An amusing story in the comment section:
- So last week the Commander of 002 was on the hot seat at the "Comcast" meeting. He noted that his contact cards went from 184 during this period last year to over 730 for the same period this year. McNutty then asks how many resulted in warrant arrests. A total of 7 arrests were made. He wants to know if this is normal. One arrest per 100 contacts? No one says a word. So he says it sounds fishy.
This week it is E Washington's turn. His contact cards are over 1000 in the last period, This time, the new "Comcast" guy CM asks him how many of those cards were run for warrants to which EW says that all were run over PDT or on the air. CM then pulls out a pile of papers and says that they took a sampling of his contact cards and found at least 4 warrants. Tells EW that this time he gets a pass but that in the future, the bosses will be held accountable for any warrants they find. He said that Commanders need to know what their "Cops" are doing out there and that if they are just getting contact cards to get numbers, that will not do.
Again, not one boss stood up and said, "hey, that's how we do it here." You want cards generated, we will generate them but now you want name checks on each one, that will take for ever. Expect the numbers to go down.
Someone needs to explain to the new guys how Chicago does things so they can get off the high horse they rode in on. All these changes that they said needed to be made are not going to happen without the approval of the REAL people running things, the reverends, Mayor and politicians.
Business as usual.
Evidently, CompStat is going to be a "Gotcha!" type meeting. One week, a commander gets chastised on the number of Contact Cards generated. The next week, a different commander covers the contact card numbers, but they spring a "sampling" that resulted in a few warrants, so they rip on that commander. No matter that LEADS is down a sizable percentage of the time. No matter that some warrants were issued days after contact is made with a suspect. No matter that certain OEMC dispatchers blow off dozens of name checks every day with "no record" replies.
Evidently, it's all going to be about the ability to humiliate. Not that we have a problem with gold stars being taken down a peg or three - it's nice to see shit running uphill for once in this department. It just seems like a poor way to run an organization and an even poorer way to get results.
Evidently, it's all going to be about the ability to humiliate. Not that we have a problem with gold stars being taken down a peg or three - it's nice to see shit running uphill for once in this department. It just seems like a poor way to run an organization and an even poorer way to get results.