Thursday, December 23, 2010

More Penny Problems

It seems that the most recent "Joe Curtin Award Winner for Leadership Something-or-the-Other" has had the door removed from the 011th District Camera Pod room.

Not that big a deal seeing as how it might be alleged that officers were checking e-mail instead of watching the cameras.

The Big Deal part comes in when it was learned that the computers are set up so officers have to have their backs to the now un-secured doorway.

Anyone who has worked in a Chicago Police Station knows that 99% of them turn into homeless colonies come winter time. We also recall a number of incidents where people with severe mental illnesses or a desire for mayhem have brought guns into police stations and/or attacked desk crews, including one in 011 a year or two ago.

This sounds like a safety issue that needs to be addressed. Maybe we can finally have the disease ridden homeless ejected from our work environs.

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62 Comments:

Anonymous Bobbo said...

Better watch out. Insider info has Penny as J-Fed's replacement next year.

12/23/2010 12:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not to mention, one of those 'harmless' mental cases murdered Rick Francis just steps from the 019th district door. She slept in the station, a few feet from the front desk, most nights.

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

Penny SPARED a hispanic officer who got a little tired after being in there 4 hours.However,it was heard that she didnt do anything to 2 m/1 p/o"s who were caught sleeping at the same time.Just ask around you will see it's true.On top of it she wants that hispanic officer,who hasn't been SPARED in years to take a day for it.

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

I have the solution: install a POD camera IN THE POD ROOM! That way the officers watching PODs can "watch their backs."

12/23/2010 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

At least I got most of my Christmas shopping done before I Learned we're not supposed to even check email.

12/23/2010 02:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fly on the wall said;

Penny needs to check out her office very, very, very, closely?

Hidden pod cameras recording her every move and possibly phone calls? Car bugs?

She would look mighty stupid wearing an orange fed suit?

12/23/2010 04:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

desire for mayhem have brought guns into police stations and/or attacked desk crews, including one in 011 a year or two ago.
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If the other districts are as short as mine, it wouldn't take more than 4 people to take over the damn building. There's no one working inside anymore. Not to mention the downed cars most nights.

12/23/2010 05:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why the hell would anyone allow the homeless to live/sleep in a police station!?

What's next, sex offenders living in public schools?

12/23/2010 05:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I dont seem to recall not a SINGLE arrest being made from having a Beat Officer sit in the Poop room instead of being on the street. Cameras are only a waste of tax payers money.

By the way, MASTERS MASTERS MASTERS

12/23/2010 06:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You want to talk about safety? Go to the ERPS desk about noon any day. Room full of every kind of crazy, bum, felon and police hater arrested. Looking for his money and property. You know someone in that room has a weapon.

12/23/2010 06:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Big Brother is Watching You asks...

Did anyone ever compare the hour per hour efficiency of the productivity of officers when they are assigned to monitor the Big Brother Cams verses the time when they are on the street when they can answer calls, back other coppers up or just plain be the police.

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Bliss

George Orwell, "1984"

12/23/2010 07:23:00 AM  
Anonymous HATER said...

SAD PENNY SO BEHIND THE TIMES JUST LIKE J-FLED AND HIS MERRY CREW OF CLOUTED.

MY CELL HAS SO MUCH POWER NOW THAT EMAILS IS THE LEAST OF THINGS I CAN DO.

THE QUALITY OF PORN FOR CELLS HAS CHANGED MY LIFE. I COULD SIT IN PROJECT FOR HOURS AND AMUSE MYSELF.

IS THE DROID BETTER THAN I-PHONE?

12/23/2010 08:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

011...Isn't that the shithole that does the "triple reverse, double dog dare, PUD missions"?

12/23/2010 08:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

God help us all if she is the next superintendent. And I thought it could't get any worse after j-fled.

12/23/2010 08:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TWO WORDS: SAFETY GRIEVANCE!

12/23/2010 09:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Penny SPARED a hispanic officer who got a little tired after being in there 4 hours.However,it was heard that she didnt do anything to 2 m/1 p/o"s who were caught sleeping at the same time.Just ask around you will see it's true..........

