Sunday, August 22, 2010

Almost Ten Shootings a Day

  • The bullets flew in neighborhoods from Roseland to Rogers Park, hitting victims ranging in age from 72 to just 1. The overwhelming majority of them were young men. The bullets nicked eyebrows and ankles. They also pierced whole communities, such as historic Woodlawn.

    More than 300 people were shot in Chicago last month. At least 33 of them have died.

    Some victims made headlines, like 13-year-old Robert Freeman Jr., who was fatally shot on his block while hanging out with friends. The city paused when two Chicago police officers — Michael Bailey and Thor Soderberg — were gunned down in uniform within weeks of each other.
And they state we are actually down 8 shootings from last July. It sure doesn't feel that way and we know our counts significantly upward trending. Someone isn't keeping up the pace here. Let's step it up people! And folks, too!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I had a teenage girl visiting from MIDLO and she said, I cant believe all the shootings out here, Im araid...HMMMMMMM

1 finger salute mayor asswipe

8/22/2010 01:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.T. - What does Mark Donahue plan to do after his term as FOP President espires?

8/22/2010 03:23:00 AM  
Blogger Timothy Fitz said...

For the past month, I have been following the crime in Chicago very closely. Even the stuff that mainstream media is ignoring. It certainly doesn't feel like crime is down. In fact, it appears to be spreading - and fast.

Closing the housing projects is the worst thing that ever happened to Chicago. The cancer has spread and there is no cure.

8/22/2010 05:37:00 AM  
Anonymous The Box Chevy Phantom said...

Please!

This is just the Daley Inc. propaganda/media control and sheeple brain-washing apparatus coming to surface after hitting a humongous turd-berg and cracking the hull.

It seems that crime king shorty's grip is slipping. Why do you think they tried so hard to keep people in the dark about REAL CRIME STATS and how so badly this city is spiraling out of control? Especially hiding Quick-Stat. (Viewable by Dep. Chiefs and above... ONLY)

Information is power and they do not want the sheeple to be aware of the fack that the wolves are tearing their asses to pieces in broad daylight.

Now if only the wildings and beatdowns in 001, 018, and 023 were brought to light, (exposed)
the sheeple and 'burbanites would vote with their feet and wallets and refuse to tithe another penny to Daley Inc.

Imagine Daley's nightmare coming true? No revenue from working people... He would have to hit up his catered to constituency and tell them to pony to correct the massive inbalance of resources drained versus actual taxes and revenues contributed.

Sheeit! We want a ring-side seat to that!

8/22/2010 06:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So why is Ernie Brown not demoted?

8/22/2010 06:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, looks very bad when things are totaled up and in large print. It is very telling that the police department, one which prides itself on community policing and sharing crime statistics with the citizens, would not cooperate with the Tribune in their story. Wonder why? Kass's column is also very good and telling. Daley and patronage and insider deals have severely weakened the cities financial base .

8/22/2010 07:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looks like someone took your advise and looked into the actual shot vs "incidents". Big difference

This July, police counted 221 shooting incidents, compared with 229 in July 2009.

The Chicago Police Department declined to provide the number of shooting victims in July or comment about the month's shooting tally. But a Tribune analysis of reported shootings, based on logs kept by police and reporting by the Tribune, counted 303 people who were injured in shootings last month.

8/22/2010 07:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"The city paused when two Chicago police officers — Michael Bailey and Thor Soderberg — were gunned down in uniform within weeks of each other."

PAUSED ? We should have way more than paused. We should have wretched, puked, vomited all over our shoes and hit the fucking floor with convulsions. This is about the most upsetting thing I can imagine and I do not even come from a Police family. This is another blaring example of whats wrong with this mutated society, and I do not pretend to know the answers or offer easy solutions. I will say that concealed carry might help in the sense of (a civilian) gunning down the next fucking dog that thinks he can indulge himself in the luxury of taking out another of our Officers. Sorry for ranting.

8/22/2010 07:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I predict 34 shootings in Aug, and I am not even in the Crystal Ball unit. But I do have 23 yrs on the job. But I will never know as much as the 4yr wonder. NOT

8/22/2010 08:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The sky is falling down and we have no leadership. I can't wait to see who the 5th floor puts on the Lt. merit list. This is going to be great.

8/22/2010 08:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT

8/22/2010 08:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I try to conclude my in-house Hood interviews with. . . . "O.K. then, thank you Folks" . . . which usually results in at least several confused looks about the living room and maybe even an oppressed chortle.

