Entrance Exam Count
With all the hullabaloo over all police being racist and Rahm running the Department into a 3,000 man shortfall and the Entrance Exam deadline being extended an extra month before the test was given this past Saturday, you'd think the media would have had a few interns at the testing site actually counting those who went in to take the test and maybe interviewing some to see what their impressions were.
We've had a few comments and e-mails stating that a 50-to-60% turnout was the norm in certain testing rooms, but it might have been worth it for an actual Investigative reporter to go out and do some legwork to figure out what's what.
But then we remembered that they just republish whatever Rahm tells them to and don't actually, you know, fact check anything.
We've had a few comments and e-mails stating that a 50-to-60% turnout was the norm in certain testing rooms, but it might have been worth it for an actual Investigative reporter to go out and do some legwork to figure out what's what.
But then we remembered that they just republish whatever Rahm tells them to and don't actually, you know, fact check anything.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
59 Comments:
To all potential candidates who will go through the process.... LIE about everything. You'll get hired. Tell the truth you will get the axe. Free advice.
Are you questioning Pravda ?
Perhaps you should be shot .
Welcome to the USA that apathy made possible .
investigative reporter???? hahahahah, no such thing. The "news" these days if filled with young kid hipster reporters who are do gooders who just read the news and take an interview with anyone as gospel. they show up to a scene and the first mutt they talk too is taken as fact without any following up. so gullable and blind to what a real big city is like... Most of them are transplants from other small towns, cities and other states. they have no clue what the real world really is or what happens in a big city.. except they think they know everything about it because they are so "trendy" and hip now that they "made it big" in big city chicago. A bunch of know it all, college educated self important hipsters.
No surprise.....this is the same media that consistently reports the CPD is "13,000 strong!!
The media would only do so if....never mind they just recycle the same bullshit rant.
To all potential candidates who will go through the process.... LIE about everything. You'll get hired. Tell the truth you will get the axe. Free advice.
4/18/2016 12:23:00 AM
I've actually heard the same from people that have been hired during the lie box era which makes zero sense to me. None of us were perfect before we were hired, so why start people off on this job by forcing them to lie if they want the job? Seems like that'd be what the department is trying to get away from...
Investigative reporters are afraid of Rahm.
The one person I know that took the test related that people were told not bring their phones to the exam, but of course everyone did. Not only that, but many of the people failed to turn off their phones, and many of them answered calls and texts during the exam without being removed from the exam. I can't substantiate this, but if true, are you really going to let people make up the rules as they go along? Seems to set a tone for how they believe they'll be disciplined in the future.
I took the test. From my vantage point i would say attendance was about 60%. Very few white people, too. Which kind of surprised me.
Yes lie about everything they ask you. Just be consistent with your lies.
I've heard minorities can get hired as long as there's no felonies in their past. The city and the Black Caucus have agreed to this.
The News stated 14000 yes thousand. Bunch of BS. Did the Twitter asshole make the news No.
I work for County at 26/Cal in the jail. There were quite a few of us there..... As for the count? I'd say 1/3 didn't show up. Whatever lies the City said about 14,000 people applying are B.S. I couldn't see more than 3,000 or so actually showing up for each test. You're looking at less than 5,000 people who actually pass this test. It took them exactly 2 years to run through 12,900 people last time. Which means this list will be good for a year. 18 months at most!
Fact checking? What is that? Facts and evidence means nothing to certain members of the comminty, just ask the people in Ferguson, Baltimore, Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, the mayors racism task force, black Revruns, black pastors, black activists, Richard Wooten, the unemployed people of black lives matter, local politicians , and the media. We need facts and evidence to do our job, all the previous need is a conveinent narrative. Be safe
Reporter sit in office and follow social web sites. That is "investigative journalism" today at the main stream media.
So what are the actual numbers?
How many signed up?
How many showed up?
Someone has to know. Must be real bad to keep it this quiet.
Ummm...actually that is horrible advice. A number of people that are now on the department admitted to a lot of dirt on the lie detector and passed as a result of telling the truth. Maybe it just depends on who administers the lie detector? I've heard people talk about there experience with the person who administered the polygraph. Some say their person was laid back, others say their person was a straight up bitch/asshole trying to intimidate.
