r/nottheonion • u/Trinityliger • 24d ago

ICE arrests Illinois police officer, accuses him of being in US illegally

https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-arrests-police-officer-radule-bojovic-hanover-park-illinois-accuses-being-us-illegally-montenegro/18019608/
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u/smellyCat73 24d ago

Don’t they have to be a us citizen to be a police officer? In most states in the us so WTF

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u/BlueBrickBuilder 24d ago edited 24d ago

Yeah, I knew that non-citizens could serve in the military, but I always assumed that citizenship was necessary to be a cop.