Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Another Exam

  • Chicago will hold another police entrance exam in April — and reduce the “pre-employment process” by up to two months — to maintain a continuous pipeline of candidates needed to bolster the police force by 970 officers over the next two years, aldermen were assured Monday.

    The opening day of City Council budget hearings focused heavily on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s ability to deliver his promised police hiring surge.

    Year One of the two-year surge calls for the city to fill 495 police vacancies, keep pace with rising retirements and still hire enough police officers in 2017 to add 250 patrol officers, 37 sergeants, 50 lieutenants, 92 field training officers and 100 detectives to raise an abysmal clearance rate for homicides and shootings.
Once again, Fran reverts to form, parroting City Hall numbers and not connecting the obvious dots:
  • The City has already burned through the last hiring list.
They didn't literally "burn" through it. They merely disqualified many with military backgrounds, caused copd family members to fail the Psych portion of the process, denied hundreds, if not thousands, a second chance at the POWER test, not to mention the drug and background failures that typically knock out nearly a quarter of the list.

And then there's the other quarter or third of the list who look at the headlines, read about what's happening across the country, see the crime numbers rising and the number of decent neighborhoods declining, test the wind and say to themselves, "The Hell with this crap." And then they never show up or answer the follow-up calls. It's not limited to Chicago - it's nationwide as we've posted many times.

But hey, Rahm is getting lots of headlines from reporters like Fran.

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113 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

100 detectives in January. 60 sgts in march.

10/19/2016 12:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If your not looking at these Hillary emails. Google '7th floor group' scary shit that came out yesterday.

10/19/2016 12:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They really need to get rid of the lie detector part ......

10/19/2016 12:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm sure it's been addressed somewhere else but does anyone know how many vacancies there are for detectives currently or what the full strength number is? Thanks in advance.

10/19/2016 12:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would not even consider this job today.

If you do sign up, get the training, qualification and find another department. Another department, one that is competently run.

10/19/2016 12:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And, if Uncle Terry still has the contract for recruit background investigations, he will make lots more money.

10/19/2016 12:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what exactly is Pre-Power? Are they talking about the written exam? If so, how do 50% of people fail that easy exam and if they do should we really be lowering the standards for them?

10/19/2016 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's an unbelievable CPD rejection. F/1/29 disqualified after passing poly, psyche, drug and power test. College graduate and no arrests. Rejected because of bad credit stemming from 10 years ago which she had straightened out. Here we have a black women, who's college educated never been arrested and we reject her for this. Give me a break. Who ever rejected her should be reevaluated. Hope they don't check all of our credit.

10/19/2016 01:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You take this job on cpd and you forfeit your freedom and many of your rights .
Why the fuck would any sane person do that ?

10/19/2016 01:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And you're thinking fifty or more are going to be qualified?

10/19/2016 01:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think the stupid liberals rather hear about a police test being given, not knowing to being to stupid to realize that only 10 percent of the people who tested-- ever become a POlice office, yes I said office.

10/19/2016 01:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anyone that had family members disqualified should be happy. Why would you want your son or daughter working here.

10/19/2016 01:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"They...disqualified many with military backgrounds."

Remember when commitment, discipline, a track record of achievement and advancement, and skill at arms used to be sought by police departments?

Not here. Not anymore. Maybe today a degree in "social work" will float you over that bloody mess on the street and get you a white shirt pretty quick, sit and "review" all the "Big Data" from the sensor networks.

Oh. Lincolnwood and other western sub'n departments going nuts again, the door-testers are going again, luxury cars being stolen and driven all over and being used in burglaries, robberies, etc. WHOO! Don't shoot, they just funnin.

10/19/2016 02:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tips to get through the hiring process for aspiring police lurkers here on SCC...
- Do NOT use any police as personal references. None. Don't. Nobody.
- If you lie on the poly and the poly-person grills you on a "hot answer" stick to it don't change your story.
Don't add to it. Less is More.
- Disclose everything. Even that thing you had expunged 7 years ago. Disclose it.
- No. You don't like the movie Alice in Wonderland and you don't ever feel sad . Be very
Liberal on the 1000 question psych exam.
- No. You never ever ever ever tried any drug or ever even thought about it. Ever. Never. None.
- No. You don't drink. Ever. Never tried it. You want nothing to do with it. Not even on ocassions.
- If you ever been fired from a job then don't disclose that job. (Two of my friends were disqualified
for being fried from previous jobs as far as 10 years prior for trivial non criminal reasons.) Never admit
to ever being fired from any job.
- Keep your head down, mouth shut, nose clean and deactivate all social media. Yes! They scan your
social media so all those Pro Police, Pro NRA, Pro Trump and Pro Right Wing posts will get you disqualified.
Don't believe me? Fine. Watch. Keep your Facebook and keep posting Pro Trump and Pro Blue Lives Matter
stuff. Watch what happens when you can't explain why you were disqualified.