8/22/2010 09:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Tribune, another worthless piece of garbage, and willing tool of the Daley Crime Cabal. Disgusting attitude, and once again, they handle Daley with Kid Gloves, never mentioning where all the taxpayers dollars for bugeted Police Officers not being hired is going. Just typical of Crookago, Felinois.

8/22/2010 10:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

after a bad fire the fire department sends out personnel to hand out free smoke detectors in the area where the fire occured--- maybe we should be sending out peace officers to hand out free bullet proof vests in areas where shootings have happened---

8/22/2010 10:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i am so glad that the police department did not have the prediction machine that month. it would have started smoking!

8/22/2010 10:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Start tracing these guns, punish the strawbuyers. The one who unlawfully allowed on to have a weapon should be punished.

8/22/2010 10:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank God for Texas!

8/22/2010 11:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What does Mark Donahue plan to do after... Who cares he screwed over the cops in Chicago.

8/22/2010 11:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where's KB?

8/22/2010 11:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey! Enough! Crime is down! Didn't you hear? The bosses are always right and Daley never lies. Now go right some traffic tickets they are down too.

8/22/2010 11:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was this predicted or just bit us in the ass: An anomaly.

8/22/2010 11:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.T. - What does Mark Donahue plan to do after his term as FOP President espires?

He will hibbity jibbity as Mayor Daleys TOWEL BOY!!!

8/22/2010 11:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We need to bring back the projects...confine the animals to a zoo rather than make the entire city a safari. I am sick of previously nice living areas being destroyed by these section 8 leaches

8/22/2010 12:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Where's KB?

8/22/2010 11:50:00 AM
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Getting a Supt Award of Merit along with a lot of other inside people. Check out the recent fax message for the list.

8/22/2010 12:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ernie Brown must go,the shootings are his fault,ooops my bad j-fraud doesn't need a scapegoat yet,ticktock

8/22/2010 12:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Dave in Albany Park said...

Is anyone collecting the actual tally of shootings per month in a place that some nosey, pissed-off, nervous, mouthy and communicative citizen could get at the numbers? As opposed to that person doing it the hard way and scrolling backward thru SCC "older posts" with a pad and pencil at his side?

8/22/2010 12:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There was nothing in the news about the two robberies on the lakefront at 43rd street last week. In one, the offender asked the people on the ground "who has never been shot?" and then shot one in the leg! Of course we have no lights on the lakefront bicycle paths but the people putting in the new harbor around the clock have lights on the water and in their parking lot that they took over at 31st street!

8/22/2010 12:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Hot Pursuit said...

Well I guess you can tell the folks whatever bullshit you want, they shrug their shoulders and go on, but with all the shit hitting the fan and you tell them its all good, it OK to get back into the water... then they see the big fin break the water..........

8/22/2010 12:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"The cancer has spread and there is no cure.

8/22/2010 05:37:00 AM"


sure there is; excise and remove the cancerous cells from the body politic.

8/22/2010 12:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"maybe we should be sending out peace officers to hand out free bullet proof vests in areas where shootings have happened---

8/22/2010 10:11:00 AM"



keep the vests and pass the canolli.

8/22/2010 12:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

.....What does Mark Donahue plan to do after his term as FOP President espires.....

Watch for appointment (by the Mayor) to the Police Pension Board!

(the mayor can pick and choose anybody he wants for his appointees who Always do what the Mayor bids them to do)

8/22/2010 12:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

50 people shot in 10 different shootings/incidents count as ten people shot. 50 people shot in 10 different shootings/incidents and multiple people die in 2 of those shooting incidents, this will only count as 1 homicide per shooting/incident. Another way to cover up the true numbers is to classify some obvious homicides as death investigations and some shootings as plain Batteries. This is how the brass of CPD has chosen hide the TRUE numbers PER CITY HALL order's. Just ask any person who works the street! I'm happy that someone is finally asking the hard questions. Daley and Weis are masking the true numbers. They will continue to force feed the Residents of the City these BS numbers. For true numbers the Media should check with the Morgue for new residents that checked in and ask CPD for the actual number of people that went to sleep with more holes in their body than when they woke up.

