WE ARE A PROFESSIONAL POLICING ORGANIZATION…and also WE will ONLY help fellow officers WE agree with!? ...Chicago?
/WE ARE A PROFESSIONAL POLICING ORGANIZATION…and also WE will ONLY help fellow officers WE agree with!? ...Chicago?
By: Monty Bynum
I’ve spent the last several days digging into what happened in Chicago on October 4, 2025, the incident where a request for aid by federal agents to the Chicago Police Department went unanswered for more than 40 minutes.
I’ve reviewed the press conference by Superintendent Larry Snelling, the dispatch recordings, the CAD logs, and spoken with several CPD officers who were familiar with the call. What I’ve seen and heard paints a disturbing picture:
· A direct call for help ignored.
· A delay that would get any patrol officer disciplined or terminated.
· And a command staff more focused on defending the optics than confronting the truth.
During his press conference, Superintendent Snelling didn’t own the failure. He downplayed it. He deflected criticism by claiming those outside the agency “didn’t have the facts.” That’s not leadership, that’s damage control. The facts his own timeline, the radio traffic, and the CAD readout did show that assistance was delayed. The “why” is what’s most troubling. Multiple officers inside CPD have stated that this was not confusion; it was hesitation. And hesitation rooted in politics.
Let me be clear… When a fellow law enforcement officer calls for help, the answer is never “wait.” It’s never “stand down.” It’s “on the way.” Five minutes is an eternity when you’re in a fight for your life. Forty minutes is betrayal.
If the Chief of Patrol truly gave that order or failed to countermand it, that’s not a lapse in communication. That’s a moral failure in leadership; the kind that costs lives. This is what happens when politics infect policing. When command decisions are made to protect careers instead of lives. When the people wearing stars forget what it means to wear the badge.
Superintendent Snelling’s defense of his command staff might sound noble, but defending failure isn’t leadership, it’s complicity. I’ve always given police leaders the benefit of the doubt. But in this case, the evidence, the radio traffic and the voices of the officers on the ground say otherwise. This incident should terrify every cop in America. Because it tells you when things get political, help might not come.
Chicago PD has a chance to fix this. To be transparent. To admit a mistake and restore trust. But that starts with truth, not spin. To every agency across the nation learn from this. If your people ever call for help, your response time better not depend on politics or press conferences.
SINCE WHEN DOES IT MATTER WHAT UNIFORM AND BADGE YOU WEAR??? Are we servant leaders, cops, law enforcement officers or we are POLITICAL PAWNS!? I have NO patience or tolerance for weak leadership, DON’T make excuses. This was not a hard call. Immediately respond. TRUE LEADERS are built and trained to make the ‘hard calls.’
When cops stop responding to each other, the system collapses. And if that happens, no one’s coming.
#LeadershipMatters #ChicagoPD #Vigilant
Monty Bynum is a USMC Captain Veteran and 32-year law enforcement professional whose career spans narcotics, counterterrorism, and complex criminal investigations with the DEA and GBI. He’s led Marines across 12 countries, dismantled international trafficking networks, and trained thousands nationwide. As founder of the ADB family of brands, he’s on a mission to restore the honor, pride, and excellence of policing—raising the next generation of guardians and redefining what it means to lead with purpose, conviction, and heart.
