New Cars, Old Paint Job
They've been sitting on these cars for months, but they're finally going to hit the Districts:
- The first batch of new Chicago police squad cars hit city streets Thursday. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the 40 vehicles are another tool to try to curb gun violence.
Each of the new police SUV are worth $47,000. They are equipped with a computer that can pull up ShotSpotter alerts in certain areas, access all police databases and get officers to crime scenes as efficiently as possible.
Johnson said gunshot-detection systems, real-time crime mapping, police databases and electronic crash reporting are some of the new crime-fighting tools in these vehicles.
Um, our e-mail relates that the current computers can already pull up Shotspotter info in 007 and 011 - if you can find a computer that functions that is. Same thing with the databases. And the E-crash program was rolled out last year - it isn't new technology. In fact, it was "stolen" from the State Police who have been using it for years.
And these cars get officers to the "crime scenes efficiently"? They're self-driving? That's fucking awesome if true. In fact, we'll be transferring to one of these districts as soon as Special Ed posts openings and we get that lobotomy we've been saving for.
And get a load of this awesome fluff job that Channel 7 fell for:
And these cars get officers to the "crime scenes efficiently"? They're self-driving? That's fucking awesome if true. In fact, we'll be transferring to one of these districts as soon as Special Ed posts openings and we get that lobotomy we've been saving for.
And get a load of this awesome fluff job that Channel 7 fell for:
- Even the lights on these squad cars were designed for maximum impact. They are supposed to enhance police presence in neighborhoods. Johnson said the cars are meant to show the community that officers "are here to be a visible and trusted resource at all times."
Really? Bright lights are going to engender trust? Are you fucking kidding us? What moron wrote this? What moron signed off on it? What moron media outlet publi....oh wait, that was Channel 7. Geez, if we know bright flashy lights would make the "community" trust us, Rahm should have wrapped our asses in Christmas lights hooked up to a battery pack.
There wa also a report on the radio that claimed these cars will allow us to "get to crime scenes faster." Seeing as how chases get called off when speeds hit anything above 25 MPH, and these are after all, $47,000 vehicles, the chances of the Department allowing us to go anywhere "faster" are slim and none.
There wa also a report on the radio that claimed these cars will allow us to "get to crime scenes faster." Seeing as how chases get called off when speeds hit anything above 25 MPH, and these are after all, $47,000 vehicles, the chances of the Department allowing us to go anywhere "faster" are slim and none.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
84 Comments:
Meh... more tools to jam you up the shit head Ed... you can keep your shot spotter and spad... I would prefer a 2 door squad given I don't do arrests anymore. Just pay me
Sergeants will be getting the new vehicles as usual.
It has an interpreted gps system synced with pace and the computer. As soon as you get the job the roadmap with the quickest route including traffic conditions pops up on the screen.
In fact, due to the cost of each of these vehicles, they should not be used in high crime areas, where they may be shot, crashed into or defaced. Reserve them for the low crime area.
Fuck! I can't even pull up a mugshot on the computer in our squad car now n shit
Also not mentioned in the article, these are the new Use Of Farce-compliant vehicles!
*Flashing lights replaced with a soft glow that slowly fades in and out.
*Sirens replaced by smooth jazz and Kenny G
*Posterpedic rear seats
*Cages are now mesh netting
*Vehicles governed to a 35 mph top speed
*Transmission only has reverse, for deescalation purposes
-E. Nigma
004
SPIN SPIN SPIN
What would really get us to crime scenes faster is if tinkerbell removed those stupid bike lanes that nobody uses. That, or get us some Dodge Hemi Chargers.
Then the Sgts in 012 can go out and get'em, because that's who got the cars except 1. The Sgts swapped out two of their olds cars for patrols.
If these new cars with these new computers can pick up shot spotter then what's the need for the cell phones. How much was spent on the phones when the pdt could have been updated? The phones have that bullshit hunch lab that nobody uses which could have been updated on the pdt as well. Once again this is what happens when morons are in charge.
Jeezus.....is there any bullshit that doesnt come out of these peoples mouths ? These cars are "another tool " to help fight gun violence ????. WTF does that mean ? Over a Vespa or a rickshaw ? Isnt a car kind of a minimum requirement to actually HAVE a police department these days ? Damn this stuff is getting harder and harder to read.
