Up to Seven Cops Now

Has J-Fed added the Burger Queen to the list of culpable individuals?

• Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis said Tuesday that seven officers violated rules when a 14-year-old boy allegedly impersonated an officer in January, going on patrol and participating in an arrest.

  The seven officers will face discipline that could range from a verbal warning to dismissal, Weis said, but the final discipline will not be determined until after a "command channel review." All of the officers remain on duty.

Well, if they're all on duty at this point, we're guessing no one is going to be dismissed.

• Weis said the boy arrived at the station at 1:30 p.m., was given a police radio and joined a police officer for a patrol. Weis said the boy did drive the police car for two hours of the five hours he was out and that he also assisted in a domestic arrest, helping to handcuff an individual who had apparently violated an order of protection.

You mean that press conference that was held immediately after the incident was all lies?

• Contrary to published reports, the teen did not write tickets or have a ticket book, Weis said. But he did check out a radio from a police officer and did access the department in-car computers during the five hours he was on patrol.

Damn, there goes Daley's Olympic dreams. He was counting on those movers to finish filling that last briefcase full of cash for the Olympic Committee.

In any case, we're still wondering where J-Fed found two extra bodies to grease the wheels of the bus. First officer to meet the kid (1) who introduced him to the radio person (2) who gave him a radio and introduced him to the partner for a day (3); any field supervisor (4) who logged the kid and the Watch Commander (5). So who ends up at #6? Burger Queen ought to be #7, no question about it. It's her command so she bears some blame - that's the price you pay for the gold star.

Notice that by the time the traffic officer met this kid, he already had a police radio and was introduced as a phone transfer. That should be just about the least culpable officer of all.