Somewhere, Gus Tero Weeps
What pansy cried about this?
- The other Johnson in charge of the academy, has ordered that at no time will recruits be placed in front, lean and rest. It’s too hard on them. Also, there’s no incentive at all to keep the new recruits fit. They can stay as fat as when they start and blow the fuck up to the fatasses that are currently floating around the districts! It’s always been like that, but holy fuck! There’s more of them and they look like stuffed sausages much sooner!
Rumor is this is somehow connected to saving the pensions. Recruits start fatter, gain weight quicker, die before age fifty, and :::voila::: Pension savings!
Labels: department issues, dumb ideas
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
112 Comments:
I knew Gus.
He never cried.
This might have done it.
“Hey gang, a day without pushups is like a day without sunshine!!”-Gus Tero
He was a good guy.
It's called attrition. They don't fire you, you resign.
Can't do the physicial requirements? Go on disability.
Burned out? Just find another job.
Turnover is a lot of paperwork, but it's still cheaper
than maintaining a stable force.
Do you expect anything less from the boys and girls coming onto this job. This is disturbing
City just wants about 5 years out you and then fire you. After 5 years most (not all) offices realize the job is straight garbage and activity plummets; then again other offices self destruct
"A day without pushups is like a day without sunshine." - Gus Tero
No doubt a snowflake complained that exercise was discriminatory, sexist, racist, and a violation of civil rights. What’s next to go, the hat?
Why is Johnson still over the academy? His image is ruined. His felon twin brother conviction has destroyed their family name. Lori please get rid of this ignorant goof!
You need upper body strength (and lower) when the shit hits the fan and you are fighting for your life. You also need a lot of strength to overcome a resistor (sometimes more). PT, strength training, hand to hand combat, all that stuff is not stressed enough. I always thought we should have a week long refresher course once a year in that stuff. Now it’s tranny training and global warming.
Free donuts for all! woooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooo!
To all the mid evil monsters known as the gym staff when I went through the academy, THANK YOU!!! 20 plus years later and still in shape. To all you "boys and girls" I'm very sorry but I feel for you guys.
Back when I was in the Academy in 2013. They barely worked out the Recruits anyway. We were told that the gym staff got yelled at because recruits were complaining of injuries and a condition called “rhabdo.” Because of that, the hardcore PT workouts disappeared and when we actually did work out for class, it was an awkward mix of conditioning and CrossFit. They gym staff were calling it “tactical conditioning.” In the 6 months of that academy, the hardest workout we had was when Snelling showed up and beat the bejebus out of your class for an hour and it was a GOOD workout. Now he isn’t even there. During the academy, my run times actually increased because we worked out so little. I was going home and beating myself up at the gym. All the academy cares about now is just getting people out the door. That’s it. Who cares if you can’t pass the tests, aren’t fit, can’t shoot, look like a train wreck, have racial or other bias motives to police, etc. Just “get them out the door.” It’s embarrassing.
Take a good look at leadership...FAT and LAZY!!!
I'm sure that's going to go over well with the metro recruits since the suburbs like to see and keep their officers "FIT".
Gus tero, now that's a blast from the past. Thank g-d for fat moe's subs, they replaced all the calories that tero was burning off of us.
Day 1. In our suits front leaning rest. And several times after ..and always the same reason ..being fucking stupid not paying attention but following directions or to motivate the walkers during the fun to catch up to the finish line... front leaning rest brought the class together to work as a unit to stick together and not fuck up to motivate and support each other to over come and endure .Hell day 1 we as a class all went to a bar. Laughed it off did front leaning rest in the bar .and Tero...fight the feeling I've never seen a stronger old timer. 96 5 Delta house
I have nothing to say about this as it perfectly matches how recruits for the past 4 or 5 years have been coming out of the academy.
Might as well copy the Atlanta GA no chase policy.
Most of the officers won't be able to anyway.
All joking aside, there just might be something to that last paragraph. Looking at the deceased members page in the fop magazine lately, most of these coppers are dying in their eighties and nineties as opposed to sixties, seventies, and eighties as was the case just 30-40 years ago. Yes, health care is vastly improved, but with a lot of coppers retiring in their 50s and the dearth of hiring these days, it does not bode well for the pension fund. What is it funded at these days? Remember when it was 80 per cent? A booming economy and stock market can only do so much for so long. Something has to give. Hopefully, not us.
