Mourning Bands
The Inspection Division came out with an Administrative Fax Message the other day about how Mourning Bands were not authorized to be worn since June or so, and all supervisors should be enforcing the proper wearing of the uniform.
This, the day after Sheriff’s police Officer Jason Gallero died during a training run, something considered "in the performance of duties" for years.
During this horrible year for law enforcement, is it too much to ask we acknowledge the sacrifices of other agencies, especially one we work in close contact with on a daily basis?
This, the day after Sheriff’s police Officer Jason Gallero died during a training run, something considered "in the performance of duties" for years.
During this horrible year for law enforcement, is it too much to ask we acknowledge the sacrifices of other agencies, especially one we work in close contact with on a daily basis?
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
62 Comments:
I wear it to mourn the death of Law and Order, our department, and our city
Beatings will continue until morale implodes.
Inspectors. Just a bunch of politically-connected goofs getting paid six figure salaries to do the work any Sgt could accomplish with just a few words in passing. Chicago graft at its finest. What a fucking joke. Inspectors.
No mourning bands, or other symbols of caring and grieving. This is similar to, but worse than the Dallas Cowboys not be allowed to honor the Dallas PD and their fallen officers.
That said, Will Special Ed allow you to take a knee during his next pep talk?
Maybe the reason for the order is that too many cops who wear the star are using it to cover up the numbers? Naaa that can't be it.
F*** em
Write me up 28 years later I pay homage to those who tried to make a difference
Consider who is in charge of the Inspection Division and you will know all you need to understand such decisions.
Not to mention one of our own killed by a drunk driver.
Fucking pathetic and ridiculous. 20 and out bitch
If some "Gold Braid" stubbed his toe we all would be able to wear something to honor it for sure!
Can we wear our bands to mourn the death of policing in Chicago?
I'm convinced that anyone higher than the rank of LT does not consider themselves a policeman. They consider themselves politicians with guns. It's all about their next promotion. Fuck anyone who wears a blue shirt is pretty much the sentiment of the brass. If you spar me for my mourning band I will gladly tell you to go fuck yourself. Put me on a fixed foot post, traffic car...whatever you want to do to punish me. All we have is each other and if you don't see that I will be more than happy to point you in the direction of the nearest pile of shit you can shovel into your fat fucking gullet.
If the inspector wants to inspect me I'll have to inspect the clown first with his unkept appearance.
Is this some Calea crap?
Why are we still even having anything to do with that?
...do the work any Sgt could accomplish with just a few words in passing....
That would require the Sgt to actually say a few words in passing--as well as the Lt keeping on the Sgt/troops to dress correctly and stop committing minor infractions (congregating, fail to come clear or relocate....)
Inspectors. Just a bunch of politically-connected goofs getting paid six figure salaries to do the work any Sgt could accomplish with just a few words in passing. Chicago graft at its finest. What a fucking joke. Inspectors.
9/20/2016 12:43:00 AM
But the Sgt and Lts don't do it. They haven't for a long time, not since the Captains left. The few that do are demonized. This Department looks like a bunch of sloppy, lazy do-nothings. We aren't policing any more. We may as well at least look good.
Maybe you don't think it matters. Maybe you are one of the lazy, sloppy ones. Your appearance matters whether you believe it or not. Have some self respect.
Can I wear my afternoon band?
Who is in charge at inspectional services?
Go get your shine box and do my combat boots. I stepped in a load of crap
on that last job, and need some clean up on Isle 9...
Come and get it.
Idiocy.
Anonymous said...
Inspectors. Just a bunch of politically-connected goofs getting paid six figure salaries to do the work any Sgt could accomplish with just a few words in passing. Chicago graft at its finest. What a fucking joke. Inspectors.
9/20/2016 12:43:00 AM
Sgts. don't do that; hence, Inspectors.
It's ridiculously petty and will only further plummet morale.
This department has become so Mickey Mouse its pathetic.
Just like the very same day an off duty officer was shot in 009 while leaving the station ..... later that very same day an inspector shows up and writes up the female DSS for having her hair below her collar. Really?
Fuck Eddie the Axe man, Fuck Rahm and fuck this city.
