Lieutenant Promotions - and Larry Leaving
First the list:
Second, the math:
- thirty-six promotions;
- thirty percent "meri-clout-orious" would be 10.8;
- the city has ALWAYS rounded down....ALWAYS.
And as our e-mailer with a long memory said, Larritorious has NEVER exceeded the "merit" percentages - except this time and he went over. Does the PBPA have a calculator? Because there might be one or two additional promotions to be wrung out of this misstep.
And thirdly, Larry is obviously leaving:
- two of Larry's office sergeants made lieutenant, including his already twice "merit" promoted sergeant driver.
- two of Larry's close friends were also promoted by their respective exempts
That many moves indicates someone is leaving VERY soon. Our older rumors said May, but it could be as late as October depending on what new job Larry has lined up.
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194 Comments:
Congratulations, MJ.
It’s come to the point where someone needs to sue this department. Promoting r.w is by far the dumbest Sgt in area 2. But he is a purple frat member. So continue to promote the incompetent. I hope every single person that is involved with the promotions ends up in prison
Congrats CB
Given not earned, while at least for some. Those that earned it congratulations. I’ll be happy just being a blue shirt and making it to retirement.
Ole Alice never had one rough day on the job. The beat goes on. It’s all legit boys and girls.
Nate the Great!
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a sadder merit list than this one. There are a few good people on the main list, a few. CPD is in big trouble. The Capts list is an absolute joke as well.
Come on Ursetti... Geezus!! SMFH!
Say something to me LT and I’m coming for your job
This list is a f***cing joke. How many times can the Median twins be merit Lts in the first class. And neither of them ever worked in a police car!
Superintendent Snelling made a few people
One of his drivers made meritorious detective
One of his drivers made meritorious Sergeant
His admin Sergeant made meritorious Lieutenant.
His sergeant of his protective detail made meritorious Lieutenant.
All this after he himself was promoted to Sergeant meritoriously and Lieutenant meritoriously. Any ounce of credibility went right out the window.
This is a huge dent in morale. Fuck you Larry.
Yau and Sandoval are the worst picks ever. Both of them merit sergeants. Now merit LTs? Yau was a gym instructor and Sandoval was "teaching" the dui course when Pap(LT), Snelling(SGT), and Novalez(SGT) were in the academy. How much more corruption can this department handle? How can anyone respect the ranking system if this type of corruption is so blatant and disgracefully presented as normal? Snelling received merit sergeant and merit LT. Novalez received merit sergeant and merit LT too. You want respect? You have to earn it. I hope the entire watch turns their back on wherever Yau and Sandoval land; though, we all know they won't be in a district long, if at all.
Sandoval is already a LT ?!?
Sergio got dumped out of gang enforcement for getting in a punch up at roll call. Made it from a beat car in 016 down to be Sup Brown’s driver. Dallas Dave made him a merit sergeant and brought straight back to be a driver. He’s been bragging for years that Larry was going to make him. He has not supervised a single officer or made any decisions. Now he’ll be a Watch Operations Lieutenant without having ever filled out a log, TRR, etc. He can sure fill out an overtime slip though.
N Gadzik has always been taken care of. He’s a nice guy but doesn’t deserve to be promoted. But I guess there is a lot of that on the dept. that’s why it’s so messed up. He has no clue how real policing works. Good luck if you need help in patrol and he’s your Lt.
The sergeants that continue to do the dirt bidding for the top brass are crying the blues.
MEDINA and his brother both have DNA merit in their blood. They both got merit. How does one family get so much merit.
Stacey lewis was brought to area four right out of sgt school by lisa price-starks. She made merit sgt with 27 years on. Starks made her the admin sgt, gave her a take home car, and made her the highest paid supervisor in area four. Stacey's husband was the "p.o. as commander" of the mayor's detail. He got dumped last month. Now Starks made her a lt. In an investigations unit she made her friend, the admin person, a boss. Every one of starks personnel decisions come down to one thing and you know what it is. This job is pure bullshit. Management, as fucked up as it was, was better before the consent decree. The only corruption on this job was the family, friends and lovers program. They didn't address it and now it's worse than ever.