Why would you want a fit police department? Policing is dead. They don’t want you chasing anyone by foot & if you can’t defend yourself physically, it’s better that you are a statistic, a dead one rather than the city fight any bullshit lawsuit for you doing your job. I walked into the medical last week after a cold & a bunch of officers were milling at the desk. I’m not that fit anymore, but everyone in there looked like a meatball with legs.
“Nothing good comes easy”. —Gus Tero
Tri R vending had a free cigarette policy for their drivers. The received 2 cartons a week from the company, in the hopes that it would end thieving. It also doubled as their retirement program, as puffing as many cigs as possible eliminated the need for pensions.
Remembering the 1st week of PT in the late 70's, we rushed to shower afterwards, getting dressed in those khakis still sweating after showering and stopping to take a piss that looks like coca cola. At home before leaving for the academy I couldn't raise my arms to shave my face. We were sore, but even us lard asses got in shape.
I had a good friend at one time named Rhabdo.
It didn't end well. I feel so sad
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Of course the pension system wants you dead, it's the very foundation of their business model! Sooner you croak (and the missus), sooner the accountant sweeps your chips back into the dealer's piles.
I spent a couple of my lunches in the gym with Tero as did others! Good times and I wouldn't have it any other way. Bring back the old gym!
Ges Tero is in heaven treating himself to some pushups.
How sad....Gus Tero was the best but I hated the running! And that drop & roll really never came in handy on the job!
Gus May he continue to rest in peace, this man brought many of us into proper conditioning the early morning runs before you started class, as a matter fact I was in the lunchroom in the Academy in 1986, when he came up to me I was drinking a can of Pepsi he took it out of my hand throw in the garbage can and said that shit will kill you man, at the time I thought why are you doing this but you know what I don’t drink Pepsi or any of that shit. Retired 62 years old still in good condition continue to work out, naturally the workout is changed not able to bench press 400 pounds anymore, now doing functional fitness TRX look it up it works. Remember the number one thing to do is to keep yourself in shape for your family your career and a prolong your life and God willing, get your share of the pension!
I've been saying this for months, 60% of the new recruits are looking for inside desk spot that should be saved for those with 20+ on with bad knees. There are only so many spots in the Caps office.
Just look at the newest batch of instructors . There is one that came from I believe 016 or 017? Fat and sloppy. What message does that send to the recruits? that it's ok to look unprofessional? These new recruits deserve better than this.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Gus tero, now that's a blast from the past. Thank g-d for fat moe's subs, they replaced all the calories that tero was burning off of us.
1/27/2020 03:44:00 AM
The best chili I ever had was from Fat Moe's. I wish I had the recipe!!!!!!!!
I saw a class in front lean rest in the second floor hallway last week
Fat ugly Kevin Johnson can’t see his boots
Porn mustaches are a must. Finally PPO’s that like to eat and look like cops. Bring em on!.
Gus was called the January man hated the cold. So he was gone when I entered the academy. The first day back from his furlough we were doing bear crawls in the mud. Look at the guy next to me praying he go back on another furlough. But I'll tell you a good guy Gus was and wouldn't change those memories.
didn't the academy drop the physical standards when the ex-supernintendo's son was in there? Not one power test for anyone?
Anonymous said...
Take a good look at leadership...FAT and LAZY!!!
1/27/2020 02:36:00 AM
Don't forget "entitled" Earned,,,never given,,,,,,,hahahahahahahaaaaa
I wish the blog were operated on Twitter, or a similar format. Too often I’d like to just hit a “thumbs up” or a “retweet” button instead of going thru the reply format here....just a rant.
Welcome to the gym was 2 hours long, the last 30 minutes Tero would walk in and say “ok we’re going to take it easy now, just jumping jacks”. We then did jumping jacks for 30 minutes. Lol ! Recruits actually fell out.
Does anyone remember the Tero challenge ? 5-6 mile run, push ups, sit ups and pull ups within maybe 2 hours. I don’t remember the numbers but maybe 500, 1000, 100 ?
I see nothing wrong with this as many of the cadets are morbidly obese but they identify as being thin or muscular.
"City just wants about 5 years out you and then fire you. After 5 years most (not all) offices realize the job is straight garbage and activity plummets; then again other offices self destruct."
Have 5 years on. Can confirm that this job is straight garbage.
