Clinicians Re-Funded
One of Conehead's lesser known budget cuts was reversed:
Police Supt. Larry Snelling strongly reaffirmed his commitment to constitutional policing Friday, saying he convinced Mayor Brandon Johnson to reverse at least one of the cuts that could undermine the Chicago Police Department’s effort to comply with a federal consent decree.
To improve officer wellness and prevent police suicides, the police department needs a mental health clinician in every one of its 22 police districts, according to the department’s initial budget request. Currently, only 13 districts have a clinician whom officers can talk to about the post-traumatic stress disorder they regularly experience.
Initially, those nine additional positions were on the chopping block as part of the 3% cut in all city departments ordered by Johnson to erase a nearly $1 billion shortfall.
But under questioning Friday at a City Council budget hearing, Snelling told Police Committee Chair Chris Taliaferro (29th) that the nine job cuts had been reversed.
Why would Conehead cut something that's been sorely lacking for decades and was finally starting to see the light of day? We understand cutting the Bureau of Constitutional Policing staff (political house mouses scared of the street and who really ought to be returned to what they were trained for) but a program that is working to put a dent in the record number of suicides across this Department?
It's almost like Conehead doesn't care (which he doesn't as you can see in the article directly above this one).
Labels: department issues, money questions
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
11 Comments:
Finally fully digitize the department and you’ll save millions on wasted sheets of paper. Every single report and form should be done on the computer.
Cut the Constitutional Policing staff and keep the clinicians. Problem solved.
Cut Bodyguard POs! By 100!!!
He has more people working a shift pandering his ass then some entire districts have manpower on an entire shift. Wake up people!
Fully funded even is 22 for 10000 coppers. Thats nothing. It’s just a box for the consent decree nothing more. If you need to speak with someone, find an outside person
Need to keep those politically-connected hacks employed; their daddies said so.
Maybe a relative blocks his entrance into church. Maybe a relative should block his showboating appearance at this funeral, on camera, for everyone to see who still watches local TV. Brandon is a jerk, an immature inconsiderate self-important jerk.
He doesn't like the po-po and never did but he sure likes to be catered to by 116 of them Judas mfers
it ain’t about cuttin’ the sworn cops, so none of this is putting any officers off the street. What they really going after is the civilian spots. They ain’t trying to cut those, they just wanna use the shrinks and detectives to help out victims of violence
You are correct. Mayor Conehead does not care.
There is no Federal consent decree. Only a back room deal with the 9.5 digit midget and the corrupt Speaker of the House of Illinois daughter.
How’s little Mikey doing by the way?
Then they would have to keep the system updated and current, and not break out “new” computers that are already obsolete after sitting in a storeroom for five years. It would also entail keeping techs on call basically 24-7. Then there’s the issue of digital storage. I’m not saying it can’t be done, but the Department that does everything on the cheap will not commit to total modernization.
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