Larritoruois driver/butler SC is another known liar. When he was made merit sgt he bragged about having the rule 14 and still getting promoted.
Dumbass promoting dumber ass 🤪🤪
Creep Sandoval was banished from the academy for sleeping with recruits only to land in 019 and become Papaioano's driver.
Merit Sgt a few years ago, now merit Lt. It's all legit, keep doing pro-active work for these bosses like Papaioano who was useless as Jessani.
Thanks!! It’s great to be updated of Corruption. Maybe it can save a life too 🧐🤔
How many merit promotions for Nate Gadzik? 2 or 3?
Myles, seriously? Must be nice to be talley's nephew. Given the sgt's test AND the lieutenant's test!
No Sgt. Doucherst from mass transit? I guess he can stop whispering his promotion in everyone's ears.
I worked with Ward in 189. Great guy with a positive attitude. Sherman gave him a hard time everyday. Now look who's Lt and who couldn't get the promotion.
What a career. One of the merits was Supt Dallas Brown's driver, then is promoted meritoriously to SGT. Returned back to Supt's Office to supervise the other 5 drivers. Now he's promoted to merit LT. For all you dummies thinking it's all legit, pushing that beat car keep working hard :)
Pete Medina. Triple merit. Nothing it admin spots with days and weekends off. Keeping working in patrol suckers.
J Sandoval, absolutely trash. Dumb as rocks, but I guess riding the Pops train gets you everywhere.
Given not earned. What do you expect from snelling? Guys been hidden away teaching gym class most of his whole career and then couldn't pass a test with a score high enough to be promoted off rank order. Anyone know a PE teacher who has ever been promoted and ended up principal at a school because of the way they look? No? Never? Please. Only in this cesspool of a city in a department like this. Shit rises to the top. Good riddance snelling.
SG as useless as they come…wonder how her private sessions with Talley’s nephew went. God help us with those 2. Just the blind leading the blind. Especially house mouses
Wouldn’t you expect anything less. Way to choose those that lead from inside. Just cowards circling through, that can’t make decisions to save their lives
Congrats MA. Awesome sgt. Who ever gets him as a Lt you guys will be in good hands.
MJ is going to be a bad lieutenant just like Harvey Keitel
Augle? Absolute do-nothing as a PO yet cried about everyone else. One of several morale problems on the watch.
I get your frustration but they were both good officers in 010. Pete better than his brother ....
Huge douche bag
This idiot Sergio also worked the 06 car in 014 yrs ago back when we had the 06 cars...useless back then too..never even wore a duty belt.
It would be nice to see everyone’s complimentary arrest histories.
Nate Gadzik worked patrol in 005 for years, he was a great copper!
We have an opening for Tact LT. in 016. Sleepy Tommy is looking for a new replacement. Signed by Autopen......
Don't worry, Yau and Sandoval will never see the inside of a District. They will both go to HQ or the Academy. They couldn't go anywhere else.
Lisa A also sent her to the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command one month out of Sgt school instead of sending any other Sgt who actually did work for her in the Area. Then Stacy attached the logo to the signature of every email to put it in everyone else’s face. 640 lost 3 Sgts to the Lts list. Wait and see who she brings in now before she makes her departure at the end of the year. Okay??? Thank you!!!
As an old retired guy all I can say is thankyou to older retired guys
who taught us well & provided a lot of laughs
It’s also nice to see the “secret study groups” are still a thing, as indicated by all of the unit mutts on the list.
Seems like a larger list than in the past. In a dwindling, defunded department, do we need all these supervisors? And as usual the double and triple merits people strike again. Do your time, and GTFO ASAP Out of CPD. Out of Cook County. Out of Chicago, Out of Illinois. This will never be a better place to live. Not in our lifetimes.
Tommy Palma’s a good guy. Congrats
Yup
Pete Medina triple merit suckhole. Congrats to Adam C , well deserved.
House mouse entire career, recently went to 22 so he can say he from patrol. Talley mouse
AC congrats!! Will make a great Lt!
Don't forget Chambers!
