...and Then There Were Four
- A shortlist of candidates vying to be Chicago’s next top cop includes a woman who leads a suburban department and a former police chief from Texas, both of whom had officers injured or killed in mass shootings in the last few years, the Tribune has learned.
The Chicago Police Board, tasked with reviewing applications from a pool of 25 candidates to be the next police superintendent, has yet to narrow down its search to three finalists to present to Mayor Lori Lightfoot for her consideration.
But sources familiar with the applicants said the board’s roster of candidates has been whittled down to a handful of names, among them Sean Malinowski, a former Los Angeles police official who has worked as a top consultant for the Chicago Police Department for the past few years; Kristen Ziman, chief of police in west suburban Aurora; Ernest Cato, a deputy chief for the department; and David Brown, a former Dallas police chief.
The smart money is still on Malinowski given his ties to the interim and the University of Chicago eggheads currently running studies, pilot programs and pretty much the entire department.
However, money could be an issue as Malinowski is rumored to be earning well north of half-a-million with the outside consulting contracts. Would he take a 50% (or larger) pay cut to run a doomed department and a city on the verge of a 600+ homicide year?
However, money could be an issue as Malinowski is rumored to be earning well north of half-a-million with the outside consulting contracts. Would he take a 50% (or larger) pay cut to run a doomed department and a city on the verge of a 600+ homicide year?
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The Dallas cops were happy to see David Brown go. I had a Dallas cop tell me the Brown hated police officers. The media made Brown into a hero after 5 of his officers were executed by a domestic terrorist and it all was faked news.
Word at HQ is sleepy Elgin holt dropped a packet for consideration for superintendent. It was laughed out of the building and joked about for weeks after. The entitled, noble balls on this guy who was nothing but merit promotions, sleeps all day, and is about as smart as a lunchbox is amazing. Hey slob, you already took too many bites of the merit apple. Just fade away and retire.
I have 21 years on the job and it is totally messed up. I would not recommend anyone coming on CPD. It doesn’t really matter who we have as Superintendent. Nothing will change. They messed this place up. I expect it to continue to get worse.
My money is on Ernest III. He's the desired ethnicity, looks the part, talks the part, enjoys making grammatical errors in front of news cameras, gulps the "community" Koolaid, and loves listening to what women tell him to do. He'll have Lori in one ear and Theo in the other! What could possibly go wrong??
Surprised that Malinowski even wants the job. Massive paycut and massive scrutiny
God help us all if the 3x merit hack Cato gets it. That guy is a complete joke. Couldn’t even run a name or log into his computer. I wouldn’t mind the former Dallas guy, he blew up that jagoff that shot 5 cops with a robot and C4. He has my vote based on that.
Ya only take a pay cut if you're "made whole" when coming on board...
Which means BOHICA taxpayers!
Malinoski, if you're smart you'll stay where the money
is ----where the $500K is, and not get dawn into this
meat grinder. Beck was just a pacifier. The meeting
means nothing. Just a Band Aid. Smart cops are going
to stay the fuck out of Chicago because of The Machine.
It's bette in private enterprise. You have unlimited earning
potential. Here, they have a washroom guy to check the
urinals just in case you start pissing nickles. (That's a CBOT
traders phrase, boys).
Well he applied for the job...so doesn’t that mean he wants it?
Ernie Cato, really!?!?! A merit Sgt and Lt. If I was him, I'd let sleeping dogs lay where they are, because if he becomes Aupt, he's gonna step on his dick. But i guess once the merit whores get that first bit of the apple, they can't help themselves.
I can tell you from experience, Ziman is way out of her league here. 95% of what she knows about police work is “book learned”. She has no street experience at all. When she was younger, her supervisors were “forced” to raise her performance ratings so she could get higher on promotion lists. Because 5 people got killed and 5 officers got wounded she would make a good superintendent??? I don’t think so. Her promotion to chief in Aurora was nothing but a big political stunt by a very political mayor at the time. Good luck, you will need it.
Cato? Holy fuck. God help us all.
Anonymous said...
