The United Nations?

This is painfully stupid and hilarious at the same time:

• Some politicians in the past have recommended deploying the National Guard to help Chicago quell gun violence, but Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin went even further on Thursday, suggesting the United Nations perhaps send in peacekeepers in the face of what he called a “quiet genocide.”
  
  Boykin was traveling to New York to meet with Oscar Fernandez-Taranco of Argentina, the U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Support, to seek international help with “horrific levels of shootings” and other violent crime in West Side and South Side communities.
  
  “I’m hoping to appeal to the U.N. to actually come to Chicago and meet with victims of violence, and maybe even possibly help out in terms of peacekeeping efforts, because I think it’s so critical for us to make sure that these neighborhoods are safe,” Boykin said at O’Hare International Airport on Thursday.

Boykin obviously has no idea of the federal laws and Constitutional hurdles that would have to be overcome to have any sort of foreign forces operating within US borders, armed or unarmed. Not to mention Rules of Engagement and other such concerns. Add in the constant headlines of corruption, rape and sex trafficking that follow the UN everywhere and you have a recipe for disaster upon the disaster that already is the south and west sides.

Another Task Force?

Once again, from the brilliant mind of Eddie "foie gras" Burke:

• It’s no longer a matter of if, but when a truck is used to mow down innocent citizens in Chicago, an influential alderman said Monday.
  
  Ald. Edward Burke (14th) made that statement before pushing a resolution through the Finance Committee he chairs urging the city to create a Chicago Vehicular Terrorism Task Force and report back in 120 days with a specific response plan.
  
  That plan may include strategic installation of movable bollards in front of important buildings and other terrorist targets and regional coordination with truck rental agencies where terrorists might obtain their weapons of choice.

Brilliant - have the truck rental places racially profile clients? Form a new unit, taking coppers off the street to pore through rental agreements or run names thought some unknown non-existent data base?

Here's a better idea - require all rental vehicles to have the steering wheel airbag replaced with about half a pound of plastique explosive and two pounds of rusty nails and bolts. We'll hold the trigger here at SCC headquarters.

Rahm, You Prancing Pandering Pussy

Way to not hold the criminals accountable for their actions you suburban wuss:

• Mayor Rahm Emanuel tried Friday to undo the political damage caused by a “callous” decision city attorneys made without his knowledge that threatens to undermine his efforts to restore public trust in the Chicago Police Department shattered by the police shooting of Laquan McDonald.
  
  Emanuel called the father of Quintonio LeGrier to apologize for his Law Department’s now-reversed decision to sue the estate of the bat-wielding teenager shot to death by a police officer in December, 2015 along with an innocent bystander.
  
  The mayor said he had no advance warning of the city’s motion and, when he found out about it, he ordered it reversed.
  
  “I called the father, Antonio, today and I said. ‘On behalf of the Law Department, I apologize,’ ” Emanuel said after the city’s abrupt about-face.
  
  “I’ve talked to him before. I met with him before. We had a good conversation and he was incredibly gracious and understanding.”

The fact is, no matter what Rahm spouts, this shooting was completely justified under Federal, State, Local Law, Department policies and practices. Had the now-dead assailant lived, he would have been charged with causing the death of Bettie Jones. His actions (and therefore the responsibility) led directly to the death of Jones.

If his family had had him properly medicated Bettie Jones would be alive today.

If he had actually taken his meds, Bettie Jones would be alive today.

If he had learned even the most basic of behavioral controls and coping mechanisms, Bettie Jones would be alive today.

That she is not is most definitely a tragedy.

But it isn't the making of the Chicago Police who responded.

Sue the Dead Assailant

Wow:

• In an unorthodox move, lawyers for the city of Chicago are seeking to sue the estate of a teen shot to death by a police officer two years ago, alleging he was responsible for the death of a bystander the officer accidentally killed as well.
  
  In a motion filed Thursday, the lawyers sought a Cook County judge’s approval to bring a lawsuit blaming Quintonio LeGrier, 19, for the shooting that also killed 55-year-old Bettie Jones.
  
  The proposed suit rests largely on allegations that LeGrier tried to hit Officer [...] with an aluminum baseball bat before the officer opened fire, killing both the teenager and Jones, a neighbor standing nearby.
  
  If successful, the suit could shift some of the city’s potentially hefty financial liability for the death of an innocent woman onto LeGrier’s estate.

Officers here and elsewhere have sued assailants and won, getting liens against any future assets that might arise via ghetto lotteries. We aren't sure if this is a first for Chicago or any municipality. It (amazingly) attempts to hold a criminal responsible for his actions and the resultant actions of responding personnel and injured bystanders. Sort of like the "felony murder" statute.

About fucking time.