Wow! Another horrible list of merit promotees! AY has had the easiest road to Lt! When she first came on the job, Mayor Emmanuel took a shine to her, and immediately after her FTO training, was sent to an inside spot. Promoted to Sgt by merit. From here she went to 124, where if memory serves me correct, she was in the gym, however light duty, yet, still allowed to run marathons, even though she was light duty! What a kick in the nuts to every hard working Sgt or PO who is trying to earn their way through the ranks legitimately!
Funny how things go. Yup he’s a worker and good dude!
He was merit Sgt idiot. Maybe he got the Lt test or maybe he studied his a$$ off?
He studied & made it off score so go F yourself!
RW is actually a Red fraternity member.. Not to be confused with Purple this time around.
Will RM get assigned right back to the airport like he did when he was promoted to SGT. ??
Overpromoted and under qualified groomer gym teacher.
sei at its best
Connor, you're a solid dude. Remember you as a PPO, always a smile and read for business. Never worked for you as a Sgt, but I bet others would say you were still the same awesome dude. Well earned Sir. Congratulations. -S.P.
Connor? Solid dude.
Crazy to see a LT promoted with just under 11 years on the job. But I guess atleast they made both promotions off score. Congrats P.S
Being groomed for a gold star and higher
Novalez got shot doing actual police work, I think he earned a little respect. As for the others, all merit hacks….
They had a revision and added another rank score lieutenant. Now they have a 70/30 split. 26 rank score and 11 merit. total of 37. Congratulation to all. Yes it is disappointing seeing some of the people who made it. But get use to disappointment with the CPD.
Ya this department is about as straight as circle when it comes to honest promotions
Wild chambers ass couldnt pass a test in the academy and she first in both exam lists, who givin that girl the answers, auntie hook a brotha up too
Gym instructor still ?
About as useful as tits on a bull, but she’s going right back inside in no time
Right ??? PM is incompetent
Being able to drive must be a good thing.
Pete Medina is the biggest ass kisser EVER! His head was so far up Deenihan ass then he latched his mouth up to Ursitti’s ass!! He’s absolutely the worst person to have in charge of Officers! Absolutely no leadership qualities!
Jones from A/2 is a time bomb for a future sexual harassment beefs that Commander Blanton can’t save him from! Jones should be in call back, Det’s Clinton, Newman and Wysinger all complained to Blanton who did nothing! Most of us on the team just tolerated him because we had no choice!! I pray for the young ladies who Jones will Supervisor!
Who cares. If u can get away with it than take it. You’re just jealous. He’s gonna make a great Lt some where
30% Merit?!!! WTF! And how is it possible that someone gets MERIT SGT and then MERIT LT?!! You should only be MERIT once in your career.
Ward couldn’t do a log properly. yet, he’s qualified as Lt. Fuck the purple frat
So that’s the key!
** fuck recruits! **
Get promoted!
How do I get to the academy?
SC is a double merit hack, driver and mayors detail how many rule 14s does he have? Merit Sgt, Merit Lt his knee pads are teflon. He’s the biggest waste of a merit pick and the biggest douche. Good luck to what ever district he goes to I’m sure he will be back at headquarters right out of Lt class.
Reggie Malone, good lord. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Couldn't agree more. Common sense guy.
Wow
Wake up, none of that means shit!
Why not post the scores on the multiple choice test of all the Merit Lt.'s let the Sgt.'s & Police Officers they supervise in the future know how dumb they are? We all know at least 1 of them scored a 64%. What a joke? they have no shame.
Superintendent Snelling should not retire, if he does it's because he cannot stand looking in the mirror anymore after promoting some of bonehead boneheads merit picks. Larry Snelling, run for Mayor. You,like Chuck Ramsey have a respected name throughout the city of Chicago. You will beat any mayoral candidates and Chicago may not need a general election. You could get 51% in the February Primary. Go for it. You can reveal the political control of CPD, get rid of Copa , deputy mayors and many exempt ranks on CPD,CFD hire more blue shirts
Reggie Malone is the WORST pic out of this terrible group!
NEVER did a thing!
No doubt right back to 050!
His spelling of LT is …
LOUTENENT!
Total Embarassment made twice by the Sup!
