Saturday, October 26, 2019

Day Off Canceled

And once again, showing that the Command Staff couldn't plan their way out of a wet paper bag, all regular days off are canceled on Monday...with just under three days notice.

They've known there was going to be a strike for months. They've known Trump was coming for at least two weeks. And no one had a plan? So they screw everyone who actually scheduled things for their day off.

Hey FOP? (and PBPA for that matter). It's time to make this actually painful for the City and their piss poor planning.
  • Cancelling a day off ought to be double time, not time-and-one-half;
  • 2nd and 3rd watch personnel are all working days at 0500 hours? That a shift of more than two hours for everyone on third watch. There should be an additional penalty for every hour moved;
  • Area North Districts have to report to Area North, Area South Central and South Districts to Sox Park. Any bid officer working outside their District of bid ought to be be getting additional premium pay;
The reason the City / Department get away with this crap is that the most they have to pay anyone for fucking up their lives is time-and-one-half. They'd think twice if it was double-time-and-one-half or more. You ever try to find a plumber or an electrician on a Sunday holiday? It's triple time....or more, and something better be on fire before you're hiring them back at $100+ a hour.

Stop taking it in the shorts and look at what the other unions have for their members. And send it all to arbitration with the wage scales and the appropriate penalties for poor management.

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186 Comments:

Anonymous 29 and a day said...

absolutely right

10/26/2019 12:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They talk of cutting overtime, yet they keep making me work overtime. This place is a joke!

10/26/2019 12:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you don’t feel one hundred percent you need to hit the fucking medical.

10/26/2019 12:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You're acting as if we have a union.

10/26/2019 12:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Payment for day off cancelled for DOG 62/62 for 3rd watch Officers. A 0500hrs start time will be 8.5hrs beyond the 1530hrs start time (minus or plus two hours). The City can start you at 1330hrs, but any time before that is time and half. So 0500hrs start is 8.5hrs= 12.75hrs OT. Day off cancelled is 12.75hrs OT. The total is 25.5hrs OT. FOP contract 20.7 and page 136 letter of agreement. Hope this helps. Fill out 2 slips one for DOG cancelled and one for change of start time.

10/26/2019 12:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Look at it this way, a lot of teachers are also going to be out working the protest lines, and marching with signs.

10/26/2019 12:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Massive holes in the contract regarding this issue of cancelling days off while not restricting time due, so you have the ridiculous situation of officers having to work their RDO while officers not on RDO can take time due or day off holiday and have that very same day off.

Call the FOP about it, all you get is, "yeah, they can do that."

WELL TRY TO FIX IT SOMEHOW FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

They don't care, they're not the ones getting shafted on every holiday weekend or random happenstance. Maybe if these officers experienced a bit of what we go through, they'd go about our business with more energy and dedication.

10/26/2019 12:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Everyone report as told. Everyone at the end of their tour file a grievance. This will force FOP to back the troops. Nice if the sergeants jumped in, but don’t hold your breath, they’d be afraid they wouldn’t make Lieutenant or if they did be stuck on midnights and forgotten.

10/26/2019 12:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Part of the reason the city continues to do this with no penalty is that little check we get four time a year for otherwise nothing called “Duty Availability”.

10/26/2019 12:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

PO's in DOG 63 off Monday/Tuesday working 3rd watch will have at most 2-3 hours of sleep after their tour on Sunday night. The command staff that came up with this bullshit are scum bags of the lowest order.

10/26/2019 12:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe we should “not attend”. It worked for the Supt.

10/26/2019 01:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Slightly off topic but this is so ironic just can't help sharing it. It sèems a visiting police chief had her wallet stolen at a popular 18th district restaurant bar last evening and quicker than a Chicago alderman lines his pockets with dirty money the thief was at a few high end stores racking up charges on her credit cards. Welcome to Chicago, the city of high values.

10/26/2019 01:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Trumps visit to Chicago was in the news nearly 3 weeks ago. Thanks for the heads up boss!

10/26/2019 01:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Medical abusers-ACTIVATE!

10/26/2019 01:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How the hell can they make 3rd watch start at 0500? This is not a voluntary spot like a tact team. Most 3rd watch guys are bidders I don’t believe they can do this. What about 3rd watch guys that worked till 0030 the night before? 3rd watch that got cancelled should be starting no earlier than noon. Nice planning. It’s been in the news for 2-3 weeks about Trump coming in town. Yeah, they care about the troops.

10/26/2019 02:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just heard the leftist are trying to disarm a local university police; this in the world of active shooters

10/26/2019 02:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I’ll put this out there but I already know this will fall on deaf ears. It’s time we stand up together and not be proactive. The teachers can strike and watch they will get what they want. This city, this department doesn’t give a shit about us. The mayor hates us hell she even called a member of our FOP a clown and we did nothing. The brass doesn’t support us, the are to busy trying to please the mayor hoping for more scraps either that or they just are plain stupid or selfish. The FOP won’t make a stand and call for a stoppage of proactive police work, because they can’t they still have to follow the rules. Which is something the city and department doesn’t have to do. Let’s look back at what they are doing. Every Holiday, special event they cancel our days off. Those of us in patrol are going to have our hours changed, I know some don’t care about that, but our union (we) should have a voice. We are now swiping by the seven minute mark standing in lines waiting for our turn. Many are having time due denied. Closed complaints are being re-opened. I know there is so much more but during all of this we do nothing but let it happen. We still show up to work and do our job. The teachers can strike, we can slow down. The mayor, the department, the alderman they all don’t support us. Let’s just try for two days starting Monday no proactive work no Movers no Parkers no Anovs and no Arrest unless we are called. We still do our jobs but just the jobs we are called to do. We stop swiping out at the seven minute mark hell swipe at the 15 minute mark for two days we push back. And we hold the ones that cross the line accountable and we all know there will be many. We either stand together or we sit and let them do what ever they want.

We decided

10/26/2019 02:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

At least cancelled furlos cover a man who respects blue and visiting blue brothers and sisters.

As a non LEO, I've had a lot of last minute time off cancellations for some stupid last minute activity. At least you get paid a few extra coins. I don't.

That said, you work very hard in very dangerous situations, your schedules are jacked around all the time along with major toxic bosses, and desperately need the down time more than other professions.

Enjoy the extra court over time for writing up CTU. They deserve it. Higher wages, no consequences for civil unrest, free parking and CTA rides in a financially insolvent city with poor results, along with the dumbest, laziest students and teachers? Oh Almost forget: CTU does have the best criminal apprentice feeder schools in the nation. Ahhh communism at it's finest.

Be safe boys and girls in blue. Remember: we and the President respect you.

10/26/2019 03:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's what happens when you have a drunk for a superintendent ~ that fat slob is thinking about his next drink and not the police department!

10/26/2019 04:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please read your contract. If you are RDO, they can set your hours to whatever they need. The 2 hour rule does not exist in that situation.
As far as piss poor planning.........you are right on the money.

10/26/2019 04:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I got 24 years on this job and canceling my RDO every damn month. F THIS! This Union and Department is a f---king joke! This is not even close to being funny anymore. Going on the medical Sunday morning! F----K this city! Why in the WORLD is it controversial that a President of USA is coming to this city. This city and state is seriously mentally retarded and backwards. Could you imagine if it was "controversial" if Obama came to Chicago for a visit, it would NEVER HAPPEN. This city is DOOMED

10/26/2019 05:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's 4 the children!