Once all said and done I wonder how many people will make the list and how many will take the job after waiting years to be called? This is not the best of times to be a PO
Was asked to give a recommendation for a cop's kid. Really don't want this slacker on the job. Parents say the kid needs the benefits and pay bumps over the first five years. Kid is a C-student type. Smoked some dope. Said he will quit the chronic if he gets on. God help you if you call the police and he gets the call. He is from Norwood Park.
Maybe the MSM "journalists" (and I use that term loosely) should take an ethics test. Oh hell . . . never mind.
The Media Arm of the propaganda machine. If these reporters would put as much investigative prowess into fact checking as they do when someone is denied a pothole claim against the city their narrative would be completely different than what the chief comrade tells them to print or present as a news story.
The newscasters and print reporters are nothing more than whores who spread the disease given to them by the devil, hoping to infect the entire population.
Most of the reporters on the ground at the Trump rally in Chicago were anti-American. They actually preferred other countries when engaged in conversation. So it's no wonder why none would be at the police test.
Even if you hate Trump, he's the best choice for a free country. Your even free to hate him, but still do a solid for America.
Question, how many Rahm hires have been fired or resigned due to corruption?
SCC that would be a good topic.
How many of the new hires will last more than 3 years?
A lot of them are gonna realize after working the streets how fucked up this department is and how fucked up the city is and quit and live a quieter and more peaceful life.
Not sure about the college educated part - or are the schools really failing that bad. I cringe almost daily reading WGN and DMAInfo with their constant misspellings. At some point will drop reading them completely if they can't write as if they passed 5th grade.
Rant off.
--No Cop Here
Why not just have an entrance exam every 6 months?
Somehow make it easier to get on if you're qualified.
We need the manpower.
Anyone one know how many people signed up for the detective test?
To all potential candidates who will go through the process.... LIE about everything. You'll get hired. Tell the truth you will get the axe. Free advice.
Lie and fail the polygraph. Don't listen to a loser who didn't get hired.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
To all potential candidates who will go through the process.... LIE about everything. You'll get hired. Tell the truth you will get the axe. Free advice.
Lie and fail the polygraph. Don't listen to a loser who didn't get hired.
4/18/2016 03:12:00 PM
Is the above one post? Or is it two, but the second person can't figure out how to copy and paste including the date and time?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The News stated 14000 yes thousand. Bunch of BS. Did the Twitter asshole make the news No.
4/18/2016 08:53:00 AM
14,000 applied.
Doesn't mean 14,000 TOOK the test.
And to think ppl fail the written test.
Anyone one know how many people signed up for the detective test?
4/18/2016 01:39:00 PM
40,000.
The test was easy to me but was definitely substantially more difficult compared to 2010. The logical reasoning on that test would be difficult for the 18 years olds that were there.
There were probably a ton of failures in that room making the pool even smaller...
I wonder when the results come back?
They are calling people in from the old list who failed the power test and are asking them if they want to try again!
No one want's this job and the ones that do, don't want to be the police.
Anonymous said...
To all potential candidates who will go through the process.... LIE about everything. You'll get hired. Tell the truth you will get the axe. Free advice.
Lie and fail the polygraph. Don't listen to a loser who didn't get hired.
4/18/2016 03:12:00 PM
Ha! You sound more like the loser who didn't get hired. "Lie and fail the polygraph?"...strap me up right now and I'd tell you I'm a walrus typing this on my smart phone and there will be little indicator of deception. The poly is more an assessment on your mindset and personality. It can't tell if someone is lying or not, it's not your mom.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
To all potential candidates who will go through the process.... LIE about everything. You'll get hired. Tell the truth you will get the axe. Free advice.
4/18/2016 12:23:00 AM
I've actually heard the same from people that have been hired during the lie box era which makes zero sense to me. None of us were perfect before we were hired, so why start people off on this job by forcing them to lie if they want the job? Seems like that'd be what the department is trying to get away from...