I'm on the job. All this info I gathered from personal experience and from a number of my friends who were dumped.
Good luck.

10/19/2016 02:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

LMAO Don't expect a line around the Building , those days are long over

10/19/2016 02:49:00 AM  
Anonymous The Box Chevy Phantom said...

Frannie "No Panties" Spielman
turns another cartwheel for Rahm
with this agendist bullshit...

"Yaayy RAHM!"
>Flip!<

Another nasty old media whore
way past her "Sell By" date and
straining to the point of prolapse
to keep up the facade of relevancy.

Just like all the rest of them...

These obnoxious local newsies are all
hoping there's at least room on the running
boards when the Rahm Emanuel political
vehicle goes speeding back to D.C. or
New Yuck...

Hopefully, rightfully outraged and tired of having
the backs of their pant-legs pissed on, upright
citizens will have taken counter measures to
ensure there will be no escaping their wrath.

Heh...
Counting on the mother of all roll-over crashes
happening on the e/b I-94/I-80 interchange.

Maybe a few media choppers will get
tangled-up too...

"WAH!
Why are you guys so mean,
nasty tempered and hateful?
Aren't you required to be nice,
show concern and play by the rules?"

Heh...
Feeling "concern" that the less-than-paper-thin
veneer of mere pretextual civility is peeling and
blowing away in the winds of "change?"

>Snicker!<

Policemen didn't pick this fight.
The "smart set" who have figured
on being "above-it-all" are the ones
who left their fingerprints all over
everything.

10/19/2016 03:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In this new round of hiring, potentially "good" canditates will be issued a "cpd mentor". Said mentor will sit with the candidate through written portions of the hiring process and "suggest" the correct answers. Said mentor will also take the power test as a "team" splitting portions of the test between mento and canditate so as not to tire the candidate. Finally said mentor would have canditate empty there bladder and mentors urine would replace canditates for freshness reasons. And walla the new CPD recruit the aldermen and Rham want.

10/19/2016 03:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My son was disqualified via a bullshit incomplete psych test,even after he got an A in his college psych test, he went to a suburb and it quite content, good pay, good bosses, good equipment etc.

10/19/2016 05:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This job is so behind the times!

They actually still ask if you have ever smoked WEED! A legal substance.
I wonder why they don't have questions like have you cheated on your wife or have you ever kicked your dog.

Terry Hilliard's company does the background and they are a bunch of ass hat retirees who think they are investigators. They beg the potential recruits too bring in tons of document and then they lose them. Heaven forbid you have a Marine bulldog tat!

And if you say your uncle works in a district you are given a speech to make sure that uncle does not reach out to find out what these investigator are doing.

I tell everyone now apply we don't arrest people anymore we write contact cards.


10/19/2016 05:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is indeed a bleak picture but the whole City is bleak. This is just another episode. But you are all right, there has to be something wrong with you if you covet a job as a policeman in this or any other big city. That ship has sailed. But thanks to those of you who are on the job dealing with the racist social justice crowd.

10/19/2016 06:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alderman Pawar will be at McCormick Center. He will be there to check all applicants for their Democrat Party credentials. Don't want any infiltraitors sneaking in.

10/19/2016 06:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To all those who say that it's a crappy job and ask why anyone would want it. Ask yourself this question. Why are you still on the job? If it's that bad and you have so much to offer another employer, then go. Every job has some things about it that suck. But all in all it's a great job. After working this job. A job in "the real world' holds little appeal.

10/19/2016 06:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who will train all of them when no one wants to be an FTO??

10/19/2016 06:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ok SCC,

I live up in God's country, 016.

On my block we are pretty open about who works for CPD, CFD, STREETS, CDOT.

After hearing about new CPD entrance test this weekend. I took an informal survey
of the six young guys living with parents on my block. While raking leaves sunday and monday.

I already knew that all six had taken last test for CPD. As of yesterday none of these young guys
were hired by CPD. They all had passed the power tests and received letters to prove it all,
but no job offers.

It is my belief the list is being restarted due to the plain fact only male whites are left on the list.
All of the six on my block have college and are working full time jobs, but with family members
who already work for city. They have been discriminated against.

This last test was only one year ago. There is no way they burned through it.

10/19/2016 06:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My son graduated 7th in private high school so he loses points

graduated 25th out of 380 U of I in mathematics.

Works for major bank in Illinois doing loans.

past written power and polygraph.

Knows city is against him but keeps trying

This is screwed up. But thanks for not taking him on the job.
The family does not want him on the job.


10/19/2016 07:10:00 AM  
Blogger Mr. SouthSide said...

It used to be a really great job. Shame.

10/19/2016 07:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yep. Son was disqualified for "psych" reasons.... he was devastated... especially since he was told by testing agency that he would probably be in the February 2016 class or whenever the city would start that group. Would like to follow up with test results but don't know how and where to start.

