Thursday, June 14, 2012

Confidence is High!

  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel was trying to reassure the public that Chicago Police are moving quickly to stop the kind of mob attacks which occurred this past weekend, as well as the spike in gang violence this year.

    The mayor said he’s talked with Police Supt. Garry McCarthy about doing what’s necessary to stop the mob attacks downtown, and gang violence wherever it occurs, to make sure the streets are safe.

    “We’re going to make sure that – it’s not just Michigan Avenue – I want it in every part of the city. I want to make sure that our kids can again reclaim the streets, and our lawful citizens,” he said. “I will not rest until it happens.”

Thanks Rahm. Are you going to honor our contract while you express this so-called "confidence?"

Or are you going to, how did your minion put it..."stick it in [our] ear" over a supposed missed deadline?

Between the death of the tourism industry and a teachers' strike on the horizon, Rahm might be losing a bunch of sleep this summer.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC, I think you might be right. The bags under Rahmbo's raccoon eyes are a lot more evident lately.

6/14/2012 12:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Hair Gel Hiroshi said...

GMac-

You should have never disbanded the specialized units. It would have saved you a few headaches. Although this new overtime initiative kicks a$$!

6/14/2012 12:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey JACKASS they have already claimed the streets, were trying to get them back STUPID.

6/14/2012 12:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No Confidence!

No Police in 016 and now multiple springs, homicides and rampant gang infestation. Not to mention ask the burglaries occurring!

The lack of police manpower is not apparent it is glaringly apparent!

The formerly nice areas of Chicago are turning to ghetto shitholes, while the ghetto shitholes are becoming fulllout war zones.

I guess being short 3,000+ coppers has a profound impact?

Keep regurgitating lies Garry, nobody believes a word you say anymore!

6/14/2012 12:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rahm needs to stop the 'talk' and get the 'walk' of doing what is right..a thousand more Police Officers are needed to safe-guard the best interest of Chicago. Get real, we live in a scary, dangerous city.....denial doesn't cut it.

6/14/2012 12:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What was the minimun time on the job for Safe City II?

6/14/2012 12:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Welcome to chicagos Mugnificiant mile

6/14/2012 12:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Death of the tourism industry"

-----------------------------------

Thermonuclear Meltdown!

Take a look at the comments in the UK Parliament just the other day (youtube)

Country #4 just blew up.

Do you think we'll be getting any visitors anytime soon from Ireland, Greece, Spain, Italy, the UK and if the ECB goes up scratch Germany and France and the rest.

Russia is already pissed about NATO and the missile shield. Pakistan has cut off the troops and the Afghan presidents has demanded no more airstrikes even if NATO troops are under attack. They are tired of watching civilians getting blown up...but I digress.

Syria is up in flames performing mass executions of it's people with a dictator trying to hold onto power and we have an illusion of a get tough policy with sanctions on Iran barring the export of oil. HA...so many holes and exclusions on that it's ridiculous. We can't bar oil from anywhere and they know it!

Who the F---k is going to come to the Sanctuary City war zone with bodies dropping faster then in Iraq or Afghanistan?

We ain't seen nothing yet. Watch what happens when more bailout money goes to these bankers and the people are taxed for it because the government gave it away to keep a pyramid ponzi scam going and their friends in power and we the middle class should fund it. Just wait.

You see police forces around the globe getting manpower cuts and wage cuts as high as 20%. If you think that we're isolated think again.

The gig is up!

6/14/2012 12:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Of course the man has to put on the appearance that confidence is high -- could you imagine what would happen if he did not?

Another "perception problem"

6/14/2012 12:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe this jag,should buy a scanner.I,listen to 1-18/7-8 & 10-11 districts.Constant backlogs,coppers getting 5 & 6 jobs at a time,how can you patrol?When the Trib & Sun Times would let you post comments,without signing in,I had many a good arguments with assholes who thought the police were too heavy handed.To those, how do you like me now??

6/14/2012 12:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

With the amount of animals in chicago, do think rahm is gonna get much rest.

6/14/2012 12:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nothing can stop the demise of Chicago. Too many takers and not enough givers.

6/14/2012 12:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just wait until one of these wilding mobs turns into a flash riot with looting and the serious loss of property and life.

6/14/2012 01:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Confidence is high?

Rahm is fucking high...

6/14/2012 01:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now is the time to take advantage of a crisis!

Address the root of the problem FOP and PBPA.

Wage an informational media campaign about the lack of police officers in the City of Chicago.

6/14/2012 01:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The ISRA should be using the out of control violence in Chicag, to legislate and lobby for Concealed Carry in Illinois.

Never let a crisis go to waste!

6/14/2012 01:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How many will die in Chicago this weekend?

6/14/2012 01:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bring back J-Fed!

This is getting ridiculous.

6/14/2012 01:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

$$$$'s talk, BS walks!

How long until Garry steps down???

6/14/2012 01:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Break the gas teams out or it's going to be a long embarrassing summer watching Chicago's image as a world class city evaporate.

6/14/2012 01:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Visit Chicago!

Come for the thrill of flash mobs, wildings, beat downs, robberies, violence and mayhem!

6/14/2012 01:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Confidence is high or Garry is high on the ol Jameson again.

6/14/2012 01:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Me thinks Rahms going to get a real introduction to how Chicago really works.

6/14/2012 01:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TWENTY-ONE DOWN AND TWENTY-THREE TO GO!

(I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A HOOD CALLED "NEW CITY" wtf?)

New City sees 2 double homicides in 2 days

By Tracy Swartz posted June 13, 2012 at 12:00 a.m.

New City saw two double homicides in two days, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.

On Sunday, two men, ages 21 and 22, were shot to death in the 700 block of West 50th Place, police said. Two days earlier, two men, ages 22 and 26, were fatally shot in the 5100 block of South May Street, according to officials.

New City has recorded 12 homicides so far this year, according to RedEye data. The South Side community area logged 13 homicides in 2011, RedEye data found.

Meanwhile, Chicago Lawn and Greater Grand Crossing each recorded two homicides in the last week, according to police data.

In Chicago Lawn, a 20-year-old man was shot to death Monday in the 6300 block of South Rockwell Street, police said. Two days earlier, a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the 6100 block of South Rockwell Street, according to officials.

In Greater Grand Crossing, a 50-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday in the 7500 block of South Drexel Avenue, police said. One day earlier, a 27-year-old man was shot to death in the 6800 block of South Indiana Avenue, officials said.

Citywide, gunshot homicides were logged in the last week in Chatham, Englewood, Grand Boulevard, Portage Park, Riverdale and Roseland, police data shows.

Meanwhile, a 54-year-old man was stabbed to death Monday in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street on the Near West Side, police said.

