Riverwalk Patrols
- A team of Chicago police officers will be among the new sights greeting visitors at the downtown riverwalk this summer as the city tries to make sure tourists feel safe in the increasingly popular waterfront party zone.
Six cops will be added to patrol from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. daily. The increased police presence comes almost a year after two men were shot during an early morning argument on the riverwalk. The June 2017 shooting happened after 2 a.m., so it’s not clear whether these new police patrols would have helped in that case.
But city Fleet and Facilities Management Commissioner David Reynolds said the changes are about making people feel comfortable when the businesses are open and helping clear out the riverwalk after the bars and restaurants close for the day at 11 p.m.
So Fleet and Facilities Management is now running the Department.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
48 Comments:
Mall Cop 3, or 4, or whatever it is. Pathetic!
This will be a good thing.
CPD leadership never really have a plan to stop criminals other than to have us visible.
Dollars to donuts.....there will be a bloodbath.....six coppers...….where's the story, the fact that there are only six....now you are talking.....otherwise why are you wasting everyone's time! Can't wait for the first really hot weekend!
Don’t do anything. Let this prick lose.
Why would we need extra police to patrol the riverwalk when Deputy Chief Ryan just told everybody that downtown is safe?
Six police while the offenders operate in groups of 20 or more.
"I command you to cease and desist...
In the name of the law..."
Yo, fuck y'all...cant do shit.
Ya, should work.
Idiots.
The reason Fleet and Facilities Management is announcing this is they are providing the fleet of gondolas for Rahm's Venetian Riverwalk Fecal Canal. The six POs will be the oarsmen/gondoliers who will be providing the rides for the tourists. Keep your hands inside the boat!
Everyone runs the police dept except for the police. After all, we SERVE and protect.
6 cops covering 7 days.
better start training with roller blades with jet packs.
how big is the twerps detail again?
Six guys working an 11 hour shift? Something is not right there. Also, is that a six man team that needs days off meaning no more than 3-4 will be out at any time? Or if that's 6 at a time, then there must be at least 12-15 assigned to that "team"? What do you say 2FM?
Wait, Second City, don't you remember a certain vendor won the Riverwalk bid and security was part of the contract ? I believe it was something close of $10.mil
So the six POs can call Fleet and Facilities Management when they are overrun by the packs of wildings, because as we all know, all the police are assigned south, and the north side, Mag Mile and legitimate tax paying citizens can go fend for themselves.
CPD is so short handed, most days off will be cancelled this summer - shit is out of control.
I am sure they will only pick the prettiest of police officers to do this. I'm available!
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Six coppers whose days off will be cancelled all summer.
Hey, just stay off the "riverwalk" after dark.
Meanwhile, 001 will go from 5 beats cars down every day (yes, DAY, during the heart of the business day in the Loop and downtown) to 8 cars down! Don't worry, the robbers will just relocate from the Riverwalk to somewhere else where the police aint!
So lets say they are doin their jobs and locking up the riff raff....Are they going into the station with the arrests and leaving their posts, or dumping it off to the Beat car??????
"So Fleet and Facilities Management is now running the Department".
Well,they sure as hell can't run their own department.
Let the city burn.
You might as well have Fleet Management run the department, it could not get any worse then the current batch of leaders.
PAul Blair, Mall Cop could do a better job then the current police leadership.
The City should make that riverwalk a VRI spot!
$$$$
better have the marine unit or fire dept quick rescue boat in the river for the drunks who wanna try it out or the victim that dude or the homeless idiot pushes in the murky waters.
6 working, ya right, more like 2 on a rdo apiece so that means 2 guys only will be working each day. Don't know about the other day, probably fill ins.
Six cops...is that an additional six added to the District--or six incumbent are just labeled Riverwalk.
Six cops...is that 6 very day- or four every day , while 2 are RDO and minus any on furlo....or ....
If kindney bean da fuh real police Eddie Johnson or his son requested to park in the lot, would you tell either of them “sorry parking for 019 district personnel only”... I doubt it. The LT would have the desk dollies run outside, stop all vehicle traffic in the lot and sweep the spot before they’d pull in.
Arena might be a major league asshole but let’s be fair to all city employees. Whether it’s the alderasshole, dept of transportation, streets and san, cfd, cpd, or whatever, extend that discretion evenly.
“Federal LE parking spots”....what a joke, all non city employees park outside. Period.
Band aid on a cut artery .
They are also adding an ot for area central bikes to patrol 002 on weekend nites. 8 p.o.s and a sargeant. DC wants to make herself look good at the cost of officer safety.
good time to leave this job.
WOW ! 6 PO's for the river front . . . About time. but, wait . . . Do they get days off? Do they still get medical time? What about pending court cases they have to attend? I am sure they will all be denied time due until Labor Day, so that would mean - maybe - 3 or 4 at the most - working on any given day?
Six police while the offenders operate in groups of 20 or more.
We're police officers! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence!
And 016 will run with 4 beat cars on midnights for another summer. Lovely.
Six police while the offenders operate in groups of 20 or more.
"I command you to cease and desist...
I'd hate to be the guy who gets stuck with this detail.
David Reynolds couldn't run a raffle and would screw up a one car funeral!
So Fleet and Facilities Management is now running the Department.
So, he is also entitled to a couple of CPD merit nominations...
I thought we had a deal with the homeless people that live on the river. We don’t mess with them and in return they don’t eat us.
How will they deter a group of 50 to 100 youffs?
During a power outage we always had to drive around with our Mars lights activated. I’m surprised some exempt brainiac hasn’t thought about replacing the hats with blue beacons to be worn on coppers’ heads while doing foot patrol. Should this come to pass I apologize in advance.
That should be a special detail for Marine Unit officers to work on their days off for overtime.
In case somebody falls in
6 means 2 per Watch. That’s it. Carbine qualified. But the rifle will surely be locked up in the vehicle a few blocks and a huge staircase away. Yep. Also, with no new Pos transferring in, that means may a handful of cars will be answering actual calls district wide. Don’t count on back up. No plan for that. Somebody start monitoring how many cars are working in 001 on any given shift. How many are downed for hospital med runs for prisoners. Try to feel safe.
A saw an editorial where they said they didn't want the riverwalks to turn into a Frat party. I agree.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
better have the marine unit or fire dept quick rescue boat in the river for the drunks who wanna try it out or the victim that dude or the homeless idiot pushes in the murky waters.
5/18/2018 08:36:00 AM
Why? Woman went off a boat yesterday, civilian grabbed one of the floating devices that are along the river and she was fine. She grabbed on to it and they pulled her out
Anyone watch channel 7 news last night at 10. Ryan and the FBI agent in charge of Chicago office have plans to protect the citizens of Chicago this summer. Especially at all the big venues and the downtown area. Ryan lead you to believe that last year because of the intelligence and tenacity of the CPD a massacre was avoided last summer by the guy who then went to Las Vegas and shot up the convent. He had rented a room in a hotel across from Lopoluzza but moved on because Chicago was too hard a target
Where will they get these officers from since the first dist only has enough police to man 9 cars on a good day for the entire 2 nd watch and if there lucky 10 on 3rd watch ....
Why not up VRI for this?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Why not up VRI for this?
Because with the new hires, they can’t justify the OT
With all these entertainment districts, beaches, parks, concerts , Michigan Ave, etc we not only run out of police, but there won’t be enough offenders to act like fools in all these locations
.....but there won’t be enough offenders to act like fools in all these locations
5/20/2018 11:25:00 AM
The quantity of dumbasses shall not be wanting......here in the breeding center of dumbasses.
If you have it, they will come to take it........
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