8/22/2010 01:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Shots fired last night at 60th and Racine. Two shot, 20 - 30 shots were fired. The kicker, there was a squad with a traffic stop on Racine a half block away. Emergency equipment on and everything and they busted caps at each other anyway. They don't care that we are there. We are merely an eyesore for the bad guys. Another one shot at 61st and Union. Reporter on the scene taking pictures. I've seen him around crime scenes alot so I engage him in conversation. He says to me,"You guys need to watch your backs. I stand around these gangbangers and hear what they are talking about. They are gunning for you guys." We are becoming the hunted. I, for one, don't like it. I am not accustomed to being the hunted. When you come in contact with these thugs, do not back down from them and do not let them dictate what happens on the street. Put them in their place. If you are not willing to do that, then please don't get out of the car. You just become part of the problem if you aren't willing to take control. Anyhow, watch your six out there. Badguys abound and we are severly outnumbered. Show a unified front and stand your ground. It may be high time to bring back the I/F. Google Gina Gallo and learn about the Fish, then decide if you are one or you aren't. In my humble opinion, bringing the I/F back, full blown, would be a very good thing for all of us.

8/22/2010 01:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

300 shot in one month, this is f'n madness. Gunshot victims reported DAILY on the news in such a manner as if they're giving the weather report. This city is officially in the shythole. It makes me sick that I'm restricted to live here by virtue of being a city employee.

Not a cop but 20 & out!!

8/22/2010 01:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT:
CPD Baseball beat CFD Sat at the Cell 8-5 thanks to a Grand Slam in the 8th inning. Great game but one question...why did J-Fled sit on the fire side the whole game???

8/22/2010 01:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Check out these two websites that are trying to track the shootings and homicides in Chicago. Maybe they can do what the media won't. EXPOSE DALEY AND J-.FLED


chicago.everyblock.com

killingseasonchicago2010.blogspot.com

8/22/2010 01:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

can one imagine if.....Chicago had a mayor and administration (including a police administration), that was intelligent, honest, experienced, and of the highest personal and professional character?.....

8/22/2010 01:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

C'mon predictive analysis group! Earn your money and keep up with the pace!

8/22/2010 02:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't get why so many people focus on whether crime is up or down. Even if crime is down slightly--eight fewer shootings really isn't something to use as evidence of crime going down, after all, it is statistically impossible to have crime numbers that are the same each year--there is natural fluctuation in numbers--the reality is that the violent crime rate (that is the most important number here) is significantly higher in Chicago than that reported by other large cities including New York and Los Angeles.

8/22/2010 02:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, criticize the tribune or the suntimes if you like. Read them on line for free to avoid paying small change on a daily basis. Byt remember, they are all we have when it comes to investigative reporting. Maybe they do favor liberal democrats or any democrats for that matter, maybe they do not, depending on the columnist. But, soon, they will be going away or only publish on Sundays. Yes, you will be able to read them on line, but not for free. I cannot imagine a complete lack of investigative reporting in this city. The corrupt political class will have nothing to expose them, even if it is an imcomplete job at times. The Reader does a good job, but just not enough. The criminal political class is waiting out there trying to outlast the US Attorney and the handfull of decent investigative reports that are left.Then, business as usual.People just do not realize how the political class has corrupted every facet of government and every department of government.

8/22/2010 03:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Crime is down, Im jody and I have no idea what im doing or how to run this department. However, I do love the direct deposit system you have! Keep the checks coming mayor! And sorry to hear about all the honor students being shot

Laughing all the way to the bank, be sure to get my bus checks.
Jody your leader

8/22/2010 05:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Closing the housing projects is the worst thing that ever happened to Chicago. The cancer has spread and there is no cure.

8/22/2010 05:37:00 AM
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Nope, sorry. BUILDING the housing projects is the worst thing that ever happened to Chicago. Warehousing people was NEVER a good idea.

8/22/2010 05:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

""The cancer has spread and there is no cure.

8/22/2010 05:37:00 AM"


sure there is; excise and remove the cancerous cells from the body politic."

I agree. But this country doesn't have the balls to cut the segment out of society that is destroying it. Shit, this country can't even get together to kick out ALL illegals, let alone get rid of a cancer like the one growing in every ghetto in America. One can dream though.

8/22/2010 06:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

KB award ??????????? come on, I hate this dept now. for sending out emails and arranges box lunches.

8/22/2010 06:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey City Planners

How about designating a Section Eight area with a variety of types of housing available.

single family
condos
apartment rentals

All Section 8 qualifiers would have to choose from the housing available there. Make it a large enough area to include a mall, movie theaters, restaurants, etc.
Maybe near Shortshank's house.