Twenty homicides have been recorded so far this month. Forty-four homicides were logged in June 2011, RedEye determined.

http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/

Oh and the 17 y/o shot dead tonight makes it twenty-one as of 6/14 @ 02:45

6/14/2012 02:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our fate is in our own hands.... Either deal with us fairly during contract talks or.... You get what you got right now, a political shit storm. We all live in this city but at the same time we have given more than enough concessions in depleted manpower, inadequate equipment, uneducated and inexperienced clout hack bosses... And a pension system we have been assured will be there and paid out portions as well as out taxes to fund...only to have it stolen from us by the political hacks that run this city. We would like a fair contract... Leave our medical alone, give us a minimum of 3% raise for the next 4 years, leave our duty availability and uniform allowances alone... You have already demoralized us and stripped us to the bone... We are the warriors of the city, we are the ones who go to battle every day to keep this city safe... If you want to be a successful mayor, I would make sure my city services are well taken care of as they are the core, the backbone of a successful city.... Firefighters, police officers, streets and San, teachers... Those are your core people...the ones who will make you look like a million bucks...fuck with them and your basically done.. Think about it, who will get the job done?? Who will make you look good?? Who will protect the citizens and the city?? We will..... Not you Mr. Mayor. You need to consider the people who make this city run....that's us, NOT you my friend, your just a mouthpiece. Do the right thing...we are not wealthy people like you, we are ordinary, blue collar, hard working men and women doing an often thankless job because we love what we do and love our city. WE are the city of Chicago

6/14/2012 02:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hire more Police then!

6/14/2012 02:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

He needs to hire more people to go to academy and qualify as police in order to carry through on his goal.

6/14/2012 03:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nothing will be done to solve the problem. Why? Because Chicago has a culture of Missing Links (I refuse to call them animals, out of respect for the animal kingdom).

This culture is infested with a large cancerous growth that has no respect for anything or anyone. They have no qualms about killing, , raping, robbing or any other insult against humanity.

Feeding this cancerous growth is a code of silence that allows this growth to run roughshod over innocent victims.

Until such a time that this growth is removed from society things will keep getting worse.

Everyone knows the problems, everyone knows the answers, yet all are afraid to speak the truth out of fear of offending certain people.

6/14/2012 05:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rahm.... cut CHA funding and you can start to get rid of these thugs terrorizing the streets.

don't you get it. when someone is living basically for free they get bored and commit crimes.

6/14/2012 05:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yesterday the commander of 008 threw Mike Sheilds out of the roll call room. This is 100% true.

6/14/2012 05:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

rahm is hoping things will change. but its too late things are totally out of hand. the public is seeing the result of his disreguard for public safety. like his pal in washington, another silver tongued pol. but the chickens have come home to roost. all this because of poor decisions made by this dynamic duo. REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER

6/14/2012 06:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If he doesn't rest, his raccoon eyes will get even darker, thereby bringing out his Satanic image. He should take himself to the beach if it's not too hot near the cool water.

6/14/2012 06:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey,Joe citizen, your mayor IS the mayor, he's NOT the police. I'm the police, and I've been the police a long time. So let ME REASSURE you, this problem is not gonna be fixed any time soon. This department a a real Fucking mess and on top of that we are shit on daily by the city. We are not gonna do our part to fix the problem until the city changes its attitude about us. And please don't complain about that because it was YOU PEOPLE that voted this fucker in just like you kept voting in that piece of shit before him.
HAVE A NICE SUMMER.

I/F KMA

6/14/2012 06:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2:41 Bravo and Amen!

6/14/2012 07:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

@ Anonymous @6/14/2012 02:51:00 AM

Very well said. I do hope that the city does the right thing by you contractually. Hell, you guys should be getting combat pay for having to deal with some of the shit you do. Thank you.

.....a citizen

6/14/2012 07:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Move to the burb's less crime, no parking fee's, no traffic congestion , Be safe, play safe, good education from the public schools , parks and recreation and organized activities for our children, Chicago is a dysfunctional City beginning with the politics of its operation from the Mayors Office down to every department of its operation. The gangs rule Chicago from the gangs on the street to the gang at City Hall.

6/14/2012 07:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Suburban Taxpayer said...

Anyone who is a "leader" in Chicago - political, civic, or union leader better WAKE UP to the fact that the story is out.

It is NOT safe to come downtown - especially on public transportation like the CTA - and if you come downtown you might run the risk of getting mugged or worse.

The money will start to dry up as people stop coming downtown and before you know it, Chicago is Chitroit (or do you say Shitroit?).

All you "leaders" better wake up now before it's too late and hire and train more police as well as throw all these little hood maniacs in jail.

I have curtailed a lot of trips downtown but now my main goal is to avoid downtown altogether.

Did you hear that N. Michigan Avenue? No more money from this suburbanite - or my family. Or my neighbors. Get the picture?

6/14/2012 07:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why isn't FOP getting our own people into those Father Failure and other neighborhood marches handing out picket signs and chanting to the news cameras>>>

"HIRE MORE POLICE!!"

Get some of that on TV.

6/14/2012 07:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our only hope is putting together 6 person volunteer squads of professional African American POs who believe in doing what is right and have them patrol the Loop and Gold Coast to simply confront the mob thugs with necessary force.
So when the City gets sued at least the claim that they got their asses kicked because they were black is somewhat minimized.
Case closed.

6/14/2012 07:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This NEWS FLASH just in...

CPD District squad cars are being rounded up and being sent to the new Violence Reduction Overtime Mission.

Now we wait longer for a car at shift change time.

Look out, Rahm will use this to throw us back to the 6 & 2 workweek.


P.S. Has anyone seen any of those new Ford Police Interceptor cars we were supposed to get?

6/14/2012 07:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Doesn't matter what we do we don't stick together and he controls the media. I guarantee this city will become Detroit but one way or another Rahm and his inner circle will reap some type of benefit from it.

6/14/2012 07:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Northwestern Hospital is warning ALL staff members of the violent physical attacks in their neighborhood.
AND, Tiny D heads off to the motherland for a 13 year olds birthday party.

Well, as long as you have priorities, right?

6/14/2012 07:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Check out this article about Chicago's violence from the Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/13/spike-in-shootings-murders-creates-wild-wild-midwest-effect-in-chicago.html

6/14/2012 08:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Spay & Neuter is the answer

6/14/2012 08:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Chicago Media.....can one of you (um, not to be picky but ANYONE other than Phil Rogers of NBC) get a final, validated headcount of the Chicago Police Department?

When 2 people claim it's X, and 2,000 others on this blog claim it's Y, well, as a taxpayer I take serious issue with that. The headcount/payroll numbers are finite. It is objective data. There is no room for spin, embellishments, half-truths, and/or outright lies. What is the headcount? It's like asking how much something costs. There is one price. One number. Partially educated 3rd graders know what numbers are. Do you? I know this will take some, gasp, effort, but, I'm sure there's one go getter journalist that can handle this simple task. Right? Refuse to stomach the spin. Sure, the truth will hurt, but until the smoke and mirrors are finally revealed we're stagnant, and sitting fucking ducks.



Some other commenter nailed it.....you really should leverage this crisis into getting more headcount.

6/14/2012 08:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

An Old Timer suggests that you complete a case report for every crime , drive safely when responding to in progress , shots fired , man shot etc , use lights and sirens . You must arrive safely to help the victim . Do Not respond to any disturbance , burglar alarm without an assist car,go home safe to your family .
Don't be afraid to write tickets , tvb these animals . Time off the street , activity for you .

