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Also from our occasional contact with the plausible rumors - additional cameras?
- CPD made contact with 3 vendors that do dash cams, asking for insight and quotes for over 1,500 dash cameras that are aimed INSIDE the squad at officers. They stipulated that the cams have to be 4K, have the ability to be live streamed, and have a microphone for audio recording. Watch every patrol squad have a camera and mic on you for your entire tour, every day, 24/7. Every joke, every comment, conversation, burb, fart, sip of coffee.... all being recorded. It’s coming.
Contracts and discipline?
- If Preckwinkle gets in, you’re all fucked. She controls the county board and by extension, the budget for county. I’ve seen how she negotiates contracts. Think Iron Fist.... “Yes or no. I’ll allow or I won’t. You’ll get it or you won’t. This is the number you’re allowed, figure out how you want to divvy up the raises/bonuses/perks within that framework.” It’ll be hell. If she is in, look for an overtime/VRI reduction. Instead of $200m in overtime? Think $40 million. Your contracts will focus on reducing the 24hr window for statements after a shooting, to 8hrs. Raises will be smaller but bonuses will go up. She will push for power test incentives, longevity bonuses, annual bonuses and so on.
Don't think the firefighters are immune from "improvements" either if Prickwrinkle gets in:
- As for firefighters, look for 12-hour shifts. Not everywhere, but a “pilot” in 2 or 3 houses and it’ll expand more after that. This will be a reality. Also, manning will be fought HARD by her and she will close houses. Somewhere between 3-5 over 2 years.
Change is coming - how much and how bad is still up in the air.
Labels: department issues, rumors
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
165 Comments:
How many more cameras do we need?
Doesn't matter what she proposes for the police. No one is applying for the job anyway.
A totally hostile atmosphere and administration. Forced residency. Unless you are desperate why apply here?
No more working a second job for fire— or knocking out a masters degree on days off— you will be drained and sleeping, or doing doctors appointments because of health shit
Watch every patrol squad have a camera and mic on you for your entire tour, every day, 24/7. Every joke, every comment, conversation, burb, fart, sip of coffee.... all being recorded. It’s coming.
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Didn't Schaumburg Police have something like this?
Heard stories of the Watch Commander calling individual cars asking what they were doing picking their nose.
CFD should have been cut years ago. They refuse to ride on most jobs as is it. Getting paid to sleep? Where’s then inspector general?
If Preckwinkle gets in, you’re all fucked.
She controls the county board and by extension, the budget for county. I’ve seen how she negotiates contracts.
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YES !!!
This communist bitch has my vote !!!
I have a little over a year and a half til' age 55 - 2% insurance !!
This witched witch will drag the contract out at least 3 to 4 years until impasse !!
Then.. off to Tennessee never to look at another Demo-Crat again.
Looks like she will run it like its a company selling widgets. Marvelous.
CFD here — It’s always thrown around as a rumor during contracts, but for 12 hour shifts to work they’d have to hire thousands firefighters to cover shifts. Why do you think it hasn’t happened yet? It doesn’t save money. Closing a few fire houses won’t accomplish that.
Stop doing police work
Sooooooo....... time to go to bikes?
Be the change. It’s been happening for everyone except the community. They don’t have to ‘change’. Soon we’ll be a complete Demolition Man movie type of police force. I say give them exactly what they want. Bring the city onto its knees. It’s the only way they can see the error of their ways. The shooting numbers and crime will skyrocket but alas these idiot hard chargers never listen. Keep extending themselves beyond what’s necessary. Go ahead bone heads. Callback and COPA is waiting for you.
If this city is dumb enough to vote in the Sugar Queen they deserve everything they get.
If that socialist anti-police racist becomes mayor??? Please please don’t do a damn thing
Man, glad I'm close to retirement.
Wouldn't want to live here.
I am glad I retired in 2013.. good luck and enjoy
More and more it's looking like 20 and out is the way to go. Maybe that's what they want. Bring in newer, cheaper, easier to mold officers.
Whatever. The job has been done.
Some trucking companies have had cameras on the drivers for a while.
You're basically an animal in the zoo.
Have you noticed those camera's on the gimble in the roll call rooms? Once someone turned them to face the wall. The next day they were back in the original position. The clock on the same wall has been stopped at 4:17 for 2 months.
Priorities.
If I were ever going and thinking of becoming CPD, this would end it for me. Can you imagine your every word and movement being recorded ? Half the pleasure of being a cop was to be able to talk about your day , share a joke or amusing anecdote , or just pull over to take a break to rehash a call you just handled with a partner you trusted . Not to mention grabbing a bite on the run or having to race to an emergency bathroom break . This is an awful idea and it’s big brother watching on steroids . Unreal.
Chicago is already doomed. Doesn't matter who gets in. Good decent taxpaing citizens of all races are getting out of town and not coming back. Nobody left to pay the bills. Crooked politicians over the years have stolen everything they can grab. Everything else is mortgaged up. Kind of like Detroit on steroids.
And the dummies that vote, eat this up yet can't figure out that the real crooks (politicians) aren't ever accountable and never wear cameras.
If I ever get called in for nose picking, I will simply explain that God picked my face but he let me pick my nose.
Why don't they install these cameras in the mayor's office?! or aldermen's offices? or all the city offices???
Cameras, Mr. Orwell? Is it 1984 already?
What the community wants the community gets.
Vote for Gary McCarthy. He likes the police. Fuck Toni Preckwinkle, Susanna Mendoza, Willie Wilson.
CFD should have been cut years ago. They refuse to ride on most jobs as is it. Getting paid to sleep? Where’s then inspector general?
Haha how does a fire company refuse to ride on a job? It gets dispatched and they go .... but yea you sleep on an 8hr shift try a 24 hr shift. Same team here guy get your head on straight. One team one fight.
Use this job like the politicians use you. Here's your report. Now make sure to go get a warrant for his arrest.
YES !!!
This communist bitch has my vote !!!
I have a little over a year and a half til' age 55 - 2% insurance !!
This witched witch will drag the contract out at least 3 to 4 years until impasse !!
Then.. off to Tennessee never to look at another Demo-Crat again.
12/28/2018 12:30:00 AM
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Selfish asshat.
Why doesn't she let us all sit in the station and respond to calls from there? That's what the left wing wants anyway. Until they're getting robbed, THEN they want the police.
Put the cameras in the squad cars, best idea ever. Then citizens can listen to the dispatcher all night looking for cars they don't have to send on priority jobs. They can listen to all the jobs pending being broadcast on the zone in a rap every day. Listen to cars calling for back up and nobody coming up because everybody is tied up. No beat integrity, no chance to do anything proactive or follow up on something. Just show the public what it's like to work here, like a ping pong ball at a ping pong tournament.
