It's Baaaaack
- Chicago police are expected to launch a new summer crime fighting effort as a way to keep the parks and beaches safe.
This comes after a massive Memorial Day brawl at North Avenue Beach. Just days after that, more fights broke out, leaving people bloodied and taken to local hospitals and handcuffed. Police said it was fueled by underage drinking.
On Wednesday, Chicago police will announce plans for a new patrol unit called the "Summer Mobile Patrol." It will consist of officers who will operate during peak activity times.
People can expect to see them on Segways, horses and ATVs.
Too bad this is going to short the Districts again, especially during "peak activity times" when most of the shootings occur.
Questions:
Questions:
- Where are we going to get all these new horses? Is Arlington having a sale?
- Segways? Again, not cheap - the city is broke, remember?
- ATV's? Is anyone even trained on those things anymore? Last time we saw one of those, some HQ dolly was running over pedestrians with it at a Blackhawks parade.
A step in the right direction, but when you lurch from one crisis to the next with a consistently undermanned, under-equipped, under-trained force, well, you can imagine the results.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 9:01 AM
133 Comments:
Brand new segways have been sitting in district garages for years. A few per district.
I want to be one of the officers sent to Garfield park on a Segway .
"Where are we going to get all these new horses? Is Arlington having a sale?"
Expand K9. Cheaper per beast, and a horse can't knock you down and hold you like a Malinois can.
Rrrr.
Now all we need is a couple thousand more officers.
Segways suck,The best way to Patrol the lakefront is PAPV and Bike's,ANOV the litterbugs
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-man-charged-after-pointing-gun-at-another-man-at-oak-street-beach-20160607-story.html
I know where I won't be going to the beach.
Make sure that you have your crown hat on while patrolling the beach.
Give the dolly a break. It was an accident. Pick on the people who intentially screw things up and puck things up for all of us. Plenty
of daily stuff to keep us bitching.
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul..... I could go on.
Rahm refuses to hire in any significant numbers.... he chooses to piss away money on his pet projects.
He's let the CPD dwindle to dangerously low numbers and can't be surprised at the results.
He just continues to throw us under the bus though.... he deflects any criticism aimed at the head puppet master (HIM).
Are bikes now banned for cops on the lakefront? Sheesh.
--No Cop Here
Civilian here.
And the City still refuses to fund the pensions. Now Moody's has called out Rahm and his response is that Moody's is trying to hurt the city with those comments.
WTF...are we in Wonderland, and, if so, where's Alice?
The city will make good on its promise to "beef up" patrol officers. They will buy Portillo's beef sandwiches for officers at the start of their tours, to "beef up" patrol officers.
I think connected ones are using those 4 wheelers at their cottages cause city magically sold them
WHY IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA SO CLUELESS? This isn't 'new'. It's a revival of something that never should have been done away with.
Good grief; give 'em a press release and they don't even BOTHER to do any research, they just dutifully regurgitate the verbiage.
Get rid of the all night parties at the Foster,Wilson, Montrose,Irving Park parking lots. Take a look at that shit show. All night long.
Those ATV's are 20 years old, dirty things! Who in the hell want to spend a tour on junky old equipment! Pass!
I suggest for the 2 man team they use a moped with a big banana seat and those chopper handlebars. They can get them for a song and the gas mileage is outstanding. The guy in back would have to push up those slight grades. Shock and awe baby!
Wow what a joke. A little too late. Let me guess, Lt Fenner & Lt Ward will both have a squad lol...how is that Lt exam cheating investigation coming along?
And where pray tell would they base this unit and all that equipment out of?
Bonnie Amato has got an asinine location on her mind.
29 and a day says
where are they getting the manpower from?
I worked summer mobile when it was good to get out of district.
great party at end of summer.
no manpower or equipment?
Also great to start it after summer has already started.
Again the brightest and best leaders have me all confused.
stay fetal
Management by crisis. Wait until the tourists get hit on Michigan ave by the beast. Then you will forget the beach and go to the money.
All I know is mt Daddy is a Boss and I want a new ATV on North ave. At least until he makes me a Boss and then I want a unit. And that 100% score was due to studying. Yeah,yeah thats my story and Im sticking to it.
The Dept let the Lakefront go to Shit for years, They had no Officers on the beaches and 50 Officers on Michigan ave,Terrible leadership,We came cose to our first Oak st beach Homicide this past week.
