Funeral Info

From the comment section - we haven't seen anything public yet

Officer Rivera’s funeral info:

• Visitation Tues 24 Jun 25 at Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home 6901 W Belmont Ave.

  Private visitation 1200 - 1400hrs

  Public visitation 1400 - 2000hrs - St Jude at 1900 hrs.

  Funeral service Wed 25 Jun 25 at Living Word Christian Center, 7600 Roosevelt Rd. Forest Park, Il 60130 with services starting at noon.

  Interment is private.

Godspeed Officer.

No Tasers Issued?

Anyone know why the Department didn't issue Tasers to Cancelled Day Off officers deployed to PR Fest?

Was the Department going to take full responsibility (and attached liability) for sending Officers into the field without the required equipment, seeing as how they spent how many millions ensuring that EVERY SINGLE OFFICER had a Taser available for their shift....

AND

....the Inspection Division was fully on board with gigging every Officer who didn't have a Taser on their belt for the past number of years?

New York Chaos

The political scumbags have lost their minds:

• State Attorney General Letitia James is conducting a misconduct probe of a New York local law enforcement agency helping the Trump administration crack down on illegal immigration, The Post has learned.

  The AG’s office asked Oswego County Sheriff Don Hilton for documents outlining any cooperation between local law enforcement officials and federal agencies, including Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security.

  A letter from the office asked Oswego County Sheriff Don Hilton to turn over any agreements between the office and any federal agency “concerning the enforcement of federal immigration law” – and it also asks for documentation about cops receiving training on enforcing federal immigration.

  The letter cited a section of state law on official misconduct — and asked for any training on immigration enforcement and a list of all traffic stops involving the office.

So when Letitia isn't busy inventing felonies and ignoring statutes of limitation, while she herself is lying on mortgage applications and swindling taxpayers out of tens of thousands of dollars, she's busy trying to drum up Official Misconduct charges on New York cops for assisting federal agencies in enforcing National Law.

Remember who the democrats are siding with. It's going to be important moving forward.

Deferred Comp Issue?

A friend writes to us:

• For a couple months now, my outside brokerage account has not been syncing with my Chicago Deferred Comp Account. My broker was able to view it (unable to make changes) and advise me on it. However, it hasn’t updated and now this appears:

  Someone told me that the City still has some interest in our 457(b)’s and that we do not actually “own it” until we retire and either withdraw or transfer the funds. I haven’t been able to confirm that but I would not put it past the City.

This is unverified rumor at the moment. Is anyone else experiencing issues with the Nationwide site? We'll be some calls tomorrow.

Captain Assignments

Meet the new bosses:

• Courtney - 014
  
  Edwards - 002
  
  Murphy - 024
  
  Perez - 018
  
  Clark - 022
  
  Koenig - 017

We knew one of these guys back in the day and he was a pretty damn good cop. Hopefully, he didn't change.

Robot Message from Larry

Larritorious sent out a Father's Day greeting to everyone this weekend....after cancelling all their days off and screwing up family plans with minimal notice (click for larger version):

All well and good if you want to pretend you actually care about the Officers - a little personal touch might alleviate the hurt feelings.

Except, if you run the message through an AI detector program, guess who actually wrote the message?

 

 

So that message that was supposed to make you feel better about having to miss your RDO with the children was almost 100% written by a robot who doesn't really give a rat's ass about you, your kids or your families. 

Protests Trigger Safety Issues

Something the mainstream media won't cover....but The Contrarian X account will:

• If you don't think there are consequences to protests in Chicago, listen to CFD radio traffic.
  
  
  Fire Companies were unable to respond to downtown emergencies due to protests. CFD were forced to proceeded to calls on foot.
  
  
  This is an outrage.

We have trouble linking twitter accounts, but hopefully, someone's grandma wasn't have a heart attack and CFD couldn't get to her.

Lucky there wasn't a political assassination attempt either.

Blue Violence

Here's two-and-a-half minutes of democrats calling for political violence:

• Twitter Link

Anyone collecting the Conehead and Fata$$ quotes this past week? 