The boot drivers had the cameras for a while. Go into your local sdsc room and watch the camera for yourself.
What will Mendoza do? What will Bill Daley do? McCarthy and Valas are un-electable, Chico is a maybe. The Money game so far looks like Daley. Reported $3.2 in 3 weeks. I bet it is over $4.5 by now. You need money to run for Mayor and most of the candidates will run out very soon.
Wait, now I have to wear headphones to watch Netflix.
I have faith that the citizens of this fine City will pick the most incompetent candidate.
Anonymous said...
"CFD here — It’s always thrown around as a rumor during contracts, but for 12 hour shifts to work they’d have to hire thousands firefighters to cover shifts. Why do you think it hasn’t happened yet? It doesn’t save money. Closing a few fire houses won’t accomplish that."
It's clear that CFD hasn't seen that they will be expected to work every day for 12 hours here. 12 on, 12 off for the entire work week, however long that may be...Welcome to the New Order...
As for cameras...the city has to pay for them, have them installed, and maintain them. And then some has to watch the 1500 more cameras in addition to the cameras nobody is watching now. I'm calling BS on this one. They may have put out some feelers for cameras but I don't see it happening. Should this come to pass...there will be a loto video of an empty squad car outside Dunkin Donuts until a radio job comes in.
You should behave as if you are already being watched and recorded while your at work all the time.... well except in the bathroom.... just like you should have been behaving when you saw other departments get body cams... You knew it would eventually come here. Protect yourself at all time.
Re: 24 hrs to 8 hrs
Your Honor, my client just came off a near-death experience.
8 hours later, his heart was racing, his hands were shaking,
literally, he couldn't "hear straight," his heartbeat being felt in
both ears. Needless to say, his mind was racing.
In my opinion, you obtained this statement under duress,
without my client having the benefit of legal representation.
Even "the criminals" within our legal system are afforded
better legal courtesy. You call that equality?
Jiminy Cricket said...
If this city is dumb enough to vote in the Sugar Queen they deserve everything they get.
12/28/2018 01:51:00 AM
Well, the state was dumb enough to vote in the Porcelain Prince. Some real smart people in this state.
CPD made contact with 3 vendors that do dash cams, asking for insight and quotes for over 1,500 dash cameras that are aimed INSIDE the squad at officers
This is probably true. The R Men have had a dash cam pointing in on them for years now. Some of their people were stealing parts from the truck and got caught. Now they all are punished.
They already have a vendor for the cameras. The department of revenue boot trucks already have live streamed cameras covering 365 degree views.
So patrol gets screwed again. The house mice will party on.
They should put this in the recruitment poster too, "$73,000 starting salary with continuous video and audio monitoring by multiple cameras"
I think we should have 24/7 cameras for politicians, especially Crimesha and Prickwinkle.
Fair is fair, right?
Every city-county-worker and their family need to seriously get behind ONE candidate, and ONLY one candidate......
There are so many social justice warriors on this ballot this time that each one tries to outdo the next with outrageous demands
and promises to "da community" that its beginning to get really scary.
If we don't at least try to get in the "least worst of the bunch", we are all screwed. The worker bees who pay the taxes, pick up the garbage, man the firehouses, patrol the streets, have to find a way to get our voices heard over those that for 5 generations have been on the dole, or the new "sanctuary city" set of "citizens" with their b.s. ID's - we at least have to TRY to unite behind one person.
To do less is like basically throwing in the towel and saying "We're Done!"
I hope that these 12 hour shifts don't interfere with the firemen's pinch and tickle time. We know that is sacred to them.
You are the good guys! Just who’s side are they on?
She wants to tax each ounce of coffee we consume during a tour. The cameras will record your consumption and the taxes will be taken out of each check. Expect to see a future caffeine review unit complete will a full command staff. Chief, Commander, XO Captain and so on....
Change is coming - how much and how bad is still up in the air.
Labels: department issues, rumors
For the rest of your time left on the job. Duck, Dodge and Hide and you'll survive...
Didn't Schaumburg Police have something like this?
Heard stories of the Watch Commander calling individual cars asking what they were doing picking their nose.
12/28/2018 12:22:00 AM
I hope the officer checked off with a booger...
Have combed and makeup on at all times must look pretty for cameras.
About time for CFD.
Their manpower would be enough to cover three watches. Since with their current one day on, two days off is enough for coverage.
Besides, we don’t have all the fires like years ago.
Can't wait to retire from this SHIT HOLE. Remember,every thing you do or say is recorded. Be careful and stay safe !
anyone who still works as the "police" deserves every bit of this if true. Probably not true tho. Oh well. 1 year to go.
That’s it!! Time for the sedgeway....
most people applying for the job now are unhireable. People coming for the last few test are repeats that were rejected already.
Last night I stopped by 35th street and noticed the Illinois flag flying upside down. I realize that the state is about sunk, but it is still wrong. What democrat is in charge of raising the flags? They must be related to fr flakey on the south side.
The 2nd largest department in the country and the State flag is upside down.
Cameras and mics too? How about some more beans mr taggart?no, I believe you ve had enough.
To the poster at 2:13:00 am: Which socialist, anti-police candidate are you referring to? Wouldn't most of them screw over honest, hard-working LEOs?
Why don't the politicians and bosses wear body cams? That would be very enlightening.
Several years ago there was a study of fireman going on 12 hours shifts and having every other day off. The study concluded that the city would have to hire several thousand more people to cover the city. This would cost the city MILLIONS OF DOLLARS for this shift. It is not going to happen. The city brings this up every contract time simple as that. Not going to happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doubtful. The city had this in the 70s as did many police departments. In the 80s the Supreme Court deemed the practice unconstitutional and entrapment for criminal prosecutions. If used it can only be used administratively.
Illegal cop killer....more info please
Where's "Be careful what you wish for" Guy?
We haven't heard from him in a while, and I think we need another cautionary warning to be careful what we wish for before the New Year.
That is all.
Be the change. It’s been happening for everyone except the community. They don’t have to ‘change’. Soon we’ll be a complete Demolition Man movie type of police force.
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Just for the hell of it go to "Google maps". Scroll down city blocks on the shit hole southside and westside. You will actually see shitheads with their guns out and waving them at the Google camera.
Fuck this city.
Let it and all democrat communist cities burn to the ground.
Sounds like hooey, expensive hooey at that.
There’s no mandate in the obama 21st Century Task Force for that type of camera system.
COPA-IAD SnitchRat implants can cover that.
Any new anti-police mayor won’t need to prove anything with video, audio or physical evidence, the word of community member is solid and the final decision of a crazed Dem is undisputedly permanent.
