Honored Chicago Cop among 8 tied to thefts

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A winner of the prestigious Superintendent's Award for Valor was stripped of his police powers this week as prosecutors prepare to charge up to eight Chicago Police officers suspected of raiding homes and stealing valuables, sources said Wednesday.

The Chicago Sun-Times and NBC's Unit 5 have learned the officer -- a member of the elite Special Operations Section -- is one of four officers in the section to be taken off the street so far. A yearlong investigation has uncovered at least 25 cases of cops from the section allegedly robbing victims, sources said.

Here's a true government failure: what happens when those who have a monopoly are corrupt? No check and balance here.