Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Very Interesting

So the Sun Times has an article up about Lori's new head of security:
  • In a break with tradition, Mayor Lori Lightfoot will hire a retired deputy U.S. marshal to run her security detail, with one mayoral aide noting that “it’s a dangerous time in our country.” Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Monday told the Chicago Sun-Times, “We don’t really comment on executive protection, but at the end of the day the mayor has to be comfortable with her detail.”

    Johnson said he believes Lightfoot has confidence in the police. “This is her police department now,” he said.

    The retired deputy marshal is James M. Smith, a managing member of a private security company called Silver Star Protection. Smith declined comment Monday.
And buried at the end of the Sun Times article where no one would think to read that far, this little tidbit:
  • In 2016, Smith was mentioned in a Sun-Times story about former law-enforcement officials with ties to the medical-marijuana industry.
  • As cops, part of their jobs was to put away drug sellers and users. Now, former law enforcement officials are doing private security work for Illinois’ now-legal medical marijuana industry.

    [...] James Smith, a former U.S. Marshals Service inspector who spent nearly 30 years with the federal agency who is a managing member of Silver Star Protection Group.
So, Lori's head of security is 
  • in a city that pretty much decriminalized weed, making it a ticket
  • in a County that refuses to prosecute weed offenses
  • in a State that is making huge strides toward complete legalization of weed
  • running a security company that makes money protecting weed operations
Seems like the connected are still making money by being connected.

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123 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is PO Felipe Garcia still a Commander?

5/21/2019 12:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She must be paying him and his team a ton of money to do this. Wonder if the media will try and find out what this guy's salary will be for heading the mayor's detail.

5/21/2019 12:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why are 4 officers still assigned to sit outside Rahm's house tomorrow?

5/21/2019 12:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

On Lori's twitter page her mother said that many people get the whole loaf and a few just get a slice. I guess she left out those that get the whole bread truck.

5/21/2019 01:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


I’m just worried about making it through the day, worried about my pension, worried about selling my house and worried about which state I’m moving to. Fuck all of them! I hate this place!

5/21/2019 01:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"The Times They Are A-Changn' " The song by Bob Dylan 1963

The anti-establishment, counterculture mopes that were fighting the government in the 1960s are now the government.They are all around us, city, state, federal. Can you see what is happening to the country?

5/21/2019 01:31:00 AM  
Blogger Trumpisbest said...

If he is retired, he must have a IROCC. Would he be allowed to carry his weapon into a school or library Lori might visit?

5/21/2019 01:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who the hell cares who she uses as body guards or if any at all. I think it’s good that she’s not using CPD. It’s time to start putting cops back on the street. Question...Will Rahm still have body guards? He shouldn’t. Hopefully she also gets rid of useless units and house mice and puts them back too. There’s SO MANY silly useless units wasting manpower. Put them back into patrol. Start trimming the exempts and also getting rid of all the entitled people with take home cars. Put the cars back into the patrol fleet. Save a ton on purchasing of vehicles. No one should have a take home car unless it’s a covert. Drive to work in your own cars. If she really wants to save money there’s plenty to cut on the CPD. As far as cannabis goes, it’s time to legalize it and make money on it. It’s going that way anyhow in America. So let’s get started. No one prosecutes it anyway.

5/21/2019 01:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Honk Honk!

Devil weed is bad, don't 'cha know? Unless Uncle Sam is doing the selling.

Colorado saw $200M in tax revenue on $1B in weed sales, yet Denver teachers went on strike over $8M.

Any revenue will go the way of: lotto, River Boats, Casinos, Video Poker, and all the other scams hosted by The State. There is never enough income to satiate the Big Spender bleeding heart Dems.

5/21/2019 01:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


We just started with our new Mayor; Mayor Lorri Lightfoot. I have lost all respect in that her first move was not to send Special Ed packing! He has done a shit job, unless you want someone clueless as our spokesperson.

I was hoping when they lead the swearing in with prayer. Lightning would have struck all the DemocRATS who have destroyed the place. Which would have been all on stage and in the crowd. It would have been a modern day verified miracle......... I was hoping we could add a modern day event and update the spiritual books! I will continue to pray for help and for evil to be vanquished!

5/21/2019 02:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Off topic. Wilding Somali Style.

“A 9:48 p.m. Facebook post on 2nd Precinct Minneapolis Crime Watch page said that University of Minnesota (U of M) police were requesting assistance from Minneapolis police (MPD) and Metro Transit police for “a group of 8-10 males chasing people with hammers” and that some people were injured. A Facebook post a minute later on Minneapolis Scanner page said that the three police departments were responding to “multiple [911] calls” about “10-12 Somali teen males armed with hammers chasing people,” also with “several injuries reported.” Both Facebook pages regularly post summaries of police scanner audio.”

https://alphanewsmn.com/audio-mob-with-hammers-descends-on-minneapolis-east-bank-lrt-patrons/

None of this made the local broadcast news.

5/21/2019 02:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She HATES and DISTRUSTS police. Only blm to her

Im guessing the department is about to take an ass whipping and she thinks no one will cover her if things hit the fan.

I'm also guessing she's read all the LEO related laws.

No contract, no police.

Stay fetal and don't expect any good treatment. These ex feds will teach ya'll how to be police.

The new queen is swinging her scepter. Remember she met with nutsy peelousy. Nothing good is ahead for any of us, LEO or civvy.