The idea of turning a police academy, any police academy, into boot camp is just a waste of time. I was at the LAPD academy some years back and they had a hill that everyone had to run up. All PT was done in sweats wearing belt with gear. Lots of running and cadence calling. I can see some PT every morning to wake everyone up, but the idea of a police " boot camp[" if overblown and unnecessary and serves no reasonable purpose. So. , why put people into a front leaning rest position? Nothing but harassment..
"Now Remember Gang, you can't do too many pushups, but you can do not enough.."- Gus Tero
We are a para military organization and the academy is in violation of State laws that require you to be fit via power testing. What the hell does Johnson know that qualifies him to run the academy. The last qualified person was Gary Schenkl who was a MARINE. Chicago training academy is a disgrace and should be looked at by the Police training board. My son went to Cook County school run by the Sheriff's at Triton college and it made them work. I would out them up against CPD ACADEMY ANYTIME.
Another Johnson holding his Johnson. Beck and Malinowski are suppose to make reforms in the Dept. Lets face it boys if you want to make a meaningful change for the future, you have to look at entry level training and the lasting impact it has on street level officers. Basic police training sets the tone and tenor for at least those first few years. There is much to say about the quality of the hiring process, lowering of entry level standards but that would take much too long for this post. The same for In Service training.
The Training Division needs to be overhauled with capable administrators who know and understand their mission to produce a well trained police force. If your training is meaningful and focused on a high degree of mental and physical skills you will have a higher attrition rate. Is the Academy's current graduation rate similar to the Chicago Public School's graduation rate. Nobody fails, all graduate and everyone get's a "trophy for breathing". It's funny how many of these "breathers" need pre-college remedial training in reading, writing and speaking the "Queen's English. Same for the Academy only here when you graduate you are armed and dangerous to yourself and others. There are exceptions to every rule.
With experienced, mature men and women, e.g., Military, Vets, and responsible others, meeting a higher entry level standard, high quality personnel ensures long term future success. Sadly, because of poor management due to clout, merit and other corruptive practices long held by previous Superintendents and key incompetent HQ's staff, training has been marginal at best.
So Beck what's it gonna be, mediocrity or Training Division revamp?
Old Training Division Instructor
720 O'Brien St.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I have nothing to say about this as it perfectly matches how recruits for the past 4 or 5 years have been coming out of the academy.
You are totally right, look at every district at the PO’s that have 3-5 years and the majority have out on some major weight. I have 12 years and work in 012 on midnights (by choice) and there are at least half-dozen Officers with less than 4 years that have gained at least 20-30 pounds. That’s insane! Heck, there is even a female (C.T.) they not only be ballooned but has been on bullshit IOD no less than (4) times and she has less than 3 years. Even third watch has a few that are in the same category, and that’s not only embarrassing but it’s dangerous. These officers will be useless if you ever need help, as I’m sure they will look like the Michelin man in less than 10 years. The academy is was too soft on these recruits and are doing everyone an injustice and putting them in danger.
You know fat people have feelings too.
Mmm fat Moe's best liver sausage one could eat as well a very tastey burrito bowl.
Don't cheat yourself! -Gus Tero. Yes he is my brother but don't ask about him. Mr T was his brother.
free cheese , butter for all recruits
The physical training was a joke when I was there. Welcome to the Gym was no big deal. Some clout kids never passed the power test.
LL , CB promise No More Merit
save CPD , dump every exempt member that has had 1 or more Merit promotions , let's get some qualified Police Officers from Patrolman ,Detective ,Sergeant ,Lieutenant Ranks and promote them to exempt .
Pay them exempt salary , have them sign off that pension will be based on current rank , believe me , you will get dedicated , qualified Police Officers from all ranks applying for the exempt positions and they will be respected by the rank and file .
Try it , it'll save pension and it will allow qualified Officers to apply and serve Chicago's Finest
After 5 years most (not all) offices realize the job is straight garbage and activity plummets; then again other offices self destruct
The smart ones get the hell out of this job. I can't wait to leave this job and that's all it is a job.
What a joke. I have mentioned it to my partner and other guys, that I’m seeing a lot of PPOs that are fat. Not a little chunky, or “big boned” as momma would say, but flat out fat. No reason for fresh out of the academy PPOs to be morbidly obese.
Less donkeys, more hay.
RIP GUS.
The gym was the best with Tero and Marsh.
Class oh 86-7 rules.
"boys and girls" that was Frost not Gus Tero. Gus Tero was the push up fanatic.