Well, then the hispanic officer should document this and other similar situations where she discriminated against others and file a discrimination lawsuit against Penny. African Americans could also discriminate towards other groups. I know someone is going to bring it up, so here it is, from the Oxford dictionary.
Discrimination: The practice of treating somebody or a particular group in society less fairly than others because of age/race/religion/sex/sexual orientation.

12/23/2010 10:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bring back Eric Washington!!!!

12/23/2010 10:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Its the "Joe Curtin" award not Curtain. SSC have a nice Christmas.

12/23/2010 11:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Penny SPARED a hispanic officer who got a little tired after being in there 4 hours.However,it was heard that she didnt do anything to 2 m/1 p/o"s who were caught sleeping at the same time.Just ask around you will see it's true.On top of it she wants that hispanic officer,who hasn't been SPARED in years to take a day for it.


Word on the street is that both M/1 PO's were spard, but they refused to sign their spar forms. So they did get in trouble to some degree.

12/23/2010 11:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was it 001 where a shithead tried to shoot the PO at the desk with a .380 but the gun did not work ?
Damn these loony birds !

12/23/2010 11:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mass transit guy nearly got stabbed with a ten inch blade at the desk in 023 in 2002. Monday morning Supertintendent Eric Zorn wrote about it as if the officer should have said "please don't stab me" instead of shooting him and saving his own life and the lives of others.

12/23/2010 12:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is a note to from ERNEST T BROWN

As we along with our families prepare for the holiday season, the temptation is for us to slip into a more festive and relaxed mindset. Ove the past two weeks the number of shootings and homicides in locations that are historically problematic should serve as a stark that we cannot afford to relax or be consumed by the holiday festivities. Now is the time to be more vigilant. Please ensure we focused on the bad guys and that we targeting them with laser precision.. Let's get the bad guys and lock them down!!!!

A xmas note from the boss written the exact way he was taught.

12/23/2010 12:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ok... turn the computers around. problem solved now back to work and quit your complaining.

12/23/2010 12:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What happened to the allegation she did not want Whites working the front desk.

12/23/2010 01:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The 001st district desk experienced a deranged walk-in with gun.

12/23/2010 01:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
At least I got most of my Christmas shopping done before I Learned we're not supposed to even check email.

12/23/2010 02:02:00 AM

I have seen watch commanders shopping on-line many times.

12/23/2010 01:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She is a shining example of CPD leadership

12/23/2010 02:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?" Also sometimes rendered as "Who watches the watchmen?"

History

The essential problem was posed by Plato in The Republic, his major work on government and morality. The perfect society as described by Socrates, the main character in this Socratic dialogue, relies on laborers, slaves and tradesmen. The guardian class is to protect the city. The question is put to Socrates, "Who will guard the guardians?" or, "Who will protect us against the protectors?" Plato's answer to this is that they will guard themselves against themselves. We must tell the guardians a "noble lie".[1] The noble lie will assure them that they are better than those they serve and it is therefore their responsibility to guard and protect those lesser than themselves. We will instill in them a distaste for power or privilege; they will rule because they believe it right, not because they desire it.

via >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%3F

Sounds like ol' Penney Ante is running a daycare center in that pod room.

Hey, now you go over there and sit on the naughty chair in the pod room where we can watch you. You You're getting a time-out. Seriously?

Maybe she should put up a pod cam to watch the watchers. Because even with the door taken off someone may still do something that they aren't suppose to do for five minutes while she is not watching. This way it's on tape and she can go back and study it at home to make sure nothing was missed.

Penny Ante b.s.

12/23/2010 02:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have been retired 8 yrs and cannot fathom the deterioration of such a great department.

12/23/2010 02:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I usually agree with you SCC, and find you inciteful and humorous, but Joe Curtin is dead. Wheter you liked him or not let him rest in peace.

12/23/2010 03:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

penny, leave. thanks.

12/23/2010 04:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Better watch out. Insider info has Penny as J-Fed's replacement next year.

12/23/2010 12:06:00 AM"



now, that's not funny, not funny at all.

12/23/2010 05:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"I have the solution: install a POD camera IN THE POD ROOM! That way the officers watching PODs can "watch their backs."

