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The S.O.S or Special operation Section has been involved with kidnappings, Home invasions,and robbery of honenest citizens. Don't take my word for it ...per Tribune 8-16-07 . The F.B.I is investigating this special unit .Daley should disband S.O.S,AND FIND ANOTHER VENUE FOR HIS CLOUT HEAVY COPS.Its also amazing police chief PHIL CLINE,supervised the most corrupt cop in Chicago history,for 8 years,and didn't know he was corrupt? The dictator Daley come full circle, he has death squad ,and it is called S.O.S

It seems to me that problem here is that the mayor is not taking responsibility or showing that he is serious about holding abusive officers to account. Tinkering at the edges by restructuring OPS, much less dispatching his ED of CAPS in the hopes that they appear to be addressing community concerns simply by listening to concerns does little to address the main concern that many residents of Chicago have when it comes to the investigation of alleged police abuse. Too many residents believe that an internal investigation, lacking transparency and shrouded in secrecy, leads to the police department to cover for their own. The Sunday edition of the Chicago Sun-Times editorial page had it exactly right when they advocated opening up the process and demanding a public hearing any time a police officer uses deadly force against a citizen. It is time for the city council to add teeth to the modest reforms in the recent restructuring of OPS and insist on public inquiries. The City Council further needs to live up to the promise of the CAPS program by providing funding so that in every district and beat, a monthly meeting is conducted with beat officers and representatives of the community. Dispatching police officials only in a time of crises shows how far off target the mission of CAPS is now in. Much of the reasoning for now conducting bi-monthly meetings is due to a lack of funding needed to pay officers overtime to conduct these meetings. The city council should re-appropriate CDBG funding now given to a handful of not-for-profit agencies and use these monies for overtime pay. This will allow those not-for-profits to be an independent voice within their communities and not beholden as a delegate agency to the CAPS program, while allowing funding for the police to build stronger ties to the community. Only if the residence throughout Chicago, not just the North Lawndale and Austin neighborhoods, begin to demand that their grievances with the current system are addressed, will we finally get beyond the weak leadership and lack of responsibility in order to prepare for a likely rising crime rate in Chicago. A public inquire that is transparent when ever a police officer uses deadly force, combined with the financial resources necessary for a successful CAPS program are needed before the tensions boil over.

It rained yesterday and my golf game was cancelled. Damn you for wrecking my weekend Mayor Daley.

In a previous comment, on an article posted on 6-18-07, written by Mick Dumke and titled "Walter Burnett's quote of the week", Randy Gordon posed the question: "So, I ask the readership this question. If you were Mayor Daley, who would you put in control of the OPS?" I responded with the following observations: "The honest question is, 'Why should there be a single person in control of OPS? Since the OPS has the responsibility to determine the truth concerning any alleged misconduct on the part of any member of our police force, whether rising to the level of criminal conduct, (and thus, properly addressed in criminal court), or only to the level of rule or regulation or procedural violations, there need be no single person in control of this process or this authority. Rather, as any 'ordinary' citizen must do, (when accused of violating any law, regulation, rule or requirement), police officers should face a hearing, to determine if there are sufficient facts in evidence to warrant a trial and, if so, face a trial, where evidence and testimony is presented, considered and a conclusion is reached, by a jury composed of 12 citizens, picked at random from the population. Whether this procedure is concerning criminal charges, (and thus, would be heard and considered in criminal court, just like every other citizen accused of breaking the law's case is heard), or whether this procedure is heard, in the same manner, using the same type system, but for the purpose of determining an administrative action against the officer, should the allegations be found to be true, in 'OPS Court', the citizens should be included in the determination of fact and the outcome or result of said determination. The random nature of jury selection used in our criminal and civil court systems can easily be used for OPS hearings and trials of officers accused of misconduct not meeting the level of criminal violations. A procedure could be put in place where, should an officer be found to have committed a violation less than criminal in nature, a mediator would decide the consequences, considering both the officer's history, the severity of the violation and the desires of the victims of said violation. So, IF I were the Mayor, not Mayor Daley, I would put no single individual 'in control' of the OPS. I would request the services of individuals representing all the various interests, (namely, the citizens, attorneys working both as prosecutors and defenders, sitting or retired judges, respected individuals from the educational communities, sociologists, and the like), all for the purpose of developing a genuine consensus on the specifics of establishing an OPS hearing 'court' system, for the sole purpose of providing the same quality of 'justice' in cases of alleged police misconduct as the citizens have been provided with when they are alleged to have broken the law." Put the accountability of police behaviors back where it belongs, substantially in the hands of the citizens that the police are supposed to be serving, not abusing or unnecessarily controlling. The public's lack of confidence and trust in the CPD is the result of decades of blatant contemptuous treatment, by the police, of many segments of our city's population. From rude, obnoxious treatment during common traffic stops, to egregious abusive violations of basic Constitutional Rights during many citizen's contact with police, the common elements of disrespect and absence of common civility abound. Citizens would have a much greater respect and cooperative attitude towards the CPD, if they have the confidence that both these abusive behaviors will not be tolerated and that those officers who violate the rules will be held accountable in effective and substantial ways.

The relationships between: those who make the laws, (legislators) those who enforce the laws, (police and prosecutors) those who interpret and adjudicate the laws, (judges and juries) and those who the laws are imposed upon, (all citizens, both the victims of criminal acts and the perpetrators of same), may seem to be both complicated, contradictory and, ultimately, destined to be consistently in conflict. The one goal common to all involved, (all but the actual perpetrators of criminal acts), is to achieve as close to a balanced, fair, honest and just outcome in each and every instance where the various elements of law are experienced. For the citizens to have confidence that our system of justice is, indeed, JUST, each person privileged with the authorities and responsibilities of each element of our system of law must be, and act, as close to the ideals of honesty, integrity, respect, fairness, reason and intelligence as is humanly possible. Justice depends upon this being so. For the citizens to believe that all those charged with the responsibilities that authentic Justice depends upon, are, in fact, up to the task, there can be no tolerance, or excuse making, for any individual failing to live up to these essential ideals. For the citizens to have any assurance of this, they must be an integral, active and authoritative part of every system of oversight over same. Some have commented that we, the citizens, must be understanding and tolerant of those who fall short of the standards required of their positions of authority, for various, clearly unconvincing, 'reasons'. Others have supported the continuation of the failed systems of oversight of the past and present, all slight adjustments being ineffective and unacceptable. Until such time as the citizens have real and significant authority over those who purport to be the 'protectors' of the populace, the 'defenders' of justice and the only qualified determiners of 'right and wrong', there will be no justifiable belief that there is justice.

WOW!!!!, How things would be run under Jesse Jackass Jr as mayor. Fucked up wouldn't be the word. Shit, With the ding dong Coconuts & co, Hell in a HANDBASKET may not be the only term. With the ACLU-approved police force, Ha!!!. And Mephistopheles Peraica screwing the REST of Cook County, Ha!!!. With his revenge to literally FUCK UP those 2 towns, At LEAST!!!!!. And turnthem into fucking CRACK TOWNS!!!!!!. If YOU think Jesse Jr, Cocoballs & Peraic*** will save the day, THEN may I STRONGLY recommend FANTASYLAND!!!!!!.

If what you're on is NOT on the controlled substance list, please post where one can obtain it.

Go to he-double toothpicks, Cleveland Steamer of Jesse Jr.

I said NOT on the controlled substance list.

Oh, Sorry about that.