10/26/2019 05:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Phil the Thrill said...

When I was in college I worked summer as a laborer. Saturday was time and a half. More than 7 hours on saturdsy was double time and so was Sunday. I was making $450 a week in 1972 or 73. A years in state tuition at UW Madison was $500/ out of state it was $2000. I loved double time!!!

10/26/2019 06:11:00 AM  
Blogger Anonymous said...

There should be a limit to the amount of days a year that days off can be canceled. After those days have been reached, those officers are no longer part of the pool of individuals that can be forced to work. This would make the city and dept utilize their manpower more efficiently and effectively, instead of having hundreds of pos standing around doing absolutely nothing but telling war stories and how important their current job function is.

10/26/2019 06:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I’m disgusted with this Liberal Ass city and Police dept.!

This place really sucks!

Start off with firing the teachers!

10/26/2019 06:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you notice none of the Command Staff retire from the CPD to run major corporations, they leave and wind up with other high paying mindless jobs in other bloated government agencies. . An incompetent police dept. run by incompetents all paid for with the dollars from hardworking citizens. And those citizens are quickly moving away leaving the slugs, leeches and piss bums to fend for themselves. ESCAPE FROM CHICAGO.♠️

10/26/2019 07:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The FOP won't do anything...and neither will our leaders in the CPD. The socialist mob, the gangbangers and the radical left now control the streets of Chicago...not the police. And the leftist media machine controls the narrative...not the FOP. We are just there to be punching-bags and lightning-rods for lawsuits. If you're smart use the whole rotten system against itself and take a dive during the protests, go on IOD and take the holidays off. The overtime isn't worth the aggravation. We are all worth more than time-and-a-half...which gets taxed at 40% to support a system that hates us.

10/26/2019 07:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just want to alert the teachers and their union higher ups. I’m sure you look here. If I get hurt because of your riotous antics on Monday, I’m gonna sue the ever loving crap out of you! You make more money than I do, but want to act like a thug? You will pay. You will be held to a higher standard. I know you all have nice houses, cars, and toys. Be ready to lose everything for what you believe in. Jus’ sayin’....

10/26/2019 07:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Some of your points , are in our proposals.

10/26/2019 07:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It’s the way the command staff thinks!

Many years ago Deb Kirby decided to hold a staff meeting for all her unit at HQ.
Kirby was clueless or just showing her rank and power....which was not impressive!
Trying to impress new Superintendent Jody Weiss.

She notified her staff of the meeting on October 30, telling them it will be October 31 at 4 pm...........
Yes on Halloween evening.......what a great boss!
Great way to screw with every parent that worked in the unit.....meeting lasted two hours!
But then again Kirby had no kids or family. So all the others were screwed by her silly thinking!

Great management skill there

10/26/2019 07:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great idea...…..it'll never happen.

10/26/2019 07:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There have been almost 15 cps students shot during this strike...someone look it up. I know there’s been 10 from the north side and south has been getting hit w them also. The strike is for the students!

10/26/2019 07:37:00 AM  
Blogger The Keesing Bandit said...

More Merit. More Merit. More Merit.

10/26/2019 07:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Go ahead, riot.

More votes for my President in a year

10/26/2019 07:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ya, FLOP is gonna get right on that....Not!

10/26/2019 07:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Department claims all this EAP crap to help you with stress and/or other things. Well you know what, stop cancelling days off you pricks because I like my personal time with my family. That’s a stress reliever and I’m sure the rest of the guys and gals feel the same. If you’re going to cancel days off, then make sure you include those at HEADQUARTERS as well because it’s pretty shitty that they already don’t do shit by being inside but then they aren’t affected by the cancellation and get to enjoy their free time. It’s a blow to the rest of us!! You claim “oh we’re going to put X amount of officers on the street” well assholes... we’re already in the street!!!!! That would be a true statement if the office chumps would get their ass out there!!! Can’t wait for those civilians to fill those positions because a lot of those people are arrogant assholes anyway. We’ll probably get treated better with a civilian doing administrative work that may value their job.

10/26/2019 07:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let me make this very clear:
It's about Trump, not the teachers.
The last Presidential visit, the city was described as being on
"lock down." People working downtown came into work early.
Others just stayed away. There was NO traffic at the usual
times. Other than the protesters who were blocks away and
confined, there were no problems. It's the surrounding
circles concept. At ground zero, it was secure as Wash. D.C.

10/26/2019 08:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“The beatings will continue until morale improves”

10/26/2019 08:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A JERK in the insurance industry just said that this is
a 7-day work week during the enrollment period. And
the stroke radio announcer praised him. Life in different
industries. "You want me to drive this squad at night?
Even with a partner this is scary. Hey, look! There's a
big-ass black Tahoe over to the side just short of the
stop sign. There's a guy inside and the engine's running.
How do you work this radio?"

10/26/2019 08:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hopefully nobody eats tainted food Sunday night. Wink wink.

10/26/2019 08:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They don’t because you allow them to do it. Where’s the grievances, where’s the unofficial job actions, where’s the citing of violators In this case any teacher parked illegally or driving in violation. Bottom line your pussys, or all hat and no cattle. Sure your tough guys on the blog, but when it comes to anything else your capons. Yes I am an old guy, and you’ll tell me I don’t know what it’s like now. Back in the day, we at least tried to fuckwith them when they fucked with us. By the way that’s when you’d be in 18 on days, and then tomorrow they would send you to 4 on midnights, they would switch your watch two or three times a period, but yet we fought back. You have a contract the prohibits changing hours and shift, etc. use it grow a pair.

10/26/2019 08:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about 3rd watch late car who gets out at 0030 and has to be back at 0500.. that's against all labor laws correct?

10/26/2019 08:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Part of the many reasons we get duty availability is cancelled days off. It doesn't happen all the time. The notice is definitely short and it sucks. But I rather keep duty availability then have double pay once in a great while.

10/26/2019 08:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I’m soooooooo tired of this. When I was a D1 PO in 007 I expected it. I was just a D1 back then. I didn’t know any better. Now I’m a D1B area south detective and we just got canceled. I shouldn’t have to do this bullshit. Come on FOP! We need double time and a quarter for all canceled days off! That will get the city thinking twice. This is bullshit

Former 007th district ranger (now A/S/D)
T.S.

10/26/2019 08:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These days should be by volunteer basis only, and paid at double time or more. Anyone who gets their day off cancelled should call in sick . You don’t have to hit the medical since it’s your rdo and not subject to medical rules. Again this is not covered under the contract due to the union refusal to take care of its members. Some of us don’t care about the money, we want our time off with our families.

10/26/2019 08:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sadly, the OT whores are high fiving each other about this. Meanwhile the officers who actually have lives to live, where other people enjoy interacting with them know the recuperative value of a good day off wont get it.
I am waiting for the "city that's broke" says we cant do this anymore. Let the blood run in the streets, we'll take a report, and clean it up later.
I do believe that we are not far from this scenario.
Let the "self cleaning oven" begin it's cycle. It's the only thing that will cause a real drop in crime.