8/22/2010 07:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey old timer "Shots fired last night at 60th & Racine" these younguns don't know about the I/F and even if they did they would probably run. So from one wheel police to another, watch your six.

8/22/2010 07:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT Remember all the crying about not being able to charge people with agg batt for fighting with the police. You know, jumping through hoops, those rotten dics and ASA's. Well, three were charged with agg batt to the police after a fight in front of Wrigley on Friday. No PO injured. How could this happen when anyone in the know is sure it can't happen.

8/22/2010 08:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

300 people shot on the streets of Chicago. The liberal fuck-tards will probably still blame Bush.

8/22/2010 08:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

we have a situation here...and Obama Dali Lama is ignoring it.

8/22/2010 08:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

CAUTION: The following message may be deemed too sensitive to the political naive.
The only thing that matters to the people in power is that they remain in power.
They know they have the democratic vote in this city and state.
Tax the people who earn a living, and give enough to the people that don't, to keep them voting for you.
Works Every Time.
PS: Have A Nice Day ????

8/22/2010 08:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, criticize the tribune or the suntimes if you like. Read them on line for free to avoid paying small change on a daily basis. Byt remember, they are all we have when it comes to investigative reporting. Maybe they do favor liberal democrats or any democrats for that matter, maybe they do not, depending on the columnist. But, soon, they will be going away or only publish on Sundays. Yes, you will be able to read them on line, but not for free. I cannot imagine a complete lack of investigative reporting in this city. The corrupt political class will have nothing to expose them, even if it is an imcomplete job at times. The Reader does a good job, but just not enough. The criminal political class is waiting out there trying to outlast the US Attorney and the handfull of decent investigative reports that are left.Then, business as usual.People just do not realize how the political class has corrupted every facet of government and every department of government.

8/22/2010 03:55:00 PM

I agree. But why keep putting the same faces on the front pages, mostly illegal immigrants who have a beef or gang-bangers who have a beef. Why not put some REAL victims on the front page story for awhile....someone who's not scammin the system....that's what readers want to see. We are sick of the same "we aren't doing enough for the down and out"...some of these down and outers are multi-generational...it gets OLD fast.

8/22/2010 09:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The detective areas are the ones who keep track of all the homicides and agg batts for all the districts in their area. They have the real numbers. Don't go looking at 35th street for the answers because it's all smoke 'n mirrors with a dog and pony thrown in.

8/22/2010 09:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"CPD Baseball beat CFD Sat at the Cell 8-5 thanks to a Grand Slam in the 8th inning. Great game but one question...why did J-Fled sit on the fire side the whole game???

8/22/2010 01:34:00 PM"



in hopes of not being recognized?

8/22/2010 09:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

YES! CRITICIZE THE SUN-TIME AND TRIBUNE!!! They do not even do a remotely good job of investigative reporting and they greatly slant their stories, filling them with opinion and half-truths.

They are part of the problem. If they gave balanced, fair and most of all truthful representation of events most of the time, they could be a catalyst for change. As it is, they are part of the problem.

I hope they do collapse and go out of business. When that happens, maybe some real journalists will fill the void.

I for one would be happy to see them go out of business today.

Evidently they have been around for decades and still corruption runs as rampant through the upper echelons of government as freely as bullets fly in this city.

And while I am criticizing them, I'll add that they had plenty of opportunities years ago to report on the good job many police officers were doing. Now, because of yellow journalism and tabloid sensationalism that the Sun-Times and Tribune have filled their pages with, the good officers know that it is best to be low key and not proactive.

Yes, thanks Sun-Time and Tribune for all you have done...to make the problems worse.

8/22/2010 09:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

as i was driving a friend to the airport last night, stopped at a red light a little outside the downtown area(pretty much borderling 018 and 001 before it hits 012) i asked a young female what she was doing walking home intoxicated at 0345 alone.......the response i recieved was " well i heard crime is actually down anyways, ill be ok" congrats j-fled. i can only pray nothing happened to her last night because im sure she felt fine walking around due to your "analysis." Liberals, oh bless thier small minds and big hearts, knuckleheads. Tribune, sun times WHOEVER, its time to step it up and get the word out there! TAKE THE HANDCUFFS OFF THE PO'S!!!! come on j-fled, especially for little susie Q who moved here all the way from the suburbs to get the "cool city living experience"

8/22/2010 09:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why is there a tact Sgt in 002 who is protected by the commander? The
Sgt plays police officer, makes illegal stops and illegal searches , then calls for his guys to take the pinch,tells them don't put him in report and make up false reports. When his guys say no he dumps them all and threatens them with cr numbers for insubordination.
Jessie your days are numbered! lots of witnesses on this one how you gonna weasel out of this?