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
Where the hell are they getting the manpower from? The already depleted districts of course. The many years of not hiring is a major problem now. By attempting to fix one problem you cause another. It's too late to plug all the holes. The chickens have come home to roost
Oh boy.... where do I sign up? Better yet who's knob do I have to polish?
Bring on the BEER!!!
I want to do this but I think i'll hold off for the new city wide TRUE,MSF type unit they are coming up with!-
They would never disband such a unit and dump me to a shit hole dist 20 miles away from home would they?
If you volunteer for this shit you deserve what you get!
Stay Safe, Stay Fetal!
Just one more example of humongous intellect, managerial skill and keen tactical thinking of one of the greatest mayors of all time. Rahm should be running our military and teaching them how to do more with less.
Lets just call it impact zone lite.
If you sign up for this, you're a total softball.
Every day I feel more and more like the guy in the Life Lock commercial. "I'm not a law enforcement officer, I'm a deviant behavior monitor". There is gonna be lots of "Fetal Feet Patrol" this summer and even the newest newbies are going to get disgusted with it really quickly. A step in the right direction for sure but what nitwits and meritclout retrograde morons are going to completely clusterfuck the whole project?
In the interim who will be watching the tax paying citizens areas? Anywhere a blue shirt goes along the lakefront they will be met with jeers, taunts, airborne debris and more. Every single step will be recorded in the hope that it could turn into a ghetto lottery win. Take your personal vehicle to your designated assignment? (Hmmm, what could go wrong with that?) Anyway, as always:
STAY FETAL
Hopefully they will put some on the isis terrorists who just put out a kill list says coppers are also on it as Obama keeps border wide open and if Hillary gets in May God help us all:
http://www.vocativ.com/326931/new-isis-kill-list-claims-to-target-thousands-of-americans/
Wait don't we have a method of dealing with criminals in Chicago? Why yes we do hiring more spending millions to bastardized the CPD even more, hopefully they will not attack the beaches, but wait batman we have our own urban terrorism network everyday 24/7 attacking innocent Chicago citizens! Another day another strategy brilliant however examscam 2016 still is not corrected will the new hires tackle that huge problem that created more "mistrust" first? The fish stinks from the head down boss!
E-Weezee Eddie J is busting out The Wayback Machine, won't be long...
"Jump Out Boys are back again...
Doin' a little east coast fling.
Jump Out Boys going off...
Not too hard, not too soft."
– Class of '03 is dusting off their backwards baseball caps.
Next up, corner call boxes and whistles.
Crawl missions.
Dance offs.
A knee jerk reaction .
Had we had decent bosses this would've been planned for and implemented much sooner than June!
Note to the new Summer Mobile people...don't confiscate the alcoholic beverages of the beach goers....it's not worth losing your job over a cooler full of cold ones. They're just looking for a reason to jam up coppers. This isn't 1995.
"Segways? Again, not cheap - the city is broke, remember?"
$6,000/copy, last I heard. Translates to $24,000/copy on a Chicago "minority no-bid" purchase, and half of them will be lined up in some corner needing maintenance they won't get.
The City That Works.
See if Harley can turn out some of the old 45 cu. in. trikes again, the ones with the big white fiberglass trunk. Street legal, too.
Actually your wrong about the segways, we have about 85 of them pretty much brand new that were mothballed in storage about 4 years ago. Also area 1 and area 2 have about a dozen ATVs out in storage that were taken off the street a few years ago to be used if needed for special details. I would think area north might have a few laying around also, but what I do know of the ones that fleet has in storage in area 1 garage is that they are very, very old. They are gonna have to put some work into those to make them safe again I would think. They have been outside for a few years only covered with tarps.
We had a guy in our district break both his arms from a Segway. Thank God his cigarette was ok!
Is this why they wanted to know who was bike trained in our district last week?
Fetal by rahmnification....please everyone use common sense and remain fetal. Absolutely no reason to do anything other than respond to your call, cut paper and go home safely. That's it.
You can get horses( equines) for almost nothing at racetracks, both Standard need and Thoroughbreds. Also get horses from owners who can no longer care for them. Yes, the car before them is expensive, and they occasionally bite. But that's not a bad thing.
