Meet the Leeches
There's a lot of money in monitoring "consent decrees," so it's no surprise a bunch of ambulance chasers have lined up to get a slice of the pie:
- On Thursday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel filed a proposed consent decree for the Chicago Police Department in federal court. Absent any major changes from Judge Robert M. Dow, Jr., who still has to approve the proposal, this 227-page document will chart the course for CPD reforms for years to come.
Neither Madigan nor Emanuel are running for re-election, so they both will be out of office by the time most of the consent decree’s mandates take effect. As with most cities, Chicago will be placed under the authority of an independent monitoring team to ensure the city makes the changes required under the consent decree.
Nine teams responded to a request for proposals to become CPD’s independent monitor. Most of the teams are led by attorneys—including former federal prosecutors, former judges, and a former mayor. Many of them include retired police executives as full team members or subject matter experts. Three of the nine lead monitors are based in Chicago, but the others are spread across the country, from Oakland to Cleveland to New York.
Over the past two decades, as the number of police consent decrees has increased, a cottage industry has cropped up to serve as monitors. Some of the teams that applied to be Chicago’s monitor include well-known players in this field. Others are relatively new. All teams have experience conducting government or corporate audits.
You can read all about the firms at the link up top.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
80 Comments:
Maybe someone can look into this Lt Test cheating scandal. I see Victor Green is retiring, maybe he will drop the ball and justice will be made for those who was not afforded the privilege of the take home study test.
Rule 14 . Keep laughing we will see who laugh last
Terry Gainer is part of SchiffHardin/CNA.
front page of Quinn Emanuel group body states "attorney advertising. prior results do not guarantee similar outcome."
OIR group link is a repeat of Muhammad-Wilson- Wolf proposal.
other than that---its all crap
You want scam? Take a look at Lyons, Illinois police chief. Former Daley bodyguard was hired by Lyons after they hired a consulting firm to find a chief. Nothing but graft. Keating was an Idiot Daley suckass.
As long as there’s tax payers there will be plenty of shady entities to suck up funds at the expense of hard working people in this city. Rahm’s shadow, as well as Madigan’s, will exist for quite some time before we’re rid of their evil schemes. If any of us decide to stay we need to elect better individuals to run this city and state or we should move like many have already done.
Sad times for the CPD ~ why can't we do the same for the mayor & aldermen?! Or for the crooks who hold office in Springfield, like Lisa Madigan & her old man?!
So was this the ultimate goal of having a consent decree? Greasing the palms of the connected and pacifying the unwashed masses? Who will get the contract and who will be new employees or directors of the winner?
Drain The Swamp! a/k/a "The Machine"
The decree is a crock of shit proposed by people that should be looked into for various crimes they have committed.
Democrats = Demons
Police executives.
Always follow the money...
Ahhh, now we know why Lisa is stepping down. I wonder which of these legit applicants she ends up working at.
I was in a meeting and Terry Gainer tried to tell Rddie Johnson what to do, funny as hell. This is before he was let go after billing the city about 30k a month. Funny how he used a gmail address to avoid FOIA.
More ways for the leeches will make money off of our backs and the tax payers backs. 20 and out. Go will you can with the shirt still on your back.
Where is the Vanecko, LLP "Decree reviewing Service" when you need them?
I was disengaged from the public since the Ferguson effect, now I will be even more disengaged from the public. The citizens can thank Emmanuel and Madigan for the disengagement. Neither one has ever taken any Police action, but yet they are experts.
Don't expect any new (legit or not) promotional exams during this period. Probably looking at 6 to 10 years before new tests. Are offered. Sorry.
I thought cottage industries were supposed to produce something useful.
Off Topic, but reading todays Tribune I couldn't help but notice that I saw the name of the wounded officer and the name of the Hero CCL citizen who came to officers aid. Nowhere in the extensive article was there a mention of the shooters name. Is it possible that he was an ILLEGAL ALIEN? Just asking.
Meet the Leeches, can't wait to see the first episode. I hope WGN puts it between Black-ish and The Goldbergs.
Chicago has the record for coruption in the world. Chicago makes third world countries look clean.
You can all thank Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot for this, cast your vote for mayor wisely.