God bless and protect each of you, and expose the old and new corruption.

The city is lost.





5/21/2019 03:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Off topic—less than 24 hours into her new job as mayor and there is a shooting around her house.
3400 w schubert (014) district- someone was shot in the groin.
Seems like juvie offenders are being sought.

Yes, lets concentrate on the south and west sides while the taxpaying neighborhoods go to crap.

5/21/2019 04:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Big to do over nothing. Being connected is the Chicago Way and has been for well over 100 years. Bet he contributed to LL campaign.

5/21/2019 04:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Doesn't Hillard have the license for 2 of those cannabis companies?

5/21/2019 04:49:00 AM  
Blogger stash the polski guy said...

ha ha! meet the new reformer. same as the old reformer.

make sure to wear needle proof footwear with shitproof easy clean technology.

i hear they are popular in frisco and denver.

5/21/2019 04:50:00 AM  
Blogger RICH said...

Who pays for her private security? Oh we the citizens the aldercreatures should tell her that she can have anyone for security that she is willing to pay for but they would have to have their spines put back in.

5/21/2019 05:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC, you make a good argument for our new mayor likes to partay.

5/21/2019 05:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Medical marijuana's big business lures ex-law enforcers in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-medical-marijuana-ex-law-enforcers-20151227-story.html

Retired U.S. Marshals inspector Jim Smith said his private security company is "trying to corner the market" in medical marijuana protection and armored transportation.

Wow! Show us the money!

5/21/2019 05:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So what’s the big deal if Mayor Lightfoot wants retired U.S.Marshalls making up her security detail... Let those PO’s who were assigned to security detail (being paid Sgt Salary) be sent back to patrol or some other spot that their CLOUT can hide them out of harms way !!!

5/21/2019 05:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is what happens when you sell your soul.....
Enjoy the money.......

5/21/2019 05:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pranktickle might balk at giving county credentials to the new mayoral detail personnel. Also, wouldn't that require them to satisfy the same training requirements as us? And, are the new first spouse and issue going to be given personnel and vehicles for their security. There are more questions than answers because of the new odd arrangement for the mayor's security.

5/21/2019 06:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.silverstarprotection.com/services/consultation-training/

Betting sweeping cpd and cps and transportation changes, but POs hands tied and ankles shackled. Maybe see training improvements and functioning equipment?

Hope she puts them in the community. Let this group deal with the every 5 minute shit show.

God bless the blue. We do back and appreciate you.

Grab the popcorn, and keep your head on a swivel. What ever happens, animal house rules are changing.

5/21/2019 06:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Arrest powers?

5/21/2019 06:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sounds like more business as usual for Chicago.
I wouldn't count on Lori being a reformer, just a larger pool of connected fools.
This is bad news for any gold star looking at the top spot.

5/21/2019 06:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The guy sounds like a go getter. Weed should have been decriminalized decades ago. Reefer madness was pure camp, not a documentary.

5/21/2019 06:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

FOP is a loser she can have anyone she wants and the FOP has nothing to say. The current political cops are not losing their jobs they are just being reassigned and the police department can’t do anything about it.
Remember the detail unit? Remember loop traffic? Remember the movie review unit?
Keep crying fools!

5/21/2019 06:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nothing ever changes, she’s gonna reform us.

5/21/2019 06:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's the same old song and dance.....it's all clout.....Smith's wife is a Houlihan....Do some digging......her Dad was big time politician in the 70's and 80's. He was the Cook county assessor for years and a state rep.....he was also tied to old man Daley and the 19th ward. And his security company was incorporated less than a year ago with 0 employees or contracts. This was all planned.

5/21/2019 06:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT:

https://www.facebook.com/7938522410/posts/10156419104777411?s=686575355&v=i&sfns=mo

5/21/2019 07:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The more things change the more they stay the same. Continued corruption just new players.

5/21/2019 07:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just legalize the shit already. Quit half assing it.

5/21/2019 07:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Back in '96 or '97, when OEMC was created, the P/O's (who got D-2 pay)and were "Dispatchers" were transferred there. Some were assigned there, but a lot were put in Districts. Then they abolished the job and all were back to D-1 pay. They grieved the reduction in pay, and won. They kept the D-2 pay for the rest of their careers, no matter where they were assigned. So there is a precedent for the Security Specialists to grieve when their jobs are abolished. They may keep that D-3 pay pushing a Beat car.

5/21/2019 07:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Police reform needs to happen fast and hard. Hopefully they drag these contract negotiations out for years.

5/21/2019 07:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No kidding? I find that kinda hard to believe. Not really. Just kidding yet again.

5/21/2019 07:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think I woulda named it Gold Star Security. Maybe I'll open up my own scurity company. I'll hire those that are soon to be departed from callback. Better yet, Second Chance Security.

5/21/2019 07:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wonder how much he donated to her campaign

5/21/2019 07:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't find an active PERC registration for James M. Smith in Illinois. If correct, he best be not providing security or "protection" for hire. Didn't check for blue card, tan card, private detective. Somebody smarter than me best look into this matter.

5/21/2019 07:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

5/21/2019 05:35:00 AM

The BIG deal is she cut CPD out and is sending a clear message that she hates da poleece just as much as all the other SJW and whackjob liberal assholes.

