Bump Card Warning
It seems they all expired at once, even those that had a 2026 date:
Expect Inspectors to be touring the Districts shortly. Do yourself a favor and keep track of who gets disciplined and who doesn't.
Labels: info for the police
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
56 Comments:
I'll stay on the medical until I get my card renewed, Thank you very much.
The beards definitely got a little out of control for years, but why does the department consider a reasonably groomed beard to be unprofessional? What's the justification for restricting facial hair? Professionals in all walks of life have beards, and they are still seen as professional and respected. It's an outdated rule that serves no real purpose other than to punish people for nothing. Change it so it has to be well-groomed at a certain length, and hammer anyone who falls outside the grooming standard. 99.9% of bump cards are bullshit anyway, especially when they shave the most sensitive areas that they supposedly can't shave without getting bumps. The "ethnic" hairstyles and fake nails are a bigger problem anyway... but it would be racist to target those.
Isn't Erica Estrada that motorcycle cop on TV? Hot stuff
For those with the bump card whether needed or not at least they got doctor to sign off on the need to not shave. Shame on you if you’re catch off base. You are an employee and as such you are required to follow the R&R, along with all Directives. Having said that, when does the Department start enforcing the mail length and color, hair standards for male and females, and the uniform standards? And just because you work inside doesn’t exempt you from adhering to the standards that the Department has published. If the Department is going to drop the hammer on one class of copper, then it should make all the coppers adhere to the Guidelines.
Good, some officers look like crap. Next choose one uniform so we don’t look like slobs.
Appearance commands respect!
We seem to have alot of rastafarians on the job.
The fact that Sweeney is warning anybody to follow the rules is hysterical.
Start at homan square. Most look so unprofessional. Many look like mountain men. I wonder how they got through the academy.
More irrelevant shit. More punishment. Instead of fixing this sunken ship.
“Expect Inspectors to be touring the Districts shortly. Do yourself a favor and keep track of who gets disciplined and who doesn't.”
This is a very important piece of advice.
Too bad 99.9% of the people on the job today don’t have a hair on their beanbag (or clam… you’re welcome, ladies!) to document - let alone make some noise about - blatant inconsistencies in all things CPD. Especially when it comes to discipline.
Get to know your CBA, kids. Understand your protections and how to initiate the grievance process. Even if nothing administratively results from dropping that beef, you’ll have started a paper trail for the long game.
Learn how to file FOIA requests as they’re a wealth of information once you understand the nuances involved in the process of properly baiting that hook. There’s nothing more the administration fears than an educated employee with a set of balls who won’t kowtow to the way things have always been done.
Make them understand you’re not one to be fucked with and watch them recoil like the cowards they are. Only the truly stupid supervisors will ignore the warning signs and persist. Those fools are the ones to make examples out of when you discuss punitive damages with your labor law attorney. After all, they blatantly retaliated against you for exercising your rights as afforded by the CBA, and perhaps the EEOC.
Document. Document. Document. And then document some more. Keep copious notes and burn copies of anything and everything that’ll bolster your position. And when possible, recruit likeminded coworkers to join the team as there really is strength in numbers.
Oooorrrrrrrrrrrr… just keep your pie hole shut and take the SPAR or any other discipline that may result from your porn ‘stache being unkempt. While coworkers with natty dreads, 4 inch, jewel-bespectacled neon claws, gang tats and suspended DL’s float through Wednesday stand-up inspection without fear.
Yet, certain ethnic hair styles (aka crowns) are perfectly acceptable? Seems discriminatory on many levels.
33 yrs on this job, and I have never actually seen a Bump Card.
Old and outdated policy. I rather have an actual policy like physical standards over this. Plus it’s always some krusty old timer complaining about another man’s facial hair. Who cares, this isn’t the military.
Does this count for the two year PRT wonders and one year 64 , 80 , 06 car kids with the facial hair that isn’t fully grown in yet .
SPECIAL officers will not be disciplined.
I haven't seen a clean shaven officer in 20 years!
I bet those desk broads won’t get gigged
I still have my life time exception bump card/to from. For those that remember that the department gave us a career length exception then took it away.
Time to start growing my dreads
Facial hair doesn't make you look tough.
Most look retarded.
Good, you don't want to shave. Get a card every year. Too many beards out here. If you wanted a dirty hipster beard, you should go work at Starbucks. You ever look at the fire department, why don't they have bump cards? Wait they have to put on a mask to enter a burning building. The masks won't work with a beard. Enough with the taliban beards, keep them trimmed. No one pushing a beat car is working undercover against the taliban.
Stick your SPAR up your ass Inspector
What about my dreadlocks ? Are they still good ?
A2 DD Cmdr Dachae Blanton is the worst boss one has ever met in a 25+ yr career. 100% unprofessional the way she speaks to A2 Personel. She needs to GO before good Dets go.
how about the girls 4" colored lee press on fingernails???
I wonder if you will say that to his face? Or are you just a Keyboard Toughguy?
Years back, they had a shave cream designed to be easier on the face.. Remember it in boot camp.
What is the motivation here? My first bump card 20ish years ago (which I still have) literally states on it that it was valid for the rest of my life and no expiration. Suddenly, at the stroke of a pen it was invalid and you have to get a bump card every 2 years. Annoying, but I see my Dermatologist yearly anyway, so whatever, I’ve had 2 of those bump cards. Now, my current active bump card that I renewed because of the DNC is now not valid?! Based on what grounds? Like stated above, it would be less annoying if standards were enforced across the board, but we all know that nails, hair, jewelry, and uniforms are discretionary depending on who you ask.
