Felons in the Gym

Makes us want to run right out and start using the Academy gym:

• I just wanted to let you know about an incident that happened at the academy a couple of days ago. I am in the gym working out, I see two f/1's walking around, they both enter the gym look around and leave, two guy also working out see this and step outside into the hallway to see what they are doing. (They did not look like cops and if they were they should work undercover). So, I’m done working out and I’m leaving for the locker room, as I step out I see the two guys asking them questions. Both f/1’s were civilians and entered the academy to use the bathroom, they were asked how long they been in, both said 20 + mins, asked were they lived they said across the street. From what I know, across the street is section 8, and from what I remember they sell crack out of that place. Anyway, they were told that they could not be in here and that’s when the f/1’s started to talk shit. “I pay taxes, I pay your salary, and we could be in here if we want too.” “I know police, who you to tell me I can’t be in here.” Both were escorted out of the building, some word’s were said between the officer at the desk and the two guys that escorted the f/1’s out. From what I heard standing by the doors, none of the words were nice. I spoke with a det. Inside the locker room about this, he also said that one day he was in the locker room when 4 m/1’s walked in, two of the m/1’s he said have been arrested for guns. Both were playing basketball with other kid’s totaling about 20-30. I just wanted to let you know that I am done working out at the gym in the academy, this weekend I will be shopping around for a bow-flex to put it in my house and do my work outs with my two little one’s. Both 4 months old. I will take this job serious when the department takes it serious.

Let's just say if we wanted to hang around off-duty with the type of people we lock up while on-duty, we wouldn't have put the Academy at the top of the list - until recently we guess. Just another bright idea from the idiots running the show. And yes, we are aware that the Park District contributed to the renovation of the gym and as part of the "agreement," the gym had to be available to citizens. We would also note that we and others predicted exactly this type of occurance once the gym was open to the public. We take no pleasure in our and our readers being correct - it just shows that common sense is a rare commodity in the people running this circus.