5/21/2019 08:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not to be too critical but you go from Cook County Jail guard and to being a United States Marshal, then you are running a security company with a huge contract with the marijuana dispensaries and growers. Just wondering what does everyone think do you think maybe there’s some political clout involved in order to get all of this? I agree with the new mayor getting rid of the Chicago police security detail that’s not a problem the problem is how much is this going to cost?

Who else is involved with the security company that is the head of Laurys detail? I don’t know if something doesn’t seem right here, the tea leaves are not clear! But yet the article says she still will be keeping the complete Chicago police detail but yet hiring all of these federal people to oversee the Chicago police detail what sense does that make? Then again nothing makes sense In the city which is the most corrupt in the entire United States even the liberal media publications have said that with the corruption continue?

Will the new boss be the same as the old boss? If she keeps the same people in charge of the Chicago Police Department that have done nothing over how many years except expand the gold star club drawing massive amounts of salaries and massive amounts of pensions and Have done nothing to prove themselves maybe the change needs to happen here!

5/21/2019 08:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ALL former "security specialist" please turn in your "earpieces" hahahahahaha

5/21/2019 08:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Security gigs for Medical Marijuana is huge money. A retired p.o. would make more than their pension working security for those places. And you do absolutely nothing but sit there. Everyone is buzzed in and out and there’s no interaction with people. All product is secured in large safes. You sit in the back by the safes. Great gig and impossible to get unless you’re heavily connected.

5/21/2019 08:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can't wait for the 8 car motorcades with air support everywhere she goes. After all, she won with a mandate!

5/21/2019 08:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, that didn't last long

Ooops. Shooting right by the new mayor's house.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/5/21/18633771/man-shot-in-logan-square-mayor-lori-lightfoots-home

5/21/2019 09:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We just started with our new Mayor; Mayor Lorri Lightfoot. I have lost all respect in that her first move was not to send Special Ed packing! He has done a shit job, unless you want someone clueless as our spokesperson.
———————————————————————————————
Easy Francis. She’s keeping him around for the summer of killin and dumping his ass after when the weather cools off to search for a new supernintendo. She’s not an idiot.

5/21/2019 09:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A 9:48 p.m. Facebook post on 2nd Precinct Minneapolis Crime Watch page said that University of Minnesota (U of M) police were requesting assistance from Minneapolis police (MPD) and Metro Transit police for “a group of 8-10 males chasing people with hammers” and that some people were injured. A Facebook post a minute later on Minneapolis Scanner page said that the three police departments were responding to “multiple [911] calls” about “10-12 Somali teen males armed with hammers chasing people,” also with “several injuries reported.” Both Facebook pages regularly post summaries of police scanner audio.”

Please contact the local Representative for that area and get a comment please , her name is Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. She seems to have an opinion on everything .

5/21/2019 09:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What proportion of the Mayor's campaign fund came from from the weed industry trying to make strides in Chicago? Someone should scrutinize for any appearance of corruption. Having private security contractors with ties to California grow operations is not a good sign

5/21/2019 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who is footing the bill for this private security detail, and will her security detail be afforded special authorization by the state entering restrictive gun zones, vehicle emergency response.. etc?

5/21/2019 10:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

At the end of the day, Eddie is still a stooge. With this new Mayor he needs a new line.

5/21/2019 10:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

3400 w schubert's is twelve blocks from her house

5/21/2019 10:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's this you say. I'm shocked. The new Chief of Lori's security detail is cashing in on medical marijuana and Lori supports legalization efforts. This must be just a coincidence, you know just an accident. Things like that always seem to happen in Chicago. You know like selling the parking meters, the Skyway and hiding videos. This Lori's first accident. Not to worry reform is here. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.

Lots of eyes on Lorie and the pressure is going to continue to build as she is now in charge of the city. Let's see what happens this weekend with the Memorial Day festivities and gang activity. Wonder if the "Bangers and Dope Slingers" got the memo about the reinterpretation of the four Chicago Stars. The new Socialist rewrite of Chicago history in the making. Public Safety is the new buzz word for the Community. Gang and Gun violence is now no longer tolerable or acceptable in Chicago per Lorie.

Man I feel safe already. This holiday weekend I think I'll take the family for a ride on the Red Line and visit different parts of the city.

5/21/2019 10:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Question?? So just what if someone attempts to get near Lightfoot or her home what powers of arrest or restrain do these guys have ? Or do they have to call 911 & say " send help PLEASE send the police we need help"

5/21/2019 10:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Smith is a neighborhood guy from the south side. When judge Lefkow’s life was being threatened, Smith was the guy who got the detail to protect her. I’m sure he has crossed paths w Litefoot during that time. As far as the other goes, who wouldn’t want to make a boatload of money after retirement ?

5/21/2019 10:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Funny thought. Wonder how many PO's in their off duty time drove Lightfoot around thinking if she makes Mayor they will be taken care of & given a spot. Well she's the Mayor & did she tell these guys " there's the door, don't let it hit your ass on the way out"

5/21/2019 10:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC is it true Mass Transit Secretary was stripped by order of new Mayor Lori Lightfoot

5/21/2019 10:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow 😮Deputy Chief Alexander Wife now sitting at callback

5/21/2019 10:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

New Pension Fund Appointees. Three. All women.

5/21/2019 11:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now lets see, she wants to professionalize her detail. So she picks a US Marshall staffer.
Haven't the last two US Marshall's here in Chicago had to resign under a cloud? Now she picks someone connected to the "legal" trade in drugs? I assume the Democratic party is still getting support from the street drug dealers. It all seems to fit.