My card has a year left and it was obtained with the "new" policy. The only reason I got it was everybody including ppos we're walking around with beards. My skin gets irritated when I shave including ingrown hairs and sores but I shaved everyday for years. It seemed to me that having a beard was a prerequisite to be promoted or placed in a cush position. I don't think it's right that the validity of my bump card should be cancelled after I finally got one and had to pay for a derm appointment.
Love this. Too bad like you said, most people on this job have little to no time on and they’re all just big talkers when it comes to being screwed by the dept. Most white shirts are cowards that hide behind their rank but quickly back off when you push back. As you said there’s nothing that scares them more than a smart employee cuz they don’t know what you’ll say when the time comes to make an example. They don’t realize most of us do what’s expected and just want to be left alone. Don’t bother me for BS numbers for con stat or to pad your resume cuz you want a bump up the chain. This job (and that’s all it is) is all about me and my wellbeing and preservation. Leave me alone and I promise I’ll do the same. Try to fuck me and I’ll make sure you’ll wish you never met me.
The order actually says the cards expire one year from date of issuance while the card says two years. So disorganized!
Granny Clampet looked clean shaven last week in NOLA
@230am. Yes! I’ll be FOIA requesting infraction reports from the inspection division to see how disproportionally enforcement/discipline was meted out. I’ll bet you right now that guys who are more apt to sunburn were unfairly scrutinized and “made examples of”
There has to be a better way to weed out the officers who think that they are "styling" and those who actually need not to shave. Some of the rank and files beards are disgusting quite frankly, and have no place in a uniformed force. Until then, I think CPD should crack down on this fashion trend of growing a beard and remaining in uniform.
The most old school police reg you can imagine. It goes back to street brawling in the chaotic industrializing cities of the US & Europe in the 1800s, when beards were universally much more common than now, & guns in a urban environment fairly rare. Someone could easily grab your beard by the roots with their left to hold you in place, beat your skull with their right. Cops on patrol with nothing but a nightstick began shaving their beards to protect themselves against this, leaving just a mustache (much harder to grab, near all those teeth). Hence the mustachioed cop stereotype.
Note the [actual] Amish, as a pacifist, dissident religious minority back then received a lot of police harassment, mostly for refusing military service. As a symbolic protest they grew full beards and shaved ONLY the mustache, to show just how opposite of the cops & military they were.
A friend's spouse worked at Cook County Hospitals for many years. During the start of COVID, when its method of spread was still not exactly known, County understandably came down hard enforcing all kinds of cleaning regulations & PPE use to stop disease spread, about which staff may have become lax. But never on the long false fingernails of nurses & secretaries! Who never could truly clean under those nails, and went from patient to patient, keyboard to keyboard, doorknob to doorknob, elevator button to elevator button...
Why, to enforce the regulation nail lengths as already written for disease prevention in a public hospital?... Well now, that would be Racist.
Some copper is supposed to shave everyday before work? For what exactly? To sit in roll call next to neck tattoo copper? To wear a vest decorated with kits, scissors, hooks, Craftsman tool sets? Yeah, that looks really professional on those 5'5" females. All for what? To ask permission for a foot chase that's doomed to jam you up? GTFO
You ever hear the old Irish legend of Mad King Sweeney? It's a good one.
The two police officers do not even wear identical uniforms. Observe the vehicles with covered license plates; they lack city stickers, coppers vehicles, and the senior officers are using unmarked take-home cars that have tinted license plate covers. the same people you despise your reflecting yourself!
What's next? Chest toupees for hairless chested officers
The Chicago Police Department is a "Semi Military Organization" & there are rules to be followed! There was a Dermatologist on Belmont Ave that for the tiny sum of $10.00 would wright up paperwork so you could get a Bump Card from the Medical Section, even though you didn't qualify! Go back to the regulation uniforms & get rid of the Stocking caps & baseball caps! You all look like children. Someone is bitching about Homan Square, if you were working undercover all that you needed is permission from your commander & you could have facial hair! Grow up children, you knew the rules when you took this job! If you didn't like the rules, then you should not have taken this job!
Exactly. Great point.
Para-military is what it is.
And while you are parking your fat ass on the sofa waiting for your card I can't get time due because we will be over 15%. Thank you you selfish putz.
Sorry, but this is a Police Department, not a haven for hipsters and ex-baristas. I personally don't give a shit if the Department doesn't want the Officers looking like lumberjacks or protesters/rioters. If you want to smoke weed, dress like a douche, have a hipster beard, eat Ramen with Tofu and drink craft beer at dumpy bars, maybe you should consider an occupation change.
All along I believed this was standard practice for all officers. I document everything!!! Who is late, who is out of uniform, whether a sergeant is "MIA" for the day, early ducks w/(L/TD event numbers), partner/ who drove, e-learning ducks etc. Everything out of the norm is being documented. Doesn't take much to write the information down in a separate notebook. Just one small page per day is all it takes. Be prepared to counter when the time comes.
Bring back the big porno mustaches from the 1970s !
Who cares about beards. How about some fitness standards. The guys complaining about your appearance commanding respect have a bmi higher than their age. If you can’t walk up a flight of stairs without almost having a grabber don’t say shit about someone else’s appearance.
or "If you can't be sharp look sharp!"
Good!
If you can’t figure it out it’s when firemen can’t have beards. Gas masks.
U.S. Grant and Ole Bobby Lee had beards...it's a family tradition!
Some guys can grow a decent beard, but most can't (myself included) and look like they are trying to get a part on the tv show "Duck Dynasty"
Your Apperance Commands Respet! Look Professional!
Hey, this little gurl likes her man with some facial hair. Clean shaven makes him look way too young!
Post a Comment
<< Home