An illegal-alien police officer arrested by federal agents in October is back on the beat—paid in full with taxpayer dollars.
Radule Bojovic, a Montenegro national who overstayed his B-2 tourist visa in 2015, was taken into ICE custody for working “on the badge” without permanent status. Two weeks later, an immigration judge slapped him with a $2,500 bond—and the Hanover Police Department promptly rehired him.
This isn’t a clerical quirk. It’s a policy failure at every level. A man who violated our immigration laws now patrols our streets armed, in uniform and packing a service pistol—all under the pretense of a federal work permit.
Bojovic’s first shift back came just days after his release, and Hanover Park will cut him a paycheck—including back pay for every hour he “missed” while detained. His starting salary tops $78,955.70; his 2025 earnings, with benefits and taxes, ballooned to $205,707.
Every step in this dubious saga reveals a gaping hole in our enforcement system.
• ICE’s decision not to contest bond for an admitted visa over-stayer
• An immigration judge treating lawbreaking as a minor infraction
• A police department overlooking the obvious risk to public trust
What message does this send to law-abiding Americans? That undermining our borders, flouting visa rules and taking civil servant jobs are footnotes in “due process”?
Republicans must demand answers—and immediate action. Law enforcement agencies owe citizens rigorous vetting, not political correctness. Immigration courts should enforce the rule of law, not reward scofflaws with cheap bonds. And governors must stop allocating federal resources to jurisdictions that rehire illegal aliens as peace officers.
Our national security and public safety depend on borders that work and laws that mean something. The Hanover case is a clarion call: no more excuses, no more back-door hires. America deserves officers who earned their badge the right way—by respecting our laws, not breaking them.
