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Be Helpful
Yesterday, we posted about a website that is hoping to identify cops by trolling media reports, social media, etc to "facilitate" complaint…
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Officer Makes Bail
And you'd think that the world was ending. People get bail all the time. Dart wants his jail empty after all.
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Bring on the Slowdown
We're pretty sure we're permitted to advocate for a CTA slowdown off duty from the privacy of our own homes: …
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HQ Meeting Revisited
Looking at our post and the resultant comments about the HQ Meeting, we have these other points to bring up: OK with getting federal $$$, not with na…
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Good News of a Sort
Well, not really good, but it lessens the impact of some bad news : Police are asking for help in finding the driver of a dark-colored SUV that appa…
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Remember, Ebola
Keep believing the government: Twelve people in Illinois are being monitored for potential Ebola exposure, officials said Monday as they called for …
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School Things
From our e-mail: SCC, Ardent supporter of CPD and reader of your blog here. For what it's worth, of the 20 or speakers lined up at CTU's Q-…
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Maurer Launches Broadsides
Shortshanks calls him "disgruntled:" The former chief of security at O'Hare International Airport alleged in a lawsuit Wednesday that h…
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The Picture of Clout
This reads like a "Who's Who" of connected security firms : As cops, part of their jobs was to put away drug sellers and users. Now, f…
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She's Baaaaack
396 arrests and free as a bird: Shermain Miles read her Bible on the train, ignoring the wind’s destruction outside as she returned to Chicago on Mo…
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Pflger Whines Some More
If someone could just hurry up with that list of rules that Pfleger's parishioners don't have follow , we'd be greatly appreciative: Fath…
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Time for a New Strategy
CAPS is dead. Scarecrow policing is a failure. Actually incarcerating criminals has fallen out of favor with the current crop of morons in the courts…
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Sounds Familiar?
Family calls, tells dispatcher that the family member is armed, guess what happens? Of course, this is in DuPage, not Cook County: No charges will be…
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Another Nice Gesture
Someone pointed this out in the comment section : Hollywood actor and Chicago native Dennis Farina tipped his hat to the Second City posthumously tod…
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How About They RE-Pass the Law
Here's a bright idea - maybe someone in Springfield (probably a Republican) can introduce a Bill to re-legislate the Use of Force law since no on…
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Mike Mette Update
From Mike's Dad: Last week Mike was cleared to work by the doctor but when he was working his incision started to blister so he went to the infir…
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"Crooked City" Author Interview
Fellow police blogger Rue St. Michel has an interview up with CPD's Marty Preib, author of the book "Crooked City." We've had links…
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