Officers were encouraged to lie, indicted Chicago cop tells '60 Minutes'

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-sos-60-minutes-bothmay31,0,5621438.story

An indicted Chicago police officer said his supervisors in the Special Operations Section encouraged officers to lie on police reports to cover up illegal searches for guns and drugs, according to the CBS News program "60 Minutes."

Keith Herrera, who was interviewed by CBS anchor Katie Couric for a story set to air Sunday, said supervisors encouraged falsifying reports to make cases appear more solid in court.

" 'Creative writing' was a certain term that bosses used to make sure that the job got done," he said. "I didn't just pick up a pen and just learn how to . Bosses, guys that I work with who were older than I was . . . It's taught to you."

Herrera faces as many as 30 years in prison if convicted of armed violence, home invasion, robbery and other charges brought in 2006.

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1. CHICAGO???

Obama better apologize for this - and denounce all of them.

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2. Chicago has a *LONG* history of police criminality

It's an ugly city. I wouldn't live there.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. I was kidding

I lived there, and I think it's one of the greatest cities in the world.