6/14/2012 09:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I though the problem on the Mag Mile was that the kids had claimed the street.

6/14/2012 09:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mopra states attacks are NOT RACIAL!

So there.

Damm Amish at it again.

6/14/2012 09:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Police Officers should start locking up citizens for making false reports to 911 , man with a gun , domestic battery , shots fired when they want a faster response .

6/14/2012 09:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

is the cfd LT. test from 4 yrs ago set to be tossed do to the fact not enough AA passed?

6/14/2012 09:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And Daley still has bodyguards...?!?!

6/14/2012 09:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We'll know confidence (and morale) have peaked when GMac gives his endorsement for OB - 2012.
Meanwhile "the kids" have reclaimed the streets, block by block, one night at a time.

6/14/2012 09:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Remember murders are up because it is hard to ignore the dead body. When going to these calls don't do Rahm a favor and code out the job. Give the nice caller a report. If we start writing reports on more of these calls the real crime numbers will begin to emerge. Go to your jobs write reports and back up other officers then go home to your family.

6/14/2012 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous The Box Chevy Phantom said...

Put the fear of God and upright men in Rahm & McCarthy by refusing to work these "overtime intiatives" they're pulling out of their asses...

They've starved CPD of resources and manpower?

(The public doesn't have the good collective sense enough to declare war on the politicians for that)

The men and women of CPD should starve THEM of the fleeting political cover they need by refusing to work these initiatives.

To be clear... Every man according to his conscience and his ability to keep body, mind and soul together when it comes to these initiatives.

But...

When you're standing on the foot of a l'il shit-ass and you have his throat hard in hand and you've crushed the wrist of his striking hand and you're about to turn it and destroy his elbow and shoulder if he persists in trying to hurt you?

The shit-ass will always "sue for peace" and want to compromise and work things out when the upright and justified reasonable man is provoked into tearing that ass to pieces...

Why waste a perfectly good crisis?

Confidence is high that we have Rahm exactly where we want him...

Do we give him air and opportunity to slip away?

Policemen aren't as vicious and vindictive as they need to be...

The criminal-political cabal and the media need for The Policeman to be accomodating and long suffering... That's how the fairy tale is supposed to go. Right? Officer Friendly to the point of his own demise. Right? Policemen aren't supposed to be scary when their interests are threatened right?

Policeman are supposed to be as wholly terrifying when their financial and career safety is threatened as they are when their physical well being is threatened.

One IS inseperable from the other.

There are so many whose very actions indicate a great fear of Policemen actually being in a position to "Fight Back."

*They might get the few good citizen/tax paying indentured servants of the catered to constituents to join them in outright rebellion and we can't have that*

6/14/2012 10:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rahm has met a crisis he cannot exploit! And his "Fraud President" is also in trouble because he has no foreign or economic policy. We are in some serious shit and it is about to get worse.

6/14/2012 10:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That ass clown doesn't get it, you screw with my pension, fuck it let the city burn. You try to over work us, fuck it let the city burn. You try and take away my uniform and duty availability, fuck you, let the city burn. Deny me CU or Personals, fuck you, the city is burning. Keep up the good work City Hall Clowns, your shit is hilarious!

6/14/2012 10:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Daley fuuuked up big time. He allowed all of this to fester and now we are all stuck with this mess. Plus no money to tap it down. It has gotten worse and worse. How can we get some of these Red Liners to hit on his friends since he is the cause?
Most of Tourism has been given the ax this past week if that is an indication of not expecting many arrivals.

6/14/2012 10:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

All PPOs will be permanently assigned to 001 and 018 before 4th of july weekend so rahm and gary can parade them around in front of everyone for the holiday. Foot posts all summer, then they are staying due to political pressure that those two dist are understaffed and low police presence in "tourist" areas.

6/14/2012 10:28:00 AM  
Blogger John Northen said...

RE: ROVING BANDS OF FERAL BLACK YOUTH WREAKING HAVOC IN 018

Check for updates on THEE (NYPD) RANT HERE.

6/14/2012 10:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Their are backlogged jobs each and everyday. sometimes 20-30 at a time on every shift. Domestics, disturbances, suspicious persons waiting 1/2hr to 3rs. traffic accidents 1-5hrs. public safety, yeah like he cares. what about officer safety, doesnt care there either. I am so sick of the paper schuffle, the smoke and mirror, the dog and pony shows, the lies. Hire the 1,452 officers we're short. plain and simple. we're budgeted for them so where is the money going? you're just like King Daley, maybe even worse.

6/14/2012 10:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Rahm should know the people WANT to be millionaires like him to .. to bad what one wants one does not always get.. Seems these Chicago politicians take office and THINK it's an easy fix.. and when it doesn't work.. they blame someone else..

6/14/2012 10:56:00 AM  
Blogger RedWine/BlackPowder said...

I understand the reasoning, but its a shame that at times like this we can't embed pictures in the comments. Because the one of Bender from Futurama holding his sides and captioned "Wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder!" comes to mind.

Confidence indeed.

6/14/2012 11:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was in NYC (manhattan) for the weekend visiting a cousin. Had a great time, I was really surprised how nice it was. No wilding youths, nobody shaking a cup every 50 feet, place didnt smell like piss, no assholes shaking down tourists, taxi's were not beeping horns, place was clean. What tourist in their right mind would come to Chicago?

6/14/2012 11:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To 02:51am.. well said... I have no words to describe what you just wrote, it is exactly how I feel. WE the blue collars of Chicago are the City.. pay attention Mr. Mayor.....

6/14/2012 11:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Old adage being applied here "DENY, DENY, DENY, DENY - means "it" (whatever you want "it" to mean) NEVER HAPPENED. Truth always outs. Bodies are hard to hide. Maybe Rahm will find out he is human after all.

Also interesting - another tradition being upheld (be out of town when shit happesn). According to Sneed, "Mayor Emmannuel left Wednesday for Prague to celebrate daughter Iliana's bat mitzvah by visiting the Spanish Synagogue one of the last remaining synagogues to survive WWII." Guess he didn't get invitied to the Jarrett wedding either.

6/14/2012 11:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As soon as these little mobs run into an off duty or other with a firearm and get what they deserve, that is when you will see the Black community leaders including Jesse Jackson coming out in full force for the poor 14 yr old who was just being a teenager having fun and didn't deserve to be shot. TOTAL CRAP!!!!!

6/14/2012 11:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i couldn't have said it better myself than the anonymous with the long rant. rahmie, you know it's quite simple if you just give us what we want. if you fuck with us(all city workers) you will lose and you will not carry out your ultimate goal. everyone across the country will remember how you were the one that let chicago turn detroit. i know you don't really care about chicago, but are only posturing 'til your next gig becomes available. don't think for a second that you're not under a magnifying glass too just like g-mac.

6/14/2012 11:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Mag Mile is the same thing every year.

Why management was not prepared speaks volumes for the CPD.

6/14/2012 11:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Appearance is one thing,
Actuality is what we are faced with!

We already lost the city!