OT: Hurricane Florence coast guard employee was removed after he was spotted allegedly making a white power sign behind the scene on a a tv interview of another person due to it being racist and offensive. Can someone please explain to me why white power hand gesture is more offensive and racist than the fist up black power sign hand gesture which seems to be accepted everywhere. No one says anything about that gesture. I can’t wrap this around my head.
Looks like those that are connected will get another contract with the city. Another way to waste more of tax payers money.
The Ballerina, No Lips Madigan and Johnson the Puppet all had huge smiles on their faces when they all posed for the TV cameras after signing the consent decree. ♠️
The Consent Decree will NEVER go away...
It will stay in place until "Police Racism" is proven
and all the connected palms are greased in perpetuity.
Just like those "Senator Obama" derived TSSS cards
that were supposed to sunset YEARS ago but were
kept being re-animated because they needed more
time to "prove" that The Police were the problem.
Citizen supporter: Two of the biggest democrat shills in the state peddling this garbage.. The only option is to vote with your feet and as hard as it may be for some people for a variety of reasons, it is the only way to escape the total and complete breakdown of government in Illinois. I predict that red states are the only places in the next decade that will experience population growth. Take vacations, visit them and make the choice. Or visit them on the net first. There are several that practically border Illinois and you do not have to drive more than a day. Consent decree my ass. They simply politicized law enforcement and removed the consequence that law enforcement should be.
kinda OT . merit promotions... the argument for them is some people don't test well. now these people who get multiple merit promotions are now subject matter experts and have a hand in on the testing process.
The one thing that has not and probably will not be under the control of this "consent decree" is reform of the promotion and assignment system, the greatest killer of moral for the past 30 years.Corrupt in its entirety
ou want scam? Take a look at Lyons, Illinois police chief. Former Daley bodyguard was hired by Lyons after they hired a consulting firm to find a chief. Nothing but graft. Keating was an Idiot Daley suckass.
9/15/2018 12:36:00 AM
well, yes, that is true. He was a sergeant appointed a commander of the body guards, then a commander of a district then a deputy chief then head of CTA security and then head of Mcpier security then police chief of Lyons which is a town controlled by Madigan. He might be capable, I really do not know. I recall him as a tact sergeant in 010 and he seemed OK. But, one thing I do know. He is arrogant and aloof and was given opportunities to pad his resume that most people never get which opens many doors for a person. When you stay in government service, democrat controlled government service, your faults are never truly exposed. Most of these clout babies fall flat on their face when they enter private industry.
Grafters Rules:
1. With great power of authority to graft, comes serious neccessity to conceal said graft with the coatings of superior moral values. Thus, all successful and hugely profitable graft schemes require exagerated assertions of surperior moral purpose to effectively achieve thorough insertions of the grafter's sticky fingers into the pocketbooks of the grafted from, aka taxpayers.
2. Review rule#1 until you are sick and tired of reviewing rule #1; then fucking abide by rule #1, or you're gonna get kicked off the grafting crew. And ya donna wanna dat ta happen, does ya?
Sincerely,
Gary the Grafter
Ya know what I'm after
So....... Pony Up!!!!
Terry Gainer is part of SchiffHardin/CNA.
front page of Quinn Emanuel group body states "attorney advertising. prior results do not guarantee similar outcome."
OIR group link is a repeat of Muhammad-Wilson- Wolf proposal.
other than that---its all crap
9/15/2018 12:28:00 AM
Gainer would be OK. He was a sergeant before he left to run the state police and he was head of the Park Police and deputy of the Washington Metro cops. He is now a security consultant for the Illinois medical marijuana community and consults with other groups. maybe he can tell you about when he was in the police legal department and he ran his law firm out of his office, at the same time.
OT: 16 people shot yesterday. No one was cooperating with the police.
And the community will march in my peaceful neighborhood.
And the government nut jobs want to monitor the CPD.
Multi-Millions each year for these companies?!!?? $500 an hour per monitor?! I’ll put in to do it myself. For only $150,000 a year. The broke city won’t be able to say no!
leeches...exactly
Just another fucking racket.
Here is my initial assessment of the first four firms. BAKER HOSTETLER: Claims they will have ONE monitor in Chicago at all times, yet they still are budgeting $7,500 yearly for travel expenses. The cheapest of the proposals.
