Open Post

This is always a good time so come out and raise a glass to the fallen. It would be nice to see the Sheriff there for at least a couple of minutes too.



A wall of their own for Cook County's fallen (nice article)

P.S. Hey Sajdak, collectively we can't imagine an objection to a couple bucks more for mixed drinks and bottled beer.

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It's close enough to Halloween.







Tasteless? We beg to differ.
Chauvinistic? It's an arguable point.
Festive? Yeah baby you got that right!

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From the Sun-Times:
"The Cook County sheriff's office is seeking to impose a mandatory retirement age of 65 for its employees, said Steve Patterson, a spokesman for Sheriff Tom Dart."

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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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Anonymous said...

This site and MANY of you people are really an embarrassment.

September 20, 2009 6:49 PM

This site is a loathsome offensive brute, yet you can't look away!!!

Cook County Open Post

Insert picture here.

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Caption contest?

Update: The poll resulted in a tie between these two:

"Oooh cameras! Oooh shovels!! Gotta put on my "I'm just an average hardworking Joe baseball cap". There we go, instant populist."


"SHOVEL $22.50 BASEBALL HAT $15.00 POLO SHIRT $85.00 ASSHOLE DIGGING UP THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTE FOR COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT........ PRICELESS"

Thanks to the contributors.


Photo: Rich Hein/Sun-Times

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Miss Cleo didn't see that one comin'.

















Sure it's an open post but if you think you can predict what the future holds for the department or anything else local we'd love to read about it.

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"Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?"

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Godspeed Chief

Sheriff's police chief retires after 30 years

From the Southtown Star's website.

BY WILLIAM LEE, staff writer

After 30 years of quieting jail inmates, busting drug dealers and tracking murderers, the chief of the Cook County sheriff's department is calling it quits.

Bill McHenry suits up today for his last day on the job that saw him work his way up from jail guard to the department's first full-time black chief.

"I'll miss the camaraderie of the people I work with and the staff and the excitement of being a policeman," said McHenry, a resident of the south suburbs. "It's just the right time to go."

Last week, McHenry, 54, had a farewell tour through the different county offices, including the sheriff's police office at the Markham Courthouse to say his goodbyes.

"He's going to be very difficult to replace - if that's possible. He just has unique skill sets that you can't get anywhere," Sheriff Tom Dart said. "He's one of the nicest, most humble people you ever met, and he combines that with incredible intellect."

In addition to being a jail guard at Cook County jail, McHenry also served as a patrol officer, detective, sergeant and commander of the gang unit. He's also served the criminal intelligence and vice squads. He's been chief since December 2006.

He is the first black sheriff's police chief to rise through the ranks. In 1986, Sam Nolan became the sheriff police's first black top cop, but on an interim basis.

McHenry's greatest accomplishments were the crackdown of suburban drug markets in the 1990s using surveillance, which has become a major weapon used by the Chicago police department. The plan, which he spearheaded, resulted in hundreds of drug arrests from Evanston to Ford Heights.

McHenry had come a long way after graduating from Arkansas State University in 1977 seeking a career in law enforcement. After briefly serving as a deputy sheriff in his native Arkansas, he moved to Illinois in 1978, serving as a juvenile probation officer in Lake County. The next year, he began work as a jail guard in Cook County, where he worked until moving to patrol in 1981. He lived in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood and the South Chicago community before moving to the south suburbs.

During his long career, one of his most troubling cases, he said, was when the bodies of two newborns were discovered in an alley garbage can in Stickney Township in June 2003.

"The death of children and seeing them is really difficult to deal with," said the father of two adult children and grandfather.

McHenry said he looks forward to a more quiet life, though he doesn't rule out a future gig in law enforcement.

"I can go back and spend some time with the family, enjoy retirement for a while," he said.

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You don't love me:








You just love my doggy-style.

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You know who runs the show.
Be safe and have a great week of green.

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We'd like to thank the person that emailed these to us. If anybody else has any old photos from Police, Courts or Corrections we'd love to see them.

From our email:

Hello County Guy; I am a P.O. from CPD and I am in the process of publishing a new and improved handbook for your Corrections guys. I would also like to publish a hand book for the Sheriff's Police and Court Services people as well. I am currently unaware of any existing handbooks for the Sheriffs Police and Court Services, but I would like to make them. I have already published a handbook for CPD and it has been a huge success. Check out my website at www.Chicagocop.com.