The Dallas cops were happy to see David Brown go. I had a Dallas cop tell me the Brown hated police officers. The media made Brown into a hero after 5 of his officers were executed by a domestic terrorist and it all was faked news.
2/13/2020 12:12:00 AM
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2010/06/21/source-dallas-police-chief-s-son-killed-lancaster-officer/
His son killed a Police Officer you have got to be kidding me no way!
Cato has effectively reduced crime over in 011 ...hasn't he?
It’s gonna be this idiot from aurora. I’ve talked to a few friends who are aurora coppers who say she’s a know it all a&&hol*. A huge micromanager and is clueless about police work. She’s of the alternate lifestyle also and would be the first female supt. Allegedly this loudmouth is talking all about it in aurora about how Lightfoot and her are good friends now and how “Lori” as she feels comfortable enough to call her is gonna pick her and its a done deal. She can’t even run aurora and now she’s gonna run the city of Chicago? They have coppers bailing out left and right from that department. Best of luck because she’s getting it. Malinowski already said he’s not doing it.
No one really qualified wanted the job.
It looks like that was a sneak peek of the 10 that got interviews and not the final 3. It looks like the City and the Police board are floating names and to see how they poll or if there is particular resistance to anyone. wouldn't be the first time the City used one of their in pocket reporters to float an idea. Malinowski will last about 2 years because this failed experiment will lead to a more serious level of de-policing than ever. Now if its Miss Aurora, she will have serious sticker shock. She looks like a nice person but she is coming from a Dept of 300. That is equivalent to a District Commander. Morale will completely be gone. No one left to teach what it means to be the police. Institutional knowledge completely gone forever. Let's see how long buy officers stay buy officers when they report to Districts or Areas. And yet Beck says stay calm change is difficult. Change is easy when it is positive, linear and makes sense. Hey this New York Model is a "Global picture of Policing". One size does not fit all dude. Chicago has the worst gang problem in the country. we take more guns off the street than LA and New York combined. We have more Homicides than New York and LA Combined. There was a time when the Department of Defense came to us for advise on tactics in Iraq. Not New York and Not LA... And the Politicians screwed it all up by making the Chicago Police Department their own personal social experiment... horrible.
Eck, Cato. We will have another mess on our hands if we get him. I guve anyone of thee choices 2.5 years tops in that position.
Cato - lightfoots neighbor. Shoveling her sidewalk all these years really paid off.
Brown from Dallas son and Brother both murder victims.
Malinowski National Chief of Police favorite. Let's see if they have the wack to get him in.
Ziman Aurora- Drama Drama Drama. Can she really go from being in charge of a tiny department to CPD with over 10,000 officer's?
What a shit list for a gone to shit department!!
Dallas can’t fill over 260 police officer vacancies. That does not look good for brown. Dallas officers were and are leaving by the dozens. A simple google search and you’ll see. I’m sure brown had something to do with it. Something like that doesn’t just happen.
Cato was not merit Lt. He scored 13 on the test.
That is very NOBLE!!!!!
My money is on Ernest III. He's the desired ethnicity, looks the part, talks the part, enjoys making grammatical errors in front of news cameras, gulps the "community" Koolaid, and loves listening to what women tell him to do. He'll have Lori in one ear and Theo in the other! What could possibly go wrong??
They are neighbors. Yes groot and ernie go on play dates in the back yard.
There's an Aurora-located blog-site, perhaps no longer active, that attacked Ziman on a daily basis.
Follow the tea leaves it’s actually very easy, Charlie is here setting the ground rules for his boy Sean not hard to see there’s absolutely no one on that list when you read about it from a policeman‘s perspective that could even possibly gain the respect of any of the Chicago police officers, however they would gain respect of the so-called command staff because they want to keep that gold grade pension possibility and keep that incredible salary cars and drivers nice to be A donuffin!
Wonder what Sheriff Clark is doing these days? The rank and file would love him, so I guess he has no chance. What do they know anyway, they are just grunts, any clouted boss could tell them how to do their job in 5 minutes. They read about it in books.
What is Granny Clampett doing these days?
Cato. About 5 years ago he was a Sgt. and still can't put two coherent sentences together.
