Great Job Barz
Merely confirming what we had been reporting for ten or so years.
This probably played a largish role in why he left under a cloud:
Taxpayers should pay $950,000 to a former Chicago Police Department lieutenant who said his supervisors retaliated against him after he resisted orders to make “illegal” traffic stops, city lawyers recommended.
Lt. Franklin Paz accused CPD officials of violating the state’s Whistleblower Act by reassigning him to the overnight shift in a South Side police district after he objected when former Commander Michael Barz demanded that Paz order the members of the citywide Community Safety Team he supervised to stop at least 10 Chicago drivers every day.
The city paid nearly $681,000 to private attorneys to defend Paz’s lawsuit, according to records obtained by WTTW News through a Freedom of Information Act request.
State law bans law enforcement agencies from requiring officers to make a certain number of traffic stops. A CPD spokesman told WTTW News in a statement the department does not “utilize quotas” for traffic stops.
That did not stop Barz from pushing members of the team to demonstrate high levels of “activity,” according to the lawsuit.
Barz (allegedly) demanded 10 stops a day.
Was he also the boss (allegedly) collecting phone numbers (on video no less) from young women during parades? Was that part of another quota? Inquiring minds want to know.
UPDATE: that was Don Jerome. Barz was the crooked sergeant who covered up the IAD lieutenant cheating scandal where six of the top ten scores came from the IAD Confidential Section. He sat on the evidence until promised (extorted?) a series of promotions for not exposing Sup. Johnson's wife and her entire bridal party.
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posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
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Jerome was the female hunter , also would go into 016 to “ workout “ all while a pretty female F4 would work out always , hunting her
Paz was a huge piece of shit. Ruined Area South Saturation with his micromanaging. His juice was dumbass Holt who made him (and jackass Cascone) merit Lt. It was no coincidence that after Holt woke up long enough to submit his retirement papers that Cascone retired and Paz was dumped back to patrol. Paz sucks.
This is like a Greek tragedy a merit dog ass vs merit dog ass. Fp sat inside most of his whole career claiming a bogus injury and when he couldnt get disability he filed this suit. And the other guy covered up the lt test cheating and who k ows what else so he was rewarded w a DC spot.
People are missing the big picture.
Here’s the M/F who’s responsible for Barz’s promotions. Fred Waller.
But based on his parenting skills (or lack of) it looks like he may be on the way out.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/10/03/cops-accused-ppp-fraud-domestic-violence-sons-former-chicago-police-superintendents
Way to go Frank. This should have never occurred. Barz was and is a POS who ruined many coppers lives.
“Was he also the boss (allegedly) collecting phone numbers (on video no less) from young women during parades? “
If you were talking about Mexican Independence a few years ago, that would have been Don Jerome, former A/1 DC current Street Deputy
Barz kept pushing this shit in 018. He got the Tact Lt., Sgt.’s and a bunch of coppers fucked up. He told us he had our backs and then jumped ship when the shit hit the fan. 1/2 the Tact team has already been stripped and supposedly the Lt. and a bunch more are getting stripped this coming week.
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chicago-police-18th-district-1863-tactical-team-officers-reassigned-problematic-pattern-traffic-stops-turned-searches/17851198/
I’ve been following this case pretty closely. According to my research this Lt. had most of the Sgt:’s and a dozen PO’s that backed him and some pretty damning supporting evidence. They were tired of the nonsense. Good for him.
Any evidence that those young women were not of the not a banana in pocket but merely glad to see him?
Barz should’ve been sh-t canned years ago, but the City was willing to pay nearly $681,000 for attorney’s to defend his b-llshit against one of their employees that was standing up for what’s right, and they still settled.
It took the Superintendent forever to remove Barz, just like Talley. He allows things to go on for too long.
Don Jerome was getting the phone number on video.
I like this part…. A spokesperson for the CPD declined comment, saying the department does not comment on pending litigation. Likewise, a spokesperson for the city's Law Department declined comment Tuesday afternoon, saying they are still reviewing the suit.