10/26/2019 08:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

motor maintenance will be installing an interlock breathalizer ignition device on special fat heads car

10/26/2019 08:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Special events is a joke with a Lt. That has no clue. Nice guy but is screwing everything up

10/26/2019 08:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Eric Carter has no clue how to plan an event. They screwed over Georgas because Rousell whispered bullshit in McCarthy and Johnsons ears. Georgas is a pro at planning events, make him a Chief and bring him back but I think it's too late, he is over the CPD and bound for better places soon.

10/26/2019 09:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

eddie burke son who who has a 100k job with weekends off for crooked county was arrested in june 2018 by the winneka p.d for domestic battery and intoxication the charges were suddenly dropped i bet his days off are never canceled

10/26/2019 09:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

a big f-ckyou for george soros barack , eric holder and loretta lynch

10/26/2019 09:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There isn’t a boss around worth a salt that can handle this, hence why we still don’t have an order to pass on to our people as of 0900 on the 26th. The top leadership of this department is promoted way beyond their capabilities. Time for a complete shake up of the gold stars in this department. Make a gold star take an aptitude test before you actually place one of these morons in a position of power. Bring back the greats like McNulty, Dugan, Patterson, and like him or not Tobias. I wonder if during the 68 convention the bosses sat around holding their dicks wondering what uniform the officers should wear. Put motherfuckers out there in BDU’s, helmets, and batons...don’t let these fucks get a leg up on us at all.

10/26/2019 09:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

City Hall kept saying “fuck Trump”

Geniuses at HQ said “ok”

The adults entered the room on Thursday.
That’s why the short notice...

10/26/2019 09:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

On your days off you have no schedule, so they can start you at anytime. But I like the idea of cancelled day off-double time....that would make them think twice....plus a 10day lee-way notification. If less than 10 day notification....double time pay plus equivalent of time due on the books.

10/26/2019 09:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

FOP and PBPA are too chicken s*&t to say that other unions got a better raise (ie teachers)or a better deal as far as pensions (again, teachers) and say we deserve better than what we are getting. The standard answer is we have to compare with other police departments, not other occupations.
Here's a simple reply that any arbitrator would have to recognize: our membership is falling behind in their ability to pay their bills. The last time things were like that we had the Summerdale Scandal of 1960 or so, traffic stops being adjudicated on the street, etc. While not widespread in the department, people could start doing stupid stuff that we have seen occasionally pop up (tow drivers slipping money to officers, officers robbing drug dealers, etc---sound familiar?). That largely ended when OW Wilson convinced Old Man Daley to raise salaries to an acceptable level, one where we can afford to send our kids to private schools cause the public schools are in such terrible shape and being taught by less than adequate people (again, teachers, making more than us). The unions do not have the guts to stand up for us, plain and simple. They rolled over on this negotiation. No imagination on different approaches in negotiations. Nothing short of disgraceful.

10/26/2019 09:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It’s called duty availability. Everyone enjoys those checks every quarter. Once in a while we actually have to be available for such duties. Stop the belly aching. This is the best job around. We get front row seats to the circus everyday.

10/26/2019 09:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, I know how it feels. Back in '13 I paid a $30K Finra
fine/restitution for selling inappropriate securities. I'm not a
retail broker anymore. I'm what's known as a pundit. CNBC
calls me a lot. So does MarketWatch. I'm middle-aged, look
good on TV, reasonably personable, and I yak up sports to
lure people in. You know, I got a life just like you, so all this
financial stuff ain't my whole world. So this is like safer now.
I comment on the markets, and if things go sideways, you
can't hold me accountable. I just say, "Wow! I didn't see
that coming. Maybe it really isn't different this time."

10/26/2019 09:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“The values of the people of Chicago are more important than anything that he would have to say,”

...guess the murders and a drunk Supt. speak volumes...

Guess Jaggoff ED.....will be joining the protesters....what a asshole.

10/26/2019 09:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I got the half-second slows. It could be lethal.
Man, it throws my timing off. If I can't draw fast and
shoot straight, that could be a problem. They never let
me on the range when I was sick. Maybe there was a reason.

10/26/2019 09:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

YOU got a guy in charge who can't handle taking medication
Doesnt follow a doctors direction by drinking on a new kidney
Ha no self control in his LiL HEAD!

And you expect him to come up with plans with 2 weeks notice?

And didnt FERGUSON say no overtime ??? If this Clouted Ferguson guy is so smart why doesnt he plan the city operation regarding the president?

OH i did forget Special ED did make 1 plan he went on TV and said he wasnt going to be around TRUMP...This dude is halfwit.

10/26/2019 10:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don’t go to the detail. Eddie already said he’s not working the detail.

10/26/2019 10:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just go to work extremely late.
Just go on medical.

Sooo much college out here yet very little balls.

Make sure you are home too they will send a Sgt to check on you.

10/26/2019 10:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

days off cancelled monday - thursday should be double time , triple time for friday , saturday and sunday
look tradesmen for chicago get prevailing wages , plus a city pension , city benefits when they are never laid off , sent home because of weather and work approx 4 hours a day

10/26/2019 10:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But Wait the Stuper of Police is having a few drinks he will figure it out after he wakes from his nap in his city owned car . No wait The Lt from the district will gather all body cams,No wait lets show everyone how much a President with BALLS is hated . Sorry The Mayor, the Supposed States Attorney The attorney general the CCrok county board and final Remove a toilet Governor all deserve each other and its time to get out of this state before it goes belly up and where the hell is the FOP how about some support or is that to much to ask

10/26/2019 10:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey SCC, the city complains of Police overtime yet I would like to see the break down of Officer initiated overtime I.e. arrests, late arrests, court, trials, and City/Department generated overtime including all VRI and in district VRI, cancelled RDO.s etc.... IMO I thnimk that their argument about OT would be exposed as misleading.

10/26/2019 10:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When the mayor deals with our contract negotiations, were the bottom of the bottom. Yet when her precious city is about to explode, who is the first people she calls. THE POLICE. Hey FOP & PBPA. use that for some leverage since we can’t strike.

10/26/2019 10:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I work the third watch late car. No way in hell am I swiping out at 12:30 AM and returning a 5 AM. No way. AWOP me bitches. I’ll have the grievance ready.

10/26/2019 10:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are assuming Kevin even knows whats going on!!!!!!! The ONLY person up there that gives a half shit is Bartlet. The others do not care.
Do not care. Get it thru your heads. Useless. Clueless.

10/26/2019 10:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does anyone have a Supt. Eddie Johnson face template ? I'm carving my pumpkin this week...and just like him after the carving the pumpkin's head will be empty.

10/26/2019 10:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The bosses could care less. They are never held accountable. Several have had big judgements against them and they were not demoted, but promoted.

10/26/2019 11:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chief Little Biggie GrootLoafer is doing a rain dance, jitterbugging around like a one legged grasshopper on a hot iron skillet and place all the blame on The President of the United States.

Rahm called him The Right Man for the Right Time™️....and his Marching Merit Band will be amongst the socialists chanting Peach’Foty Five.
Pansy Command will give the Stand down and let the unhinged feral get up in yo face.
Besides, Jugghaid is on boycott and won’t be available.

