Take-Home Car Audit
Lightfoot's people picking off the low-hanging fruit:
- Mayor's peeps were at Homan Square today auditing take home vehicles.
This was being abused since the days of Cline (at the minimum) where everyone - even non-buy officers - had a take-home ride for ..... well, pretty much because they could. There was even a pecking order where the nicer confiscated rides were passed out to the clouted and higher ranks.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
68 Comments:
A torture center has to have SOME perks.
Torture is hard business.
Why is anyone taking home a vehicle? It’s not a car dealership. Bosses can’t afford gas on their salary! Underlinings at Homan have been taking home cars for years.
I’ve been saying this for years. Huge waste of money. There’s no reason for all these bosses with almost new take home cars, just to drive back and forth to work on the taxpayer dime. They make a very nice salary, can’t they drive their own cars like the rest of America? If the city eliminated take home cars for tact Lts, Capts and commanders that would instantly put approximately 100 cars back into patrol which is a 100 cars the city wouldn’t have to order. Take away all the other bosses cars and special people it could be another 100 easily. The city could easily put 250-300 nice cars back on the street. Huge savings!!!
We’re so use to it:
The nicer everything gets passed out to the chosen
Does this mean that the district captains will return their cars they acquired back to the tact teams?
Actually more about HD since EJ gave everyone who worked for him a car...and every civilian a badge...
Don't care about the car,. but the badge is something different.,.. No civilians should have a badge unless they are or have been sworn before. Now, EJ, gave everyone of his friends a fricking star.... Robin Robinson, Glen Brooks, Winter Jackson, Landowski, Khan, Maris, Skahill, K. Anderson, Boik, O'Malley, etc..
They are all civilians and have never passed the state test for being a sworn peace officer..Why do they have a badge identifying them as cops?
First, don't say peeps.
Next....
Kees me you fool!!!!
Hilarious. Less and less reason to jump through hoops to be/stay in a unit/team. When will the effects of the koolaid wear off guys? Only valid argument ever explained to me by one of the guys was his take-home car saved him a monthly car payment, gas money, etc. He had a few kids and it helped. I could appreciate that. Now the city going after that? What's the point for a guy like him? I like driving whatever I want to drive, keep your minivan or Nissan econobox.
Good! A vast majority of cops do NOT need a take home car, including commanders.
It’s about time someone did an audit on this. There is lots of abuse.
Gene Williams had a DARE Corvette that he wrecked.
I figure a take home car is worth ten grand annually. I see a ton of them parked in my neighborhood. It’s ridiculous.
Districts have no beat cars left and officers are standing around the station or going three or four deep in a car but there are hundreds of Department cars given to every clout heavy Department member to sit in front of their house. Groot should take all these cars back. Give all the exempts free CTA passes.
I wonder if they’ll find another reported stolen officers car in the undercover lot? Coppers think they’re so smart.
Weeeeezzz, came in late for her ride and then Took 4 hours at the end due to stress.
Well this is a long time coming, but why do inside people in Narcotics and Financial crimes need take home cars? Did the office run out of paper clips and they needed to go back to work. SWAT guys are driving hitbox cars but wait there is more. There is a guy who does nothing but drive the Command van who has 2 cars, yes that's correct 2 cars to take home and needs to be monitored very close for his off duty driving antics and his Sergeant who demanded his take home car get a new paint job because he didnt like the color. These are Carters guys. Lori Narcotics has a ton of leased cars from enterprise that they are hiding.
Cpd Auditing group most likely according to this org. Chart. Civilian c.w. in charge and must prove a need for his pathetic existence. Why not audit something that has a direct link to crime.
Ray Charles could do this audit and figure out all the nonsense and bullshit going on in that building
My Ex uses the city’s take home car all weekend long, on his days off...doesn’t want his new girl to see what he really drives.
His BROKE A$$!
It’s great to be clouted and have one. When I lost mine it was different to drive my own again. Ride the wave while you can....
I have been told by City Hall and motor maintenance folks over the last few weeks that we are losing our take home cars and there is no saving them this time. Motor maintenance is already in the process of reassigning the vehicles as needed.
How much money is spent to keep these vehicles running?
City can save millions and millions a year. OCD spends big money on 3yr rental leases then purchasing certain vehicles because the officers added extra mileage to that vehicle. Writing is on the wall fellas, make your move now before it all starts tumbling down. OCD is done. Great while it lasted.
Common and reasonable logic says that due to all the non-prosecutable ghetto related response crashes in the Districts lately, the patrol fleet is in dire condition. Maybe a merit boss figured a need to bolster transportation needs to shuttle peacekeepers this coming season of rampant CTA traveling crime waves in downtown.
But in reality, newly created and appointed Bosses with a rotation of staff drivers must be short on take-homes and the third party lease vendor still hasn’t been paid since 2018.