While working first watch just about fifteen hours after the attacks on 11 SEP 2001, I was wearing the mourning band on my button. The district commander asked me why I was wearing it. I told him it was in honor of all the coppers and FF's killed that day. He said he understood but ordered me to remove the band as there was no administrative message authorizing the band yet.
Just tied another blue ribbon. I'm out of trees so the front porch rail works great....
-Not a Cop on the NW Side.
If a gold braid stubbed his toe, he'd get a Purple Heart! This city is loaded with spiteful, bitter pimps that have nothing better to do than destroy morale and make working conditions miserable.
Probably the idiot who came out with the order knows nothing of the honors and traditions of the police department. He probably thinks the hundreds of stars on the wall of HQ are just trinkets that gather dust.
Its really a shame that we have so few real bosses. This has to be just another triple promoted merit dunce.
U can wear them, just don't use duct tape over your star numbers like a few hot shots have been doing. Just wear the band properly, stop being a hot shot
Lott. Is. Clueless.
Nitpicking bullshit.......like most inspectors I've see over the years, focus on minutiae-enforced on the unclouted and let the those whom are aligned with powerful and genetic lotto winners.
They are coming up with a new pin for cpd to wear on their uniform a blm pin in the shape of a fist this is the direction the dept is going. Good luck you all ur gonna need it.
I wear it for the death of the Chicago police department at the hand of Rham9.5.
Ha!!! How typically petty.
I really don't care about these bullshit inspectors. Fuck them.
Is a write up going to go in my permanent record? Will I have to get a note signed by my parents? Will this cause my peers to look down on me? What a joke.
The politicians and merit bosses have ruined this profession and continue to kick us down every day.
The job is miserable now and I dread how bad it will be when we all get cameras!!!
So write me up. Go ahead you glorified lieutenant.
And I'll tell you you're an asshole while you're writing it.
Then what?
I hated bullies as a kid and I don't fear them now in their white shirts either.
I have 2.5 years left until my blue shirt pension is secure and I will be leaving under 50 because petty crap like this is ridiculous.
Give me a face to face direct order. Otherwise write me up. I don't care anymore.
"Consider who is in charge of the Inspection Division and you will know all you need to understand such decisions.
9/20/2016 01:37:00 AM"
Apparently for some, the mourning band is an anathema and too offensive.
What's next, take a knee at Wednesday Weapon Inspection (and not be admonished) because weapons use is oppressive ?
Stay Fetal.
Maybe the reason for the order is that too many cops who wear the star are using it to cover up the numbers? Naaa that can't be it.
Really?? This isn't the 60's 70's or even 80's. If they can get my star number as I drive by, it proves weed really does help glaucoma
The wearing of mourning bands is supposed to symbolize the mourning of a police officer killed in the line of duty. Wearing them for other reasons diminishes the respect shown to those who make the ultimate sacrifice. You can mourn an officer who dies accidentally or due to illness but it's not, never was and hopefully never will be the same as a line of duty death. There are those who wear mourning bands at all times and this is absolutely wrong. It's an insult to those who have died in the line of duty and it's an insult to those who will die in the future. If you are already wearing the band, what do you do to show your respect to the next officer killed in the line of duty? The simple fact is that most officers who wear the bands are doing it to cover their star number from the public. When worn correctly, the band never covers the star number because it's supposed to be worn diagonally not straight across the star number. I find it amusing when I see the really cowardly officers wear the mourning band to cover their star number and a stack of paper or maybe a phone in their pocket to cover their name. If you are that much of a coward, get another job!!
OMG , people with pony tails , dreadlocks , mowhawks , long finger nails , piercings , out of uniform , goatee beards , beards that are shaggy or sculpted , no stars , and the are enforcing mourning bands . Go look in 003 , all the full duty police officers hiding inside caps,review,commanders office , while beat cars are down or work one man .
What is wrong with you guys today?
Just wear it, for Pete's sake!!!
This is all because BLM sees it as an in your face support the police against their freedom of hate speech. They believe that to honor the fallen police officer you minimize their hate the police msg / group. It has become to them a politically adverse msg to them. They believe it represent Blue Lives Matter not Black. Therefore a call was placed by a few activists to Eddie and Weezy. They made them now They will break you.. Maybe we should all keep wearing them and get a layoff W/O pay around the next holiday. Or if Eddie had any balls he would authorize a pin of some sort to show we still support each other.