5/21/2019 11:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Garcia ends up as Commander of CPDS
Non existent OEMC Liaison Unit- What a
joke, just continuation of the same old
story- Lori REFORM? Yeah right

5/21/2019 11:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

listen , you can bet he's more qualified than the P.O. or Sgt. or Lt . that was a political hack promoted to commander . Years ago there were officers on a mayor of chicago's security detail that could not get FBI clearance . Private security will be just fine . If they need to make an arrest , like any private security they can detain , call 911 and sign complaints .
At least we will not have two more pensions of commander coming out of our pension fund .
Lori , with a stroke of a pen , you can demote every exempt back to their civil service rank , offer them a yearly bonus . This will stop the drain of our pension fund . Believe me , most unqualified , could not handle patrol division . They will all stay until you find out how unqualified they really are . Clue ,call every exempt into Police Headquarters media room , have them take the last sergeant and lieutenant exam , those that score under 85% should be demoted on the Spot . You will be shocked at the incompetent clout babies running CPD .
Wish you the Best of Luck . CPD needs competent supervisors . Also you always look dressed to the nines . Start suspended supervisors that are afraid to enforce CPD grooming , uniform standards .

5/21/2019 11:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2:19 AM exactly why every American citizen needs a CCW permit .
Also why democrats want to disarm american citizens.

5/21/2019 11:46:00 AM  
Blogger 30 pending and what said...

I'm all for hiring retirees to do all inside work. Why not, at least you won't have to worry about your personal info with them. Beside it's a nice little side gig with a taste of pension. I'm all in, done in a year.

5/21/2019 12:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nothing wrong with using pals to a job but as we expected, Lari LightLoafer DOES NOT, NEVER BEEN a CPD supporter.
Create a new city department and staffing, we still don’t know about her PR staff which will likely exceed Rahm’s bloat.

It’s for the kids, like the Lotto (still losing revenue)its going to fund programs that already proved ineffective.
Lots of upfront money to be made into Legal Weed Dilla industry, it will all become a bust in a couple years.
What ever happened to “smoking is bad”?
This city/state can’t even wrangle the DUI problem and then there’s financial liabilities.
Thugs will still be sellin’ and when they ain’t, they’ll will be around the corner of the dispensaries like it’s a currency (courtesy) exchange on the day of the month.
And while JB is looking at taxing the weed, most profits will be medically exempt, we can expect to see income adversity supplement to pay for legal weed, of which will be tacked on to all the more privileged of consumers.

StupidIntended SpecialEd is still employed today - that’s a relief, ay?
Maybe Grootie is still shopping old Fed pals.
JPud 2.0 oh my.

5/21/2019 12:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The more money you earn the more bread you can buy. Get a marketable skill. Have a work ethic. Make some money. Buy as much bread as you want. The problem now is everyone wants free government bread, and a flat screen in every room, and a free phone.

5/21/2019 12:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The end has arrived!!

5/21/2019 12:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I met Jim Smith once and he had a lot to say about how tough it is for CPD right now. He may not be one one of us (although he worked at Cook County Jail back in the day) but he's on our side. Lightfoot is avoiding CPD like the plague because she will probably pass more anti-police measures soon.

5/21/2019 12:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think the bigger story is how aggressive typical Chicago machine "company executives" are foaming at the mouth to jump on the Mayoral Money Train. That's what this is about. Not politics, but good ol' fashioned nepotism and money.

If there was a job to throw rose pedals at her feet, someone, somewhere would be selling their soul to the devil to get it.

5/21/2019 01:26:00 PM  
Anonymous 2019 LEADING DISTRICTS FOR MURDER said...

2019 LEADING DISTRICTS FOR MURDER (through Sunday, 19 May: The Last Full Day of MAYOR Rahm Emanuel)

Each "x" equals one murder.

011: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (29)

007: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (16)

015: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (15)

003: xxxxxxxxxxxxx (13)
006: xxxxxxxxxxxxx (13)

005: xxxxxxxxxxxx (12)

004: xxxxxxxxxxx (11)
008: xxxxxxxxxxx (11)

009: xxxxxx (6)
025: xxxxxx (6)

002: xxxxx (5)
010: xxxxx (5)
022: xxxxx (5)

SOURCE: Chicago Police Department

5/21/2019 02:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We need to demand that the first years taxes from legalized cannabis goes into our pension. I'll put money that by the second year everyone will realize the weed at Madison and Leamington is a lot cheaper.

5/21/2019 02:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To demonstrate her passion, integrity and credibility, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her family should move from their Wrightwood Ave. home to the Garfield Park neighborhood in the 11th District.

There's a beautiful 3-story building available on the 4100 block of Wilcox St.

5/21/2019 02:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

From theexpiredmeter.com

New Mayor Lightfoot Tells Cops To Get Out Of Their Cars, Walk The Beat - CBS 2 Chicago -- And Why Would CPD Officers Do That, When The Mayor And Those She Surrounds Herself With Are All Cop Haters, Who Will Throw Officers Under The Bus Whenever Phony Allegations Are Made

5/21/2019 02:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sheriff fart will deputize so that they can carry. They don’t need to arrest anyone. Anything happens detain and call C.P.D. As far as I R O C C all those fake signs banning guns do not apply.

5/21/2019 03:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...one mayoral aide noting that “it’s a dangerous time in our country.”

