ICE agents arrested a police officer Thursday morning in the Chicago suburb of Hanover Park, accusing him of being an unlawful immigrant from Montenegro.
The Department of Homeland Security says the officer, Radule Bojovic, overstayed a tourist visa that expired in 2015.
The Hanover Park Police Department shared a Facebook post in August announcing Bojovic’s recent graduation from the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, adding that he had started “an intensive 15 weeks of field training and evaluation as he continues preparing to serve the Hanover Park community.”
This isn’t the first cop that’s been arrested:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/us/maine-police-officer-immigration-arrest-hnk
The background check systems don’t seem to be very reliable.
I worked in a field that dealt with child care and I know there are a couple of different checks you can get that are more quick checks and then others that are thorough checks. Cost of each is different. Also, background checks are only good right at that moment so if something happens after then of course it won’t be on a background check until it gets reported and you do another check.
I’m not saying that’s what happened here. I am only trying to point out some specifics about background checks themselves.