Yes, Virginia. Area 4 is Re-Opening

A rumor:

• Hey SCC. Any truth to the rumors that 35th street wants to move all Area North Detectives to Harrison and Kedzie, the old Area Four because get this, "this is where the crime is located." These people are unfrickenbelievable. No one thought closing two areas was a good Idea now they want to open Area Four back up but guess what not enough detectives to go around so let's move them from Belmont and Western to Harrison and Kedzie. Pure genius. There are under 300 detectives in Area North currently. Totally understaffed. Hold on boys and girls summer is going to be a wild ride.

And a few hours later:

• Hey Scc. I m sure you heard. Area North Detectives are moving to The old Area Four starting Monday first watch. The entire area will be moved by Jun 1. All to appease the reverends. They think that if we get to scenes quicker that the west side will mysteriously want to cooperate with us. Embarrassing. Almost as bad as closing two areas 5 years ago.

So again, another McCarthny brainstorm blows up in his wake. Does Rahm's distant relative own a moving company or something?

Copycats

And yet another "investigation:"

• Once again, someone has uttered a racial slur on a Chicago Police radio frequency. An investigation is underway.
  
  A police 911 dispatcher was taking information about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday about a man firing a gun when someone broke in and said, “Shoot the — —— —— and get it over with.”
  
  It’s at least the fifth such incident since March 13.
  
  An Office of Emergency Management and Communications spokesperson said OEMC and police do not believe the slur came from a Chicago Police officer, said the comments are “absolutely unacceptable.”

Again, this is a typical ploy of agitators - make the enemy live by their own rules, open multiple investigations, paralyze the system by overloading the system with BS.

Assailant Killed

West side, less than a mile from where three cops got shot last month:

• A person driving a vehicle wanted in connection with an earlier shooting was shot to death by police in the Homan Square neighborhood Monday night, authorities said.
  
  A Harrison District officer shot the person in the 3400 block of West Grenshaw Street after trying to stop the vehicle about 7:40 p.m., said Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy, in a statement at the scene a little before 10 p.m.
  
  Officers were patrolling when they saw the vehicle, and tried to stop it, but a person from the vehicle fled on foot, and one officer ran after, Roy said.
  
  "They attempted to stop the car, at which time the offender fled from the car, with one officer in pursuit," said Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy, his statement mirroring language of one released moments later by police News Affairs. "A foot pursuit ensued, during the course of that pursuit, it led to an armed confrontation between the offender and the officer, resulting the officer firing shots with his service weapon, striking the offender."
  
  The person was taken to an area hospital, and pronounced dead, Roy said. A weapon was found on scene and was being taken into evidence.

And of course, the new catch-phrase:

• The statement from News Affairs noted that "The officer(s) involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for a period of 30 days," a procedure initiated last year in all police-involved shootings.

We can see the protests already:

• "If the police had stopped the previous shooting, this wouldn't have happened!" or
• "If the police would stop following up on shootings, this wouldn't have happened!"

No cops injured. Good job Officer.

100 Years is a Good Start

And hopefully, none of this "day for day" crap...this guy should die behind bars:

• A man on parole who shot two police officers when they interrupted him during a drug transaction in the West Garfield Park neighborhood in 2011 was sentenced Monday to 100 years in prison, according to prosecutors and court records.
  
  Alvis Holley, 28, was convicted in September of two counts of attempted murder of a police officer. Cook Count Judge Nicholas Ford sentenced him Monday.
  
  About 10:45 p.m. July 18, 2011, the officers saw a narcotics deal in an alley on the 4000 block of West Wilcox Street. When they approached the alley, Holley, who was involved in the transaction, walked up to the passenger side of the police car, prosecutors said.
  
  Holley could not tell the officers what he was doing or where he lived, so he was told to put his hands on the hood of the police car. Instead, he began to fight with the officers, prosecutors said.

No idea why it took five years, but in the end, justice was done.

Reduced to Begging

When you tie the hands of the police, reduce their numbers to unsafe levels, whittle the detectives down where they can't even solve crimes, and embrace the liberal mindset (Prickwrinkle, Dart, Rahm, Cook County courts) that there is no such thing as a bad boy, you get this:

• A Bucktown boutique has a message for would-be thieves: Stop robbing us.
  
  Apartment Number 9, at 1804 N. Damen Ave., was first hit by a "smash and grab" burglary last February that saw several articles of clothing stolen from the high-end boutique. Last Tuesday, there was more trouble, says the shop's manager.
  
