In an email to supposed supporters, McHenry County Sheriff hopeful Andy Zinke wrote, in part, the following:
With seven weeks until Election Day, we are in the stretch run of our campaign for McHenry County Sheriff. As you know, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has become the top-rated Sheriff’s Office in Illinois since I became Undersheriff in 2010. I credit the high caliber of men and women in our office working hard every day to keep McHenry County safe and secure [emphasis added].
Saturday Night Live’s Church Lady’s saying, “Isn’t that special?” seems to fit this post..
Quite a claim, I thought.
So, I sent the following Freedom of Information request:
“Under the FOIA, please provide any documents that show the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department is the top-rated Sheriff’s Office in Illinois. In addition, please provide any documents that show comparative rankings of Sheriffs’ Departments in Illinois.”
Here’s the reply from the office’s Freedom of Information Officer:
“We have no documents responsive to your request.”
“Liar, Liar pants on Fire”
Check out one of the MCSDs top-rated employees:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/mchenry-county-sergeant-pleads-guilty-to-abusing-child/
He is the first of hopefully many from MCSD that was brought to justice.
The “Regime” speaks again…. Yikes! If Andy Zinke is elected into office, the people of our community are in real trouble…
Agreed–“I credit the high caliber men and women in our office working hard every day to keep McHenry County safe and secure” The High caliber men and women.
Gosh, I hope that does not include that infamous “Posse” that works within the department…….
You know that old saying, “Throw anything against the wall and see whats sticks.”
and, by the way, where is this Aurora University where Zinke got an MBA?
Again, did his press release also distort the definition of MBA (which most people assume is a Masters in Business Administration, something of the quality of those awarded by major universities),
OR does Zinke’s M.B.A. stand for a watered down version of a mail order diploma or store front “extension” of a TV “university?
So If I were to Listen zInKe, a child molester is “High Caliber”.
No wonder the World is so messed up.
Hey Andy Wikipedia says….. “A “God Complex” is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility.
A person with a god complex may refuse to admit the possibility of their error or failure, even in the face of complex or intractable problems or difficult or impossible tasks, or may regard their personal opinions as unquestionably correct.[1][2] The individual may disregard the rules of society and require special consideration or privileges.[1]”
Hmmmmmmm.. Feels like one of those Déjà vu moments….
Who does this remind us of?
Just asking………….
This is the part where one would say “Told you so, more Zinke antics to come…..
Can’t wait to see the next Nygren and Zinke side show attraction…
Now Andy, it’s time to go bury your head in the sand…
Stay there don’t move, and “DO NOT” be asking the local 150 members for assistance..
If they are wise they will leave you and run like H……l
Hey Andy, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it…lol…
Now slow down Cal.
This story is worthy of front page headlines…..lol..
Whatsa matter Andy?
No, don’t tell me, the Republican Party tried to shut you up and can’t? .. ..
Hey Andy, while you are writing that book “Political Campaigning for Dummies” make sure you include a chapter on how to shut your mouth and keep it shut during a campaign….
Stupid is as stupid does.
Hey, that could be the title of the chapter.
It’s the only sheriff department with a triple crown rating.
That sort of means it’s the topped ranked office because nowhere else in Illinois has a sheriff’s department received a 3/3 endorsements…
Sorry Cal, you’re taking the piss on this one.
“Fair Play” Triple Crown Rating? ……LOL…..Meaningless….
What kind of stupid did they eat for breakfast?
That endorsement is no true reflection of the facts…
Remember, the Rita Corporation Fiasco?
But, why should you?
Andy Zinke has never and will never accept responsibility for that one…
Seems that you are taking the piss on this one “Fair Play”
Go ahead, keep making a fool of yourself…
I want to know how much it cost us taxpayers.
It is one of those fluff things that put something on the wall.
It is VERY PRICEY to apply for this and really does not mean much.
Te money could have been better spent.
PS – Cook County has the same stuff on their wall too.
So, Fair Play/anonymous coward- if what you say is true, the the MCSD FOIA officer is incompetent.
You claim the office is ‘Fair Play certified’, and yet the department does not have one shred of paperwork to support it.
Huh.
I assure you all that Undersheriff Andrew Zinke was referring to the most prestigious “Triple Crown” status award from National Sheriffs’ Association that only one of 35 other sheriffs’ offices in the United States has attained this status.
Saturday Night Live’s Church Lady’s is correct “It is special.”
How much did this attendance/membership in the National Sheriffs’ Association cost the taxpayers of McHenry County?
And where are the other 35 sheriffs’ offices across the country?