CPD Bureau of Strategic Manpower Deployables just got the memo.
Shows they're all Slumped behind the Wheel when not planning their next Merit Bumps once Slumpy McDoneEnuff is gone.
Another Fail by Jugghaid SpecialEd, who takes away all doubt that he doesn’t have to work hard to prove his incompetence.

Hope those working get an opportunity to soak up as much of those overtime hours as possible.
Being sent out of your District should include travel time, maybe Swipe In first before heading out to the staging area...right?
At least LAZ won’t be roaming the lots looking to sandbag some parking violations.

FOP needs to ramp up the Article 20 and maybe reopen Article 5 until CTU concedes to a NO Strike commitment as well. Partly their blame for their intentions to gather and disrupt at the Presidents appearance.
Volunteers should get time and a half.
Cancelled RDO’s should get double time, double and a half after 8.5 and triple time if personals and lunch periods are not provided.

So if the Overtime is still an issue, will HQ, Units and Districts be releasing the quarterly Duty Available daylight house mouse contingency?
And will CTU-CPS be billed like a Juicy Swolls for their share of inciting civil disobedience and instigating participation?

Just two weeks ago on national tv, I really had to feel sorry for the Minneapolis PD because on behalf of their weak pathetic dipshit mayor had them standing around looking like bobble clowns.
Lari LightLoafer should be on notice as well as that slumpy lump SpecialEd still collecting a paycheck and awaiting a hefty pension promissory.

10/26/2019 11:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Blogger Anonymous said...
There should be a limit to the amount of days a year that days off can be canceled. After those days have been reached, those officers are no longer part of the pool of individuals that can be forced to work. This would make the city and dept utilize their manpower more efficiently and effectively, instead of having hundreds of pos standing around doing absolutely nothing but telling war stories and how important their current job function is.

That will never happen. Problem is all those officers that avoid the details would eventually have to go on the street and work the detail. The bosses wouldn’t let the chosen hit the street

10/26/2019 11:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Slightly off topic but this is so ironic just can't help sharing it. It sèems a visiting police chief had her wallet stolen at a popular 18th district restaurant bar last evening and quicker than a Chicago alderman lines his pockets with dirty money the thief was at a few high end stores racking up charges on her credit cards. Welcome to Chicago, the city of high values.

10/26/2019 01:47:00 AM

She’s a police chief. How can that happen? Isn’t their meeting Monday and this occurred Friday night. Guess those meetings aren’t all business for exempts

10/26/2019 11:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But if you’re working Vri or have time due in you’re all good ???! Wtf? I’d be kind of pissed when a 2year wonder has time due and my day off is cancelled... anyone????

10/26/2019 11:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hypothetically: What would happen if no-body showed up to work their "cancelled" day off? What could they do? What would they do? I know it wouldn't happen, but I would support the idea that no one come into work who is RDO on Monday. If hundreds upon hundreds of coppers refused to work the city would be screwed. This would mean white shirts would have to not work on their day off, too. If the blue shirts and white shirts could simply say they "got plans" and not come in, the city and department would not be able to handle disciplining everyone. It's time to push back. Enough is enough.

10/26/2019 11:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Before I could say 'license and registration' he flashed his
star. I just froze. Right then and there."

10/26/2019 12:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Taxpayer and parent here. Read a comment that city hall said no teacher arrests on Monday. MAYOR, that’s not the way it’s supposed to work. If they break the law, LOCK THEM UP! Start sending a message that their disobedience will not be tolerated. What kind of message does this send to their students? Go ahead and do what you want with no consequences for disrupting people’s lives? We are watching what your stance will be on Monday. Start being a leader and don’t let the CTU get away with this. You have the public’s support now don’t let them down.

10/26/2019 12:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Years go when your Chicago Bears came to Champaign to spend the year, the City required everyone to work the games. Not so fast said that union and got extra pay and a mando day off card ( yes it was red) for every game you got mandatoried for.

10/26/2019 12:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This department has always flown by the seat of its pants. Rarely proactive, always reactive.

10/26/2019 12:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Overrun the ER's in the city.

10/26/2019 12:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Welcome to Chicago!

10/26/2019 12:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Question: why is Ed still the superintendent?

10/26/2019 12:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sucks to be on a 3rd watch late car DOG 63. Get out at 0030. Start at 0500. By the time you get home (if you even decide to go home) you’re getting maybe 2 hours of sleep to work probably a 12+ hour day. Hell, even truck drivers have a mandatory amount of time that they have to sleep. What the city is going to get Monday are a bunch of pissed off fatigued cops. God forbid if anyone gets into an accident because they’re driving home sleep-deprived.

10/26/2019 12:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Hey where’s TOM DART hiding with all of this nonsense by CTU going on?

(please don’t bring up making pizzas or some other asinine comment).

Will Dart show up to welcome The President or send in Chief Leo to the IACP?

Will Dart send his County Patrol Officers in to assist CPD with this Civil Disobedience-or isn’t it actually Mob Action?

****

Lori, make your wife proud-grow a real pair (not Ben-Wahs) and start firing the CTU members who are nothing more than overpaid baby sitters for parents that can’t control their own demons.

There are plenty more real teachers out there who want to do the job the right way...


Stay safe and vigilant CPD. PLEASE REMEMBER-You matter to those that matter.

10/26/2019 01:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

art of the reason the city continues to do this with no penalty is that little check we get four time a year for otherwise nothing called “Duty Availability”.

How so?

10/26/2019 01:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What I don’t get is how people still get to use elective time off that day. Now that’s fucking stupid.

10/26/2019 01:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cool, then the guy who goes “parsing” won’t be on here degrading my wife for a genuine show of sympathy from a real CTU member who appreciates police and doesn’t support the beret wearing bomb throwers. Parsing dude, you want to parse my wife’s statement? Let’s meet at Beatrice’s you cowardly keyboard warrior.

10/26/2019 02:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT:

A solution for the recent issue of ISR’s being revised multiple times, in violation of the consent decree, has been thrown around — have a Sgt on scene for ALL street stops requiring an ISR. The details are in the preliminary stage, but basically a Sgt would be required to approve probable cause on scene. If everything appears legitimate, they’re on their way. If the reason for the stop is questionable, the stop would be terminated immediately. A sgt would also sign the ISR receipt the same way they’d sign a TSSS card.

This isn’t certain, but just be prepared Sgts. You are going to be responsible for the stops under your command one way or another.

10/26/2019 02:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any holiday that is cancelled should be paid in all time OR cash, as that individual officer chooses. No more of this "the-first-twenty-hours-are-CU, with balance in CU or money.

10/26/2019 02:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why is anyone surprised here? A regular occurrence with this place.

10/26/2019 03:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just playing devils advocate here but what do you think that duty availability check is for that you don’t hesitate cashing. Go to work and make some money big deal

10/26/2019 03:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Eric Carter has no clue how to plan an event. They screwed over Georgas because Rousell whispered bullshit in McCarthy and Johnsons ears. Georgas is a pro at planning events, make him a Chief and bring him back but I think it's too late, he is over the CPD and bound for better places soon.

