because this dog stayed down, shopping, eating or just hanging around. Yeah, I also wrote folks who didn't have city or state licenses. But I had to buy one ... didn't you? And when we dinged a copper in the early 2000's for not wearing a seat belt, maybe, just maybe we saved their life. We also gave a LOT more breaks to coppers than we wrote up because it was easy to tell a working copper from a dogass and we tended to give working coppers the benefit of a doubt. Guys like the late Joe Maratto never hurt a working copper. You might think that's "ticky tack bullshit" but we were proud of some of the things we did, especially when it came to officer safety. I really don't give two shits if you liked Inspectors or not. None of us had any regrets at all. And trust me ... no sergeant OR watch commander EVER told us to "get the hell out of my station."

2/02/2015 12:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lets be fair and clear about the difference between "Iron Mike" now in 024 and the X/O of 009.
The X/O in 009 is a gentleman and certainly doesn't seat the small stuff. I'm kinda perplexed that hes an X/O cuz he's a cool guy.
"Iron Mike" is a psych patient masquerading as a high ranking police official.
it's like that Don King saying....Only in America. His 1st cousin is Ald. O'Conner up north who hosted in his own home the truce b'tween Rahm and Burke.
This man belongs in a psychiatric facility. The X/O of 009 is "Cool Rockin Daddy in The USA."

2/03/2015 12:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kenny Johnson 3rd watch in Grand Crossing left the W/C's Office to take a piss in the summer. The place was off the hook, Kenny was running in several directions at once and didn't update his log.
Inspector runs in, notices no W/C in office cuz Kenny was busting his balls and needed to drain it.
The Inspector wrote Kenny and bounced out while Kenny was in the bathroom. Capt. Johnson is a REAL Cop and was fucked by an inspector that didn't have the NUTZ to hang around to even let him know.
That's BULLSHIT no matter which way Ya look at it.

2/04/2015 12:19:00 AM  

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