Medina, yau. Double merit. Not one day spent in patrol as a Sgt. To the merits, just remember. You can’t pass the test. No respect from the troops.
Larry please leave asap. The department will now be led buy a bunch of ass eaters and goofballs.
The Medina twins strike again. Wtf both made merit Lt. and I believe both were merit Sgt. as well.
This fucking dept. sucks big time. It's just a step above Kate security.
Myles was Tact in 005, Area South Gun Team and worked as an FTO in 007. Hadn't worked the streets much as a Sergeant until September of last year. If you hate the guy cool, fuck 'em just get your facts straight.
Peter Medina triple merit Det - SGT - now LT
you fucking hump
how many merit spots is this guy gonna burn? And wash your face ....
Morgan Freeman in the movie Lean on Me. He played Joe Clark. Based from a true story where Clark started as admin of camping and playgrounds.
35th is to stupid to do math on the merit 30 percent so they had to add a other person from the list.
100%
I'll take a guy who studied and tried to do his best as a sgt any day. Especially over connected merit crybabies who never worked this job when the street lights were on. Cry harder. Congrats MA.
career house mouse
Blanton's nice bourbon.....price shot up when it was first under 70 bucks LOL
These are the real Chicago values. Since 1837
It's evidently clear you don't know NG or you're just a hater. He's worked harder as a supv. than his own officers (no disrespect to them). Well deserved, NG. Congrats
Don’t forget Richardson…he was also in the academy during the same time as the others.
That idiot got disarmed once then followed saints and got his partner shot in 009 but made merit sgt. Definitely a great guy. Walking retard.
Great move for tier 2 pension.
Good for her, finally an Asian moving up!
Jenn Princessonis spent her time as a Sgt mastering the art of the 4 hour day. Along with whining and complaining to get on days with no time in rank, so she is beyond ready for the next level!!
You may not like Sergio but you can't say he didn't work. He was a worker.
I've known Matt A for a long time. Great guy.
No! Fuck you Nate.
New Sgts got 6 years on with 4 years inside spot.
All three of them were never Field Sgts. but Sandoval is by far the most corrosive and undeserving.
Go on complete that ethics training. Regular folks need to be ethical unlike that roid head Papaioano.
I studied and passed high enough to be promoted to dick and sergeant in rank order and Augle is still a do-nothing whiney bitch. So there.
I remember NG running around the floor at Area 1 as a PO chasing after supervisors. Huge suckass
1. Off the list Det and Sgt.
Yes he really is. Always stays late and always checks on his POs. He truly cares about others. Whoever has him is lucky
They have the department they want. I can’t wait to retire and get out of here.
The department Gold Stars are idiots and pick stooges for merit. That’s how they got their Gold Stars.
Agree. Disappointed and disgusted.
One big scam. They are the “Merit Twins”!
I learned awhile back it’s all rigged. The bosses just sell the people doing the work BS.
Snelling and Ramsey have something else in common. Banging subordinates
His brother is the same and got merit too.
Incompetence at its best. I wouldn’t expect anything less from 35th.
Jen P good lord.
Nate dog only let his regulators do shootings and homicides. Never helped anyone else. Always pushed back, That's an area 4 fact. One way dude.
This is hysterical. Heard from a reliable source that they both had the sergeant’s test in advance and Pete was so dumb that he missed filling out the last page. His brother made it on score and Pete had to wait for merit detective. All merit promotions for both of them since.
She doesn’t make a decision without running it by someone.
He is probably the biggest idiot on the job.
https://m.cpdp.co/complaint/297048/
Medina is triple merit. Detective, Sergeant, and now Lieutenant. Almost as many merit promotions as the Superintendent of Jumping Jacks.
At least he didn't lie about it
She’s been a whiner her entire career.
Actual you should do some research. Wrong Augle. Augle was made off the list for both sgt and Lt. And this Augle never got anyone shot. Idiot. And I am sure that this Augle probably helped prep you for detective and sgt. MA since I have known him has helped more people on this job union wise. And never once asked for anything in return or to even be acknowledged for it. Congrats MA. Where ever you go the watch will be lucky to have you. 012th district 2nd watch
Worked with Tommy Palma in 001 on the bike teams back in 2018. This was when he was still just a nobody blue shirt. He was a good mentor and partner to all of us PPO's at the time. Hopefully he hadn't changed! Congrats buddy!
