It's the stupid lies that get everyone caught:
- I saw a report that said that the cops that went to DNC were ALL on vacation. Can that be looked into to make sure that they are truely all on furlough? Can it also be proved that they have the senority to get that furlough. And if any of them are just using "time due", how does it get approved so far in advanced when others don't know until the day of that they are asking for off.
I call B.S. to everything that was said this morning on TV
Gee, an entire unit that just happened to all bid furlough during the DNC. Yeah, that really happened. What a bunch of morons. A quick check of the A&A's reveals this is a lie.
The conference in Pittsburgh a few years back, the one where Frank Gross was taking pictures of handcuffed prisoners like trophy marlins? That was all by volunteers. The department posted that people in a certain day off group or on furlough could apply for the event, which involved 12-hour days and lots of OT.
The Katrina relief effort was an emergency situation that ended up being staffed by members of the then-HBT team and the now defunct Special Operations Section.
One was a planned event, the other an emergency. We don't see the DNC being an unscheduled emergency. FOP, any word on redress for this? Or are you just practicing rolling over and taking it for the new contract Rahm is going to grace us with?