6/14/2012 11:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rahm stated he wanted the kids to " reclaim the streets". Well isn't that the problem here, the kids already own the streets and running wild. Where are all the responsible parents in this mess. Oh, I forgot this is Shitcago and parenting is done by the city and county. Never mind.

6/14/2012 12:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Old Retired Sergeant said...

Mark it down on your calander, June 2012, the tipping point in Chicago. Remember what happened to State Street 30 years ago, it used to be the place to be, it was what Michigan Avenue is now, it was abondoned due to fear. Michigan Avenue could be looking at the same demise. Wake up Mayor, history repeats itself. Hire more police because if you think that your cost cutting ideas with the police department will work you are terribly wrong. Is Chicago going to be the new Detroit, I hope not because I love this city, but Rahm will be long gone by then and I guarentee you there will be no question as to his residency because he will be looking in his rearview mirror at what was once was one of the greatest cities in the world.

6/14/2012 12:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey SCC, how about all the contract violations that these so called Bosses comit all the time. they blatantly violate it and say" grieve it " and then a year later the griveance is won an it cost more than ot would have just to follow the contract in the first place. How bout a list of all violations, grievances, and the monetary result that theses bosses cost all of us?

6/14/2012 12:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's my problem with all these "flash muggings." Its not like these happened in vacant lots or back alleys. These happened in high pedestrian areas where there HAD to be at least a dozen people around. My question is, did anyone, ANYONE think to step in and help these victims who were getting beat or are the people of this city and the residents of those areas so wrapped in their own little self-serving worlds that they watched this happen or ran and hid?

Sheeple will always be sheeple but there must have been a few joe citizen sheep dogs out there who could have stepped up to help fight off the wolves. There was just a story out of Canada where an MMA fighter saw two teens getting beat and robbed and stepped in to help and chased down a few of the attackers.

The police cannot be everywhere and we are severly short handed. You citizens need to step up and show these animals you are not easy prey to be taken. Fight back!! Take action to help your fellow citizen!! Just calling 911 isn't enough when a group of thugs are on top of one person. Sorry for the rant. Stay safe brothers. Its just the beginning. I pray we make it another hot violent summer without adding another fallen star our wall.

-Southside Blue Shirt

6/14/2012 12:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Supposed to be in the Mid-90's all weekend! Might be too much HEAT at the beaches and the mag-mile this weekend!

6/14/2012 01:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rahm- remember your campaign promise of hiring 2,000 additional Chicago Police Officers TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFE?? That number you watered down/lowered near end of your campaign as your election "numbers" went up? Do you actually think we citizens didn't notice??
Hire the police you promised, Rahm! NOW!!!~downtown Chicago citizen for past 13 years

6/14/2012 01:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ah, but now Rahm is working to turn the other unions against the teachers! The SEIU union contract and the union contract for the lunchroom workers, have both been settled. So now it'll be "if the teachers strike, it's their fault that the other school employees are losing wages, since they don't work if the school teachers aren't in school."

6/14/2012 01:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

whose the asshole that decided on 80/20's and crown cap for this violence reduction crap.

6/14/2012 01:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

{Insert picture of Kevin Bacon in ROTC uniform from Animal House here}

"Remain calm, all is well!"

6/14/2012 02:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

one man beat cars patrol the alleys on the west side of chicago
while three man crews change alley light bulbs
FOP wake up end this nonsense
give us a few extra 2 man squadrols with a cherry picker and cpd will change light bulbs while on patrol

6/14/2012 02:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Over under on homicides starting Friday 6pm and ending Sunday 10 pm. What we thinking?

6/14/2012 02:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wednesday night (yesterday), about 8pm, as I got off 290 at Western heading North, I came upon about 100 young men blocking traffic on Western Ave. It wasn't clear if it was a "flash mob" or a protest for closing Felony Franks. As an ordinary citizen, I was nervous as the kids let some cars pass and I had 6 youts pressed up against my car. Luckily I was able to drive off and outta there. As I looked back, it seemed there was some sort of "fight" starting in a lot off Western that was spilling into Western. A big group of kids was pushing another group of kids into the street. No visible weapons, but it looked like a game of Red Rover gone bad. I could have called 911, but it sounds like you all have your hands full with pension issues and uniform allowances, so I moved along and was lucky I didn't get shot or my car tipped over. I will just avoid Western from now on to get to 290. Thanks, Rahm and thanks CPD! And thanks SCC for letting us read your blog to know just how bad things really are crime wise. The media is untrustworthy so I read you.

6/14/2012 03:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yesterday the commander of 008 threw Mike Sheilds out of the roll call room. This is 100% true.

6/14/2012 05:30:00 AM

Y?

6/14/2012 03:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2: 51 am. You brought a tear to my eye, my friend. Your post said it all in a nutshell. G-d bless you and the CPD. Hopefully, the tax paying middleclass will vote accordingly, this november and next february.

6/14/2012 04:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Here's my problem with all these "flash muggings." Its not like these happened in vacant lots or back alleys. These happened in high pedestrian areas where there HAD to be at least a dozen people around. My question is, did anyone, ANYONE think to step in and help these victims who were getting beat or are the people of this city and the residents of those areas so wrapped in their own little self-serving worlds that they watched this happen or ran and hid?

Sheeple will always be sheeple but there must have been a few joe citizen sheep dogs out there who could have stepped up to help fight off the wolves. There was just a story out of Canada where an MMA fighter saw two teens getting beat and robbed and stepped in to help and chased down a few of the attackers.

The police cannot be everywhere and we are severly short handed. You citizens need to step up and show these animals you are not easy prey to be taken. Fight back!! Take action to help your fellow citizen!! Just calling 911 isn't enough when a group of thugs are on top of one person. Sorry for the rant. Stay safe brothers. Its just the beginning. I pray we make it another hot violent summer without adding another fallen star our wall.

-Southside Blue Shirt

6/14/2012 12:36:00 PM

Interesting comparison between ordinary, untrained people walking down the street encountering a mob of 10 or more teens with a trained MMA fighter against 2 teens? Have you lost common sense? The MMA fighter had a high chance of winning against 2 teens. What if one of the teens in the mob has any type of weapon? I have called 911 in the past and no one responded. Sorry Southside blue shirt, but this is a job for the CPD.

6/14/2012 04:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

GREAT JOB to the police from 022 and 005 in the pursuit of 2 armed robbery offenders!
These 2 mutts were the subjects of an armed robbery pattern occurring in both districts and were apprehended after losing it on I-57.
Be safe!!

6/14/2012 04:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
This NEWS FLASH just in...

CPD District squad cars are being rounded up and being sent to the new Violence Reduction Overtime Mission.

Now we wait longer for a car at shift change time.

Look out, Rahm will use this to throw us back to the 6 & 2 workweek.


P.S. Has anyone seen any of those new Ford Police Interceptor cars we were supposed to get?

6/14/2012 07:42:00 AM

Yeah. We have 4 in the district. Go back to bed.

6/14/2012 04:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Rahm- remember your campaign promise of hiring 2,000 additional Chicago Police Officers TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFE?? That number you watered down/lowered near end of your campaign as your election "numbers" went up? Do you actually think we citizens didn't notice??
Hire the police you promised, Rahm! NOW!!!~downtown Chicago citizen for past 13 years

6/14/2012 01:41:00 PM


Ahhh, the devil is in the fine print. Rahm never said he would HIRE 2,000 cops, only that he would put 2,000 on the street and in his demented politician lying fucking mind, he did.