You may not like Sergio but you can't say he didn't work. He was a worker.
4/25/2026 04:59:54 PM
A guy who chased one-baggers in 2017 should get a double merit bump to lieutenant for being a driver in 2026? Am I understanding you correctly?
Isn't she the one who got made merit Sgt out of the academy and then was immediately reassigned to the academy after Sgt class? Who does she have dirt on?
She went to 124 as a 9161 Jim teacher(lawrence), then after the merit bump to sgt...WHOA right back to 124 as a stupdivisor. What a stroke of luck! Uncle Lar umembers the the faithful Yau who never ratted on his philanderings, and boom! Admin sgt to the Soups office. So Lar finna go soon, lemmy push some chess pieces around. Yau it is... rewarded for nothing but being quiet.
RE: “ That idiot got disarmed once then followed saints and got his partner shot in 009 but made merit sgt. Definitely a great guy. Walking retard.”
You’re taking about Leo. This is a different Augle dummy!!!
Nate was a great sergeant in Area 4. He’s fair, treats people with respect, and makes sure they do their job. Congrats Nate.
unqualified but political hacks
one dude from narco made merit sarge a few years ago, bragged he passed out the radios, radio room security.
Are you kidding me?? Reggie is a moron. You’re right, he does have a positive attitude, but he doesn’t have a clue about what to do in almost any situation.
Newman?? Ewww. Who would even consider that…
someone post the multiple choice test scores of every Merit LT. who had the 64%? that person will be a commander before bonehead is voted out of office.
I second that. Good dude.
The only thing Sandoval is good at is kissing ass. Definitely not teaching or speaking English.
John recently became a commander.
No one on this thread has done half the police work that Sergio has. He has been the affiant of numerous search warrants, and I’ve witnessed him doing exceptional police work firsthand!
Was her dad Sgt Tony in
014? Good guy once the Old Captain convinced him to sober up!
That idiot got disarmed once then followed saints and got his partner shot in 009 but made merit sgt. Definitely a great guy. Walking retard.
4/25/2026 04:01:42 PM
Hey dumb fuck, before you go trying to t talk shit about someone make sure you’re talking about the right person. Also, get your facts straight about the incident you’re talking about. They weren’t saints, they were La Raza. Wrong person and wrong details. And you got the balls to talk shit about someone else?!! Who’s the walking retard ?
Wait wasn’t chambers often in her sweats in the academy because she couldn’t pass the extremely easy academy tests? Now they want people to believe that she not only could score number 1 on the Sgt’s test but also the same on the LT test? Even if you were a genius it’s almost a statistical impossibility the way our promotional exams are structured! Who’s her clout and giving that idiot the answers !?!
Nate is as smart as they come, a bit autistic but in a good way. Not sure if that will translate to the LT rank but he def has an eye for the investigative side of policing, albeit from an inside position.
AMEN
Talk about juice. Can't say chinaman no more. Her phone calls had the switchboard tied up
Alice is useless.
PM is a good ass kisser.
Alice has been scamming the Dept since the day she was hired. I doubt she will go to a Dist as she knows nothing about being the police. She is useless to everyone, inside or out.
They will never do it, remember this is all legit...these results are picked not scored!
It would be nice if the Superintendent clean the D-Unit up. It’s in dire need of a facelift.
It helps when her Auntie Capt YI who was a Lt. with her in 006 & 003 was a subject matter expert for both tests.
I bet he did more police work in 1yr then you’ve accomplished in your miserable 2.5 yr career.
He’s not merit you moron.
All drivers get promoted! Where is OIG???
Anthony Richardson is another’s one of the superintendent’s promo-tees from the academy. The Supe promoted Tate, Tate promotes A.Richardson.
Corona hasn’t been the police in over 10 years and never really supervised being a house mouse since day one out of the Sgt school Academy. True example how the merit system is a joke. What has he done as a supervisor to make him merit LT. It was easier to make him merit LT than giving him the test answers like others. It’s all a scam.