10/26/2019 09:08:0

Georgas as Chief of Patrol!

10/26/2019 03:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's nice to see Trump come here and say a big fuck you to the liberal idiot groot. She is upset he doesn't need her for anything and will call her out most definitely that day, hopefully along with all our other socialist dummycrats. Would love to see Trump, hes done more than any swamp rat will ever do and they cant stand that. GO TRUMP!! Also hope he calls out barack Hussein Obama and crooked Hillary for the biggest hoax of the century, the russian collusion bullshit! all made up to reverse your vote for Trump. Now for a phone call!?!? If you believe this crap from the media, you are truly a sheep of the dummycrats.

10/26/2019 03:32:00 PM  
Blogger Ludlow Peaswatter said...

Submit a par form to take the day off without pay. Every time I did that they gave in and let me off. If you can't afford that, you are spending too much.

10/26/2019 03:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hit the medical!

10/26/2019 03:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I work the third watch late car. No way in hell am I swiping out at 12:30 AM and returning a 5 AM. No way. AWOP me bitches. I’ll have the grievance ready.
10/26/2019 10:33:00 AM

Fatigued need 10hrs off

10/26/2019 03:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lol like we have a real union. It's time for a change and we should seriously start shopping around for new representation if we get fucked on this contract.

10/26/2019 03:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, let’s go I heard Eddie’s buying!

10/26/2019 04:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The CTU strike political move that has nothing to do with the kids...they were given a generous salary bump before there was even a strike, social equity issues? That shit has no place in a collective bargaining negotiation.

Jussie Sharkey is doing what his political masters tell him to. https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/ctu-boss-talks-working-man-lives-wealthiest-1-percent...notice no talk of his connections in the mainstream media.

His wife Julie Fain is an editor and co-founder of Haymarket Books...a "not for profit" self proclaimed leftist book company...Fain sounds familiar? Oh yeah, her dad Richard Fain is the president of Royal Caribbean Cruises. For those in the know Royal Caribbean's majority shareholder is none other than the Pritzker family and JB the Hut.

https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511212519-millionaire-father-in-law-appears-to-help-keep-socialist-sharkey-afloat

10/26/2019 04:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No arrests of Teachers? Is that really an Order? If so how is that even legal. Anyone arrested that day should sue city based on that civil rights violation order. City could be writing a lot of checks for selective law enforcement violations. So don't lock the teachers up just beat them within anext inch of their lives but no arrests.

10/26/2019 04:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Sucks to be on a 3rd watch late car DOG 63. Get out at 0030. Start at 0500. By the time you get home (if you even decide to go home) you’re getting maybe 2 hours of sleep to work probably a 12+ hour day. Hell, even truck drivers have a mandatory amount of time that they have to sleep. What the city is going to get Monday are a bunch of pissed off fatigued cops. God forbid if anyone gets into an accident because they’re driving home sleep-deprived

Old timers used to do that every two out of three watch changes which occurred every 28 days. Only difference if you were off at 0039 you usually came back at 0800 but not unheard of at 0700 an early car. Not sure how much difference a few hrs make

10/26/2019 04:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Citizen asking just how big is that duty availability check every quarter. A weeks pay?

10/26/2019 04:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC. Let’s for fun start a thread about all of our inept Command staff. Every one of them has some BS attached to them.

10/26/2019 04:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When I was in saturation I expected days off to be canceled. Once they kicked me out, and I'm working a beat car in 007 again this is ridiculous. I've had enough.

- Mike C.

10/26/2019 04:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2:12 A.M. lets slow it down!

10/26/2019 04:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The domestic violence calls have been increasing with the CPD darlings home. "Mom says her 14yr old son is out of control". Any CIT officers? LOL

10/26/2019 04:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Cool, then the guy who goes “parsing” won’t be on here degrading my wife for a genuine show of sympathy from a real CTU member who appreciates police and doesn’t support the beret wearing bomb throwers. Parsing dude, you want to parse my wife’s statement? Let’s meet at Beatrice’s you cowardly keyboard warrior.

10/26/2019 02:49:00 PM

Great Beatrice’s drunk again:

Parse. ... The word "parse" means to analyze an object specifically. It is commonly used in computer science to refer to reading program code. For example, after a program is written, whether it be in C++, Java, or any other language, the code needs to be parsed by the compiler in order to be compiled.

10/26/2019 04:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Trump planning.....
I got news for you. That guy couldn't plan his way home.
He's nowhere near any plans. He will merely sign off on
the "concur" line.
No way is he being trusted with Presidential security.
Would you trust him?

10/26/2019 05:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And what kind of training are you young recruits engaged in?
Trump training, sir, Trump training!

10/26/2019 05:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10:07 AM
You really think that they're gonna let one guy draw up
security plans for the whole city? He's just a figurehead.
The SS got here about a week ago and are coordinating
plans. They just don't stroll in and say "Tell me whatcha
got." They know damn well what went on here and
would be fools to trust him with their dry cleaning.

10/26/2019 05:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Medical abusers-ACTIVATE!

10/26/2019 01:59:00 AM


HELL YEAH!!!!
Lay up for 3days then go back to work....

10/26/2019 05:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1700 hours Saturday and still no order out at all for tac, sat, mission and gang teams yet. All of these teams and people know they have a cancelled day off however none of them know what times or locations to report too yet. Yet all the gold star frat stompers are down at this convention slappin hands without a care in the world. Inept leadership.

10/26/2019 05:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They spared him the mug shots & allowed him to drive home

10/26/2019 05:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1:47 AM
The visiting chief took vacation time for a 'Chicago personal'
vacation and will use company time on Monday. You can bet
she's getting an earful. Ever get that "you guys must be from
out of town by the way you drink" from a waitress? Bright
lights, big city, bye bye purse. There's probably early bird
specials for those out-of-towners coming in on a staggered
basis. Receptions, tours. Haunted Chicago.

10/26/2019 05:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
How about 3rd watch late car who gets out at 0030 and has to be back at 0500.. that's against all labor laws correct?

10/26/2019 08:26:00 AM
safety hazard.... not enough allowable sleep time between shifts ,, where is the fop?

10/26/2019 05:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duty to be available right?
But pos with less than 3.5 years don’t get duty of availability,
aaand still have to part take in this bullcrap!

10/26/2019 06:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Remember UIC in 2016.

Rahm and McCarthy allowed the communist mob that marched out of the UIC campus to attack normal decent Americans at the Presidents rally.

10/26/2019 06:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's bullshit cancelling RDO's. Why can't it be volunteering instead of cancelling RDO's. CPD is one big family, BULLSHIT!!!!

10/26/2019 06:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The City crys about OVERTIME, well this is OVERTIME too.The city crys about no money,well we don't need a new police and fire academy, What a waste of money!

10/26/2019 06:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OVERTIME should be strictly voluntary just like VRI,CTA,PARKS,CHA !

10/26/2019 06:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Union won’t do shit per usual. I’m on a team and know I gave away my rights as a human being but we are getting worked 10 hours on Sunday til 4 am and then have to report Monday @ 5 am. Not complaining about working the hours because I did volunteer for a team however it is very unsafe and how much protester bullshit can I withstand working 2 days straight with no time off to sleep. Hopefully I get hurt so I can sue the city and go IOD. Be off til retirement. Fuck Eddie fuck Lori fuck Cpd brass above sergeant. Stay safe.

