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Larritorious (or his puppetmaster) are making some moves:

• 1. Deputy Chief Shemash to Street Deputy. She requested the transfer because she can’t handle the job, so we’ll put her in charge of our most important critical incidents?!?! Literally broke down crying at a deployment from the stress. WTF.
  
  
  2. Deputy Chief Calderon to Deputy Chief A3 (replacing Shemash). He’s a much better critical incident supervisor than manager. Again, WTF!! 
  
  
  3. Cmdr Betancourt to Deputy Chief (replaces Nieves)
  
  
  4. Cmdr 025 to Cmdr 010. He was only visiting 025 for a few periods. 
  
  
  5. Lt. LA (189) to Cmdr 025. Lt. is the working police despite his connections. 
  
  
  6. 2 Captains promoted. Was originally slated for 5 Captain promotions. (nfi)
  
  
  7. Cpt. Fenner moved outta 005 (to make room for a competent Captain to help the new Commander get promoted to Deputy by April 2025 ) 
  
  
  8. Cmdr DH 001 retiring in May 2025 (instead of being demoted). His ppl are negotiating a lateral (lol) until retirement. This guy survives it all (like a cockroach). 
  
  
  9. Cmdr YP 002 being demoted since she hit the medical during the DNC.
  
  
  10. A few more gold stars to be shuffled but the list is not complete.

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005 got a new commander? 

• Cmdr. Karla Johnson (OCP) new Cmdr of 005. Larry said she needed street cred before her next bump. I see Fenner being moved and a strong Captain being sent to 005 to help the new Cmdr.
  

"street cred" because the Office of Community Policing isn't a credible spot.

And Mrs Fenner, she of the burnt underwear and exam cheating bridal party, being moved again in the vain hope that everyone forgets how and who promoted her.

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The press release (click for larger versions):

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Ask and ye shall receive:

• Bird DC of CCG
  Joyce DC of Compstat
  Chung Street Deputy
  Ward Street Deputy
  Milmine Street Deputy
  Wallace Area 4 DC
  Blanton Area 5 DC
  Barry Area 2 Det Commander
  Fenner Commander Mass Transit
  Tate Commander Narcotics
  Wooten 004
  Yolanda Irvin 006
  Baier 009
  Junious 011
  McGovern 020
  Altamirano 025
  Stewart Captain 004

Let's see if these rumored changes actually occur as listed. Some have already taken place.

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Nothing like running up to the DNC with all sorts of vacancies in the upper echelons so that there is either: 

• no cohesive chain-of-command or
• a new exempt comes in and upends all the existing plans.

But that's Larritorious for you, the almost useless figurehead who couldn't pass a single promotional exam to get ahead....because he was too busy chasing tail with his other head. 

All we've heard so far is a few laterals (commander 020 to 009), a promotion (captain 015 to commander 020)  and a demotion (016 back down to lieutenant.)

Someone has got a list lying around, ready to be faxed out at the close of business Friday.

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Finally, Conehead is appointing Larritorious' command staff:

• The Chicago Police Department has officially named 28-year veteran Jon Hein as the new Chief of Patrol.

  Police Supt. Larry Snelling described Hein as an "experienced leader" who has served multiple positions in the Bureau of Patrol.

  "I have seen firsthand Chief Hein's leadership in responding to public safety concerns, major events, and critical incidents and it's why I know he is the right person for this position. As Chief of Patrol, he will lean on this experience to oversee the direction of our Department's largest bureau and guide the public safety strategies in each of our 22 districts," Snelling said in a news release.

Also, Papaioannou has been named the Deputy Chief of Counterterrorism.

Nothing like burying bad news on a Friday night.

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This had leaked out a few days ago, but the Press Release is dated Friday, 01 Sep. 

Either Fred's last favors or Larry's preliminary moves:

• Cmdr 017 Jesse Alvarez from Cmdr at BOP
  
• Cmdr 020 John Baier from Cmdr at Counter Terrorism
• Cmdr 003 Melvin Branch from Lt in GIS
• Cmdr 1st Dep Office Galen Caldwell from Cmdr at Special Functions
• XO Area 3 Elizabeth Collazo from Cmdr 014
• Cmdr CAPS Karla Johnson from Lt in Superintendents Office
• Cmdr Constitutional Policing Sean Joyce from Cmdr 022
• Cmdr 022 Brian Kinnane from Lt in 022
• Cmdr Special Functions Thomas Lamb from XO Special Functions
• Cmdr 014 Melinda Linas from Cmdr Constitutional Policing
• XO Area 1 Brendan McCrudden from Cmdr 020
• Cmdr Inspection Division Patrick McKenzie AND Community Safety Intervention (too bad he doesn't get double paycheck for double commands)
• Cmdr 015 Carlin Morse from XO 020
• XO Area 4 Andre Parham from Cmdr 015
• Cmdr 002 Yakimba Phillips from Cmdr Constitutional Policing
• Cmdr Criminal Network Group Joshua Wallace from Cmdr 002
• XO Area 2 Rodedrick Watson from Cmdr 003
• XO 007 Darwin Butler from Lt 003
  