To say SC wasn’t the police that is hilarious. Trust me everyone wanted to punch that tool in gangs. He got what he deserved. I never seen anyone who was assigned to a bike patrol bringing the activity he brought in. Even as an FTO he was bringing in part 1’s. He’s gonna make a great leader. Congrats Pluto
Let me guess you were the one he put in place.
Her inspector Aunt whose boys with the other gold stars who cheat for their people
If you thought he was going to be anything other than a disappointment as Supt jokes on you!
Chambers is about as dumb as they come, no one believes she passed legitimately lol
We don’t want that moron as a mayor!! We need someone with an actual brain in their head!
I worked with Big Reg for years. Nice guy but the laziest Officer that I ever worked with. It was embarrassing to have his arrest reports approved when he insisted on writing one. , They regularly had to be rewritten in the hallway on the fly.
She’s smart enough to pass the test but useless on the street.
According to the Sgt’s exam video it’s a combination of ass kissing and diligent study *wink* *wink*
What merit Lt scored under 70% on the multiple choice test, what was their score on oral? Let’s listen to the oral ? Might get a million laughs.
Newman?? Ewww. Who would even consider that…
4/25/2026 10:29:16 PM
What’s wrong with Jill?
Agreed...the thing we'll never know. If only we were in a consent decree with transparency.
By the way, that "punch up" you described was nothing but bullshit. Everyone knows that.
That's a load of crap. Sergio was still working on the street in 2019. By the way, he was deserving of merit before he got on the Superintendent's detail based on the police work he's done in his career if you base merit off of police work. I worked with him and he worked every single tour on the watch making arrests, handling his jobs and backing officers up. He was never a dog. There are officers who made merit who never even worked the street so don't hate him because he's been on that detail for seven years. That's not the majority of his career. I'm defending him because what's being said isn't true.
I worked with Matt in 012. Hard worker always wanted to take on additional responsibilities and learn more
Why do they promote and go the budgeted and beyond the number for Lts (budgeted # is 291 for 2026) but don’t promote and hit the budgeted number for Sgt’s (1411 for 2026)… with this new class of Lts. the budgeted number will be surpassed …. The last Sgt class got the number up to roughly 1382, whereby the budgeted number is actually 1411…. Can anyone explain this that might have knowledge how this all works? I know it’s a HR thing but how does HR decide this? And now this new study and recommendation is saying to add another 130 Sgt’s to the budget … Serious question
Ummm not a house mouse and probably better you old timer.
What did he do as a sergeant to rate being a merit lieutenant?
CPD needs an extra 200 sgt.'s added to budget and a minimum of 75 Captains .Captains should be assigned to 12 hour shifts in districts, given a car and responsible for all incidents that occur during their assigned shift. Lt. can fill in when Captains are day off and no relief captain is available. Sgt.'s can replace the captain/Inspector and do a better job.
That is way too many merits. Not fair to the guys and gals who scored well.
It was Sherman that stood up and welcomed RW to his team when RW was on the verge of being dumped from Homan Square. Sherman is well in his retirement and his name is still in the head of some.
They should promote from the list that they cut off early.
Cpd has 291 Lt’s? Cpd needs a Captain in charge of every watch to supervise police officers,sergeant and lieutenant on each watch
Not a Captain as an administrative assistant to district commander or a inspector
Scored well?? You think people scoring well is legit as well? Maybe 30 percent of those who scored well actually studied. Others were given what to study.
Pete Medina being promoted to LT is a slap in the face to everyone in patrol. detectives, and sergeants that have ever worked with him or have been promoted with him that made it by score. This department has been done ever since the 2015 LT cheating scandal. Now real sergeants have to test against merit and previous merit that have the test questions in advance. Look for the meathead in this first class and his sister-in-law coming soon that scored consecutively and both were previously merit sergeants.
Every fucking day yall bitch about officers doing proactive work but when promotion time comes around…”so and so has never been the real police”.
Shame on Ursitti for putting this absolutely piece of shit in for Lieutenant!
Gurl quit your hating!
Define the term "Working"
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