Ziman. If the tragedy at Henry Pratt hadn't occurred, no one would know who she was.
Brown. Probably the best candidate but most unlikely to get the job.
Malinowski. A paper tiger; how did your predictive policing and SDSC rooms work this past weekend?
We're doomed.
Word from Aurora Coppers is they can’t wait to for Ziman to go. On the other hand they don’t wish her on us. Words that came out of their mouths were vindictive, angry, and hypocritical. Not traits I’d want in a leader! Said she was not even 1st choice for Chief of her own agency, the 1st choice passed away as he was about to be announced. When comments were made about the tragedy Aurora PD encountered, Coppers said she capitalized on that event for herself. So now what? Cato? The devil you know? He definitely does not mind the taste of the merit apple.
Get your popcorn.
Just a WAG (wild ass guess) but unless the final pick is someone who is NOT a:
... Non-Binary, Cross-Dressing, Transgendered, Lesbian, Disabled Minority, of either above or below average Height & Weight, with Dyslexia ...
I think a Multi-Million Dollar Civil Rights Lawsuit for Discrimination will be filed almost immediately.
(sarcasm /off)
Bring the Aurora Chief here, isn't it a white or hispanics turn now? Wait there has never been an asian sup, racist MFers!! First they tell asians they will classified as white so they cant be considered for city contract and now left out of the promotion pool. I say again, racist MFers!
I have not seen one of any of these A list chief resumes online!
Havent seen any of there answer to the fun questions the board request in writing.
Does the Board change procedure every supe to put the fixs in.
Remember special ED was put in with even a real screening.
What is the Board that does not read reports doing?
Start doing you job you lazy humps...
The pick was made for these clown at least the public should see what kinda of crazy ideas they have.
Anonymous said...
My money is on Ernest III. He's the desired ethnicity, looks the part, talks the part, enjoys making grammatical errors in front of news cameras, gulps the "community" Koolaid, and loves listening to what women tell him to do. He'll have Lori in one ear and Theo in the other! What could possibly go wrong??
2/13/2020 12:36:00 AM
Rumor of the day is Groot will anoint Cato #3 because of his Asian ethnicity...
Don’t matter, won’t matter......
Another hand puppet of the mayor.....
Here in Chiraq, NO Supe will EVER be allowed to BE THE POLICE!
The DEMS are all in for SJW sanctuary - no laws, no rules for certain segments of society.
Browns son was also killed by police.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2010/06/21/source-dallas-police-chief-s-son-killed-lancaster-officer/
Bravo! We have "interim" in lower case. Very appropriate.
Anonymous said...
Ernie Cato, really!?!?! A merit Sgt and Lt. If I was him, I'd let sleeping dogs lay where they are, because if he becomes Aupt, he's gonna step on his dick. But i guess once the merit whores get that first bit of the apple, they can't help themselves.
Well one thing for sure, he won't step on his testicles - he has none. Stay Fetal, my friends.
The mayor will get a lap dog that sits when told. That is the most important qualification bar none.
Elgin. Needed like balls on a train.
Cato would be the equivalent of the sequel to Ed Johnson. How about this for a change, choose someone who actually passed every promotional test, has actual street experience and was never handed anything during their entire career. Try putting an actual street cop who had to earn everything they have as the Superintendent. See how that works out. No more merit, no more Aldermen's brothers, no more side pieces, no more race based choices, no more pillow packing merit hacks, just a qualified experienced cop.
Mayor, this is the best piece of advice I can give you. You will never punish cops into being proactive or doing work. It just won't happen. Adding swiping, forming a civilian oversight committee whose foundation is hatred of the police won't help, giving teachers 16% and then telling us to take a pay cut is a slap in the face, promoting the same people within the dept who were part of the Ed Johnson legacy is just repeating history over and over again.
Here is the secret Mayor: HAPPY COPS ARE PRODUCTIVE COPS
Give them the raise they deserve, get rid of swiping, get rid of the useless merit promotees, promote actual experienced leaders and give them the freedom to take care of their people. When you have a boss who actually cares about their officers, the officers respond. They would go through the gates of hell for that "leader", right now we have very few leaders, when you keep promoting people who never rightfully earned that promotion, all you do is further weaken this department and push working cops into the corner forcing them to give up. When you have supervisors who no longer seek advancement within an organization because they realize the process is so corrupt, and the only ones advancing are part of the problem, then you have an organization that is broken and in a death spiral.