Or....
Another Fergiesoy / I-Team investigative exposé conducted and reckoning a’coming?
Nothing will change. They will take away a few and the bosses pets will still get them. Not a buy officer, just take one anyway. Working in an office at 35th no problem
Chicago Tribune
June 9, 2016
"Ex-newscaster Robin Robinson lands $150K gig at
Chicago Police Department"
(courtesy of Eddie Johnson, to build Community Relations)
As they say, may you go from strength to strength, and.....
It's not what you know, it's who you know.
Eddie fancied himself a kingmaker. A kingmaker to
the common folk. Money is money and $150K back
in 2016 was really $150K. After taxes, she walked
with over $100K. Not bad for someone who "makes
their living by talking" as the media says to the young people.
They are all civilians and have never passed the state test for being a sworn peace officer..Why do they have a badge identifying them as cops?
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lots of people have badges. guards, firemen, etc. used to be the state issued chauffeur's badges. the city has a bunch of guards with special police badges.
the super does have the authority to issue auxiliary police badges.
And in my days in a "D" unit we struggled to get equipment to use on duty for real felony arrests.
Blogger The Keesing Bandit said...
First, don't say peeps.
Next....
Kees me you fool!!!!
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Second, don’t say badge.
But you can skip the kees and give the bandit a second round!
Retired, 30+
Someone should ask the mayor what it’s costing taxpayers to give all these over pay bosses a free car to drive back and forth to work.
Look at all the take home cars at Asset Forfieture every goof
Has a take home car
The cars are rented and paid for with seized narcotics money. In accordance with state law. So if the city wants to use the cars, or anything else for that matter in that building, because it’s all paid for with seized dope money they have to change the state law. The Chief has to sign off on all purchases, including paying for the PTT phone service every month. The city refused to upgrade the communications system that’s why they are stuck with PTT phones. So it’s an end run around the state law to use the seized funds inappropriately. Don’t worry these scumbags democrats will change the state law soon. Unless groot pisses someone off in Springfield with her big smart ass mouth talking shit she don’t know about.
Most of the take home cars from OCD are going to be assigned as leases to the new area 4 and 5 Detectives, Where they will actually be put to use.
Why does every sergeant in the detail section need a take home vehicle? They only work pre planned events. Seems like a waste of tax payers money. 🤔
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Hilarious. Less and less reason to jump through hoops to be/stay in a unit/team. When will the effects of the koolaid wear off guys? Only valid argument ever explained to me by one of the guys was his take-home car saved him a monthly car payment, gas money, etc. He had a few kids and it helped. I could appreciate that. Now the city going after that? What's the point for a guy like him? I like driving whatever I want to drive, keep your minivan or Nissan econobox.
Didn’t think the take home was to be used for personal things. Running kids around?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Does this mean that the district captains will return their cars they acquired back to the tact teams?
3/01/2020 01:04:00 AM
Your kidding. How long have you been on. They will do the same as now. Have the cars assigned to the tact team and they will continue to use them. Nothing will change, commander will ignore it. Is that why the tact guys have have been and and 4 to a car when the get in these accidents?
How is a take home car worth 10G? 40 miles to and from work a day max. About 5 bucks in gas. About 25 a week. Maybe $1,150 a year.
I believe the audit is to see how old the cars of the clouted are so that they can be upgraded to the newest model available.
Generally, when you have an executive- or management-level person who's expected to be on-call 24x7, they get reimbursed for their mileage at the current IRS rate for work-related driving. IRS prohibits reimbursement for driving TO work from home, and from work to home but you can claim the rest. You have to track the starting/ending mileage and a brief description of what you were doing/who visited, etc.
Submit your report at the end of the period the company accepts it (generally monthly), and you get paid in a month... If they don't reimburse for something they should, you can track that and deduct it from your taxes as "unreimbursed business expenses" (so long as it meets the threshold amount).
For people who do a lot of driving, and submitting a lot of reports, there's a large back-end cost to process all these things, review them, authorize them, cut a check, deal with checks that go missing in the mail or don't make the direct deposit, reviewing supposed shortages or overages, auditing the thing, etc. So sometimes it's LESS EXPENSIVE to just give them a vehicle and cover the vehicular costs of fuel, maintenance, insurance, leasing.
But those will be big mile drivers, lots of activity, and generally they should have a contract that spells out what they can and can't use the vehicle for. That it can be tracked with GPS, that they can't stop off and go shopping on the way home with the car, etc. Otherwise there's big tax liabilities for *someone* to assume - either the driver or the company. It's not worth it to save a few bucks by fucking around with such a sweet deal. You don't end up driving YOUR car to/from work every day (which could be 20K miles a year in some instances), you save on insurance because you're driving less, etc.