Rahm is basically an articulate well spoken Richard M Daley. I am thinking now that Daley was smarter, Daley would simply mumble his lies and walk away. Rahm lies in quite proper English, as taught in New Trier and other Wilmette, IL schools.

6/14/2012 04:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seems to be a common theme here no?

A primer: How to use statistics to baffle them with bullshit!

Was Obama's Recovery the Worst in Modern Times, or the Best in 20 Years?


Not to mention that no matter which stats in that link you want to buy into there is absolutely no mention of what kind of jobs are being created.

It's implied that one million jobs created is a sign of a return to the good ol' days, a recovery, better times.

However ask the people working two or three of those part-time min-wage temporary jobs that they tout are being created and see what those people have to say!


You lose your full-time living wage job with benefits and have to take on two part-time min-wage jobs to make ends meet and still can't do it and these jackazzes want to tell you that you have a "perception problem" everything is just fine and don't forget, crime is down too! Just please don't step on the bodies on your way out.

6/14/2012 04:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Almost forgot it's Thursday already!

Time for this weeks Sanctuary City Death/Homicide Shooting Showcase!

Two more shot dead this morning on top of that 17 year old shot dead at around 02:00 last night. That means we only need 21 more bodies to beat last years June homicide body count of 44.

Hey Rahm. Dead...dead..dead..right hahahah funny no? /sarcasm

6/14/2012 05:01:00 PM  
Anonymous MICHAEL DEAN MILLER said...

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I noticed a comment about the tourist industry dying in Chicago. How bad has that gone down? Any stats on it? I imagine that's a good indicator of out-sider willingness to bring risk to themselves.
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I do believe that Sanford, Florida (just up the road from me)has had an uptick in tourism since the Martin/Zimmerman thing. Draw the conclusions you want.

Good luck in Chicago, I hear the pizza is almost as good as that in Brooklyn. :)

.

6/14/2012 05:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How do we stage a Recall Election for Rahm? Is there a procedure? Does the Shitcago election law allow a Recall Election for Mayor?

Walker's success in Wisconsin has highlighted the people's disgust with Obama and the liberal hacks giving away our tax dollars.

We could quite feasibly get Rahm Recalled if enough working Chicagoans actually got out and voted. Even if we failed, the sheer spectacle of the people standing up to this carpetbagging puke would put the last nail in the Clinton-Obama-Rahm coffin.

6/14/2012 05:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gee look it's another "perception problem"

Solyndra layoffs larger than previously reported

Documents show nearly 1,900 people lost their jobs as solar panel maker closed

On the day it closed, Solyndra said it was laying off 1,100 full-time and temporary employees.

But 1,861 workers lost their jobs as the solar panel manufacturer shut its doors, according to U.S. Labor Department documents provided to The Bay Citizen under the Freedom of Information Act.

The documents also show the Fremont-based company increased production in 2011, even though it failed to sell all the panels it made the previous year.

Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/1ee2U)

That's the company that Obama funded with taxpayer funded grants and guaranteed loans, the company that went bankrupt. Hey look layoffs are down too, see!

6/14/2012 05:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How long before we get our own Bernie Goetz on the Red Line?

6/14/2012 05:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
If he doesn't rest, his raccoon eyes will get even darker, thereby bringing out his Satanic image. He should take himself to the beach if it's not too hot near the cool water.

6/14/2012 06:24:00 AM

I think Rahm would look better inside out.

6/14/2012 05:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yesterday the commander of 008 threw Mike Sheilds out of the roll call room. This is 100% true.

Actually, He made the officers hit the street after Shields kept the officers 50 minutes after roll call. I should know I was one of the officers.

6/14/2012 05:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i wish i was the fly on the wall
when he "talked" to gary
i bet 9.5 had a few choice words about it
now with doctors getting attacked
this really looks good
can't shift any one around any more
no one left to shift:)
oh O/T like i wrote before
where's the y money comiing for that?
somebody or some dept going to get the shaft along with that

6/14/2012 05:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

whose the asshole that decided on 80/20's and crown cap for this violence reduction crap

Don't work it. I will take it.

6/14/2012 05:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Box Chevy Phantom said...

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Hey BCP--nobody reads your crap.

6/14/2012 06:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
As soon as these little mobs run into an off duty or other with a firearm and get what they deserve, that is when you will see the Black community leaders including Jesse Jackson coming out in full force for the poor 14 yr old who was just being a teenager having fun and didn't deserve to be shot. TOTAL CRAP!!!!!

6/14/2012 11:25:00 AM

Totally agree.

6/14/2012 06:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Supposed to be in the Mid-90's all weekend! Might be too much HEAT at the beaches and the mag-mile this weekend!

6/14/2012 01:36:00 PM

How long until they close the Mug Mile? Maybe for street resurfacing or something.

6/14/2012 06:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm a det., and every week, I am working 12-18 or + hour days at least 2 days a week. During this time I am getting a minimum of 6 + new cases every day. I am FUCKING SICK OF IT!

HIRE SOME PO'S AND PROMOTE SOME DETECTIVES FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!!!! PEOPLE ON THAT LIST HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THE THRESHOLD FOR YEARS!!!!!

Felony files? Who has time to do them? And oh yeah, we're getting details now too. Add going to court in there and I have about, maybe, an hour or two to make phone calls and type up reports.

I am so fucking burned out.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, that twat-faced fuckhead Dean Andrews has declared that we are not allowed to have file cabinets.

Where the FUCK am I supposed to keep paperwork? In the crack of my ass?

Dumb fucking clout hack promoted because of his mama. Douche.

6/14/2012 06:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's the story in the 008 th dist.?
If its true? Why mention it without details, sounds like bs

6/14/2012 06:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How embarrassing, 2 doctors attacked by northwestern.
Someone needs to step up and kickass
These are all racially motivated.

6/14/2012 06:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hahaha. Tact teams getting rdo canceled this weekend bc not enough people signed up for the overtime initiative. Fuuuuuuuuuck u rahmtits

6/14/2012 06:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yesterday the commander of 008 threw Mike Sheilds out of the roll call room. This is 100% true.

Not true Shields doesnt do roll calls.

6/14/2012 06:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We had our "mobs" to combat this, they were called units, oh yeah they were all disbanded, brilliant

6/14/2012 06:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wednesday night (yesterday), about 8pm, as I got off 290 at Western heading North, I came upon about 100 young men blocking traffic on Western Ave. It wasn't clear if it was a "flash mob" or a protest for closing Felony Franks. As an ordinary citizen, I was nervous as the kids let some cars pass and I had 6 youts pressed up against my car. Luckily I was able to drive off and outta there. As I looked back, it seemed there was some sort of "fight" starting in a lot off Western that was spilling into Western. A big group of kids was pushing another group of kids into the street. No visible weapons, but it looked like a game of Red Rover gone bad. I could have called 911, but it sounds like you all have your hands full with pension issues and uniform allowances, so I moved along and was lucky I didn't get shot or my car tipped over. I will just avoid Western from now on to get to 290. Thanks, Rahm and thanks CPD! And thanks SCC for letting us read your blog to know just how bad things really are crime wise. The media is untrustworthy so I read you.

