Frank Main Catches Up
Almost a full day behind the curve, Frank found a story to write about:
A Chicago police commander of major narcotics investigations was struggling with almost $840,000 in debt earlier this year, including more than $30,000 in taxes he owed the IRS, according to bankruptcy records.
Joshua Wallace, 50, is one of the two finalists to become the next police chief in Des Moines, Iowa. On Wednesday, the Des Moines Register newspaper first reported on Wallace’s bankruptcy filing in February.
Frank also did some actual reporting and discovered a mini-scandal regarding certain Department rules:
His debt raises questions because in the past, the police department routinely vetted the credit history and financial background of officers who investigate narcotics trafficking, law enforcement sources said.
They said large debts can be a disqualifying factor because of the potential for an officer to pilfer money from police funds seized in drug cases in order to pay off debts. Police applicants who have big debts are often rejected from entering the training academy, city records show.
“An officer might have $10,000 in student loan debt, and he discloses it, and we were fine with that,” one high-ranking former police department official said. “It’s a judgment call. But close to a million in debt? I don’t know about that.”
Our readers discovered a slightly larger issue that Frank didn't though:
- His partner from 006 is in federal prison for stealing money on traffic stops. Now you put this guy in charge of Narcotics. Smart move
Although you'd think that would be a red flag of sorts, the number of gold stars with former partners in prison is actually quite astonishing. We can name three without even trying.
Labels: scandals
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
112 Comments:
Take this clown commander, mayor Brandon bubble-head and the Dolton dim-wit mayor combined, and maybe between the 3 of them they could pay a water bill.
Naaaaaah.
Sad, we should be more careful.
Who are the three?
I guess frats don't run credit checks either.
Is anyone else here on SCC seeing the pattern of bad management within the CPD? We have exempt ranking officers that have cheated on exams? We have supervisors not paying their water bills or parking tickets? Filing bankruptcy and being connected to other officers that have been convicted of criminal misconduct……..but they all had great educational backgrounds with Bull$hit Bachelor’s degrees and fabricated masters of doctoral degrees?
And they are the leaders of this Department and City? We are really in sad shape?
Actually, his old partner is in prison for alerting a drug crew that CPD had them on a wiretap. Josh’s old partner was the one listening in.
paying for stuff is ...racist.
His partner went to prison and Josh talked. His dad was on the job and saved his corrupt ass.
Wow could someone finally be connecting some of the dots?
Here’s just a quick list of about 20 of some of the most questionable high ranking mostly merit promotions who either were directly or indirectly involved with partners, teammates, supervisors or themselves who either went to prison and/or got fired, forced to retire or resigned under investigation with some pretty scandalous cases.
Just do a quick internet search of their names and you’ll see all the controversial shit they were involved with but yet managed to keep getting promoted over and over. There are dozens more so feel free and add to the list if you recall.
1) Kenneth Johnson former Commander
2) Noel Sanchez former Chief of Organized Crime
3) James Sanchez former Commander of Gang Investigations
4) Errol Davis former Commander
5) Regina Evans former Commander
6) Kevin Duffin former Commander
7) John Escalante former interim superintendent
8) Thomas Mills former Commander
9) Kevin Navarro former First Deputy Superintendent
10) Juan Rivera former Chief of Internal Affairs
11) Joe Salemme former Commander
12) Francis Valadez former Deputy Chief
13) Matt Rodriguez former superintendent
14) Phil Cline former superintendent
15) Eddie Johnson former superintendent
16) Anthony Carothers former Commander
17) Matthew Tobias former Commander
18) Dean Andrews former Chief of a detectives
19) Delfino Bustos former commander
20) Fred Waller former Chief of Patrol and interim superintendent (forced out but managed to weasel his way back and still surviving as civilian director under current administration) despite numerous scandals he’s been involved with in the past and continues to be.
He talked and flipped on his partner to save himself. Many of us know the real story.
Over the many years working for the city, I noticed that only the most unqualified get promoted. It’s literally like someone says, hey , find me the dumbest asshole I can put in charge.