Me, personally? If I had that deal, I'd have a shitbox personal car that needed liability only, pay cash for the vehicle, and change the oil and do basic maintenance to the brakes and tires. When it dies, get another one. Bank the $$$ saved and invest it wisely. Buy something nice in your retirement when you're out of this shithole. Figure you're never taking the car on the road, or anywhere besides maybe the airport. You're going shopping with it...
If you want to go on the road, rent something for the weekend and have some fun.
But I digress, if you happen to know of someone abusing the privilege of the vehicle, drop a dime to the IRS. They love these things. And if they find some tax scammery going on, they'll cut you in for a percentage of the recovery...
Motor Maintenance does not work on 1505 cars.
where else can i get a free uber?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Well this is a long time coming, but why do inside people in Narcotics and Financial crimes need take home cars? Did the office run out of paper clips and they needed to go back to work. SWAT guys are driving hitbox cars but wait there is more. There is a guy who does nothing but drive the Command van who has 2 cars, yes that's correct 2 cars to take home and needs to be monitored very close for his off duty driving antics and his Sergeant who demanded his take home car get a new paint job because he didnt like the color. These are Carters guys. Lori Narcotics has a ton of leased cars from enterprise that they are hiding.
3/01/2020 08:45:00 AM
Apparently the P/O’s who are “in charge” of the cars in OCD may have a problem with the paperwork that is supposed to exist to document where these cars are and who has them. Interesting
Anonymous said...
I figure a take home car is worth ten grand annually. I see a ton of them parked in my neighborhood. It’s ridiculous.
3/01/2020 08:01:00 AM
Exactly! I’ve worked for tact Lts who bragged how they havent put gas in their personal car for 6 months. These bosses are making $150,000 or more a year. Why do they need a city car just to drive to work? This is the crap the city needs to fix. Put all these take home cars into patrol and the city won’t have to purchase 200-300 new cars.
Join the Sheriff’s Police - even uniformed patrol officers get a take home squad.
Maybe those guys in the special auto theft unit can turn theirs in. Days, Monday through Friday, all the while car jacking is up but they’re making nonsense traffic stops & driving their kids to & from school. Making no impact other than recovering abandoned stolen cars
The reality is that no one in OCD needs a take home car, but it's a heavy clout unit so it has persisted for a long time. Is narcotics or asset forfeiture ever going to be called out from home for a drug or money emergency? We all know the answer. Even secretaries at homan have take home cars, why? The only people who need take home cars are those that get called out from home. The rest is just perks and waste.
How is a take home car worth 10G? 40 miles to and from work a day max. About 5 bucks in gas. About 25 a week. Maybe $1,150 a year.
3/01/2020 03:50:00 PM
You can't be this dumb... Wear and tear, normal maintenance. Adds up.
Anonymous said...
My Ex uses the city’s take home car all weekend long, on his days off...doesn’t want his new girl to see what he really drives.
His BROKE A$$!
3/01/2020 09:02:00 AM
You must be the former Mrs. Escamerit.
"Didn’t think the take home was to be used for personal things. Running kids around?"
By saying it "helped" meant that the savings of not having to drive his personal car to/from work helped with family finances. He never shuttled the kids around or used it as a personal car, just to clarify my post. What others do? Who knows.
Start at AFU 196
Ok, 1st off, I never worked in Narcotics. But, everyone there should have a car. Cars or rented cars are paid by 1505 funds (Drug money). The City should be using it for every officer assigned there for everything. I mean everything, including pensions. If not, they must be stealing it. Read the forfeiture law. As long as the funds are used for drug related expenditures, that is the only requirement. But, hey when you get promoted based on some ass licking, literally, that’s the reason our Department is in such a sorry ass state. There are millions just sitting there, use the dam money fools!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Someone should ask the mayor what it’s costing taxpayers to give all these over pay bosses a free car to drive back and forth to work.
Bosses aren’t the only ones.
If a business furnishes a car to an employee for work and that employee drives the car from home to work and back home, there are federal tax implications per the IRS. Should hold the same for cops and exempt if they’re not legally on 24 hour call.
Secondly, it’s a huge liability to the city.
The take home policy needs to be tightened up and enforced. They might even be surprised at the number of vehicles that are no where to be found.
The take-home cars should only be given to units that it serves an “operational need” for.
Just so you don’t have to use your personal car isn’t a valid excuse.
If that’s the only reason, the city should take it back.
I spent time in a unit with a take-home car myself. I found it to be nice, but often found that it complicated things more than I needed it. I could take it or leave it.
In my opinion, a take home car should be given to SWAT first and foremost, canine, evidence techs, and gangs.
Units that may begin their shift at a location other than their unit of assignment should have one. Same with the officers who may need to report on call, or respond quickly. SWAT can get called in and deploy from home. Sometimes seconds and minutes count, why should they have to drive to Homan to get there gear and deploy, they are wasting time. Or like ETs who have a lot of equipment they need to stock and maintain. The car is their office. Gangs often times begins directly in the field, and sometimes even the suburbs. A car saves time as you can deploy straight to the area of your operation.