This city is a complete joke. Resurrecting an old idea/unit along with all of the reforms and putting yourself out there even more to be the next media sensation. NO THANKS ! Who wants to fight with a bunch of drunks on the lake front then be the you tube star of the month, fighting for your life then be sued for excessive force and lose your job after the new civilian oversight panel investigation. Safer in my beat car. Stay Fetal, stay employed, stay out of jail.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
6/08/2016 01:56:00 PM
What the hell is plane clothes?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
E-Weezee Eddie J is busting out The Wayback Machine, won't be long...
"Jump Out Boys are back again...
Doin' a little east coast fling.
Jump Out Boys going off...
Not too hard, not too soft."
– Class of '03 is dusting off their backwards baseball caps.
Next up, corner call boxes and whistles.
Crawl missions.
Dance offs.
6/08/2016 03:04:00 PM
Yep. What's old is new again.
Boy this Eddie is a genius.
I think someone forgot to tell Eddie that due to Daley n Rahm letting the department waste away that we currently don't have enough manpower to cover the basics let alone extra units like these.
Anyone that signs up for this shit is a nut job. Wait until they disband it and you get dumped to a completely different district like they did the last time. Their promise of you going back to your original district was a lie. Just ask all the former Mobile Strike Force people who got dumped and instead of going back to northside districts where they worked and live, they got dumped to 004 and 005. Ask them how much fun their three hour commute, four in the wintertime was.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Brand new segways have been sitting in district garages for years. A few per district.
6/08/2016 09:48:00 AM
Segways are dangerous I know personally of 4 coppers at airport who suffered injuries including broken bones after being thrown off them! Look the guy who developed them drove off a cliff on 1 safe? Hardly! If you ride them be careful wear secure helmet, if 1 wheel hits oil or water it changes the dynamics of it and it spins quickly to regain traction throwing you off! Keep them in "turtle mode" slowest speed they go max 14mph which does not sound fast but fast enough for you to be hurt! Also watch out for holes and uneven terrain again the torque shift can cause you to crash! Lastly when the battery is low and if not charged it will die out thrusting you forward and down! The Segway the city have are not updated or even maintained so stay safe! The atv are like the jalopies in the junkyard, dirty broken think how well our patrol vehicles are not maintained! At least with them you have metal around you when they fail!
I'm maxed out and obsolete....... those ATV's are almost as obsolete as I am.
They'll be taking them out of mothballs.
1:56PM-----
Plane clothes???? Are we flight attendants now??
Or do you mean plain clothes, silly goof :)
LMAO@ 1:09PM
Brand new segways have been sitting in district garages for years. A few per district
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True dat. We've got 2. I'll bet no one can find the charger, but who cares, after 7+ years not being used they'll need new batteries anyway.
(But we do have cool new bicycles, with blue lights and sirens, no less)
ATV. Hmmm. We had one. I was trained on it under the bridge by 025. Fun times!
Now, I seem to remember them not being 'safe' or some such, and they took them away from most of the districts, never to be seen again.
CPD: Re-inventing the wheel every 6-10 years.....
"...•Where are we going to get all these new horses? Is Arlington having a sale? "
Maywood Park has closed down so maybe we can get horses from there.
Of course the Officer will have to ride behind the horse in a sulky cart and the view they get will constantly remind them of Rahm.
I'd want a Roman war chariot.
ATV's? Is anyone even trained on those things anymore? Last time we saw one of those, some HQ dolly was running over pedestrians with it at a Blackhawks parade.
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Didn't the Department dump the ATV's because they are illegal for use on Park District Property and on City Streets?
I haven't seen one in use since I was a TCA at 001 doing Taste of Chicago in 2008.
Sounds great, I'll take Indian Road Park.
Based out of 009
Lots of ATV and other vehicles being confiscated by DC police.......maybe they can send us a few....
Don't we already have 50-70 Bike Officers on the Lakefront...Guess they might have to actually see the lakefront.
questions: a) if an officer practices "hug-a-thug", will he r she have to complete an ISR and check the "hug" box?
b) it had been proposed that the CPD start a unit called Mobile Officer Police Experts....(M.O.P.E.S)....so, any unit developed should strive to have more mopes than any other..........
look at the reality, though; Chicago is basically ungovernable, the schools are failing, the middle class, if they haven't left yet, are being hammered with taxes, the criminal justice system (including the courts and jails) have failed....Chicago may not fail, at least in the near future, but it is stuck in in neutral, unless and until....(fill in the blanks)....