  "Chicago Police called me at 4:40 am on Tuesday and said that our door was damaged in an apparent attempt to break-in and that although our door was damaged, they weren't able to break it and get inside," said Apartment Number 9's manager Fatima Mohiuddin.
  
  She decided not to file an official report but did a write a note to the would-be bad guys.
  
  "Dear thieves, please stop robbing or attempting to rob us. We are definitely not interested, not to mention it isn't very nice," wrote Mohiuddin in a note taped to the storefront window last week.

It's almost charming that she assumes these miscreants can read, isn't it?

We will guarantee that she voted "democrat" in the last few elections, for president Sparklefarts twice, for Hillary in the primary, will be doing the same this November, and will be out of business within two years blaming various conspiracies.

RIP "Officer"

A lot of heart in a little body:

• Madison Pruitt, the 6-year-old girl who was held up as a hero last week by Interim Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson for her struggle in fighting muscle cancer, died Sunday.
  
  Her death hit Sgt. Ernest Spradley and the rest of the officers of the Gresham District police station, two blocks from Madison’s South Side home, especially hard.

Condolences to her family and the 006 District.

Rahm Sure Can Pick 'em

This appeared a few days ago, concerning the Department of Aviation:

• The chief of Chicago’s Aviation Police, target of an overwhelming no-confidence vote by his own officers, announced his abrupt departure Friday, telling those officers that moving forward, they should “always be positive, and not dwell on the negative."
  
  After repeated inquiries, the Emanuel administration insisted Chief Richard Edgeworth had not resigned, but rather had chosen to return to his previous post in the Chicago Fire Department.

First up, what's a firefighter doing running a police department?

Second, this is the goof who told the DOA Coppers to "run and hide" in the event of a terrorist attack and come out when it was safe to assist responding CPD, directing traffic or parking our cars or something (we kid! we kid!)

In any event, you'd think that a uniformed police force at a major metropolitan airport might actually be, you know, armed. It's not like a shitload of bombs just went off in a European airport or anything. Or that they've been going off in airports around the world for decades.

These aren't rent-a-cops. They're fully trained, annually qualified cops. They've even got an arsenal of fully functional weapons that would put many SWAT teams to shame...but they can't carry them. There isn't a reason in the world they shouldn't be patrolling the airport armed, except for politics, and the lives of citizens hang in the balance.

More Cameras Coming

450 more:

• The Chicago Police Department expects to receive a shipment of more than 450 body cameras, which will be worn by officers in some of the most gang-plagued areas of the city in addition to the department's top brass starting this spring, city officials announced Sunday.
  
  After being trained, officers and supervisors in seven of the department's 22 police districts will be equipped with body cameras capable of recording 72 continuous hours of high-definition video and audio on a single charge.
  
  The new cameras, part of a city pilot program, began in January 2015 in the Shakespeare District, which covers the Logan Square and West Town communities on the North and Northwest sides. The six new police districts, which encompass one-third of the city, cover the South Shore, Auburn Gresham, Chatham, Washington Park, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Back of the Yards, Brighton Park, Bridgeport, Austin, North Lawndale and Little Village communities.

Those seem like predominantly ....ah, nevermind. It'd be silly to point that out.

People want accountability - get ready for the "Age of Zero Discretion" and being accountable for your own actions.

This article made us smile though:

• Chicago’s top cop plans to start wearing a body camera Monday as part of a 15-month pilot program that has so far produced substantially fewer videos per officer than in several other big cities.
  
  Interim Police Supt. Eddie Johnson has pledged to wear a body camera, along with his command staff, to “demonstrate our commitment to rebuilding trust with the residents we’re sworn to serve.”

Maybe he can wear it to the weekly Rahm briefing. Or the Secret Study Group.

It's the Sentencing Stupid

Masters of the Obvious....again:

• Lamar Harris had seven felony convictions and 43 arrests when he shot three Chicago police officers. The same week, Samuel Harviley, who had just been paroled after serving less than half of his sentence for armed carjacking, shot yet another of the Windy City’s finest.
  
  Police officials, researchers and many elected leaders all agree that the pair were prime examples of the violent pool of criminals driving the city’s historically high crime rate. Ex-cons well-known to police and with a proven propensity for violence are being let out early from prison or let off lightly by judges, only to wreak havoc on the city, they say.
  
  "The fact that a convicted felon and gun offender is yet again out on early release to torment communities is representative of the types of individuals who are overwhelmingly driving the recent spike in violence," then-interim police Superintendent John Escalante said at a news conference last month announcing charges against Harviley.