10/26/2019 07:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can we start looking to get rid of FOP and get a different union? Kevin graham needs to go the way of the Angelo

10/26/2019 07:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2:49PM......
Let me guess, you and the teacher wife send your kids to CPS so you can afford a tricked out monster truck to show off to Your peers at Beatrice’s?

Only good thing about communist teachers union is that because of them, Illinois communist rulers won’t fuck with pensions.

10/26/2019 07:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It’s called duty availability. Everyone enjoys those checks every quarter. Once in a while we actually have to be available for such duties. Stop the belly aching. This is the best job around. We get front row seats to the circus everyday.

10/26/2019 09:41:00 AM

Yeah really. It's annoying.

And how many of you turds use to work VRI to 3am and go right to work after that? You're all full of shit

10/26/2019 07:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They have no clue. there were 6(!)orders regarding PPOs and what they would be doing for the IACP. Then there were revisions to about half of those. PPOs calling up trying to figure out what went wrong and where should they really be. Had them call special activities. Next day 6!(again) orders come out regarding needing POs at various hotels, bus stations and McCormick place. I can't imagine Chicago not knowing at the end of last years IACP, that they were hosting this year's. You'd think they got 8 days notice they were hosting or something....

10/26/2019 07:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are all the cancelled people going to be able to swipe before 5:07? That's a lot of people to swipe at one machine. What happens if I swipe late? And this is just one reason swiping isn't the greatest idea in the world. Someone should be standing there with the CATA edit forms, just for yuks; fill 'em out and send them to Groot

10/26/2019 08:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sucks to be on a 3rd watch late car DOG 63. Get out at 0030. Start at 0500. By the time you get home (if you even decide to go home) you’re getting maybe 2 hours of sleep to work probably a 12+ hour day. Hell, even truck drivers have a mandatory amount of time that they have to sleep. What the city is going to get Monday are a bunch of pissed off fatigued cops. God forbid if anyone gets into an accident because they’re driving home sleep-deprived.

10/26/2019 12:48:00 PM
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
While I do feel sorry for you, you must not have been around for NATO. It was a week of this, not just 1 day, and the days were 18 hour days, depending on where you were, with no days off.

10/26/2019 08:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

11:08 am: Slumpy McDunenuff...outstanding

10/26/2019 08:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

go out there and protect the POTUS....the socialists teachers can continue wanting to get social justice written into their labor contract.....

10/26/2019 08:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually newer officers don't get any duty availability.. so hows this work?

10/26/2019 08:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
You are assuming Kevin even knows whats going on!!!!!!! The ONLY person up there that gives a half shit is Bartlet. The others do not care.
Do not care. Get it thru your heads. Useless. Clueless.

10/26/2019 10:46:00 AM

Let me guess Barlett is running for President?

10/26/2019 09:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Does anyone have a Supt. Eddie Johnson face template ? I'm carving my pumpkin this week...and just like him after the carving the pumpkin's head will be empty.

10/26/2019 10:58:00 AM

Just carve a big hole the size of his ass and fill it with bourbon....that little nub on the top....well you know.

10/26/2019 09:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Part of the many reasons we get duty availability is cancelled days off. It doesn't happen all the time. The notice is definitely short and it sucks. But I rather keep duty availability then have double pay once in a great while.

Duty availability is just a non-wage pay raise. Originally, it was non-pensionable, so Daley did not have to pay the City's pension on it. Think otherwise, prove it to me? I don't care what the IG says it is for. His opinion is non-binding and was made up two decades after it was put in the contract.

10/26/2019 09:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Cool, then the guy who goes “parsing” won’t be on here degrading my wife for a genuine show of sympathy from a real CTU member who appreciates police and doesn’t support the beret wearing bomb throwers. Parsing dude, you want to parse my wife’s statement? Let’s meet at Beatrice’s you cowardly keyboard warrior.

10/26/2019 02:49:00 PM

I don’t know who you are or what you even responding to but where and what’s Beatrices’s? I’d love to meet you. Is it in boy’s town? You’re turning me on. You sound like you have some extra testosterone to get rid of. Let’s meet you manly man. Don’t make me beg

10/26/2019 10:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just go to work extremely late.
Just go on medical.

Sooo much college out here yet very little balls.

Make sure you are home too they will send a Sgt to check on you.

10/26/2019 10:12:00 AM


Maybe you should’ve gone to college. They can’t put you on the medical on your RDO. There’s absolutely nothing they can do to you if you’re not feeling well and don’t want to come in.

10/26/2019 10:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Has the FOP put the department “on notice” again? 🤤

10/26/2019 10:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

3 days notice? The tact teams still have no order.

I know “poor tact.... wehhhhhhhhhhh!!” But our notice will be even shorter than everyone elses

10/26/2019 10:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT: CONFIRMED from City Hall-Lori saw the body worn camera the day the story of Johnson’s DUI broke. She was shocked because it’s obvious Johnson is a lush but she’s pulling a Rahm move of “I had to let the investigation play out and I didn’t see the video” so she can make Johnson attack Trump. What a petty bitch. Jokes on her-a dozen people or more now have the video, and Johnsons attack on Trump will backfire on Lori. Popcorn time. You an amateur Groot.

10/26/2019 10:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2313 hours. Still no order out for tac teams except to say that they will be cancelled. No times or anything yet.

10/26/2019 11:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Old timers used to do that every two out of three watch changes which occurred every 28 days. Only difference if you were off at 0039 you usually came back at 0800 but not unheard of at 0700 an early car. Not sure how much difference a few hrs make

10/26/2019 04:16:00 PM

Well the old timers didn't have to swipe in and out. Besides, 4 hours of sleep sounds better than 2. And if you weren't a complete meathead, you'd get a little play on either leaving early or starting a little late when the period changed. Now there is nothing. You better be swiping 7 minutes before or 7 minutes after your shift starts. (BTW, Is someone bringing a portable swiper to Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday? Can they wear a little clown costume so they're easy to spot?)

10/26/2019 11:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Stop the belly aching. This is the best job around. We get front row seats to the circus everyday."

Well then sit down and be quiet imbecile! For now I present to you in the far ring...the fat man with the big hat...drunk and sleeping at the wheel of his clown car...barking out orders to the crowd to bring in activity including DUI's and impounds! In the middle ring is a family looking for their parent in the blue uniform...because another regular day off was cancelled. And in the last ring is a middle-aged officer on his knees about to eat his sidearm...don'tcha know we're averaging almost 1 suicide a month and it only takes on average 3 years now for the new officers to develop PTSD. The best job around? Hardly troll. This job sucks...and so does your post. I'll gladly give back my last duty availability check to have off Monday and be away from protests most likely to go sideways. Hell...the new officers don't even get duty availability for years. But since you like using circus cliches I can tell you let just about anyone be your "ringmaster".

10/26/2019 11:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Isn't there anything in the consent decree that talks about minimum rest time for officers?

The real danger of working with so little rest is losing one's cool and be videoed with inappropriate action due to fatigue.

