It´s the gubbermint. Give them 6% more and call it a 6% cut givent they wanted more.

Murder capitol of the US. The Dems and the cops are doing a hell of a job. s/o

I know I would want more than that to clean up an 0bama organized community!

Does that include that useless Police Commissioner too?

Just imagine how much they would ask for if Chicago want the murder capital of the world...

The kick backs from the drug gangs and their drug trafficking isn´t enough?! OK, I get it - those payoffs go only to the Vice Squad members and the upper brass. And have you seen the price of a box of doughnuts lately?

To Collect and to Serve, somewhat.

STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!

/s off/

Yeah, me too. Who doesn´t want a 12% increase?

The city would be safer without the FOP and much wealthier. There is nothing so endearing as being extorted by your own corrupt police department.

I want 20%!!!

For What?

They want 12%, but they´ll take 6%.

Compared to what everyone else in the Obama economy is getting, they´ll still be way ahead.

FTA: Days after the Chicago Police Department announced it will no longer respond to 911 calls for criminal damage to property, vehicle thefts, garage burglaries, or other crimes in which the suspect is no longer on the scene

Why not just give us the list of 2 or 3 things that will bring a police response to a 9-1-1 call? [Really -- how many times is the perp just hanging around?]

Clearly, the right answer to this extortion is Reagan´s PATCO action. Too bad it´s tougher to bring about with a city police force -- and impossible to produce under Rahm and his pal, Stinky.

Deduct one hour´s wage for each failed 911 response when assigned to a specific district..

Days after the Chicago Police Department announced it will no longer respond to 911 calls for criminal damage to property, vehicle thefts, garage burglaries, or other crimes in which the suspect is no longer on the scene.

Is he telling his citizens that the police will not respond to armed robberies, assaults with weapons, homicides where the suspect is no longer at the scene of the crime.
Not responding indicates it was not reported What a novel way to reduce the crime statistics

I thought Illinois was broke - perhaps the inner circle of shake down land in Chicago isn´t yet quite as broke.

Please explain this logic to me...the police will not respond to a 911 call to a crime where the suspect is no longer on the scene.

I do not know what news reports this union and politicians are following, but I would guess that probably 95% or more crimes that are committed, the suspect has already fled the scene. And seriously, the only realistic way, a suspect would still be at the scene of the crime, is if the victim had some way to restrain the suspect of a crime in progress. How? Usually with a gun. Or a crime in progress like a high speed chase or hostage situation (which are very rare).

So the way I read this as the way it has been reported by the CPD, is that any 911 calls involving a property crime or any other crime where the suspect is not at the scene of the crime, the CPD will not respond.

With this logic, since so few actual 911 calls will require a response, it would then follow that the CPD needs to drastically reduce its force as they would not need as many officers.

Can you even imagine how many home invasions are going to soar because criminals will know not only are the home owners unarmed, but also the police are not going come.

The police union is just following their local teachers unions. Over the past year, each school district has taken it´s turn to strike for hire pay & after a few days they win, then next district strikes for a couple days. Cops want their pc of the unending pie, too.

Well, they appear to be doing such a good job....

How many of us demand a raise from our boss?

Translation: We aren´t going to do our jobs any more but we want more money. In the real world they would all be fired. The gangs conrol the streets anyway, what would change?

I remember laughing when first told the union motto:
"If you give me a raise, I promise to work harder".

It was ever thus.

Based on what they won"t do, they should disband the police department as there is no need for "dead horses".Offer the vacant jobs to career criminals as that would lower the crime rate.Unfortunately most of the crooks are in uniform.Apologies to the few honest ones.