From someone in the know, I’m a PO who worked on CST South who was one of a shit load of us who was also targeted by Barz. Barz tried to get several of us and two Sgt.’s dumped. Sgt DS who’s now a Lt in 009 and who was one of the best Sgt.’s we had there at the time Barz wanted to dump him because he wasn’t happy with our blue card numbers. Even though we were making arrests and getting guns he just wanted the stupid blue cards because he said that’s what Brown wanted. We had just got done working weeks of riots over twelve hour days not to mention we were told to stay away from people because of the bullshit pandemic and Barz kept threatening us to make more and more traffic stops. Paz stuck up for the Sgt and the rest of the officers Barz wanted to dump and then Barz went after him for sticking up for us and not making us get the numbers he wanted everyday. That’s how that shit went down.
The night that Ella French got killed, Lt. Spreyne who is now the Commander of 008 came into roll call and threatened us all to go out and get more blue cards. Within a couple of hours of roll call Ella French was killed trying to get a fucking Blue card. Our Sgt. FH who recently retired as a Lt. came in visibly shaken and told our team that this blue card shit stopped immediately. Fuck him too. He knew this quota shit was wrong but still pressured us too.
That’s right, Ella French’s blood is on both of your hands you pieces of shit. Spreyne has always been a pompous arrogant blowhard know it all but this time he went beyond and sold his soul for a gold star carrying Barz’s blue card orders out. Fuck them all and I’m glad the Lt. brought this out.
Was he also the boss (allegedly) collecting phone numbers (on video no less) from young women during parades?
Nah, that was T-1000 the one and only Don “Allah” Jerome. Did he get forced out or is he still here? Didn’t he cost the department a lawsuit or two as well?
10 years? Shit SCC this has been going on for at least the 30 years I have on. Every district, every watch and every unit.
The 53-year-old Barz was also a captain in the 25th district, a lieutenant in the 10th district, and a sergeant in the Confidential “Investigations Section within the Bureau of Internal Affairs. Barz has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Loyola University and attended the FBI National Academy.” Wow!
Make the city pay for promoting these ass hats.
Phone boy was Deputy Chief Jeromeo
How on earth did Barz make commander in 2023?
Barz and Linas of CST at the time would openly announce at the detail’s first roll call. “We (CST) don’t work in patrol so we can leave earlier. But we need to justify our existence. 5 blue cards is good enough”. I never heard anyone ask for 10 so can’t confirm.
I enjoyed my 4-5 hour days at CST while the districts were short staffed and worked like slaves. Lunch was anywhere in the city. Zero calls. It was good living and Paz fucked it all up. After the lawsuit was filed everything changed.
Yet CST continues
Did you dig deeper on Barz being placed on a Brady list. That started back when he was in IAD as a Sgt.
But the CPD and Corp counsel continued to put Barz on the stand during criminal or civil trials.
The only one lying more on the stand was Debra Kirby.
During her IAD testimony.
And now this testimony has been proven as perjury just like Barz.....
I could care less about Barz, PAZ could be one of the worst people ever on this job. You will be hard pressed to find someone deficient in every area of policing and life. This could only happen here.
The bigger idiots are the coppers that listen and do it
Barz has always been a tool. It shows they promoted him to Lieutenant to shut him up after the cheating scandal in HQ and IAD. It also proves that every case he was involved in ended up in civil courts. And the city ended up paying out due to Barz and his false reports. But he was always the best and brightest cpd had. Remember, earned not given bs that Kirby started in IAD? Yep Kirby was the start of this nonsense and she believed in Barz and Brown. And how did that work for CPD?
If the Department claims that they don't have a quota system then they should get rid of Compstat. Welcome back SCC, hope you had a good trip.
Can’t stand this guy. Once did a burglary report where the offender is on video entering the garage and then leaving the garage with some of the victim’s tools. He made a nasty comment to me because I made it a burglary report instead of a theft report. Sorry boss, not playing your game of killing crime to make you look like you have any clue of what you’re doing. Pure idiot in My 30 year opinion.