The only way to patrol the lakefront is on bike. We should have a hundred bikes working each day. Remember NATO and how effective the bike team was.
Can't wait for a body count bloodbath in the 'hoods - then everyone be hollerin' about no police nowhere, they all protectin' them North side beaches!
It's all reverse seniority
CPD has been destroyed plain and simple. Officers presently employed are too smart to be proactive. The only hope the city has is hire the necessary number to bring us up to strength. They will go after the criminal element because they haven't learned that they shouldn't.
Just shut down The Red Line going North for repairs from May 1-Oct 1. Then put a few cars at each beach checking cars for beer, weed and licenses. They'll get the hint.
Suburban PO s will be chompin at the bit to work Park District security details for relatively low dough. South suburban PD s don't pay squat and these dudes ain't afraid to give an ass whippin when needed. They're not hair geld, their eight balls.
Horses? We don't . . . . .
By the end of the Summer the plan will include a couple of ILNG companies. After a bloody June and a worse Fourth of July Weekend, Rahm and Rauner will be desperate. A few dozen State Police and a handful of Feds won't cut it when the body count is in double digits.
Volunteer to be a K9 officer. Doesn't it take about three months to train a dog and handler? See you in October!
Chief Ryan? The same asshole motherfucker that sold out every last guy in TRU for a promotion? And then did the exact same thing to his guys in Gang Enforcement?
He's like the "Black Widow" of units- in the end he will blatantly fuck over his troops for his own personal gain.
But before that, while you are working for him, he is definitely no prince.
He's a hand-job of epic proportions through and through. I would not volunteer to work for that assclown if it were the sweetest assignment in the city.
Does he still bring his short sleeve shirts to the tailor to have the sleeves taken in like he did when he was in SOS. He wanted to give people the impression he had big arms and was a tough guy. Everyone was laughing at him behind his back...what a goof.
When's the party?????????
No baseball cap No extra work. The crown cap is not kind to my mousse.
I'm in 18th district and a handful of us are being sent to the beaches in civilian dress (undercover). I'm choosing to wear my leopard thong swimwear. Any suggestions where I can conceal my weapon, there isn't enough room in my pouch. We aren't being supplied with cruisers so if you see us hitch-hiking please pick us up and drop us off at the lakefront.
Call Box could always keep a half-dog or two in waiting when necessary.
Call Box Police
Change in command at the Marine Unit?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
29 and a day says
where are they getting the manpower from?
I worked summer mobile when it was good to get out of district.
great party at end of summer.
no manpower or equipment?
Also great to start it after summer has already started.
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The only parties that beat summer mobile end of year party were the watch parties of the 70's. SSC won't let me tell stories about them here but use your imagination.
Again the brightest and best leaders have me all confused.
stay fetal
6/08/2016 01:23:00 PM
With all the new civilian Chiefs this fucked up administration hired and their 6 figure salaries the department could buy 50 new fully equip fords.
The city have warehouses fully to the ceiling of equipment dating back to the 1960'. Seen one 25 years ago, electric IBM typewriters new in boxes.
I am sure there are warehouses fully of new 1976 police dodge' of old with the plastic still on them. Ton' of old 870 s/g' too.
The city would make millions selling these antiques if they had a clue where they are at. Most of these long forgotten city warehouses have not been seen by human eyes for decades.
If you young bucks run into a real old timer from the job in their 70' or 80' ask them.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
6/08/2016 01:56:00 PM
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Will there be wings attached to the back of the jacket or shirt?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I suggest for the 2 man team they use a moped with a big banana seat and those chopper handlebars. They can get them for a song and the gas mileage is outstanding. The guy in back would have to push up those slight grades. Shock and awe baby!
6/08/2016 01:09:00 PM
Thanks Office! Made me laugh out loud.
Iceberg? What iceberg, full steam ahead....
How sad our once proud profession has become.
Be careful out there.
Anonymous said...
Those ATV's are 20 years old, dirty things! Who in the hell want to spend a tour on junky old equipment! Pass!
6/08/2016 12:36:00 PM
Bring back the "wheel." The 3 wheel Harley that each district used to have a few of for you younger officers.
Alright 21 jump street no overtime only the "you will be on the news" criminal activity areas:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-police-summer-patrols-met-0609-20160609-story.html
Here is secret training video from homan secret site:
http://youtu.be/qBlN0aIiRE8
no bodies from office of supe....calea...foia...iad.....