And it’s not just here, we have a vice president who is in contention to be president of the United States
I must be too old school and conservative with my money. How do you get almost a million dollars in debt as a cop? Would hope it isn't drugs. Gambling?
SCC, the only old partner of Josh Wallace who is in prison that I know of is not for stealing money. His old partner is in prison for getting caught on a wire tipping off targets of that investigation. He got caught red handed on a phone call. Wallace hadn't worked with RC (not going to say his name) in over a decade when he was caught. Wallace made Sgt. in 2012, RC was caught long after that. Wallace is different (people say he's b-polar) but not that kind of bad. He's a moody person who does know how to do police work. I've worked for other bosses who were far worse yes men/women.
Welcome to the party Frank.
How does one compile 840k in student loans if we have tuition reimbursement and when he attended all 3 of the Police Command Schools (yes all 3) which the city pays for. So what education did he receive that requires that much money?
And his partner was not from 006, be was from 003 before going to 189!
And we have this drunken dipshit making National headlines making us look great.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13921241/chicago-cop-racist-tirade-lawsuit-andrew-dakuras.html
ah yes,,,, what's that famous saying,,,,, screw up and then move up.....
School of Hard Knocks
I dont know Wallace from Adam...but he looks like a "seedy" character who sees him self as above all others, and would game a system to work for him. But that describes over half of our command staff. Just saying...
Kevin Duffin former Commander
Duffin did Nuffin in covering up the Sgt's suicide, now Lt. one N is another story..
Couldn’t have happened to nicer guy!!! He is the most arrogant asshole I’ve ever met His favorite greeting is “who are you”
There is no need for anyone ever to get an undergrad degree in business, or an MBA. Just do the exact opposite of the City of Chicago does and your business and finances will be incredible successful and prosperous. Enjoy the American Dream.
Your starting to scare me.
Just keeping it real...styling
Bullshit! Look at the clear pattern of how many money and illegal search beefs Wallace has had. Red flag but yet Waller & Eddie Johnson promoted him. 3/4’s of Wallace’s complaints were with his partner Ronald Coleman (say the crooks name). Yes, Wallace made Sgt. in December 2012 but went back to Narcotics in January of 2014 where Coleman was already there on the DEA task force and wasn’t caught until June of 2014. Follow the timeline.
This also goes back to Public Housing days where yes, Fred Waller worked, Josh Wallace, and many, many more that allegedly reported (wink) up to Downtown Ernie Brown.
Shit is coming full circle now. Keep allowing Eddie Johnson to visit your office Larry like you have been because of Waller and you’ll find yourself wrapped into some shit that you can’t get out of. Distance yourself from Waller and Eddie Johnson who by the way is on the city’s DO NOT HIRE list but yet is seen and allowed in your office numerous times since you made Superintendent.
Not to mention Johnson may get PTSD by sitting on that couch in your office that he was falsely accused of raping a subordinate numerous times on-duty and turn around and sue the city.
Why is he even allowed into the building? Waller that’s why.
https://m.cpdp.co/officer/32401/joshua-wallace/
https://m.cpdp.co/officer/31882/ronald-coleman/coaccusals/
We have an elected mayor who didn’t pay his water bills.
Another “merit” scandal? Who could have predicted that would happen?
corruption in chicago,feds should have a case on city leaders by now
I guess they don’t. He’s not in a fraternity if that’s what you are eluding to
End merit promotions now. And no more subject matter experts giving copies of the test to their people. And while I'm on fantasy island, end DEI. The best qualified person for the job, period.
What exactly do these “command schools” teach and how do they turn a turd into an effective manager? We all know CPD sends the clouted to these useless programs to help them move up because the morons think it’ll help them “look good”. Might work in CPD, but not every agency is staffed with morons. Wallace is an example of this waste of money on meaningless schools, you can put lipstick on a pig and at the end of the day it’s still a pig.
Wow, what a list!!!!
