Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Police items

Weis aims to use federal grants to hire more cops - Sun-Times
Staffing has become a concern in the last year as hiring has slowed. With vacancies and attrition rates, the department could be short more than 800 officers at the end of the year, compared with last year, according to the police union.
Weis hopes to hire an addition 150 officers using federal funds

Chicago police showing the colors for summer - Tribune
Weis is ordering all plainclothes officers -- about 800, by his estimate -- to wear full uniform when on duty. The officers, who include members of the gun, gang enforcement and tactical teams, will also be asked to perform street and vehicle stops along with their regular duties.

"It lets everybody see our officers in uniform. But more importantly, anybody they pull over clearly knows that they're the police," Weis said. "If the criminals see them ... maybe they'll think, 'Oh, today's not a good day to drive by and shoot someone.' "
Police Dept. civilian workers protest cuts - Sun-Times
Crossing guards, detention aides and traffic control aides descended on a City Council committee Tuesday to unleash their anger about impending layoffs.

Their frustrations were directed at both the city and their union, Service Employees Local 73.

The city was blamed for targeting 296 civilian police employees for a chunk of the 1,504 layoffs scheduled to take effect July 15, forcing uniformed police officers to do jobs that have nothing to do with fighting crime.

The union was blamed for failing to sign off on the 16 unpaid furlough days and other concessions that would avert the need for layoffs.
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