Shots Fired; Second Guessing Begins
Was this the Tire Deflation team?
A driver in a group of speeding vehicles evaded a deflation device and headed toward police downtown early Sunday, prompting an officer to fire shots, CPD said.
Police said officers responded to a call about a large gathering in the 300-block of East Balbo Drive, near Grant Park, just after 3 a.m. There, officers saw a group of speeding vehicles and deployed a tire deflation device.
Police said one of the vehicles, a black sedan, went around the device and headed toward an officer. That officer fired shots, striking the vehicle, but no one inside of it was hit by gunfire, police said. The officer suffered a minor ankle injury and was treated and released from the hospital.
So much to unwrap here. There has been a long standing policy that banned shooting at vehicles. We think it was Hillard who implemented it, but it was written into the Orders that Officers would remove themselves from pathways of vehicles because it was argued by lib-tarded morons that Officers only stepped into the pathway of a two-ton hunk of steel, aluminum and plastic simply so that they could shoot at it.
Yes, they actually said that.
And so began the long descent into the current policy:
The result being a couple thousand percent increase in vehicles fleeing from the police and these "takeover" incidents popping up all over. So what did the Department do?
- formed a unit where Officers are required to place themselves into the potential path of on-coming vehicles to deploy Stop Sticks.
Now the fleeing driver has two choices - (A) run over the Stop Sticks or (B) swerve around them where the Officer who just deployed the sticks is standing or moving, thereby placing the Officer in the position of either violating Department Policy by shooting at someone attempting to kill them with a two-ton hunk of metal and plastic or making a split second decision to turn left, turn right or leap over....whoops, you're dead, because we all see what they did to the Officer who made a snap decision in about six-HUNDREDTHS of a second in the lil homicide shooting.
Labels: department issues, dumb ideas, shooting
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
15 Comments:
When are people going to realize that the living conditions in this city aren’t normal? It is now like living in the post-apocalyptic era of Mad Max movies.
unit is full of idiots and majority of kids who just got off status. look up the unit 216 and lmk if the most senior PO has more than 4 years otj
Impossible choice. Good thing the officer is relatively ok.
Wise old O LT from 025 3rd here. This reminds me of a piece from back when I was on another piece and had to jam up some guys because a piece they were on... Which reminds me of another piece about ...
Every time I see one of these stories I remember Willie Wilsons answer to "what about police chasing fleeing suspects" at the mayoral debates. "Chase them down like rabbits" was his answer. There's a black man sick of crime right there...
the officer can just he/she was shooting at the tires to only wound the car,,, just like the dems and libs say the officers should shoot to wound the criminal shooting at them
at least the criminals are still shooting people, this time 1600 n washtenaw (humbolt park area) with 1 dead,,,, and looks like they did not use an AR-15 or any other banned weapons,,,, just the usual handgun
The order does not say you can’t fire at a vehicle. It says you will make all attempts to get out of the way of the vehicle , if you can. If there is no other option , then
This is the problem when people who have never done this job make policy. The job of a police officer is the most unpredictable job in the world. At any given time you can go from sipping a coffee and reading a paper to being involved in a fight for your life. I would NEVER second guess any coppers decision, because I wasn’t involved in their situation. Remember… it’s how things are perceived. This copper perceived his life was in danger and he took action.
Just think of how many CPD members wake up each day and using 10 fingers and 10 toes to do the math to figure out a possible retirement day. YEARS in the future.
The slobs at COPA are drooling all over themselves dreaming up ways they can sangbag this copper.
Old School here - Open the hydrants. Not to stop a fleeing offender, but wet streets will cause vehicles to leave the area.
Any agency that says never ever fire at a moving vehicle is run by idiots. Furthermore, I'm so happy I left for a department an hour away from Chicago. Less stress, can chase, no permission needed to take mopes to county.
Well it took copa over a year to clear a cop that actually got shot and returned fire. So, this guy or gal will probably be sitting in call back for a few years and probably about a week in, if that, will regret ever getting involved in any type of proactive unit or police work. Some learn the hard way.
I had lunch with 4 Chicago residents Sunday. I asked if they saw the news on Fox32 or read CWB about the activity Sunday morning between 1 and 4AM. They said no one reads any of those. They flat didn't give a shit.
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