4/18/2016 07:38:00 AM
In a weird way it makes sense to me. This is a gray area job. Period. An offender will commit a crime in a very black and white area. Felony review will see it as gray and won't approve it or a jury will see it as gray and acquit the guy. And life goes on. Some people can't live in the gray. This stupid test is like an orientation: How to navigate useless bureaucratic nonsense that really doesn't prove anything. The mere thought of the process will freak some guy out, make him sweat like a hog and fail miserably trying his best to be honest about a noneventful life. Some other guy will be cool as a cucumber and not emphasize his screw ups and make them appear to be anomalies in his life. Imagine yourself on a car stop investigating something or other...which guy do you want as your partner?
I went to the test Saturday evening. There were a ton more empty seats than I would have thought. I agree with most estimates that about 60% of the supposed 14k actually showed up. Any idea how many spots they are looking to fill?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
So what are the actual numbers?
How many signed up?
How many showed up?
Someone has to know. Must be real bad to keep it this quiet.
4/18/2016 09:21:00 AM
15,000 applied - 10,000 took the test.
Was asked to give a recommendation for a cop's kid. Really don't want this slacker on the job. Parents say the kid needs the benefits and pay bumps over the first five years. Kid is a C-student type. Smoked some dope. Said he will quit the chronic if he gets on. God help you if you call the police and he gets the call. He is from Norwood Park.
Hold on now. I think that you are being way too critical of this kid.
#1: He's a slacker.
Yeah, so? The City and the Department really don't want aggressive hard-hitting take charge types on this job. Want the soft, sensitive de-escalating type. This kid won't go charging un, guns blazing, inciting the "downtrodden community."
#2: He needs the pay and benefits.
Who doesn't? Good paying job. Especially if one is not a particularly ambitious gifted or talented individual.
#3: He's a C student.
The world is run by C students. You don't want anyone too smart or too dumb on this job. Too dumb, they do stupid sh!t and make bad headlines. Too smart and they get angry and frustrated at all the hypocrasy.
#4: He smoked dope.
So did Bill Clinton. So did Barry Obama.
Says he will quit if he gets on. He better or he won't be on long. Couldn't be worse than some of the hard-core drinkers that have been on this job.
So even if the kid becomes an "average cop" he's better than some. Especially those that don't even show up.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Was asked to give a recommendation for a cop's kid. Really don't want this slacker on the job. Parents say the kid needs the benefits and pay bumps over the first five years. Kid is a C-student type. Smoked some dope. Said he will quit the chronic if he gets on. God help you if you call the police and he gets the call. He is from Norwood Park.
4/18/2016 10:12:00 AM
Ask yourself this: "Is this a person I want sitting next to me in a car?" Then judge accordingly
Anonymous said...
How many of the new hires will last more than 3 years?
A lot of them are gonna realize after working the streets how fucked up this department is and how fucked up the city is and quit and live a quieter and more peaceful life.
4/18/2016 10:53:00 AM
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you are absolutely right... I did 3 years, and got a FED LEO job... I love the peace and quiet of Dupage.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Was asked to give a recommendation for a cop's kid. Really don't want this slacker on the job. Parents say the kid needs the benefits and pay bumps over the first five years. Kid is a C-student type. Smoked some dope. Said he will quit the chronic if he gets on. God help you if you call the police and he gets the call. He is from Norwood Park.
Then don't give the recommendation.
Was asked to give a recommendation for a cop's kid. Really don't want this slacker on the job. Parents say the kid needs the benefits and pay bumps over the first five years. Kid is a C-student type. Smoked some dope. Said he will quit the chronic if he gets on. God help you if you call the police and he gets the call. He is from Norwood Park.
4/18/2016 10:12:00 AM
Grow a spine and say no. When he asked to drink your booze and borrow your daughter, did you let him do that too?
When do you ever actually see a reporter digging up anything? Never. All they do is lookup stuff on the Internet and report something that has already been reported.
Is the rumor true that the Scum Times is going to change their name, The Sheeple Times! Also, Rahman Noodle will be the CEO! Oh, sorry I forgot, they already implemented the second one.
I wonder when the results come back?
4/18/2016 07:41:00 PM
WHEN the city is done rigging them.
I wonder when the results come back?
4/18/2016 07:41:00 PM
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For the 2013 exam and the Fire Dept. 2014 exam it took 6 months to get results.