Fat slob Barz did the same thing in 018. Pushing quotas and numbers.
Get back to work Paz. You can’t curl up in a ball, your a leader not a sleeper.
Barz, trade the stuff you hid from the cheating Lts investigation for a pass on this.
Barz is a complete tool. Was getting demoted for going on a MLB trip for his side job when he was told he couldn’t go and still went. He was the commander of 18 at the time. That’s why he retired, 2 big demotions in a few short years.
he is a stalking predator, just like Larry the super supe
There was no “hunting” that specific female, it was available to whoever.
You're not from around here are ya'
Congratulations Frank! Well deserved!!!
lol. That’s why you don’t work idiot have fun in callback of course these bosses threw you under faster than you could realize
bars is a clown, jerome is a 1/2 clown
Were there illegal stops?
His ppo f/4 in 9 never worked a full tour & had a fight with another f/4 in Turtles
So did Paz
I'm glad that I stayed away from all that crap.
There is no quota system!
However a Schwin bicycle is given away every month for…
It has been renamed PRT now. I’m sure same things going on there tho
STFU BARZ, you got what you deserved.
Wow. So you’re blaming supervisors for asking their subordinates to do their job? Sounds pretty entitled to me. You know what you’re signing up for when you go to those units. Yes you’re expected to bring in activity and usually you get taken care of with an early release. You’re evidently that guy who want to go to the citywide unit drive around checking out the girls, taking a 2 hour lunch and want to go home early with no activity. Seems there’s more and more of you guys out there these days. RIP CPD.
Lots of bosses still push this. The problem is a burglary reflects poorly on their numbers. At compstat they get called out for their numbers. So there’s a huge incentive for the Cmdr’s and Capt’s to push to downgrade any and all crime. It is real and still happening. CompStat is the root of all evil with this dept.
Absolutely! He’s cost the city millions with numerous lawsuits.
Remember him threatening this female officer to drop the federal lawsuit or go to prison?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2015/3/25/18593280/cop-says-she-was-told-arrest-could-go-away-if-she-dropped-federal-lawsuit
Wrong, Paz was a standup guy. He looked out for us. Stop hating and go back in your mama’s basement.
Totally agree. Compstat is the reason all these numbers get pushed. From traffic stops to downgrading crimes. Everything comes down to them tracking numbers for compstat and commanders needing to look good while they’re at the podium.
Shame on any self respecting individual for producing numbers for a Stroke Boss. The Lt sounds like a Mope to boot. Eff both of em.
Yeah, at least he had the balls to stand up to Barz who’s the biggest Narcissist there is. He actually thought he was in charge of something. He was Brown’s lap dog. Hope it was worth it.
Waller was his juice. Once he couldn’t help him anymore Waller let him burn. Now it’s Waller’s turn.
Whoever wrote this needs to resign today. How dare you blame supervisors for Ella’s death. If you expect supervisors to hold your hand everyday then you’re not qualified to be out there as an officer. Go drive a fricken truck. Moron.
This is the very definition of selling ur soul!!! Hope u enjoyed it “Rat”!!!
Wow is right. He was pushing quotas back in 025 when I was there. Barz was responsible for t
Commander Escamilla getting dumped too. Just because he had a special needs kid and had Caps entertwin him from time to time. Barz got what he deserved.
When Officer Rice “committed suicide” take a look at who the Sgt. she was with called before and after. Look at last page of call log. Barz has been involved in a lot of shit on this job.
https://www.chicagocopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1092570_Blackbox.pdf
Waller, who’s been covering up for him for years in exchange for covering up his dirty deeds. Now Waller’s juice has dried up and the mayors turned his back on him as Snelling. Waller gone by November, you heard it here first lads.
FUCKING CORRUPTION!
O.T. I can’t seem to shake the thought that if I call a 10-1 some pos chief of patrol might tell people not to respond and tell me I’m on my own. I think I’m done with this job and the no balls political hacks running it.