10/27/2019 12:02:00 AM  
Anonymous 29 and a day. said...

sad to say but the Dept has the right to set hours. As long as they are willing to pay the overtime rate which is time and one half. The duty availability pay is to compensate officers for the inconvenience of being available for duty at all hours of the day and night.

I do think its bullshit, expecting 3rd watch officers to work 3rd watch Sunday and then be at work at 05:30 Monday.

We had to do that once in my career, it was 05 Oct 1979 when the Pope came to Chicago. And there was no contract and no time and one half. And no duty availability pay.

So things are a little better nowadays but I still feel that what theyre doing is terrible

10/27/2019 12:40:00 AM  
Anonymous 29 and a day said...


Remember UIC in 2016.

Rahm and McCarthy allowed the communist mob that marched out of the UIC campus to attack normal decent Americans at the Presidents rally.

10/26/2019 06:24:00 PM

yep i do

10/27/2019 12:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Can we start looking to get rid of FOP and get a different union? Kevin graham needs to go the way of the Angelo
10/26/2019 07:13:00 PM

You don't want the Teamsters trust me.

http://www.tdu.org/teamster_officer_salaries

10/27/2019 03:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Blogger Ludlow Peaswatter said...
Submit a par form to take the day off without pay. Every time I did that they gave in and let me off. If you can't afford that, you are spending too much.

10/26/2019 03:36:00 PM

Makes no sense. Why would they give in? Either way you would be off so why not grant your request and not have to pay you?
What do you say. Boss I’m not coming to work tomorrow so you can either let me off at no pay or I’ll be off and you can pay me. And the bosses say. No no we want to pay you

10/27/2019 03:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not only should we be paid double time and a half for a canceled day off. They should ask give you 8.5 ours on the books to make up for the rest we need.

10/27/2019 05:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our canceled RDO is a great time to stop a chief of another department and ask for a lateral

10/27/2019 05:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hope things go smoothly on Monday! Last time President Trump was in town the rally got called off because of violence. Now we have the CTU protestors and therefore all of the kids not in school. The latter might organize in social media mobs to 'go punch Nazis'.

10/27/2019 05:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Swipe in and swipe out!!!!!

10/27/2019 05:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We NEED a new organization. FOP has to go!!!!

10/27/2019 05:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10/26/2019 11:20:00 AM

Anonymous said...
Hypothetically: What would happen if no-body showed up to work their "cancelled" day off? What could they do? What would they do? I know it wouldn't happen, but I would support the idea that no one come into work who is RDO on Monday. If hundreds upon hundreds of coppers refused to work the city would be screwed. This would mean white shirts would have to not work on their day off, too. If the blue shirts and white shirts could simply say they "got plans" and not come in, the city and department would not be able to handle disciplining everyone. It's time to push back. Enough is enough.
10/26/2019 11:49:00 AM


** I guess you don't understand what an "ORDER" means...You don't show up your AWOL, and good enough for termination of employment! So go ahead, you first, show us how its done.

10/27/2019 05:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

FOP ELECTIONS

coming soon
Slate of retirees loving those free pizzas will be seeking to run the FOP into the ground.

Please dont vote for retiree to represent workers
PLEASE VOTE

10/27/2019 06:44:00 AM  
Blogger 011 2nd Watch DOG said...


Anonymous Anonymous said...
It’s called duty availability. Everyone enjoys those checks every quarter. Once in a while we actually have to be available for such duties. Stop the belly aching. This is the best job around. We get front row seats to the circus everyday.

10/26/2019 09:41:00 AM

Take it easy boss. This is no longer a life’s calling, it's a job to pay the bills and I would hardly call it the best job around. I have less than 6 years to go and than you can take this badge and shove it.
765B

10/27/2019 06:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Carter???? A quadruple MERIT hack that couldn’t find 35th & Michigan without a map. Did you ever hear him talk? He is an idiot!!!!

10/27/2019 07:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If every po rdo canceled then not one officer can attend potus speech

10/27/2019 07:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hypothetically: What would happen if no-body showed up to work their "cancelled" day off? What could they do? What would they do? I know it wouldn't happen, but I would support the idea that no one come into work who is RDO on Monday. If hundreds upon hundreds of coppers refused to work the city would be screwed. This would mean white shirts would have to not work on their day off, too. If the blue shirts and white shirts could simply say they "got plans" and not come in, the city and department would not be able to handle disciplining everyone. It's time to push back. Enough is enough.

...Was discussing this exact scenario with some white shirts, seems to be the popular consensus is you'd probably take 3 days for being AWOP. Now, if you didn't KNOW your rdo was cancelled then you'd have an excuse... That's why I never answer my cell phone when I see a 312-74*-**** number calling. Stopped receiving dept. emails on my personal phone too. Try to distance myself from this job as much as possible when I'm gone.

10/27/2019 07:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How can anyone admit to having alcohol and then drive a squad car. Isn't this a rule violation by itself!

10/27/2019 07:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Time for FOP to go. We need a new union to represent Chicago police!

10/27/2019 08:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“ Chief Little Biggie GrootLoafer is doing a rain dance, jitterbugging around like a one legged grasshopper on a hot iron skillet and place all the blame on The President of the United States.”

Best comment yet hahaha. See you at the riots !

10/27/2019 08:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Duty availability has nothing to do with this. It's not tied to any job performance expectation whatsoever. It was a negotiated benefit that we got during contract negotiations IN LIEU OF a part raise. If they took away the duty availability we would still have to show up if they cancelled us.

10/27/2019 09:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Hypothetically: What would happen if no-body showed up to work their "cancelled" day off? What could they do? What would they do? I know it wouldn't happen, but I would support the idea that no one come into work who is RDO on Monday. If hundreds upon hundreds of coppers refused to work the city would be screwed. This would mean white shirts would have to not work on their day off, too. If the blue shirts and white shirts could simply say they "got plans" and not come in, the city and department would not be able to handle disciplining everyone. It's time to push back. Enough is enough.

10/26/2019 11:49:00 AM

Hypothetically you are a idiot. Now go back to your mother's basement to make more plans to overthrow the empire.

10/27/2019 09:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
PO's in DOG 63 off Monday/Tuesday working 3rd watch will have at most 2-3 hours of sleep after their tour on Sunday night. The command staff that came up with this bullshit are scum bags of the lowest order.

They just better make sure to work full tours AND swipe out before getting those 2-3 hours of beauty sleep!😡

10/27/2019 09:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This department is a joke. Cancelling days off with 3 days notice ? Apparently the bosses didn't know Trump was coming til Friday.
Over promoted incompetent people are running this department. Partly thanks to Calumet College and the other joke schools handing out degrees to these idiots.....who in turn actually think they earned it !!!!

10/27/2019 09:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The FOP is a JOKE. Big deal, they had a
“No confidence” vote. The officers are getting whored out, and getting jammed up for shit that happened 7 years ago. FOP is nothing but a bunch of over paid clowns in suits making captains pay in some cases. At least that’s what Garza told me.

10/27/2019 09:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dead right SCC, CPD shouldn't sell themselves short. In pay negotiations aim for the stars and you might hit the rooftops. Asking for what's fair leaves you open to being negotiated down to what is unfair.