If you would be so kind as to start a separate post on your blog for comments and suggestions for things that should be included and/or improved in the handbooks for each corrections, court services, and police that would be great. My goal is to put out a detailed and resourceful Field Guide that can be carried in the uniform pocket to make an Officers life a little bit easier at work.

Thanks for any assistance,
P.O. Michael Chuchro
CPD

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Feel free to offer your suggestions in the comments section for this post.
Stay on topic.

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HAVE A SAFE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

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Thanks to all of you that emailed. We'll start this one off with the cars.









It could always be worse.

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Danny Butterman: So what made you want to become a policeman?
Nicholas Angel: Officer.
Danny Butterman: What made you want to become a policeman-officer?
Nicholas Angel: I don't remember a time when I didn't want to be a police officer... apart from the summer of 1979 when I wanted to be Kermit the Frog. It all started with my Uncle Derek. He was a Sergeant in the Met. He bought me a police pedal car when I was five. I rode around in it every second I was awake - arresting kids twice my size for littering and spitting. I got beaten up a lot when I was young, but it didn't stop me. I wanted to be like Uncle Derek.
Danny Butterman: He sounds like a good bloke.
Nicholas Angel: Actually, he was arrested for selling drugs to students.
Danny Butterman: What a cunt...
Nicholas Angel: Probably bought the pedal car with the proceeds. Needless to say, I never went near it again. I just let it rust. But I never lost the profound sense of right and wrong I felt at the wheel of that pedal car. I had to prove to myself that the Law could be proper and righteous and for the good of humankind. It was from that moment that I was destined to be a police officer.
Danny Butterman: Shame...
Nicholas Angel: How so?
Danny Butterman: I think you would have made a great Muppet...

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Police officers approach opposition supporters during a rally against Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in central Tbilisi on Nov. 7, 2007. (From Time Magazine)

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William Somerset: This guy's methodical, exacting, and worst of all, patient.
David Mills: He's a nut-bag! Just because the fucker's got a library card doesn't make him Yoda!

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David Mills: I've been trying to figure something in my head, and maybe you can help me out, yeah?
When a person is insane, as you clearly are, do you know that you're insane? Maybe you're just sitting around,
reading "Guns and Ammo", masturbating in your own feces, do you just stop and go,
"Wow! It is amazing how fucking crazy I really am!"? Yeah. Do you guys do that?

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Walter Chalmers: Frank, we must all compromise.
Bullitt: Bullshit.

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Dr. Feelgood: You ain't got nothing on me!
Danny McGavin: I got handcuffs on you.
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Dr. Feelgood: Hey man, these handcuffs are too tight.
Danny McGavin: Well they ain't built for comfort, pal.

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Alan Marciano: Why'd I get mixed up with that bitch?
Lt. Vincent Hanna: Cause she's got a great ass... and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren't I? When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me.

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Max: I'm scared, Fif. It's that rat circus out there, I'm beginning to enjoy it. Look, any longer out on that road and I'm one of them, a terminal psychotic, except that I've got this bronze badge that says that I'm one of the good guys.

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Bill Reimers: [during an argument about who killed Kennedy, Bill checks the fridge] Those bastards. They ate everything and left us a dog turd.
Chris Lecce: Ralph Warren left us a dog turd?
Bill Reimers: No, Phil and Jack. I am gonna get those guys. I don't know how, but I will.
Chris Lecce: Give me the keys. I'll go to the supermarket. What do you want?
Bill Reimers: Truth and justice.
Chris Lecce: Anything else?
Bill Reimers: Doughnuts.
Chris Lecce: Why not? We're cops.

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Bunk: You've lost you're fuckin' mind Jimmy, look at'cha! Half late every third night, dead drunk every second. Nut deep in random pussy.
What little time you do spend sober and limp dick, you're workin murders that don't even exist!

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Vic Mackey: Ay, Mo. Your sister's ass really tastes as sweet as Alvarez here says it does? He wants to know what your momma's putting in the corn muffin.

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Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.

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Chief: Have you been following that man?
Harry Callahan: Yeah, I've been following him on my own time. And anybody can tell I didn't do that to him.
Chief: How?
Harry Callahan: Cause he looks too damn good, that's how!