Hey guys, I joined the Fetal Club but was wondering how many years do I need to join the KMA Fetal Club?
Stay Safe and Stay Fetal!
Anonymous said...
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
"Plane clothes?" Are they going to be wearing bomber jackets like Goose and Maverick and playing beach volleyball?
Nobody will volunteer, so basically a whole platoon of PPO's who just got off thier probation and settled in at a district. They will be paired up with reverse seniority sgts. Everybody has to pay their dues and we sure did. Gonna be a long hot summer, be safe.
From district law enforcement, let them take everyone by reverse seniority. No body should be volunteering. I am sure the experienced cop, just off of probation will be a valuable asset with his/her whole 18 months of experience. It must suck to be lowest officer in seniority in those units where you thought the "reverse seniority" days were behind you. The department and the city from panic mode. They created this fucking mess, now they are clueless as to how it should be fixed.
Finally, only 90 officers? That will do nothing on the lakefront and only diminish district policing! What a joke!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Those ATV's are 20 years old, dirty things! Who in the hell want to spend a tour on junky old equipment! Pass!
6/08/2016 12:36:00 PM
Bring back the "wheel." The 3 wheel Harley that each district used to have a few of for you younger officers.
6/08/2016 10:06:00 PM
How about a flying squad of the old Cushmans?
That'll show 'em Rahm is serious about
fighting crime.
Or not...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm in 18th district and a handful of us are being sent to the beaches in civilian dress (undercover). I'm choosing to wear my leopard thong swimwear. Any suggestions where I can conceal my weapon, there isn't enough room in my pouch. We aren't being supplied with cruisers so if you see us hitch-hiking please pick us up and drop us off at the lakefront.
I have a suggestion, but then you'll have to transfer to 019 and be assigned the Halsted St detail!
I saw an officer riding a dept. ATV two or three nights ago along the lakefront at around 10:00pm; funny thing though, he was riding it while standing the whole time (not recommended, as those ATVs have a high level of instability), and he wasn't wearing a helmet, which is required by the G.O. But as has been pointed out here by SCC, it's likely not many officers are even sufficiently trained on the ATV, so I guess the officer I saw riding it a few nights ago was just winging it, as they say.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm in 18th district and a handful of us are being sent to the beaches in civilian dress (undercover). I'm choosing to wear my leopard thong swimwear. Any suggestions where I can conceal my weapon, there isn't enough room in my pouch. We aren't being supplied with cruisers so if you see us hitch-hiking please pick us up and drop us off at the lakefront.
6/08/2016 08:50:00 PM
No worries. In a leopard thong, you'll have your choice of 'cruisers'. You might even get a ride from the Keesing Bandit.
DON'T BE CONFUSED by the name "Summer Mobile Patrol". Summer Mobile Patrol as described in the memo from the First Deputy is nothing like the Summer Mobile of bygone years. This is NOT the beach patrol. This is CITY-WIDE!!
Also, read the fine print: "Summer Mobile Patrol will be operational from 0001 HRS 19 June 2016, and IS EXPECTED TO TERMINATE 2359 HRS on 16 September 2016." Emphasis added. It has a definite start date, but an indefinite end date.....
Be wary . . . .
When's the party at 12th street beach? Bring back Neal "dead pigeon toupee " Sullivan. A real leader...thanks Jimmy Maurer. Bring Maurers dog back while you're at it!. If you can't drag Neal out of Colettis, how bout super Dave Doherty?
Hey guys, I joined the Fetal Club but was wondering how many years do I need to join the KMA Fetal Club?
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Duh,
Age 50 with at least 20 years OTJ.
Change in command at the Marine Unit?
6/08/2016 09:17:00 PM
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Oy Vie ! ! !
NO!
I am the prettiest and youngest female lieutenant EVER !!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Don't we already have 50-70 Bike Officers on the Lakefront...Guess they might have to actually see the lakefront.
6/08/2016 05:35:00 PM
From what i hear since they instituted the power test to work the lakefront they never have enough volunteers.I guess they have swat standards.Or the brilliant j-fled carbine class power test requirement.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
You can get horses( equines) for almost nothing at racetracks, both Standard need and Thoroughbreds. Also get horses from owners who can no longer care for them. Yes, the car before them is expensive, and they occasionally bite. But that's not a bad thing.