Who voted?
Residents want you to stay here and protect/service – not run around measuring your…..status.
The Nygren/Zinke regime will go to any any expense, except theirs, for attention and propaganda, what the County should see is a Sheriff that has respect, vote Bill Prim.
Respect is the only way to correct the County of this disorder.
“As you know, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has become the top-rated Sheriff’s Office in Illinois since I became Undersheriff in 2010.”
Apparently not many people do know.
Does a single person know?
It is certainly possible any agency or department can win a top rating.
There a probably hundreds of criteria to rate County Sheriff’s Offices.
Zinke has not offered any specifics to back up his claim?
Top rated according to whom?
What were the criteria?
Does the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association know of any ratings comparing all Illinois Sherrifs’s offices?
Do the police unions know of any ratings comparing all Illinois Sherrif’s offices?
There are three major police unions in Illinois.
The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).
The Metropolitan Alliance of Police (MAP).
The Illinois Police Benevolent & Protective Association (PBPA).
How about the three local police unions in the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office?
FOP McHenry County/McHenry County Sheriff Unit #1 – Patrol Officers & Detectives Lodge 118.
FOP McHenry County/McHenry County Sheriff Unit #2 – Corrections Officers
FOP McHenry County/McHenry County Sheriff Unit #3 – Civilian Employees of the Sheriff’s Office.
How about the FOP District to which the McHenry County Sheriff’s belong?
Maybe FOP District 10 has heard of the rating of County Sheriff’s.
There was at one time a local PBPA McHenry County Unit 192.
How is the McHenry County Sheriff’s department doing in terms of transparency?
Are they winning any transparency awards?
Are all the collective bargaining agreements on the website?
Is the pay and benefits itemized for each employee itemized on the website?
Is the pension contributions and funding detailed on the website?
Big police pension contributions are taking a bigger and bigger bite out of police budgets all over Illinois,
and many mayors have cited those increasing costs call for police pension reform.
How about a conversation about police pensions.
Nowhere to be found.
“Mark on”
Really Good questions.
It appears that the Nygren and Zinke Circus is much better at performing in those Circus side show attractions, than answering questions the public deserves to hear.
Triple Crown status is meaningless, when you consider everything within the Sheriffs Department…
The fact, that they have not released the report on the Rita Corporation fiasco, shows they have a lot to hide or the public would be privy to the information within the report..
Ah, Fukoku/anonymous coward, how does it feel to service an attorney who can practice in Federal court?
I bet yours lips say O-HI-O real good.
So you are claiming that the MCSD applied for and received a prestigious award, AND YET- the FOIA officer is utterly incabable of locating single piece of documentation relating to the award.
We should be impressed by such an incompetent organization, I suppose.
“I assure you all that Undersheriff Andrew Zinke was referring to the most prestigious “Triple Crown” status award from National Sheriffs’ Association that only one of 35 other sheriffs’ offices in the United States has attained this status.”
Hahaha, that’s what Zinke was referring to? It’s about time we had this out, because it’s important to lay it on the table. So few sheriff’s offices have “Triple Crown” status because (1) it’s meaningless, and (2) it’s a waste of resources to achieve it. Let’s take those points in order.
According to the National Sheriffs’ Association website, “The Triple Crown Award was established by NSA to recognize those sheriff’s offices, which achieve simultaneous accreditation from the Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, the American Correctional Association’s Commission on Accreditation for Corrections and the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare.”
CALEA was invented by the National Sheriffs’ Association in 1979, primarily as a way for the NSA to fund itself by selling credentials to local sheriffs’ offices. The only difficult standard for achieving CALEA accreditation is paying their fees (upfront fee of $10k plus $4k annually). Every other standard required for CALEA accreditation is something even poorly run offices already do.
American Correctional Association’s Commission on Accreditation for Corrections operates primarily to shield jails from liability by having something tangible the jail can point to to say “We’re putting in a good faith effort to improve conditions in our jails.” But other than that, it’s just another bogus wall hanging, and 80% of all jails have it.
The National Commission on Correctional Healthcare is legit, but again, most well run jails have it.
So, to recap, the glorious Triple Crown that Andy Zinke is so proud of is nothing more than two jail-related accreditation that the vast majority of jails in the United States, plus CALEA, which is the law enforcement equivalent of the “Who’s Who” scam. The Triple Crown is a bought-and-paid-for credential that’s eerily similar to Andy’s correspondence course MBA–anyone willing to shell out the cash for it can have one.
You Prim supporters will twist everything around to make Undersheriff Andrew Zinke look bad.
