Nice Job Sarge
Above (literally) and beyond:
Mentally ill subject on the roof, CFD shows up, but it isn't for them to confront someone armed with a knife on a roof - they're just there to pick up the pieces after he hits the ground.
So Sarge goes up, talks him into ditching the knife, and then sits up with him for a bit, talking and enjoying the sunny weather before the subject finally decides it's probably quieter on the ground....
Or something like that. We don't have all the details. But we're pretty sure this isn't in any job description - it's just something cops do, day in and day out with little to no recognition, because that's what we do.
Nice job....and anyone with the details, post them in the comments.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
73 Comments:
Nice job Pete!
Sgt is a fool.
Headlines in slum times....
NOT!
"Do we have a CIT unit out there?"
Answer: NOPE
Pay me 5% more like Fire gets for specialized training, then I'll think about doing the training.
Should have talked him into a new roof while he was up there....
He’s outta his FN mind! That mental throws him off the roof he’s getting denied disability! Talk that nut off that roof from a safe GROUNDED position.
I don’t want to hear anyone complain about CIT Crisis Intervention Team Training again. These are skills that are honed in CIT training. Great job Sarge.
Very nice job! Odds of MSM carrying the story and the pix are lousy, but we know and love our LEOs. Sometimes being a hero requires compassion, patience, and smarts. Excellent job, Sarge!
Leading from the front doing God's work! Great job Sarge!!!!
Why didn't the city send a social worker? ;-)
Huge mistake. This is the result of watching too many cop movies. Wait him out from the ground or at most from the ladder.
Um ok, good job, thankfully everything ended well but we have a swat team for reason, you had no safety equipment while on the roof, it’s a good thing you didn’t fall off.
Good test scenario for violence interrupters
Fabulous. LEOs do so much ! Thrilled for this s, and other simple lar great stories. You are all heroes.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask: Was that a CFD photo? They love to take pics of their jobs, even if they just spectate.
Never. Ever. Forget.
You are doing God’s work.
Good job you should be adding a green one to the ribbon bar shortly.
See you took the fire test and then took the wrong job anyway!
Great job Sarge. Wonder if the mainstream media will run a story on it. Nevermind.
Where is the socialist mental health worker? Clowns
It works till it doesn’t work.
Alternative ending———-and then the mental hugged the sgt on the roof and deliberately fell with the sgt to the pavement. The impact Instantly killed the sgt but the mental was cushioned by the body of the sgt and walked away unscathed.
CIT is like Russian Roulette——sometimes it goes bad.
Good work Sgt...Any Lt wiling to put in at least an honorable mention or a life saving award??? Doubt it.
Good work Sarge!
While you're up there, could you replace a shingle or two?
Just another day on the Job.
...And no mention of this heroic act of courage in the media. I guess they haven't read the blog yet. Taking bets on who airs this incident first!
Millennials are surely a different generation, thinking much differently from the guys I worked with in 86, just out of the academy. Many were Korean and Vietnam vets. Most carried 45s, since it was a gun that put you down and kept you down. And usually took you OUT too. Never did first aid, at best they would scoop someone up and drive em to the ER themselves, a service usually reserved for wounded POs or injured kids. Someone trying to jump off a roof would usually be found a nice location to land if it was so desired. Most of us are now retired, I would NEVER put my ass out there to disarm a suicidal fool or get pulled off of a roof by one. Not worth your future health or your families security. Hard to coach little league from a wheelchair. We would NEVER render first aid to someone who tried to kill me or my partner. AND YES, A 45.USUALLY PUTS SOMEONE DOWN AND KEEPS THEM DOWN.
Why such Officers & Supervisors are not granted Merit promotions⁉️ Oops‼️ I know they don’t go along to get along and don’t fit the AGENDA 🤔🧐
Thanks Sarge, that’s what I call doing GOD’s work… 🫡🦁💙
Despite a few simply negative posts above, give credit where it's due. All's well that ends well. Great job Sarge, you'll be awarded by a "Higher Authority" for doing 'God's work' but for now just kindly accept the green bar. You deserve it.
Nah, probably more like years of experience working the streets of Shitcago. That’s how it was done “back in the day”.
Being one of first first CIT classes this brings back many memories. Great work Sergeant.
The SGT did the right thing unlike most of you keyboard warriors who wear a police costume but will never ever be a Chicago Police Officer.
Where is his hat? Uniform violation.