8/22/2010 09:49:00 PM  
Anonymous hippy-dippy-1 said...

Off Topic-
Normally by this time of year the Annual Pension Board Report is out. I never understood why it took 6 or 7 months to publish it, but it did. Now it does not seem to be forthcoming at all. I called the board a week or two ago and pretty much got the run around. It wound with me being told that the person that does it was off that week. I don't think that makes too much sense.


Maybe some of the rest of you could start calling, or maybe they just are not sending it to us retired folks, but simply leaving it in the stations.

I would like to see it because there really is a wealth of information in it, if you take the time to read it.

8/22/2010 09:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

(OT) California broke,laying off coppers but builds a 578 MILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL! WTF for all the illegals kids?http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100822/ap_on_re_us/us_taj_mahal_schools

8/22/2010 10:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.T. - What does Mark Donahue plan to do after his term as FOP President espires?

8/22/2010 03:23:00 AM

He has been talking to daley/madigan and is getting a cushy lobbyist job downstate did you expect anything less?

8/22/2010 10:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

8/22/2010 01:25:00 PM

I agree but look what happened to SOS crew! finnegan sits in federal prison for over 3 years without being charged? These guys say what ever bullshit you want,but when they pulled up on a corner the animals were scared and scattered! days of gangs, officers like d'orio and the rest are all gone real men are finished! The pussification of this dept is in full swing thanks to j-fled+madigan+the 50 cowards they now have the dept they desired hope they like all the blood over their hands for what they did to cpd! All the shot and dead innocents due to this,and of course the goof Mara Georges overpaid hack,that has no clue how to tray a case! Then we have hack Anita Alvarez (Basaball be berry good to me), would rather fuck over a copper than a bad guy! Then we have crook county jagoff liberal judges letting all go free, not just in felony courts fuck it even malone in traffic court no matter what finds in favor of defendant,no fines no fees as he like others collect a huge salary for doing nothing!!

8/22/2010 10:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"OT Remember all the crying about not being able to charge people with agg batt for fighting with the police. You know, jumping through hoops, those rotten dics and ASA's. Well, three were charged with agg batt to the police after a fight in front of Wrigley on Friday. No PO injured. How could this happen when anyone in the know is sure it can't happen.

8/22/2010 08:29:00 PM"


they're white and from out of state.

so, what's YOUR point?

8/22/2010 11:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O/T but very interesting... I was told 2nite that a confidential CR# has been obtained regarding the "clout" sergeant's list. Heard that J-Fled blew a gasket over the clout list after it was published...the one published was different from the one which he had signed off on. Now the question to be answered is Who made the changes after he signed off on it??? Anyone else hearing anything like this?

8/22/2010 11:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If someone in the media or research field wanted to get a more accurate count of the actual numbers of individual shooting victims, the city's emergency rooms would probably be a good start. Emergency rooms probably keep track of the number of gunshot victims treated. Wouldn't they maintain that data for financial reasons or funding purposes?

8/22/2010 11:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
"OT Remember all the crying about not being able to charge people with agg batt for fighting with the police. You know, jumping through hoops, those rotten dics and ASA's. Well, three were charged with agg batt to the police after a fight in front of Wrigley on Friday. No PO injured. How could this happen when anyone in the know is sure it can't happen.

8/22/2010 08:29:00 PM"


they're white and from out of state.

so, what's YOUR point?

8/22/2010 11:24:00 PM

The first poster is wrong. The P.O. was injured I saw him. He has a large bloody scratch on the side of his face about 4 inches long and redness from several punches he received. The incident was caught on wrigley cameras. They were white and from Indiana I'm sure that helped.

8/23/2010 12:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"More than 300 people were shot in Chicago last month. At least 33 of them have died."

..and not one of them was the victim of a plastic Daisy BB gun that Mad Mayor Daley and his insane police superintendent put on a "banned" list, along with a whole bunch of other creaky old oddball guns you'd never even see outside of a museum today -- not that ammunition for them has even been made in this century.

