CTA Special Going Away?
It seems the sheriffs are having an outsized impact on crime numbers and CTA Special Employment is on the chopping block.
It is also rumored that there are discussions about getting rid of Mass Transit altogether and just letting Dart run a new Mass Transit Police Force under Prickwrinkle's patronage army.
The arrest and citation numbers for CPD's part are pretty much abysmal and the level of spending can't be justified any longer.
Prepare your Bid paperwork just in case.
Labels: department issues, rumors
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
24 Comments:
If Mass Transit is done away with, who will bring in countless pre-trial release arrests for glorified turnstile jumping? I mean, that is the Mass Transit's Tact Teams' bread and butter. They catch and release a half dozen people, then spend their tours typing up reports with no physical being in custody. How could that be a waste of time? It for sure has to stop crime on the CTA. I bet people are finally paying their fares because of the pre-trial arrest dedication.
They really do make our people look silly. That and darts grip on the media, it was only a matter of time before the gig was up.
Dump the rookies to the street, stop the brain drain and keep some of the oldtimers around. No respect for senority because some of them get good without it. Tact gone. Tact needed on watch. Some think they wear a uniform that doesnt say Chicago on it and wont help out. What goes around comes around. Paint all the tact cars blue and white. Repaint all squad cars with the blue horzontal line and no checkboard b.s. Caps downsized. District "senior" officer eliminated. All desk by bid and fill ins by seniority. Sdsc by bid and same with fill ins that are trained. Lower management to 5 percent. Ill even suggest a different hat but a trucker dark blue with the CPD arm patch on the front. People would know right away who they are dealing with. Use all squad cars in the lot. Have beat cars split into 2 squads and respond together. One can answer as a adam car but in tandem. The public will see "more" police. Take trouble elsewhere. Real wagons no bs vans. Cant fit anyone in them to properly seatbelt. Just some thoughts.
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Prepare my bid paperwork for what exactly? 003, 006, 007, 010, 011, or 015? Honestly, every single district in this city is done. There all ghetto now. Those are the only options. Calling that a career path is laughable. At this point, they can dump me. I’ll take medical for 11 months, roll into recurring IOD for another 11 months, and spend that time finding and being hired by a career with an actual future instead of rotting away in a department that mistakes survival for success. The saddest part is watching people convince themselves this is normal. Almost everyone admits they’re quietly quitting, counting the days until retirement, or searching for an exit while doing the bare minimum to get through another day. If that’s what passes for a career, I’ll pass. A place where nearly everyone is trying to escape isn’t a profession, it’s a damn warning. Good luck to anyone who thinks this dept, city and life is sustainable or normal. It isn’t, and eventually it’s all going to catch up with anyone not paying attention.
Yes, this would give Preckwinkle even more power to hand out more patronage jobs and power over the CTA. More diabolical Democrat scheming.
Which democrat do I blow to get the CTA gig from da Sheriff.
Chicago highways controlled by the State Police.
Chicago's Transit Authority policed by the Cook County Sheriff.
GOOD, I can concentrate on Netflix.
Since Ange retired MTU has been a shit show.
Isn’t the Mass Transit Unit 50% merit or management now? Maybe that’s the problem like all of the other failures that come with “Merit” or management they are filled with do nothing slugs.
Well a lot of people hope not but it might be just stopping special employment.
Mass Transit days are numbered. Can’t justify the overtime without activity. Long gone are the days of ANOV’s and quality of life arrests. Get that overtime while you can.
Stay Safe.
Those county guys are making a killing on the cta. Can’t be mad at them. Get that money
Uh oh. You might actually see some old timers pull the plug if this OT goes away.
I can’t remember the last time I saw CPD on the train. What do they do– grab a bum for a misdemeanor and be gone for the entire tour?
They just had 15 bid openings to mt. Not saying they won’t kill the unit after that. This is the city that don’t function after all.
Mass ransit is useless, send them back to the district and actually do some work. For far too long this unit has been getting away with doing nothing and CTA overtime is even a bigger joke.
But, but, they just put a Captain there. Jajaja.
ah yes,,, the good old days when working cta, when the sgt's would walk in for roll call and then the brown noses would walk up to them and give them a piece of paper with where they were hoping to be assigned that day
Good riddance! Clout babies that wrote ANOV's to the homeless and did nothing to provide safety to the CTA. I know, I was one of them.
Nooooooooo!
I have a nice cushy spot in mass transit. I get an early duck two times a week.
Mass Transit isn’t going away. It will be revamped.
I doubt Mass Transit would be completely eliminated. They have a D unit there that works on the cases day and night. They aren't going anywhere. I could see a massive cut to the rest of the unit. The Officers do very little and don't generate any activity. Chicago Police Officers are going to wake up very soon and realize they have no one but themselves to blame for their unit being eliminated. CPD has the laziest and most entitled so called police officers in Illinois. Far too many officers think because they have a patch and star that says Chicago that they are the real police. These officers in units that do very little or ride a team members coat tails are going to be in for a very rude awakening soon. The districts are doing more work than them and they work nights and weekends. Technology is about to catch up with them when the CPD phones they carry have a punch in and punch out added which geo codes where it was done from.
So the Sheriff is no longer responsible for policing unincorporated Cook County?
Seems like he is changing the purpose of his agency?
Misusing his budget to layer his agency over local police?
Tommy is this your power grab or did Toni think of it?
So Tommy gets another job where is all the money coming from for the county? I know they’ve been ripping us off for years special was nice. Another incentive gone.
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