From the comment section:
- OK, Garry here is your road map.
1. Eliminate 20 -30 exempt spots. Most of your command staff were over promoted at sergeant. We are totally top heavy. - 2. Hire John Farrell as either the chief of dicks or first deputy. This alone will tie morale to a rocket. Mr. Farrell knows who can and cannot lead, who are and are not the police still.
- 3. Eliminate either TRU or MSF return everybody back to the districts. Downsize the remaining unit into a quick strike, mobile, crime suppression unit. I really like what MSF has done in regards to additional training, schedule etc.
- 4. Eliminate GEU again back to the districts. Same with gun teams, CAGE teams and every other worthless unit we created and depleted patrol.
- 5. Half narcotics, vice, etc. Back to the districts for you too.
- 6. Streamline, the detective division, police officers can do their own burglaries, thefts etc. You might want to restructure violent crimes so that a sergeant and dicks are assigned to a team similar to the way the G works. Both the dicks and the team leads need to be held accountable for the clearance rate as well as timely submission for reports etc.
- 7.Back your front line supervisors, expect them to supervise and enforce a uniform standards, hair standard in addition to motivating their subordinates. Members above the rank of sergeant should support their front line supervision also.
- 8. Be prepared to battle the Cook County States Attorneys Office, you see we have this thing called felony review (FRU). FRU drives investigations, decides what if any charges are going to be approved and the bar for that approval continues to get higher. Your current command staff either will not or cannot get involved in calling FRU on their decisions that directly impact public safety.
- 9. Make tactical teams just that. MAke you r better aggessive officers want to go to tact with enticements such as additional training etc.
- 10. Finally, we have alot, I MEAN ALOT of police officers of all ranks, colors and gender that never had ANY intention of being the police. This was a pay check and nothing more. The officers work and act accordingly. We don't get much out of them. With our manpower shortage the need to identify and motivate these officers. The sense of entitlement is staggering and frightening.
Good Luck
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