22 years ago it was to easy I thought. Just prior I had one to a different Academy which had a wellness program for exercise. Work out if you want to. I left that department and joined the Chicago police department. Already 15 lbs heavier from all the sitting and late night burritos after the bars in Champaign-Urbana, I was ready to drop the pounds. There was a huge build up to the welcome to the gym day. That was a pretty good workout. But after that it all pretty much stopped. During one of the questionnaires a couple recruits complained about the workouts and they decided to run as hard one day. Again that was it. For some reason they turn to step aerobics and rubber band training. Before I entered the Academy, my World War II veteran neighbor told me to get ready for the workout of my life. The Academy had a reputation . I never witnessed any consistent decent workouts. Everyone gained a little weight back then I can’t even imagine what it’s like now. The only Academy with a real workout program is the state police academy. But the reality of the whole thing is it’s on the person to keep thim/herself fit for duty. It’s your ass, and nobody else should be carirying you.
Listen, if you were lazy and barely worked out prior to becoming the police, what will front lean and rest going to do for you? FL&R is all about discipline and control. Breaking the individual's mindset to conform to rules. Once you move on from the academy, it means absolutely nothing in the real world, as any copper from Chicago knows.
"When you choose Law Enforcement, you lose the right to be unfit"
Sign in the State Police Academy gym.
WOW. 5 years and under FUCKING JOKE!!!!
...and why did you hide a jelly donut in your footlocker Private Pyle?
“Because it was OK at the CPD Academy, sir, and I was hungry.”
OMG. How about 2 straight hours of sit-ups in the park across the street on the grass with no yoga mat? No one could sit in a chair the next day. Or how about crawling across the old plastic gym floor in your sweat soaked sweat pants, using only your upper body? And if you were the last 1 or 2 across the finish line, you got to do it again! F'n pussies these days. We just sucked it up and did it. Fight that feeling!!
Today a class was in lean and rest in the hallway at the academy.. this report is false. They very much make the recruits do lean and rest, pushups and more.
Anonymous said...
"Don't cheat yourself! -Gus Tero. Yes he is my brother but don't ask about him.
Mr T was his brother."
1/27/2020 10:21:00 AM
And yes... There was a clueless jackass in EVERY-FUCKING-CLASS
who asked Gus Tero about whether Mr. T was his brother...
The ones in class who knew the business:
"Jayzus Christ! Mind your damned business, STFU
and leave that man alone about HIS brother!"
...Awwwww sheeeeeeeit!
Too late...
Lean and Rest for lunch for the next week.
"You happy, dumbass?"
"Duh-eeEE? I didn't t'ink he wuz gonna get sore about it!"
Some big, dumb, clueless and stupid Bridgeport
mule had the gall to ask Gus about his brother...
Hilarity ensued.
"Ya stupid fuck! Shoulda KNOWN it was YOU!"
When Sgts. Bill K. and Frank J. both said essentially
the same thing about the jackass in question,
you can pretty much put it on the board that
he was a big ol' clown-shoe wearing fuck-up.
I had Gus and Maz as my homeroom instructors. Both guys were class acts.
That academy is churning out nothing but candy asses these days. Most of them look like they couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag. They want weak police!
I was in class 96 5 B Started 04 Nov 96. We worked out hard. Tero and the others, worked us hard. We still occasionally had step aerobics, etc. I think it is good toearn new ways of working out. Your body changes through the ages. Also, occasionally get a trainer. It costs money but it is worth it. Fitness is not either / or. It's a kinds of things, flexibility, endurance, power, strength etc. That said, I think we did some exercise wrong then, but, when you need it when you are running or fighting, you really need it. I also recommend books by Mark Verstagen. The exercises could save your shoulders, knees, etc.
AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
We are a para military organization and the academy is in violation of State laws that require you to be fit via power testing. What the hell does Johnson know that qualifies him to run the academy. The last qualified person was Gary Schenkl who was a MARINE. Chicago training academy is a disgrace and should be looked at by the Police training board. My son went to Cook County school run by the Sheriff's at Triton college and it made them work. I would out them up against CPD ACADEMY ANYTIME.
I’ve worked for both and let me tell you the jail guard academy puts ours to shame. Cpd academy is soft as baby shit, the county trains you to work alone with no backup anywhere close and come out on top.
Anonymous said...
I wish the blog were operated on Twitter, or a similar format. Too often I’d like to just hit a “thumbs up” or a “retweet” button instead of going thru the reply format here....just a rant.