12/23/2010 12:55:00 AM"



diabolical.

12/23/2010 05:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

penny, penny, penny!!!

12/23/2010 05:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And look for more homeless in 011 for the holidays. Just heard on the radio that 5 of the 6 warming centers are closed Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. So the one at 10 S. Kedzie is going to be full....

http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fss/provdrs/serv/news/2010/dec/city_of_chicago_remindsresidentsofwarmingcenterholidayclosures.html

12/23/2010 06:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Penny SPARED a hispanic officer who got a little tired after being in there 4 hours.However,it was heard that she didnt do anything to 2 m/1 p/o"s who were caught sleeping at the same time.Just ask around you will see it's true.On top of it she wants that hispanic officer,who hasn't been SPARED in years to take a day for it.

12/23/2010 12:37:00 AM

The word you are going for is "Sparred."

12/23/2010 07:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

God help us all if she is the next superintendent. And I thought it could't get any worse after j-fled.

12/23/2010 08:44:00 AM
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It can always get worse.

12/23/2010 07:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And who kick started Penny's career in Area 5? How about old country buffet-- sgt -- then lt.-- when old country was on top-- who did he put in charge of detached services?

12/23/2010 08:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Penny SPARED a hispanic officer who got a little tired after being in there 4 hours.However,it was heard that she didnt do anything to 2 m/1 p/o"s who were caught sleeping at the same time.Just ask around you will see it's true.On top of it she wants that hispanic officer,who hasn't been SPARED in years to take a day for it.

12/23/2010 12:37:00 AM

The word you are going for is "Sparred."

12/23/2010 07:08:00 PM


Try SPAR'ed

12/23/2010 08:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

TWO WORDS: SAFETY GRIEVANCE!

12/23/2010 09:48:00 AM


Not worth the paper they are printed on. Even if sustained, not binding on the City. Wipe your ass with safety grievances. Lawsuit. Those work

12/23/2010 08:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.suntimes.com/3004981-417/officer-bolden-arrest-female-girlfriend.html

You would never see this in cook county

12/23/2010 09:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I usually agree with you SCC, and find you inciteful and humorous, but Joe Curtin is dead. Wheter you liked him or not let him rest in peace.

Joe Curtin is DEAD
Yep, still sounds good.

As far as your request to let him rest in peace. I'm sorry request DENIED.

12/23/2010 09:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"She would look mighty stupid wearing an orange fed suit?

12/23/2010 04:39:00 AM"



it would be an improvement.

12/23/2010 09:55:00 PM  
Anonymous bright red 1958 plymouth fury said...

And who kick started Penny's career in Area 5? How about old country buffet-- sgt -- then lt.-- when old country was on top-- who did he put in charge of detached services?

12/23/2010 08:12:00 PM

We were bunk mates in Collage College -- Phat Phil assigned us to the same tag team.

12/23/2010 10:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seeing the homeless camp out in the 011 district is a disgrace. There is a shelter about 3 blocks away. citizens who come in to make reports have to climb over these people to reach the desk. No, I am not heartless, esp. the Christmas season, but it is a danger to everyone. No one is frisked, many are mentally ill, drunk or on drugs. Let's not even mention the lice, TB and other bugs that are brought in. Why do we allow our own employees subject to this along with innocent citizens? Lawsuit would be the best.

12/23/2010 10:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Penny should have taken out the mailman then we'd be rid of both those idiots....

12/23/2010 10:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fly on the wall said;

Penny needs to check out her office very, very, very, closely?

Hidden pod cameras recording her every move and possibly phone calls? Car bugs?

She would look mighty stupid wearing an orange fed suit?

12/23/2010 04:39:00 AM

Thanks, now that you ruined it by leaking your big secret, Guess she won't be going anywhere now!!!

12/23/2010 10:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think there was an incident in 003 around 2004-2005.
Something involving an outside unit at the front desk.
Can anyone fill in the rest?

12/23/2010 10:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anytime a supervisor feels the need to monitor employees that closely should take a look at his own management style. The problem described here lies completely with management and the fact that hierarchy is not addressing it, is not only negligent but more mismanagement.