OT.....but not really.....Nice memorial on the building on the west side of the Kennedy at North. Av. The 100 Club and Windtrust have photos of all the killed in the line of duty. You can see it in bound and out bound. Say a prayer as you drive by. God bless the fallen and their families.
A wise boss once told me: "The bosses that focus on nitpicking uniforms are the most truly incompetent on this job. They do that because they know nothing else."
Anonymous said...
If a gold braid stubbed his toe, he'd get a Purple Heart! This city is loaded with spiteful, bitter pimps that have nothing better to do than destroy morale and make working conditions miserable.
9/20/2016 09:13:00 AM
Purple Heart?
more like a Purple Asshole...
How about insp Kevin a, his bad breath would knock out a shit house rat in Chinatown get a life jerk.
I was otw to work in the 008 district today when i observed a young lady putting up Blue Ribbons on the light poles up and down 83rd st..in the St. Bede area.That made my day...better yet made my year.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
While working first watch just about fifteen hours after the attacks on 11 SEP 2001, I was wearing the mourning band on my button. The district commander asked me why I was wearing it. I told him it was in honor of all the coppers and FF's killed that day. He said he understood but ordered me to remove the band as there was no administrative message authorizing the band yet.
9/20/2016 09:07:00 AM
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Whatta stroke! But here I'll be a little insensitive, so are you, if you did't immediately put it back on when you hit the streets.
Dedicated to ALL the merit promotions and Gold Braid All-Stars --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K4BvF_sb3Y
The sgts that say something become bitches and jagoffs. Which I can handle. That goes with the territory. But why should I be the only jagoff on the watch? The sgts don't stick together so you hear, well sgt so and so let's me. Sgt so and so doesn't tell me to take my earring out. Sgt so and so let's me wear my hair to my ass. Or my dreads are part of my religion. Or "I can wear a hoodie underneath my blue shirt cause its cold outside and sgt so and so doesn't care so why do you? Don't you know its cold out there!" Then they run into the lt's office and cry they are being picked on and the lt tells the sgt that it's not a big deal to let it go because they are a good worker. Or the sgt writes up the officer for the same infraction over and over and the lt rips it up. So no, I'm done telling whiney little children to blow their nose. I'm not getting back up from my fellow sgts and from my bosses. Officers cry to their alderman that they are being picked on then the big boss gets the call. It needs to be from the top down, not the bottom up.
I'm wearing it to mourn the death of this department, the morale and policing...I'm fetal!
I miss the days of get a gun get a duck day!
Maybe the new Commander in 008 should be keeping up with current events, the District just got its ass kicked after losing six guys on a certain watch over the McDonald scandal. When the morale of the guys is at the all time low he comes in and wants to gig everyone on wearing morale patches or military pins on their uniform and other mickey mouse shit. Thanks for kicking us in the balls while we are down.
Lott. Is. Clueless.
9/20/2016 09:37:00 AM
Lott was sporting the Predator locks and 5 inch nails when she was the 1st Deputy's Administrative Lt..
She is fine one to be championing this cause.
The wearing of mourning bands is supposed to symbolize the mourning of a police officer killed in the line of duty. Wearing them for other reasons diminishes the respect shown to those who make the ultimate sacrifice. You can mourn an officer who dies accidentally or due to illness but it's not, never was and hopefully never will be the same as a line of duty death. There are those who wear mourning bands at all times and this is absolutely wrong. It's an insult to those who have died in the line of duty and it's an insult to those who will die in the future. If you are already wearing the band, what do you do to show your respect to the next officer killed in the line of duty? The simple fact is that most officers who wear the bands are doing it to cover their star number from the public. When worn correctly, the band never covers the star number because it's supposed to be worn diagonally not straight across the star number. I find it amusing when I see the really cowardly officers wear the mourning band to cover their star number and a stack of paper or maybe a phone in their pocket to cover their name. If you are that much of a coward, get another job!!
Some people I've found out in life are just wired differently. On this job and citizens I've encountered on the street. You're one of them. I don't think it has much to do with being a coward like you say and I'll leave it at that.