And don't worry - if it turns out we were mistaken in our initial assessment of the Minnesota assassin's political leanings, we'll be sure to follow the lead of the mainstream media:

• first, we'll ignore it;
• we'll leave the post up without correction; 
• then we'll write something in a week or two with no reference to the original post 

That's how the New York Times does it. We wouldn't want to be less trustworthy than the New York Times, would we? We didn't make the rules, but we're willing to follow them to the letter just like they do.

Blue on Blue Violence

If you are paying attention, 90%-plus of the political violence in the country comes from the left. Yesterday was no exception:

• A Minnesota state representative and her husband were shot and killed, and a state senator and his wife were shot and wounded in an "act of targeted political violence" at their homes early Saturday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said.

  A manhunt is now underway for the gunman who authorities said was impersonating a police officer. Authorities said they've identified 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter as a suspect.

The shooter was appointed to a political post by the previous governor (a democrat) and re-appointed by the current governor (another democrat). He had posters in his car for the marches today.

So why shoot fellow democrats? Well, it seems both of them voted with Republicans last week to deny medical coverage to illegal aliens, saving Minnesota taxpayers millions of dollars. 

You can't have democrats voting contrary to the party line and actually supporting policies that their constituents want. That might lead to actual democracy and would spell DOOM for the party that opposes "kings"....after they ran a presidential candidate who received exactly zero primary votes.

Oh, and the Minnesota authorities said they wouldn't be releasing the "manifesto" they found in the shooters car, and everyone knows what that means. 

Remember, Porky and Conehead and dozens of other democrats have been advocating violence, directly and indirectly, for months now, forgetting that the knife cuts both ways, more so among the party with the vast majority of mentally ill followers.

Slow Chase

From an e-mailer:

• Police in South Carolina engaged in a not-so-hot pursuit as they chased a tractor excavator down a main highway for more than an hour at the speed an average adult walks.

  The chase reached speeds of 3 mph (4.8 kph) early Sunday morning in North Charleston, police said.

  Officers on a different call saw the big piece of construction equipment with treads and a shovel in front go across U.S. Highway 78 around 3:30 a.m., North Charleston Police wrote in their report.

  A few minutes later, they got a burglary call from a business that was heavily damaged and saw the excavator slowly heading away, police said.

Lucky it wasn't Killdozer II.

In the meantime, just assume CPD would have terminated this chase five or six times over. 

Open Post for Sunday

 Vote democrat for more!

They hate American citizens, especially those who can think for themselves.

Stop Giving Them Your Money

Barely a week since an Officer was tragically killed, and this is what happens when you order a cup of coffee at one of the downtown Starbucks:

Why anyone would order from Starbucks, we have no idea. They're based out of police-hater central.

And any cop trusting a beverage that got served to them like this is insane. 

Stay Safe Today

Remember, these are paid "protestors."

And they are infiltrated with paid agitators and provocateurs. 

They want confrontation for publicity....and a payout. 

Don't get drawn into something stupid.

Conehead is cancelling your days off to put you in the middle of it all.

Seven is a Lucky Number, Right?

Mike really irritated the judge. He was unrepentant and pretty much insisted he was innocent of all charges....right up until the point the judge told him that he (the judge) didn't have to follow the sentencing recommendation of 12.5 years - the max allowable was 105 years:

• Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, has been sentenced to 7½ years in prison and a $2.5 million fine on corruption convictions. The 83-year-old will be expected to report to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Oct. 13.

There was also a $2.5 million fine, a fraction of his net worth of $50 million.

So now Mike has four months to either develop an incurable disease, flee the country or try to figure out how to be Burke's bunkmate for a couple years.

The ACLU is Sad

A man has got to know his limitations:

• Police Supt. Larry Snelling told a federal judge this week that he would “never use” the “snap curfew” power that some Chicago City Council members are pushing to give him.

  Speaking at a hearing on the city’s court-mandated police reform efforts, Snelling said the controversial tool is “not something that I asked for or that I need.”