You have the wrong people in critical leadership roles. What has Barb West ever done to deserve a single promotion? From officer to Sgt, she literally did nothing but sleep. Zero activity, and yet she is a Chief, how do you reconcile that? What message does that send to the rank and file of this dept? It says it doesn't matter what you do, only who you know to get promoted, so why would anyone without a phone call do anything on this job?
Mayor have your people do a search, go to each unit and ask privately, who are your best leaders, why are they the best? The answer overwhelmingly will be because they truly care about the well being of the people the work WITH. Those leaders are there standing shoulder to shoulder with the officers, leading from the front, not hiding in the office like Cindy Sam. I work in a special functions unit, and there is a Sgt there who spends most of his time trying to make life better for the people he WORKS WITH, and his reward from his superiors is that he gets treated like crap. Who do you think the officers would be more likely to follow and be loyal to? Think about both people in this situation, if both asked their officers to go to an area that has issues and see what they can do about it, what do you think would happen? We all know the answer, we would all work to keep a good boss who actually cares about us and our families.
So to summarize:
Choose actual qualified leaders
Happy cops are productive cops
Give the leadership the ability to take care of their officers
Have a test district, make a street cop the commander, get rid of swiping, allow that commander to fill that district with like minded supervisors who truly care about the officers. See what happens in the first year, I will guarantee that activity will go through roof, crime will plummet, and no one will ever bid out, and there will never be bid openings there.
Ernie Cato, really!?!?! A merit Sgt and Lt. If I was him, I'd let sleeping dogs lay where they are, because if he becomes Aupt, he's gonna step on his dick. But i guess once the merit whores get that first bit of the apple, they can't help themselves
You forgot merit detective. Also made his partner from the detective merit Sgt.
Looked at this before bedtime and had a nightmare
about a prick I used to work with. What does that tell you?
We need to switch from popcorn to pizza. This is gonna
take awhile.
Top post: "The Brown", that certainly suits him.
Why do you think we changed the whole organization of the dept to be modeled after LA? Perhaps for somebody to hit the ground running? I'm just a moron
Brown, Holt, Ernest III (is that a cat?).
So you're telling me Sean Malinoski is the best apple in
a bad bunch?
We've seen this before, back in 2019, when Beck swooped
in here. It was sort of understood he was keeping the seat
warm for Sean. Sorry, we don't buy that line of garbage
anymore. Just look at all the legitimate media posts about
Sean. Not-A-Cop professional journalists with nothing to gain
or lose, and they all paint Malinoski with a bad brush. We
have an archive, you know. Chicago media people taking buy
outs, but SCC is still standing.
That photo says it all. Cavalry hat on the wall.
(Ooooh, I'm scared!). Reminds me of "Charlie don't surf."
That movie was prescient. Charlie Beck don't surf, Sean
Malinoski don't surf. If Malinoski was that good, he'd still be
in LAPD. Betcha they lost sleep when he left. Sorry, I just
don't buy this bullshit of a subordinate tagging along behind
the Big Brother story. Let this fucking loser make his own way.
He never got repeat business from Baltimore. What does that
say about Sean Malinoski? Problems fixed for good? I highly
doubt that.
'Software' Sean Makinoski: Get The Fuck Outta My Station
Wagon.
Aurora superintendent just a filler for political reasons. Aurora has 744 officers. It a big jump from that to the big leagues with 13,000
Would also be overwhelmed with the Chicago politics
Malinowski has been here for over a year. During that time you said he’s making over 500K. What would prevent him from continuing to do that if he was named superintendent? If a guy can do that in his current position and get the job done, can’t he continue as superintendent
David Brown. Looks like a RoboCop. Completely fake.
Just like a machine. I can tell the troops just loved this guy.