And your proud to fuck your brethren while we had back logs and ran from job to job while you played the blue card police? You’re a fucking jagoff as all of your other 2 year wonders are and were. Cops got hurt because we were short you piece of shit. Fuck you and your entitled generation. Good for Paz who ever he is.
Oh yeah, that’s why Cline put him in IAD to hide shit especially with the SOS scandal.
Yes, and some of us are stripped for it. If your a young officer and some boss tells you to go out and get activity that he’s got your back and promises you promotions or units tell them to go fuck themselves.
625 ILCS 5/11-1-12 (Quotas Prohibited) technically only applies to citations issued not number of stops (whether blue card or formally the verbal warning). The only exception to it is tied to grant money (state or federal) tied to traffic enforcement (DUI Roadblocks / Click it or Ticket, etc). Not that I agree with Barz and his pressures but the statute is clear
I’ve know PAZ his entire career. He’s a decent guy who refused to let a boss fuck him over. We need more people to standup to the corruption.
That’s horseshit, I’m not a huge fan of suing each other but he was worker, at least the years I remember him on the west side.
Good job Frankie knuckles.
I’m surprised no lawsuit was brought against the city when Anthony Escamilla, then the Commander of 025, had a memo leaked to the media demanding 10 traffics stops minimum from the afternoon rapid cars.
What’s a matter, were you one of the dogass Sgt.’s who got dumped?
Wrong his juice was Larry Watson not Holt or Cascone. Cascone was a dangerous fucknut himself who got a ton of people stripped t
and charged trying to get guns for those of us who were there.
When are you tactidummies going to learn that if you are accused of violating someone’s constitutional rights, there is nothing any boss can do for you? I mean, with bwc and all why were you still randomly stopping vehicles and searching? But hey, the boss has your back?!!?
Right…… because we’re going to give someone almost a million dollars and pay 681K to defend Barz and probably another million to the Lt.’s lawyers if CPD wasn’t actually in the wrong. Of course there’s no comment. If you believe Barz was not doing it I have a lot of land in the Sahara to you.
Paz was a good dude who looked out for us. Stop hating.
I worked there. It was absolutely going on! God job Lt!
You’re a whiney pussy! Whaaaa, we have to do traffic….. You’re exactly the kind of officer who destroyed this job. If the boss wants 10 traffic stops, go get them. It ain’t all that hard to find that amount in a few hours. But no, that would interfere with getting your Starbucks and watching Netflix on your phone. Again, you’re a pussy!
And NO DEGREE in common sense or common courtesy for his fellow man. Barz is and always has been nothing more than a self serving overzealous prick weasel. and for a SGT being sent to the 3-6 month FBI training? That’s all clout driven AND it’s always been an invite only opportunity. So he didn’t go to FBI Academy like FBI recruits, it was for local police related training and he got sent there by the exempt clout he sucked up to.
Barz was a douche his entire carreer.
I think the Cubs and Bears should know they are employing a racist quota pusher in Barz.
CST was disbanded 2 years ago…
You should have been indicted….
OT. Lil Lt Ducky from 001 is crying that he can’t handle it and wants out. He’s saying he’s going to 016 as tac Lt for his buddy TH. If Snelling lets this happen he’s lost the entire department
Problem is.....he was promoted.....dumped....and then promoted again.
Tally is out tomorrow!!
Don’t let piece of crap Hein off the hook need a full story on that !
He's what I know, Barz is a fucking stroke, absolutely untrustworthy. Anybody with more than second on the job who can't see through him should hang it up.
From your post, Paz is a stroke, and you sir are a stroke. If you want to cry about a boss asking for activity while you work 4 hour days you should go write case reports and work 8 hour days on the watch.
Clearly you didn't know French because she would be doing stops whether she was told to get 0,5,10,15 or 110 blue cards. Blaming Spreyne for her is absurd. If I had to guess, you are now writing case reports and checking off after full boat tour and are bitter you didn't get sent to Homan Square with the rest of CST.
