Well Done Dart
Looks like Sheriff Dart has, once again, cost the county taxpayers millions of dollars:
- After years of litigation over the 2012 firing of a single Cook County sheriff’s police officer, dozens of other officers, jail guards and courtroom deputies fired for misconduct could get their jobs back, and hundreds more suspended without pay could be in line for possibly six-figure payouts.
The state Supreme Court last month declined to consider an appeal of a lower court ruling that found Sheriff Tom Dart and the Cook County Board improperly appointed members to the Sheriff’s Merit Board, which hands out firings and suspensions for sheriff’s sworn personnel.
The decision raises questions about hundreds of disciplinary cases brought by Dart, who has aggressively filed charges against officers, deputies and guards during his nearly 10 years in office. The ruling has caused an “administrative and bureaucratic mess” that might take years to unravel, said Cara Smith, Dart’s chief policy officer.
The ruling affects cases that date back at least until 2011, and the sheriff’s and state’s attorney’s offices are researching whether earlier board appointments could affect even more cases, Smith said.
Perhaps Dart should institute some sort of "pizza tax" to pay for his mismanagement and malfeasance?
Time for a new sheriff....and a serious look at disbanding large portions of County government.
Time for a new sheriff....and a serious look at disbanding large portions of County government.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
65 Comments:
When you have hack lawyers who never went to trial in any type of case you lose big. These clouted lawyer have no concept of cost because they have an unlimited PIGGY bank to dip in even if they are wrong.
These lawyer will typically hope the employee will give up or run out of money.
the sheriff union is already backing down hoping dart just give everybody a free pass.
Who would not have settled this? people who dont read contracts or laws typical county hacks with relative in office..
It’s been 32 years...
P/O Michael W Ridges #380
Cook County Sheriff's Police Department
EOW 17 Oct 85
You are and will forever be missed, Mikey and never, ever forgotten!
(Mikes father: the late Capt John Ridges CPD)
(Mikes brother: Sgt Jack Ridges CPD retired)
Thanks again and forever grateful to CPD P/O's John Kucharski, Teddy Ochocki and Dennis Tabaka who had the 3 offenders in custody without incident on the Kennedy Expressway within minutes of Mikes shooting.
Maybe that's why the Po-leece were
summoned to his house.
He got word that he was definitely
going to be on the hook for employee
back pay due to to merit board
fuckery and flipped out...
If he was an Outfit guy he would have been
history a long time ago.
Rule #1: don't loose money
Rule #2: always remember Rule #1
Yeah Im pretty sure that they're not going to overule hundreds of cases over one ruling. The majority of these cases were justified for termination.
Gonna have to double that Soda Tax!
I been saying for months--- add a hypodermic needle tax and the customer level--- do not tax the hospitals.. also tag a tax on little clear baggies. Asshole will sell their shit in glass vials to get around the tax. Tax anything used in asshole behavior. The time is done of this living on other people's taxes.
Why would anyone want to go back on the job following being shit canned... come back for a day and leave... move out of state and get a viable career.
At this rate, the bike tax is going to have to be "worth its weight in Gold."
Rules are for the little people.
Too bad for Dart, the IL Supreme Court decided he is a tiny person.
Lots of people going to be rich.
Rahmbo will find a way to get a piece of the action.
What about the dog and pony status hearings at the pension board? How does FOP just pretend this stuff never happened? Never have I seen officers treated so poorly. Shameful
It has been time for a new sheriff and the rest of the lot who enable the ridiculous environment that the democratic party alone is responsible for in the city, the suburbs, the county and the state! Under their expert tutelage they have taken the state to third world status in the area of finance, corruption in government, lawlessness, violence in the streets, as well as world class taxes on the middle (WORKING) class!
At this point we can abolish most of the city council, the crook county board, most of the township governments, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND LT GOVERNOR and most of the congress and senate. I bet that would put us in the black ink and after a year passes they can probably do away with most of the fund raisers (TAXES). Can we fire or impeach them all? They haven't done anything in so long there would be no defense for them, any of them!
The ruling has caused an “administrative and bureaucratic mess”
Yeah. It was the ruling that caused the mess, not Dart's actions.
rb
This wasn't in the article but on the Crook Sheriff blog. There seriously needs to be a investigation into Dart.
Dart claims his Merit Board is an independent entity with no political affiliations. Well below is archived interview with John Rosales, the board member Dart illegally appointed... Perhaps an investigation in Dart's board who earn a pension and 26k a year for working one day a month. How is that legal?