DAVID COAR: Twice as expensive as BAKER HOSTETLER. DICKINSON WRIGHT: A key monitor here is the former Mayor of Detroit. We all know how that worked out. Does not propose how much they will charge as they are still likely trying to figure out how much graft they can skim! This agency is related to our former law enforcement hating president Obama. MUHAMMAD,WILSON WOLF is based in Oakland CA., with a CEO of the radical state bar association of California. That is the federal district that is the most liberal and most overturned federal circuit in the U.S. This firm is linked to former Mayor Daley.
As you can see not really anything good in those first 4 firms.
This is what you get when people keep voting for Democrats or not voting at all. The political thieves are picking the last of the carcass. Wake up folks, bankruptcy is very close for Chicago and the County and state are close behind. They were hoping Hillary would win so that they could get Federal funds. Time to hold this farce called government accountable. Vote out EVERY incumbent. Get you family member to vote them out. Enough is enough.
Maggie hickey is a Democrat friend of madigan who refused to investigate Frank capuzi for years for documented serious ethics violations while she was inspector general. Capuzi was eventually forced to retire as he was caught up in the water department racist email scandal. For years hickey let him slide.
I realize my opinion probably doesn't mean much since I've never been in Law Enforcement and certainly never a Chicago Police Officer. That being said IMHO I think the best firm would be one based in Chicago and with ties to the city.
As such that leaves; the David Coar group. Coar's a retired U.S. District Court Judge from Chicago, there's a former Assistant U.S. Attorney from Chicago on the team, and a retired Illinois State Police Colonel.
The last thing you guys and gals need are people from New York, Oakland, and God forbid, Detroit re-making the CPD.
Again, it's just my opinion -- your individual mileage might vary.
Lol I say it all the time. Who is signing up for this job anymore? I get if you are on now wanting to finish your career but to start this career nowadays? I put this question out to senior guys on the job with high school-aged children: Are you pushing your kids toward the job, away from the job or just letting them decide with no influence either way? Chime in if you wouldn't mind. My ex-wife and I talked both of her (now adult) kids out of coming on the job and neither wanted it anyway. Her ex-husband, the dad, was also CPD and did same. We all did our best to push them from coming on.
I am hoping they make all this shit just so bad that nobody wants to take the exam anymore and they have a reversal with this 'decree' nonsense. I mean really, why would anyone take this job anymore with all that's going on, the reduction in pension benefits and the instability of the pension as well.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Maybe someone can look into this Lt Test cheating scandal. I see Victor Green is retiring, maybe he will drop the ball and justice will be made for those who was not afforded the privilege of the take home study test.
Rule 14 . Keep laughing we will see who laugh last
Would be nice, but it’s over. Lts rest is history , nothing happening
You have to wonder what the pay off along the back channel will be for the Democrats that allowed this to happen, these are the same Democrats that has bastardize the Chicago Police Department the same Democrats that have raise the taxes on the law order people the real estate taxes as high as they can be.
Lyons Police Chief Keating- HS education, went from Sgt to Commander. From CPD to mcPier to Lyons
But he did actual police work, knew the job- and was way more qualified and a better exempt than the folks Special Ed has chosen.
Hillard is dumb as a box a rocks.
If Chicago is the training camp for Democrat grifters.
Then Old Man ShortShanks the 1st was the first FTO.
Why change the police department when the problem exists with the Elected?
The power of the Vote.
The CPD consent decree is an open wallet, much like the unrestricted TIF funding and never ending O’Hare Expansion.
No time limit until it falls under some Fed scrutiny.
How much was spent on the Shakman decree at Cook County that finally ended and re-opened up patronage shenanigans for Prickwrinkle?
How many of you out there think Rahm & Madigroin are or have stepped into some deep shit and are getting out before it hits the fan?
Both reasonably young and likely re-electable here, besides having a $$$ tax free campaign stash.
Something smells afoul.
This move gives the coward politicians political coverage. They can say they do not control the police department if there are any problems. It is the hands of the federal courts.
AND no Alderman have to vote on a proposal that actually uses tax money?
What is the point of having Alderman? IN theory RAHM could approve a police contract alone?
