Chicagoist: More Cop Drama

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:39:15 -0600

Has there been a good Top Cop since Joe DiLeonardi [who allegedly was fired by mayor byrne because supposedly he would not give in to her outfit pals]?

JP2

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:21:49 -0600

#3, I can connect dots from here to eternity. Unsupervised tactical units in Austin, Morgan Park, Grand Central, Englewood indicted in the last 10 years or so. The citywide SOS unit is just one part of all this. And you want to know who you will find in the SOS unit during all this? The children of numerous supervisors, including numerous recent exempt commanders. Oh, and the top? Cline, Mr. plead the fifth in a federal case. Under him Starks, reputedly the father of children by at least 3 other officers in the CPD. Look up O'Shields and see if any bells get rung. Hanhardt? Seriously dude, this was SOS but these complaints went up and down the chain of command, thru Cline and IAD and out to the judges and prosecutors and back to OPS. I'd be shocked if there was any supervisor in the whole city who wasn't aware of these kinds of allegations being made on occasion against SOS. I'd be even more shocked if you could find a single person in the CPD is genuinely surprised that this stuff was allowed to fester.

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:03:12 -0600

I'm sure this is just a diabolical and elaborate scheme by poor Chicagoans and storefront preachers to make Chicago's finest look bad.

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:50:43 -0600

Actually, this isn't a top to bottom thing. It's one unit, and if memory serves me correct, it's the one this thug Finnigan was a part of. Connect the dots, people, but don't create dots where there are none.

JP2

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:39:18 -0600

The department is without proper leadership from top to bottom. Dozens of police officers and you'd think a few sergeants and a lieutenant would be there. No problem with them going into the bar. No problem with them searching people who look suspicious or whatever ground is required. But falsifying an arrest report (apparently proven)? And going and illegally searching a home while the arrestee is arrested (alleged)? The first should have resulted in discipline (firing), and whoever declined to discipline should now be disciplined. The second should result in charges. But, again, the entire department is without decent leadership, from top to bottom. There are a few decent bosses scattered around, but not many. And that is where all of this starts.

Spook

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:25:31 -0600

I wonder how many people in need who we could have helped with all the money that Chicago will have to instead pay out in law suits?