They will circumvent any Contract discipline agreement.
Besides having no right to privacy whatsoever, its all about tweaking the discipline and headhunting not officer safety.
21st Century will fundamentally change and transition this Dept into another bloated GubMint agency with 80% Do Littles.
Think Señor el’Jugghaid Trust Me did some damage?
I agree, the future will be worse, triple that with LightLoafs or Prickwrinkle pulling the strings on the next ball-less puppet.
Nothing to Lose Prickwrinkle is like the cockroach that keeps hiding under the hot water heater, always finds a corner to hide to avoid getting squashed. I don’t she will make the runoff cut unless they greatly cull the bogus candidates and when she offers up Crook County jobs to them.
Are the other candidates that chickenshit to rat her out?
CFD should have been cut years ago. They refuse to ride on most jobs as is it. Getting paid to sleep? Where’s then inspector general?
Retired CFD. I remember a time when CPD came to the firehouse for a meal or cup of coffee, they were always welcome and I would guess they still are. I don’t understand the current resentment. Firemen and paramedics don’t decide what to respond to the 9-1-1 center does the dispatching. As fars cuts the, the Current contract does not allow any reduction in manpower. As far as closing firehouses the current contract guarantees the number of engines, truck companies, squads, battalion chiefs as well as most other units. I have always had the utmost respect for police and would never wish for reduced benefits for them. With that said and understanding of what firemen do seams to elude you. If you think 5 firemen on a rig is a luxury then you have never seen what they really do . I would never understand the risk of being a police officer and you have no concept of being a fireman.
One more think about the firefighters contract. I see so much said here about merit promotions in the CPD. The CFD negotiated the number of merit promotions and administrative transfers. There has not been a merit promotion on the CFD in over 10 years and administrative transfers almost never happen. One last thing the CFD has trouble filling exempt positions because they’re is no pension for those positions. All exempts have a pension based on their career service rank.
The pols ruined the cpd, CFD is next to manny rats out there.
In my line of work we have a pretty good camera system made by a company called IDRIVE. The cameras can be viewed by employers at anytime and in real-time. Double-sided camera watches the operator operating the motor vehicle or machinery and on the reverse side watches the view of the street in the direction of travel. There is an ongoing fight over this with the Ball-less Union we have. Basically here a cam there a cam. The company originally made the claim that the cameras were for liability purposes only Incase of accidents etc.. and that the cameras would not be used against employees and they are their for our protection as well as the company’s. That’s not the case they are using it against employees and it’s an ongoing dispute now. This is what this world has come down to. No Privacy anywhere!
The UTU, which is the collective bargaining body for railroad engineers, conductors etc, has successfully fought off the federal government, which wanted to install in-cab cameras in addition to the already mandated data recorder equipment. The UTU claimed that cameras and voice recording stifled privileged union communications among members.
It's been many years since I followed that story. Don't know how it turned out.
We working civilized tax payers really have nothing to say. Both in Chicago and nationally, the permanent welfare class of illegals, feral predators, drop outs,cop hating dope heads and uber liberals have taken over. Hate to say it but if Trump is impeached, a violent civil war will occur. Maybe we need it to clean these sickening anti American scum from this once great country.
Either Lightfoot or Taxwinkle would be very bad for CPD, CFD and the entire city in countless, countless ways.
Hopefully we can avoid either of them winning.
Been happily retired for a little bit now.
So far we’ve stayed with the Chicago house cause my wife still works downtown.
We’ve already discussed it..... if Taxwinkle wins then it’s likely time to put the house up for sale and put Chicago in the rear view mirror.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
CFD here — It’s always thrown around as a rumor during contracts, but for 12 hour shifts to work they’d have to hire thousands firefighters to cover shifts. Why do you think it hasn’t happened yet? It doesn’t save money. Closing a few fire houses won’t accomplish that.
12/28/2018 12:43:00 AM
The need to hire “thousands” has been proven to be false. The city has already crunched those numbers and because the 48 hours off would be gone, the numbers as they are would be sufficient with very little hiring required.
To 12:22am. You do know that FF’s NEVER refuse a job....EVER. Now OEMC Fire call takers may refuse a job as non fucking emergent but not the guys in the firehouse. I’ve seen this comment many times on the blog and it is still ignorant.
What’s a widget- Thornton Mellon
A little duct tape over lens and microphone should take care of that.
Talk about invasion of privacy.
What’s next make us wear special helmets that allows CPD to read our thoughts also?
Stop this insanity.
Who gives a flying fuck, this dept is destroyed by what the liberals have done to it. Just do your job the right way and go home.. nothing more nothing less.
Stop buying shit we don’t need, how about spending that money on buying vehicles for the entire Bureau of Detectives
You have 5-7 Detectives to handle investigations with 2 cars assigned to them. Fucking pathetic!!!!
the number one rumor 2019 seiser still runs it
These so called citizens call the police for everything. Cameras don't scare or reduce their stupidness. Why does CFD refuse to ride on some calls ? The motherfuckers voted for JB, and if Tonni wins for mayor, we are super fucked.
I largely support the use of body cameras, but the rest of this shit has gotten out of hand. Something to point out however, was the camera of that Mokena copper that made the news after he nearly got bulldozed by that METRA train. Notice the field of vision on the video.
Great Situational Awareness on the coppers part though. METRA failed to protect the motorists and nearly got someone killed. Hope someone burns for that.
Off the subject. If your gonna check out another PO's new firearm in 014, make sure the chamber is empty, before discharging the firearm in the locker room. Thank God no one got shot or hurt!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
CFD should have been cut years ago. They refuse to ride on most jobs as is it. Getting paid to sleep? Where’s then inspector general?
Haha how does a fire company refuse to ride on a job? It gets dispatched and they go .... but yea you sleep on an 8hr shift try a 24 hr shift. Same team here guy get your head on straight. One team one fight
He’s just a hater. We have them and CFD has them(kneeling at CFD/CPD game). Pay no attention to it.
Anonymous said...Didn't Schaumburg Police have something like this? Heard stories of the Watch Commander calling individual cars asking what they were doing picking their nose.
12/28/2018 12:22:00 AM
I hope the officer checked off with a booger...
12/28/2018 10:09:00 AM
Many company vehicles are now GPS enabled, and will tell corporate if you are driving too fast, hitting the brakes too hard, taking too long a lunch, etc. I'd have wiped one on the lense out of spite.
ssc a friend of mine who is a shift commander at a well respected western dupage suburb police department has met the command staff of the cpd and here are his exact words " they all cant be rock stars" boy are you right on that one.
:Anonymous Anonymous said...
