The Picture of Clout
- As cops, part of their jobs was to put away drug sellers and users. Now, former law enforcement officials are doing private security work for Illinois’ now-legal medical marijuana industry.
“I became a policeman in 1968,” says Terrance “Terry” Gainer, a former Chicago homicide detective and chief police legal adviser who went on to lead the Illinois State Police and the U.S. Capitol Police and is now a security adviser for a company that has been granted state permits to grow and sell medical marijuana. “I did not conceive that in the year 2014 I would be working for a company interested in the medical marijuana business.”
Gainer also served as the U.S. Senate’s sergeant-at-arms and was a top official with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. Now the head of his own consulting business, he is among at least five former law enforcement officials working for Illinois medical marijuana businesses.
Others who have hired on with medical pot interests:
• James Smith, a former U.S. Marshals Service inspector who spent nearly 30 years with the federal agency who is a managing member of Silver Star Protection Group.
• Kenneth Bouche, a former colonel with the Illinois State Police who’s now chief operating officer of the consulting firm Hillard Heintze.
• Ken Boudreau, a retired Chicago Police Department sergeant who oversaw gang school safety teams and is now chief executive officer of Embassy Security Group, which is working with nine Illinois marijuana license-holders.
• Michael Chasen, a former Chicago deputy chief of detectives who is chief security officer for Wicker Park’s Modern Medicine Dispensary.
Golly.
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posted by SCC at 12:25 AM
42 Comments:
Like, uh, wow, man.
More guns and hired muscle around the "peace drug" than I've ever seen.
Bummer.
Pharmacy across the street stocks Schedule II narcotics -- and has nothing like this going.
Wow, reads like the super-elite of law enforcement, just to guard some medical weed.
Chasen = Arrogant Jagbag
As the head of security, I'm sure Chasen will make sure that Friday is Hawaiian shirt day.
How many different pensions does Gainer draw?
Isn't funny how these clout babies now have another clout job. Chazen couldn't catch a cold. Gerner never solved a jigsaw puzzle. The kernal 's best work was finding a ticket book next to a bar stool and the only thing dat u.s. marshmellow did in lawenforcement was pinch a stool. Whahaha pass da bong boyz, you all went from police paper shufflers to paper rollers. Its all about the $$$$$ for these fat cats. And everybody who ever had a cat knows what they do best......lick themselves.
Dyla Hata
I'm sure it's as simple as those individuals being the most qualified ( sarcasm off).
What's your point? Cops shouldn't be involved in security of weed places? Cops shouldn't have retirement jobs? These guys were heavy because they knew what they were doing - that's the reason they were hired by the weed business. The places already have the licenses, what are they supposed to do at tHis point except run security.
Jesus Christ, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...
Why can't they just retire? Isn't their someone just as qualified who is trying to raise their children? This is new territory for everyone.
Traitors all of them. Bought off by the appeal of money. Sold any honor they once had. They are all dead to me.
It pays to have "friends".
That's my boy! Can a active duty copper do security at a weed shop?
I thought we took an oath!
So when hoeing and gambling are legal its all gravy?
May be officers should be able to accept gift too?
Next officer that is indicted you can listen to the ASA rant about ethics and oaths and promises to society...
The state is corrupt and we don't see it.
In three of the above examples these " security firms" were started with the medical marijuana business in mind. They seemed to already know that they would get these contracts. And, yes, big money involved.
Not exactly the topic but it looks like Dean the dream got his way again with his clout. He apparently intimidated the FOP board into not endorsing Chewy Garcia as they should have given all the dirt that Rahm did to the police and what he wants to do to the police ( think medical and pensions and work conditions).
I'll bet that when Angelo gets tossed out next election Rahm sees to it that he gets a full professorship at the City Colleges of Chicago so he can educate the good public school kids who will be getting their entitlements extended by Rahm.
And Capone just wanted to make money too,what was once illegal became a cash cow expanding into security and protection of what once was illegal,now put a label on it and sell it legal and tax it,but it takes heavy clouted and superior educated and ionly those who are in positions of the highest rank to over see this profitable financial future stay secure and profitable and there are even stocks to buy! Now puff puff pass pass!
Gainer, is that the bald guy who is always on the news walking in the president?
Kind of funny that officers once involved with trying to curb drug crime, are now promoting it.
Just further proof as to what a scam the so called "war on drugs" always was.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Like, uh, wow, man.
More guns and hired muscle around the "peace drug" than I've ever seen.
Bummer.
Pharmacy across the street stocks Schedule II narcotics -- and has nothing like this going.
4/06/2015 12:35:00 AM
Pharmacy across the street accepts credit cards and is legally allowed to use a bank.
This business, because it does not comply with Federal law, is cash-only, which is why the heavy security is REQUIRED by law.
0552 said:
"These guys were heavy because they knew what they were doing - that's the reason they were hired by the weed business."
No pussycat, they were heavy because they knew WHO they were doing.