Remember, Less Than Citizens

You should have no Rights to due process or appeal:

• A secretive appeals system has been knocking down the punishments of Chicago police officers no matter how serious their misconduct, undercutting the results of lengthy investigations and layers of review long after the public believes the cases were concluded.
  
  In the first examination of its kind, the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica Illinois found that 85 percent of disciplinary cases handled through the Chicago Police Department’s grievance process since 2010 led to officers receiving shorter suspensions or, in many cases, having their punishments overturned entirely.

And the first example cited?

• A suspension for punching a handcuffed arrestee, all caught on camera? Negotiable.

Really? Because the first thing that came to mind was a copper being tried twice and ending up in Federal prison for four years. But then again, we aren't privy to all the political machinations going on behind the scenes.

Should we point out a few of those instances? Command staff pissing hot, caught drunk over and over, climbing in police women's windows, violating state law concerning adultery, stalking, harassment, concealing numerous weapons in their lockers, double-dipping, misuse of department databases, equipment, personnel....we could go on and on, and we're sure some commentators will be more than happy to oblige.

But the "report" doesn't really delve into the political aspect, just the part where those darn cops actually think they have Rights to appeal a punishment they feel was unjust, over-disciplined or just improperly decided for a political end. And we don't know how it's a "secretive" process as it's pretty much delineated in the Contract, a piece of Public knowledge negotiated, overseen and voted on by the City Council. Anything the Labor Affairs Section does in the dead of night is on the political realm, not the Department.

We know we're going to get a bunch of tiny brains popping up in the comment section about how we defend all cops all the time. Your bullshit will not see the light of day - we've called plenty of cops out, especially those in the "blessed" category of evading punishment. We have no use for dirty cops, and if the Department and COPA can substantiate the charges, more power to them. As we've said numerous times before - police are not above the law, but they aren't under it either.

Arrest in Failed Robbery

Good news regarding an off-duty shooting last week:

• A 16-year-old boy has been charged with trying to rob an off-duty Chicago Police officer at gunpoint, prompting the officer to fire shots earlier this month in the Beverly neighborhood on the Far South Side.
  
  The boy faces one felony count each of attempted robbery while armed with a firearm and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, according to Chicago Police. His identity was not released because of his age.
  
  The officer, a 53-year-old man, was walking at 7:04 p.m. Dec. 1 in the 10100 block of South Bell when the boy approached and demanded money at gunpoint, police said at the time. The officer then fired shots, and the suspect ran off.

Unreported in the media and unconfirmed at this point, is that the offender had a nice little crease on his neck - the kind made by a piece of copper jacketed lead passing close enough to kiss you. Maybe next time.

Kimmie Foxxx is due to drop the charges to misdemeanors in time for the Saturday news cycle.

COPA Witch Hunt?

Can anyone confirm? And by confirm, we mean cite an instance of this occurring:

• Lil George said...
  
  COPA is signing complaints against officers after watching body camera videos. This is in total disregard of the general order that states officers cannot be punished for minor infractions after reviewing video footage. But copa is doing just that. Officers have been called down for swearing and their supervisors called down to be questioned on why they didn't discipline officer for swearing.
  
  Copa is Monday morning quarterbacking the hell out of these videos. If a scene is chaotic, copa still expects you to see all and hear all or else they accuse you of not rendering aid or inattention to duty. It's a dangerous game they are playing to get their numbers. Just be careful, they are literally looking at the smallest violations to sustain a CR while telling the media they are not Monday morning quarterbacking the police. FOP needs to step up on this

This just plays into the entire "stay fetal" mind set. Show up late, pick up the pieces, tender a report documenting what can be ascertained on scene, leave. No interaction with the public at all - which just might be the end-game.

Funny Officers

From our e-mail:

• Oh, FOP book
  Oh, FOP book
  In my mailbox
  For you, I look
  
  I need to schedule the coming year
  It’s mid December, you should be here
  Furlough picks were a week ago
  In the mail, you did not show
  
  (refrain)
  
  Who’s to blame, for the delay this year
  Whoever it is, is a horses rear
  On the ground, the snow is here
  Will it be spring, before you’re here
  
  (refrain)

Well done.

So where are the books?

Another Bright Dem Idea

This is what passes for intelligent thought in some locales:

• St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson (D) is reacting to the rising crime in her city by offering to give people groceries in exchange for their firearms.
  
  She will do this via the kind of buyback program that Democrats in other cities have unsuccessfully implemented around the country.

Why give up a gun when you can stick up someone for their groceries? And kill them if they resist?

We think she's missing something though in all the commotion:

• The SLMPD shows that 185 of those 197 murders were carried out with firearms. One hundred sixty-two of the victims were black males and 22 were black females. Ten victims were Hispanic. One hundred twenty-seven of the suspects in the killings were black, and one suspect was white.