And guess who's partly responsible for that - Lori Leftfoot and other politicians that have come before her.

5/21/2019 03:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
"On Lori's twitter page her mother said that many people get the whole loaf and a few just get a slice. I guess she left out those that get the whole bread truck."

And some people get the steak - at least until their EBT cards run out for the month.

5/21/2019 03:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
What's this you say. I'm shocked. The new Chief of Lori's security detail is cashing in on medical marijuana and Lori supports legalization efforts. This must be just a coincidence, you know just an accident. Things like that always seem to happen in Chicago. You know like selling the parking meters, the Skyway and hiding videos. This Lori's first accident. Not to worry reform is here. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.

Lots of eyes on Lorie and the pressure is going to continue to build as she is now in charge of the city. Let's see what happens this weekend with the Memorial Day festivities and gang activity. Wonder if the "Bangers and Dope Slingers" got the memo about the reinterpretation of the four Chicago Stars. The new Socialist rewrite of Chicago history in the making. Public Safety is the new buzz word for the Community. Gang and Gun violence is now no longer tolerable or acceptable in Chicago per Lorie.

Man I feel safe already. This holiday weekend I think I'll take the family for a ride on the Red Line and visit different parts of the city.

5/21/2019 10:42:00 AM

Crime will be down this weekend thanks to the weather. Even though the weather doesnt cause crime to go down. Who was the nitwit that said that ?

5/21/2019 04:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Stinkythecat said...

Who is paying for the security.

5/21/2019 04:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What happened to Alexander’s wifey?

5/21/2019 04:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Interesting get coppers out of cps quickly fun is coming enjoy the popcorn:

Teacher carjacked at Whitney Young high school parking lot during school hours: Officials
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-whitney-young-chicago-teacher-carjacked-20190521-story.html

5/21/2019 04:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Security gigs for Medical Marijuana is huge money. A retired p.o. would make more than their pension working security for those places. And you do absolutely nothing but sit there. Everyone is buzzed in and out and there’s no interaction with people. All product is secured in large safes. You sit in the back by the safes. Great gig and impossible to get unless you’re heavily connected.

5/21/2019 08:50:00 AM
You are wrong my brother works there I had a Dispensery retired CPD gets paid $25 an hour not a lot of money you say more than a pension that’s another thing and faulty statement maybe the guy that’s running the new mayor detail is paying people more than that but I really like not a lot of money and it lets her way high up on the totem pole

5/21/2019 04:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/teacher-carjacked-chicago-whitney-young-high-school-510224551.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_CHBrand

Off topic, but isnt there a bunch of new classes starting today, 75 detectives and a bunch of new sergeants and God knows how many other police officers around the area. These mutts have no shame.
Nice description NBC, typical of you, not surprised. That only tells me 1 thing...when race is left out. We all know exactly which race it is. Just fuckin say it, christ. Who cares.

5/21/2019 04:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O/T. Anyone know if Rahm gets a pension from the city?

5/21/2019 04:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OEMC is theStreets and Sanitation, of this generation.Total Joke.

5/21/2019 04:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

3400 w schubert's is twelve blocks from her house
—————————————————————-
Map it out: 3400 w schubert - 3434 w wrightwood
We’ll wait....

5/21/2019 04:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Indirectly I know LL as a retired Fed. Here is my take on what to expect from her administration in order of priority; clean house, eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse and control the messaging. Police and Fire sorry, but you are not the most important departments. Financials are more important. You can't help Police and Fire improve if you don't have the money. Good cops will continue to be Great, and the rest will resist change and blame the process that fuels their perception of a lack of fairness.

5/21/2019 05:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Teacher carjacked at Whitney Young high school parking lot during school hours..."

Sort of like Socrates and Plato.

5/21/2019 05:44:00 PM  
Blogger 30 pending and what said...

Teacher carjacked at Whitney Young high school parking lot during school hours

Allegedly a student from the school

5/21/2019 05:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dr. Officer Jones is an insult to to the FTO program. I'm willing to bet the gold stars mput her in that position knowing she was incompetent, just to have a blue shirt to point a finger at.

5/21/2019 06:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

He has clout his wife is a city lobbyist, going from crook county sheriff to the feds now we have to out his clout! Head of a security company connected to the weed industry, pigs get fat hogs go to slaughter applies here. Hmm wonder if Lori be gettin the camping contributions pouring in from the weed operators. Just axin.

Wait the Tribune reporting offenders race and pug nose are they foinally getting real:

Teacher carjacked at Whitney Young high school parking lot during school hours: Officials
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-whitney-young-chicago-teacher-carjacked-20190521-story.html

The robber was described as black, about 5-foot-4 and weighing about 130 pounds, with a “flat shaped nose,” according to police. He was wearing a dark gray hooded sweatshirt and black pants at the time of the carjacking.

Just watched pathetic dishonest channel 7 news who described bolo for a man,driving a black car wearing a black sweatshirt but never saying the thug was black the usual suspects. Lori wants to do a barry obama with a talk about race, well well Lori how about talking to your peoples/folks about obeying the law that would be a great start whatch think?