Agreed. The city never defends CPD against lying criminals, they just hand over millions.
Guess who else believed in barz and sponsored him going to IAD - fat fill kline. He loved barz from area 5 and thought barz was a brilliant copper. Kline fucked this dept over and was only for himself.
You didn’t have the fortitude to think for yourself and tell them to fuck off, and put me back on a watch? The bosses that would indeed stand by their word and your side were shown the door years ago and these merit hacks were put in their place.
CST was disbanded numb nuts
This right here
Grown men unable to think for themselves
Barz the FAT PIG had his Lulemon honeys in 018 too he was boinking or shall I say oinking.
Fp made Sgt off score but was merit Lt
I’m hearing the STUPIDVISORS are throwing Barz under the bus and that the FEDS are looking at this.
Mick Belker Says:
Anyone out there remember the CPD Traffic Units infamous “White Hats”, who gave you the option of buying a pencil for $$$, instead of receiving a ticket for a minor traffic violation ?
You forgot to mention Barz made countless fake promises for merit promotions to them
Nope that cuckhold Cascone was made by Sean Loughran pushing the Commander when he was a Tact Lt. in 005. He was a loose cannon back then and it got worse when he made Lt. and went to Gang Enforcement. He got Sgt.’s and cops stripped for his nonsense of pushing to get guns at any cost. His involvement in a traffic pursuit cost the city over 20 million dollars and a poor Hispanic family was killed in traffic accident. I remember him saying and joking that those people weren’t worth that and laughing about it. Thought the shit was funny that the city paid out that much.
Cascone left because he was going to get indicted for all the dumb shit he did on camera at the riots and they covered up.
PRT to be disbanded any day now
Yeah heard from someone in BIA it was pretty bad.
Yeah, I was there too dude but I was tired of being harassed. It was 5 cards per man and 10 per car is what Barz wanted.
Why is the piece of shot Waller still here? How many idiots does the Supe need to hold his hand. Get rid of Waller.
I was there in 2020 and 2021 and this is accurate. Paz was a piece of shit, but Barz would be nothing without his enablers. Siwek and Linas were two of the biggest company lapdogs he had and everyone saw it back then.
You can talked shit about Paz, but none of you have the guts to put your name down on the dotted line and file a lawsuit against and exempt or to speak up for what’s right. NONE! Only a few brave men and women.
Whattttt the IAD is corrupt? Wow!
More corruption centered around the BIA/IAD. The unit should be disbanded or undergo a complete shake-up. Gut the unit.
Once against BIA investigators secretly assigned to investigator involving their neighbors and former colleagues. This time it costed us $$$$. That conflict of interest clause is often ignored.
Paz is a POS. Always has been, always will be. Perpetual litigant thinks only of himself.
Actually, they’re both good people and only friends SMH
The Feds are coming to get you Barzy. I would move to a non extraditable island pronto fool.
Tally up all of Barz’s shenanigans and you’ll see that he’s cost the city and taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars.
Good job Frankie. Fuck Barz
Yeah, what about Waller? He needs to go.
Oh, Jerome wasn’t the only one caught on video was it Mikey?
Isn’t that why you left in such a hurry and pushed up your retirement date?
He sure in the fuck did.
That’s all Barz was about is lies and illusions.
Call Frank what you want but he had the balls to stand up for us and himself.
Of course not.
Spreyne is another POS. Self promoting and serving dweeb
Yeah, Fred wasn’t pissed that day. He knew the true story behind Ella French but chose to remain quiet and got his Lt. Bars from Barz. He makes himself out to be a caring supervisor but was ALWAYS out for himself in the end.
Follow Deeze nuts Barz.
Ed Burke is no longer listed in Bureau of Prison inmate record. Did he get out after 1 year ?
The city should go after Barz for the dough that they’ve had to shell out for years. At least go after his pension.
Ella and her partner ,, stopped the killer asshole Bros for expired License tag .Is that what blue cards were used for ?