Expect October.
Talked with a kid that took the test. He said it was 50 questions and he was out in about 2 hours. I can only quest that the quality of new police will spiral downhill and thugs and criminals will be the police. FUCK CHICAGO. GO TO THE BURBS !!!!!!
I did get hired, NITZ! I'm saying if I were to have told the truth I wouldn't have. I seen too many not get hired who would have been good officers because they were totally honest.
That cops kid will be 100% better than the other hires that receive preference 25% of each police recruit class for attending cps or some suburbanite A student that has book smarts but no common sense .
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Talked with a kid that took the test. He said it was 50 questions and he was out in about 2 hours. I can only quest that the quality of new police will spiral downhill and thugs and criminals will be the police. FUCK CHICAGO. GO TO THE BURBS !!!!!!
4/19/2016 08:22:00 AM
It was 80 questions and the 2 hour exit was close to accurate. The test allotted 2.5 hours but you could leave whenever you finished. And obviously, that test definitely didn't take 2.5 hours for people who didn't have a hard time. This test is definitely going to weed out many - there was much more than the matching numbers list and 5th grade English. I don't see the thugs doing well on this test. Certain people are going to be whining again about the tests being unfair.
Would anyone kindly offer more insight/opinion on the polygraph portion of the hiring process? What to expect? Do they inquire about your whole life or just the last x# of years? Would anyone corroborate the advice given earlier to just lie, fail the test, and get hired anyway? I believe I'm a competitive candidate with no record and I've matured a lot in the last 7 years. I have some things in the past that I imagine being 100% honest about would take me out of the hiring process. Thanks for your time.
There was 80 questions total..
Applications disgraceful 37,000 took test in 1986 now how many today? Can't blame the new kids not wanting to possibly ruin their lives when they could be the next media sensation 24/7 on the news! Look at van dyke do you really think he can get a fair trial? The law says he could be tried by a "jury of his peers" perfect peers are police officers I'm ready to serve on his jury! 051
Anonymous Anonymous said...
That cops kid will be 100% better than the other hires that receive preference 25% of each police recruit class for attending cps or some suburbanite A student that has book smarts but no common sense .
4/19/2016 10:09:00 AM
So you think a St. Pat's or Brother Rice grad has more street smarts because his daddy was the police and grew up in the rough neighborhood of Edison park or even worse Mt. Greenwood, over a CPS grad who grew up in a real Chicago Neighborhood?
It was 80 questions and the 2 hour exit was close to accurate. The test allotted 2.5 hours but you could leave whenever you finished. And obviously, that test definitely didn't take 2.5 hours for people who didn't have a hard time. This test is definitely going to weed out many - there was much more than the matching numbers list and 5th grade English. I don't see the thugs doing well on this test. Certain people are going to be whining again about the tests being unfair.
4/19/2016 11:37:00 AM
Spot on. I took it, too.
So you think a St. Pat's or Brother Rice grad has more street smarts because his daddy was the police and grew up in the rough neighborhood of Edison park or even worse Mt. Greenwood, over a CPS grad who grew up in a real Chicago Neighborhood?
Some of the best cops come from MG and Beverly and the northwest side, real chicago neighborhoods where you fight with your fists instead of the fucked up neighborhoods where they kill each other. You glorify the ghettos when the people there have no respect or loyalty toward each other like the people of MG/Beverly or the northwest side do. But if you think cps grads would be better than MG or northwest siders than how about the cps grads and people who grew up in the ghetto work in those neighborhoods and the people who grew up in MG and the NW side will patrol the southwest and northwest sides. This way you can show the world how better you are at controlling the high crime fucked up areas since you grew up there.
Took the test grew up in edgebrooke, my whole life everybody passed,
So you think a St. Pat's or Brother Rice grad has more street smarts because his daddy was the police and grew up in the rough neighborhood of Edison park or even worse Mt. Greenwood, over a CPS grad who grew up in a real Chicago Neighborhood?
4/19/2016 07:42:00 PM
Yes I do. Worked with a fee "inner city" ......I'll take north or south sides any day....sorry..truth hurts!!
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