I am guessing the rifle racks will still be in the rear with the awkward locking system? What about addiing protection to our cars? Printers so we don't have to write oh tickets? Oh yeah I forgot we stopped doing police working sometime ago! Oh well at least we will have cool bright lights!
I am coming to believe that the people that make far too many decisions in this city are clueless, white, north shore liberals. Where pray-tell, Heather, do you get these STOOPID ideas from?
It probably won't take long for these two year wonders to crash all of them.
yay, all the bosses will get a new car and we get their hand-me-downs!
Wait and see. Bright lights huh? Somebody will sue claiming they were blinded or they got vertigo or dizzy because of the flashing lights. And they'll get paid, and then you'll have to be trained on how to properly use your vehicle's lights so you don't hurt anybody.
Now for the important question,
How comfy are the seats? Can you get in a good two hour nap?
Sgts got the new cars in 006!!!!
You just bought $47 K of obsolescence.
The vehicle will be undrivable by the time
the electronics suite needs replaced.
Welcome to the money pit of modern
police science.
E-crash?
They're touting e-crash??
E-crash blows. It takes 2-3 times longer to complete than a a paper accident report.
Talk about efficiency huh?
SCC - Evidently the siren will change tones when entering an intersection. Light bar will have a low power mode with steady lights at the ends of the bar when stationary (like at a crime scene in order to remain low profile) or to remain visible while patrolling (like on Michigan Ave. or the lakefront) which some high crime cities like Buenos Aires and Rio de Janiero use.
Hell - just have Wheezzee record a siren tone that wails "Five-0, Five-0, PO PO!!
Retired .38 spl +P
Remember the movie "The Electric Horseman?" Stop giving them ideas, SCC.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
We were watching a police chase video out of a Hollywood movie where the CPD squad was trying to run a motorcycle off the road and into a fence at over 100mph. My watch insists it's real and a unit but the CPD car has both red and blue lights. Google Chicago cop vs motorcycles, I have money riding on this that it's not real, looks like a tv show and I hope no one on CPD is that insane.
7/05/2017 11:27:00 PM
OT, sorry. I'm a couple days behind. Just watched this video. Looked pretty real to me. Not sure of the location. Best I could determine is the outskirts of O'Hare?? That would explain the red emergency lights on the Explorer as it could have been a 050 unit.
Heather, do you get these STOOPID ideas from?
From the south side Hyde park Liderals
How fast do you have to go for breaks and lunch ?
While reading this crap, I feel like I'm reading North Korea propaganda
The shot spotter is very useful. I go the other way. Why would anyone in thier right mind drive into a shoot out. If no one calls, its none of my business.
I've had my own "gunshot detectors" for decades. They are called ears.
To: Then the Sgts in 012 can go out and get'em, because that's who got the cars except 1. The Sgts swapped out two of their olds cars for patrols.
Always how it's been, deal with it.
SCC,
did they change out the racist sirens?
remember the sirens were scaring the folks
Why would you go to a shot spotter call? Even assuming they work?
You might get hurt, or even worse, shoot someone and be splashed on page one.
"Squad I was about to ask for Lunch".
There are no working PDT's in most of the districts.
The deputy director of OEMC Dan Casey does not buy parts for the techs to fix them.
I was trying to get mine fixed and the techs say he does not want to support the PDT's.
there are no batteries, no keyboards, no screens, no nothing!!!
please call 312-746-9277 for your frustrations.
or better, call the mayors office and ask where all the money is being spent.
Lights. Shit. Just like when the bosses want cars at special events to activate their blue lights "to show a police presence". What a fucking joke. Like blue lights will influence people. I'll tell you what will influence people's behavior. 1,000 more cops on the street led by competent people.
Ford has a sweetheart deal with agencies since 2000 and
wants to keep it going with a 25-man cop advisory panel for
upgrades each year. But you can't beat the laws of math and
depreciation. I saw two 2016 models available on CarGurus.
(Ford Police Interceptor Utility). Burnsville, MN, odo 42,433,
$22,889 (-51% off base price of $47 K). Humble, TX, odo 8 K,
$27,500 (-41% off base price of $47 K).