Well, I am just as guilty as you, but can’t we give the credit to the men and women of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department for achieving the most prestigious “Triple Crown” status award and call it a stalemate.
It’s not a prestigious award.
It’s a wall hanging that Nygren bought for Zinke in an election year.
If they wanted to blow thousands of dollars of taxpayer money per year, every single sheriff’s department in the country could purchase this bogus credential.
The prudence of all but 40 sheriffs’ departments to do so speaks volumes about what the Nygren/Zinke regime thinks about our tax dollars.
Cal, you should FOIA how much this piece of toilet paper cost.
I’m sure they’d think up a reason to put off producing those documents until after the primary.
Fukoku, the cutest award is a Red Flag, something is wrong when this has to be posted.
The disorder in the Sheriff’s Department has to be cleaned up.
I just did some research at http://www.sheriffs.org/content/awards and I hate to bust everyone’s bubble, but the Triple Crown Award is issued by an Awards Committee by National Sheriffs’ Association and there was NO cost to the taxpayers.
“The Triple Crown Award was established by National Sheriffs’ Association to recognize those sheriff’s offices, which achieve simultaneous accreditation from the Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, the American Correctional Association’s Commission on Accreditation for Corrections and the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare. Achieving these accreditations individually is a daunting task. Acquiring all three at the same time is an extraordinary feat. In fact, the Triple Crown distinction is so rare, that since the establishment of the award in 1993, fewer than 40 sheriffs’ offices have qualified.”
However, in all fairness, the Triple Crown Award was issued under Sheriff Keith Nygren’s watch.
I am sure that Undersheriff Andrew Zinke had contributed as second in command, as did the 403 men and women of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department contributed as well.
Fuk, you are so full of it.
To get the so called prestigious award, you have to be Calea certified, which is a total waste of tax dollars that pays the salaries of personnel that have to spend countless hours providing all the paperwork required.
In addition to this, the salary and benefits for the Calea Manager are in fact tax payer dollars.
You truly do not know what your are talking about.
Maybe you can find out how much was spent to send Andy and his side kick Angela out to the east coast to get this prestigious award.
“Fukoku” that surely includes the infamous posse that operates within the Sheriffs Department..
You know the one that breaks into some homes without a warrant?
They broke into my home..
Other Illinois Sheriff’s Departments have received this designation, at least one, twice.
There is no ranking, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Fuk is having a reading comprehension problem where I stated “The only difficult standard for achieving CALEA accreditation is paying their fees (upfront fee of $10k plus $4k annually).”
Yeah, Triple Crown is free, but that’s kind of like saying that the floor mats come free with a Bimmer.
The FOI Officer sent a copy of the award in the first reply.
It was not responsive to my question, so I asked for a reply. What is published is a reply about my question about any documents ranking the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department number one in Illinois.
The reply says that such a document does not exist.
Where is the proof Andy?
The Sheriffs Department received no such award….
If it is true there is no such award given to the McHenry County Sheriffs Department, Andy Zinke can now be given the most prestigious award of “Master Manipulator”
More antics from the Nygren and Zinke Circus…
One side show attraction after another..
Told you so, Andy likes to perform in that Circus act of his…….
That hole keeps getting deeper and deeper Andy.
Pity, you took your head out of the sand.
You just couldn’t resist another circus performance…
The really bad part of this, is that Andy Zinke can tell it with a straight face and he look you right in the eye and make this ridiculous claim when there is no proof.
You really need to return to school for a refresher Andy, in ethics…
What exactly did you learn in College Andy?
“NOTHING”
Interesting.
The Triple Crown Award from the National Sheriffs’ Association is received when a Sheriff’s office achieves three simultaneous accreditations.
1. Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies
2. American Correctional Association’s Commission on Accreditation for Corrections.
3. National Commission on Correctional Healthcare.
Well, accreditations are rarely free.
There is almost always an application fee, a processing fee, a this fee, a that fee.
Plus, typically the applicant has at least an item or two or several or many to bring their facility up to accreditation status.
Irregardless of whatever awards their office receives, how is someone supposed to be elected Sheriff if they flip off the public in their police uniform in their police vehicle during a 4th of July parade?
Actions speak louder than 1,000 awards.
Mark, you are right, but the Nygren/Zinke Regime are looking for attention, time for a change and look to someone that the County Residents can Respect.
They will be doing all kinds of fluff propaganda before the March Primary.
Vote for Bill Prim.
Hey Andy, MCC offers an “Ethics Class” every spring and fall semester…