1/27/2020 08:14:00 AM
I have thought the same thing...SCC???
Lt "J" (Retired) said...
RIP GUS.
The gym was the best with Tero and Marsh.
Class oh 86-7 rules.
1/27/2020 10:56:00 AM
The BEST!
86-4 Rules!
Gus was our PT instructor in 1993. He pushed us and we were better for it. There will always be someone stronger, faster or a better fighter. Your life and/or your partner's life depends on every POs ability to secure their weapon and bring an offender under control. You may need to just stay in the fight until help arrives. One PO called for help while he was fighting for his life in someone's backyard. He chased the offender for a long enough distance that he lost track of where he was. He was breathing hard into the radio screaming for help but he didn't know where he was. Fortunately, he had done enough cardio to stay alive until the cavalry arrived. At 54, I am still doing my push ups, sit ups and 30 min run. I am not Gus quality but I can stay in the fight until the cavalry arrives.
Just look at the newest batch of instructors . There is one that came from I believe 016 or 017? Fat and sloppy. What message does that send to the recruits? that it's ok to look unprofessional? These new recruits deserve better than this.
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Fat and lousy-looking officers are everywhere regardless of years on the job!
Some are just damn fat for being lazy, having no self-control and respect for themselves.
Some are lousy-looking because they are slobs to begin with! Worn-out uniforms, unpressed uniforms, dirty uniforms, poor hygiene, no uniform standards.
Some are just plain combination of both above-mentioned.
It falls on the individual to maintain discipline throughout his / her service. No Gus, Larry or military boot camp can permanently change one's attitude towards getting in shape.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The idea of turning a police academy, any police academy, into boot camp is just a waste of time. I was at the LAPD academy some years back and they had a hill that everyone had to run up. All PT was done in sweats wearing belt with gear. Lots of running and cadence calling. I can see some PT every morning to wake everyone up, but the idea of a police " boot camp[" if overblown and unnecessary and serves no reasonable purpose. So. , why put people into a front leaning rest position? Nothing but harassment..
1/27/2020 08:33:00 AM
“Serves no reasonable purpose”?! How about getting into some kind of condition to fend off or subdue some very bad man who wants to beat your sad, sorry lard ass to a pulp. Then again, you don’t sound like a guy/girl who is going to be involved in actual police work. We have become a department of pussies. I knew Gus Tero, the current mentality of so many police officers would have made him cry.
Don’t remember any PT on O’Brien street. Liked Flood at Soldier Field.
Saw that guy Frost a couple years ago, he still has that cadence in his talk, time to let go little fella
I went to the academy twice cha then cpd and i had Gus Tero twice! And thank god i did. A great man got us in shape. Don't cheat yourself treat yourself!gravity will pull you down all you gotta do is push up!
The Chicago Police Academy should be de-certified. It’s a joke. And if you say otherwise you are part of the problem.
Question: Does CPD have a current Swim/ Water Safety training requirement? If not, why not? Swimming is non impact aerobics!
95-8, had Gus "Tero " bust our asses. i believe his name is Tureaud . confirm?
It has little to do with physical conditioning but All to do with cohesion.
Physical pain joins strangers together.
Helping, holding and pushing each other.
Builds a bond.
Turns white, black, yellow and brown individuals into a blue team.
Not rocket science.
Former Superintendent's son never passed POWER test! It's not that hard to pass too only 3 to 6 months training depending on fitness level.
Face it. It's over. The sooner you come to peace that that the better. Save yourself from the aggravation.
Oh and fuck KEVIN Johnson. It's a shame Kenny was the one that stepped on his dick. At least he was good to his people. Can't say the same about the fat one.
It doesn't matter what they do to you in the academy. Few years later most are out of shape, mentally screwed and eat crap while sitting in a car or desk for 90% of the tour. Cant blame the city or the department. They put pretty decent gyms in every distric.
From someone who knows...KRJ has done so much damage to the Academy it will takes years to fix...surrounds himself with incompetent people...throws tantrums to hide his own incompetence. WOW!!!!!!
Front lean and rest. You're either going to be smart police officers or you're going to have popeye arms. It's your choice. Ofc Frost
Push ups are like jello there's always room for more. Ofc Tero
Can't believe today's attitude. Unfucking believable.
