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"THE COST OF INSANITY"

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Anonymous Gimme my pj!! said...

What did Reckless Reathis make? What does that guy even do around here? All i see is him standing on pjs!!

February 27, 2016 at 12:46 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Most of that Quest was fueled by anger for the establishment and spite for the management......
But this obtuse amount will pay for many years of xmas gifts from supplement city and pottery barn.

February 27, 2016 at 12:49 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Insane. One point to consider; did the chief ever complain to Maria Cigars and his obedient council boys about OT? Just wondering.

Now to address Maria Cigars; do ya think the town's folk could gather one evening with pitch forks and battle axes and torches and march down Prospct Avenue to Maria's house and batter the door in. Then do the expected chores of a vigilante mob with pitch folks and touches would do for evening's entertainment.

Oh... I forgot to mention, when can the pension be reviewed for substantial modifications? The mathematics of the pension should be based on lifetime not income for the few years leading up to retirement. The retirement age should be bumped up to 80 years of age. How about that. Work until 80 including police and fire. Now we'll save money. But really, I though a pension was supposed to allow the retired a continued income. Not to retire and run off and get another job. That isn't the intent of a pension. So they get a pension, social security, and income from some peon job.

February 27, 2016 at 2:10 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

12:46PM

$213,920, plus a city car and gas for those pj's

February 27, 2016 at 2:15 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

2:10PM

there are numerous documents to verify the Chief's notification of the impending crisis to the former Mayor and former Council. no one should have been unaware of the problem

February 27, 2016 at 2:20 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You should be concerned about PJ's if their still used in the PD pension calculation. Unless it has changed salary, OT and PJ's were used in the final average pay formula.

February 27, 2016 at 2:36 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

I agree, but the more dangerous budget number is the OT and how an annual budget can not realistically be kept in check with outrageous OT costs. the PJ numbers affect the long term stability and viability of the pension fund, but that is more the responsibility of the Council and Mayor to get that in check than it is day to day management by the Police Chief.

February 27, 2016 at 2:49 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ummmmmm when does Mui sleep an how is this even scientifically genetically an humanly possible that he can work this many hours without peeling over an dropping dead ??!!!!

February 27, 2016 at 4:41 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

4:41pm

Exactly and I think there would be a bigger concern of officer safety. How alert can he be when he showed up for work

February 27, 2016 at 4:48 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You might of put the PD in the hot seat is the media outlets get a hold of this an run a story someone is going to want to know when this guy actually sleeps an how alert he is when he's doing his regular shift in patrol !!!

February 27, 2016 at 5:06 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

he is retired now

February 27, 2016 at 5:18 PM

Anonymous 3 js a week 4 me said...

If rovella really really wants to cut the overtime, take a little look at the sick call out list every weekend posted in 608..... Not to mention the other 30 or so employees deemed unfit for duty.....

February 27, 2016 at 5:33 PM

Anonymous Danny Mui said...

how did Mui do it? Simple he had the drive and work ethic that the majority of people don't have. He's not LAZY pain and simple. Mui is a machine. Mui only slept 2-3 hours a day and functioned better than others. Mui is retired now and still only sleeps 2-3 hours. Mui loves his retirement now because he raises his child now and enjoys his family because he worked hard for his 144k+ pension.

Thank You city of hartford.

Danny Mui 7175

February 27, 2016 at 5:48 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The cost of this insanity is all covered under the police union contract. yes, the pensions are huge however the police contract has been modified and pensions will begin to go down in 20 years. The only way to clean up this mess is to break completely with the police union and that will never happen. I dont think city officials can just change the union contracts. Hoefulluy Mr. Bronin will hire a labor specialist to resolve these contracts.

February 27, 2016 at 8:54 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

No, they do not collect social security. Because they have a pension plan they don't contribute to social security and can't collect it when they retire.

February 28, 2016 at 1:49 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

@2:20 Thank you Kevin, for putting that info out. My god, how could the previous administration have turned a blind eye toward this problem? Well, that is easy as pie. Be a business flop then run for mayor.

February 28, 2016 at 8:48 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

&1:49

I admit I am not informed on this but I would think that a person who has contributed to ss all his working life is entitled to benefits upon reaching the age of 62 or older. So no, if he has not reached that age, no benefits. But he will in the future access social security benefits.

February 28, 2016 at 8:54 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Police Officers collect a pension, they are not eligible for Social Security

February 28, 2016 at 9:46 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've said it before many times, and I'm saying it again, how did a dirty cop like Rethis make it thru the system ? He was a dirty cop when he left New Haven to come to Hartford, and after all these years he was over looked and promoted. Nice going Hartford, let this guy walk off with a nice retirement !

February 28, 2016 at 8:06 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Enough blaming Pedro Maria Caviar Segarra. Pedro was and still is a f---ing idiot, why don't you get it

February 28, 2016 at 11:44 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Police Officers don't receive social security from their police earnings but can be eligible foe social security payments from other earnings, when social security has been deducted and they have the required quarters. Their ss payments will be reduced under a formula for anyone receiving a pension from a state, federal or municipal pension.

February 29, 2016 at 4:10 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin why dont you post the income of the top 5 earners who work in Shooting Task Force. Take a close look at what they have accrued in overtime compared to pjs. I would call those 5 insane. Getting paid rediculous amounts of overtime to hide 95% of the time until a gun call is put out over the air.

March 1, 2016 at 7:08 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Weaver......stop hiding and be a man and put your name to the papers you distributed at PSC yesterday. You've never done anything productive.

March 3, 2016 at 7:16 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why don't you attach your name to your post Weaver?

March 3, 2016 at 7:27 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

what were the papers? If you reply and don't want it posted, just let me know

March 3, 2016 at 8:30 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin can you please post the top 5 earners from STF as requester earlier. Most of your readers including me are interested in what they make in overtime from our city.

March 3, 2016 at 10:06 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think I said it once. Let's look at all the deputy chiefs. That will be a good chunk of change saved Down the road if you get rid of them. All you need is a chief and you can even go as far as a captain instead of an assistant chief tof help the chief. That will be a savings of a few hundred thousand.

March 4, 2016 at 1:36 AM

Anonymous 675 put me on-line said...

Now all you whiners just added 20 vin members to the pj rotation. There go your daily guaranteed jobs....lol.

March 4, 2016 at 8:59 AM

Anonymous Trim the Fat said...

Very much agreed. A LOT of un-needed waste at the top. Go back to the days of one chief and one assistant chief and done. All these deputy chief positions are a complete waste.

March 6, 2016 at 11:34 AM

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