10/19/2016 07:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's an unbelievable CPD rejection. F/1/29 disqualified after passing poly, psyche, drug and power test. College graduate and no arrests. Rejected because of bad credit stemming from 10 years ago which she had straightened out. Here we have a black women, who's college educated never been arrested and we reject her for this. Give me a break. Who ever rejected her should be reevaluated. Hope they don't check all of our credit.

10/19/2016 01:17:00 AM


When you all get around the race issue, it will go away. Race should have nothing to do with anything. Strip it from the questions for any job, public aid application or any other admission form. It only serves to divide us.

There are laws to enforce equality. Use them if you are discriminated against. Politicians use statistics gathered from these questions for their own ends. It is time to get rid of this ammunition used by these hucksters. Change your politicians while you are at it.

10/19/2016 07:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To 3.56am,,,,,,,its "Viloa" the slang French term for "lookee here". But it's a whimsocl post

10/19/2016 07:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hire only black recruits. Put them in black areas. Change the terms of their employment so they can never bid out.

10/19/2016 07:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Here's an unbelievable CPD rejection. F/1/29 disqualified after passing poly, psyche, drug and power test. College graduate and no arrests. Rejected because of bad credit stemming from 10 years ago which she had straightened out. Here we have a black women, who's college educated never been arrested and we reject her for this. Give me a break. Who ever rejected her should be reevaluated. Hope they don't check all of our credit.

10/19/2016 01:17:00 AM

Sounds like Lieutenant Fenner doesn't want any competition for her special Ed.

10/19/2016 07:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

reducing the pre-employment process will only result in the city hiring the best of the worst candidates

10/19/2016 08:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why bother!

I tell all young people all the time, DO NOT TAKE THIS POLICE JOB!

The Mayor and Alderman, want to take away our Pensions or at least diminish the pension benefits!

The Mayor and Alderman already took our medical benefits after we retire as of 2017!

Why waste time and effort working for this crooked city of Chicago!

The recruits will be sorry!

10/19/2016 08:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is all fair testing, we all know from our time on the promotional exams are fair also we live in fairyland the land where a hidden wedding dress can help you prove residency. Even jan schkowskys husband is fair when he hires crazies to disrupt Trump rallies causing police officers to be injured, yes really good people and never liars like hillary correct guess this story is bullshit:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-vote-fraud-trump-met-1020-20161019-story.html#nt=oft13a-1gp1

This must be a lie also as hillarys bus dumps human shit in the sewer calling a hazmat response did they pay that city for all this clean-up?:

http://www.cbs46.com/story/33418363/witness-clinton-forward-together-tour-bus-dumps-human-waste-into-storm-drain

10/19/2016 08:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's an unbelievable CPD rejection. F/1/29 disqualified after passing poly, psyche, drug and power test. College graduate and no arrests. Rejected because of bad credit stemming from 10 years ago which she had straightened out. Here we have a black women, who's college educated never been arrested and we reject her for this. Give me a break. Who ever rejected her should be reevaluated. Hope they don't check all of our credit.

10/19/2016 01:17:00 AM

This Chicago Police Dept. did her a great FAVOR!

Get out of here, move to a different State and get another job with another city!

Get out of this cesspool Chicago!

She will be happy in the long run, I wished I had this chance back 25 years ago knowing what I know now about the Chicago Police Dept. and Crooked City Of Chicago!

KMA 25+

10/19/2016 08:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Pawar, maybe you all should wear body cameras!


http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ald-willie-cochran-under-federal-investigation-sources/


another theiving Alderman to be arrested by the Feds.

10/19/2016 08:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC are you saying the city discriminates against honest citizens? If you are you would be correct as always. Thats like saying the democrats especially in chiraq would commit voter fraud and tell people how to commit this unprosecuted felony:

http://therightscoop.com/watch-new-bombshell-video-just-released-james-okeefe-mass-voter-fraud/

Hmm sorry guess it is true!

10/19/2016 09:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They're waiving fees, lowering standards etc. to appease " the community".
Rahm and Eddie have started down a very slippery slope that will have a very detrimental effect on this department in the long run.....all to pander to "the community".

10/19/2016 09:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The days of 35,000+ taking the written exam and years between tests are long over

10/19/2016 10:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wish Illinois were a Right To Work state so there would be no maximum age for recruits. I'm 63 and all I want to do is be a uniformed patrol officer & walk a beat. Call me crazy but the truth is I've lived a full and good life & am healthy and strong, I'd like to be in the game. Truth is if I were to be taken out it wouldn't be nearly as tragic compared to a young person with a young family. Not to sound like an A-hole, but I could crush your power test and run faster than 90% of your young recruits. Moreover, I've had my ass kicked more times than any of my kids - not that I'm a tough guy or anything but that's just the way we grew up back in the day. God Bless all of you.