This department turned into pussyrama years ago. When they started locking up commanders and sergeants and trying to put them into prison it was all over but the crying.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
We are a para military organization and the academy is in violation of State laws that require you to be fit via power testing. What the hell does Johnson know that qualifies him to run the academy. The last qualified person was Gary Schenkl who was a MARINE. Chicago training academy is a disgrace and should be looked at by the Police training board. My son went to Cook County school run by the Sheriff's at Triton college and it made them work. I would out them up against CPD ACADEMY ANYTI
Bring back mcguire
Welcome to “The Burger Boys Club”.
No Discipline Cant wait to see the seeds pf that on the street
Its all becoming a glorified welfare system of the soft serve 31 Flavors of throw up BS
You have the one side former marines wo think this is the corps with their BS ribbons/SWAT
Unicorns with Rainbow cars and pixie dust Never locked up anyone CAPS inside
College HAirgels that dont have a professional degree paying off debts Smartest in the room
Just let recruits play dodge ball in the gym Great life lesson and fun
Now BEat your FAce!!
91-3 here
Along with Tero, Marsh, Frost and a couple others, we had a gym intructor named Resendez. (sp)
His deal was the "Airbone Shuffle" style of running.
One day, he ran us from the academy to the loop. Then, dropped us, in the middle of the sidewalk, in front of everybody, for pushups.
For a minute it seemed kind of embarrassing. But then, we noticed how passersby seemed respected that we were training to be police officers. Some yelled words of encouragement. When we finished, people actually applauded and thanked us.
Let that sink in...Civilians thanking the instructor and recruits.
I'm 3 years retired. Have a godson on the job in 015.
He's taken aback at how the police are viewed as the enemy, the moment they arrive on the scene.
I tell him how in my opinion, the early 90's were the last time the "majority" of the public was on the police's side. He can't believe such a time ever existed.
I feel bad for the young po's out there today. I really do.
make the academy like the dept end saturday sunday and holiday day off group
******The clouted do nothing instructors would leave*****
MAkes sense recruits will be ready available to go to details and augment
the worst gym instructor was that german soccer wannabe tough guy
Whos now a Security Guard Sargent at ORD LOL
No Dodge Ball for You!!!
RIP Master Gus! Hapkido class started with Master Gus arriving to the Dojang without his uniform and asking me if he could join in. I was teaching until our Grandmaster arrived and briefly stepped off the mat and witnessed some arrogant smart assholes newbies not knowing of Master Gustavo. Gus joined in to bow and was told by a TKD white belt that he needed to step off the mat or get to the back of the class. It gets better. Gus calmly went to the back. Went through the class like he was up to something. I looked at him while he kept waving his hand at me to be quiet and not expose him. Well, the next day guess who shows up in uniform with his belt with Dan ranking damn near covering the belt? The class full of newbies damn near pissed on themselves. Master Gus told them he was a clone followed by hours of placing wristlocks on the students. Master Gus didn't break a sweat and cranked techniques on females no differently than he did on a few meatheads. One actually passed out when Master Gus introduced him to pressure point technique! RIP Master Gustavo
We had Wenger,Marsh, and Frost when I was in the academy. Tero and Morawski came in near the end. One classmate asked Wenger, "I know we have physical standards here, but what about when we get out and on the street?" Wenger, without missing a beat said," When you get too fat to fit in a beat car, they put you on a wagon." LOL
86-1
Why bother with all the "militaristic" supertrooper training conditioning etc.? You workout, get on top of your game, then get out on the streets, get into it with some shithead and end up getting sued because you're "too aggressive" or heavy handed, strong, etc. Better nowadays to talk your way outta trouble than using fists and batons. You'll have a longer career. Like they told us 20 years ago, if you use any outside training (martial arts, etc) and you injure/kill someone, the city will wash their hands of you saying " we didn't train him that way" With the ease of lawsuits nowadays, not taking a chance. Actually better letting the bad guy injure you enough to leave this job on permanent disability. Better than being on the wrong end of the lawsuit. Problem is, how far can an iod go before it = death. Too much of a ga
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Front lean and rest. You're either going to be smart police officers or you're going to have popeye arms. It's your choice. Ofc Frost
Push ups are like jello there's always room for more. Ofc Tero
Can't believe today's attitude. Unfucking believable.
1/28/2020 02:59:00 AM
Can you explain why you have to make a choice. Can’t you be both smart and in good physical condition?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Question: Does CPD have a current Swim/ Water Safety training requirement? If not, why not? Swimming is non impact aerobics!