Extensive studies by SCC scientists and statisticians have proven beyond any shadow of a doubt, that felons who spend their full sentences in prison are unlikely to commit crimes on the streets of Chicago AND they are 100% unable to be among those shot, maimed or killed on the streets of Chicago.

It's true! For actual numbers and stuff, see our published works.

Only 1,300 Evildoers

This is from the Cheater's Lieutenants Graduation event the other day:

• Interim Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson talked about his plans to fight crime at Friday's police graduation ceremony at Navy Pier.
  
  Seventy-four police recruits graduated on Friday.
  
  Johnson, a 27-year CPD veteran who took the helm of the embattled department last week, said his first priority is restoring public trust.
  
  "I never thought that the mistakes or poor judgement of a few can do so much to undermine the reputation and the integrity of so many good officers who put their lives on the line each and every day and do their jobs as professionals," Johnson told the new recruits.

Mistakes? Poor judgement? Like when 6 people with ties to IAD and Mrs. Wysinger working on the same floor of the same building all get promoted in the first class? Or the significant-others and  side-pieces of Subject Matter Experts all make the first class? Or doesn't the trust of your subordinates count for anything?

• He encouraged recruits to do a lot of listening and treat people with respect, adding that community policing will be key.
  
  "It's hard to earn trust, but easy to lose it," he said. "It's even harder to get it back."

Are you even hearing the words coming out of your mouth there Ed?

• Mayor Rahm Emanuel also attended the event, praising Johnson for his efforts.
  
  "It is not an accident that the superintendent comes from patrol," Emanuel said. "They are the backbone."
  
  More 1,300 people are responsible for a majority of the violent crime in many of Chicago's neighborhoods, and part of his plan is to identify those people and hold them accountable.
  
  "We know who you are, we know where you live, consider yourselves put on notice," Johnson said.

"Put on notice" because you were on Double Secret Probation! Haha!! And you didn't even know it!!! Next, if you aren't watching you step, you'll be subject to the dreaded I.S.R!!! And after that, a harshly worded letter sent to your last known address. And then, Barb West will show up at your door and tell Momma what a baaaaaed little gang banger you've been....if she can get Momma to tear herself away from the 52-inch TV you bought her.

Put a Sock in it ACLU

You know what the CIA does to keep Americans safe? It gathers intelligence from different sources, human, electronic, satellite, etc.

Guess what the FBI does to fight crime? Wiretaps, undercover work, paid informants, surveillance, etc.

But what is the CPD allowed to do to keep an eye on those who would disrupt the ebb-and-flow of city life?

Nothing:

• As Mayor Rahm Emanuel faced growing criticism last fall over the city’s handling of police shootings, Chicago Police Department officials laid plans to have undercover officers spy on protest groups, records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show.

The ACLU is, predictably, up in arms, and are currently demanding City Council hearings. There's no reason to think that Rahm won't capitulate almost immediately seeing as how the ACLU pretty much runs the show around here nowadays. And Chicago will once again, be less safe, and cops in more danger not having the proper information at their disposal, meaning "fetal" policing becomes even more deeply entrenched.

But that's what the ACLU wants.

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Crack Your Girl, Keep Your Job

This goof still has a job?

• It's been almost three months since Charles Reed was accused of pistol whipping his girlfriend and beating her with his fists. He was reassigned by the City Office of Emergency Management and Communications where he had been working the past five years as a fire department dispatcher, sometimes deploying ambulances to the kind of incident he was charged with.
  
  The city moved to fire him. Tonight the I-Team has learned, that isn't happening.
  
  Instead, here at OEMC headquarters 35-year old Reed will be returning to the dispatch floor to his old job as a fire department communications and, according to city records, Reed will continue collecting his city salary of $79,740.
  
  Some are dissatisfied with this turn of events including some female co-workers who have complained to their superiors.

His coworkers aren't satisfied? How about Rahm's new boss at OEMC? The female National Guard general - she wants a woman beater working for her? A guy who used a pistol to beat the shit out of his girlfriend?

Oh, his "Illinois Human Rights" would be violated. Geez, we had forgotten about those. Yet another product of the liberal Illinois political combine that puts every special interest ahead of actual, you know, common sense.

Which "revrund" sponsored this piece of excrement?

Nice Job Charlie

Like it never snowed in April.

We didn't see a single plow, truck or grain of salt on the streets.

And neither did IDOT we suppose, leading to a thirteen-car-single-fatality accident early Saturday morning.