1). Ed the Stripper should be written up for being an overweight oaf in uniform. His silence on the Lie-tenants exam is deafening.
2) i remember being written up by an Inspector Stampnick for having a uniform black leather case containing 2 speed loaders since they were not authorized - only the flat six round ammo pouch (slow and the rounds would fall out on the ground if your hands were sweaty)
My Captain was so pissed off that he started calling down to R & D prodding them to approve speed loaders. He also gave my several early ducks to compensate for the 1 day off that i took. Bosses like that are a thing of the past. But Inspectors are still trolls coveting scrambled eggs to go with their gold badge. Maybe Wheezy should be given the job.
Retired .38 spl +P
The simple fact is that most officers who wear the bands are doing it to cover their star number from the public. When worn correctly, the band never covers the star number because it's supposed to be worn diagonally not straight across the star number
9/20/2016 01:18:00 PM
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Mmm Hmm. Now son, know the order before you shoot your mouth off:
"Elastic strap to be worn around the member's star/badge horizontally above the number during designated times of mourning"...so says U06-02-40.
Now, maybe if the department modified its policy so the band should be worn diagonally, like you mention (and I happen to agree), it wouldn't block the star number. But, due to the shape of the star, it will naturally sag over the numbers when worn according to the order. So, typical Department: Gig you if you wear it right, gig you if you wear it wrong. Inspectors gotta get dat mover!
"Consider who is in charge of the Inspection Division and you will know all you need to understand such decisions.
9/20/2016 01:37:00 AM"
Apparently for some, the mourning band is an anathema and too offensive.
What's next, take a knee at Wednesday Weapon Inspection (and not be admonished) because weapons use is oppressive ?
Stay Fetal.
9/20/2016 12:33:00 PM
exactly my thought
Useless hacks! Go get the cheaters inspectors, oh that's right they got tipped off by Rivera that they were up to criminal acts. right Sgt brown nothing to see here! You crooks!
The CPD has a person with c.p. attempting to be the police. While he is a nice person, he should not be the police. Mayor - you try to work in a car with him. The story may hit the media. The may not be deserved Mr. Mayor you gave the new officer at the graduation.
"It's ridiculously petty and will only further plummet morale.
This department has become so Mickey Mouse its pathetic.
Just like the very same day an off duty officer was shot in 009 while leaving the station ..... later that very same day an inspector shows up and writes up the female DSS for having her hair below her collar. Really?
Fuck Eddie the Axe man, Fuck Rahm and fuck this city."
OMG, GET OVER YOURSELF She was never written up, drop it already, oh wait, um okay you're protecting your "girl" and her hurt feelings...awww. Don't start bullshit! Now shape up you slob, hahahaha!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Maybe the reason for the order is that too many cops who wear the star are using it to cover up the numbers? Naaa that can't be it.
You idiot, do you really believe that cops think they can hide their identity this way. You stupid Liberal Prick!
Let's mess with officers showing respect and remembrance to a fallen brother or sister in blue and don't say a peep about the long fingernails, the hoop earrings, the dreadlocks and braids, the gangsta rap music playing at the district desks, the dog asses sitting on jobs, and the list goes on and on.
The wearing of mourning bands is supposed to symbolize the mourning of a police officer killed in the line of duty. Wearing them for other reasons diminishes the respect shown to those who make the ultimate sacrifice. You can mourn an officer who dies accidentally or due to illness but it's not, never was and hopefully never will be the same as a line of duty death. There are those who wear mourning bands at all times and this is absolutely wrong. It's an insult to those who have died in the line of duty and it's an insult to those who will die in the future. If you are already wearing the band, what do you do to show your respect to the next officer killed in the line of duty? The simple fact is that most officers who wear the bands are doing it to cover their star number from the public. When worn correctly, the band never covers the star number because it's supposed to be worn diagonally not straight across the star number. I find it amusing when I see the really cowardly officers wear the mourning band to cover their star number and a stack of paper or maybe a phone in their pocket to cover their name. If you are that much of a coward, get another job!!
9/20/2016 01:18:00 PM
Actually, according to the order, the mourning band is supposed to be worn horizontally above the numbers on the star.
you want my name and star number
ok it will be on the bottom of traffic ticket , arrest report and complaints
The politicians don't give a damn, further proof of that
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