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Second City Cop Is Back
Second City Cop left the internet for a period of time because of a warning that the City of Chicago government was hunting for them. They’re back.
I was sad when they posted that they were leaving the public square. A big hat tip to @percival for letting me know they have returned. At least two Chicago cops are once again exposing the stupidity and corruption in the Windy City, as well as the Progressive nonsense across the US.
They call balls and strikes with an acerbic sense of humor and sarcasm that appeals to someone who has worked the streets. No whining, and no Lt. Hug and Release nonsense.
They have their own Code of Conduct for Commenters:
RULE #0: IF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR COMMENT IS “YOU *******/MORONS/ETC,” WE AREN’T EVEN READING IT…AND NEITHER WILL ANYONE ELSE.
RULE #1: ALL CAPS GETS YOU DELETED. SAME WITH SPECULATION ABOUT THE BLOG AUTHORS.
RULE #2: DARE US TO PUBLISH (OR NOT PUBLISH), YOUR WISH WILL BE GRANTED AT OUR WHIM
RULE #3: ALL SLURS WILL BE DELETED. IF WE MISS IT, SORRY. WE’LL GET IT SHORTLY
RULE #4: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DELETE NOVELS. IF YOU HAVE THAT MUCH TO SAY, START A BLOG. SAME GOES FOR OFF TOPIC STUFF.
RULE #5: DUPLICATE POSTS IN MULTIPLE THREADS WILL RESULT IN ALL THE POSTS BEING REMOVED.
RULE #6: IF YOUR ENTIRE COMMENT RELIES ON MAKING FUN OF APPEARANCES OR “F#$% YOU” IT MAY NOT MAKE THE CUT. HAVE A POINT.
RULE #7: GRAMMAR NAZI STUFF = DELETE. SAME GOES FOR COMMENTS WHERE THE ENTIRE POINT IS “QUIT THE JOB.”
RULE #8: POST A LINK, NOT THE WHOLE ARTICLE – “FAIR USE” IS OK, BUT PEOPLE FROWN ON STEALING ENTIRE CONTENT.
RULE #9: COMMENTS THAT CLAIM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, “SO WHAT YOU’RE SAYING…. WILL BE FLUSHED. WHAT WE SAID IS RIGHT THERE ON THE PAGE. DON’T “INTERPRET” OUR WORDS INTO YOUR STRAW-MAN ARGUMENT.
It’s like an alumni reunion for someone who has done police work on the streets.
Published in Policing
A highly valuable blog.
Also seen: Second City Bureaucrat.
Speaking of which, remember the anonymous British police bloggers Inspector Gadget (Police Inspector Blog) and PC David Copperfield? (Coppers Blog)?
Oooh. https://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/ for those interested. Apparently they came back in July.
I too was sad when SCC went dark. He wrote for a time at Chicago Contrarian. I don’t remember what prompted me to go look for him again. Probably something on Twitter.
How long was it off, anyway? Doesn’t seem like very long if they were actually back in July.
Went dark January 2021. Started back up July 2023. 2 years and 5 months.
Rule #1?
They get to make the rules. ;)