10/19/2016 10:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Here's an unbelievable CPD rejection. F/1/29 disqualified after passing poly, psyche, drug and power test. College graduate and no arrests. Rejected because of bad credit stemming from 10 years ago which she had straightened out. Here we have a black women, who's college educated never been arrested and we reject her for this. Give me a break. Who ever rejected her should be reevaluated. Hope they don't check all of our credit.

Credit is part of the psychological. People in debt do desperate things. The department like many others around the country won't take a chance on a potential credit risk. Submit a resume to a unit and a credit check will be run on you. Sorry your argument is weak. NEXT!

10/19/2016 10:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Off Topic... a good friend passed away

Frank Kasky, 86, of Denver, Colorado passed away October 16, 2016 in Aurora, CO. He was survived by loving wife of 66 Years Shirley. Frank worked for the Chicago Police Dept. for 30 years as a Detective of the Bomb Squad. He will rest at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, CO. Published in a Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication from Oct. 19 to Oct. 23, 2016. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=frank-kasky&pid=182009342.

Frank pioneered methods of rendering explosive devices harmless by shooting them with sand or water. Our bomb disposal robot, "Little Frankie" was named after him. RIP Brother.

10/19/2016 11:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
And, if Uncle Terry still has the contract for recruit background investigations, he will make lots more money.

10/19/2016 12:45:00 AM
Plus the money from tasers hes involved in they keep getting the beaks wet taxpayers be damed!

10/19/2016 11:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can imagine that "blm" members and Hillary's "Birddogs" will be taking this test.

Then after getting into the academy they will recruit like minded people, buy guns, ammo and uniforms while they collect a salary.

Then start their antics totally disrupting the training process and threatening to sue when they are fired.

The psych screening will not eliminate such people.

10/19/2016 11:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

""Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm sure it's been addressed somewhere else but does anyone know how many vacancies there are for detectives currently or what the full strength number is? Thanks in advance.""

Look to see what the budget is for dicks. Google city budget, dept 050(i think) add it up. Go too seniority roster and run it for dick title code. The difference is the shortage. Same goes for sgt.s, lt.s , etc. i would do it, but i dont care.

10/19/2016 11:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

" The City has already burned through the last hiring list..."

The List is too Caucasion.

- Advancing Diversity in Law Enforcement (justice.gov) is reshaping American policing. This is the program the DOJ is pushing through Chicago at the request to Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Hillary Clinton. Your Global Police Intitiative Partners.

VOTE TRUMP for LAW and ORDER.

10/19/2016 11:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just took the power test at the academy for my Christmas Mickey Mouse money..... Got a glimpse at "the future" of the Dept and, no offense recruits, but the future looks gloomy to say the least. Unless this was a class of future pencil pushers at 35th & Michigan, then we are in trouble to say the least. They looked like a bunch of push-over liberal pukes.

Yikes!

10/19/2016 12:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://twitchy.com/loriz-3139/2016/10/19/drip-drip-drip-fec-complaint-filed-against-clinton-camp-after-bombshell-okeefe-vid/



Federal Election Comm. complaint filed against Hillary

10/19/2016 01:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT: please follow Pfather Pfaker on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/FrMichaelPfleger


and on Twitter at @MichaelPfleger

10/19/2016 01:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Somehow I believe that when these two years are up, we will be shorter than ever...Is anybody with me???

And the printers in our unit still wont work worth a darn...

10/19/2016 01:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-excuse-me-officer-police-app-bsi-20161019-story.html

Rate how pleasant your experience with Cpd is and also if you are arrested, gives you contacts of lawyers for the mishap of Cpd. Not good.

10/19/2016 01:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

(OT) Hey Lori you want police to apologize to the black community look over here 8 shot daylight on Wednesday morning you best better talk to your people:

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/212438014-story

To alderman O'Reilly note to you ahh goofy your worried about Trump talking about Chirac crime and removed his sign guess he was correct not set yourself to hiring police and advise all the criminals Trump is correct "law and order support police" now get with the program or better yet resign your disgusting!

10/19/2016 02:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To 12:21 am.

Hilliard has never had the RECRUIT CONTRACT.

10/19/2016 02:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/lightfoot-urges-local-police-apology-to-people-of-color/

When will the community apologize for the disproportionate amount of crime being committed?

10/19/2016 02:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And all these new recruits will be sent to decent districts while the rest of us have to bid for ghetto districts.

10/19/2016 03:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The shithead that runs this dept along with tiny dancer could give a rats ass about whether they run this dept into the ground. They are both complete assholes.

10/19/2016 04:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Blogger Mr. SouthSide said...
It used to be a really great job. Shame.

And a FUN Job!