Even the media is a mouthpiece for Ford. The newspaper link
article states the bells and whistles are "worth $47 K."
Stop and think of the street cred you'll cop doing those reverse J
turns. And it will pay for itself if you put a plow up front for winter
snow removal. Thank you, Ford.
LMFAO
For one minute, let's say we actually believe all this "spot shorter" bs. Does the city really want cops on the scene of a bonifide shots fired call within seconds of the actual shots call/location? Seems to me that would probably result in more officer involved shootings, and God knows in this era of de-escalation they don't want that. All bs pandering to the media. Also, why the bosses are frustrated is beyond me. Seems to me police are doing about all they can to try and bring some of this violence under control, but the Communities where these fools lay their heads have done little/nothing to clean up their own mess.
True..these pdts are so outdated and will the new ones red circle go on as soon as I leave the parking lot as usual? traffic crash reports on the computer..well ill be done for another hour finishing up that shit. Yea, lets give the sgts new cars so they can ride around logging us in..or if they wanna have a nice ride then maybe they should start responding to some of our pending jobs. after all, these useless merit sgts know everything.
will Cashcago pay sales tax on the $1.88 M deal?
anyway $752,000 in value vanishes after one year.
they forgot to say it morphs into a pumpkin.
I love it when all the new cars go to bosses and the P.O.s are still left riding around in a piece of shit with 130,000 miles on it.
Total propaganda.
Anything that Johnathan Lewinsky has his hands on will be crap, we built a new Mobile Command Van years back that he was instrumental in putting new old stock Tvs and Computers in, then the truck cold not hook up to any cameras in the downtown area because those cameras were high definition. This guy makes himself look good but stores and saves new radios, PDTS etc. Just go take a look at the Northwest corner of 31st. And Sacremento garage. Maybe our inspector General should peak in there and talk with the guys.
Next on the grand anti crime program to be rolled out is the "new anti-crime hats".
They will be rolled out in the coming month and the projected impact will be immediate.
Shotspotter sucks. It's a waste of money and gives people false hope. With cellphones in everyone's possession I would be willing to bet after a shooting the dispatcher gets numerous call within 30 seconds. What does Shotspoter do get you notified 15 seconds faster. With way the offender is gone on your areival
When are the bomb guys going to get cars? I mean, if everyone else is, why not?
The problem with the sgts getting the new cars is that the po's get their old cars. It's a waste to argue about this because some Sgt's will give a million reasons why they deserve this new car when the fact is they are not the ones responding to all the calls like the pos. We still have tahoes as beat cars. Why not keep the car assigned to whomever and then replace it when it's old? That's fair.
Make sure to get some of these cars out to the tact teams in my district! They all seem to be under the delusion that each vehicle is their property and the vehicle belongs to them. If you dare sign out the wrong car, then watch the drama unfold!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
E-crash?
They're touting e-crash??
E-crash blows. It takes 2-3 times longer to complete than a a paper accident report.
Talk about efficiency huh?
7/07/2017 03:07:00 AM
It goes right into the computer. And an officer who is accustomed to using it can do it quickly. A State Policeman did a crash report for me on his computer. In a snap! Quickly! Then zoom, out of the printer came the copy of the report. Better than paper reports. Some guys love that carbon paper, however. Cops in the 21st Century don't know what carbon paper is!
Everybody jump in the new cars! Next stop, candy mountain!!! LMFAO!!!!!
I'll give them a month before these rookies crash them, they love to drive like maniacs to everything or the old timers will turn them into a pig sty.
Pretty blue lights along the way help you right on by
Do they have bluetooth so i can play my favorite tunes?
I can't believe they are touting E-Crash. Obviously the dingle berries spouting how great E-Crash is never used it. Can knock out a paper report in 10 minutes while sitting in the car while my partner is gathering information on one vehicle I the other, boom done. Now you have to go into the station and do it, 10 minutes turns into an hour and not to mention the moron who developed the system. They must not want very accurate diagrams of what happened because you can only do a very generic depiction. Oh well 3 accidents in one night then grab some lunch, time to go home not bad thank you to the incompetents who run this department. And one more thing, let's mount the PDT in a position so you can only use one hand to type and strain your eyeballs trying to see the screen because it can only be tilted so far. And not to mention that they are locked so you can't remove them, I've been trying to find a key around our station for years.