If only we could put our finger on it.....

Stop Teasing

Just pull the trigger or shut up:

• Sneed hears former top cop Garry McCarthy, who is considering a thumbs-up for a mayoral bid, has been in continuing discussions with top Dem political strategist Joe Trippi, who was just credited nationally with helping elect Alabama’s first Dem U.S. senator in decades.
  
  Reached by phone Wednesday evening, McCarthy told Sneed: “Mike, this is such an important decision, I have to get it right!
  
  “And as I have done in the past, I have tried to surround myself with the best advisers and continue to work with my team.”

The baggage that this goof brought here is just begging for a re-airing, along with his wanton destruction of the Department at the behest of Rahm. We just can't yet determine if he's being used to keep some other names on the sidelines and who those names are.

Bad Judge!

No votes for you!

• SCC, can you ask your reading audience to expand this small list of judges that need to be voted out of office in the next election? Have them name the judge and submit a legit case that the judge ruled on that finds them unfit to further serve on the bench
  
  Judge Carol Howard, Sept 8th, she lowered the bond of a serial rapist allowing him out on electronic monitoring. June 15th, she freed a man convicted of setting his girlfriend on fire. July 11th, she gave 4 months probation to a mother who threw her newborn baby off of an 8th floor balcony
  
  Judge Hooks, sentenced a female to probation after kiddnapping and torturing a disabled kid
  
  Pleas add all others.......

What we really need is someone with the expertise/knowledge to compile a list of judges who are actually elected versus those who are appointed and don't have to face the voters. Then figure out what year each judge is up for retention so we can post reminders that this particular judge really needs to be removed. Remember, there's always the chance that they'll be appointed after losing anyway by Evans.

Or we could just keep spreading the word to vote "NO" on all judges regardless of good/bad/indifferent temperment. The chances of another Greylord investigation cleaning house are better than in years past, but it takes too much time to set up.

Hocus Pocus!

You are now "the police" again! (maybe):

• Chicago aldermen are again fighting city Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans’ decision to remove the word “police” from airport security officers’ titles after an infamous dragging incident on a United Airlines flight at O’Hare airport.
  
  An ordinance introduced Wednesday would take away Evans’ power to make the change and once again designate roughly 290 airport officers as police, instead of security guards. It faces an uphill battle though. The proposal’s sponsors said Wednesday they haven’t spoken to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration about the idea, nor have they taken a head count in the City Council to see if they have enough support to push it forward.

Typical Chicago politics, each trying to out-clout the other with no one knowing what is actually going on. Idiots all. What does all this mean for the supposed Airport North/South expansion plans?

Nice Expressway Rahm

Who knew that gangbangers got up this early?

• The outbound Dan Ryan Expressway was shut down for more than an hour, after a car was shot Wednesday morning.
  
  Police said the shooting was reported around 5:30 a.m. in the outbound lanes at 75th Street. The driver involved told Illinois State Police he was headed south when a gray Jeep pulled up along his passenger’s side, and fired several shots.

Or was it "road rage"? The article further states that upwards of 50 shootings have taken place on area expressways. Anyone have the State Police CompStat notes to see if this is an increase in the increase?

Gun Stops Crime?

Anyone have any info on this one? The media doesn't:

• Attempt car jacking in 004 this morning. Victim shoots offender and drives away. Offender circling the drain. Neither the dicks nor news affairs can seem to wrap their heads around it. Keep confusing the ccl holding victim as the offender. Any ways that didn't seem to make the news at all..... Biased media I suppose since its against their agenda.

Someone with a gun actually stopping a crime always confuses the politicians, media and liberals.

Camera Roll Out Done?

7,000 cameras....in Patrol:

• Every Chicago Police patrol officer is now outfitted with a body camera.
  
  More than 7,000 district-assigned officers, tactical officers and supervisors are equipped with body cameras, making Chicago the largest deployment of body cameras in the nation.
  
  “In addition to protecting the rights of the people that we serve, these devices help us take a look at what we’re doing right and where we can improve,” Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said at a news conference Sunday at the Grand Central District station.

How about the Units? There are a few major scandals costing the taxpayers tens of millions of dollars that involve clouted phone call people. Shouldn't the new Targeted Strike Force or whatever they're calling SOS Junior have body cameras when they roll out?

What about the D-unit? Aren't there a few lawsuits wending their way through various courtrooms that involve detectives? Shouldn't they be on body cameras along with the taped interrogations to present a seamless investigation to the State?

What about Source of All Evil? Our readers have pointed out over 240 persons didn't swipe even once during the HQ roll out. Is there no accountability from our "leadership" and their minions?

Or is it just the grunts being monitored and judged and nitpicked?

Are You Kidding Us?

What makes someone even think like this?