First things first...

8/23/2010 12:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Hey old timer "Shots fired last night at 60th & Racine" these younguns don't know about the I/F and even if they did they would probably run. So from one wheel police to another, watch your six.

But that is my point, maybe us "roscoe" carrying guys and gals need to teach the hair gels about I/F. Maybe it would sink in on one or two of them. Start small and let it grow. Just a thought. You watch your six too, my brother.

8/23/2010 12:45:00 AM  
Anonymous God Bless District 8 said...

Hey SCC,
Just wanted to give a big Thank You to the 8Th District tonight. What a weird night with two incidents. I am a Police Officer in a nearby Suburb. Tonight I received a call from my wife, that while walking our dog in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood, some scumbag pervert whistled at her and drove around the block several times scaring her to tears. As a Police Officer hearing that phone call, you can only imagine how infuriated that I was. I advised her to call 911 and that I would be on the way home. In the chaos, she was able to obtain a license plate and relay that information to 911. I figured that I could flag down a beat car on the way and have them meet me near the residence. As I turned the corner, I observed that the Police were already there, handeling the situation. I can only say that I was relieved and impressed at the extremely fast response. I was able to speak with the Officers, whom at the time did not know my Wife was married to a Police Officer. After speaking with them, I felt relieved knowing how they handled the call and their professionalism. I later called their Watch Commander to let him know how fine of a job that they were doing. Later in the evening, I returned home to see a hype looking guy coming from a gangway near a garage. I then called 911 to report the incident. I followed the possible burglar, but lost him. Before I could reach my residence, the Police were already there within a couple of minutes. Again an outstanding response time.If you can please post this on your main page to let all of your readers and CPD know that the 8th District has some very fine Officers who still do care for the Garfield Ridge area and it's residents. I would again like to mention that they are doing an outstanding job. Knowing of the recent incident in the area, it's great to know that on two seperate Watches that these Officers are looking out for the neighborhood. I commend all of the P.O.'s out there and from my Family would like to say a big Thank You and God Bless. This is the way P.O.'s should look out for each other. We're all that we have!
*I'm going to post the same at DSLC, thanks SCC!!!

8/23/2010 12:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WHO could have predicted a shooting would occur in 017 tonight, in the EXACT same location as one a couple weeks ago? Two blocks OUTSIDE the "focus zone?" How about instead of focusing on a geographic area, we focus on removing the CRIMINAL wherever he happens to be? My crystal ball/supercomputer told me to write this.

8/23/2010 01:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Shots fired last night at 60th and Racine. Two shot, 20 - 30 shots were fired. The kicker, there was a squad with a traffic stop on Racine a half block away. Emergency equipment on and everything and they busted caps at each other anyway. They don't care that we are there. We are merely an eyesore for the bad guys. Another one shot at 61st and Union. Reporter on the scene taking pictures. I've seen him around crime scenes alot so I engage him in conversation. He says to me,"You guys need to watch your backs. I stand around these gangbangers and hear what they are talking about. They are gunning for you guys." We are becoming the hunted. I, for one, don't like it. I am not accustomed to being the hunted. When you come in contact with these thugs, do not back down from them and do not let them dictate what happens on the street. Put them in their place. If you are not willing to do that, then please don't get out of the car. You just become part of the problem if you aren't willing to take control. Anyhow, watch your six out there. Badguys abound and we are severly outnumbered. Show a unified front and stand your ground. It may be high time to bring back the I/F. Google Gina Gallo and learn about the Fish, then decide if you are one or you aren't. In my humble opinion, bringing the I/F back, full blown, would be a very good thing for all of us.


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ooohh billie!!
yeah well I met this fine outstanding reporter at 91/ halsted at the crime scene. Some officer was telling him to move across the street because the crime scene was being expanded. He started to give the officer a hard time. So I guess he was feeding you bullshit on Racine so he can get close shots of the crime scene. And if you think that someone somewhere does not have it in to kill a police officer you really need to a new line of work. Stay safe and keep the bullshit meter on.

8/23/2010 03:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O/T but very interesting... I was told 2nite that a confidential CR# has been obtained regarding the "clout" sergeant's list. Heard that J-Fled blew a gasket over the clout list after it was published...the one published was different from the one which he had signed off on. Now the question to be answered is Who made the changes after he signed off on it??? Anyone else hearing anything like this?