The pretty lights. Seriously, is Ed's only qualification to be sup is that he was black?
NYPD is rolling out armored squads...
That issue was not even discussed here.
How many dead CPD before this is considered?
I am impressed with the flashy lights though
Police technology is a waste of money. Hire more officers. Period.
Also not mentioned in the article, these are the new Use Of Farce-compliant vehicles!
*Flashing lights replaced with a soft glow that slowly fades in and out.
*Sirens replaced by smooth jazz and Kenny G
*Posterpedic rear seats
*Cages are now mesh netting
*Vehicles governed to a 35 mph top speed
*Transmission only has reverse, for deescalation purposes
-E. Nigma
004
I've also heard from a reliable source at motor maintenance that the rifle racks have been reconfigured to now secure an industrial mop from Costco. Supposedly we have to provide our own buckets though, typical city of Chicago. Always looking to save a buck.
Those with the least seniority will be in charge of mopping up the blood & brains at the crime scenes. Firemen can now sleep all day in their beds, not needed for wash downs anymore.
Training? More on-line training videos?
These reporters act like cops drove around for hours looking for the crime scene, but now can go straight there cuz of these flashy new trucks with lots of bells whistles and lights. Oh Jeeeez! Bright Lights? Oh yeah, residents trying to sleep - or eat dinner- will just LOVE more police lights coming into their homes more and better and brighter.
There needs to be a SERIOUS open letter done, one from The Chicago Cops, no not from the CPD press secretary, not even from the Union(s), just the Coppers, City and County together. This letter ought call out the garbage and name names like this website does so often, cough cough DAILY! A list of Declared complaints ALONG with their solutions, one rivaling and patterned after our own Declaration is in Order.
It needs sent the same day to the political players, the newspapers, the TV talking heads and the People of the City, County and State. I am not talking a letter to the editor of 150 words or even a bullet point big issue list of the day. I mean a Real, Thorough, in depth "report", you know a REAL version of the FRAUD of a DOJ "report" that rushed out at the end of the obamadrama era.
It is the only way to get the people behind you, as you switch from doing politicians bidding to real, actual, Right and Proper Policing (which is not this scam called "proactive prevention" that is nothing more than preventing exercise of rights revenue generation. You know it. We know it. Admit it. You all have an IMPOSSIBLE task being demanded to stop things BEFORE they happen, because that is indeed IMPOSSIBLE. You can only catch and punish evildoers, you can not code evil to destruction and you can not enforce preemptively enough and still have a free people. So JUST ADMIT IT. Accept it. You are not there to PREVENT a damn thing. You never REALLY were.
The notion that you were, that you are, is EXACTLY where these bright lights means people will embrace you attitude COMES FROM. Wanna stop THAT crap? Well, you have to abandon the big lie, the lie that you are there to "prevent".
Bright lights is all it takes? I should trust casinos and carnivals then?
More new vehicles succumb to early salvage retirement because of chasing feral ghetto criminals.
I expect the City will look to implement more suspension time and making more POs responsible the at-fault driver.
Anyone getting tagged by their personal insurance carrier for a Dept. vehicle crash?
Screw Rahm -
P is for Park.
R is for Reverse into a hole.
N is for Neutral to Proactivity.
D is for Drive even slower without Enhanced Lighting.
L is for Laugh your way into the 1st & 16th !
Ford Explorers are pieces of shit with zero legroom and the cheapest seats available.
Class action brewing nationwide because the vehicles ergonomics are so bad that they cause sciatica and lower spinal issues.
Junk.
Did they buy any cars for the D-Unit? Pretty tough to work your jobs when there is a 3-4hour waiting list to get a car for the day.
7/07/2017 11:51:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The pretty lights. Seriously, is Ed's only qualification to be sup is that he was black?
7/07/2017 12:04:00 PM
Of course that's the qualification. Rahm came right out and said the next Supe must be black.
7/07/2017 01:24:00 PM
and
7/07/2017 12:23:00 AM
Hilarious!!
I feel so much better that your computer can do criminal statistics with standard deviations. Wow I feel safer already!