6/14/2012 03:24:00 PM


the message....stay out of Chicago and areas around downtown....without mentioning the south and west side...

6/14/2012 07:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I could have called 911, but it sounds like you all have your hands full with pension issues and uniform allowances, so I moved along and was lucky I didn't get shot or my car tipped over. I will just avoid Western from now on to get to 290. Thanks, Rahm and thanks CPD! And thanks SCC for letting us read your blog to know just how bad things really are crime wise. The media is untrustworthy so I read you.

6/14/2012 03:24:00 PM
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That's right; don't call 911. Why would you want to ensure that others driving into that mess might be warned, or protected from violence?
And then, the smartass comment about us being too busy with pension issues. Just charming.

6/14/2012 07:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was in NYC (manhattan) for the weekend visiting a cousin. Had a great time, I was really surprised how nice it was. No wilding youths, nobody shaking a cup every 50 feet, place didnt smell like piss, no assholes shaking down tourists, taxi's were not beeping horns, place was clean. What tourist in their right mind would come to Chicago?

6/14/2012 11:04:00 AM

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I had the same experience two years ago in NYC. The place is clean, safe, and there are cops everywhere.

6/14/2012 07:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Money money money, The mayor has almost 1 billion for CTA upgrades and repairs. Watch and see who splits up the reconditioning of the buses fleet to the tune of $500 million. Can you say connected Can you say campaign contribution.
Money for charter schools no money for the union teachers.
Money for connectected none for us.

6/14/2012 08:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To southside blue shirt,

Amen brother. Stand up and fight back people. Indifference has to be a greater crime than the crime itself! I put in a call to the boondock saints, but they are pretty busy now adays. Get some nuts and fight for yourselves and others.

6/14/2012 08:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1:46 McCarthy decision for more professional look and visibility
Leroy Martin was a stickler on the hat , no hat 1 day wothout pay.McCarthy can't get xo's to enforce uniform stands and grooming standards , so I wouldn't worry about wearing the hat.
CPD don't need no stinkin hats

6/14/2012 08:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Just a nobody... said...

Today I stopped by the FOP for Gun Safety Day. I came during the rush so I had to stand by the door for a moment as the range guys cleared weapons for the vendors. It was real nice for the FOP to do this. I got some springs and do-hickeys swapped out by Sig and Smith. As I was walking to the door area to load my gun, 2 things happened. Some ghetto broad form maybe narcotics was acting goofy with her gun and then some young guy was challenging the range guy about unloading his gun. He really started pissing the range guy off, saying he must have bed bugs in his pants. The range guy said everyone in the safe area needed to have uloaded guns so that the vendors didn't get shot. This young guy was a real jerk. Thanks again FOP. I felt better about the state of my "roscoes" afterwards.

6/14/2012 08:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jefferson said that in order to preserve democracy, occassionally blood would have to be shed. This counrty has to get real. If you piss off enough people, the boiling poin In this city and country has been met. People look at syria and other places and say, at least were are civilized and our government can't do that. Really, they are, little by little. Like novicain(spelling). We are not more civilized, just afraid of causing an all out revolt. Never say never politicians. People are waking up slowly but surely. Keep people out of work and desprate enough long enough and humans, ARE animals and srvival mode will kick in. Not a doomsday person here, but flash mobs are the begining of packs/tribes like early civilizations. We may regressing here people. Wake up!

6/14/2012 08:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
whose the asshole that decided on 80/20's and crown cap for this violence reduction crap.

6/14/2012 01:46:00 PM
The asshole is the one signing up. Now shut the fuck and cry somewhere else.

6/14/2012 09:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's my problem with all these "flash muggings." Its not like these happened in vacant lots or back alleys. These happened in high pedestrian areas where there HAD to be at least a dozen people around. My question is, did anyone, ANYONE think to step in and help these victims who were getting beat or are the people of this city and the residents of those areas so wrapped in their own little self-serving worlds that they watched this happen or ran and hid?

Sheeple will always be sheeple but there must have been a few joe citizen sheep dogs out there who could have stepped up to help fight off the wolves. There was just a story out of Canada where an MMA fighter saw two teens getting beat and robbed and stepped in to help and chased down a few of the attackers.

The police cannot be everywhere and we are severly short handed. You citizens need to step up and show these animals you are not easy prey to be taken. Fight back!! Take action to help your fellow citizen!! Just calling 911 isn't enough when a group of thugs are on top of one person. Sorry for the rant. Stay safe brothers. Its just the beginning. I pray we make it another hot violent summer without adding another fallen star our wall.

-Southside Blue Shirt

Hello Officer,
I want to thank you first for your service and sincerely hope you stay safe. I understand your frustration because I totally get how the mayor of our city has not equipped the Chicago Police Department with Officers or equipment or strategies to handle the hate crimes perpetrated by black ghetto youth against white/hispanic/asian individuals in the downtown area, on our beaches, and on our public trans.
I'm not sure if you've seen the make-up of those on Mag Mile. It's not like there are bulked up folks shopping. Yes, you are right. It is a total war zone but...you can't expect regular citizens, workers, and tourists to go out there and fight without weapons (against our law to carry concealed), training or armour. I can completely understand your frustration, but, I know this area very very well, having been a patient at NW Memorial for years. The people on the street there aren't there for a fight. These aren't combat-trained individuals. They don't know the ghetto has moved to the Mag Mile. You're talking little hunched-over old ladies with dowager humps from osteoporosis walking their ancient hounds. Families from out of town with small children and/or teenagers in tow with no clue of dangers. Individual females shopping a store or too, one of whom could be a girlfriend of a cop. Baby boomer retired couples in to see the city and maybe a show or two. Add to that all the commuters who work in the myriad of high rises and shopping malls located there, running out for a 20-minute break, alone, to grab lunch or whatever. Plus, many doctors/staff/patients from Northwestern Memorial. Not MMA Fighter material obviously. The ghetto trash coward illiterates see this-they know the pickings are ripe. The answer is not citizens/tourists/patients/professionals fighting. They'd get killed doing so because the wildings are always 14 or more blacks against ONE white/asian/hispanic. The answer is Rahm Emmanuel adding 2,000 Officers to the Chicago Police Department. Please stay safe, Officer. Everyone feels your pain!

6/14/2012 09:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our only hope is putting together 6 person volunteer squads of professional African American POs who believe in doing what is right and have them patrol the Loop and Gold Coast to simply confront the mob thugs with necessary force.
So when the City gets sued at least the claim that they got their asses kicked because they were black is somewhat minimized.
Case closed.

6/14/2012 07:40:00 AM

Great idea.

6/14/2012 09:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Police Officers should start locking up citizens for making false reports to 911 , man with a gun , domestic battery , shots fired when they want a faster response .

6/14/2012 09:08:00 AM

We do, do you?