12/23/2010 10:49:00 PM  
Anonymous CPDCOPPURR said...

This is a note to from ERNEST T BROWN

As we along with our families prepare for the holiday season, the temptation is for us to slip into a more festive and relaxed mindset. Ove the past two weeks the number of shootings and homicides in locations that are historically problematic should serve as a stark that we cannot afford to relax or be consumed by the holiday festivities. Now is the time to be more vigilant. Please ensure we focused on the bad guys and that we targeting them with laser precision.. Let's get the bad guys and lock them down!!!!

A xmas note from the boss written the exact way he was taught.

12/23/2010 12:07:00 PM


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OMGGGGGG..... This is a riot.......the only thing he left out, other then mis-spelling, syntax, WORDS and a host of other things is the HO HO HO.... We do know how much dear old Downtown loves his HO's.......

Maybe while our children track Santa on Norad, we can ask him to stop in on the westside and southside, call in airstrikes, put 50 cal guns on the sleigh and napalm the rest.

Merry Christmas everyone, stay safe, and keep laughing at our "fearful leaders", otherwise we would be crying.

12/23/2010 11:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Departmemt of Human Services advises people who find themselves without a place to sleep or home to go to the nearest police station and ask them to call the Department of Human Services and they will send a car to pick the people up and take them to the nearest shelter with a vacancy.

Is this not true?

12/23/2010 11:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was it 001 where a shithead tried to shoot the PO at the desk with a .380 but the gun did not work ?
Damn these loony birds !

________________________________

Yes it was.

12/24/2010 12:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Is this not true?

12/23/2010 11:12:00 PM"


the operative portion of your inquiry is '...with a vacancy.'.


and therein lies the rub.

12/24/2010 04:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Departmemt of Human Services advises people who find themselves without a place to sleep or home to go to the nearest police station and ask them to call the Department of Human Services and they will send a car to pick the people up and take them to the nearest shelter with a vacancy.

Is this not true?

12/23/2010 11:12:00 PM

Yes, it's true that's what they ask people to do. No, it is not true that they actually send a car to pick them up. So far this winter, even after I called as the desk Sgt. to verify they were coming, not once have they actually come to get the person.

12/24/2010 06:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is about time that the department retro fit the new stations and close off that large lobby. Build a wall on either side of the entrance doors that run up to the desk and put bullet resistant glass on top of the desks. Then get Human Services to pick up the homeless within the hour and not at their usual time of 530 in the morning.

12/24/2010 09:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No one should have been in the pod room for 4 hrs.
Anyone who would be in there that long would most likely be sleeping. And if any supervisor or Cmdr. should walk in and catch you in such a state, shame on YOU. Black, Latino, whatever, if you're stupid, you're going to be treated like you're stupid. Man up and deal with it, but don't look for sympathy on the blog, there's none to be found.

12/24/2010 01:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was in the POD room waiting for the dept of Human Services to pick me up because I had no where to sleep. They take a long time.

12/24/2010 09:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Whenever caught sleeping, immediately go on medical for narcolepsy treatment.

If sparred, report supervisor to EEOC for disability discrimination.

The power is the accusation.

12/25/2010 09:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The best idea ever!! lets pull a 10-4 car off the streets, every hour to man the pod room when were already down 4-5cars on the weekend.

12/25/2010 01:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Penny Ante b.s.

12/23/2010 02:21:00 PM

Plato and Socrates didn't speak, read, or write Latin, but Juvenal did. Wiki this.

12/25/2010 10:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

>>>Anonymous said...
The best idea ever!! lets pull a 10-4 car off the streets, every hour to man the pod room when were already down 4-5cars on the weekend.

12/25/2010 01:06:00 PM<<<

Copper on his way home last night from M.S.F. at Homan Square gets waylaid by two punks. Could have been a bad scene like it was a year ago when the Zone 10 Dispatcher fell asleep on the 10-1. Have more cops around, just when we need them. No lets take them out of service and to do nothing but twiddle their thumbs going cross-eyed.

12/25/2010 11:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the 011th district needs eric washington back and soon. morale is so low.

12/26/2010 01:15:00 AM  

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