5/21/2019 06:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
From theexpiredmeter.com

New Mayor Lightfoot Tells Cops To Get Out Of Their Cars, Walk The Beat - CBS 2 Chicago -- And Why Would CPD Officers Do That, When The Mayor And Those She Surrounds Herself With Are All Cop Haters, Who Will Throw Officers Under The Bus Whenever Phony Allegations Are Made

5/21/2019 02:50:00 PM

Good night: those feral mf's will steal the cars everyone must running because the batteries drain dry from all the electronics. What is she going to provide bus service to/from and full coverage body armor. Does she think her kin will simply let the popo walk down the street without turning it into a shooting gallery with POs as live sitting ducks? Or simply beat the crap out of every officer walking down the stree like they did to the NYFD guy https://www.foxnews.com/us/off-duty-fdny-firefighter-attacked-by-teens-after-defending-elderly-couple

That new FU queen really does hate police..

Not a PO but able to quickly catch on.

God help us. This change will kill all of us.

5/21/2019 06:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
A 9:48 p.m. Facebook post on 2nd Precinct Minneapolis Crime Watch page said that University of Minnesota (U of M) police were requesting assistance from Minneapolis police (MPD) and Metro Transit police for “a group of 8-10 males chasing people with hammers” and that some people were injured. A Facebook post a minute later on Minneapolis Scanner page said that the three police departments were responding to “multiple [911] calls” about “10-12 Somali teen males armed with hammers chasing people,” also with “several injuries reported.” Both Facebook pages regularly post summaries of police scanner audio.”

Please contact the local Representative for that area and get a comment please , her name is Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. She seems to have an opinion on everything .

5/21/2019 09:56:00 AM

They were somolians. Get ready shittcago it's probably coming here soon on sterods and with so e sort of viscious twist.

5/21/2019 06:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mayor Lightfoot wants high visibility and Eddie was told today ALL Detectives to be put back in uniform with marked vehicles with no exceptions.

5/21/2019 07:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Former judge files new motions pushing for special prosecutor in Jussie Smollett case

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-jussie-smollett-special-prosecutor-20190521-story.html#nt=oft13a-25gp1

5/21/2019 07:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“New mayor takes office. Promises reform.”

Get real.
Same circus, same wild animals.
The only that has changed is the ringmaster and the clowns.

5/21/2019 07:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“ O/T. Anyone know if Rahm gets a pension from the city?” @5/21/2019 04:32:00 PM

– Yes indeedy. Servant of the people and venerated civil disobedient will cash out with 4 gubmint entitlemints.
Not only the City, but he shamelessly takes one from the State, The US Congress and The White House and maybe somethin-somethin from various private financial on-leave chairmanships and perhaps royalties from undisclosed benefactors he assisted along that fruitless career.
Heck, even obama’s live-in mother-in-law got a WH pension.

5/21/2019 07:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Watched Lori Lightfoot take the oath of office yesterday and hope she makes some sort of a positive change but not counting on it. Just this week alone we had a beautiful 19 year old girl lured to her death and a baby cut from her womb. Think about it, how can someone proclaim THEY are going to change a city when every single day there is such pervasive evil in a city that it’s citizens think they can commit an atrocity so hideous without recourse? Even today the flood of evil and violence is prevalent again in that a teacher was carjacked at a prestigious school NEXT to the Police Academy and later in the day a car taken at gunpoint in THE tourist area and economic engine of Chicago in the Loop. It’s reached the tipping point and radical change needs to occur, not useless words and rhetoric.

5/21/2019 07:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Deputy Chief Alexander Wife a Secretary in Unit 701 has been taking home a unmarked CPD car for years , now we find out his girlfriend a Sgt in 001 District is also taking home a city car, get me more popcorn , this is funnier than Reno 911

5/21/2019 08:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She lives south of Armitage.

5/21/2019 08:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

4:43 PM

Both Wrightwood Ave. (2600 N.) and Schubert Ave. (2700 N.) run parallel 1/8 mile (1 city block) apart on Beat 1412. Walk south from the latter, cross Drummond Pl. (2632 N.) and you're at Wrightwood Ave.

I agree with the above 2:17 PM poster. If the Mayor moved from 014 to 011, I'd be most impressed. In the center of this district, she'll have beautiful Garfield Park which is great for family picnics. She should also go for several Fillmore ride-alongs on hot humid summer weekend nights, preferably from 2000 hours to 0400 hours.

Get out of the beat car and meet and greet with the folks, Your Honor. Even the most cynical voters would have to agree that "Mayor Lightfoot is the real deal".

Talk is cheap, Madame Mayor.

Also, what do you think about 2-term limits for elected officials, a recall referendum mechanism, cutting the wards from fifty to fifteen like the per capita ratio for the nation's other most populous cities, legitimate and transparent CPD promotional exams instead of blatant in-our-face scams and ending the "Gold Braid" legislation for all the clout babies.

Can an intelligent, fair and rational person disagree that implementing these changes would minimize the fact that Chicago is currently and historically the most politically corrupt major city in the nation. I think not.

To Hell with the words of the late Ald. Paddy Bauler. REFORM NOW!

5/21/2019 09:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Garcia ends up as Commander of CPDS
Non existent OEMC Liaison Unit- What a
joke, just continuation of the same old
story- Lori REFORM? Yeah right



Who’s his China Man..Whale Balls.
Keep draining the pension

5/21/2019 09:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC is it true Mass Transit Secretary was stripped by order of new Mayor Lori Lightfoot

5/21/2019 10:56:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Wow 😮Deputy Chief Alexander Wife now sitting at callback

5/21/2019 10:58:00 AM

OMG!!!