10/19/2016 04:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
To 3.56am,,,,,,,its "Viloa" the slang French term for "lookee here". But it's a whimsocl post

10/19/2016 07:39:00 AM
----
Actually, it's voilà

10/19/2016 04:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My son graduated 7th in private high school so he loses points

graduated 25th out of 380 U of I in mathematics.

Works for major bank in Illinois doing loans.

past written power and polygraph.

************************
Jesus H. Christ!

He "past" the written, power and polygraph????

Maybe they gave him a spelling test that you helped him with.

Graduated U of I and ranked that high in mathematics and you want him to be a Chicago police officer.?

Unbelievable.

10/19/2016 04:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Why bother!

I tell all young people all the time, DO NOT TAKE THIS POLICE JOB!

The Mayor and Alderman, want to take away our Pensions or at least diminish the pension benefits!

The Mayor and Alderman already took our medical benefits after we retire as of 2017!

Why waste time and effort working for this crooked city of Chicago!

The recruits will be sorry!

10/19/2016 08:43:00 AM
*****************

Lot of young people see the $72,000 after 18 months a bonanza .. many grads working crap jobs are getting $20,000- 30,000 a year

10/19/2016 04:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
And all these new recruits will be sent to decent districts while the rest of us have to bid for ghetto districts.

10/19/2016 03:45:00 PM
**** .. an alderman stated at a wedding ....most older Police hanging on .. are too slow .. set in their ways. alderman said wanted new ,young blood in his ward.

10/19/2016 04:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When will the
When will the Spanish conquistadors apologize to everyone, when will king and queen apologize for the medieval times turmoil, etc....etc...etc... People if we live like this you will never find piece of mind in your life. Time to start a new chapter in this era and focus on changing the future and STOP living in the past way past ago. Its more of a political agenda then an actual feeling of morals whats going on around us!!!

10/19/2016 04:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Im sorry but thats beyond racist and Inflammatory comments there. Whites, Blacks, Latino officers etc..etc...etc...are more then family and friends and if there has ever been for any reason tension amongst the ranks they will still be out there supporting and backing each other there because the only color they see is BLUE brother and sisters!!!

10/19/2016 04:52:00 PM  
Anonymous The Neanderthal said...

"They...disqualified many with military backgrounds..."

Discipline, commitment, loyalty, ability to work with others in the hardest, most dangerous circumstances, the qualities of leadership, a proven track record of advancement and achievement, and skill at arms -- all these things were once qualities sought out by police departments.

No more, it seems -- perhaps a degree in "social work" will get you into a spot where you can sit and "review" all the "Big Data" coming in over the sensor networks.

Reminds me of a scene in a TV piece on video surveillance in England. About 15 white shirts in a hushed, dimly-lit "command center," issuing commands over remote loudspeakers out in the town for someone to pick up the empty soda can he just tossed in the street, and "coordinating response" to a drunked-up nine-year old kid scratching something up with a screwdriver...

Tired old guy in the scuffed shoes with the stick and the .38 used to keep that stuff out of everyone's hair with just a hard look -- back in the days when dics with their cigars and camel-hair coats would actually go on an apartment-building spat if they happened to be nearby -- ONCE. It would be real quiet there afterwards, and the wrong side of it would move out on their own by middle of next week...

It's a pity.

10/19/2016 05:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If some young person can't pass a POWER test to get on this job, they have NO BUSINESS AT ALL coming on. I saw plenty of "second" chance people in the academy and they were "second" chance people for every POWER test and most every other element.

The daily uniform should not consist of shitty blue sweats.

10/19/2016 05:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

On a positive note. The first deputy came in to 11 yesterday and after hearing we were having computer issues, IT Tech was out same day.Who knows if they will get fixed but he kept his word that he would address the issue, seemed like a decent guy.

10/19/2016 05:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Yep. Son was disqualified for "psych" reasons.... he was devastated... especially since he was told by testing agency that he would probably be in the February 2016 class or whenever the city would start that group. Would like to follow up with test results but don't know how and where to start.

Contact HR. There is an appeal process. Heard of a few guys that were successful and hired. Good luck

10/19/2016 05:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Check this out SCC ...

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153752615266650&id=699736649

A community who cares about their safety and wellbeing

10/19/2016 06:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What does it matter if someone admits to having used marijuana if they pass the drug test during the hiring process?? It is just a waste of time to have to request a hearing when the mayor and the president have already made it only a ticketable offense??

10/19/2016 06:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
They're waiving fees, lowering standards etc. to appease " the community".
Rahm and Eddie have started down a very slippery slope that will have a very detrimental effect on this department in the long run.....all to pander to "the community".

10/19/2016 09:07:00 AM

You have no idea how the department has lowered the standards in the academy. Chicago does not have a drop out rate. In LAPD, around 20% of recruits in the academy flunk out before graduation. Most major cities have a drop out rate of recruits during training except Chicago. No one fails the academy. No standards, no discipline and no leadership. Now they want to make the academy a "factory" to turn out high numbers of recruits? OMG

10/19/2016 06:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Heard of lawsuit over detective test... Hear any rumors? I want on that shit... Even though we'll lose

10/19/2016 06:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

THIS JUST IN:

The October Academy class has been canceled.