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Officer Slater: [talking to Fogell with Officer Michaels in the liquor store after a robbery] May we see your identification?
[Fogell uneasily hands over his fake ID]
Officer Slater: McLovin?
[Fogell is really nervous]
Officer Slater: [pauses] That's a cool name.
Fogell: [amazed that his fake ID worked] Wha... wha...
Officer Slater: Yeah, people have weird names nowadays. Once I arrested this man-lady, and his legal first name was "Fuck".
Officer Michaels: He was Vietnamese, so it was spelled "Ph," but still that's pretty jarring to see on a drivers license.

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Ray Tango: Oh shit, it's Conan.
Gabriel Cash: What?
Ray Tango: It's Conan.
Gabriel Cash: Are we gonna get F.U.B.A.R now?
Ray Tango: What the hell is F.U.B.A.R?
Gabriel Cash: You'll see.
Face: Real bad ass cops. You don't look so tough now, do you? DO YOU, YOU FUCK? Out on the streets, this pig with his cop friend, broke my ribs, my leg and my jaw.
[tsks at Tango]
Gabriel Cash: You broke that jaw?
Ray Tango: He deserved it.

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Littering and... littering and... littering and... smokin' the reefer.

From the comments:

The sons of bitches that assassinated our brother Mike Ridges want out of prison.

Read about the Ridges incident on the LEO Memorial webpage. It is a chilling story of how a policeman was conducting a surveilence on a house when he happened upon the offenders who were going to commit a contract murder and were prepared to kill everyone in the house. Killing Mike seemed to be child's play to them. Just savage!

Make a phone call. Send a letter email or FAX. Do something to ensure that these cocksuckers never see the light of day again!
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Please act now to keep these cop killers behind bars.

On Thursday, July 17, 2008, Ira Jackson [Inmate #N82059] may walk out of jail as a free man after serving only half of the 40 year sentence he received for the killing of Cook County Sheriff's Police Investigator Michael Ridges.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2008, Allen Falls [Inmate #N80634] may also walk out of jail as a free man after serving only half of the 40 year sentence he received for the killing of Cook County Sheriff's Police Investigator Michael Ridges.
On behalf of any family members, loved ones, and fellow police officers who want justice and fairness in the honor of Michael Ridges we are asking that concerned citizens call, write, or visit the parole board to ensure that these cop killers remain in prison for the duration of their terms.
The cases are currently in the hands of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. They can be contacted at:

319 East Madison Street
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 782-7273

The Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 730 Section 5-5.5-30(a)(3), regarding the application of good conduct by the IPRB states that, "the relief to be granted is consistent with the public interest."
Letting the murderers of police officers out of prison cannot possibly be within the public interest.
We thank you for any help or assistance that you may be able to provide in this matter.

Best regards,

Cook County Sheriff's Police FOP Lodge #4

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Dignam: This is unbelievable. Who put the fuckin' cameras in this place?
Police Camera Tech: Who the fuck are you?
Dignam: I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy.

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Those of you who's comments that we have struck down with draconian fury should celebrate your freedom of speech today. Thank God and the United States of America that your comments can't be rejected in real life though they can be disagreed with.
Happy fourth everyone. Be safe.

NEW RULE.

You will all address each other by title. No bailiffs, brown clowns, dippitys, or brown stains etc.
We'll reject comments at will. It has to stop before it really starts.

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Court Services Union Post

We received an email query of "What the hell is going on with the Court Services union?".
Normally we would suggest that you address this question to your union steward. We'll do it for you by opening this post as well as posts for Sheriff's Police and DOC.

BE ADVISED: STAY ON TOPIC. THE OPEN POSTS ABOUT UNION MATTERS ARE NOT FOR INSULTS OR GENERAL SHIT SLINGING.

DOC Union Post

BE ADVISED: STAY ON TOPIC. THE OPEN POSTS ABOUT UNION MATTERS ARE NOT FOR INSULTS OR GENERAL SHIT SLINGING.

Sheriff's Police Union Post

BE ADVISED: STAY ON TOPIC. THE OPEN POSTS ABOUT UNION MATTERS ARE NOT FOR INSULTS OR GENERAL SHIT SLINGING.

Burbs Open Post

Who are we?

We are from all areas of the department. There aren't any real plans to post like SCC. We just want to pick up the county posts where "burbcopschicago" stopped. We'll probably update often and at random times.

All other agencies.

Let us know if you want threads for the burbs too.

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