More like school of Hard Rocks…
Just proves you can go far on the CPD if you’re a clouted criminal
Add Ronnie Nash
The Feds have had a case since 2004. G W Bush made sure the Feds left Daley alone. All the co conspirators except six were allowed to work another 16 years, retire and start collecting pensions.
The feds should look at the federal reimbursement program in Unit 189. This fool is all over those sheets claiming he worked on narcotics cases as a Commander. I wasn’t aware Commanders can make OT, do the other exempts know.
Here’s another list of other questionable promotions most of which were meritorious and some were not but whom some ended up in the news also. Look into these backgrounds if anyone would like to.
Don Jerome
Roberto Nieves
Ed Wodnicki
Ron Kimble
Migdalia Bulnes
Rahman Muhammad
Ron Forgue
Marc Moore
Xavier Elizondo
Alvin Jones who made Sgt. with Josh Wallace
Anthony Escamilla
Ruth Wedster
Jason Brown
Darren Doss
Martin Tannehill
Dion Boyd
Godfrey Cronin
Dwayne Betts
Gloria Hanna
Anthony Escamilla
Matt Cline
Rodney Blissett
Chris Fletcher
Michael Barz
Tyrone Pendarvis
Khalil Muhammad
Michael Cronin
James O’Grady
Melissa Staples
Daniel O’Shea
Brian McDermott
Gloria Hanna
Crystal King-Smith
John Franklin
Beatrice Cuello
Robert Lopez
Terrence Williams
Salvador Avila
Wayne Wiberg
Juan Rios
Joe Gorman
Dennis Walsh
Eric Carter
Eric Cato
Ernie Cato
Osvaldo Valdez
And Dozens more that ended up in the news for one reason or another.
Not hard to find if someone wanted to connect the dots and figure out who’s connected to who and what % of meritorious people were fuck ups.
Have a look here to begin with.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/233090134/Chicago-Police-Lt-Merit-list
https://www.scribd.com/doc/233006336/Chicago-Police-Sergeant-Merit-List
https://www.scribd.com/document/349753209/Rank-Order-Merit-List-2006-2017
He’s an ALPHA ⚫️🟡
Agreed
Saddia Carter you forgot to put your own name first then put that greedy azz patrina under ur name. Very over promoted
Jason brown is a jag off
Actually, a few good bosses on there though. And you leave off Tally and Hein!!! Goof.
and yet I guarantee this asshole will still get his pension
No commander has ever taken money from the federal reimbursement program, but it wouldn't hurt for them to take a second look to make sure JW didn't get greedy.
The IAD has buried all of their complaints.
Xavier Elizondo? Isn’t he looked up?
DEI Promotions.
Eddie Johnson is still running this department through Waller.
A national embarrassment! Why did we have to find out Wallace’s debt through the media in Iowa? He was in his way to be promoted to Deputy Chief otherwise.
I guess they don’t. He’s not in a fraternity if that’s what you are eluding to
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We know he’s not in a fraternity. He wouldn’t be able to pay his membership dues and he certainly would be able to get along with the other superficial f-ck boys.
Other jurisdictions don’t have to go along with CPD’s buried corruption. Last week the CPD celebrated nationally and this we we’re a national embarrassment.
another name should be the one who killed that kid downtown then had the crook county states attorney declare it was mutual combatants but then found guilty and given a slap on the wrist and did 30 days in another counties jail (cause crook county jail is not good enough for him)
WALLACE, Joshua Meritorious Sgt. 16DEC12 FLETCHER, Christopher
In leadership with only $840,000 in debt. Not bad. Reform is working out.
So, is this why Finance stopped running the Indebtedness list? Is it because the Mayor, Aldermen and Exempts keep popping up on it?
Was he demoted or stripped?
That’s the Superintendent’s and the IAD’s job.
He was working narcotic cases alright. I’m sure.
Thank you sir/madame
I recall a poster posting that Josh Wallace used to tell his guys in Narcotics not to bother certain individuals/ vehicles because they were associated with Yolanda Talley. It all makes sense now.