In addition to that, any boss commander or higher should also probably have one, in the event that one of their officers is involved in a shooting, or something under that command requires them to come in and possibly report somewhere other than their unit of assignment. (Like a hospital or such).
If you report to the same office every day at the start of your tour, and never meet in the field or can’t be called in- it makes no sense. Just get the car from your unit of assignment.
Motor Maintenance does not work on 1505 cars.
That’s a lie, I guess you’ve never had a 1505 car before. Where are you going to bring it?
Anonymous said...
Actually more about HD since EJ gave everyone who worked for him a car...and every civilian a badge...
Don't care about the car,. but the badge is something different.,.. No civilians should have a badge unless they are or have been sworn before. Now, EJ, gave everyone of his friends a fricking star.... Robin Robinson, Glen Brooks, Winter Jackson, Landowski, Khan, Maris, Skahill, K. Anderson, Boik, O'Malley, etc..
They are all civilians and have never passed the state test for being a sworn peace officer..Why do they have a badge identifying them as cops?
3/01/2020 03:23:00 AM
I heard from copper that Robinson came thru the train Station from the airport and flashed a badge to get a free ride. Is she still “employed” by the department ?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Join the Sheriff’s Police - even uniformed patrol officers get a take home squad
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Good luck with that!
You gotta be a jail guard or bailiff first.
Current cops have to start that same way just like the general public. Jail guard or bailiff first!
Outrageous!
So you work the jail a year or two-And what do you think the chances are of getting called to the Police Dept?
Probably have a better chance getting hit by lightening!
Fuck you Dart and all you upper management. Especially Mike A - the guy beefed by Major League Baseball.
The post about the civilians with badges, don’t know about the others but Tina skahill made sgt with me in 94 and worked the street in 005
Under Ron Kimble everyone has a take home car until he gets mad at and take the car from you. One of his favorite girls has been on the medical for 6 months now and she still has her take home car.
Motor Maintenance does not work on 1505 cars.
Yes they do.
it’s the leased vehicles that are sent outside the dept to Be Fixed and serviced.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Join the Sheriff’s Police - even uniformed patrol officers get a take home squad
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Good luck with that!
You gotta be a jail guard or bailiff first.
Current cops have to start that same way just like the general public. Jail guard or bailiff first!
Outrageous!
So you work the jail a year or two-And what do you think the chances are of getting called to the Police Dept?
Probably have a better chance getting hit by lightening!
Fuck you Dart and all you upper management. Especially Mike A - the guy beefed by Major League Baseball.
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You are clearly a moron. You can test directly for the Sheriff’s Police in Will County and pick up your squad the day you’re hired. You will never, ever work a day in the jail. The only time you will see the jail is when you drop an arrestee off.
Lets play how many cars does the mayor have assigned, including hidden ones in various garages? the city clerk? the treasurer? some alderman? Look at county toni so many vehicles brand new in garages. the democratic elite have many things hidden will the feds ever expose them??
You are clearly a moron. You can test directly for the Sheriff’s Police in Will County and pick up your squad the day you’re hired. You will never, ever work a day in the jail. The only time you will see the jail is when you drop an arrestee off.
Nobody cares how you do it in will county . The above post is completely accurate for cooks stfu
Lets play how many cars does the mayor have assigned, including hidden ones in various garages? the city clerk? the treasurer? some alderman? Look at county toni so many vehicles brand new in garages. the democratic elite have many things hidden will the feds ever expose them??
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Aldermen don't need them, they just use their 1.3 million dollar slush fund to lease cars for themselves, that one north side guy got himself a Lexus
Exactly! I’ve worked for tact Lts who bragged how they havent put gas in their personal car for 6 months. These bosses are making $150,000 or more a year. Why do they need a city car just to drive to work? This is the crap the city needs to fix. Put all these take home cars into patrol and the city won’t have to purchase 200-300 new cars.
3/01/2020 07:22:00 PM
A maxed out LT makes $128,000. Add the quarterly checks and it's still not $150 grand.
Make mine a white wine spritzer.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Exactly! I’ve worked for tact Lts who bragged how they havent put gas in their personal car for 6 months. These bosses are making $150,000 or more a year. Why do they need a city car just to drive to work? This is the crap the city needs to fix. Put all these take home cars into patrol and the city won’t have to purchase 200-300 new cars.
3/01/2020 07:22:00 PM
A maxed out LT makes $128,000. Add the quarterly checks and it's still not $150 grand.
3/03/2020 07:28:00 AM
You heard of OT? Im a sgt and I make 140 a year without even trying. I'm just on the watch too. A tact Lt, if they wants OT can easily make high 100's.
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