John Rosales, who has donated $600 to Dart's campaign since 2012. Rosales is the $84,000-a-year director of Olive-Harvey College's South Chicago Learning Center, part of City Colleges. Rosales said Dart is a friend. Dart appointed him in 2011
SCC, don't all Sheriff board members have to be lawyers. This Rosales guy Dart illegally appointed bio says he only has a bachelor's degree and is now working for the Governor. Could this scandal be getting bigger???
John R. Rosales was appointed by Governor Bruce Rauner on March 16, 2015 to a four year term on the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Since his appointment to the ICC, Commissioner Rosales has become active in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and is a member of NARUC’s Electricity Committee and Transportation Committee. Commissioner Rosales is also a member of the board of directors for both the Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI) and the National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI), and is a member of the Independent State Agencies Committee (ISAC).
Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Rosales was the Chicago Sales Center Manager for The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Chicago, and was later promoted to Vice President of Community and Governmental Affairs for Coca-Cola Enterprises. Commissioner Rosales is also a former Director for the Olive-Harvey College South Chicago Learning Center where he managed the satellite campus located on Chicago’s southeast side, and was responsible for the overall operation of the campus, community outreach, and enrollment.
In addition, Commissioner Rosales was a Commissioner for the Cook County Merit Board from 2011 until his appointment to the ICC. As a member of the board, he was responsible for writing detailed final decisions in cases brought before him in order to adjudicate employee discipline within the Cook County Sheriff’s department Commissioner Rosales earned his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. He is a resident of Chicago, an Illinois Literacy Foundation Board Member, and a member of the Azteca Lions Club.
Dart-- apply for a supervisory position with Amazon or another Fortune 500 company--- I bet you will over your head if they make a mistake in hiring you.
You want to talk about a scandal Look at the courthouse rape incident Dart settled for 3.2 million. My buddy in ASA office says the lawyers representing the woman supposedly raped in Dart's lockup was asking for 3.2 million. Dart's attorneys were pushing for a quick settlement before election time and gave the attorneys exactly what they were asking. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THAT!! My buddy says he has never seen anything like that and knows they would of taken much less. But Dart doesn't give a rats ass cause its not his money and he wanted it to quickly go away.
Will a QUALIFIED candidate-not Eddie Munster-please run against Dart the Fart? Will the republican party please find candidates to challenge Prickwrinkle and her incompetent Commissioners? This is a chance of a lifetime!
Retired .38 spl +P
it's amazing that probably the ONLY reason some people voted for him is his name...DART!
"he must be a real SHARP guy!"
YES!!! County government is a waste and in most cases redundant!!!
Speaking of wasted money; Rahm's flyover to Navy Pier is behind schedule and will cost more than the projected 60 million although they won't say how much more of course.
This is the same bunch that is going to build a new academy for only 95 million. Ha ha ha!
I have never seen him in a sheriffs uniform or seen him carrying a gun, he has never worked as a law enforcement officer, this is what happens when you elect a politician instead of a police officer to Sheriff. If you want more of this type of leadership keep voting in candidates simply because they have a D next to their name.
You would think the media would have a frenzy on Dart lately but nooooo, lets not report FAKE NEWS and bash the innocent Democrats. Millions of tax dollars being wasted and No One needs to Answer for this? Where are all the investigative reporters? Hiding as usual.
Little Tommy screwing up again. GMac--- run for sheriff.
when is this moosh-melon ever going to be held accountable?
voters?voters?....
Why can't Dart have a book-tour ending accident like
Hillary? She claims she was walking down a pair of
stairs in heels, then fell backwards.
Ever notice that with the Clinton's all accidents,
deaths, bank overdrafts, automated cash machine
errors, ect. all work out in their favor?
Ever notice that all key players and supporters in
the 2016 Presidential Election on the Democratic
side are either in hiding, fading away, having accidents,
or are in a financial shit storm? With Weinstein it was
broads; with Dart it's money fuck-ups and pizza.
I never understood why Shaved had a vendetta against Tom Dart.
Now I do.
Pizza Tax? Don't give these guys any ideas
This is the tip of the iceberg, if this expands you'll be looking at Chief appointments and Chief Kevin Connelly is at the top of that list.
Talk about the bloat in County government. Heard on radio that the County has "Picnic Table Inspector" jobs.
$80grand a year. Plus benefits. Probably a vehicle, too.
Oh well, it doesn't really matter to Sheriff Dart. It won't be his money that has to pay anything. Start forking it over, taxpayers. BOHICA!
J.J.