Is roaming, unemployed Chiefs a thing now? Do they know
how to use LinkedIn? Instead of calling the Windows 7
hotline, they just get a 13 year old from Juvie. Hey, maybe
Brown will contact Malinoski for career advice. After all,
Sean is the lead guy now and needs a tag-along himself.
Cato? Hell just make West the Supt and complete the idiocy. Seriously Lori, stop with the stupid decisions.
Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it, and CPD has repeated it over and over and over and over and over. Mayor try something new, apply the old philosophy, the best person for the job period. If you don't want to become the next Murder Mayor, then just stop. Make promotions about competence and experience, not clout and race.
If Cato is the man, where is the Green Hornet?
Can you believe this guy? Is he an Eddie Johnson who
drinks tea? Maybe Pepsi? Green Monster Energy?
Guess he didn't get that Weinermobile gig.
Ernie, baby. If ya want ta be a player, ya got ta have a thick
skin. Otherwise, don't bother to apply. You do realize you'll
be under the scope everyday? Think about it.
Be careful of that broad. They interviewed her a few weeks ago and she is a total lefty. Hates trump has a total liberal mindset.
A guy who got fat on apples. Yeah, like really.
He tried to get merit at the supermarket. They were baffled.
David Bro Bro hated? Say it ain't so.
Pillows West, Sleepy Elgin, Nerdy Malinoski, Davy Crockett
Brown. What's not to like?
SquarePants Sponge Bob where are you?
12:21 PM
21 Years in. Find yourself a part time job, not necessarily
in a police function. Just something to get yourself out
there and make some money. Take the que from Malinoski.
He knows these jobs have a shelf life, street cop or Chief.
We'll never get back to a real department. We get seriously entitled, no personality, cell phone hugging recruits and useless triple merits that couldnt solve a crime if they committed it themself.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
God help us all if the 3x merit hack Cato gets it. That guy is a complete joke. Couldn’t even run a name or log into his computer. I wouldn’t mind the former Dallas guy, he blew up that jagoff that shot 5 cops with a robot and C4. He has my vote based on that.
2/13/2020 12:57:00 AM
Well, like most commenters on this blog you have no idea of what you’re talking about. At the order of Houston police chief Brown the officers escorting the cop hating BLM communists march were directed not to wear enhanced body armor since it would appear militaristic and intimidating. Like Cato, Eddie “The Stain”’Johnson, Barb West and the rest, Brown is surely another affirmative action success story. Where I come from the first beat car would have blown dude up.
It doesn’t take much to pull the wool over the eyes of any Chicago mayor.
Remember that Rahm had a binder full of candidates from here and abroad but somehow came up with The Right Man for the Right Time™️.
There’s no qualification better than a Yes Ma’am and we already have plenty here, LightLoafer doesn’t have any loyalty or obligation to appoint a hometown hero. Finalists have to fit into the LightLoafer persona.
This Department doesn’t want nouveau policing strategies, they want a 21st Century community organizer, a ‘historic’ public relations figurehead that promotes Trust,Hope,Change and the Discipline & Reform gospel with that ability to spin the bullshit and one that won’t Slump Behind the Wheel.
The job will come with plenty of Groot preconditions, including height requirements and nothing is going to change across the districts whether it’s merit promotion, moral or policy.
The imminent LightLoafer decision will be one of those that will have us saying all over again “This just don’t make no kinda sense” all over again.
Sorry, Dallas chief.
Is Commander Joe Curtin from Area 3 still in the running? Just askin'.
Anonymous said...
My money is on Ernest III. He's the desired ethnicity, looks the part, talks the part, enjoys making grammatical errors in front of news cameras, gulps the "community" Koolaid, and loves listening to what women tell him to do. He'll have Lori in one ear and Theo in the other! What could possibly go wrong??
2/13/2020 12:36:00 AM
Cato? Aside form the merit rise to power, his secretary is the most universally hated person by all who've met her. The hate for her has rubbed off on Cato and he doesn't realize whee it comes from.
I have never heard anything bad about Kristen Ziman. However, Aurora is not Chicago.
If ziman or brown get supt, watch for L.A.nowski to be dubbed first deputy. Groot wants that boy in there somewhere.
Speaking of candidates...