Millions of dollars being moved around by lawyers yet nobody has an actual price tag?
Could the mayor put all the alderman under a consent decree since he is leaving?
The point of having independent monitors is that they are independent. The city has shown in no uncertain terms that it cannot be relied on to do the job so someone has to be hired to do it for them. This could all have been readily avoided if the city had been properly supervising its police department the last century or so. but for whatever reasons, the city chose to pass on fulfilling its obligations along those lines so it comes to this.
Drain The Swamp! a/k/a "The Machine"
9/15/2018 03:17:00 AM
we can dream.........
OT- Any clue or guess on how long the JVD trial will last?
They are lining up at the public trough for the free $$$$$.
That's OUR $$$$$$.
GODDAMNED FUCKING LEECHES.
FUCK THEM.
This pales in comparison to the Loevy & Loevy stuff. Former L&L attorney Katie Hill went to work for Kim Foxx in the State's Attorney's Office and got a bunch of old convictions thrown out and now she left the State's Attorney's Office and went to the Corporation Counsel office in the city's Law Department so that she can see all of these cases through the civil lawsuit process ultimately making sure Loevy & Loevy reaps more and more millions from the taxpayers. Total corruption but they get away with it. BTW, check out how much money Loevy & Loevy has given Kim Foxx. This corruption is blatant and disgusting. You'd think the feds would take a look at it but nothing so far.
Come on citizens of Chicago .
We need an Honest , Non Political connected Independent to run for Mayor .
The field is full , only top two will end up on April 2019 Ballot .
Someone with common sense , that will cut the crap out of budget , no show jobs ,sweetheart contract .
Fair real estate tax. Equal Police Protection.
Cut alderman in half .
So far Vallas , Wilson are the only non politicians running .
There must be someone else .
I’d take someone like potato 🥔 Head quinn. He’s really not a politician. He slipped through the cracks. Was fooled into raising taxes .
A person that will restore some subsidy for retired city employees health insurance and take away health insurance from all former elected city politicians. Reduce hours of alderman to 25 hours a week , no benefits ,pension . It’s a part time job and everyone knows it .
ot; article in tribune last two days. "The odds were stacked against Laquan McDonald from birth, but despite his problems, he possessed a sense of humor, resilience and love of family. Court records and interviews reveal a fuller portrait of the lanky teen who could make you "laugh until you cried."
what kind of reporting is this? stacking the deck against JVD. next thing you know
Mother Theresa is going to called to give glowing character references for laquan. hope JVD's lawyers got it right going with jury. this article is so one sided, how can antone be impartial.
Where is the FOP to talk about how the "outstanding" community where the future scientists are being shot and killed dont cooperate with police...yet they keep protesting and chanting how the CODE OF SILENCE is in the police dept? How they want to make better public relations with CPD? How is all of this supposed to happen when these community morons refuse to talk with us and help them take the killers off the streets? Its a shame they protect the bangers and killers of the children just cause the dont "trust" the popo's. oh well..then get used to loosing more future brain surgeons and scientists. Take the police out of the neighborhoods that DONT want us and HATE us and put us where we are appreciated and needed against the scum invading innocent tax payers communities.
Jim keating was actually a real good policeman back in day. He us a very trusted person in the daley circle. I worked with and for him in the field and he was really good and very hard working. So hes heavy so what. He has one trait that a lot of coppers should learm. He jlkeeps his mouth shut
This job is like death by a thousand paper cuts. Leftist journalists love to stoke racial tensions and love to smear the police. Then the always ignorant Chicago Tribune prints an article about officer suicides and pretend that they don’t understand the reason. Then leftist leeches formulate a plan to bleed taxpayers even more while continuing to stoke racial tensions. Enjoy your blood money people. I hope you all burn in hell.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
OT- Any clue or guess on how long the JVD trial will last?
9/15/2018 01:19:00 PM
No
Madigan is 76 retiring soon why would his daughter give up being Attorney General?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Maybe someone can look into this Lt Test cheating scandal. I see Victor Green is retiring, maybe he will drop the ball and justice will be made for those who was not afforded the privilege of the take home study test.