Vote for Gary McCarthy. He likes the police. Fuck Toni Preckwinkle, Susanna Mendoza, Willie Wilson."
You got it Mr. Mc Carthy!
Bill Daley lost my vote with his pandering idea to rename the Dan Ryan Expressway.
I noticed eddie burke girl sneed isn't writing anything about him in her column whats wrong when eddie resigns no trips to Ireland anymore
Anonymous said...
CPD made contact with 3 vendors that do dash cams, asking for insight and quotes for over 1,500 dash cameras that are aimed INSIDE the squad at officers, so exempts and other degenerate merit hacks can keep their eyes on the fresh meat...
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Vote for Gary McCarthy. He likes the police. Fuck Toni Preckwinkle, Susanna Mendoza, Willie Wilson.
12/28/2018 07:09:00 AM
You are an idiot. We are where we are because of him. McCarthy and his stupid contact cards BS, and then the agreement with the aclu afterwards...fuck that mush mouthed NYC carpetbagger.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Jiminy Cricket said...
If this city is dumb enough to vote in the Sugar Queen they deserve everything they get.
12/28/2018 01:51:00 AM
Well, the state was dumb enough to vote in the Porcelain Prince. Some real smart people in this state.
12/28/2018 08:19:00 AM
And the County was dumb enough to vote in Taxwinkles puppet : Kimmie Fox.
We all know how that’s been working out..... NOT!
This will be the final piece of the police hating administration. Just who do you think will be hired to install, maintain and monitor the new cams. That's right the police hating community members that will be looking for ANY opportunity to jam the street cops up. This will require a whole new staff of prosecutors to charge and punish the evil police wrong doers. Guesstimate a whole new department with 300-500 highly paid political appointees to persecute the police. Aldermen are chomping at the bit to make the appointments. Lots of cash will be changing hands for these jobs per the standard Chicago Way. Will be interesting to see what Chicago Values these jobs command. Can you say graft and corruption at its finest in the City Hall chambers.
Here’s a good one. And it’s not a rumor. The IG’s office is asking each Commander for the name of their DIO and SDSC coordinator so they can interview them as to how they get their information on gang members, how they document it and how they compile “files” on gang members at the district level. ATTENTION DIO’s....contact FOP immediately and DO NOT answer ANY questions regarding any of that stuff. The IG IS NOT YOUR FRIEND!!! One wrong answer and you will find yourself named as a 1st Amendment violator and the Dept will throw you to the wolves.
How about buying new PDT's for the squad cars. Why are so many of our squad cars without PDT's ???????
To 12:22am. You do know that FF’s NEVER refuse a job....EVER. Now OEMC Fire call takers may refuse a job as non fucking emergent but not the guys in the firehouse. I’ve seen this comment many times on the blog and it is still ignorant.
12/28/2018 03:48:00 PM
True, the FF's do not refuse an assignment, but the CFD does refuse calls via written directions given to the OEMC fire dispatch. Once fire dispatch refuses, then CPD gets assigned as a "scout" for the CFD because the CPD cannot refuse a call for service, while CFD via an OEMC dispatcher can just flatly refuse.
What’s a widget- Thornton Mellon
12/28/2018 03:49:00 PM
Is the Triple Lindy hard? -It's impossible
They got it from the tv show The Rookie. They have cameras facing the officers in the car.
To-03:41:00 PM Been happily retired for a little bit now.
You already missed the boat my friend. As soon as JB is sworn in. Sales taxes, gas taxes and property taxes are going up. Not just a little ether. Housing prices are going to plummet, they have already begun to slide.
Anonymous said...
What’s a widget- Thornton Mellon
It's a fictional product. It doesn't matter. - Philip
Retired CFD. I remember a time when CPD came to the firehouse for a meal or cup of coffee, they were always welcome and I would guess they still are. I don’t understand the current resentment. Firemen and paramedics don’t decide what to respond to the 9-1-1 center does the dispatching. As fars cuts the, the Current contract does not allow any reduction in manpower. As far as closing firehouses the current contract guarantees the number of engines, truck companies, squads, battalion chiefs as well as most other units. I have always had the utmost respect for police and would never wish for reduced benefits for them. With that said and understanding of what firemen do seams to elude you. If you think 5 firemen on a rig is a luxury then you have never seen what they really do . I would never understand the risk of being a police officer and you have no concept of being a fireman.
One more think about the firefighters contract. I see so much said here about merit promotions in the CPD. The CFD negotiated the number of merit promotions and administrative transfers. There has not been a merit promotion on the CFD in over 10 years and administrative transfers almost never happen. One last thing the CFD has trouble filling exempt positions because they’re is no pension for those positions. All exempts have a pension based on their career service rank.
Retired CPD Here
I for one have nothing but respect for our firefighters and all first responders for that matter. I would not want to be called out even one time a year, when it’s below freezing and spend hours spraying water on a raging fire. (I have seen the frozen beards and mustaches). I have seen you respond in mass to honor our fallen brothers and sister. I salute you and your brothers and sisters for your honor, your bravery and your service. May God watch over us all
Anonymous said...
In my line of work we have a pretty good camera system made by a company called IDRIVE. The cameras can be viewed by employers at anytime and in real-time. Double-sided camera watches the operator operating the motor vehicle or machinery and on the reverse side watches the view of the street in the direction of travel. There is an ongoing fight over this with the Ball-less Union we have. Basically here a cam there a cam. The company originally made the claim that the cameras were for liability purposes only Incase of accidents etc.. and that the cameras would not be used against employees and they are their for our protection as well as the company’s. That’s not the case they are using it against employees and it’s an ongoing dispute now. This is what this world has come down to. No Privacy anywhere!
12/28/2018 02:51:00 PM
Have them put it in writing next time or don't ever believe them. If they did put it in writing, I'd make sure to utter every ethic and racial slur during a shift (to myself) and then sue the fuck out of them if they harassed or fired me for said slurs.
To Mt.Greenwood Hillbilly,
Locomotive inward facing cab cameras are there.
So lets see comment cards are the McCarthy complaint and the fact he was from NY. The simple fact that he is not a machine Democrat should be enough for you all to get behind him. ALL the rest Machine Democrats or would soon be if elected. Yes even Galas just another crooked Democrat. Time for a change in party controlling things if for no other reason, what is at risk is your future. ALL the other candidates will screw the CPD to the wall, laughing while they do that. Like it or nor McCarthy is only logical choice.
Any vote for a Democratic candidate is a vote to continue down the current path. Think twice about supporting ANY Democratic candidates. Think twice then pull the R lever. Your only hope.
Anonymous said...