Yes, they are responsible for her death as David Brown is.
Barz has perjured himself with every single case he has done where he railroaded and blatantly lied and made shit up just to make the case. The Feds are on it.
Funny shit. Obviously they have no comment.
Bribery and coercion LAD
You have the rolls reversed dummy.
Exactly!
Blue cards 30 years ago? I don't remember blue cards being a thing until ISR's became a thing. Before that if you didn't write a ticket you would just send people on their way unless you felt like writing a contact card
According to my research you’re an idiot but so is Barz.
This was Barz when HEIN called him into the office. He thought he was getting promoted but instead got whacked like Tommy did.
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/DnNvSNOeUb0
I spit my coffee out on this one. Thank you for the good hearty laugh. Well done.
If you make a traffic stop without issuing a citation you are required by General Order to do a blue card. So if they do 10 traffic stops then there should be at least 10 citations or more , or 10 blue cards. Are you new? Yes , you can give a verbal warning but you better fill out that blue card otherwise if there’s a beef they will get you for not doing the card.
Everyone knew about it. The contrarian reported on it way back then.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/lawsuit-exposes-inefficient-use-of-police-manpower-assets
Why did all the comments about Hein’s screw up stop? Were they limited?
It tells me you sit behind the desk and don’t listen to the radio all the CST guys who followed the blue card game , turned into the area “PRT “ same thing with a different name …. who’s the numb nuts now go eat a donut at the desk .
We’ve been hearing this for a year
Fuck you Media troll.
Fuck you Spreyne you know what you did.
This was exactly how it went down! 100%
No you moron, the demand for certain number of activity.
Tact had to get at least one arrest daily. The watch had to get 5 Parker’s and a mover a day.
That was Barz who instituted that on Escamilla behalf.
Correct!
Oh they now.
Boy are you a dumbfuck.
Lemmer wouldn’t like that now would he?
Only Greek tragedy is Pappianou getting moved out soon.
Yeah, he promised movement to units, special training and possible promotion consideration. All BS that those young PO’s fell for.
Yes he was.
List all the shit Barz has been involved in.
002nd District Ronald Watts corruption case that Waller & Ernie Brown is connected to it as well
Narcotics scandal
Area four gun team scandal
Spaulding court witness intimidation suit
CST Traffic stop shit and suit
018th District Traffic Stop suits
ACLU suits
SOS scandals and suits
025th District Scandal
010th District Tact Scandal
010th District court Witness intimidation case
False charging of Commander of 003rd District
Area Central Detective death
Countless smaller cases involving PO’s and false allegations where he lied to make the cases.
Feel free to add to it.
Wait until the ACLU audit of CST blue cards. Two year wonders did anything for those 10 cards.
Was not impressed at all with Paz when he was a patrolman in 013. Lazy actually. His bro-in-law, Commander Frank Limon at the time took care of him.
Scc. Any word on LT test results? How can answer key be emailed out 1 hour after test is done, yet, the results are still not out? it’s scantron….
I am writing this thank you letter to the SCC Blog Operators to show my gratitude and appreciation for allowing me to have this memorable experience. The dispatcher who relayed that “not responding order” when police officers needed assistance is going to get blamed for the whole thing. At least the right dispatcher is on the hook for this scandal. They are going to fire her for the Triple P loan fraud and blame her for not understanding English and not being able to relay a simple message of “we are responding.” They will not fire her for the request for assistance scandal; they will just fire her for the Triple P loan fraud. Seeing that karma is on the prowl is very rewarding and cathartic. Also, I am going to leave these words for “The Triple P Loan” dispatchers.
“Cause karma is the thunder
Rattling your ground
Karma's on your scent like a bounty hunter
Karma's gonna track you down
Step by step from town to town
Sweet like justice, karma is a queen
Karma takes all my friends to the summit
Karma is the guy on the screen”
Those are Swift’s lyrics. And those words will be forever burned into the dispatcher’s mind. Every time that the dispatcher hears that song she will be reminded of karma.