(MarketWatch) "Not One CEO of S & P 500 Companies
Has Donated To Bernie Sanders Campaign"
Chief Zeiman is a very good boss by far better then our female bosses but she has zero experience with a large department and urban issues. Please stay in Aurora and stay happy. This is not the place for you.
short memory , last time it was and then there were 3
he/she tiny dancer wanted a johnson mmmmmm and eddie ws told to apply
millions of tax payer dollars , interviews of Police Officers down the drain .
EJ
merit is not dead for exempt ranks , that's for sure
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Word at HQ is sleepy Elgin holt dropped a packet for consideration for superintendent. It was laughed out of the building and joked about for weeks after. The entitled, noble balls on this guy who was nothing but merit promotions, sleeps all day, and is about as smart as a lunchbox is amazing. Hey slob, you already took too many bites of the merit apple. Just fade away and retire.
2/13/2020 12:23:00 AM
I heard something similar. He did go to turn his application in, but he fell asleep in the process. He passed out on the first floor couch and didn’t make it to the fourth floor to turn his application in on time.
What is Alfred e Newman doing
Cato is USELESS, but CONNECTED!!!
Anonymous said...
Cato has effectively reduced crime over in 011 ...hasn't he?
He has only accomplished playing big daddy to his stable of female po's…
Aurora Police are so so Happy to get rid of their Chief.
All online academics for the Masters Degree
Check this out. On line Masters Degree factory
No Street experience. No Multi Million Budget experience
No Community Relationships with Organizations
Was the only choice for Chief since the Number one candidate passed away
Only factor of Merit. Not a NOBEL Member
So, the merit system is recognized as being SEVERELY flawed...... but Cato is in the running for Supe, Bulnes is promoted to D/C, Carter’s going to save us from terrorists and Barb West is put within spitting distance to CPDs too spot. Sure, it’s all legit. Move along, nothing to see here.
Anonymous said...
Ernie Cato, really!?!?! A merit Sgt and Lt. If I was him, I'd let sleeping dogs lay where they are, because if he becomes Aupt, he's gonna step on his dick. But i guess once the merit whores get that first bit of the apple, they can't help themselves
You forgot merit detective. Also made his partner from the detective merit Sgt.
****that’s because she did all the typing.
Anonymous said...
Sorry, Dallas chief.
2/13/2020 11:00:00 AM
Whose son is a cop killer he will be perfect for Chicago!
AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Well he applied for the job...so doesn’t that mean he wants it?
2/13/2020 02:23:00 AM
Yeah and I bought a lotto ticket but that doesn’t mean I want to win
Also heard Carter's application drew a few laughs also! Beck made a comment on all those ribbons he bought.
It’s time to start taking wagers on how long the new supe will last on the job. Start your time from the day it’s filled. Personally, I think the new supe will be fired within a month of groots re-election loss. People (taxpayers) are sick of her already.
Hmmmmm, Oh Boy.
merit is not dead for exempt ranks , that's for sure
2/13/2020 02:40:00 PM
was it ever?
Are there any current or former Feds under consideration? Maybe Ex Superintendent J FED has some names to put forward Everyone knows and it is beyond argument, that the Feds are the World class Experts in Urban Policing If you ask them ( nicely) they will tell you that!
Are there any current or former Feds under consideration? Maybe Ex Superintendent J FED has some names to put forward Everyone knows and it is beyond argument, that the Feds are the World class Experts in Urban Policing If you ask them ( nicely) they will tell you that!
My money is on Ziman...she has a very powerful Alderman uncle!!!!!
Is Commander Joe Curtin from Area 3 still in the running? Just askin'.
2/13/2020 12:22:00 PM
He's been real quiet lately. He is at the stage where a nap is essential.
Shortlist? That's a shitlist.
Anonymous said...
I have never heard anything bad about Kristen Ziman. However, Aurora is not Chicago.
2/13/2020 01:05:00 PM
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She has multiple degrees, talks like a politician, short like the IMP and but skinny, looks impeccable in uniform especially with a tie. Being white, female and gay brings triple points and a big splash for lap dog media and gay community. Another first for Shitcago. The Imp and her would see eye to eye. However, She would be the laughing stock of the Dept by virtue of her appearance and short stature (think of your teen aged daughter in uniform at a presser).