What’s a widget- Thornton Mellon
It's a fictional product. It doesn't matter. - Philip
Just like a Telefunken I-47....with leather
Great Situational Awareness on the coppers part though. METRA failed to protect the motorists and nearly got someone killed. Hope someone burns for that.
Try not to be so quick to judge. Rail employees deal with many of the same issues you do. We've had inboard outboard cameras for over two years now.
Anonymous said...
Stop buying shit we don’t need, how about spending that money on buying vehicles for the entire Bureau of Detectives
You have 5-7 Detectives to handle investigations with 2 cars assigned to them. Fucking pathetic!!!!
12/28/2018 04:34:00 PM
So correct but make them marked vehicles that way more accountability!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
CFD here — It’s always thrown around as a rumor during contracts, but for 12 hour shifts to work they’d have to hire thousands firefighters to cover shifts. Why do you think it hasn’t happened yet? It doesn’t save money. Closing a few fire houses won’t accomplish that.
12/28/2018 12:43:00 AM
The need to hire “thousands” has been proven to be false. The city has already crunched those numbers and because the 48 hours off would be gone, the numbers as they are would be sufficient with very little hiring required.
12/28/2018 03:47:00 PM
Then prove it. I’ll explain to you through knowledge of past studies conducted by CFD and the city during contract negotiations how it’s not financially feasible. To say there’s very little hiring required, you’d need to accept the following:
Not only one less FF per apparatus, but TWO.
Close down atleast 25% of all houses.
The city even conceeded that for 12 hour days, there’s a minimum 1000 hires needed to make up for an extra shift (12 hours require 4 different shifts, 24 hours require 3) and the likelihood of mass retirements. It won’t all happen unless there are major concessions for the city
I’ll never get the hatred towards CFD. I’ve never heard someone on CFD wish the worst for CPD on their contract.
True, the FF's do not refuse an assignment, but the CFD does refuse calls via written directions given to the OEMC fire dispatch. Once fire dispatch refuses, then CPD gets assigned as a "scout" for the CFD because the CPD cannot refuse a call for service, while CFD via an OEMC dispatcher can just flatly refuse.
12/28/2018 06:54:00 PM
Your statement is incorrect. Dispatch protocol is determined by the Chicago EMS Medical Directors Consortium. Firefighters and paramedics are not part of that consortium and have no voice in defining protocol.In respect to hours Firefighters work an average of 43 1/2 hours per week with out overtime. Any change in hours Would have to be negotiated. That is never going to happen, and an arbitrator will never change the hours based on past practices. Even if an arbitrator did change the work schedule he would have to reduce the work hours to 40 per week in accordance with the FLSA. The cost of reducing hours based on the current manpower requirement would create a huge OT expense.
Putting 2 and 2 together.....
I'm old enough to remember "Test Patterns" on TV after a certain time.
I'm also old enough to remember some classic lines caught on tape such as;
"Did I win the Lotto?" - Mel Reynolds.
and
"The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder." - Richard J. Daley.
I can envision an endless loop of classic lines with a test pattern as a background.
Eddie Haskell....
Hey Mellon!
We need ya!
Give VIN. Get PAID.
Vote for Pedro
Anonymous Anonymous said...
What will Mendoza do? What will Bill Daley do? McCarthy and Valas are un-electable, Chico is a maybe. The Money game so far looks like Daley. Reported $3.2 in 3 weeks. I bet it is over $4.5 by now. You need money to run for Mayor and most of the candidates will run out very soon.
12/28/2018 07:31:00 AM
Sugar has all the time & money the county can fork over....
To those hating on the CFD who do you think is going to save you when you need medical care? You need to get off that Dildo called Pride because the only enemies we have are these politicians trying to do away with our pension, and changing our contract. I’m CPD and if a CFD brother needs my help I will be the first one to knock someone out to help them out. Rogers Park 024th.
You already missed the boat my friend. As soon as JB is sworn in. Sales taxes, gas taxes and property taxes are going up. Not just a little ether. Housing prices are going to plummet, they have already begun to slide.
12/28/2018 07:38:00 PM
Very true. This entire mayoral field is all shit. This state is done and that goose is cooked. Get out if you can and if you can’t, say it with me
now FE-TAL
Looks Like i’ll be moving in couch’s and reclining chairs in the roll call room and sit there all nite like firemen do just waiting on a call for service. They can watch in-car video of me going to and from my jobs only. Then back to the club house.
Can somebody please find some dirt on prickwinnie
Anonymous said...
What’s a widget- Thornton Mellon
It's a fictional product.
And where should we build our factory?
HOW ABOUT FANTASY LAND! Hahahah
Would't you like to see all the politicians wearing ridgid sigmoidoscopes?
She can't be Mayor and County Board President at the same time?
City building inspectors are running wild in the N/W side and Mount Greenwood. Writing up every violation on the books. Violations adopted in 1870.
If a brick is missing mortar or chipped. 150.00 fine and notice to appear with proof it was up to code.
If you garage door got rust 200.00 fine. Democrat voters got a thank you from all the slugs they voted in.
When snow hits, Revenue people will swarm the white and Hispanic areas. Snow on sidewalks, $100.00 and it goes up and up,
This comment that keeps popping up here claiming that firemen cannot refuse calls is BS. Back in the day when I worked Cabrini, fire service was refused on many calls I had to take. A couple of times, my partners and I even drove sick or injured Cabrini tenants to NWMH because Fire had refused to respond.I don't know if they can refuse calls for service today, but it used to occur in the mid-1990s.
What’s a widget- Thornton Mellon
It's a fictional product. It doesn't matter. - Philip
“Tell that to the bank.....”
To those hating on the CFD who do you think is going to save you when you need medical care? You need to get off that Dildo called Pride because the only enemies we have are these politicians trying to do away with our pension, and changing our contract. I’m CPD and if a CFD brother needs my help I will be the first one to knock someone out to help them out. Rogers Park 024th.
Agreed. Every CFD guy who I’ve ran into on a job has been a stand up guy who is always on the same team as us. Some of the coppers here should be ones to talk with some of the fuck ups (just look at the gold stars) that we have on this job. When that goof kneeled I saw more CFD brothers livid than coppers.
and people still sign up for the job?
First of all no matter who wins for mayor, if the contract does not move forward soon there will be an arbitration filing by the fop. No matter what all the negative folks say, they are on their game of at negotiations sessions. The group that represents us has a lot of good hard working coppers who have very good skills in giving the city side the breakdown of whats really up!! So even if the new mayor says give then zero and taker their protections, no arbitrator will concur. The arbitrator compares departments in cities that are large as we are. So conspiracy theories can be laid to rest here guys/gals!!