• The family of the alleged ISIS-inspired Port Authority bomber said they were “heartbroken” by the attack on Monday and blasted law enforcement agencies for what they claimed were heavy-handed tactics by investigators.
  
  “We are heartbroken by the violence that was targeted at our city today and by the allegations being made against a member of our family,” said the statement read by Albert Fox Cahn, legal director for the NY Chapter Council for Islamic Relations.
  
  “But we’re also outraged by the behavior of the law enforcement officials who held children as small as 4 years old out in the cold and who pulled a teenager out of high school classes to interrogate him without lawyer, without his parents.”

Poor babies. If you bring someone over on a "chain" visa, allow him shelter and the ability to radicalize while you stay silent, you should expect some heavy handed government response when he tries and fails to blow himself and New York commuters to pieces.

Anyone have any insight into what Bangladesh might do to terror suspects? Or any other "un-enlightened" dictatorship? But hey, blame the "authorities," that seems to work everywhere else.

Vigilante Rewards?

This might be a trend that stops/solves crime:

• A rural Kane County man is offering his own money – a $3,000 reward – for information leading to the arrest of the people who burglarized his car on Thanksgiving night.
  
  “I just feel that if we don’t stop it now, we’re just encouraging more,” said Steve Hindi, who lives south of Elburn.
  
  The Kane County Sheriff’s office said Hindi’s car and at least half a dozen others were burglarized late last month.

An interesting effort to say the least. If we were this citizen though, and it worked, we'd think about suing Kane County to get a rebate on our taxes.

NYC Subway Bombing

Following the terror attack in New York City, the CPD brass sent out their spokesweasel to do his best Kevin Bacon impersonation:

And the usual platitudes:

• Chicago police will increase the visibility of patrol officers in transit hubs on Monday in response to a suspected act of terrorism in New York City, local officials announced on social media.
  
  Anthony [Google-me], a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department, wrote on Twitter "there are no credible threats to Chicago." He also wrote that CPD stands with the people of New York and the New York Police Department, referring to news reports of a man strapping a pipe bomb to himself and detonating it inside a subway station near Times Square.

A tiny bit of truth slipped into the next paragraph by accident:

• In response, Chicago police plan to make officers "highly visible" at CTA stops and Metra rail stations, according to another tweet, that one from the police department's Twitter handle. [Google-me] says the call was made by Superintendent Eddie Johnson, though it isn't clear whether more officers will actually be working or whether they will just be posted in more public spaces.

Unsaid is that the CTA has over 224 miles of track and the Mass Transit Section fields approximately 18 Officers per watch to monitor those 224 miles. It's has been posted here that McCompStat was appalled at the tiny number of officers assigned to Mass Transit, and it certainly looks like no one has done a thing since. Hopefully, the lesson isn't learned in dead bodies.

It's Working?

We have our doubts - and we have many years of experience to back them up:

• In a novel experiment, the Chicago Police Department has rounded up dozens of drug addicts over the past two years and has given them an ultimatum: treatment or jail.
  
  Most opted for treatment and only a handful were rearrested.
  
  Now, the department plans to expand that pilot program.
  
  Starting next year, patrol officers will identify candidates for diversion and bring them to a West Side police station where treatment experts will evaluate them for entry into the appropriate therapy. The goal is to expand the program citywide.
  
  Until now, the department’s narcotics division has coordinated the experiment. The patrol bureau will take over the expanded program.

Patrol is taking over? Well this is going to be a hiding spot for another two or three or four dozen wives, girlfriends, boy-toys and connected persons, thereby shorting the Districts of manpower.

And although homicides are down, we'll just point out that junkies weren't usually the ones doing the killing or getting killed. Property crime (the statistic where junkies really shine) is up across the board in all categories, so we have to wonder how many addicts are truly turning their lives around. The Federal Government just declared an "opioid epidemic" and we're pretty sure Chicago is one of the many nexuses of distribution, and usage resulting in overdoses.

We, and anyone else with a functioning brain, knows better than to trust any numbers given out by the city and department. Frank Main, bless his heart, doesn't know that after how many years now?

Inefficient Use of Manpower

If you receive specialized training - and a pay raise - from the Department, you really shouldn't be shoehorned into an office doing things that a PO or even a civilian, is more than qualified to do. We'd even go as far as to say if you aren't performing the job you were trained to do, you shouldn't be getting that pay grade.

Yeah, we're talking about the Evidence Techs as we had to wait a few hours the other day for one and there were like eight available citywide with a backlog reaching two pages. The ET who arrived mentioned that the administrative office was full of house mice who were full-duty, fully trained ET's, but who never set foot outside.

Why train someone who isn't going to do the job? You want to be a secretary, fine, but don't take a spot from someone who might actually want to do the job. Hey Ed, didn't this come up in the "efficiency study" a few years ago?