6/08/2016 03:53:00 PM
Many years back I worked for a stable in the near north suburbs, and occasionally CPD would come by looking for suitable horses for police duty, As I recall, they had some fairly specific requirements - 16.2 hands or better, geldings only, 5 years old minimum. What makes a good thoroughbred racehorse (other than the size) doesn't necessarily make a good police horse. At that time I was told some of the things they did with them was throw balloons at their face, shoot sidearms and shotguns from behind them, fly helicopters at them, and all kinds of other things to weed out the "nervous" animals. Most broken down racehorses are probably either too skittish or too young (or both).
I'm not a LEO, but it would be interesting to hear if the training programs have changed that much. I'd imagine you still would want animals that wouldn't rear up and spin around on hearing a gunshot. Maybe there are additional things these days. This was from back in the late 80's.
I always thought it was soft clothes?
Next thing you know, we will be wearing a badge instead of a star.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Suburban PO s will be chompin at the bit to work Park District security details for relatively low dough. South suburban PD s don't pay squat and these dudes ain't afraid to give an ass whippin when needed. They're not hair geld, their eight balls.
6/08/2016 07:06:00 PM
No matter what, you will still be the Jr. Police
>>> Anonymous said...
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
"Plane clothes?" Are they going to be wearing bomber jackets like Goose and Maverick and playing beach volleyball?
6/08/2016 10:59:00 PM<<<
More likely to be like out of A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, hotel room.
NYC Cop, "You remember me. I'm Henderson, plainclothesman."
Groucho Marx/Otis P. Driftwood, "You look more like an old clothes man to me."
Hey guys, I joined the Fetal Club but was wondering how many years do I need to join the KMA Fetal Club?
20, kma club has always been 20
6/8,706pm... "South suburban PD's don't pay squat". Uhhhh, I made $75K last year and I'm not even topped out yet, lol. That's without giving an arm and a leg for details, OT or your precious VRI that coppers based their lives on, lol.
IODs will go through the roof with the increased use of Segways. Just watch. Cops will be crashing on them all the time.
The only parties that beat summer mobile end of year party were the watch parties of the 70's. SSC won't let me tell stories about them here but use your imagination.
Again the brightest and best leaders have me all confused.
stay fetal
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I remember, barely, some really great Gate "O" parties to celebrate the conclusion of the old Summer Mobile Force. They were planned by experts.
during peak hours who thinks that they can predict crime?
All the problems seem to be on Park District property. Look at your property tax bill. With the amounts that the Park District is getting, they could build their own Police department! Think of all that patronage!!! The contracts!!! The Park District Police!
What's old is new...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The only way to patrol the lakefront is on bike. We should have a hundred bikes working each day. Remember NATO and how effective the bike team was.
6/08/2016 05:46:00 PM
Not nearly as effective as when you have 1000 Policemen to back you up.
My S.M.U.R.F itches... Paul Blart can ride a segway... Cover the ATV seat with a garbage bag (problem solved).
Anonymous Anonymous said...
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
6/08/2016 01:56:00 PM
What the hell is plane clothes?
6/08/2016 04:06:00 PM
You know-leather helmet,goggles,scarf,leather bomber jacket,leather gloves.
Like Snoopy The Red Baron.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
WHY IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA SO CLUELESS? This isn't 'new'. It's a revival of something that never should have been done away with.
Good grief; give 'em a press release and they don't even BOTHER to do any research, they just dutifully regurgitate the verbiage.
6/08/2016 12:00:00 PM
The media is in the bag for The Mayor.
"Actually your wrong about the segways, we have about 85 of them pretty much brand new that were mothballed in storage about 4 years ago."
6/08/2016 03:43:00 PM
If not left on trickle charge, all the batteries are probably junk by now...
"Destruction of city property."
Anonymous Anonymous said...
no bodies from office of supe....calea...foia...iad.....
6/08/2016 10:09:00 PM
You forgot the Academy.
There's a whole bunch of bodies over there not doing a thing.
Whadda they have 50 recruits in there right now.
Why do they need 15 house mice to sit around and shop online / look for vacation packages online all day
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Volunteer to be a K9 officer. Doesn't it take about three months to train a dog and handler? See you in October!
6/08/2016 07:45:00 PM
You must be a PPO cause K9 is not a volunteer position.
Those segways work real well in the sand...
Allow patrol to wear shorts again....we would be more likely
To walk some foot patrol and have
Positive interactions....