This job has been a good one for me and probably most of us. It will continue to be just that with alterations to the way we have to operate thats all. I am an old bull but I do see the writing on the hate the police wall so i act accordingly! Be safe and Happy New Year All!! Oh and the person who said im out in 2 years with 2% insurance-more like 5% by then Still not bad ...
I’ll never get the hatred towards CFD. I’ve never heard someone on CFD wish the worst for CPD on their contract.
12/28/2018 09:43:00 PM
I remember a contract year when our brothers in CFD required a no “me too” clause in their contract. It seemed to me that it was a fuck you to the Police...
"As for cameras...the city has to pay for them, have them installed, and maintain them. And then some has to watch the 1500 more cameras in addition to the cameras nobody is watching now. I'm calling BS on this one. They may have put out some feelers for cameras but I don't see it happening. Should this come to pass...there will be a loto video of an empty squad car outside Dunkin Donuts until a radio job comes in."
There are several agencies across the country with this system. The worry isnt about the video archive so much as the ability for bosses to be able to log in and live stream your feed. They can even do it from home on their mobile phone. This job sucks.
nonymous said...
City building inspectors are running wild in the N/W side and Mount Greenwood. Writing up every violation on the books. Violations adopted in 1870.
If a brick is missing mortar or chipped. 150.00 fine and notice to appear with proof it was up to code.
If you garage door got rust 200.00 fine. Democrat voters got a thank you from all the slugs they voted in.
When snow hits, Revenue people will swarm the white and Hispanic areas. Snow on sidewalks, $100.00 and it goes up and up,
12/29/2018 03:36:00 AM
Lets not forget the tickets when the grass is too high or too many weeds. $150 bucks. I really do not know if this is being enforced city wide, but I do know it is enforced in white areas. Then, I got a ticket for a building that I have never owned or have ever been associated with, along with past water bills. I had to go to court and then spend 4 hours trying to get the water bills erased from my record. There is a police lieutenant, female, who runs the unit that writes these tickets. She would not even talk to me on the phone. I finally found out that they got my name because someone with a similar name paid the property taxes at one point, did not own the property, just paid the taxes. The city is hard up for money. Even the judge shook his head when I testified. And, I do not live in the city and have not for almost 20 years.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
True, the FF's do not refuse an assignment, but the CFD does refuse calls via written directions given to the OEMC fire dispatch. Once fire dispatch refuses, then CPD gets assigned as a "scout" for the CFD because the CPD cannot refuse a call for service, while CFD via an OEMC dispatcher can just flatly refuse.
12/28/2018 06:54:00 PM
Your statement is incorrect. Dispatch protocol is determined by the Chicago EMS Medical Directors Consortium. Firefighters and paramedics are not part of that consortium and have no voice in defining protocol.In respect to hours Firefighters work an average of 43 1/2 hours per week with out overtime. Any change in hours Would have to be negotiated. That is never going to happen, and an arbitrator will never change the hours based on past practices. Even if an arbitrator did change the work schedule he would have to reduce the work hours to 40 per week in accordance with the FLSA. The cost of reducing hours based on the current manpower requirement would create a huge OT expense.
12/28/2018 09:46:00 PM
It CAN be changed if the CFD agree to it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
How many more cameras do we need?
12/28/2018 12:11:00 AM
How many more contracts does someone's cousin need?
Anonymous D - O - N - E said...
If Preckwinkle gets in, you’re all fucked.
She controls the county board and by extension, the budget for county. I’ve seen how she negotiates contracts.
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YES !!!
This communist bitch has my vote !!!
I have a little over a year and a half til' age 55 - 2% insurance !!
This witched witch will drag the contract out at least 3 to 4 years until impasse !!
Then.. off to Tennessee never to look at another Demo-Crat again.
12/28/2018 12:30:00 AM
How about when Illinois taxes your pension no matter where you live?
How about your friends and relatives that live here?
Idiot.
Your statement is incorrect.
12/28/2018 09:46:00 PM
Bullshit. The statement is correct.
One, it was never stated CFD wrote the directions.
Two, CPD does subsequently get assigned after a refusal. In so many words, the CPD "scouts" for CFD. It happens all the time.
In my line of work we have a pretty good camera system made by a company called IDRIVE. The cameras can be viewed by employers at anytime and in real-time. Double-sided camera watches the operator operating the motor vehicle or machinery and on the reverse side watches the view of the street in the direction of travel. There is an ongoing fight over this with the Ball-less Union we have. Basically here a cam there a cam. The company originally made the claim that the cameras were for liability purposes only Incase of accidents etc.. and that the cameras would not be used against employees and they are their for our protection as well as the company’s. That’s not the case they are using it against employees and it’s an ongoing dispute now. This is what this world has come down to. No Privacy anywhere!
12/28/2018 02:51:00 PM
No surprise there.
Anything that they tout "for your safety" or "your protection" is for punitive purposes.
Always. Every time.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sounds like hooey, expensive hooey at that.
There’s no mandate in the obama 21st Century Task Force for that type of camera system.
COPA-IAD SnitchRat implants can cover that.
Any new anti-police mayor won’t need to prove anything with video, audio or physical evidence, the word of community member is solid and the final decision of a crazed Dem is undisputedly permanent.
They will circumvent any Contract discipline agreement.
Besides having no right to privacy whatsoever, its all about tweaking the discipline and headhunting not officer safety.
21st Century will fundamentally change and transition this Dept into another bloated GubMint agency with 80% Do Littles.
Think Señor el’Jugghaid Trust Me did some damage?
I agree, the future will be worse, triple that with LightLoafs or Prickwrinkle pulling the strings on the next ball-less puppet.
Nothing to Lose Prickwrinkle is like the cockroach that keeps hiding under the hot water heater, always finds a corner to hide to avoid getting squashed. I don’t she will make the runoff cut unless they greatly cull the bogus candidates and when she offers up Crook County jobs to them.
Are the other candidates that chickenshit to rat her out?
12/28/2018 01:59:00 PM
How can the "rat her out" when they're as dirty as she is?
Divide and conquer and the usage(delay)of time in contract negotiations is the historical pattern of city negotiators of the contract.We have a mayor that is leaving,so,there is no incentive to get things settled in a timely matter before the election.This gives the frustrated know it alls a lot of time to spew hate and “how they should do things”.You are playing right into their leveraged hand.Fact:Every first responder in the city need each other’s support especially now.You really have no friends right now.In the mean time,what type of response,if you need it,do you want coming to your door.We don’t need sniffling,whining,people taking care of us by us.Whether on the job or retired,everyone will need the services of the police and emergency medical services to a higher degree,but even though you might not experience a fire at home or business in lower probability,who are you going to call?John arena type alderman?Maybe he can respond to your house with his Chicago bear tail gate party bus?Give him a gun,hand pump of water,and first aid kit.Just remember to tell him you will vote for him.Prootect yourself from politicians that are jealous of real men and women that work as first responders for the city.First responders HAVE to do their jobs.Politicians just really worry about the next election.Rahm couldn’t win,so,he didn’t want to lose any money in a bad investment,himself!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
How about buying new PDT's for the squad cars. Why are so many of our squad cars without PDT's ???????