It’s called EXTORTION.
Paz was a straight shooter. If you did your job you were good. He wasn’t going to allow ghost patrolling or OT fraud like the way Barz did with us in summer mobile for getting blue cards.
I was never down with that and always worried about getting screwed.
According to my research none of the individuals named in the suit are on the job anymore. Don’t think corp counsel would be able to get them to testify, let alone show up/be found.
Way to go - good for you.
I was forced to retire because of Cascone. Two faced backstabber.
It’s all coming to a head Mikey. Karma is a bitch ain’t it?
Frank did that for him. He was soooo afraid to go back to a district and sees this as his way out. Guy is a pussy, been taken care of his whole career.
It really seems that there is only a handful of young entitled coppers that comment on here. If you want some boss that's going to tell you what to do, promise to keep you safe and free from lawsuits then you got another thing coming pal. This job is what you make it. And no one is going to be able to protect you from A) the offenders and B) lawsuits if you f up. So freshen up that resume and find a new gig because you surely don't have what it needs to be the POPO.
Stop hating, he was good to us in 003.
Frank could be difficult as a person but he was a smart worker and definitely no merit clown.
Needs to be taken over by FBI.
All files need to be ceased and reinvestigated.
They do nothing other than work a few hours and get blue cards. Put them all back in best cars and let them pitch in answering calls.
Balls of steel to go against the establishment.
Exactly, as long as they bring in BS blue cards
Or a Motorcycle to a Lt. in SOS?
At least he had the balls to stick his neck out and challenge that Barz fuck. Go fuck yourself fucktard.
Nah, his entire life. I went to school with him and have know him since kids.
Indictments are imminent..
The good guys in white hats
Each blue card requires bwc footage.
Wow, when did this come out? Two stuperintendents sons are going to be indicted and fired? Why no thread on this?
This is unfucking believable.
We are ok in PRT! Thanks for your concern and keep us out of this drama. Thanks
How about his alcohol infused District sponsored 018th District Christmas party last year when the young officer ran over an innocent victim just walking across the street? He never even showed up to the scene because he himself was inebriated.
Correct. Lots of anonymous big mouths.
Lt. Frank Paz had the balls to take action in response an unethical and illegal activity mandate. You might recall that the reporting of such things is required as per your GO’s.
But instead of doing the right thing, grown adults who swore an oath to the Constitution and to enforce local ordinances and state laws chose to look the other way for abbreviated tours of duty, overtime opportunities etcetera.
What most failed to realize then - but are quickly realizing now - is that the promises made by Barz & Company in exchange for “10 blue cards a tour” were nothing but empty promises. You all were whored-out for meaningless activity while your supervisors reaped the benefits via promotions and continued favorable treatment and assignments.
As adults you should have known that straying into those gray areas came with consequences. Lt. Paz recognized the game being encouraged/mandated by Barz and refused to go along to get along. Instead, he put the best interests of his subordinates first and instructed those who would listen to not fall into the trap. Keep in mind that Barz’s Numbers Game was happening simultaneously to 12+ hours days during the “mostly peaceful” Floyd riots. Guys and gals were treated like rented mules to justify a flavor of the week unit on top of days off canceled and daily extended tours.
So in true CPD fashion, retaliation was swift and Lt. Paz quickly became the focus of the administration’s ire. Only problem? Lt. Paz didn’t just fall off a taco truck in Pilsen. Those who don’t know the man have no clue who he is or where his beliefs and moral tenets are founded. And as history has shown time and time again, one shouldn’t mistake a quiet person for a stupid person.
Lt. Frank Paz did everyone in that unit a huge favor, only many are too ignorant to recognize this fact. Activity mandates (aka “Quotas”) have been around for as long as I was on the job and will no doubt continue as long as there’s no meaningful consequences. Only the dumbest supervisors memorialize same - and their retaliation- via email, text message and social media.
Good job, Frank. You shined a long overdue light on just one tiny facet of a thoroughly corrupt department.