10/27/2019 11:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Sucks to be on a 3rd watch late car DOG 63. Get out at 0030. Start at 0500. By the time you get home (if you even decide to go home) you’re getting maybe 2 hours of sleep to work probably a 12+ hour day. Hell, even truck drivers have a mandatory amount of time that they have to sleep. What the city is going to get Monday are a bunch of pissed off fatigued cops. God forbid if anyone gets into an accident because they’re driving home sleep-deprived.


Sounds like you should "pass out" about 1000 hrs.
Ambulance to hospital, IVs, etc. exhaustion.
Be sure an IOD is completed, with many witnesses.

If only 50 or so cops did this Monday, canceling RDOs would end.



10/27/2019 11:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ive only heard this for the past 30 years...

We NEED a new organization. FOP has to go!!!!

10/27/2019 11:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“It’s called duty availability. Everyone enjoys those checks every quarter. Once in a while we actually have to be available for such duties.” @
10/26/2019 09:41:00 AM

The Contract proposed of Shift Differential, which was intended for bs hours of working 1st and maybe 3rd Watch duty.
Re negotiating named it Duty Availability and was to include all the permanent daytime house dollies.
Don’t recall if we were still rotating at the time and if D-A was even pensionable when it was first implemented, a mere $400-$500 a quarter...???
Still It’s just a bargaining chip that can be taken away or increased like uniforms, BFDs, holidays, etc. in lieu of wages, anything that they don’t have to include as pensionable salary which costs the city more money.

And working an RDO at CTA, ball games for straight time for years...don’t get me started.
But volunteering those RDOs added to my SS quarters was better than any storefront security side job.

10/27/2019 11:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Complain all you want. But if a grievance is not filed then nothing will be down.

10/27/2019 12:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is the best job around. We get front row seats to the circus everyday.

You dont actually believe that do you? This is by far one of the worst jobs. I refuse to call it anything but a job.
I spend all my off time applying to new jobs.

10/27/2019 12:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Isn't there anything in the consent decree that talks about minimum rest time for officers?
Why don't YOU READ it and see????

10/27/2019 01:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about 3rd watch late car who gets out at 0030 and has to be back at 0500.. that's against all labor laws correct?

Implicit bias people for NFL talked about how fatigue reduces the ability manage implicit bias.

10/27/2019 01:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Exactly. I've been RDO this Saturday and Sunday. The only news I have is SCC, no way I'm coming in early at 0500. Besides, my phone is in airplane mode while sleeping. See you at mybregular start time.

10/27/2019 02:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So why not vote the retirees into power at FOP. The working Clowns you got now are doing an absolutely terrible job. At least they will no be able to be bribed with a promise of better position if they side with city wishes. How many years without contract, how about absolute silence from current FOP, how about lack of action over contract abuses. So you really think these working cops are doing a good job? What in the hell do you have to lose Time for a radical change. Throw the Clowns out and get some experienced blood protecting you.

10/27/2019 03:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't forget swipe in and swipe out !!!!!

10/27/2019 03:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Swipe in and swipe out!!!!!!!!!!!!

10/27/2019 04:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And working an RDO at CTA, ball games for straight time for years...don’t get me started.
But volunteering those RDOs added to my SS quarters was better than any storefront security side job.

10/27/2019 11:48:00 AM
you making $100,000 a year .. still working side oddball jobs?

10/27/2019 05:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
So why not vote the retirees into power at FOP. The working Clowns you got now are doing an absolutely terrible job. At least they will no be able to be bribed with a promise of better position if they side with city wishes. How many years without contract, how about absolute silence from current FOP, how about lack of action over contract abuses. So you really think these working cops are doing a good job? What in the hell do you have to lose Time for a radical change. Throw the Clowns out and get some experienced blood protecting you

Not a bad idea. What the ideal candidate would be a retiree who is financially secure and has a child or two on the job. That way he couldn’t be bribed and he would hopefully try and help the po’s on the job. When you get in that position are older your reputation is worth more than a few bucks and it’s easier to keep your integrity in tact

10/27/2019 05:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Anonymous Anonymous said...
Isn't there anything in the consent decree that talks about minimum rest time for officers?
Why don't YOU READ it and see????


Probably to tired and fatigued.

10/27/2019 05:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
How about 3rd watch late car who gets out at 0030 and has to be back at 0500.. that's against all labor laws correct?

Not sure but if it is then maybe the department should put out a general order that if you work the 2nd watch and are working the next day you have to be in bed by 1AM. wouldn’t want to affect your health or marriage. Maybe a curfew for all watches to make sure you get adequate rest for your tour of duty

10/27/2019 05:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sucks to be on a 3rd watch late car DOG 63. Get out at 0030. Start at 0500. By the time you get home (if you even decide to go home) you’re getting maybe 2 hours of sleep to work probably a 12+ hour day. Hell, even truck drivers have a mandatory amount of time that they have to sleep. What the city is going to get Monday are a bunch of pissed off fatigued cops. God forbid if anyone gets into an accident because they’re driving home sleep-deprived.


Sounds like you should "pass out" about 1000 hrs.
Ambulance to hospital, IVs, etc. exhaustion.
Be sure an IOD is completed, with many witnesses.

If only 50 or so cops did this Monday, canceling RDOs would end.

Sometimes I’m embarrassed by these comments. Suck it up, soldiers, doctors do it all the time. Nonsense about passing out and taking an ambulance. I really hope your not CPD. Exhaustion because you get a short nights sleep. What about when a family members sickness keeps you up all night. Or an elderly parent needs your assistance in the middle of the night

10/27/2019 06:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sometimes I’m embarrassed by these comments. Suck it up, soldiers, doctors do it all the time. Nonsense about passing out and taking an ambulance. I really hope your not CPD. Exhaustion because you get a short nights sleep. What about when a family members sickness keeps you up all night. Or an elderly parent needs your assistance in the middle of the night

10/27/2019 06:02:00 PM

Someone come get their boot ass sgt/Lt and keep his ass off the blog please.

10/27/2019 09:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sometimes I’m embarrassed by these comments. Suck it up, soldiers, doctors do it all the time. Nonsense about passing out and taking an ambulance. I really hope your not CPD. Exhaustion because you get a short nights sleep. What about when a family members sickness keeps you up all night. Or an elderly parent needs your assistance in the middle of the night

10/27/2019 06:02:00 PM
I hope you're not CPD!! Because assholes like you enable assholes like them to take rdo's changes shifts & every other fucked up thing done to po's!! Don't ever compare taking care of family to working your rdo! Taking care of family is a necessity! Working rdo's is the result of poor leadership & short staffing!

10/28/2019 07:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sometimes I’m embarrassed by these comments. Suck it up, soldiers, doctors do it all the time. Nonsense about passing out and taking an ambulance. I really hope your not CPD. Exhaustion because you get a short nights sleep. What about when a family members sickness keeps you up all night. Or an elderly parent needs your assistance in the middle of the night

10/27/2019 06:02:00 PM

Someone come get their boot ass sgt/Lt and keep his ass off the blog please.

10/27/2019 09:08:00 PM

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I bet this guy typed this in his souped-up, skull-adorned Jeep.


Even the Army considers 4 hrs. sleep the absolute minimum hard-charger.

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