There has been so many Dart flubs it hard to keep track. Remember the Shakman BS were he signed order to let Judge Meacham and his lawyers look for Shakman violations. They billed the County 1800 hour, 5.3 million over two years. One year after they left Dart had 148 more exempt political positions on his payroll. It was all a scam for the lawyers and the taxpayers got hosed. Not to mention Darts 2.4 million political retaliation suite lost when he retaliated against employees who didn't back him. Dart will go down as the worst Sheriff in history!
The Sheriff's domestic has basically been confirmed. Where or how can you file a FOIA request with CPD. And can you request the 911 call?
Preckwinkle told the suntimes editorial board that the jail population went down 25% but Darts budget went up. Not a fan on the President but the Sheriff needs to held accountable also.
The rights of officers on disability are being violated by the department. If you get hurt your done on this job. If you are at the point where you have to go on disability be prepared to get violated by status hearings. This job is not worth anything. It ruined me. Everything at the pension board dealing with messed up coppers at these hearings is a blatant violation of rights. De facto!
It is totally wrong and you will never understand unless your facing the board defending the mistake of doing your job. Yes doing your job. My name , resume , and livelhood was stripped for doing my job. Everything lost. The rules contradict the contract and they ridicule and speak about your personal health issues in a public forum. Wrobg FOP.
My advice is do not get out of the car. If you get hit while parked in your squad while doing nothing your still done. No protections. Bottom line the kill you slowly. They erased everything. This process would make any normal person lose it. The damage they cause to myself and others is wrong. someone atand up for officers like myself.
Good for a mother ------ his days are number
Who is Dart's juice? Always wondered why prickwrinkle kept a white guy as sheriff
You can learn all you need to know about the sheriffs office by looking at the test scores for sheriffs police. Pass/Fail. There’s no numerical ranking. So it’s who you ou know if you make the transfer from court services or corrections to the police, not how you do.
What a moron!
Anonymous Concerned Citizen said...
The Sheriff's domestic has basically been confirmed. Where or how can you file a FOIA request with CPD. And can you request the 911 call?
10/17/2017 12:07:00 PM
I have been a police officer for 28 years. The police have NEVER been to my house for anything. This guy is a lawyer and a public office holder who has a holier than thou attitude toward everyone. Karma is the great equalizer!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Who is Dart's juice? Always wondered why prickwrinkle kept a white guy as sheriff
Civics my friend. In this country you can't fire a person who was elected to the office. CPS?
"It has been time for a new sheriff and the rest of the lot who enable the ridiculous environment that the democratic party alone is responsible for in the city, the suburbs, the county and the state!"
We all remember corrupt Republican, (really a Democrat), Sheriff O'Greedy and his corrupt undersheriff that went to prison.
http://www.ipsn.org/county4.php
Just like all of the Republican Governors that are crooks here.
I don't see anyone alleging the firings weren't deserved. Good thing we have unions to help right this wrong and get many deserving guys the money they are entitled to.
So keep voting Democrats in maybe it's time for a Republican sheriff! DOMINIC IZZO
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Preckwinkle told the suntimes editorial board that the jail population went down 25% but Darts budget went up. Not a fan on the President but the Sheriff needs to held accountable also.
Why would you be a fan of her. All she did was politic. Did she go to the editorial board after the soda tax was eliminated? Did she complain before? She controls the budget. Couldn't she have told him to cut his budget when he initionally submitted it. I believe she said that if the soda tax was eliminated the budget would have to be cut. So if the tax was allowed, then Darts budget would have been approved?
The Booz sheriff should be behind bars making the pizzas instead of selling them.
Our Sheriff needs a Hair Cut
He should follow the Grooming Orders established for the Sheriff Office
Also The Sheriff should surrender his guns to the local police department pending this Internal Investigation
I miss spoke. Their will probably be No Internal Investigation concerning this a Incident
The Haves out weigh the Have Nots
Different Rules for Special Folks
Start a Fainting Spell like the Chicago Supt has done
These Fainting Spells will keep the Media off Your Back
OT is out the Roof. Manpower is Low. Training is Not being Done. Excessive Use of Force is Continuas
The Sheriff sits on the State Training Board as a Member. Great Example set by the Sheriff concerning this a Domestic Violence Incident
Don't worry. The Pizza Party is still On at 26th & Cal. Div 1 thru 12.
Privatize the jail system and only then will the bottom line ($$$) and the management be scrutinized.
Of course then there's "recall" of elected officials, but only in Buffalo Grove.
At what point does it or is it going to make sense to the taxpayer that some elected officials are just too corrupt and incompetent to complete repeated terms?