You are correct, Aurora is not Chicago. Look to what they doing to LA Becky and his great reputation that now has turned to shit. Sadly, these vipers would turn her into a twisted pretzel. A lady with good intensions in a pit full of snakes.
Who is catos secretary? I remember him from when he was a tac sgt in 6 and surprisingly he was not bad. Although we all know how more "rank" turns normal people into jagoffs.
I work in a special functions unit, and there is a Sgt there who spends most of his time trying to make life better for the people he WORKS WITH, and his reward from his superiors is that he gets treated like crap.
Oh save it poor Special Fucktions Unit desk warmer whose obviously so important that the department could not function without you. You've been gone too long and your fragile Sgt needs his EGO stroked or choked so he can thank you with that early duck for child care ')
Anonymous Anonymous said...
God help us all if the 3x merit hack Cato gets it. That guy is a complete joke. Couldn’t even run a name or log into his computer. I wouldn’t mind the former Dallas guy, he blew up that jagoff that shot 5 cops with a robot and C4. He has my vote based on that.
2/13/2020 12:57:00 AM
Well, like most commenters on this blog you have no idea of what you’re talking about. At the order of Houston police chief Brown the officers escorting the cop hating BLM communists march were directed not to wear enhanced body armor since it would appear militaristic and intimidating. Like Cato, Eddie “The Stain”’Johnson, Barb West and the rest, Brown is surely another affirmative action success story. Where I come from the first beat car would have blown dude up.
You must be one of those cool “fillmo rangers” we hear about. Half that district is getting stripped.
After a nationwide search this is the top 4 that they came up with. How about the guy who caught the 20 foot long humboldt park gator, at least he knows how to get the job done.
Bradley put his papers in for superintendent but he wasn’t chosen
So did loughran the elf. He put his papers in for the superintendent position but was not chosen.
His father in law was the whistleblower on the gene williams cheating lieutenants exam
Aurora superintendent just a filler for political reasons. Aurora has 744 officers. It a big jump from that to the big leagues with 13,000
Would also be overwhelmed with the Chicago politics
Aurora has nowhere near 744 officers. They have around 300.
Ziman is a piece of shit. The previous comments about her are spot-on.
Ziman is so pompous she even has her own webpage. Read the lovely piece on Eddie on her page. Notice it's not even an https site. http://www.kristenziman.com/
She would be a terrible choice and the jokes would roll in from everywhere. But she has that Teflon-like protected status so All we would hear is the first this and that but nothing about her real ability to lead a very large police department. So we would hear a bunch of rubbish from the mayor and double talk about her so called accomplishments in Aurora. Another one that loves di-ver-sity.
She's short and skinny, how did she even get hired at all? Oh I know why. No, no it's all about deescalation, but that doesn't work on everyone, love. Just get a couple of booster chairs for pressers and Lightfoot and Ziman are in business. Promoting the hard left agenda one flake at a time.
Kristen please stop. We are tired of hearing you brag to everyone that will listen about how you had dinner and an interview months ago with Mayor Lightfoot and how you are a shoe in for Chicago Superintendent. It’s frightening that you even applied or think that you are capable of become the Chicago Supt.
Facts:
Chicago has 2.6 million people. Aurora has 200k
Chicago has 14,000 police. Aurora has 300
Chicago has over 300,000 report crimes. Aurora has 2,800
Chicago has 500 murders. Aurora has 5.
Do we need to go on?
Please. Just stop with your grandiose self-promotion and narcissism. Everyone who knows you knows you will do anything to get ahead. You are way in over your head and Chicago would eat you alive. You panicked on the radio during your unfortunate incident and you let a sexual deviate who was paroled and made regional television news register in Aurora where he was not authorized to register…and it took your mayor to figure it out.
You are all smoke and mirrors. Go back and get another “Online Master’s Degree” in another attempt to look good on paper and kiss anyone’s ass with power to get ahead. You are a completely full of shit and everyone around you knows it!
