Let's Cut the Police!
With a recession making money tight and jobs scarce, police said Wednesday they weren't surprised to see more people turning to crime for a fast buck.
While overall crime in the Southland dipped 1 percent last year, burglaries were on the rise, and police blamed the economy.
Officers are seeing more phony credit cards linked to real credit card accounts, which can drain a victim of cash or credit without the theft of the card itself, Division Chief Mike Kaufmann said.
"The economy is certainly a factor. The need for more money puts people on edge, and you'll see stuff directly related to that," Kaufmann said. "It's definitely a factor in Oak Lawn, but also regionally and globally, really."
Labels: crime
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
11 Comments:
F.Y.I. As Smith, Cardines, and Shortshanks talk about giving police officers unpaid furlough days Balcer’s daughter was robbed on the El at 35th & the Ryan today (29 Oct 09). Due to the hard work of the 009th District officers and the Mass Transit officers all the offenders were caught. I would be interested in finding out where Balcer stands on police furlough days.
P.S. Masters, Masters, Masters!
For every hour they take away from me, I will make sure I take back double in overtime!!!!
Detroit Jihad – by Robert Spencer
http://frontpagemag.com/
” A law enforcement official wrote in an affidavit that “Abdullah and his followers have trained regularly in the use of firearms, and continue to train in martial arts and sword fighting” – in accord with Abdullah’s dictum that every Muslim believer should “have a weapon and should not be scared to use their weapon when needed.”
Abdullah found justification for all this in the Islamic holy book, the Qur’an, which he said “justified stealing, robbing and other illegal acts, as long as they profit Islam.”
For every hour they take away from me, I will make sure I take back double in overtime!!!!
10/30/2009 01:59:00 AM
AMEN to that brother!!!!!
Anonymous said...
F.Y.I. As Smith, Cardines, and Shortshanks talk about giving police officers unpaid furlough days Balcer’s daughter was robbed on the El at 35th & the Ryan today (29 Oct 09). Due to the hard work of the 009th District officers and the Mass Transit officers all the offenders were caught. I would be interested in finding out where Balcer stands on police furlough days.
P.S. Masters, Masters, Masters!
10/30/2009 12:08:00 AM
balcer what a joke? unless you own a hot dog stand and pay him off for free garbage pick up he is not pro-police! a Marine yea ok jimmy not like the Marines we are!
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/
water.system.2.1267896.html
After his great success at privatizing the parking meters, now he wants to privatize city water.
Anonymous said...
F.Y.I. As Smith, Cardines, and Shortshanks talk about giving police officers unpaid furlough days Balcer’s daughter was robbed on the El at 35th & the Ryan today (29 Oct 09). Due to the hard work of the 009th District officers and the Mass Transit officers all the offenders were caught. I would be interested in finding out where Balcer stands on police furlough days.
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I'm guessing he'll STILL stand wherever little dicky tells him to stand!
....I would be interested in finding out where Balcer stands on police furlough days....
Don't just guess what Balcer's response might be, let's ASK him how he now feels about the police. Does he think we should get a REDUCTION in pay? Does he think there should be LESS police? In fact, the FOP should poll all 50 aldermen and post their responses on the FOP website. Elections are coming and we should see what kind of support we have in the City Council.
I cannot believe we're taking such a beating in the press and the electronic media and NOT ONE WORD from the FOP.
WE NEED RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATION!
Anonymous said...
For every hour they take away from me, I will make sure I take back double in overtime!!!!
10/30/2009 01:59:00 AM
They won't be taking any hours or days away from police officers. It must be negotiated ad no one at FOP will ever agree to that.
It is posturing by the City. Shortshanks rattling his short and dull saber.
If Police say "NO" to unpaid furlough days, then what? All the city can do it to layoff personnel, beginning with all the civilians.
100% of civilians WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT must be laid off before they can lay off one PO. The city's method of layoffs is simply not to hire. They layoff through attrition.
They could have had 110 retire through the 55-59 program but insist on some stupid and arbitrary number.
start checking the" to be paid" on your overtime slips, we will need it,especially if we have take the furloughs day. i start last month
Take the money while you can. The city and SEIU short changed the civilians. They are giving straight time to us for working the holidays. If you take off the holiday because of Vacation or you simply want the day off DOH you will not get paid!!! Just ask any Detention Aide in the city.
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