Careening Toward Disaster
- Hey SCC, most recent news about C.B. Is that he’s over here at bars living his best life, taking shots, dancing on tables and getting into more fights with P.Os. I hope at this rate K.R’s family gets him fired or criminally charged. He’s been seen at Windy City smokeout, lollapalooza and now bars around the city. He’s an arrogant prick who has zero sympathy for what he did, yet hasn’t learned the meaning of laying low.
- Anyone hear about p.o [...] (same guy who killed [KR]) was at a bar and beat the tf out of a girl? Eye shut and multiple stitches.
- SCC, turns out that the same officer who accidentally shot and killed his partner recently just got himself into some more shenanigans. Off duty incident that involves this idiot punching a fellow female officer at a club. Fellow female officer was treated at a local hospital for her injuries.
We weren't going to mention this, but a few weeks ago, there was an individual on a bridge over the river downtown. He was threatening to jump and a "barricade" incident was called. A Good Samaritan talked him off the bridge before he hurt himself and before SWAT arrived.
We were informed by a 100% reliable source that the individual who was on the bridge was the officer mentioned in the above comments. It sounds like a report wasn't generated, or if it was it's been hidden deeper than deep.
It's certainly sounds like he isn't getting the assistance he might need.
Or maybe he's lashing out being stuck in limbo for the foreseeable future.
Or this is another example of the failure of the screening process.
Someone better find the f#$% out pretty damn quick.
A suicide threat would usually result in the suspension of the FOID card by ISP and as a consequence, continued employment by the Department. Same thing with a Battery charge against another Officer.
This isn't just going to end badly. It's going to end in a mess so ugly we don't even want to think about it.
Labels: department issues
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
165 Comments:
This is sad....
Still no reporting on the "cop" from 002 who led CCSP on a pursuit two sundays ago almost leading to disaster with reaching the exiting Lalapalooza crowd. DUI and car impounded. Same guy who was with the PO who was killed in river north a few years back. Sketchy ass shitbird
I don’t think the department is going to do anything. They only throw workers under the bus. The CPD has become a joke.
Maybe he’ll make another tik tok , he sure seems to beat women coward . No sorrow
career in limbo as it should , he should’ve been fired years ago for his gun flashing incident to oh another female , common factor with this guy a women beater .
Can they formally charge this guy with department violations at this point, and move towards separation already?
Real Chicago Police officers don’t want him carrying this star and wearing this uniform.
I’ve said it since the beginning, but you bleeding hearts want to take up for him, how’s that working out?
Cut ties and be done with it before it continues to spiral.
And if he had any honor in his bones he would have resigned by now.
The guy is a cancer to the department and won’t leave until removed against his will.
And he’ll be a disgrace along the way. Keep cutting him breaks, it seems to be working out really well.
That’s why I stay away from the tact teams. Fuuuuuck dying for this city! Avoid it if you can.
does anyone have info on how the trial of the two officers who were shot in 011 in 2020 is going?
Why on earth would you post something like this? Do you think embarrassing him is going to help the fucking situation??
“ It's certainly sounds like he isn't getting the assistance he might need.”
Sorry SCC, just because someone wears the same uniform doesn’t mean we should blindly support him and be there for him. He for whatever reason fell through the cracks during the hiring process. He repeatedly showed declining and negligent behaviors that were brought up to HRIs and they did what with it? Nothing. His character traits both on and off the job were self centered and did not care when anyone tried to teach him otherwise. Assistance? That’s laughable. This department shouldn’t waste anything on him. He’s a self concerned, arrogant and negligent disgrace to our uniform.
As you mentioned, the threat of suicide no matter how minuscule would be an automatic flag to your FOID. Snelling, how about you stop protecting this shithead and cut times with him.
How about we don’t protect bad cops anymore. Maybe it was the norm back in the day, and maybe that’s why we’re here. I’ll go to bat for anyone of my guys, but if you’re a ticking time bomb that doesn’t care if they drag you down with them then good riddens.