If these are the 3 to choose from, then we are lost. Again.
Steve Chung should be Sup. Passed every test, worked on the street. Smart, honest, experienced street cop. That is why he would never be considered.
Why does anyone think the 4 finalists matter---they didn't last time.
By virtue of title alone--Mayor is way more clever than Police Board.
And Lighfoot is proof positive- the board picks last time resulted in Mayor choosing someone who didn't even apply and the boards picks this time will also be ignored.
Chief Zeiman is a very good boss by far better then our female bosses but she has zero experience with a large department and urban issues...
Not against the top cop coming from smaller dept---and anyways we have Riccio to run all the police and West to satisfy the bean counters---oh wait- thats makes it worse- damn it where are the competent and unconnected players????
Seriously, how can the democrats keep making the same bad decisions over and over again. Cato?
Ziman is a piece of shit. The previous comments about her are spot-on.
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Interesting- I worked with a few guys last year and they had nothing but great things to say about their chief.
Aurora superintendent just a filler for political reasons. Aurora has 744 officers. It a big jump from that to the big leagues with 13,000
Would also be overwhelmed with the Chicago politics
Aurora has nowhere near 744 officers. They have around 300.
You are correct. Under 300. Aurora Co has the 744
So, the few I know like her... but sure they don't care for some procedures. I worked with her ONCE when I had an OT detail in ol' A-Town.
However... that doesn't mean chief Z is ideal fit.
for the comment "Have a test district, make a street cop the commander, get rid of swiping, allow that commander to fill that district with like minded supervisors who truly care about the officers. See what happens in the first year, I will guarantee that activity will go through roof, crime will plummet, and no one will ever bid out, and there will never be bid openings there."
.... holy moly, that would be awesome, I mean why not? what could go wrong? lol I want this and I don't
Malinowski is virtually in charge now. and when he takes over officially, this year's homicide rate will be his to own. so much for his predictive analytics business. smart move.. I need credentials... now you own it..
I know some guys who work in Atown now and they have nothing bad to say. They like that Ziman lets them do their jobs.
From what I have seen and heard she is big on looking out for her officers and standing with them when they are doing it right and not protecting the ones that do it wrong. Wouldn't that be something new here does anyone in CPD understand that a concept. All we get are merit promotions and Commanders who can violate laws in other states in their department vehicle and nothing happens, Captians who slept most of their career , guys that wont leave the office and only want to critique PO’s.
I would welcome some accountability in this shit hole.
Maybe Ziman should rethink why she would even want to come to the jungle
Anonymous said...
So did loughran the elf. He put his papers in for the superintendent position but was not chosen.
His father in law was the whistleblower on the gene williams cheating lieutenants exam
2/14/2020 04:05:00 AM
I do believe you have this wrong. The father in law was at IAD and killed the investigation.
Anonymous said...
Dallas can’t fill over 260 police officer vacancies. That does not look good for brown. Dallas officers were and are leaving by the dozens. A simple google search and you’ll see. I’m sure brown had something to do with it. Something like that doesn’t just happen.
2/13/2020 07:35:00 AM
Because the pension fund is so badly underfunded just like ours!
Not sure who here is commenting about Chief Ziman. If they are from Aurora they must be mutts, (and we have our share of those too). I have known her and worked with her for twenty years. She is a solid human being and a great chief. It is amusing that people are knocking her on-line degree. That is the norm today in our busy world and she made it work. Curious to see how many people who are knocking her degree have one there self?
All that being said, I don’t want to see her go to Chicago. I think that place would bury her.
Malinowski should be disqualified. Does the Police Board know that Malinowski was "shadowing" the Interim telling everyone, or whispering as I was told, that he will be the next Supt. and he sat on the dais for numerous CompStat's....really? He sat right next to the Interim on the dais acting as if he was already the Superintendent. Isn't that against/in violation of some kind of "rules of conduct" or "unethical practices" per the Police Board requirements? Oh wait, the Police Board isn't picking the next Superintendent, Maurice Claussen and Beck are. This shit has to stop or CPD is going to get worse than it is, this political shit sucks! Wake up Lori Lightfoot and the Police Board!!
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