  Snelling’s comments, reported in a court transcript, represent the top cop’s most blunt assessment of the ordinance being pitched by some council members as a solution to violent teen takeovers.

  At the regularly scheduled hearing, young people involved in monitoring the federal consent decree spoke out against a proposal the council is expected to vote on next week that would give Snelling the power to implement a curfew with just a 30-minute warning anytime throughout the city.

  Snelling said he is against that particular 30-minute provision as well.

So Larritorious is insisting that this power is something he never asked for, and he'd never use it. 

Or someone explained to him exactly how he was being set up to spend the next ten years in various Federal courtrooms being deposed over and over and over - and NOT as a Use of Force expert. Not the best way to spend your retirement.

Riot Preparation?

Not the CPD though....the other side:

• Weapons Stash Discovered Near Planned Protest Site Raises Alarms Over Saturday Demonstration
  
  
  By John Kugler | SubX.News | 
  June 12, 2025 – 12:30 am
  
  
  Chicago police officers made a disturbing discovery Wednesday night near the site of a planned protest: a hidden weapons cache containing items that could be used to incite riots, including pipes, rocks, umbrellas, gasoline, and what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail.
  
  
  According to multiple reports—including verified scanner traffic and real-time updates from credible police-monitoring Twitter accounts—officers with CPD's foot patrol unit uncovered the stash near Monroe Drive and Lake Shore Drive, in a park area close to mile marker 350.
  
  
  “I’m here with foot patrol near mile marker 350,” one officer can be heard saying in radio audio. “We’re just looking in this park area. We found a possible Molotov cocktail and some other items that could be used during the protest. Just hold us down over here...”
  
  
  This discovery was first reported at 10:26 PM by @ChicagoContrar1, and later confirmed by live scanner updates shared by @CPD1617Scanner at 10:33 PM, noting that the information was “bonafide” and “incredibly dangerous.” 

We know for a fact that there are at least half-a-dozen cameras covering that stretch and some of the more talented SDSC people can link those cameras back to continuous coverage of nearby roads and paths covering miles of vehicle and pedestrian traffic movement, hours at a time.

So are we going to get descriptions of persons and vehicles that may have dropped off these materials? Especially after this story leaked out:

• In a surprising turn of events, the California Democratic Party has found itself embroiled in controversy following revelations from its May 2025 expense report. A significant expenditure highlighted in the report has raised eyebrows and sparked outrage among constituents, particularly during a time when the city of Los Angeles is grappling with intense protests regarding social justice and police reform.

  The focal point of the scrutiny is a notable purchase of bricks made by the California Democratic Party. The decision to acquire these bricks has prompted questions about the party’s priorities and its commitment to addressing the urgent needs of its constituents. Many residents and activists are asking why the party allocated funds for such an unusual item, especially amidst ongoing protests advocating for systemic change.

When confronted, the party leaders said the bricks were for a future construction project. When pressed "What project?" they had no answers. Bricks are usually acquired by the thousands by General Contractors, not party leaders, and certainly not a couple pallets at a time.

So it's kind of obvious the California dem party is buying bricks for rioters to assault federal officers, LAPD, CHP and county sheriffs. Who's to say that isn't happening here also?

Ignorant Dumbass Conehead

Remember, this guy supposedly taught children:

• Chicago’s radical, progressive, Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson told the media on Wednesday that the Trump administration is “what our country would look like had the Confederacy won.”

  The race-obsessed, left-wing mayor railed against the Trump administration after hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of the Windy City in opposition to the president’s lawful immigration enforcement policies. Johnson by turns called Trump a “terrorist” and a “racist” in his comments to the press.

  The mayor with the single worst approval rating in the entire country also reminded the media that he recently said that Trump’s immigration policy is “what terrorism looks like.”

Leaving aside the fact that enforcing the Border Laws of the country is solely a FEDERAL function (as argued and won by Sparklefarts in Arizona v United States) Conehead the Dumbass seems to forget exactly who won the Civil War:

• Lincoln was a ::gasp!:: Republican;
• Jefferson Davis represented Mississippi as a pro-slavery democrat;
• The North (Republican) defeated the South (democrat) thus ending slavery

Pretty much all of the ensuing Civil Rights legislation following the War was introduced and passed by Republicans, in direct defiance of the Dixie-crats (champions of Jim Crow).

