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The Delhi Police, the national capital’s protectors, tops the list of government departments whose officials were booked for corruption in 2008.


The anti-corruption bureau, which prepared the list, says at least 20 Delhi Police personnel—from constables to inspectors—were arrested in corruption cases in the past year. Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal admits corruption is a problem in his force.


"There must have been a turnover of at least 50-70 inspectors since I've taken over as commissioner. We are going to take very strict action as far as corruption is conc... Read more

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3 officers charged in Chicago

CHICAGO- Three police officers were charged Monday in a probe into allegations of officers shaking down drug suspects, and authorities tacked on additional charges for three other officers indicted earlier.

James McGovern, 40, Frank Villareal, 38, and Margaret Hopkins, 32, all members of the department's special operations section, turned themselves in Monday, said Marci Jensen, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney's office.

All three were charged with official misconduct, and Villareal and Hopkins also were charged with home invasion. Villareal also was charged with armed violence. Authorities did not provide any other information.

In September, four other members of the same special operations unit, which focuses on gangs and drugs, were charged with robbery, kidnapping and false arrests. All four pleaded not guilty.

Three of those officers turned themselves in Monday on additional charges of home invasion and official misconduct, Jensen said.

In the earlier indictment, the officers were accused of using their badges to intimidate people and gain access to their homes, and of robbing, kidnapping and intimidating drug dealers. Those accusations forced prosecutors to drop felony charges against dozens of suspects in more than 100 cases, the state's attorney's office has said.

Superintendent Phil Cline said police are committed to rooting out bad officers. "No one is above the law, not even a Chicago police officer," he said Monday in a news release.

If convicted, McGovern faces a maximum of five years in prison; Villareal and Hopkins could spend up to 30 years in prison, Jensen said.

At a hearing Monday, bond was set at $50,000 for McGovern. The other five charged Monday were due in court Tuesday.

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