F'in Shitcongo Banana republic back hills trailer trash city!
Stay safe and stay fetal!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Ford Explorers are pieces of shit with zero legroom and the cheapest seats available.
Class action brewing nationwide because the vehicles ergonomics are so bad that they cause sciatica and lower spinal issues.
Junk.
7/07/2017 01:42:00 PM
Ford has always been junk the explorers are really crappy vehicles terrible design extremely expensive who gets the kickbacks the rahm crew?
SCC - A frequent, valid complaint is the Sgt.s grabbing the new cars. We all know that most Sgt.s are merely skipping from call to call to log the responding units, the ones who are actually running to the calls in high mileage squads. So, if you're on board, why not at least have the working coppers submit a shame list of Sergeants/Lieutenants who have carjacked the new squads as their personal toys?
Some white shirts may merely laugh but your blog mentioned a Bensenville Ford dealer which had a lot full of new CPD cars wasting away. And a couple weeks later - they magically appear. (Lewinsky must have stuttered his way to fleet management to get the electronics and other equipment installed at the rate of forty a week.) Proof positive that your blog DOES make a difference. And let's see how many
Lie-tenants used their illegally gained rank to usurp a new squad while they still arrive late/leave early/bond out their relatives.
And to Deano - a big shame on you! You negotiated NADA last contract except the demise of retiree health care!
Retired .38 spl +P
From a reliable source in IAD, watch for 2 more embarrassing videos to hit the TV airwaves soon just in time for contract talks. IAD is opening a Departmental and possible criminal investigation to ID a M/2 from O'Hare in a marked unit purposefully chasing multiple Go-Pro wearing bikers into a ditch in the Suburbs and another M/1 officer also at O'Hare with his feet on the dash watching a movie on his laptop in a marked car in front of a crowded terminal. . Look for these and last weeks Off Duty chase and crash to be the centerpieces of Rahms "Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste" strategy to say we have more than enough police and also deflect from the upcoming JVD trial.If these unappreciative clout babies O'Hare are that bored and they want to switch with me and push my beat car in 025 I'll trade them any day. Hopefully there will be 2 openings soon I swear you won't see me being that stupid. Once again we are our own worst enemy.
Somebody is getting fat on that deal and as usual the city is getting fleeced.
maybe they should use the ISIS strategy and just buy a bunch of used Toyota pickups, mounting guns on the back, of course
Hey, -E. Nigma
The soft, universal sound of Weather Channel Kenny G
Sure would be cool, but you would have to slow the crims.
Down to 1/3 speed to make CPD look fast
Knives would be no problem, neither PCP
I like the lights fading in and out
Kind of like a Chicago Nighttime Symphony
Kenny G on Po-lice cars would help depopulate the City
Old paint jobs?!?! WTF! What about the contest? That's total crap.
If you changed the colors of the lights to green and red people might actually pull over.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
From a reliable source in IAD, watch for 2 more embarrassing videos to hit the TV airwaves soon just in time for contract talks. IAD is opening a Departmental and possible criminal investigation to ID a M/2 from O'Hare in a marked unit purposefully chasing multiple Go-Pro wearing bikers into a ditch in the Suburbs and another M/1 officer also at O'Hare with his feet on the dash watching a movie on his laptop in a marked car in front of a crowded terminal. . Look for these and last weeks Off Duty chase and crash to be the centerpieces of Rahms "Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste" strategy to say we have more than enough police and also deflect from the upcoming JVD trial.If these unappreciative clout babies O'Hare are that bored and they want to switch with me and push my beat car in 025 I'll trade them any day. Hopefully there will be 2 openings soon I swear you won't see me being that stupid. Once again we are our own worst enemy.
7/07/2017 06:30:00 PM
Oh no tommy o brien (burp fart) again!
Going back to sgts taking all new cars. At ohare on days there are two vehicles that can only be used by two certain officers only. A while back the new lt asked about one of the vehicles(t1) was told to stand down.
troll: All these new high tech crime fighting tools to crush crime in the city and the problem remains. The tools who are judges and the S/A office keep letting criminals out on I bonds, reducing charges and flat out not prosecuting criminals.