Good advice would be to lay off the sauce
He should be psyched & stripped & fitness for duty done, with a clear & present danger but no Supervisor has balls in CPD. They will just wait until he comes to the district & start shooting his fellow officers..
Why he beating up on woman
There is being cautiously optimistic.
There is being pessimistically optimistic.
Then, there is being optimistically pessimistic.
Pick one.
If his bullet hit a civilian he would be charged, but since it hit a police officer, he is not charged. Makes no sense. At least relieve the department of his burden of employment. I would never work with him on any watch on any assignment.
Just because he passed the academy and made it past probation doesn’t mean we should care about this clown. He’s obviously a narcissist. Loves the attention of wearing the uniform but none of the responsibility that comes with it. Fire his ass. He’s no good.
This trainwreck is the most despised member of the department. Humility is something that this fool is going to learn.
The sooner he is off the department the better. Where could they possibly put him where people would actually work with a cop killer? S.B. shot two cops with the same bullet and they tried to put him back in 001. Nobody wanted to work with him and I don't blame them. They have him in some paper unit in headquarters now, but at least S.B. isn't a complete jackass like C.B. is and always has been. Who wants an arrogant, reckless, negligent dummy on their team? Even paper pushing units wouldn't want him there since he's still his old self, a player who has no remorse. That bridge stunt was for sympathy and he didn't get it because people saw right through it.
Off topic but hey remember when all of y’all said PRT was being disbanded , lol it only keeps strengthening and growing , in fact A5 just got a whole bunch of new guys the past month , so much so a 64 team was able to be created
So who’s his chinaman on CPD?
Dipshit need to resign before Sup Larry throws him unna the bus
We all know how much the city has paid out in lawsuits over the years. Not in all cases, but lots of taxpayers' dollars have been paid out because CPD ignores officers that have severe issues/problems. I can think of a few cases that made the news, lawsuits follow and are settled and paid. Everyone had knowledge how the officers were problems which CPD ignored and just moved them around the department instead of dealing with the issues. Sad that nothing has changed.
Jcat, please be the force on this one. If this is all true, have his foid pulled so that it is a no pay situation. He then needs to be fired before he becomes a disability drain on the system.
Call out his juice. Is it Tate?
Resign. Seek mental help. Start over. He’s young enough to try to rebuild himself or… implode. Those are the only real options.
There’s no future for him here. He would be a pariah.
the city politicians know if they fire the officer that shot and killed another officer they will be admitting they did something wrong with hiring him in the first place
Should have been fired and sued to the ground.
"How about we don’t protect bad cops anymore. Maybe it was the norm back in the day, and maybe that’s why we’re here."
it's EXACTLY why we're here. BWCs & all the rest. Tank this guy yesterday.
Who Cares, this guy is a danger to himself and others on this job!!
Amen!
^ this. Which is why the easiest route is having J-Cat get the ISP to pull his FOID, thereby negating his ability to work for CPD. Then the City pols & CPD brass can pretend they had nothing to do with it all at either end, same result we & the city are much safer.
It’s about time it was posted. The guy is a hazard and needs to GO.
The easiest charge from COPA’s perspective is he never once said he fired his gun. Never made the notification to oemc, never made any notifications to his sergeant or WOL. They had to take his gun at the hospital and count the rounds for him to even admit he fired it. That’s a very easy sustained violation. Probably a hundred other violations but for certain protected persons Copa and bia never seem to do anything. I wonder whose side piece he is.
Jcat is his biggest defender, making excuses from him on day 1. How does an officer not know they fired their gun? That is the official story. CB somehow had no clue he even fired his gun until they took his gun from him and checked the rounds, which is not a normal thing to do. They only did it because they watched the body cam and saw he was the one who fired. CB never admitted her fired to anyone on scene or at the hospital where he was treated for his hand hurting. Jcat is blindly defending a fool.
Another defender of a bad cop. That game is over. We don’t defend bad cops anymore. Catanzara needs to get his head out of his own ass. Hopefully he is not elected again.