Rule 14 . Keep laughing we will see who laugh last
Would be nice, but it’s over. Lts rest is history , nothing happening
9/15/2018 10:27:00 AM
Make way it's our turn now!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Lol I say it all the time. Who is signing up for this job anymore? I get if you are on now wanting to finish your career but to start this career nowadays? I put this question out to senior guys on the job with high school-aged children: Are you pushing your kids toward the job, away from the job or just letting them decide with no influence either way? Chime in if you wouldn't mind. My ex-wife and I talked both of her (now adult) kids out of coming on the job and neither wanted it anyway. Her ex-husband, the dad, was also CPD and did same. We all did our best to push them from coming on.
I am hoping they make all this shit just so bad that nobody wants to take the exam anymore and they have a reversal with this 'decree' nonsense. I mean really, why would anyone take this job anymore with all that's going on, the reduction in pension benefits and the instability of the pension as well.
9/15/2018 10:11:00 AM
Where can you make $70,000 in two years nowhere?
Anonymous said...
Citizen supporter: Two of the biggest democrat shills in the state peddling this garbage.. The only option is to vote with your feet and as hard as it may be for some people for a variety of reasons, it is the only way to escape the total and complete breakdown of government in Illinois. I predict that red states are the only places in the next decade that will experience population growth. Take vacations, visit them and make the choice. Or visit them on the net first. There are several that practically border Illinois and you do not have to drive more than a day. Consent decree my ass. They simply politicized law enforcement and removed the consequence that law enforcement should be.
9/15/2018 08:47:00 AM
Whole country turning blue due to unending immigration remember when Illinois used to be a Red state too?
OT- Any clue or guess on how long the JVD trial will last?
--- Hopefully not long because I don't see working 12 hour days nonstop for more than a couple of weeks with no time off. This trial could go on for over a month depending on how many witnesses are testifying and how much evidence they have to examine. Deliberation alone could take a week. If they think we are working this schedule for 30 days+ they are nuts. You will see people calling in by the dozens.
Anonymous said...
OT: Hurricane Florence coast guard employee was removed after he was spotted allegedly making a white power sign behind the scene on a a tv interview of another person due to it being racist and offensive. Can someone please explain to me why white power hand gesture is more offensive and racist than the fist up black power sign hand gesture which seems to be accepted everywhere. No one says anything about that gesture. I can’t wrap this around my head.
9/15/2018 07:46:00 AM
Don't make any kind of hand gestures or you will be accused of racism too we are living in idiocracy now!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I was in a meeting and Terry Gainer tried to tell Rddie Johnson what to do, funny as hell. This is before he was let go after billing the city about 30k a month. Funny how he used a gmail address to avoid FOIA.
9/15/2018 06:22:00 AM
Just like Hillary and Rahm!
Think it's bad now wait until Kwame Raoul gets in please volunteer and donate to Erika Harold!
Anonymous said...
Many Officers are afraid of coming into work everyday and being the next Van Dyke on trial everyone hates the Police life ruined unemployable the job is not getting better. They make it sound so easy to get help but I've seen how Officers who have gotten help are treated if they come back no one wants to work them bosses keep special tabs on them it's messed up.
9/13/2018 02:36:00 AM
Theyre afraid of not only being the next Van Dyke, but also being any of the other officers on scene who assisted.
Backup is terrible these days for any call of person with a gun/knife.
9/13/2018 07:53:00 AM
Anonymous said...
Off Topic, but reading todays Tribune I couldn't help but notice that I saw the name of the wounded officer and the name of the Hero CCL citizen who came to officers aid. Nowhere in the extensive article was there a mention of the shooters name. Is it possible that he was an ILLEGAL ALIEN? Just asking.
9/15/2018 07:34:00 AM
Try reading another paper. His name is like Dan Mageo or something. He's from Cali and had parole warrant. I also found this information in the paper this morning.
The same pigs keep getting fatter at the public trough!
Where can you make $70,000 in two years nowhere?
---- LOL and where are you gonna buy a house in this shithole town with a salary of $70k, Englewood??? The average price of a house in a decent neighborhood starts at 450K+ and that's for the old bungalows that have dated interiors. New construction starts at $700k-1.2m. Not to mention the 10-30k in property taxes you're gonna shell out each year for the privilege of owning a decent home in crook county. 70k/yr is not even a living wage in this dump anymore after you factor all the fees, taxes, permits, and fines they scam.