5/21/2019 09:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lori will not remove Rahm’s detail. It’s all part of the deal that proves Lori lied about being a reformer as she is yet another identity politics machine democrat pandering to Rahm as well as the permanent victim class.

5/21/2019 09:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just legalize the shit already. Quit half assing it.

5/21/2019 07:11:00 AM

Why? That's what the crooked politicians are hoping for. More tax money to waste. Colorado, Washington and Oregon are seeing legalizing recreational pot is not the panacea they thought it would be. And look at the shithole cities in those states. The most crooked state, most crooked city, sure just pass it already, give them more to use on pork spending and stick in their own pockets. Look at the problems they have had with the number of growers and excess product in Oregon. Growers licenses for companies wanting to cash in on recreational pot, another political tool? And the negatives, well those aren't often printed by the liberal press, but they do exist. Illinois can't balance a budget, have more crooks in government than anyplace but the continent of Africa. But you'd trust the sleazy governor and his ilk to set it up and run it right?

5/21/2019 09:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


“The Memorial Day Weekend Plan” What a JOKE!! 80 pages of Nonsense

Bosses crossing their fingers and hoping the TROOPS come through and

make them look good Haha!!!

Report to work, stay dry, stay warm, stay safe and don’t go hungry is the plan!

5/21/2019 09:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is Margaret Houlihan Smith's resume. She is a political hack, and her husband married into politics. Now you can see how James Smith got his recent jobs.

President
Capitol Hall Partners, LLC
July 2018 – Present 11 months
Chicago, Illinois

Managing Director Government Affairs
United Airlines
June 2004 – July 2018 14 years 2 months

Deputy Chief of Staff Intergovernmental Affairs
Office of Illinois Governor
November 2002 – June 2004 1 year 8 months

Chief of Staff, Chicago Office
United States Senator Richard J. Durbin
1997 – 2002 5 years

Chief Deputy Recorder/Chief of Staff
Office of Cook County Recorder of Deeds Jesse White
1992 – 1996 4 years

Illinois Legislative Aide, Speaker Michael J. Madigan
Illinois General Assembly
1988 – 1992 4 years

Contract Reviewer
JAM Productions
March 1987 – July 1988 1 year 5 months

5/21/2019 09:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Chicago ain't ready for reform." - Ald. Paddy Bauler

Spin in your grave, muthafuckah.

5/21/2019 10:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Check out loris new staff hires. A laurino staff attorney is now a big player as legislative liaison. Other Rahm machine types stay including Michael Kelly, fat head Ed, Janice Jackson, the failed CPS chief, the loser from CHA. Tom carney who was Scheinfelds first deputy failure at Cdot. And other assorted Rahm holdovers. This is starting to smell like a fix. Reformer my ass. Lori proves daily she is a machine hack. The people in Chicago got totally conned by Rahm and his media sycophants like Fusco and Dold. The media will now allow lying Lori to do anything as she is protected by the Rahm media as she is the queen of affirmative action.

5/21/2019 10:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sheriff fart will deputize so that they can carry. They don’t need to arrest anyone. Anything happens detain and call C.P.D. As far as I R O C C all those fake signs banning guns do not apply.

5/21/2019 03:12:00 PM

Actually, they do apply, not only to retired but also active officers. Read the statute again and pay very close attention to the paragraphs ....there are no exceptions....

5/21/2019 11:16:00 PM  
Blogger Preacher Par Excellance said...

SCC is it true Mass Transit Secretary was stripped by order of new Mayor Lori Lightfoot

5/21/2019 10:56:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Wow 😮Deputy Chief Alexander Wife now sitting at callback

5/21/2019 10:58:00 AM

OMG!!!

5/21/2019 09:15:00 PM

For what?

5/21/2019 11:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dangerous Times? Well thanks to people who look like her to include Preckwinkel, Fox and the Chief of Police and all the other social justice warriors. As well as the Socialist and Communist.

5/22/2019 12:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...Indirectly I know LL as a retired Fed"

---You can stop right there, enough said retired fed.

5/22/2019 02:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Watched Lori Lightfoot take the oath of office yesterday and hope she makes some sort of a positive change but not counting on it. Just this week alone we had a beautiful 19 year old girl lured to her death and a baby cut from her womb. Think about it, how can someone proclaim THEY are going to change a city when every single day there is such pervasive evil in a city that it’s citizens think they can commit an atrocity so hideous without recourse? Even today the flood of evil and violence is prevalent again in that a teacher was carjacked at a prestigious school NEXT to the Police Academy and later in the day a car taken at gunpoint in THE tourist area and economic engine of Chicago in the Loop. It’s reached the tipping point and radical change needs to occur, not useless words and rhetoric.

5/21/2019 07:53:00 PM

But that fat tick Eddie J says crime is down. She won't even can him and that should have been her first move. And as far as hammering those that deserve it, I doubt it as she is a progressive, a SJW singing the restorative justice tune. Systematic prejudice and economic inequality in Shitcago is her song. She will enjoy sticking it in the ear of the coppers when she can, to the applause of the community, she wants two terms and surely has her eye on bigger political goals (remember she's a triple threat) so she's not going to cut her own throat by making changes that will turn the voters against her. Corruption is OK with those folks as long as those in power promise plenty of free stuff to the brain dead voters.

5/22/2019 02:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just legalize the shit already. Quit half assing it.