6/14/2012 09:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Yesterday the commander of 008 threw Mike Sheilds out of the roll call room. This is 100% true.

6/14/2012 05:30:00 AM


NO ----he did not!! This is 100% false. FOP were answering questions till 1445 hrs when commander stated that we have to hit the streets. FOP stated that they will still be in building to answer questions. No one got thrown out. Both commander and Shields were quite professional. So get your facts straight before u post your falsehood!

6/14/2012 10:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Gigicat said...

To south side blue shirt: you r a moron. How can one person break up a mob of 20 black thugs? We aren't allowed to arm ourselves. Should we carry around baseball bats? Should the person walking home from work hit the mob of 20 with her purse? Wake up, these black thugs are armed and dangerous. I can't even hold my mace while walking around .

6/14/2012 10:28:00 PM  
Blogger leomemorial said...

Is it true that o/t is only for officers with 'x' amount of years with the department and excludes veteran officers? or is that a rumor?

6/14/2012 10:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

NO ----he did not!! This is 100% false. FOP were answering questions till 1445 hrs when commander stated that we have to hit the streets. FOP stated that they will still be in building to answer questions. No one got thrown out. Both commander and Shields were quite professional. So get your facts straight before u post your falsehood!

You weren't at the 1700 roll call, champ. It's true!

6/14/2012 11:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm a det., and every week, I am working 12-18 or + hour days at least 2 days a week. During this time I am getting a minimum of 6 + new cases every day. I am FUCKING SICK OF IT!

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You are a PO Assigned as Detective. Why don't you just request to return to your previous assignment as a regular PO?

6/14/2012 11:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Chicago Media.....can one of you (um, not to be picky but ANYONE other than Phil Rogers of NBC) get a final, validated headcount of the Chicago Police Department?

When 2 people claim it's X, and 2,000 others on this blog claim it's Y, well, as a taxpayer I take serious issue with that. The headcount/payroll numbers are finite. It is objective data. There is no room for spin, embellishments, half-truths, and/or outright lies. What is the headcount? It's like asking how much something costs. There is one price. One number. Partially educated 3rd graders know what numbers are. Do you? I know this will take some, gasp, effort, but, I'm sure there's one go getter journalist that can handle this simple task. Right? Refuse to stomach the spin. Sure, the truth will hurt, but until the smoke and mirrors are finally revealed we're stagnant, and sitting fucking ducks.



Some other commenter nailed it.....you really should leverage this crisis into getting more headcount.

Remember, in the budget and in other douments (Civic Fedeartion, ect.) they count our vacation calander days and sick days (with IOD) as not being present for duty, like we are all of sick work all the time compared to the private sector. People get hurt on this job! Do you get a vacation? I get one too! Second, how many people jump fences at night in the dark looking for rappists and burglary suspects? None!

6/14/2012 11:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What is that fading into the distance.............I can just barely make it out. Its, its, its Rahms chances of become the POTUS after the disaster in Chicago, aka Detroit's Sister City.

6/14/2012 11:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

(About the Ford Interceptors)
6/14/2012 07:42:00 AM

Yeah. We have 4 in the district. Go back to bed.

6/14/2012 04:33:00 PM

Really, we, the CPD were supposed to get 400~500 of them.

Did Rahm stop paying the bills again?

Well we have seen none where we work! Not when I fuel up, get R-service or being used by other units. The best of our cars have 70,000 plus miles on them. So where do you have these supercopmobiles.

6/15/2012 12:12:00 AM  
Blogger West Side, Inside Do-Nothing said...

Anonymous said...
The Box Chevy Phantom said...

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Hey BCP--nobody reads your crap.

6/14/2012 06:03:00 PM

I do, as do other people that have a brain in their heads.

Put the Xbox controller down for a bit and absorb something that's actually relevant, you stupid motherfucker.

And then go look in a mirror to see exactly how bad entitlement and hair gel has fucked up this job.

6/15/2012 12:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gigicat, (or anybody else reading this) can you pls clarify your comment about not being able to carry pepper spray. I am a 34 yr old female and I carry it with me everywhere I go. Are you telling me it's illegal to have it spray-ready in case of attack? I've also thought about hiding a knife in my sleeve (strike-ready) in case I am attacked. Is that illegal? I would like to be able to defend myself and I would like clarification on what forms of self defense I can use/carry (legally). My husband has a stun-gun / taser that he purchased off of the internet that he carries to work. I hope thats ok to use. Thanks everyone!

6/15/2012 12:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To the "let the city (which we still have to live in) burn" guy, OK let's start with your block. With your attitude don't expect anyone to piss on it to help put it out.

6/15/2012 12:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gigicat said...
To south side blue shirt: you r a moron. How can one person break up a mob of 20 black thugs? We aren't allowed to arm ourselves. Should we carry around baseball bats? Should the person walking home from work hit the mob of 20 with her purse? Wake up, these black thugs are armed and dangerous. I can't even hold my mace while walking around .

6/14/2012 10:28:00 PM

The point is PEOPLE need to step up and show they are not afraid of these animals. The MMA fighter has an obveous advantage physically but the point was he stepped up when he could have easily kept going and looked the other way. These thugs are no more trained fighters than you, they just know these people will not fight back. Bloddy a few of their noses and they will run like the cowards they are. It shows by your response that you fall into the sheeple catigory. You mean to tell me that at least a few citizens couldn't go and help these victims? Are there any men left? If this is the overall attitude of the people then you will forever be victims. Stand up and fight or lie down and roll over.

6/15/2012 01:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our only hope is putting together 6 person volunteer squads of professional African American POs who believe in doing what is right and have them patrol the Loop and Gold Coast to simply confront the mob thugs with necessary force.
So when the City gets sued at least the claim that they got their asses kicked because they were black is somewhat minimized.
Case closed.

6/14/2012 07:40:00 AM

Great idea.

6/14/2012 09:48:00 PM

$20.00 says this is the same posted patting himself on the back. The chances of two people being this stupid are slim.

6/15/2012 05:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are there any men left? If this is the overall attitude of the people then you will forever be victims. Stand up and fight or lie down and roll over.

6/15/2012 01:17:00 AM
Watch Bachelorette Episode 1 to answer your question as to whether there are any men left. Half the "eligible bachelors" look and sound like PeeWee Herman. Our John Wayne era has been replaced by narcissistic, hedonistic, metro-sexuals in tight Italian suits who wouldn't want their plastic surgery mugs messed up. The real guys are busy fighting battles elsewhere in military, police, fire, etc. They're not out shopping Mag Mile.

6/15/2012 06:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Gigicat said...
To south side blue shirt: you r a moron. How can one person break up a mob of 20 black thugs? We aren't allowed to arm ourselves. Should we carry around baseball bats? Should the person walking home from work hit the mob of 20 with her purse? Wake up, these black thugs are armed and dangerous. I can't even hold my mace while walking around .

6/14/2012 10:28:00 PM

The point is PEOPLE need to step up and show they are not afraid of these animals. The MMA fighter has an obveous advantage physically but the point was he stepped up when he could have easily kept going and looked the other way. These thugs are no more trained fighters than you, they just know these people will not fight back. Bloddy a few of their noses and they will run like the cowards they are. It shows by your response that you fall into the sheeple catigory. You mean to tell me that at least a few citizens couldn't go and help these victims? Are there any men left? If this is the overall attitude of the people then you will forever be victims. Stand up and fight or lie down and roll over.

