The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted to fire an officer nearly two decades after he became embroiled in one of the Chicago Police Department’s biggest scandals.
The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted to fire an officer nearly two decades after he became embroiled in one of theOfficer Thomas Sherry, a former member of the disgraced and disbanded Special Operations Section, was found guilty of submitting false reports after two raids by the SOS on July 27, 2004, on the Northwest Side.
Later that day, Sherry and the officers searched another home without a warrant in the 2200 block of North Harlem Avenue, the charges state. Sherry then submitted false reports about the searches and recovery of narcotics during the raid.But the police board Thursday said there wasn’t enough evidence to find Sherry guilty of illegally searching those residences, according to the document outlining the board’s decision.
The raids included corrupt former Chicago cop Jerome Finnigan, who was eventually sent to federal prison. Sherry remained stripped of his police powers and was assigned to the department’s Alternate Response Section, which is staffed by officers who have been stripped of police powers and others who are not medically cleared for full duty.
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