What is PRT and where were you at the mass gatherings and shootings?
Is he still in 006 on the tactical team?
Cause he's a tuff ...guy
Ongoing in room 500
Here’s why…
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!!
Can you still say chinaman?
This kid can't hold his mud and likes tuning up females. He is on a rocket ship to 30 pending.
J-Kitty is too busy with bringing the FOP to his block party with a second truck that the members have to pay for and buying his girl an 80 thousand suv.
This is where the FOP go’s to whatever it takes to protect his union rights, even if it meanings having to shit on every working officer out there.
He was stripped …
Wait till the Covid scam loan names drop. Lots of “bosses” and other officers.
WTF
he is embarrassing himself,,, if the truth hurts then act right
fuck this guy
The only one that’s going to help the situation is him. We can offer him help, but he’s got to take it.
Apparently he’s not helping the situation at all. He’s in self destruction mode. Until he wants to get out of it, not much we can do but watch and shake our heads.
Wait.. wait my white, cisgender ass hired 13 years ago would have been fired.... guess we were just held to a hire standard
Old timer here who are we talkin about so I know who to avoid.
Hopefully, yes.
The only bad cops that got protected back in the day were the ones with clout. If you got on the job legit, didn’t know anyone, and stepped in a little shit, no matter how minor, you got hammered by the department.
Karmas is a btch. We all heard the radio transmissions, everyone knows the truth. He loves beating on women and acting a fool. His guilt is going to get to him eventually or he will meet the wrong person one day while he’s on his shenanigans. Good riddance.
Trial began Tuesday, opening arguments by the state were solid, as well as all officer’s testimony. Hopefully the jury returns a guilty verdict before Friday.
Yep. Remember that officer in 011 who shot at a bat-wielding, aggressive mental and a round went thru a door hitting the neighbor?
Who’s going to be his next victim. Can’t even imagine what the law suit against the city will be and nobody can see this coming. Unbelievable.
Funny NO ONE is talking about the tranny instructor from the academy that decided to become a “woman.” These are now the people teaching these recruits!? This department is officially done, a joke to the profession.
Bingo!
Was Yo-Yo over hiring & recruitment❓If so, that’s your Answer 🧐🤔
I’m thankfully retired but spent years seeing Train Wrecks like this who were so bad, bosses did nothing. Used to work with a bust out drunk who’d have to have a squad sent to his house in an adjoining district when he was 3 hours late. Meanwhile Lt used to ride those who did nothing wrong and were responsible family guys. He’d nitpick everything. Sad very sad but bosses don’t like the heavy lifting.
Because this shows he has no remorse for his actions. We aren’t here to “help” the situation, we are here to show that this is how our co workers act. Do you want this guy next to you? He’s a liability. You obviously haven’t done any police work in your career
Who gives a fuck?! He did it to himself! He’s a piece of shit who needs to be fired and charged criminally! He doesn’t give a fuck, so why should you!
The guy has a history of fuck ups on the job and the people hired to supervisor him think its a good idea to put him on a Tact team.
It can’t hurt. It should have started years ago. That officer he killed would still be with us.
Why is he? Why is he? Why is he? Try it with me.
Why is he. Why is he. Why is he.
he is beating up a random woman at a bar the point she needed two stitches to close her facial cut....and she turns out to have been a fellow CPD Officer.
tell us you're a moron without saying you're a moron.
asshat
SCC, anything more ?
Not at the academy anymore..not defending or supporting him/her but it is what it is, this is 2025, he / she is not the only one on the department.. times change, sometimes not for the better, do you and keep on keeping.
He’s about 6.6’ too beating on women. Real tough guy. No wonder he had so many complaints. Wouldn’t be surprised if what the family is saying on social media is true, that she made a complaint against him. It’s what they’ve been saying the whole time but Catanzara trying to shut them up. Real nice way to treat a family of a dead police officer catanzara. I hope they expose you but it seems you’ve been successful in silencing them since early July.