The 16-5 class was supposed to start 31 October and has been canceled because of lack of funding.

This city is FUCKED!

10/19/2016 06:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Back in the day good yr 1971 police tests 20000k took. It 3100 passed made the list,the city hired1000,the. 1500club was made m/2s we lost thanks to bilandic, Marshall said hire them I don't care happily retired 30yr history always repeats.

10/19/2016 08:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My son was DQ'ed for the psych portion (CPD uncles) even though he has a degree in psychology. For me it was a godsend because he quickly got hired at a surrounding city for more money and less drama. Even if his uncles call him "second string" I sleep a lot better at night. And did I mention more money?

10/19/2016 08:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about the fact that they disqualify former military and police family members. Disqualify some of your best candidates it's a new world "the inmates are running the asylum." It's not to late to vote the Democrats out.

10/19/2016 09:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

An applicant was rejected because of her bad credit ten years ago?? Is this a fucking joke! City of Chicago credit is far worse than all of our credit reports!

10/19/2016 09:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about these goof Polygragh examiners who were dumped back to the D Unit for failing numerous CPD relatives????

10/19/2016 09:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
The shithead that runs this dept along with tiny dancer could give a rats ass about whether they run this dept into the ground. They are both complete assholes.

10/19/2016 04:12:00 PM

They also both know they're short timers.
Rahm's chances of getting elected again are slim to none and Eddie -the Axe Man is living on borrowed time. If Eddie wasn't black he'd have been bounced awhile ago.

10/19/2016 09:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10/19/2016 05:30:00 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
On a positive note. The first deputy came in to 11 yesterday and after hearing we were having computer issues, IT Tech was out same day.Who knows if they will get fixed but he kept his word that he would address the issue, seemed like a decent guy.

10/19/2016 05:50:00 PM

This is crazy, but I have no clue who our 1st deputy is anymore. The change over rate is so fast that it seems like it changes every month.

10/19/2016 10:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

My son was DQ'ed for the psych portion (CPD uncles) even though he has a degree in psychology. For me it was a godsend because he quickly got hired at a surrounding city for more money and less drama. Even if his uncles call him "second string" I sleep a lot better at night. And did I mention more money

=============

Second string? His uncles seem like real hard ons.

10/19/2016 11:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
On a positive note. The first deputy came in to 11 yesterday and after hearing we were having computer issues, IT Tech was out same day.Who knows if they will get fixed but he kept his word that he would address the issue, seemed like a decent guy.

10/19/2016 05:50:00 PM

Well,whoop-de-do.

Has he stood up to Special Ed on behalf of any unjustly stripped coppers?

10/19/2016 11:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My neighbors kid has a random number
if 2500, hasn't been called for Power Test
yet.

10/20/2016 12:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Here's an unbelievable CPD rejection. F/1/29 disqualified after passing poly, psyche, drug and power test. College graduate and no arrests. Rejected because of bad credit stemming from 10 years ago which she had straightened out. Here we have a black women, who's college educated never been arrested and we reject her for this. Give me a break. Who ever rejected her should be reevaluated. Hope they don't check all of our credit.
10/19/2016 01:17:00 AM

Most car insurance companies check your credit and charge you more for insurance premiums if your score is low.
As for this applicant, her score should be more than repaired by now, so something's missing from this story.

10/20/2016 12:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
THIS JUST IN:

The October Academy class has been canceled.

The 16-5 class was supposed to start 31 October and has been canceled because of lack of funding.

This city is FUCKED!
10/19/2016 06:59:00 PM

!!! HIRING SURGE!!! (front page)

class canceled (page 65)

10/20/2016 12:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Look to see what the budget is for dicks. Google city budget, dept 050(i think) add it up. Go too seniority roster and run it for dick title code. The difference is the shortage. Same goes for sgt.s, lt.s , etc. i would do it, but i dont care.
10/19/2016 11:27:00 AM

Thank you, telling me how I can find it myself is even better.

10/20/2016 12:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Ok SCC,

I live up in God's country, 016.

On my block we are pretty open about who works for CPD, CFD, STREETS, CDOT.

After hearing about new CPD entrance test this weekend. I took an informal survey
of the six young guys living with parents on my block. While raking leaves sunday and monday.

I already knew that all six had taken last test for CPD. As of yesterday none of these young guys
were hired by CPD. They all had passed the power tests and received letters to prove it all,
but no job offers.

It is my belief the list is being restarted due to the plain fact only male whites are left on the list.
All of the six on my block have college and are working full time jobs, but with family members
who already work for city. They have been discriminated against.

