Chicago, IL--Chicago cops are represented by the FOP as their collective bargaining agent. They have lost more ground in recent years for their membership. The city’s politicians have stolen, squandered and otherwise mismanaged Chicago’s revenue for decades creating a public safety funding nightmare.
Chicago is the current murder capital of the United states and in the last nine months despite gun bans and draconian restrictions over 3,000 people have been shot here.
Nearly a decade ago with bloggers popping up Second City Cop was Born. The site is hosted allegedly by a cop who has since retired. He or she has remained anonymous avoiding the wrath of angry police bosses and politicians.
Second city has done well in calling out misguided management, biased police related media stories and corruption. In many cases SCC has criticized the FOP for lack of leadership or courage in their representation of cops. In Short SCC has held the city, lapdog media and FOP accountable for their non-stop mis-steps.
SCC has also condemned the tireless and constant anti-police race baiting from the likes of Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina’s Church. Perhaps someday SCC can take a look into the funding of Pfleger’s activities and his personal enrichment through use or abuse of his donor’s funds. I suspect he can be easily exposed as a professional instigator.
The SCC site receives tens of thousands of hits every day. The readers are politicians, reporters, bureaucrats and of course Chicago’s cops. The real story is found in the massive amount of reasonably screened comments they receive. Beat cops are free to call attention to to police related issues they find troubling.
SCC is not monetized through advertising I suspect to protect the host’s privacy. That’s a shame because SCC would be raking in some real cash as a result. I’d love to see SCC become video literate and perhaps employ a video journalist/retired cop to put embedded videos on the site. A picture is worth a thousand words and video does so much more!
Such a SCC reporter could bring balance to the propaganda some call journalism published and broadcast by local media/bedmates of Chicago’s despicable politicians.
That video journalist could expose through public court records the criminal past’s and motives behind the career criminals that falsely accuse cops of brutality and other misconduct. That reporter could ask for tips and information from the public that would aid wrongfully accused cops in protecting their careers and pensions.
Such a video journalist needs real TV news experience along with police training. That VJ could attend City Council and Police Board meeting giving an inside video view of the shenanigans. I suspect that SCC has laid a great foundation to become a well-financed and best source for news about Chicago’s public safety issues.
Paul you are the best person to fill that role! We need to somehow fund your efforts. SCC or the FOP could start a Gofundme page that our cops could contribute in order to make it happen. The city's politicians would commit suicide in mass and Pfleger would stroke out and die!
ReplyDeleteHow much money would it cost to get this started, assuming that SC is even interested. Been a big fan of his/her work for years. Really miss Shaved Longcock.
ReplyDeleteBe inclined to do it for 150 grand a year plus expenses. I don't think expenses would be much . The hard part here is to find someone with a journalism background that is also a qualified video journalist. Being a trained Cop is also Paramount and there are few people that can fill fill the position. Those few that are qualified are probably involved in other endeavors.
ReplyDeleteIt could be funded by the FOP or donors easily enough. Getting a press pass from the city would be really tricky considering how bad they would hate their conduct being exposed. However a press pass is really not that important