Glen P. Popiela (retired)
You keep posting the same shit almost every week and they keep posting nojo's. You know why? Because they are one of the few units that are ok with last minute start time changes and being the front line with all the nonsense city is dealing with unlike your lazy ass sitting at the hole and hoping you get dispatched to a hospital run loser
True, always about the numbers. Produce or we split up partners, take you off your car and put you in the relief pool. Never fell for the bullshit, the squad car was my office and me and my partner were the managers.
Barz is a PIECE OF SHIT! The scumbag intentionally announced officer's complete addresses over the zone on medical checks. Fuck you Mikey, karma is real and you have alot of it heading your way.
10/14/2025 09:31:23 AM
CST was all reverse seniority so OP had no choice. Might as well stop few cars and go home.
there was.....back on 04 October titled PPP Fraud Progress
Cause karma is the thunder
Rattling your ground
Karma's on your scent like a bounty hunter
Karma's gonna track you down
Step by step from town to town
Sweet like justice, karma is a queen
Karma takes all my friends to the summit
Karma is the guy on the screen”
Can I use that for a sgt, lt and the rest of the haters
Those are Swift’s lyrics.
I don’t get it, if the powers that be knew all this then why did they keep him?
Right that’s why there is hundred of thousands of stops that are unaccounted for because the “general order says so” and coppers never break rules…. You’re truly an idiot.
https://www.injusticewatch.org/criminal-courts/police/2024/chicago-police-traffic-stops-off-the-books/
Or State Police?
Haha, Hein did the same to him when he hit the medical. He sent Inspectors to his house everyday for a visual check every day he was off.
Personally heard Barz requests for activity. Also, he came into a roll call at a future date saying he never said what he said before at a previous roll call. Him and his one lieutenant who remains nameless in this post are shitty. Fucking us around on our forced detail to days, afternoons, changing day off groups, last car to check off bs. We started w activity but were forced to check off with ZEROs. Fuck them. Sgt’s were good and understood the bs we were all dealing with.
Well said, Glen!
Glen P. Popiela (retired)
10/14/2025 05:53:30 PM
Your no slouch yourself GP. You spoke up on more than a few big issues over the years. Covid exemption game and special emp nonsense especially. There ain’t too many cut from that cloth on this job. Speaking of which, I just heard you pulled the pin. Congrats.
Don Jerome is without a doubt the greatest cop to ever live. If you don’t believe me just ask Don , he’ll tell you all about how awesome he is.
Comstat is nothing but a quota meeting.
What an asshole. If it’s any consolation when he hit the medical the Inspectors fucked with him everyday. He was so paranoid that he only hit the medical for a few days and came in and retired/resigned under investigation with no credentials.
Here’s the entire lawsuit complaint linked on CBS.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lawsuit-chicago-police-lieutenant-says-community-safety-team-pushes-illegal-arrest-quotas-retaliated-against-him-for-speaking-out/
https://www.scribd.com/document/491271193/Paz-Complaint
Didn’t he bring James Hunt who shot and killed a guy and said I fuck your mother and kill mother fuckers to some banger who sued him? I think they were trying to fire him but it got reversed?
On the contrary, he made Area South Saturation more tolerable to deal with as our Lt. until Barz came and fucked it up.
Funny how shit is made up. He was still working when he filed the suit, Inused to work with him. Great partner and would give you the shirt off his back.
Five a day if you want to stay.
Nope, nothing about Waller’s kid being stripped and going after him with 30 pending along with forthcoming charges with his domestics like his daddy.
It was much different times when Freddy beat his women. With today’s technology it’s hard to hide shit and hard to pop eyeballs back in sockets - he will be losing his job - just a matter of time. A Certain agency has copies of everything in his file and is watching the outcome of the so call internal investigation under a microscope. As for Hillards softball kid he’ll get fired, lose his pension and get probation more than likely. All the crooked shit they did to get them where they are and they fuck up like that? Hillard’s nappy pappy has millions with no bid city contracts that never got looked into.
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