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
6/08/2016 01:56:00 PM
What the hell is plane clothes?
6/08/2016 04:06:00 PM
Clothes you where on a plain, of course!
What a fucking joke! This shit in this department never ceases to amaze me. The summer mobile unit again.... They've been around all over during the summer months in the past and now it's a "NEW CONCEPT" created. Man this place smells of a baby's diaper filled with bad Indian food!!!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
6/08/2016 01:56:00 PM
What the hell is plane clothes?
6/08/2016 04:06:00 PM
Maybe a pilot uniform?
OK. Good news. But I think I'll still take the kids up to the beach at Evanston. Even though we have to pay. Just in case......
SCC, you hit the nail on the head, again! The point is, that we can't even cover the districts with enough coppers; now the solution to not enough police officers is to remove even more from our neighborhoods, to cover "no-man's land" locations like North Avenue beach??? Yet another "increase to the decrease". What fucking idiot came up with this wet dream??? And on top of it, boasting to the media- who seems to remain clueless- that this will somehow and magically, take care of all of our city's problems, once and for all!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
6/8,706pm... "South suburban PD's don't pay squat". Uhhhh, I made $75K last year and I'm not even topped out yet, lol. That's without giving an arm and a leg for details, OT or your precious VRI that coppers based their lives on, lol.
6/09/2016 05:26:00 AM
You're going to come here and boast about money? $155K. Now go answer your barking dog calls.
6/8,706pm... "South suburban PD's don't pay squat". Uhhhh, I made $75K last year and I'm not even topped out yet, lol. That's without giving an arm and a leg for details, OT or your precious VRI that coppers based their lives on, lol.
God forbid you have a serious illness. You only have two weeks to heal from surgery and get your ass back to work. I have 365 paid days to heal.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
A guy told me that half are going to be in plane clothes and will be called
S.M.U.R.F ,Summer Mobike Undercover Roaming Force.
6/08/2016 01:56:00 PM
What the hell is plane clothes?
6/08/2016 04:06:00 PM
Clothes you where on a plain, of course!
6/09/2016 08:55:00 AM
What the hell! Now I'm really confused. Would someone please tell me what to put on.
I always thought it was soft clothes?
Next thing you know, we will be wearing a badge instead of a star.
6/09/2016 02:46:00 AM
And chasing a perp instead of a offender.
A funny summer mobile story from the early 2000s. There was a SGT jerkoff who everyone hated (AZ), who kept fucking with two old timers. This Sgt had a shiny red corvette that he would get washed on the cuff every other day or so, which was parked in the lot. The two coppers would stop at McDonald s everyday and get a large french fries and scatter them on his car after he went in to roll call. The seagulls would come and eat the fries and shit all over the car. Dummy Sgt would come out after roll call and see that there was bird shit all over his car, but couldn't figure out why the birds were shitting on his car.
All of a sudden the Lakefront matters? Why are the beaches and Lakefront property so important right now? This stuff; and more goes on each night in every district, but now we need an 18-hour beach patrol police force? And they're going to further diminish District resources to do it? What a shame. Question, will ALL of the lakefront property be getting these summer mobile patrols, or just the beaches and parks along the Mag Mile? 1000 officers thrown into a two mile corridor I suppose could work wonders, but let's see if they spread this new resource down the entire Lakefront. 024, you going to see any? 020? I doubt it. 023/19 yea probably, 018 oh hell yes, 001 yep, 002, doubt it, 003, 004? Oh hell no! Even though 003 and 004 have some significant crime on the lakefront. 004 has two beaches and adjoining lakefront parks that are plagued with problems. We'll see if either of those Districts have a regular summer mobile beach/lakefront squad assigned to patrol them.
Anonymous Hello Wilbur said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
You can get horses( equines) for almost nothing at racetracks, both Standard need and Thoroughbreds. Also get horses from owners who can no longer care for them. Yes, the car before them is expensive, and they occasionally bite. But that's not a bad thing.
6/08/2016 03:53:00 PM
Many years back I worked for a stable in the near north suburbs, and occasionally CPD would come by looking for suitable horses for police duty, As I recall, they had some fairly specific requirements - 16.2 hands or better, geldings only, 5 years old minimum. What makes a good thoroughbred racehorse (other than the size) doesn't necessarily make a good police horse. At that time I was told some of the things they did with them was throw balloons at their face, shoot sidearms and shotguns from behind them, fly helicopters at them, and all kinds of other things to weed out the "nervous" animals. Most broken down racehorses are probably either too skittish or too young (or both).