5/21/2019 07:11:00 AM

Why? That's what the crooked politicians are hoping for. More tax money to waste. Colorado, Washington and Oregon are seeing legalizing recreational pot is not the panacea they thought it would be. And look at the shithole cities in those states. The most crooked state, most crooked city, sure just pass it already, give them more to use on pork spending and stick in their own pockets. Look at the problems they have had with the number of growers and excess product in Oregon. Growers licenses for companies wanting to cash in on recreational pot, another political tool? And the negatives, well those aren't often printed by the liberal press, but they do exist. Illinois can't balance a budget, have more crooks in government than anyplace but the continent of Africa. But you'd trust the sleazy governor and his ilk to set it up and run it right?

5/21/2019 09:36:00 PM

Colorado has also stated that for every one dollar spent on marijuana purchases it cost them $4.50 in tax fair money in order to help the people in Colorado.

5/22/2019 06:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To the copper who couldn’t find James Smith and Silver Star protection Group in the IDPFR databases. You may need to take a course on how to do a database search. The licenses are all there.

5/22/2019 06:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I for one could care less if she has her own detail, why in the hell should the detail personnel receive Sgt. or higher pay to guard a politician. Before we complain about losing this to a retired Marshal we should be asking ourselves why they need that pay that is pensionable when they retire. Our pensions are severely underfunded and this is what we are concerned with. They have a clout gig and they get free money that was not even earned after they retire.

5/22/2019 08:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SS marketed itself heavily to dispensaries when IL’s medical cannabis program rolled out, no idea how many stores actually ended up using them though due to cost. Quite a few places did what another poster mentioned, hired retired LE. He’s also right about the pay, it ranges 20-25/ hr. Always interesting to connect the dots with who knows who. Any Burke connection?

5/22/2019 08:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just gone head on Eddie
You couldn't bust a grape on the Lie-tenants cheating scandal

5/22/2019 09:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Check out loris new staff hires. A laurino staff attorney is now a big player as legislative liaison. Other Rahm machine types stay including Michael Kelly, fat head Ed, Janice Jackson, the failed CPS chief, the loser from CHA. Tom carney who was Scheinfelds first deputy failure at Cdot. And other assorted Rahm holdovers. This is starting to smell like a fix. Reformer my ass. Lori proves daily she is a machine hack. The people in Chicago got totally conned by Rahm and his media sycophants like Fusco and Dold. The media will now allow lying Lori to do anything as she is protected by the Rahm media as she is the queen of affirmative action.

5/21/2019 10:30:00 PM
New boss exactly same as old boss times could become more perilous. fasten your belts,enjoy the popcorn, let street theater play out enjoy the show just don't be an actor getting involved!

5/22/2019 09:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, they do apply, not only to retired but also active officers. Read the statute again and pay very close attention to the paragraphs ....there are no exceptions....

5/21/2019 11:16:00 PM

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

5/22/2019 09:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Indirectly I know LL as a retired Fed"...
Her security chief speaks out!

5/22/2019 09:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your duty now officer is to take care of yourself and your partner. Keep safe and get through your tour of duty in one piece. Don't do more than what is expected of you. When you attempt to go beyond your assigned duty you will get whacked. Try to get a pension and leave this shithole behind. There is absolutely no shame in being fetal in this city today.

5/22/2019 10:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Colorado has also stated that for every one dollar spent on marijuana purchases it cost them $4.50 in tax fair money in order to help the people in Colorado.

Who is this "Colorado" that states utter nonsense? I've lived here since the 90s. If you believe that nonsense, I have a crime free neighborhood to sell you on the west side. How is Pot costing the taxpayers? I'm all ears. We have Dispensaries that sponsor roads, you have tolls. We have tourists flocking here to pay huge taxes on Pot. Our population has TRIPLED since 1990 with no end in sight. They can't build enough houses to keep up. My 4000 sq ft house on two acres would cost me $2400 a year in taxes, but since I am a disabled veteran, I pay $1200. Nice huh? Well, it gets better, $100,00 increase in 8 years. Can you say that? Only if you find a hidden compartment with cash in it in your flooded basement.
Do you know who is in those lines at the Medical Dispensaries? Mostly, the elderly. That's right. Retirees that have arthritis pain or whatever. They avoid the Doctor and the copays, avoid messing with their insurance, buy some pot, and go home and garden. You should try it. We may be stoners, but every single one of us that left Chicago is smarter than you, Bud.
My parents lost half the value of their home on the Southside, I took that as my cue to leave in the 80s. I'm sure it will turn around and get better any day now,right?

5/23/2019 12:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Fed’s don’t like “local police.” They never have and they never will. They think we’re poorly trained, poorly supervised and act unprofessionally. Hmmm. Maybe they're to something. Regardless she can have her private security. She can’t stand the sight of CPD and doesn’t trust us we’ll funny because the same goes for most of us. And by the way putting everyone in uniform and cancelling everybody’s days off might slow crime a bit but it sure the hell wont keep these people from killing each other. And in the long run you’re going to burn coppers out and will get even less productivity from them than your getting now. But as a former Fed they don’t understand this. They don’t work weekends or holidays. In fact they get “snow days” and “ work from home” days. Its not even close what Police Officers deal with on a day to day basis compared to what’s expected from federal agencies.

5/23/2019 06:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Enough fantasies here, All these politicians lie through their teeth! Some are puppets controlled by the Destroyers.

Stand for something or fall for anything.

5/23/2019 07:57:00 PM  

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