Superintendent Snelling is clueless and desperate. His five Chiefs are incompetent and corrupt and have never worked the streets. They’ve been getting taken care of their entire careers. Eddie Johnson keeps visiting Sup. Snelling’s office because he and Waller are doing circles around the supe. They are pushing EJ’s agenda. Besides, Eddie Johnson is the biggest backstabbing lying phony to ever wear the badge and almost everyone Waller was associated with is in jail.
The Superintendent is clueless and desperate right now. He’s too busy attending events instead of cleaning house. He’s relying on the IAD to keep him abreast, but they’re apart of the corruption. They’re helping to keep him in the dark. He has five useless chiefs that are incompetent and have never worked the streets. They’ve been getting taken care of their entire careers.
The superintendent keeps allowing Eddie Johnson to visit his office for some odd reason. But little does he know, Eddie Johnson and Waller are walking circles around him. They’re pushing EJ’s agenda, and everyone knows that EJ is the biggest backstabbing, lying phony to have ever worn the badge. It’s also known that almost everyone that was associated with Waller is behind bars. Waller is the only one to escape prison because he ratted. You’ve been warned.
Somebody has pissed the wrong person off, because all of the tea is coming out.
Almost all left the department in bad standing.
Unqualified and corrupt. You have to be willing to put your career on the line and do the dirty work.
Now this is what I call real reform. Air the dirty laundry out.
All buried bones will rise to surface, especially during earthquakes. What happened in the dark and behind closed doors will come to light
Johnny has a song about it: Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand, workin' in the dark against your fellow man. But as sure as God made black and white, what's down in the dark will be brought to the light.
Good or bad every secret comes out eventually, you can't hide anything. We are sometimes under illusion that we can, but everything comes out in the open sooner or later.
The bigger question is how was he able to get away with it for so long?
Gambling
Ron Coleman
He’s a big time gambler.
Johnson visiting Snelling office, all criminal return back to the crime scene. He’s had plenty of blowjobs on your couch according to his alleged victim.
*Wouldn’t
Martin Tannehill
The Royal family ain't got squat on merit Lt cinder block head and his get fresh crew...
Bhaaaaa I laughed so hard.
Dennis Walsh
Ahh the infamous one N should be in the top ten in the DOJ's coverup murder and corruption list, he's definitely got a gold horse shoe up his ar$e...
Anonymous
What exactly do these “command schools” teach and how do they turn a turd into an effective manager? We all know CPD sends the clouted to these useless programs to help them move up because the morons think it’ll help them “look good”. Might work in CPD, but not every agency is staffed with morons. Wallace is an example of this waste of money on meaningless schools, you can put lipstick on a pig and at the end of the day it’s still a pig.
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You mean, “pour syrup over shit and tell you it's pancakes.” -Chief of Patrol Fred Waller
IAD has buried all the complaints because they control it with Talley. Look at the merit list. She made merit with Snelling and sat next to him in class.
Elizondo is in prison and so have a bunch more on that list and some should have been but clout stepped in. Research the names and they all have shit in their backgrounds but manage to make it out and get great jobs while collecting hefty pensions.
Yes, IAD has buried most of the complaints because each Superintendent puts in their people to do away certain investigations. Eddie Johnson did it with his people, fat Phil did it with BARZ, KIRBY and others in IAD and Snelling is still doing it with Talley which is a protege of Eddie Johnson and Waller. If they want true reform, they have to do a complete enema of the upper echelon of the department and get rid of all the old regimes, get rid of BIA and have ISP or another more reputable law enforcement agency do unbiased transparent investigations (not COPA), hire an outside reputable firm to do proper background investigations prior to hiring, have NO ONE FROM CPD as a subject matter expert with access to promotional materials, be able to easily demote personnel without all the bureaucracy and union interference but with just cause, and limit merit to 10% for “qualified” candidates who not only did something above and beyond on this job but can read and write and have the ability to comprehend and apply department directives. The panel for merit should have zero influence (via generational lineage, political affiliation, fraternity, sorority, race, or erotic carnal acts) and be outside law enforcement executives from comparable sized agencies such as LAPD or NYPD and not the crook county sheriff’s where deputy chief badges were once sold for $500 bucks. Then we woke up and it was business as usual…
Haha, very funny! IAD’s job? Really? The same IAD who’s corrupt as the day is long? The same IAD whose current chief sat next to Snelling in the same meritorious promotional class? The same IAD whose chief’s (Tally) family members utilized her vehicle to transport narcotics and got caught? The same IAD who’s chief got her impounded vehicle back out the back door without paying the narcotics impound fee that all other citizens have been paying for decades? The same IAD who’s Chief and Deputy Chief and Commander are all in the same inner circle with Waller, Eddie Johnson, Kenneth Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Fletcher, Wallace (commander of narcotics)?