I'm not a LEO, but it would be interesting to hear if the training programs have changed that much. I'd imagine you still would want animals that wouldn't rear up and spin around on hearing a gunshot. Maybe there are additional things these days. This was from back in the late 80's.
6/09/2016 02:37:00 AM
Rahm changed it, now they get them from the glue factory!
015 said...
Change in command at the Marine Unit?
6/08/2016 09:17:00 PM
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Oy Vie ! ! !
NO!
I am the prettiest and youngest female lieutenant EVER !!!
6/09/2016 01:46:00 AM
Reassigned as the C.O. of Major Accidents.
"I'm in 18th district and a handful of us are being sent to the beaches in civilian dress (undercover). I'm choosing to wear my leopard thong swimwear."
...and since you're feeling like a woman, you're all good to use the women's bathroom if you'd like.
Comrade Obama gives you 100 percent approval!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I always thought it was soft clothes?
Next thing you know, we will be wearing a badge instead of a star.
6/09/2016 02:46:00 AM
And chasing a perp instead of a offender.
6/09/2016 12:06:00 PM
And driving a cruiser instead of a squad car, while calling for a bus instead of an ambulance.
Please read the department memo. "Summer Mobile" is NOT patrolling the beaches and lakefront. It is patrolling where ever the department needs you. That means west side and south side. it means working Tuesday through Saturday night, the busiest nights of the week in the busiest locations for an entire summer. the detail will meet in 009. This program is a novel way to get older officers to sign up for a program by making you think it is one thing, but it's really another thing. If they called it "Mobile Strike Force" would you sign up? How about "Summer Mobile Strike Force"? How about, they just dropped the "strike force" and left it as Summer Mobile Program.
If you sign up thinking you will be working the lake front, you will be very disappointed.
6/9 @2:46am - We know that in this area - REAL POLICE wear stars. Unless you're a suburban detective who wears a gold security guard shield - just like Hollywood cops. Since the REAL CPD star was decimated by "Taser Terry" Hillard & his cheaply made stars have rubbed out letters - We need new "stink in' badges" that proudly claim our fetality. Another contract opportunity for substandard equipment that Nakia could be assigned to be unit CO. Said stinkin' bodge would generate an ISR citizen receipt (via Bluetooth) which includes the phone # to Loevy & Loevy and the People's Law Office.
Any old timer will tell you that our old 1953 to 2002 star was a unique design which elicited positive comments.
And the old "pie plate" star was pretty sharp, too (1881-1953).
Retired .38 spl +P
We don't need no stinkin bodges!! 🔫
How are you going to patrol the lakefront, except on the concrete paths, on a Segway? They're not off-road "vehicles". I can't wait for a bunch of these to get damaged and/or stolen when a cop jumps off one to handle an incident on the sand.
"Since the REAL CPD star was decimated by "Taser Terry" Hillard"
Actually the stars were replaced by Cline and the numbers started falling off two days after receiving it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Please read the department memo. "Summer Mobile" is NOT patrolling the beaches and lakefront. It is patrolling where ever the department needs you. That means west side and south side. it means working Tuesday through Saturday night, the busiest nights of the week in the busiest locations for an entire summer. the detail will meet in 009. This program is a novel way to get older officers to sign up for a program by making you think it is one thing, but it's really another thing. If they called it "Mobile Strike Force" would you sign up? How about "Summer Mobile Strike Force"? How about, they just dropped the "strike force" and left it as Summer Mobile Program.
If you sign up thinking you will be working the lake front, you will be very disappointed.
6/10/2016 01:18:00 AM
I concur. If it truly was to be a Summer Mobile(beachfront) thing then why would they base it out of 009?
Oh that's right it was a Barb West decision and she's as dumb as they come.
What the hell is plane clothes?
I think its one of those hats kids would wear in the 1960s with the spinning little propeller on top
Why not subcontract The Nation of Islam FOI for patrols and let Grandmaster Anthony Muhammad instruct and teach VSK and implement such into CPD use of force control tactical training at the academy along with Chris who is a great CPD Judoka. Also solicit Kung Fu Master Michael Hill from CFD! I guarantee you things will improve!
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