6/15/2012 01:17:00 AM

How would a foot officer handle a sudden flash mob attack? There are limits when a person is suddenly attacked by a group of 10 teens. This is not a simple robbery. They are determined to beat the victim with punches and multiple kicks in the face and body. Where are the police to break up the mobs? To monitor the red line and Michigan Ave? Michigan Ave always had the priority for tourists. Under McCarthy, 007 and 011 has the priority and now we have roving mobs of teens attacking tourists and families on Michigan Ave. Name another city that would tolerate this type of crime? It is out of control and so embarassing.

6/15/2012 08:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm a det., and every week, I am working 12-18 or + hour days at least 2 days a week. During this time I am getting a minimum of 6 + new cases every day. I am FUCKING SICK OF IT!

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You are a PO Assigned as Detective. Why don't you just request to return to your previous assignment as a regular PO?

6/14/2012 11:25:00 PM
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Probably because he knows it's no better these days in patrol.
You have no idea the caseload and other stuff being piled on the det's. It's almost as if McClueless has a vendetta against detectives. He's using the d as his fallback, having them do everything but the job they're supposed to be doing.
And, Constantin Andrews likes seeing a vast, open space when he deigns to visit an area, so he HAS banned file cabinets. No joke.

6/15/2012 09:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Gigicat said...

It is illegal to walk around with mace in your hand. You have to have it concealed.

6/15/2012 09:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Gigicat said...

To south side blue shirt, i am 56 years old snd weigh 135 lbs . Im scrappy but not that scrappy. And leave the Sheeple comment to its originator Savage. When i wont be arrested for carrying a battery operated nail gun around with me, believe me Ill be helping out. And why are you sitting inside typing when you yourself should be, by your own comments, be roaming the streets looking for people to protect? I must agree with you, there arent many "men" left in this world. Most r a bunch of babies. Afraid of their own shadow.

6/15/2012 09:40:00 AM  
Anonymous noone90210 said...

(I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A HOOD CALLED "NEW CITY" wtf?)

Used for census purposes, New City is one of seventy-seven official community names.

Within those communities, over two hundred neighborhoods exist.

And please don't complain about that because it was YOU PEOPLE that voted this fucker in just like you kept voting in that piece of shit before him.

As a part of "YOU PEOPLE", I did NOT vote for Daley II and Emanuel.

6/15/2012 12:01:00 PM  
Anonymous noone90210 said...

Remember what happened to State Street 30 years ago, it used to be the place to be, it was what Michigan Avenue is now, it was abondoned due to fear.

In 1982, without fear, others and I could walk on State Street.

6/15/2012 12:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

only certain people of color can claim racism

6/15/2012 02:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When will they learn that disbanding these units over a few bad apples hurts the citizens and not the bad apples? I'm sure it must be a very demoralizing experience for those officers that have done done their jobs with professionalism. In the private sector those types of managers would have a hard time being placed.

6/15/2012 02:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

........West Side, Inside Do-Nothing said...
Anonymous said...
The Box Chevy Phantom said...

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Hey BCP--nobody reads your crap.

6/14/2012 06:03:00 PM

I do, as do other people that have a brain in their heads.

Put the Xbox controller down for a bit and absorb something that's actually relevant, you stupid motherfucker.

And then go look in a mirror to see exactly how bad entitlement and hair gel has fucked up this job.

6/15/2012 12:15:00 AM

........said the BCP's twin idiot.

Both of you are wanna-be crappy writers.

C-R-A-P. You write blithering diatribes. Maybe you could fetch Mary Smich's coffee or something.

X-Box? I grew up with Slinkies and Etch-a-Sketch.

6/15/2012 10:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Are there any men left? If this is the overall attitude of the people then you will forever be victims. Stand up and fight or lie down and roll over."

This is nonsense.

If you've got 8-10 teens hellbent on attacking *you* then you can get your back flat against a wall and face them down without inflicting much damage but if they're attacking someone else and you want to get them off then the way to do it (if you can't just shoot them) is go all-in roaring your head off, swearing like crazy and getting very busy with your little wooden stick.

Now if you come across 8-10 teens beating someone to death in an alley at night you can do it that way but if you do it in public then you'll be the one getting crucified on the evening news because it'll look like evil cop beating on black kids for no reason.

This is made worse by the fact that most of these kids don't look that scary on their own. It's the pack that's dangerous.

It all comes back to the same problem. The media lies about black crime and that makes it impossible to do anything about it. If the media told the truth then when the public saw film on the news of a copper trying to break up a pack attack they'd understand what he was doing.

6/16/2012 05:20:00 AM  
Blogger John Northen said...

6/14 at 6:03 PM
6/15 at 10:05 PM

Jealous of the Box Chevy Phantom (BCP), Snarky?

I would nominate BCP as the poet laureate of SCC.

Nothing like (eloquently) "keeping it real". You obviously would not understand the concept.

BCP: ROCK ON!

6/16/2012 08:33:00 AM  
Anonymous The Box Chevy Phantom said...

@ 6/15/2012 10:05 PM

"...wanna-be crappy writers."

So according to you, anyone who posts something YOU don't like on a blog that ISN'T YOUR'S should "sit down and shut up?"

Opinions are like assholes...

Thousands of, per...

At least the adults are trying to provoke thought and contribute something to the dialog about things affecting the very lives and well being of Policemen.

Your contribution is?
*Crickets...*

Either you shout everybody down or direct your short attention span toward "entertainment" more suited to you like the Sunday funnies. Bright colors, easy words and no shame on your part because you likely can't read without your lips moving.

We'll continue to post as long as the blogmeister permits us to.

The same no doubt holds true for W.S.I.D.N. and many others SCC has given a "voice" to.

Our small part in demonstratating that Policemen ARE people too.

Even in the face of so many who insist otherwise...

Which camp are YOU in, slick?

6/16/2012 08:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

only certain people of color can claim racism

6/15/2012 02:29:00 PM
Hilarious!

6/16/2012 09:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our small part in demonstratating that Policemen ARE people too.

Even in the face of so many who insist otherwise...

Which camp are YOU in, slick?

6/16/2012 08:36:00 PM
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Yawn. Slick? Idiot.

Done.

6/17/2012 12:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our only hope is putting together 6 person volunteer squads of professional African American POs who believe in doing what is right and have them patrol the Loop and Gold Coast to simply confront the mob thugs with necessary force.
So when the City gets sued at least the claim that they got their asses kicked because they were black is somewhat minimized.
Case closed.

6/14/2012 07:40:00 AM

Great idea.

6/14/2012 09:48:00 PM

$20.00 says this is the same posted patting himself on the back. The chances of two people being this stupid are slim.

6/15/2012 05:43:00 AM

I must have beat your odds. I'm not the original author but I still think its a great idea. If we weren't anonymous, I'd take your $20. ,

6/17/2012 01:50:00 PM  

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