Damage control in full swing. He knows what happened was illegal. Now somehow there are two lists???? I guess his driver got on the list miraculously and not meritoriously or criminally.

8/23/2010 06:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Start tracing these guns, punish the strawbuyers. The one who unlawfully allowed on to have a weapon should be punished.

8/22/2010 10:26:00 AM

Try telling that to the States Attorneys office!

8/23/2010 07:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
OT Remember all the crying about not being able to charge people with agg batt for fighting with the police. You know, jumping through hoops, those rotten dics and ASA's. Well, three were charged with agg batt to the police after a fight in front of Wrigley on Friday. No PO injured. How could this happen when anyone in the know is sure it can't happen.

8/22/2010 08:29:00 PM
A copper WAS injured and SAO only approved felony charges AFTER viewing video of incident

8/23/2010 08:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

From Chicago Breaking News: "A banquet hall bouncer was found shot to death this morning outside the West Garfield Park facility where he worked...."

Guess I don't get out enough----none of the banquet halls I've been to had bouncers.

8/23/2010 08:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree but look what happened to SOS crew! finnegan sits in federal prison for over 3 years without being charged? These guys say what ever bullshit you want,but when they pulled up on a corner the animals were scared and scattered! days of gangs, officers like d'orio and the rest are all gone real men are finished! The pussification of this dept is in full swing thanks to j-fled+madigan+the 50 cowards they now have the dept they desired hope they like all the blood over their hands for what they did to cpd! All the shot and dead innocents due to this,and of course the goof Mara Georges overpaid hack,that has no clue how to tray a case! Then we have hack Anita Alvarez (Basaball be berry good to me), would rather fuck over a copper than a bad guy! Then we have crook county jagoff liberal judges letting all go free, not just in felony courts fuck it even malone in traffic court no matter what finds in favor of defendant,no fines no fees as he like others collect a huge salary for doing nothing!!

8/22/2010 10:57:00 PM

You're so worried about Finnegan and Co.? Hold a fundraiser. Don't bother booking a big room.

As for the rest of it BLAME THE LAWYERS! All of them. The problems society face begin and end with the greedy lawyers.

8/23/2010 08:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

House Mouse says:

from 2200hr on Thursday to Sunday 0010hrs :
31 shooting incidents with a minimum of 44 people shot.

Since no one wants to hear about manpower shortages, Gotta cut and paste the same report from last week For this week and make everyone look like a hero:

HEY: it would have been worst but thanks to our initiatives
all 10 police officers were in the right pockets!!!!

I predict next weekend will be 30-45 people shot and of which some will be killed!!
I also predict that 79% of these incidents will be in Areas 1 & 2.

No one wants to listen!! Anyway!!

Ahhh WTF!!

Anyway, gotta go

8/23/2010 08:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There was nothing in the news about the two robberies on the lakefront at 43rd street last week. In one, the offender asked the people on the ground "who has never been shot?" and then shot one in the leg! Of course we have no lights on the lakefront bicycle paths but the people putting in the new harbor around the clock have lights on the water and in their parking lot that they took over at 31st street!

Offenders arrested by 021 but released because shit victims. Next story...

8/23/2010 09:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why is there a tact Sgt in 002 who is protected by the commander? The
Sgt plays police officer, makes illegal stops and illegal searches , then calls for his guys to take the pinch,tells them don't put him in report and make up false reports. When his guys say no he dumps them all and threatens them with cr numbers for insubordination.
Jessie your days are numbered! lots of witnesses on this one how you gonna weasel out of this?

Sounds like he has a bunch of dogs for a team, and u must be one of them.

8/23/2010 09:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Agg Batt to PO:

The best dicks will tell you that the best way to get approval of charges to aggbatt to po is:

1 po (injured) vs 1 (offender)
with zero independent witnesses.
(aside from other officers...usually one)

This can be a phone approval generally if the offender lawyers up.

The approval murks up when there are several witnesses and they have to be interviewed, or the offender wants to make a statement.

Now the ASA has to come out and you probably will lose charging by
"what if"...

8/23/2010 09:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

" I predict 34 shootings in Aug, and I am not even in the Crystal Ball unit. But I do have 23 yrs on the job. But I will never know as much as the 4yr wonder. NOT"

Actually the shootings will be reclassified as environmental related with death or injury caused by lead poisoning.