Darts lily-white days are numbered anyway.
A whole new form of guv'mint forming in Crook County.
Shitcago always strife with incompetence at every level
And the only jackass that ever pays for it is the almighty taxpaying fool.
Oh, and fuck you rahm.
Alfonzo Wysinger is considering a run for Cook County Sheriff
@12:43 It doesn't matter if they were fired for cause or not . the ruling says the board was illegally made up so anyone who went before that board can still be fired but it would have to be by a legally convened board. Sooo, that means back pay from then til now. Get it?
@2:10 pm The sheriff is an elected office.
Next up to bat, Rhambalina, and his minions at COPA.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Who is Dart's juice? Always wondered why prickwrinkle kept a white guy as sheriff
10/17/2017 02:10:00 PM
He’s elected. She has no choice.
Anonymous said...
The rights of officers on disability are being violated by the department. If you get hurt your done on this job. If you are at the point where you have to go on disability be prepared to get violated by status hearings. This job is not worth anything. It ruined me. Everything at the pension board dealing with messed up coppers at these hearings is a blatant violation of rights. De facto!
It is totally wrong and you will never understand unless your facing the board defending the mistake of doing your job. Yes doing your job. My name , resume , and livelhood was stripped for doing my job. Everything lost. The rules contradict the contract and they ridicule and speak about your personal health issues in a public forum. Wrobg FOP.
My advice is do not get out of the car. If you get hit while parked in your squad while doing nothing your still done. No protections. Bottom line the kill you slowly. They erased everything. This process would make any normal person lose it. The damage they cause to myself and others is wrong. someone atand up for officers like myself.
10/17/2017 12:28:00 PM
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Talk to the people at the FOP. They will fight for you and right the wrong. Take that to the bank. The new president is as tough and as intelligent as they come.
Only if CPD would get rid of our merit promotions... it’s killing us!
I have been with the Sheriff's Department for 25 yrs. I have Witnessed many Changes over the years. But this past 8 Years have been a real eye opener for me. I had the pleasure of meeting a guy Named Tom Dart he was at that time a chief of Staff for Mike Sheahan (Legal Advisor). At that time the Jail had a Lawsuit pending for the Strip Searching of inmates. The law firm was Loevy & Loevy. I was wondering why they had weak lawyers working on such a big case and the Two Directors named Scott Kurtovich and Daniel Brown representing the Jail. These two guys went to court and gave the Loevy & Loevy a blank check. While the lawsuit was going on for a few years I wondered why are we still Strip Searching while this lawsuit is pending and Tom Dart, other Lawyers and the two Directors knew we were going to lose the case. But then the Sheriff Offered 55 Million Dollars to settle the case. Two months later the United States Supreme Court ruled that Strip searching was Legal in Jails and Prisons. Instead of Tom Dart and the Legal team waiting for the Supreme Court ruling they Billed the Taxpayers 55 Million Dollars, and god only knows what kinda kick back there was in this lawsuit.
Yeah, but you spend a lot of that $80k on tickets to fundraisers & campaign contributions for the very people who hired you. That, plus you gotta take your own time off to work the polling places on election days. ;)
rb
Talk about the bloat in County government. Heard on radio that the County has "Picnic Table Inspector" jobs.
$80grand a year. Plus benefits. Probably a vehicle, too.
10/17/2017 09:52:00 AM
Tom Dart realized that the past Merit Board wasn't on the same Agenda Tom Dart was on. So Tom Dart decided to start by making Rosie Nolan the Director of the Cook County personal Department the Director of the Merit Board.Rosie Nolan was a Cocktail Waitress prior to coming to the Sheriff's Department. So Rosie gets Appointed Merit Board Director and Tom gets all his People into the Merit Board to rule in his Favor. So now the Administration at the Jail starts out by Writing up Officers, Sergeants and upper brass that works the front line of dealing with inmates Daily. Matthew Burke And other legal Advisors start Telling Superintendants to start writing up officers for anything and forward the Write ups to the legal Department. So then the legal Department starting Violating the Union Contract and the General Orders in Progressive Disciple. The legal Department by the Orders of Matthew Burke was to Slam as many officers for as many days they can. Which is now Happening Examples Sergeants Failed to report City of Chicago lights not working on California Ave (7 Days Susp.). Officer Had Urine thrown in his face and then the officer slammed the inmate against the wall (120 Day Susp). Officers were Assaulted and beaten by a few inmates in the dayroom. No force was used. But the officers beaten were give 180 day Susp for not following policy. Now for the latest A Supt had a incident in his division and wasn't present during the incident but is now facing 90 day Suspension. When asked about a order that the Legal Department uses in issuing Disciple and suspension time. They don't have any written order pertaining to progressive Disciple. So basically the Sheriff and his legal department can issue anything they want. So now all cases of seeking separation of employment are forwarded to the Merit Board Tom Dart created. So his Disciples his staff then he slams the Employees by a so called non political Merit Board to fire anyone he pleases. If are Court system operated like the way the officers are served justice at the Merit Board. There would be Protest and outrage from people.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This is the tip of the iceberg, if this expands you'll be looking at Chief appointments and Chief Kevin Connelly is at the top of that list.