A lot of decent cops have complaints. Unless you really look into each one you wouldn’t know if the complaint is legit or not. You expect a commander’s secretary to actually research who they accept for the tac teams? It’s just who applies and that’s it. Anyone can get on tac now, anyone. Your arrest, complaint history, none of it matters. They just want a willing body.
the 64 sgt is replacing another sgt who got dumped
Cisgender!? Ha ha ha you slipped through the cracks too!
“Hire “ standard? Yeah , obviously not! Lol
Some people just can’t and don’t want to be helped. Smiling, laughing and out with two girls at the bar all F’d up. He was never allowed in 006 tac until he was allowed in 006 tac… a good heads up Lt and Sgt always denied him… then they left and he came back…. There was a reason he wasn’t allowed as im hearing, he’s a cowboy. He is cocky and reckless who watched too many cop tv shows. Now this is just 3rd party info from people from 006, but clearly this guy has issues and should have never been hired. Pritzker just signed the advanced screening for officers bill.. gotta say I’m all for it with the trash we’ve been hiring since about 2016.
Go cry in a corner if you’re trying to defend some coward that likes to beat on a woman, have him come find someone like me if he wants to try and beat on someone
If the department gets a CR for drinking someone's coffee WTF are they waiting for with this???
Shitcan this guy already. We don’t want him on the job!
CPD leadership shaping up for another disastrous failure. Another opportunity for a media cover up.
PRT ? What the fuck is that and who cares ?
Tact teams aren’t what they used to be. At one time in order to get on tact you not only needed to be a worker , but you also needed to be trustworthy. No sergeant wants someone that’s going to cause them grief. These new tact teams are now reverse seniority and it shows.
I concur with this finding. CPD is a fucking disaster.
This sounds really interesting. Do tell.
This will never happen. He’ll be buried inside of a unit.
Chicago Sun-Times
@Suntimes
JUST IN: Carlos Baker, the Chicago police officer who shot and killed his partner, Krystal Rivera, during a foot pursuit earlier this year, allegedly attacked a female officer late Sunday at a bar in Wicker Park
https://x.com/Suntimes/status/1955683693357302163
Judging by the comment section … it seems like the CPD officers might agree that he negligently killed his partner.
Also did an google search and he used to play football in Utah, could this be a case of CTE?
Or he could just be a douchebag who knows
Sun Times is on it. They ain't wrong. This guy is a cancer. https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/08/13/chicago-police-crime-cpd-attack-krystal-rivera-carlos-baker-wicker-park-shooting?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-cst&utm_source=twitter. On paper he probably seemed like a good candidate to be a cop.
Should have been fired during his probationary period.
Some guys lack the maturity to be police. Plus he's a hothead.
I’ve been retired over 10 years and no longer live near the city, but from what I’ve read, it’s a powder keg ready to explode. I have no knowledge of any actions of this person, or the person themself, but the signs are all there. This is only going to end badly. This is the type of person, who does not think that they are ever wrong in their actions, and it’s always the fault of someone else. The beatings are just the beginning. This will escalate to the point, where our worse nightmare occurs, an active shooter. If you have knowledge of the actions of this person, and do nothing, you are as much to blame as the supervisors criticized here. Report this person! You don’t have to be a supervisor to file a complaint or to report this anonymously. You can always cc: your complaint to others, ie: I.G., OSHA ( the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, investigates workplace safety, including potential hazards from employees with unstable behavior in dangerous jobs), DOJ, and others. Stop this person before anyone else gets hurt or killed. The life you may be saving, just might be somone you know.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/08/13/chicago-police-crime-cpd-attack-krystal-rivera-carlos-baker-wicker-park-shooting
Resign? Are you soft? He punched a female copper. He’s been trouble from the start. Charge and fire his ass. Fuck him and his whack
Disgrace.
Trial is going pretty well. Police support and presence is pretty bad. These men and women deserve more support. The Department didn’t post anything about it. What is going on? They are reliving this horrible event and need our support. Stop in 500. It will still be going this afternoon and tomorrow. Ended yesterday around 5:30.