1/27/2020 09:09:00 PM
They sure do. Meets every Saturday at North Ave beach from December to March
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Don’t remember any PT on O’Brien street. Liked Flood at Soldier Field.
Then you forgot the isometric exercises in the hallway every morning
There’s more guys going to the gym now than ever in the CPD history. At my gym some days seem like roll call and the parking lot is full of cars with FOP decals. But then again those are probably the same guys that stayed at the academy and used the gym after classes each day
Anonymous said...
The idea of turning a police academy, any police academy, into boot camp is just a waste of time. I was at the LAPD academy some years back and they had a hill that everyone had to run up. All PT was done in sweats wearing belt with gear. Lots of running and cadence calling. I can see some PT every morning to wake everyone up, but the idea of a police " boot camp[" if overblown and unnecessary and serves no reasonable purpose. So. , why put people into a front leaning rest position? Nothing but harassment..
1/27/2020 08:33:00 AM
How about the fact many of these recruits have been civilians their entire lives, many of whom have never been in a fight. When the time comes, you need to operate effectively under stress. You need to fight like your life depends on it, because one day it might. As Tim Kennedy would say...fight like you’re the third monkey trying to get on the ark, and it’s starting to rain!!!
8:14 am. how ironic on a thread about lazy cops you declare its too hard to type a reply and hit send whaa whaa whaa why cant i just hit a thumbs up button ? shit just writes itself? you my friend are the very problem this thread is about. now im going back to writing my manifesto with a feather quill and an inkwell full of blood from fat lazy millenials. why cant i just hit a button hahaha, we are doomed !
Had Tero in 94, best all around workout hands down! Loved the push ups and running stairs. Wasn't a big fan of the couple instructors that made you run 10+ miles, but not much else.
I hope you're not talking about me...I stopped eating donuts from Dunkin and switched it up to munchkins, ya know cause they're not full-sized donuts.
91-3 here
Along with Tero, Marsh, Frost and a couple others, we had a gym intructor named Resendez. (sp)
His deal was the "Airbone Shuffle" style of running.
One day, he ran us from the academy to the loop. Then, dropped us, in the middle of the sidewalk, in front of everybody, for pushups.
For a minute it seemed kind of embarrassing. But then, we noticed how passersby seemed respected that we were training to be police officers. Some yelled words of encouragement. When we finished, people actually applauded and thanked us.
Let that sink in...Civilians thanking the instructor and recruits.
I'm 3 years retired. Have a godson on the job in 015.
He's taken aback at how the police are viewed as the enemy, the moment they arrive on the scene.
I tell him how in my opinion, the early 90's were the last time the "majority" of the public was on the police's side. He can't believe such a time ever existed.
I feel bad for the young po's out there today. I really do.
Resendez was an arrogant stroke. I always said I hoped I pulled him over after he retired.
92-4
One reason I always believe in PT training to start the day at academy is that it starts a good routine for recruits. They get into habit of working out first thing in the morning and hopefully they will stick with it after academy. Especially with workouts like CrossFit etc, there should be no reason you can't get in a solid workout in under an hour each morning.
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"Resendez was an arrogant stroke. I always said I hoped I pulled him over after he retired.
92-4"
1/29/2020 03:56:00 AM
Wasn't it Resendez who broke his own son's arm
while the kid was in the academy?
Yeah, fuck that jag-off.
91-2
Class 86-7? Still a bunch of rookies.
Wenger died a junkie.
"Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen, sorry I mean Cadets. Sorry It's going to rain so let's hurry up and get in our run and experience some pain."
Gus was one of a kind. A trainee in the 80s experienced hardship by way of his mother passing during his first week and was left as the sole breadwinner for his siblings. Gus was with legendary status around Stateway Gardens. Tero was a name of the one family that was respected. Gus took a concern and interest toward the trainee because the trainee was from A Stateway Gardens. The trainee had recently graduated from a college in Mississippi where he played football. Gus found out his fate through word of mouth and obtained a home for the trainee and his siblings directly in his neighborhood and told him he would not allow for him to not complete the academy in flying colors. The only condition was that he would need to train with Gus before and after academy training! Guess what? The trainee was damn near the top of his class. Gus smoked his ass daily too! The trainee stayed on for six years and was able to eventually get on with a federal agency. Good guy too. As for Gus what can you say? They don't make them like that anymore.
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