This last test was only one year ago. There is no way they burned through it.

10/19/2016 06:52:00 AM

God's country...016???
You're a little out of touch aren't you?
You're probably one of those idiots that are always saying they're "living the dream".

10/20/2016 03:19:00 AM  
Blogger Michael Spaargaren said...

Why would they want on this job?

10/20/2016 06:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know they have called the first 500 off of the latest test. Currently on the next 500 a kid I know was 800 something he got a letter last week. They are moving quickly I hope the young people are ready. Good luck. You gonna need it

10/20/2016 07:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
And all these new recruits will be sent to decent districts while the rest of us have to bid for ghetto districts.

10/19/2016 03:45:00 PM
**** .. an alderman stated at a wedding ....most older Police hanging on .. are too slow .. set in their ways. alderman said wanted new ,young blood in his ward.

10/19/2016 04:35:00 PM
Young blood in his ward? Look around young blood is being spilled everywhere in his "ward" tell him to take a walk and look, shootings up over a thousand over last year and he cannot find young blood!

10/20/2016 08:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This job is so backwards, Tracy Ladner fucked up Human Resources so bad, was flunk g coppers kids with no appeal process, now they allow for an appeal. This department has been so backwards for years. A group failed by Ladner hired Dan Herbert who did nothing but blow the case because he was not prepared due to being wrapped up with VanDyke case. Hey Dan, refile that case and give these kids a chance.

10/20/2016 09:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They also both know they're short timers.
Rahm's chances of getting elected again are slim to none and Eddie -the Axe Man is living on borrowed time. If Eddie wasn't black he'd have been bounced awhile ago.


10/19/2016 09:40:00 PM


Eddie Johnson wouldn't even be there if he wasn't black.

No one sees anything wrong with a city that puts people in jobs based on the color of their skin? I thought we cleared that all up. I guess not.

10/20/2016 09:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I personally know a lad who took the cpd test a few years ago and after he was put into a lottery he fell below 5000. Laughable....He had original passed all portions of the exam with high marks....college degree,(requirement)clean backround, parents and family members of cpd. He definitely was discriminated against being a white male and because he came from a cpd family. I couldn't believe that they finally reached down to his number...guess all the other candidates before him flunked out...drugs, backround & etc. What a waste of everyone's time when they must try to hire inept people for this job.
Anyone who thinks different, is delusional.

10/20/2016 10:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Ok SCC,

I live up in God's country, 016.

On my block we are pretty open about who works for CPD, CFD, STREETS, CDOT.

After hearing about new CPD entrance test this weekend. I took an informal survey
of the six young guys living with parents on my block. While raking leaves sunday and monday.

I already knew that all six had taken last test for CPD. As of yesterday none of these young guys
were hired by CPD. They all had passed the power tests and received letters to prove it all,
but no job offers.

It is my belief the list is being restarted due to the plain fact only male whites are left on the list.
All of the six on my block have college and are working full time jobs, but with family members
who already work for city. They have been discriminated against.

This last test was only one year ago. There is no way they burned through it.

10/19/2016 06:52:00 AM

God's country...016???
You're a little out of touch aren't you?
You're probably one of those idiots that are always saying they're "living the dream".

10/20/2016 03:19:00 AM
What i say that also , but mean it sarcastically ! Dammit

10/20/2016 10:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You haven't lived the Dream until you Live in Beverly

10/20/2016 01:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This got me curious and I looked into my old police files.

My acceptance letter said There was no guarantee of hiring but that I had scored 95.+ on the test [did not say where that put me in list order] and that over THIRTEEN THOUSAND had also taken the test.

G-D bless retirement.

Oh, and FUCK YOU rahm!

Stay safe and fetal.

10/20/2016 01:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why dont they go back and offer spots to all the veterans and cpd kids who were taken off for no reason? Whatever happened to that lawsuit?

10/20/2016 02:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

5:50PM.....

He got the fuckin' computer fixed!!!

Wow!

Can he get me 80% and all the blunt I can smoke?

💩

10/20/2016 02:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
On a positive note. The first deputy came in to 11 yesterday and after hearing we were having computer issues, IT Tech was out same day.Who knows if they will get fixed but he kept his word that he would address the issue, seemed like a decent guy.

10/19/2016 05:50:00 PM

Well,whoop-de-do.
-----------------
Every pisser is broken too.....

At the sinks work.

10/20/2016 02:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would like to poll the audience on this Question, I recently took the last Police Exam in April/2016 I received my passing "result" with a Lottery Number high in the 7k's out of 9k distributed to Applicants who passed. Would it be "beneficial" to retake the next Police Exam in "hopes of getting a better number"? The City announced, from the April/2016 Police Exam they were only taking the individuals who had Lottery Numbers from 1-1500. Obviously, based on that alone seems none of the (April/2016) Applicants with Lottery Numbers higher than 1500 have a chance of proceeding further in the process. Roll of the Dice :/

10/20/2016 02:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
On a positive note. The first deputy came in to 11 yesterday and after hearing we were having computer issues, IT Tech was out same day.Who knows if they will get fixed but he kept his word that he would address the issue, seemed like a decent guy.

