without getting into your other rants, i found this one to be particularly funny. you think it's arrogant of the police to park their cars close to work and not in the unsafe garage? come on man. where would you like the police, who work in a building and need to have quick access to their cars to respond when YOU need them as quick as possible, to park maybe blocks away in a commercial lot? Are you pissed when fire trucks are in the fire lane? common sense, please. renovations suck for everyone. just to temper that, the Star editorial about SIU stats is interesting. Time for a fresh look at that, and less interest from union lawyers at the expense of due process in cases where police need to be represented. Have you looked at the number of complaints in a force compared to the number of police in a force compared to the number of calls responded to? That might be good info for everyone.