8/23/2010 09:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"OT Remember all the crying about not being able to charge people with agg batt for fighting with the police. You know, jumping through hoops, those rotten dics and ASA's. Well, three were charged with agg batt to the police after a fight in front of Wrigley on Friday. No PO injured. How could this happen when anyone in the know is sure it can't happen.

8/22/2010 08:29:00 PM"


they're white and from out of state.

so, what's YOUR point?

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The original point is a refutation of the conventional wisdom that there is a conspiracy to prevent charging of Aggravated Battery to the Police. The point that needs unravelling is yours.

8/23/2010 09:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

8/22/2010 08:29:00 PM
A copper WAS injured and SAO only approved felony charges AFTER viewing video of incident

8/23/2010 08:16:00 AM

The original report stated that no officer was injured or received medical treatment, which is unnecessary for the charge. The video is evidence that must be reviewed. Gathering of evidence seems to be problematic for some officers and an underlying cause of their angst.

8/23/2010 09:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kass: Potential Daley challenger wants mayor's deals audited - chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com
After spending months pointing out the corruption and waste of taxpayer dollars at City Hall, Ald. Scott Waguespack, 40, is thinking about challenging Daley for mayor.

8/23/2010 10:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Finnegan is sitting in the MCC at his own request.

If he wanted to be tried he could demand a trial and a judge would set the date. He does not want to go to trial and instead wants to enter into a plea bargain and take others with him. His problem is his credibility and the Feds are trying to decide if they can sell him to a jury.

8/23/2010 11:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now the ASA has to come out and you probably will lose charging by
"what if"...

8/23/2010 09:14:00 AM

You were doing pretty well until you fell for the false common knowledge. If the case is together, it will survive the visit by the ASA. If the ASA refuses charges, the W/C can request an override. As the best detectives will tell you, generally the obstruction to the charge is on the side of the police department.

8/23/2010 02:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey bring back the old 14 district crew from a few years ago ala "arceo", turn em lose on those piss fucks in the hood....

8/23/2010 02:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why is there a tact Sgt in 002 who is protected by the commander? The
Sgt plays police officer, makes illegal stops and illegal searches , then calls for his guys to take the pinch,tells them don't put him in report and make up false reports. When his guys say no he dumps them all and threatens them with cr numbers for insubordination.
Jessie your days are numbered! lots of witnesses on this one how you gonna weasel out of this?

Sounds like he has a bunch of dogs for a team, and u must be one of them.

8/23/2010 09:12:00 AM
i can't be one of them he lauched them all, you must be one of those tact tools or a sgt who thinks violating people's rights and lying
on case reports is ok. i'll be sure to buy a ticket to your benefit ASSHOLE!

8/23/2010 06:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"the obstruction to the charge is usually on the side of the police dept."
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I disagree.
The obstruction usually comes from a poor attitude on the part of the ASA. It may be lazy, better things to do elsewhere, or just inattention to detail.

They usually do NOT like to visit the far south side lockups during rushhour, or at all, for that matter.

A phone approval is much easier if it fits the requisites and the offender is requesting an atty.

8/23/2010 06:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why is there a tact Sgt in 002 who is protected by the commander? The
Sgt plays police officer, makes illegal stops and illegal searches , then calls for his guys to take the pinch,tells them don't put him in report and make up false reports. When his guys say no he dumps them all and threatens them with cr numbers for insubordination.
Jessie your days are numbered! lots of witnesses on this one how you gonna weasel out of this?

Sounds like he has a bunch of dogs for a team, and u must be one of them.

8/23/2010 09:12:00 AM
i can't be one of them he lauched them all, you must be one of those tact tools or a sgt who thinks violating people's rights and lying
on case reports is ok. i'll be sure to buy a ticket to your benefit ASSHOLE!

HEY tell that sgt in 2 apply to go to vice. He'd fit right in with the master of lousy liars Lt o.v.

8/23/2010 09:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ray Ray and KB are getting an awrd for the officer handbbok that was so bad it had to be rewritten by Legal. LOL

8/23/2010 09:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A phone approval is much easier if it fits the requisites and the offender is requesting an atty.

8/23/2010 06:59:00 PM


Nice and neat is definitely the way to go, if possible. However, the ducks must be in a row and that's our responsibility. The ASA may have a bad attitude, but as long as they do their job, so what. Ditto for all involved.

8/24/2010 08:43:00 AM  

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