You know, if Charlie ran Streets and San the same way he ran his part of the Department....oh wait. He does. And it sucks.

Rahm's New Battle Cry

"At least we aren't Memphis!!!"

• Chicago may be known for its high murder rate, but one city has surpassed the windy city in homicide rates thus far this year.
  
  The murder rate in Memphis, Tennessee is about 64 percent higher than that of Chicago this year, according to local outlet the Commercial Appeal.
  
  Memphis has experienced a violent first three months with 60 people killed in 2016 at the end of March -- compared to 35 homicides this time last year. Those numbers put the homicide rate around 9.13 victims per 100,000 population.
  
  In the same time period, 151 people had been killed in Chicago, but with a population of 2,722,389, the homicide rate is only at 5.55.

You take your victories where you can get them.

Suburban Support

This would never catch on here, except in very small numbers:

• MAY 15TH, 2016 - MAY 31ST, 2016
  
  The residents, businesses, houses of worship and schools in Skokie, IL are asked to tie red and blue ribbons around trees and lampposts. This is a village-wide show of support and gratitude for our fire and police departments.
  
  Starting April 11th, ribbons will be distributed by our sponsors. Please feel free to stop by any of the locations and pick up your ribbon!

Here, houses of "worship" are the ones preaching hatred, schools teaching disrespect, and teachers screaming at rallies to "Fuck the police and everyone with them."

But if you're way up north in nosebleed territory, maybe a little bit of cross-border support might go a long way.

Hiring Numbers?

So how many actually applied for the upcoming Police Entrance Exam?

The city extended the deadline, twice, because numbers were so low. We've had a few commenters say that the numbers are under 5,000. We've had an e-mail from someone who claims the numbers are actually closer to 3,000.

Regardless, based on previous tests, the numbers are horribly low. And based on previous hiring processes, around a quarter don't even reply to the job offer, another quarter wash out at the drug screening, another third fail the physical.

If 5,000 people actually applied, that's 833 potential hires.

If 3,000 is the number, that's 500. For a Department that's how many short again - 2,400 at a minimum? With the huge hiring waves of the past few decades all coming up on the 20, 25 and 30 year marks.

Not Our Job

Another effort to keep the jail empty:

• With about 200 people dying of heroin overdoses each year in Chicago, the police are preparing to launch a radical new strategy to help addicts caught in narcotics investigations on the West Side.
  
  As usual, officers will arrest people caught buying small amounts of heroin and take them to the police station. But officers will now give them the option of entering a drug-treatment program — and not being charged with a crime.
  
  Users with violent criminal backgrounds and those who are “active gang members” will be excluded, police say.
  
  “This is a one-time get-out-of-jail-free card,” said Ruth Coffman, executive director of the University of Chicago Health Lab, which will evaluate the program.
  
  Two large agencies, Thresholds and the Heartland Alliance, are expected to provide the treatment.
  
  Anthony Riccio, chief of the police department’s organized crime bureau, said he anticipates the program will begin this month in the Harrison, Austin and Ogden police districts.

And once again, the police are being drafted as social workers, a role that they are not trained for nor are they equipped to accomplish.

These offers, should they be made, shouldn't be taking place at a police facility. The offers should be made at court, after the arrestee has been fingerprinted, photographed and processed, and the Court has determined that their criminal record is worthy of this "second chance." Because we would bet money that a number of these "second chances" will turn into third, fourth and more chances.

Twelve Hours

So notices went out for the Detective Exam coming up this May, the first Detective exam in something like a decade or more. Shortshanks and Rahm let the D-unit decline to numbers unseen in modern history, covered by closing two Detective Areas, but obvious as the clearance rate for homicides and other violent crime is hovering at or below 25%.

The notice says to prepare to be at the testing site for twelve hours since they're giving part one and part two at the same time.

So if you're working first watch, you might as well be doing a 20 hour day. Same thing for third watch. The city cannot deny you the time to take the actual test, but this time, the Department will not deviate from the 15% elective time-off provision.

So if it's a warm Saturday in May.....

Anyone seen the order on this yet? It's a completely foreseen event. Weren't things simpler when they gave the test in two shifts?

A Clinton Tells the Truth?

Next thing you know, the Cubs will be winning the World Series:

• On Thursday, while Bill Clinton was giving a speech to a crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters, he was repeatedly interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters.
  He responded to them, saying, "you are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter. Tell the truth."

Naturally, the left is in an uproar over this truth, because the big lie is that police are leading the slaughter of minority youth, and you can't have the truth out there when there's an agenda to promote.