• XO 019 Terrance Forbes from Tact Lt 016
  
• XO 018 David Koenig from Tact Lt 018
• XO 012 Thomas Ryan from Tact Lt 012
  
• XO 020 Fred Ulleweit from Lt 020
  
• XO 010 Nick Zodo from Tact Lt 010

The Department isn't top heavy at all, what with Constitutional Policing having at least two commanders who got lateraled around.

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Unusual that a Temp Super would be allowed to make this many changes - unless the new supernintendo is known and these are to help him hit the ground running:

By the way, word is that Snelling and Bradley showed up at the CPD Baseball game the other night, wearing Jersey #1 and Jersey #2.

It would be difficult to be more obvious.

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We'll just throw this out there before HQ and City Hall get around to announcing anything:

• Retirements & Demotions:
  
  Saldana - retiring
  
  Hanna - retiring
  
  Williams back to Captain from Inspections (and retiring soon)
  
  Cmdr Quarterman to Lt. (007)

Then there are these:

• some new Captains and some reassignments:
  
  Ramirez 003
  
  Murphy 004 (from Academy - SPARred Mrs. Carter)
  
  Mullinex to 009
  
  Sesso 014 (from HQ)
  
  Parham 011
  
  Lamb 022
  
  S. Carter - didn't get 006. HQ working for Boik. Only Captain left working in an inside spot.

New Commanders:

• R. Watson to 003
  
  Ben to 006
  
  McKenzie to 007

"New" hire:

• Retired Cmdr Jimmy Sanchez as Director of GEU at Homan

Gee, commander pension and Director salary. What's that, about $250K or more?

• Deputy Chiefs:
  
  Snelling to A/S Deputy Chief
  
  Muhammad to D Unit as Deputy Chief
  
  Dep Chief Darlin to CCS from Patrol

And:

• Chiefs:
  
  ODonnel to CCS (Crime Control Strategies)
  
  Boik as Chief of Constitutional Policing from “Interim Deputy Sup.”

As a sop to "reform" the Area XO's (a commander slot?) are going to be eliminated / redistributed in open spots.

There are still some last minute changes expected for slots of those who aren't going to go quietly into the night.

UPDATE: There is a Lieutenants list ready to go now, but might not be released until January. Sergeants in January. Maybe.

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What we've been able to track down:

• Captains:
  
  Parham
  
  Perez
  
  Mullinex
  
  Ramirez
  
  Dunnem
  
  Lamb
  
  
  
  Commander:
  
  Lt. Brown to Commander Narcotics/OCD
  
  Lt. S. Carter to 006
  
  Cpt. McKenzie to 007
  
  
  
  Deputy Chief:
  
  Mohammad from 006 to DC A/South *
  
  Larry Snelling from 007  to DC Academy (was sgt 2 years ago) *
  
  Godsell from Academy to Compstat (replacing Khan & Lemmer)

Good Lord. 

UPDATE: Seems we made City Hall angry by posting the changes before they were official? Or someone at City Hall read the comments and decided a couple of these promos were too controversial?

• Snelling to A/S
  
  Muhammad to D Unit

Nice to know we're living rent free in Groot's head. 

UPDATE: Supposedly, a big pow-wow at City Hall about the spot in 006. The optics look bad, having the First Deputy's wife promoted and having her name attached to the test cheating scandal and a few other incidents. She might get a Captain spot in 022, but the alderman there doesn't want her.

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Or Friday.

Rumor mill at 35th Street has kicked into high gear.

Someone mentioned a promotional class also - lieutenants or sergeants. We haven't seen a request for "merit" picks recently, so maybe that political idea hasn't been resurrected yet. 

Or maybe Groot is seeing how the process has been so corrupted as to leave unqualified morons at the top who are unable to perform basic event planning and crowd control....but we doubt it seeing as how Groot was the beneficiary of a number of undeserved "merit" spots throughout her life.

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Four that were announced Thursday:

• Cmdr Mills (Vice/Narcotics) to Deputy Chief of the Criminal Networks Grour
• Lt Andrew Costello to Commander Central Investigations
• Lt Elizabeth Collazo to Commander 014
• Mayoral Protection Detail Specialist Harold Lewis to Commander of Detached Services

Expect more.

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Barb "Pillows" West dropped her papers yesterday for 15 October. We still have numerous contacts who remember her bringing her sleep-aid to work and snoozing the night away, and it paid off with her reaching what is arguably the #3 spot in the Department.