"Anonymous Anonymous said...
maybe they should use the ISIS strategy and just buy a bunch of used Toyota pickups, mounting guns on the back, of course"
No new strategy here, the Somalis are the originators of the Tactical Toyos, called them Technicals which they rampaged the local populace on the streets of Mogadishu
The sgts should get the new cars because they last about a week on the watch when the three year wonders wreck them driving like morons to some bullshit baby mama drama domestic with a gun (that don't exist) if po ' s don't destroy them then they leave them with old chicken bones and garbage and god knows what else. Oh don't forget the brown stripes down the sides from the assholes who do dip and spit their disgusting tobacco spit allover the car. Yeah go cry some more about the cars.
Cops in the 21st Century don't know what carbon paper is!
7/07/2017 09:47:00 AM
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Well, I wasn't around in the late 1890's but I know what a buffalo nickel looks like. I'm here in the 21st century with all you know it alls and I know what Operation Linebacker was and who Eisenhower, Marshall, Patton, McArthur, TOJO and Rommel were. I know what a Packard was and it was before I was born. I know what streaming video is. Maybe you geniuses should think for a minute that just MAYBE, there were things that were here for like 5 minutes before you were born.
Not to mention that if you did a traffic crash report in Chicago, Mr. 21st Century Police, how would you NOT know what carbon paper is?
I'm with the NYPD armored squads.
This "faster" bullshit refers to the 5-speed
tranny on the police special. What are the
numbers? Just how much faster than the
Joe Baga Donuts version?
There is a good possibility we would have enough cars if we could stop the "this is my take home car" BS.
Just drive thru the N/W or S/W side and count all the MP plated cars. I did it this am, in a 3 block radius of my home and counted 6. All were un-marked, and only one newer car. Most were older ford Vics. so we know these are not tact. lt's Capt's or commanders etc.
Every Sgt. in my unit has a take home car and all they use it for is to drive from home to HQ and lunch. No other justifiable reason. Meanwhile Det's and Officers wait for a car to do police work.
We need to stop this BS perk that wastes our tax money.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170707/college-point/nypd-bullet-resistant-cars-windows-vehicles-miosotis-familia.amp
"Anonymous Anonymous said...
maybe they should use the ISIS strategy and just buy a bunch of used Toyota pickups, mounting guns on the back, of course"
No new strategy here, the Somalis are the originators of the Tactical Toyos, called them Technicals which they rampaged the local populace on the streets of Mogadishu
7/08/2017 12:13:00 AM
They were using them in Chad ten years before that.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The sgts should get the new cars because they last about a week on the watch when the three year wonders wreck them driving like morons to some bullshit baby mama drama domestic with a gun (that don't exist) if po ' s don't destroy them then they leave them with old chicken bones and garbage and god knows what else. Oh don't forget the brown stripes down the sides from the assholes who do dip and spit their disgusting tobacco spit allover the car. Yeah go cry some more about the cars.
7/08/2017 01:43:00 AM
Says the merit Sgt who now that was made Sgt, forgot what it's like to spend the longer hours we spend in the squads, cramped up with another po inside.
Every Sgt. in my unit has a take home car and all they use it for is to drive from home to HQ and lunch. No other justifiable reason. Meanwhile Det's and Officers wait for a car to do police work.
We need to stop this BS perk that wastes our tax money.
7/08/2017 07:54:00 AM
What police work are you doing from HQ?
said...
"Anonymous Anonymous said...
maybe they should use the ISIS strategy and just buy a bunch of used Toyota pickups, mounting guns on the back, of course"
No new strategy here, the Somalis are the originators of the Tactical Toyos, called them Technicals which they rampaged the local populace on the streets of Mogadishu
7/08/2017 12:13:00 AM
They were using them in Chad ten years before that.
7/08/2017 12:22:00 PM
And in Congo, Uganda and Zimbabwe/Rhodesia
10 years before that.
Kinda wonder how those hopped-up fools hanging
off the back of a careening Toyota pick-up can fire
and withstand the concussion from that twin 14.5mm
monster...
"YAAAHH!"
>SCREEECH!
POOMP-POOMP-POOMP-POOMP-POOMP!<
"YAAAHH!"
>VROOOM!<
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