OK, What the Hell Was This?

Two stories, both of which hint at the creeping decay of the Department.

Story #1:

• I would like to extend a big FUCK YOU to the midnight bosses in 007
  
  Seems that they had a problem with all the PO's dropping slips for Friday and Saturday so they could attend the wake and funeral for their own guy Alex Valadez. You see alex was a midnight officer and a good one at that. Well good thing Cmdr Calloway got wind of it and got involved. Now all these grieving officers can pay their respects and not do so on two hours or less of rest.
  
  It's shit like this that it's no wonder why you have twenty plus people from midnights alone bidding out

007 had 15 openings listed this past Friday. Can anyone verify this happened? Someone else recalled that when the Officer was hit by a train in 010, Maurer sent the watch home and TRU covered the rest of the shift that evening. Was this done for 007 and if not, why?

Story #2 is a bit more disturbing. Retired Sergeant John Northen (aka Northside) contacted the Captain in question and received straight denials that it took place. The trouble is, we've gotten lots of comments and more than a few e-mails that it did occur, including a few rebuttals of Northside's narrative of the Captain's denials.

• Look for openings in the 5th District real soon...
  
  CPT Jones, the know nothing, political hack, who is tight with the rev-re-rums and is the only reason he got promoted on this job, is ruining what was once a hidden gem on the South side.
  
  Now I know the area to work at is no gem, not by any stretch of the imagination, but the people and bosses you worked for there USED TO BE great. Watch parties, BBQ'S, family parties, you know the things that HELP IMPROVE MORALE when you work in a shithole of an area, [...]
  
  CPT Jones, he of the "get the ticket and tapes from that FOOT pursuit," is in well over his head, unless you call chatting with the dollies police work. You really fucked it up today though. Tonight, you cock-sucker, you denied officers to go to a funeral, saying "If it was that important you would have gone on your own time". Fuck you! Of course you would not understand why it was important for all of the new kids on the watch to go and pay their respects, because you NEVER were a working cop. NEVER! Not once, look in the mirror, that pussy looking back at you does not lie, you were and ARE a do nothing. [...]
  
  Well, that one will come back to bite you in the ass. Go ahead, look at everyones ticket books, their activity, and tell us we need more of this, that, and the other - DOES NOT MATTER. Nobody will do shit FOR YOU! You have officers bidding out to go to the 3rd District, that is akin to people leaving a Carnival cruise to take a ride on the Titanic.
  
  Hell, you're such a dick, even your own boy, CMDR John E. B. is trying to unload your ass without you knowing. Oops, did I let that out in public? My bad, did not mean for that. Yep, your own guy who brought you in is now trying to take you out.

We hope it hasn't descended to this level, we really do. But there are too many non-policing, double and triple-"merit" promoted hacks who are only looking for their next bump and not the morale and well-being of the men and women who work for them.

We can't ever recall a story being told like this, even as a joke (and a bad joke it would have been, too.) We hope this isn't true, but if it is, this Department supervision is too far gone for redemption.