12/28/2018 06:23:00 PM
And to think, there are police out there who did police work before PDTs.
YES !!!
This communist bitch has my vote !!!
I have a little over a year and a half til' age 55 - 2% insurance !!
This witched witch will drag the contract out at least 3 to 4 years until impasse !!
Then.. off to Tennessee never to look at another Demo-Crat again.
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I’ve read that all the transplants to Arizona, Tennessee, and Texas from former union strong democratic states is slowly turning them into blue ones.
Don't be fooled with all of the added layers of bullshit being proposed right now. This is just the city and the powers that be trying to amass as many poker chips as possible to try and cash in at the negotiating table when they try to strip away our contractual rights during contract negotiations. FOP, they are full of shit. Call them on that bullshit.
I am a retired Lt from CPD and I dont understand the animosity between fireman and police officers. The strike was 38 yrs ago. I was there when it happened and yes some bad things happened but it is time to move on. Most people on the job werent even born when that happened let alone on the job. Many things happened 38 yrs ago that we have moved on from! Get over it. I get that you may have had a relative that was on the job and had thier tender feelings hurt by something that happended then. (The same could be said for relatives of slaves). Dumb argument!Again, Get over it.
The sooner both sides learn that if we ALL stick together we can be an entity that the city needs to recognize. Until then we are not a threat to politicians. Lately it has been heart warming to see CFD and CPD showing mutual respect to each other. It is a long time overdue. Both jobs have positive and negatives as do ALL occupations It is a waste of time and energy to discredit each department. Good natured ribbing is fine and encouraged but ignorance toward each department only hurts our cause as first responders.
As many cops say, "If you hate cops so much, next time someone is breaking into your house call your junkie friend" keep in mind that the"next time your house is on fire or a loved one is having a heart attack, call that same junkie friend". It goes both ways. I dont know about you but I'd much rather have a professional first responder show up to my house. Push that rock you have been living under off your head and realize that we SHOULD be in this together.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
City building inspectors are running wild in the N/W side and Mount Greenwood. Writing up every violation on the books. Violations adopted in 1870.
If a brick is missing mortar or chipped. 150.00 fine and notice to appear with proof it was up to code.
If you garage door got rust 200.00 fine. Democrat voters got a thank you from all the slugs they voted in.
When snow hits, Revenue people will swarm the white and Hispanic areas. Snow on sidewalks, $100.00 and it goes up and up,
Had a friend inform me he received a ticket for not cutting his grass late this summer. A $600 ticket for not cutting his grass. Not saying it wasn’t long , but $600. Went to court and lost
One more think about the firefighters contract. I see so much said here about merit promotions in the CPD. The CFD negotiated the number of merit promotions and administrative transfers. There has not been a merit promotion on the CFD in over 10 years and administrative transfers almost never happen. One last thing the CFD has trouble filling exempt positions because they’re is no pension for those positions. All exempts have a pension based on their career service rank.
Retired CPD Here
They don’t have trouble filling the exempt positions unless the exempts are near retirements. You are right about the pension and benefits. Just recently a pretty large group of CFD exempts gave up their exempt spots and reverted to career service rank to get the better pension package and the free healthcare. But nothing really happened because they still stayed in those exempt positions all were nearing retirement so they would have been gone soon anyway
Anonymous Anonymous said...
She can't be Mayor and County Board President at the same time?
No. Only so many hours in the day. Would be similar for a senator being elected president and keep both positions
“CFD should have been cut years ago. They refuse to ride on most jobs as is it. Getting paid to sleep? Where’s then inspector general?”
CPD here, and you sir or mam are a dumbass. They don’t refuse to ride, they either get dispatched or they don’t. The individual firemen and paramedics in the house aren’t deciding they don’t want to go because they need a nap. We all like to make all in fun jokes at eachother, but whining about how they get paid to sleep when the work 24hrs and cry they should’ve been cut? Outside of ourselves, the men and women on CFD are the best friends, maybe the only ones, we have in this city. You may need that paramedic one day, desperately, and here you are calling for them to be cut and to sick the IG on them. I needed them one day, they saved my fucking life. So shut up rookie, go educate yourself at least a little before you start making asshole statements like that about the people who may one day save your life.
In car cams will be replaced with https://www.axon.com/products/fleet-2
will sync w the body cams.
I was at the Mercy Hospital Incident and CFD made me Very Proud to work with them, If you are seriously injured they are Our back up.
CFD hate? ....one word. Doorknobber .... You guys support that Doosh. Don’t forget your other Doosh boss (forget name) who attacked and battered a on duty police officer and gets away with it and of course gets a nice promotion. So FU, I’ll never forget.
If that’s the case, We should have bunkbeds at the stations lol
Cameras in firehouse, kitchens ,tv rooms ,bedrooms
Why not
Anonymous said...
She can't be Mayor and County Board President at the same time?
12/29/2018 01:57:00 AM
Of course she can.
Old man Daley did it, and he had a stranglehold on the Chicago area.
If this bitch wins, it would be disastrous.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
CFD hate? ....one word. Doorknobber .... You guys support that Doosh. Don’t forget your other Doosh boss (forget name) who attacked and battered a on duty police officer and gets away with it and of course gets a nice promotion. So FU, I’ll never forget.
12/29/2018 02:14:00 PM
Exactly. Name was Altman. Was promoted after the incident
This reminds me of when my illegal neighbor was doing illegal and still is illegally building without permits and he went crying to deb Mel’s office and she actually came over to ask me to remove my cameras on my house be cause of his children. I stand I don’t need a camera to look at his fat ass or any of his fat ass kids and girl friend. I then said I’ll remove one camera for every 200 the remove around the city followed up so what are you taking in return to ignore his illegal activity? She huffed and puffed away. Good thing she had her officer there as I advised her not to return to my property again or I’ll have her arrested. Dang I should release the recording with audio of it
Anonymous said...
To 12:22am. You do know that FF’s NEVER refuse a job....EVER. Now OEMC Fire call takers may refuse a job as non fucking emergent but not the guys in the firehouse. I’ve seen this comment many times on the blog and it is still ignorant.
