Rating Attitude?

J-Fed can't wait to tell everyone he's actually going to rate us again:

• The Chicago Police Department will begin evaluating its officers next year in a new way, examining not only officers' job performance but also their attitudes, ability to adapt and interactions with the public.
  
  The department did away with its evaluation rating system about six years ago after complaints that it was too inconsistent and essentially a "popularity contest," Deputy Supt. of Patrol Daniel Dugan said.

Popularity contest is an appropriate comparison we suppose. But how is this any better?

• A general order issued recently gave detailed examples. Officers who fail to spot a suspect in a vehicle stop or deal angrily with the public could be tagged with "requires improvement" or "unacceptable" marks. Officers could earn "exceeds expectations" marks for going out of their way to volunteer for extra assignments or for suggesting changes to improve current policies.

"Fail to spot a suspect"? How is this one going to be graded? Is Big Bird going to dress up in "suspect appropriate" clothing and walk out of nearby buildings as officers approach? If he's got time to do that, he's got time to apprehend the jagoff.

Or this?

• And while there's no mention of having to make a certain number of arrests or issue a certain number of tickets, officers could be judged for that too, if they're not addressing needs in their districts. As an example, Dugan cited issuing few traffic tickets in an area that has a high number of traffic crashes.

We smell a quota system. So does the FOP evidently:

• Mark Donahue, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said the union objects to the evaluation system because it should be subject to collective bargaining.

Which is a polite way of saying, "See you at the arbitrator."

No word on how they rate the desk, front office or downtown people. If someone who has made a science out of attaching themselves to the career trajectory of a boss and not spending any time on the streets, how do they stack up against a southside cop handling 20 radio calls a night, a shooting and a domestic arrest? A northside traffic cop writing 10 movers and 50 parkers a shift? A westside cop handling 5 domestics, 12 stacked dope jobs and a backlog that started at 6am due to manpower shortages?

And has anyone looked into this computer system they're using? Some Texas company with big connections to the head of the schools. Or wasn't anyone supposed to know about that part of it?