There's a laundry list of other "bosses" - in actuality hacks - who are also leaving on or about 15 October. Post em if you got em.

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• Cmdr. Muhammad (006) to Dep Chief OCD;
  
  S. Carter to Commander 006.
  
  Douglas to Dep Chief to replace Holt (retiring)
  
  (Open Slot) to replace Douglas
  
  Cmdr. Rubio to 014 to replace Saldana
  (until Jimmy Sanchez retires in September.
  Then Rubio to Cmdr of OCD/Gang Inv.)
  
  Cmdr. Saldana back to XO (demotion prior to retiring?)
  
  Lt. R Cruz to replace Rubio as Cmdr 004.

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• Chief of Operations - 008 Cmdr Brian McDermott
  Chief of Counter Terrorism - A/1 Dep Chief Jose Tirado
  Deputy Chief Area 1 - 015 Cmdr Yolanda Talley
  Deputy Chief Counter Terrorism - A/1 XO Cmdr Dion Boyd
  Deputy Chief IAD - 024 Cmdr Michelle Rubino
  Deputy Chief Summer Mobile - A/3 XO Cmdr Mike Piggott
  XO Cmdr Area 3 Patrol - 012 Cmdr Steve Chung
  XO Cmdr Area 1 Patrol - Saturation Lt Senora Ben
  012 Commander - 012 Lt Gabriella Shemash
  008 Commander - 022 Lt Fred Melean
  015 Commander - 003 Capt Patricia Wines
  024 Commander - 014 Capt Joe Brennan
  Narcotics Commander - A/1 Det Cmdr Tom Mills
  Area 1 Det Commander - A/1 Det Lt Jarrod Smith
  CAPS Commander - A/4 Lt Angel Novalez
  MLAS Commander - Reform Man Lt Donna Rowling
  IAD Commander - IAD Tim Moore
  Summer Mobile Commander - Capt Mike Barz
  Demoted:
  VICE Commander Mark Harmon
  OEMC Commander Felipe Garcia (see above picture of demotion)

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• ...get the popcorn ready!!
  
  Waller - out/retiring
  
  Lemmer - out/retiring
  
  1st Deputy - Eric “I deserve this” Carter
  
  Chief of Operations - “ol’Double Bump” McDermott
  
  Chief of Counter Terrorism - Tirado
  
  Area 1 Deputy Chief - undecided
  
  Area 2 Deputy Chief - undecided but Holt is dropping his papers this week.
  
  Commander 008 - undecided
  
  Commander Summer Mobile - Barz

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• OT...sources at hq report that [Brownie] was forced to demote Ron Kimbal and Bill Bradley by Groot. [Brownie] WAS NOT happy about doing it. He’s complaining to our sources that Groot is running the show and making personnel decisions without any input from him. He’s saying that he’s regretting his decision to take this job.

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• Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday called a three-year surge in CTA crime “totally, fundamentally unacceptable” and vowed to get a handle on it with increased patrols and even more surveillance cameras.
  
  In the one-month period between Thanksgiving and Christmas alone, CTA buses and trains were the scene of 458 criminal incidents, according to Chicago Police. That’s a 24 percent spike from same period in 2017.
  
  “I was alarmed when I saw what the numbers looked like going back to 2017, and we’re gonna fundamentally turn that around. The public transportation system has to be safe,” she said.

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• Area 1 DC Jose Tirado; XO Cmdr Dion Boyd
  Area 3 DC Dan O'Shea; XO Cmdr Mike Pigott
  Area 4 DC Ernest Cato; XO Cmdr Rod Robinson
  Area 5 DC Roberto Nieves; XO Cmdr Fabian Saldana
  
  Dep Chief of Patrol (?): Randy Darlin
  
  Commanders:
  Jacob Alderden - 001
  Joshua Wallace - 002
  Felipe Garcia - 004
  Glenn White - 005
  Larry Snelling- 007
  Gil Calderon - 010
  Jill Stevens - 018
  Sean Joyce - 022
  Jim Sanchez - Gang Intel
  Duane DeVries - Intel
  Kevin Bruno - IRT
  Eve Gushes - FRU
  Antoinett Ursitti - CIT
  
  Detective Commanders:
  Area 1 Tom Miles
  Area 2 Joel Howard
  Area 4 Rich Wiser
  Area 5 Eric Winstrom
  
  Deputy Chiefs
  Migdalia Bulnes - Det
  Dan Godsel - Academy
  Kevin Johnson - CAPS
  Chris Kennedy - Anti Terrorism
  
  Chiefs
  Eric Carter- Anti Terrorism
  Brendan Deenihan - Det
  Jim O'Donnell - Constitutional Policing

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