Nice job, but the sarge will likely be in trouble for not calling the violence interruption unit in for a slam dunk.
I for one would be interested in watching them work from a position on the ground.
You picked the wrong line of work if you think that way. You are one that thinks its a job instead of what it truly is......a calling. Great job by the Sgt.
Nice job but one thing goes wrong like guy slits his throat or falls on the knife getting down and it's instant ghetto lottery. This isn't 1990 anymore.
cfd could have just knocked him off the roof with a nice blast of water from a hose...
would have been much safer for the sergeant that way.
The saddest part about this issue? MAYOR BRANDON doesn't want to pay SGTS. For CIT training. If only those roaming city counselors were at the scene? Another ghost spot created for social workers who don't work. Any body know what building the work out of?
Are all the social workers afraid of heights? Or was it the danger of a moderately sloped roof?
Said the pot
You'll be waiting a long time!
Were there bullets thrown? Did anyone go to hospital for injuries sustained or self-induced? Was it unorthodox? Was the op successful without a major disruption? People are not an exact science. Salute to the sergeant.
No CIT training.
No Rifle certification.
ABSOLUTELY no bicycle training.
Make the bastards pay real money.
Like jumping into the lake to save someone and you can’t swim. It was a bad idea that just didn’t end in a bad way (this time).
Who remembers now retired Lt Sam C.? He was great. Had damn near every tool you could want in his trunk. To include, among other devices, an inflatable boat for quick water rescues in the Chgo River. Those days are long gone but, boy oh boy, were they fun times. Enjoyed going to work. Stay safe.
Will probably be a scenario at the academy later this year. They are running out of shit to teach us.
They did!
12:10:46 you are the fool
Yeah good job right until it's not... what would that dumb sergeant do if that guy with a knight attacked him with that knife.. thats like standing in front of a car with a bad guy trying to drive away ... then having to shoot him because he drove at you. All good if your game of chicken worked in your favor, if not your hurt bad guy might be dead ... your F by the use of force 2 year wonders and possibly on disability because your wana be a hero bad tatic didnt work.
Why couldn't you talk to the guy from the ground?
Even swat wouldn't have tried that bs.
Your reckless sgt and need to work the desk
Yep!
Very true. Lt Sam did have a rubber boat in his car, along with more tools than Home Depot.
Whoa. You guys were so badass.
That boat mysteriously got inflated in the front seat of his squad car. Those were good times.
Your Way of thinking would have caused the World to be destroyed… America 🇺🇸 don’t go to War thinking Negative thoughts…. Parents with Children with deadly disease don’t think the Worse. Many people are alive today because they believe beyond the surface… Develop Faith, that could be you or your loved one losing Hope… Thank you Sgt!! Ignore the Haters…
Anything can go Wrong at anytime… We can get shot while sitting in Church, Sitting in a car, or simply working the desk writing a case report… Stop the Negativity 🙄
I bet these new Inspectors are trying to find a way to gig him 😵💫
CIT training is absolute dog shit. CIT experience happens on the street.
Sgt not the brightest bulb. But he’s got guts and guts is enough
Have fire put the pillows down and wait for the jump.
"Squad, give this chimney inspector job a 19P"....
If it works he is a hero, if it doesn't he's a schmuck.
SWAT team said no, it's not their job
If the Sgt fell everyone would be calling him an idiot.
100% recklessness.
He’s already Merit.
Got it because he got punched in the face by Jamal Green.
Trust me, you wouldn’t want him as a Merit Lt!
They would take hours to talk him down and enroute to the nearest psych unit they would sign him up for SSI, Medicare, SNAP, and child daycare.
OSHA violation city could get fined for not providing fall protection! Wearing a lanyard tied off to secure anchor point is required at all times at that height.
What district was this ?
Well said my friend, well said.
For those who point out what could have gone sideways on this, I'll bet Sarge's wife/gf/bf/significant other/kids have probably ripped him a new one before telling him how proud they are of his actions. Had it been my spouse, I know I would have done so before I gave him the hug of his life. And I would have made him swear never to do it again, but I know he would.
cit is ok i went though it and it was good info. BUT nothing i hadn't learned handling calls and dealing with nuts on the street for a few years.
Well done Sergeant. Thank you.
No, he’ll get disability, but the disability fun will be bankrupt in a few years and then he’ll have no disability and no job.......not a smart move sarge.
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