Some of us don’t help or protect scum.
You know why they did it? To warn everybody. People like YOU are the PROBLEM.
CWB just picked up the story.
Great job to the tippers and SCC!
The FOP is paying the legal defense of the coppers charged with stealing all the money from the court fiasco. Skergic and the other asshole. These mother fuckers fucked over many a fellow cop during this crime wave.
CWB just picked up the story. Rest of the news media will follow by Monday!
GOODBYE SCUMBAG!
This turd just doesn’t seem to flush.
Saw his TIK TOK video, how arrogant, and worse, he is in uniform acting like a lothario.
If an enemy wanted to destroy a department, this is how you do it.
Story picked up by CWB, Chicago Sun Times, Illinois Answers Project in the last few hours.
Put this MFer in JAIL with his kind. NEXT, OUT HIS CLOUT!
Yes, times change but see how you'd like it if a male is in your young daughter's bathroom or competes against her in sports so please stfu! No one should be on board with that.
If you can’t keep up with one of this magnitude, it might be time for you to exit stage left. You’ve likely overstayed your useful expiration in this field of employment.
This isn’t being talked about enough. He was denied going to tact by the tact Lt who had a good sense of these things.
Tact Lt left the district, and the new tact Lt ended up taking him to a team. The rest is history.
Come on , kid you’re better than that.
This asshole should’ve resigned out of honor alone.
So who’s his whack?
Glad that I’m retired but it’s getting difficult to tell people when asked that i was on the CPD.
Lothario!
There’s a word you don’t see every day, I’d venture the first time it’s been used in the history of this blog!
And used correctly, it’s likely you’re not a CPS graduate. Well done sir!
CWB picked it up, pics all over social media. What a poser. Geeze, I thought you guys kept better company.
Area 5. The least busy area needs prt for what exactly? Go back to the districts and answer jobs.
CWB seems to be connecting the 'lost' Glock issue to him through PO Rivera's death. Sometimes the whiff is enough to attract attention, someone higher up getting worried about too much attention in the wrong directions? Like SCC said, it will get worse before it gets better.
They don’t work nights and weekend! Hahhahahhahah
Embarrassment
The union will never undercut him and push for separation. Their job is the opposite.
Some boss needs to sign complaints for the female officer who got punched and charge this guy. Strip him and box him in with mandatory anger management, counseling, and aa and if he don’t comply and complete required treatment then fire him for conduct unbecoming.
Without intervention he’s going to blow up and hurt or bring others down with him.
No way! They backstabbed two cops from the court section.
SCC the Slum times has no shame leeching off your post
Comment of the day.
you’re backing this POS you must be his best friend or family! No other reasonable person would support criminal behavior like you!! You should be ashamed of yourself and ashamed to have someone like this in your circle, period!!
Your comment is exactly what is wrong inside this Department!!! Obviously you’re on the job so the question to you, Is this how you are ?
Smmfh
Name names if he was arrested its public information.
Well someone needs to do their jobs.
Tons of pics with him in uniform. I thought that was a no no?
What honor? You expect that coming from a dancing cop?
Chan 7 just ran the story about the bar incident!
Don't buy he never knew he fired his weapon. Who came up with that story? Was it the first FOP rep on the scene or FOP attorney.?????
Ned to be playing to get CTE. Looks like he was a bench warmer.
Good candidate because he checked a few boxes. A hell of a price to pay for being stylish.
The Bottomless Pit never ceases to produce......
Thank you, and you are correct sir, Catholic schools.
I guess all of those cracks to the head by the good nuns, priests, and brothers paid off.
They couldn't find a whore in a whorehouse.
No ones mentioned the false and misleading report with glaring omissions filed by CB before his victim came forward. That right there is enough to rule 14 that shitbird.
SCUM-Times
WATCHDOGS ?
More like useless wannabe media assholes.
This time next year they'll be working in fast food.
Nope. Will go for PTSD on duty disability and will get it.