12/28/2018 03:48:00 PM
So, you believe it's necessary to have POLICE( in a city where crime is overflowing and not enough officers or cars) to respond to an intoxicated elderly Male on the sidewalk. Dispatch " fires not rolling". What type of medical attention will an officer give the guy. Calls like these are all over the board. Then the police have to request CFD anyway, then dupe it to them. Meanwhile, throughout a tour each car will handle several jobs like that, being held down while victims wait for police, while crime in progress occurs, while citizens complain of not seeing the police. I just tell them that we're doing CFDs job, social worker's job, the job of a mental health specialist, baby sitter, counselor for relationships, medical tech etc.
So, chew on your on bull about CFD not refusing jobs. Oh and take your "fire returned to quarters" too.
" well, squad if fire returned to quarters and this is a fire..."
CFD hate? ....one word. Doorknobber .... You guys support that Doosh. Don’t forget your other Doosh boss (forget name) who attacked and battered a on duty police officer and gets away with it and of course gets a nice promotion. So FU, I’ll never forget.
12/29/2018 02:14:00 PM
Exactly. Name was Altman. Was promoted after the incident
12/29/2018 09:18:00 PM
So you think it’s okay to paint all of CFD with one broad brush simply because of one incident with a clout heavy member? c,mon.
CPD is full of the same idiots and I for one don’t want to be judged for their nonsense either. Unlike you I support CFD and the fine work the majority of them do for all of us.
The department is so ass backwards on tech!!!
IF the City wanted too they would "issue" IPHONES
put the new 311 system on it ASAP.
Maps of all schools for each districts
All Government numbers preprogrammed
All railroad alert number to call for emergency and hazard
All college police numbers and staff for emergency
All park District offices
All FEDS numbers including those nifty postal inspector.
PRE programmed photo spread generator for on scene photo spreads print later.
Active warrant APP for location an officer is patrolling in.
Active stolen car app when officer enter area where car is stolen or home address of car registered.
Ihone 8
64GB 1 Gold Unlocked $599.00
The city could install a real timer GPS on each phone. They could install spyware on each to record sound whenever a call is dispatched.
They could sync it up so that each city camera they pass know they are in area.
Those nifty plate reader nobody has access to should be flagging stolen cars in REAL time and notifying those nifty tv room in the districts.
All video on traffic stop should have all contact card and ticket info also uploaded with all driver/passengers info uploaded so it can be searchable (with video).
But again too scary and it cost money to hire actual techs .
I KNOW SPEcial ed HAS NEVER and i mean ever thought about anything futuristic and thinks color cameras solve crimes. Anybody know the hit rates on those facial recognition programs???? (tip it aint used often)
Response to 12/28/2018 06:22:00 PM —It’s easy for the IG to find out who is accessing and disseminating district level intel. Some districts have back up-DIO’s, CompStat Officers, etc. they run various reports, track the top 10 SSL, gun arrests, etc., using various statistical applications. The OIG must have already asked the city IT department to run a query by PC number/employee number for all employee civilian and sworn to audit Department Email account use, database access (CHRIS/ClearDW/WIRE/AIRA/Etc.), they already monitor your internet use and track websites that are visited and logged into daily, when necessary the IT guys pull log reports and hard drives on the those big fancy Networked Canon Printers. Everything anyone does on this department is recorded, tracked and stored. Most of the time the IG will overlook small stuff, but when it comes to accessing and sending out classified intel on sensitive data like gang members and criminal intel without department authorization, then it becomes a bid deal. The DIOs are all on the radar of the IG, and they have been for a long time. It’s just that some people think they are clout heavy and untouchable. If the IG is calling district level DIO’s, etc. the next I line will be who else was backing up the DIO’s and who else was pulling gang or criminal related data and where were they sending data from and who were they addressing the data to. Better get an attorney or at least call FOP and know your rights. It may be too late once you are called down for questioning. It’s too late to delete anything from your computer or email and well the copier has its hard drive. Good luck— 🍀
Lots of single engine co. on the cfd.The city could close those and combine the houses to save money.Eng 103 near the oemc could probably be closed.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
She can't be Mayor and County Board President at the same time?
No. Only so many hours in the day. Would be similar for a senator being elected president and keep both positions
12/29/2018 12:13:00 PM
Just curious, if she does win who picks her replacement as board president?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
CFD hate? ....one word. Doorknobber .... You guys support that Doosh. Don’t forget your other Doosh boss (forget name) who attacked and battered a on duty police officer and gets away with it and of course gets a nice promotion. So FU, I’ll never forget.
12/29/2018 02:14:00 PM
Exactly. Name was Altman. Was promoted after the incident
12/29/2018 09:18:00 PM
So you think it’s okay to paint all of CFD with one broad brush simply because of one incident with a clout heavy member? c,mon.
CPD is full of the same idiots and I for one don’t want to be judged for their nonsense either. Unlike you I support CFD and the fine work the majority of them do for all of us.
12/30/2018 08:14:00 AM
McNicholas ring a bell. 6 CPD officers suspended in that incident. He didn’t do those 6 a favor
First of all no matter who wins for mayor, if the contract does not move forward soon there will be an arbitration filing by the fop. No matter what all the negative folks say, they are on their game of at negotiations sessions. The group that represents us has a lot of good hard working coppers who have very good skills in giving the city side the breakdown of whats really up!! So even if the new mayor says give then zero and taker their protections, no arbitrator will concur. The arbitrator compares departments in cities that are large as we are. So conspiracy theories can be laid to rest here guys/gals!!
This job has been a good one for me and probably most of us. It will continue to be just that with alterations to the way we have to operate thats all. I am an old bull but I do see the writing on the hate the police wall so i act accordingly! Be safe and Happy New Year All!! Oh and the person who said im out in 2 years with 2% insurance-more like 5% by then Still not bad ...
At least the Firefights Union has balls and endorsed McCarty. Sadly our FOP has let us down.
Hell with more camera's. Why can't we get new PDT'S in the squad cars. Half of our squad cars have NO PDT'S. Every freaken squad car should have a PDT !!!!
Screw camera's. Lets get new PDT's for the squad cars. Many of our squad cars have NO PDT's.
Anonymous said...
Put the cameras in the squad cars, best idea ever. Then citizens can listen to the dispatcher all night looking for cars they don't have to send on priority jobs. They can listen to all the jobs pending being broadcast on the zone in a rap every day. Listen to cars calling for back up and nobody coming up because everybody is tied up. No beat integrity, no chance to do anything proactive or follow up on something. Just show the public what it's like to work here, like a ping pong ball at a ping pong tournament.
12/28/2018 07:21:00 AM
Anyone can listen to your archaic radios already with a scanner. I've been listening to everything you said and more for a decade. The problem is that no one cares.
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