Tell Mikie C. to stay with wheel guns. Autos are much too complicated for him.
so....it's all about the money, salary, the title, the position, the ego.....look at me!
So long Blue wall of silence......
.....Hello...Purple Haaaaaaze!!!!!!
Embassy security. No longer guarding banks
I and many other retired coppers are wondering what the fuck did we risk our lives for trying to get guns and reefer off the streets. A lot of cops died in that pursuit and now it all seems like we did it all for nothing. Fuck any former copper who works for these medical reefer places. Your spitting on the graves of countless officers who died fighting the drug war, and don't think medical cannabis won't fall into the wrong hands, it will....and you can bet your ass on that.
Yes he did embarass the brass that day.
Tell Mikie C. to stay with wheel guns. Autos are much too complicated for him.
Gainer was the start of the downfall of the State Police which has continued today.
What are them guys going to do when a flash mob hits their stores?
Apple picking will turn to share cropping ! HA, HA Chasen you may have to make an arrest in your new career even though you n ver made one in the old one.
Can active police work part time for these companies protecting an otherwise illegal product?
Where do I sign up?
Show me the money!!!
This 30 year Left Coast cop is laughing his ass off at the absurdity and naïveté of Illinois politicians who think only "legally grow" weed is going to be sold in licensed stores.
The semi trucks full of Mexican grown shit is already headed your way after dumping half their loads in Denver.
Boudreau merit sgt as well as gainers brother from inteligence and then 022. Its all legit..
WOW! THAT is some SERIOUS CLOUT in the medicinal marijuana field! Sad truth is, working for any of those clowns (especially Boudreau) would drive one to use recreational drugs!!! Chasen was a tool also!
Isn't funny how these clout babies now have another clout job. Chazen couldn't catch a cold. Gerner never solved a jigsaw puzzle. The kernal 's best work was finding a ticket book next to a bar stool and the only thing dat u.s. marshmellow did in lawenforcement was pinch a stool. Whahaha pass da bong boyz, you all went from police paper shufflers to paper rollers. Its all about the $$$$$ for these fat cats. And everybody who ever had a cat knows what they do best......lick themselves.
Truer words about that trio were never spoken! HAHAHA
Look beyond the obvious...
These Marijuana dispensaries are strictly a CASH ONLY business and they stock a lot of currency.
In other states like Colorado and Washington there have been heavy duty burglaries and violent armed robberies.
Stay Safe. Expect the same to occur here.
Disgraceful!! So many people locked up for weed and now these individuals are making big bucks to protect the weed growers. Any copper locking up people for weed now is an idiot.
Didn't Chasen oversee the Koshman murder that was covered up?
Clout babies all grown up!
Everyone forgets gainers involvement with Dvorak and the outfit connected new republican organization. Why??!
Whooo!
Some poor working stiff will have his work van sacrificed to the cause...
Sitting perched on a pile of rubble where the front window USED to be.
Cinder block on the gas pedal, seatbelt wrapped around the steering wheel, speedo indicating 90...
Blood, teeth, patches of skin/hair and blobs of shit strewn all inside the damned thing...
M/Fers got dat weed and feeling no pain so all in all it'll be a good night.
Hey... If'n Elbow Luxurious can come off the Ike like a mofo and knock the tits off a fire hydrant ( "Citizen says there's a car with nobody in it with water pouring out the windows") and manage to stagger away taking the plates with him, then hitting a vehicle-borne lick at a weed dispensary is no problem...
These fools WILL have tail cars with yet more fools and they WILL be armed.
Time to sort this out...
Weed is illegal, except for medical weed. That's the law. Get over it or change the law.
The parties named are (or aren't) jag bags, clout babies, or fine upstanding citizens. Whatever they are, they made themselves. This new job has nothing to do with it.
You can preach and dictate high security for the weed outlets and "plantations" all you want, but in the end it's just cover to make it more palatable to the public. There's no way that illegal weed WON'T wind up in the pocket of the guy who cons or scams his way into obtaining a medical weed card. What are you going to do? Run a DNA test on the weed? When was the last time you rolled up some a**hole with a stash and the weed came with a serial number?
As for the whiners crying about multiple pensions and working second (or even third) careers? F**k off. Get off your a**es and do the same. Don't sit there crying that somebody else has it better than you because they had some hustle and took advantage of the law. It just makes you sound like some goof on the west side.
Anonymous said...
This 30 year Left Coast cop is laughing his ass off at the absurdity and naïveté of Illinois politicians who think only "legally grow" weed is going to be sold in licensed stores.
The semi trucks full of Mexican grown shit is already headed your way after dumping half their loads in Denver.
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You are mistaken. Anything sold by an IL dispensary has two barcoded tracking references: one from the cultivation center and the other from the dispensary where the product is distributed. You'd have to be a moron to risk your license and subsequent penalties by selling anything obtained improperly. The regs in IL are extremely stringent, this isn't CA or CO.
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