Just a douchebag. Many officers played college football and they’re not out their beating women or as you said “negligently” killing his partner, which many officers don’t agree was the case.
I will attempt to not jinx the appearence of a certain bandito which this word, amongst others, is too sweet a bait for this certain bandito to resist.
Who cares?
It sounds as if you don’t think officer Rivera’s death was the result of NEGLIGENCE.
I don’t know about you, but I was trained to not point my gun at anything I don’t want to shoot. This guy had his gun pointed at his partner and pulled the trigger. Sounds pretty negligent to me.
CB battery of female PO is the lead story on the 10 p.m. ABC 7 news.
He won't leave till he gets his 75% ptsd duty disability
It makes complete sense...the dept, city, and sao hate us and think our lives are garbage.
That bridge stunt was for his upcoming ptsd claim for duty disability
Hein
It's so hypocritical of you all to bash this kid when I guarantee none of you have even seen the body worn camera. What a fucken joke you all are!!
There is enough of a paper trail and probably witnesses to warrant separation. For the good of the department, will the City do this? You can't save them all and from various accounts, this person has violated enough department rules to separate him., if not charge him with violations of law.
Being "on the department" does not mean supporting coworkers who know or should know they are breaking the law. Such coworkers are a disgrace to those of us who try to uphold the honor of our chosen profession. Is that how you are? Are you the tweaking type?
Man oh man, sad u bought into that b.s. and refer to yourself the way they do. You putting your pronouns at the bottom of your email, like the kneeler is? Wtf is wrong with u?!
I agree still crazy S.B was a fto after that too like woowww but he was a nice guy. This C.B guy just sounds like a total prick and should be fired already
Josh wallace
Apparently it was him. He didn't go over the air, didn't tell his sergeant, and went to the hospital for his hand hurting. You can hear this all on the radio transmission. Then Catanzara said in his video that BIA did an "administrative" check of his gun at the hospital finding it had been fired. Only then did he admit he murdered his partner. Catanzara is out there defending him, saying other officers can't speak on it because they were not there. But as an officer I'll say this simply: if I ever negligently kill my partner I would resign that same day.
So this is what I was wondering, did CB try to get ahead of this battery and make a false report on it. He better be careful, those bars have security cameras and depending on the area there may be pod camera of it. But he doesn't seem to be that smart.
Okay you got me ….. I had to google what Lothario was.
Definitely a first on the blog
A huge narcissist with an inflated ego. Should’ve never made it through the hiring process to begin with.
fuck this guy. he’s a piece of shit. why are YOU sticking up for him?
I had to look up the definition
I wasn't aware his partner that he shot was a witness in the stolen gun incident until I read the CWB article. Her family needs to demand that the feds (outside of Chicago) get involved in the investigation of the incident when she was shot and killed. WTF actually happened?
Ha! A white shirt perhaps?
You must’ve not been around for MSF and TRU. You’ll learn soon, enjoy when the team is disbanded and everyone is scattered to the Southside for years before bids open up elsewhere.
Fuck this guy!!!! Fuck him and everything he believes in!!!
I love it when people “demand”. Cracks me up
Teddy got me hooked on philanderer and Oldsmobile way back in July 1969.
He negligently pointed his gun pointed his gun at his partner, and pulled the trigger.
Why some idiot coppers are insistent on giving this a pass, will never know. It’s bothersome to know that his supporters and defenders work among us.
If your child was shot and killed on duty by her partner with a shady background, you would sit back and stay quiet? I'd be going scorched earth and yes, "demand" answers and an investigation by an outside agency. It's not the same "demand" as give me free shit. An officer was killed and the partner doesn't appear to be a good human.
Jack Hightower
Or a dirty cop?
First of all this "kid" is a grown man and second you are a joke to be defending him.
Demand? Fuck yeah I would DEMAND a lot of answers to a lot of questions and I would DEMAND those questions be answered by an unbiased outside agency if my loved one was "accidentally" shot and killed by this unhinged lunatic. I wonder how much it would crack you up, as you say, if this happened to your loved one.
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