10/17/2017 09:52:00 AM
Who is this guy???
Tom lets reveal some of the spots you created in the past few years. Maybe while you are sorting threw some of the 10 percent cuts you have to cut. Look at these spots. Director of Div 11 Lobby. 120,000 a yr to deal with visitor issues the director works day shift and off weekends. I forget to mention there are no visits during the day shift. So I wonder what he does all day. No one seems to know. Then you have a Director of Yoga teaching inmates yoga. She makes 120,000 a year and has to assistances making 80,000 each. Lets talk about the director of Justice who interviews inmates and goes to court asking the judge to reduce bonds for the inmates 140,000 a yr and has a assistant making 105,000 a yr. Lets talk about the Terry Williams and Brad Curry each making 130,000 each a year. They came from the state and over see the directors and Chiefs. Lets talk about the layers of directors over looking Directors its a total of about 187 Directors. But thats just at the Jail. We use to have Three Directors years ago. We had 12,000 inmates back then. Now we have 7000 Inmates and 187 Directors. But Tom Dart wont cut any Directors. But he will cut Security and front line staff.
Anonymous said...
Alfonzo Wysinger is considering a run for Cook County Sheriff
10/17/2017 08:10:00 PM
Horse Shit.
Didn't Al blow his financial load building a
dee-luxe retirement cabin in Atlanta?
Or is this a way for the Inner Party to
help "Alligator-Arms Al" recoup his "loss"
on the house by "giving" him a six figure
job to supplement his six figure pension
and at the same time put somebody pliable
(Read as "Box o' Wet Rocks") and of the
proper demographic in the Sheriff's office?
>Snicker!<
Watch for all the people involved in the
Lieutenant Exam Cheating Scandal to slowly
start percolating back to the surface like
the occupants of a cemetery dug out of a
swamp...
Grim Grinners say:
"BOO!"
EEEYAAAGHHH!
I want to sign up as Director of Self-Defense and MMA for the inmates. Officers would be allowed to host matches. All I am asking is for a piece of the cut and a few slices of pizza. Can somebody steer me to a point of contact please. I just bought a box of envelopes to hand the party too. Please respond.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
It’s been 32 years...
P/O Michael W Ridges #380
Cook County Sheriff's Police Department
EOW 17 Oct 85
You are and will forever be missed, Mikey and never, ever forgotten!
(Mikes father: the late Capt John Ridges CPD)
(Mikes brother: Sgt Jack Ridges CPD retired)
Thanks again and forever grateful to CPD P/O's John Kucharski, Teddy Ochocki and Dennis Tabaka who had the 3 offenders in custody without incident on the Kennedy Expressway within minutes of Mikes shooting.
At least 1 of the 3 (Falls) was paroled about 5 years ago and is on the street, great justice system.
I was terminated in 2007 for taking disability leave. The so-called policy was the "Unauthorized no-pay-status policy" found unlawful through arbitration. Interestingly, out of the four pages of persons who were to be made whole from discipline under this policy, my name was not present. Additionally, I was privy to information concerning a merit board members (Robert Hogan)relative/hire (Michael Hogan Div 6), who was ghost pay-rolled until that officer became involved in a criminal case on the street. So, guess what? Or should I say, guess who was the lead merit board member over my hearing? ROBERT HOGAN! After this officer's information started to gain attention, the department could not keep it quiet, so they decided to find a scapegoat to pin their wrongdoings on. I still to this date, am in possession of this information. At the time, MAP or the Metropolitan Alliance of Police, was bilking officers of thousands of dollars for membership dues, while under the table with the County having sex and a cigarette. MAP sold out so many officers, I being one of them because I was never afraid to go against the County. MAP purposely sabotaged my case with the help of Robert Hogan, and the Merit Board, AND I CAN PROVE IT. I am also not afraid to leave my name here today. WANDA ATTERBERRY
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