Monitor should have a nifty website and have to post all this monitoring work online!
The kids call it TRANSPARENCY tax money use work posted.
The salary's of all the lawyers should also be posted as to show no conflict of interest. COPA could handle the posting of lawyer info.
All lawyer should live in the City because they become city employees under the decree.
Ethic forms should also be filled out by the great lawyer just to make sure they are not handling any criminal cases on the side
Vying to suck up our tax dollars.
Anonymous said...
The point of having independent monitors is that they are independent. The city has shown in no uncertain terms that it cannot be relied on to do the job so someone has to be hired to do it for them. This could all have been readily avoided if the city had been properly supervising its police department the last century or so. but for whatever reasons, the city chose to pass on fulfilling its obligations along those lines so it comes to this.
9/15/2018 01:14:00 PM
Independent? Who are they accountable too? Shoudln't the voters get some say thru their elected officials? If you are not happy with the elected officials, vote for someone else.
It's Madigan's and Rahm's last middle finger to the people of Chicago and Illinois.
Are you Democrats catching on yet?
nonymous said...
Jim keating was actually a real good policeman back in day. He us a very trusted person in the daley circle. I worked with and for him in the field and he was really good and very hard working. So hes heavy so what. He has one trait that a lot of coppers should learm. He jlkeeps his mouth shut
9/15/2018 05:46:00 PM
this is not the point. The point is a lot of people would fit the above narrative, but will never get the chance because of patronage and politics. Everyone should have the same fair shot at promotions. To get a step up becAuse you are in the correct political circles is just plain wrong.
Anonymous said...
kinda OT . merit promotions... the argument for them is some people don't test well. now these people who get multiple merit promotions are now subject matter experts and have a hand in on the testing process.
9/15/2018 08:48:00 AM
That was the original argument made by corrupt former alderman Beavers, even though they modeled out merit program after the corrupt program in Detroit. But, if you look at the people who were promoted merit, you will find college graduates, more then one attorney. If you have a college degree or if you are a lawyer, then you certainly must test well. It is a scam to control the narrative and promote who the political class wants. Look at the results? The command staff of the department is composed of mostly merit promotees, some multiple times. Imagine, going fromn patrolman to sergeant to lieutenant and then to a gold star without ever passing a promotion exam?? How about that?
Article in Tribune about the poor victim Mac Donald with 25 arrests. Everyone else, including government sponsored social services made the attempts to raise this doomed kid. This, along with the in-your- face protests doesn’t give VD a very good chance of a fair trial. Looks like the judge refuses to bulge on change of venue.
And the drug-addict, irresponsible mom gets 5 million courtesy of the tax payers. Crime does pay, doesn’t it mom ? Go figure.
I just read, or honestly, perused, the proposals of the nine Independent Monitors listed here. What you don't mention is that the price is $3 million a year for at least five years, in some cases much more. The LA Decree lasted more than 22 years. The pay and expenses these eggheads receive are exorbitant. They will book as much as $150,000 in annual air travel expenses alone to come in with their teams. They will bill office space and local staff.
The group from Oakland endorses Ceasefire, and wants to devote 15% of its resources to Ceasefire. Another champions Shot Spotter and wants it to go city wide.
All try to promote a connection to Chicago, stating they have staff members who graduated from Kellogg, U of C law, or Northwestern law, as if that makes them apprised of local law enforcement and city culture. Some proposals were 850 pages long. Others were a few pages. One mentioned that Terry Hilliard was once involved in the company and said little else. One proposal was a reprint from a failed effort in New Orleans. Several contained grammar and spelling errors. One referred to CPD as CDP (Chicago Department of Police) throughout the document. One cited a Seattle Police supervisor as a co-monitor and misspelled Seattle (Settle). It should be interesting to see what kind of garbage the eventual selectee will produce for a work product and how long and expensive it will take to produce it, One of the applicants is called Quinn EMANUEL and its monitor is John BUNGE (not Burge. Good luck with that one , kids. You can't make this up.
Maggie hickey is a friend of madigan and can’t be trusted. Also close to Rahm I’m sure.
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