The same IAD whose Chief Yolanda Talley and Deputy Chief Tracy Walker committed documented rule 14’s to the tax paying public, media and both the City Council’s Budget and the City Council’s public safety meetings and nothing happened to them? The same IAD whose Commander was partner’s with David “the wood shampoo” Biggins who’s been beating folks since the 1980’s?
Come on now, do you really think anything is going to happen to any of them?
This was swept under the carpet as everything else has and will continue to be.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/02/22/city-council-members-blast-police-brass-failing-fire-cops-tied-proud-boys-oath-keepers
Wallace is a clown, he blocked everyone from Making moves while he was in 002 and will continue to do so unless you kiss his ass. He's a cocky mf and even the close ones to him dislike him
How was he able to get away for it for so long? Seriously? Just dig and look back to the inception of NOBLE from back in late 1970’s/80’s. Rudy Nimocks, John Richardson, Coffey, Ernie Brown, Eugene Williams, etc…
https://noblechicago.org/about-noble/
No different than LAPA, MAPO, PAPA, Italian American police association, Emerald Society, Pipes and Drums, and other social and fraternal organizations.
Notable names, Anguinagua, Parra, Richard Guerrero, Lucio Martínez, Morado, Leibas, Negrete, DeLopez, Pat McNulty, Hanrahan, McCarthy, Mcdonugh, Riordan, O’Donnell, O’Grady, Sullivan, Burke, Moran, Foley and Daly, Cline, Ralph Chiczewski, Bondi, Adreanni, Roti, Angerone, Panepinto, Lenti, etc,..
Now that’s funny. Look for him to be shown the door and retire soon. They won’t do anything to him because he’s part of the cabal of noble dissedents.
Yep another one and numerous more to come. Look for several more abrupt retirements soon. I’m hearing a certain national news outlet has FOIA’ed all of the exempts financials. Looks like a shit storm is brewing. This should get rid of a handful of bossholes who frequent certain cigar lounges, legal and illegal gambling establishments. People should watch what they say around others.
Who could have predicted it? Hoping this is sarcasm.
Look at all the current and recent exempts involved in present and past shit and their histories and backgrounds on this job. BARZ, HARRIS, PHILLIPS, BRANCH, PENDARVIS, SPREYNE, WARD, NIEVES, PAPIANNOU, FENNER, CALDWELL, MORSE, KARLA JOHNSON,MCKENZIE, ROD WATSON, VANNA, ALVAREZ, PARHAM, KINNANE, LAMB. Most all of Fred Waller’s last picks. Anyone taking notes?
They don’t have to but many of them knowingly have hired them despite their baggage. Examples: McCarthy, Fletcher, Waller, Riccio, Grau, Cuello, baby Cline, O’Shea, Kirby, O’grady, Roti, Avila, Schmitz, Gorman, Patterson, Pat Walsh, etc…
Superintendent LS is moving too slow. Heads have to roll behind things like this.. Sit Wallace down and send Commander Tate over to Narcotics. We can’t have a boss that far in debt over Narcotics.
So who got the position in Iowa?