And it was Eisenhower, another Republican, who federalized the National Guard and authorized the 101st Airborne to integrate schools when a democrat governor wouldn't let black students in.

But Conehead claims Trump represents Confederate ideas and policies?

How dumb can you get?

Well, we guess he won an election, so there are a bunch of dumber people out there. 

Join the Police - for Free!

We don't mean it's free to join - we mean you'll be working for free!

• A new class of Chicago police recruits has not been paid since they were hired nearly a month ago, their union told NBC Chicago.

  The class of officers, more than 50 in all, has continued their training without pay according to Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara, but at least one has said they are considering leaving the force that they so recently joined.

  The recruits were hired on May 16, according to the union.

People forget that joining isn't exactly free. You have to quit your previous job, and if you're police, you give them two weeks notice.

then you arrive at the Academy and they give you a list of things you have to buy - uniform(s), gym clothes, gun, equipment, dress uniforms (summer and winter). And you have to buy all this from approved vendors, who aren't charging market prices - they're over-charging a tiny little bit. 

All-in-all to join up, you're out-of-pocket a few thousand dollars before you start to see paychecks from the City. Depending on what part of the month you got hired, it could be three weeks. These kids appear to have fallen into that three week gap.

It's also unfortunate that these recruits came on just before a Line of Duty death where they will be utilized as window dressing for an Honors Funeral. That means a full summer uniform in short order and money might be a bit tight, especially after a missed paycheck.

It's one of those things, but it will give the new kids some immediate insight into how much the Department actually cares about you....and that ain't much.

CFD Injured on Vacation

Lucky to be alive actually:

• Paralyzed ten days ago in the middle of a San Francisco triathlon, injured Chicago firefighter Jose Perez is beginning the battle back after multiple surgeries.

  Perez was on the West Coast for the June 1 Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon when he launched himself off a boat, and a freak collision left him face down in the waters near the Golden Gate Bridge.

  “I just felt a big boom,” Perez said. “[I] just hit the back of my head.”

  Perez described the moment over Zoom from his San Francisco hospital bed. Another triathlon swimmer landed on top of him, leaving him paralyzed.

This entire incident sounds like gross negligence on the part of the race organizers - they motored the contestants out into the Bay and then had everyone pile off the boat in an uncontrolled wave, with no separation or metering, and of course, this happened.

He's doing better and has regained some function in his limbs after a spinal procedure, but he's got a year or more of physical therapy ahead of him. No one knows if he'll ever return to full duty.

GoFundMe link here. Best wishes for a complication-free recovery. 

Here a Tax, There a Tax

Gamblers beware:

• FanDuel announced plans Tuesday to slap a $0.50 transaction fee on every online wager placed in Illinois, an additional juice that the sports betting behemoth says it has to squeeze because state lawmakers are saddling sportsbooks with a new tax on every bet they take.

  Legislators who signed off on the first-of-its-kind per-wager tax to help bridge a $1 billion state budget gap say big gambling corporations like DraftKings can afford another dent in their profit margins.

  But after sweeping sports betting tax hikes last year, leaders of the booming industry claim the one-two taxing punch will lead to worse odds — and drive bettors to the black market.

There's a tipping point, where the cost to RUN a business doesn't work out with the cost of DOING business. It's a balancing act.

There are tiny brains who will insist that even if a business is making a single penny in profit, then they will continue to do business....and they ought to be taxed that extra penny. But the fact is, they'll just move their business over the border to someplace that taxes them less, increases their bottom line for shareholders, and expand into untapped markets with friendlier business climates.

We already do most of our food shopping in the suburbs, we fill up the car in another county (remember - gas tax goes up from forty-seven cents on 01 July!), larger appliance purchases are made out-of-state and we're looking into transferring our friends and family cell service to a cabin in the woods.

If there isn't one already, someone will create a work-around in the electronic betting industry.