10/19/2016 05:50:00 PM

Very poor IT Dept. when it requires the 1st Dep. calling to get the computers repaired.
Oh and BTW. they are still not repaired as of 2nd watch today.
What a department ?

10/20/2016 02:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I took the test 3/16. My lotto number is in the 8000's and I have yet to be called. The list they are referring to was the prior test in 2013ish that has been exhausted.

10/20/2016 03:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The standards have gotten very low indeed. Look at our command staff. This Department is an embarrassment. By the way, it seems they are still letting people with dangerous mental and medical disabilities on the job.

And can someone verify if PPO's with Tourette's Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy are currently on the street in the Northside districts?! Hell...half of this department acts like it has Narcolepsy!

10/20/2016 04:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anyone taking the job without a heavy phone call has ZERO idea what they are getting into.....

10/20/2016 05:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The 2013 list isn't exhausted yet there's applicants still in the process from the 2013 test

10/20/2016 08:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

>>>Anonymous said...
And all these new recruits will be sent to decent districts while the rest of us have to bid for ghetto districts.

10/19/2016 03:45:00 PM
**** .. an alderman stated at a wedding ....most older Police hanging on .. are too slow .. set in their ways. alderman said wanted new ,young blood in his ward.

10/19/2016 04:35:00 PM
Young blood in his ward? Look around young blood is being spilled everywhere in his "ward" tell him to take a walk and look, shootings up over a thousand over last year and he cannot find young blood!

10/20/2016 08:35:00 AM<<<

That alderman may want some youngblood cops to go out and get the bad guys. But he damn well better have some old school NON-MERIT white shirts with gray haired wisdom to take care keep them and out of trouble.

Is that alderman willing to tell "blm" or Father Flakey to get the hell out of my neighborhood this ain't none of your business.

Is that alderman willing to tell Rahm to keep the retirees pension funded and medical benefits in tact.

This would make a great Denzel Washington movie.

10/20/2016 09:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

150 new recruits on Halloween
it is a start , need a few hundred more just to catch up with attrition

10/20/2016 11:55:00 PM  
Blogger Michael Spaargaren said...

***************************************************************
Anyone taking the job without a heavy phone call has ZERO idea what they are getting into.....

******************************************
Doesn't matter how much clout you have. The pension debacle is enough to keep anyone off the job. Can't go until age 55; 1/2 % penalty each month you leave early; pension is averaged over last 8 years vs. 4 years.

10/21/2016 08:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Anyone taking the job without a heavy phone call has ZERO idea what they are getting into.....

10/20/2016 05:33:00 PM"


No truer words have been written.

10/21/2016 02:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To 02:38. Yes take the new test. They said there was no fee you have nothing to lose

10/21/2016 08:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
I would like to poll the audience on this Question, I recently took the last Police Exam in April/2016 I received my passing "result" with a Lottery Number high in the 7k's out of 9k distributed to Applicants who passed. Would it be "beneficial" to retake the next Police Exam in "hopes of getting a better number"? The City announced, from the April/2016 Police Exam they were only taking the individuals who had Lottery Numbers from 1-1500. Obviously, based on that alone seems none of the (April/2016) Applicants with Lottery Numbers higher than 1500 have a chance of proceeding further in the process. Roll of the Dice :/

10/20/2016 02:38:00 PM

---

the lottery # stuff is new. Now you can get some super low moron score and then you are all equal and they can pick and choose the races. It used to be you got a "well qualified" "qualified" or "not qualified" THe "well qualified" had a great chance of being hired.

Yes, by all means take the next test. Absolutely. I hope someone is sending the exam announcment to all the Marine Corp bases too and notifying them -all the militray branches.

10/22/2016 09:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I heard a rumor that only the top 1500 people from the 2016 test will be processed is this true.

10/22/2016 11:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you! Guess $25.00 Twice won't hurt my pocket! Lol. And yes I have heard numerous times already if you are higher than 1500 your basically (SOL). I see other comments not to mention CPD Family Members during the process. 3 generations of Family on CPD and the "OLE" phone call seems not to exist these days unless one is "SUPER CLOUT HEAVY"! I would rather earn my spot myself rather than owe someone Anything! Thanks God Bless BLUE!

10/22/2016 06:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's not true about only 1500, every candidate will get there invite to the initial power test at some point. There's a rumor that bye April next Year Cpd wants to have that list exhausted which that can mean that every candidate on that list has been giving that opportunity to go take that first steps of the process.

There's still candidates in the 2013 process waiting for a decision.

10/23/2016 09:26:00 AM  

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