Another one you can add to the list is Hiram Grau who was partners with Joe Miedzianowski for a year in Gangs north and after Galligan and Joe got back together Lil Hi and his partner AO followed Joe around on arrests. He hit the PR lotto after he got chased out of CPD by Daley when Daley interviewed him for 1st Dept with Weis and Grau told Daley there was no problems with corruption on CPD. Daley called Weis and had him booted to Lt and little guy when on medical. He then retired and got the job as head of Merchandise Mart head of security but didn't last long as he found out he actually had to be there so he moved on to the SAO as the Dept chief and then to lead the ISP but died his hair to look younger to impress his side piece. You can't miss him driving his Black Explorer with the plate ISP1 to keep fulfilling his ego. He's now working at Monterey security and you can catch the little guy at the Bears game walking around with the security jacket on. Talked a good game and backstabbed people he called friends. Also got his Sgt sister back on the job after years on disability due to an injury she claimed as an IOD from falling at the Irving park rocks and injured her wrist. She actually did it in a volleyball game on a CPD team. When she came back on after abound 15 yrs he moved her to the airport as she knew nothing about police work. The scam was to get her bumped up in pay and it worked. Its great to be connected
Former Chief Charles Ramsey appears to be doing OK.
I’ve known Traci for years. Please excuse her. She’s a little slow. Very nice, but slow.
Elizondo and his family were taking fancy trips and bragging about them in 010.
The way this department moves, don’t be surprised if Wallace becomes the Head of the Finance Section.
Great. Sounds like you know the man. Sooooo what are you going to do about it?
Any proof about gambling?
Add Grau to the list
Quincy Magoo Says:
As usual, it’s “Fuck Up, Move Up, with the CPD. Gotta keep that corruption flowin smoothly so those Pay to Play kickbacks keep flowin in….
$830k in debt is pretty spectacular. But one years tuition at Morgan Park Academy can be $25k. Stuff like that adds up.
He's a smarmy fuck, and while I wish no ill to him, he's made himself a shitty bed to sleep in.
There seem to be a few lists posted here. Gotta axe to grind, all these people are corrupt? Did you hear a story or did you see it for yourself? Dont blame the player, blame the game.
I have not heard the name of Errol Davis for years. He was a merit sergeant that drove around 006 with an unmarked car and wearing a 3 piece suit, sometimes driving around the district commander of 006. Davis was assigned to 6 district. He made merit Lieutenant and went to the Marine unit. I retired and then heard he was fired. I really do not know what he did to lose his job, but he obviously was well connected.
Here’s what happened to Errol Davis and his girl Regina Evans
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-14d57ca810cc45dbafaf2102133df31c
Don’t forget about the former exempt who was cashing his dead mothers social security checks for years while making about $170K per year.
Former Superintendent Fred Rice
Michael Barz and Fred Waller are two of the most corrupt worthless officers that ever slithered behind a badge. Tina Skahill, dirty chief and director of IAD and CAPS, and the fired third deputy who lost her job to Waller, is another honorable mention.
David O' Brown, the Texas rattlesnake that committed a sustained rule 14/ false official report concerning an arrest, is another top ten dirty cop. Brown promoted Skahill ( who covered up the no bid academy training contract for Brown's Texas lackeys); he also infested us with Eric and Saadia Carter, Deputy Chief Mike Barz, Fred Waller, and so many other bad bosses, current and present, that it would take a book to write about all of them. Brown gave us Josh Wallace, Dion Boyd, Yolanda Talley and Traci Walker- all horrible, inept and corrupt. You can't top David Brown for being a terrible Supe, and a even worse judge of police leadership. Look at the garbage he left us with.
Duane DeVries is sitting this out laughing at all of the names being hurled around, acting he dodged a bullet. He thinks he's a shoo-in for the first deputy spot, despite his history of racist antics. Ask some of his former teams. Better yet, ask his family member who was called out for her use of a racially offensive term that she directed at an african american, and called in Granpa Duane to cover it up and intimidate her victim. Let's see Alderman O'Shea pull you out of this one Duane, especially since Lori Lightfoot is all over it.
It’s Monday, let’s see which Exempts screw up this week.
Who remember when Captain Marc Moore had his unmarked at the casino in Indiana? I wonder whatever happened to that?
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