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From active shooter response protocols to screening processes for new recruits, police leaders will face many challenges in the coming year
From lip sync battles to policing the homeless to immigration enforcement, 2018 was a big year for issues in law enforcement
This year seemed to be an order for law enforcement to stand down
The drugs were hidden under the floor of a tractor trailer loaded with vegetables
The sheriffs’ lawsuit asks a judge to declare invalid an act preventing state and local authorities from coordinating with ICE
“This raises the stakes for a dangerous or violent altercation to occur in our communities,” said Sheriff Mike Downey
The department said a state law that sharply limits cooperation with immigration authorities does not explicitly address subpoenas for information
The company said they were changing their policies after reading a leaked memo confirming that agents can’t board buses without company consent
“New York has barred agencies from information we need to do our jobs and it was done purely for political purposes”
The response has marked an escalation of the conflict between ‘sanctuary’ cities and federal law enforcement
The four administrative subpoenas were aimed at forcing the department to turn over information on four men arrested on ‘serious charges’
The agents are not expected to engage in special missions in their new assignment, only provide assistance and backup to ICE with everyday arrests and deportations
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAPD chief Michel Moore released a video saying local police won’t be working with ICE
AG Barr said the Trump administration is suing New Jersey and a Washington county over their immigration policies
“The question of ICE is what happened inside that house...we can remove the question, if we can have ICE ... to have the same video surveillance that our police officers are required to have.”
ICE officials sent subpoenas to NYC and other ‘sanctuary’ cities requesting information about inmates accused of being in the country illegally
The tunnel stretches more than three quarters of a mile from Tijuana, Mexico to San Diego, California
The bill would bar law enforcement agencies from appointing an officer to work with federal agents, a provision that has drawn criticism from sheriffs
Cities and law enforcement agencies not complying with ICE would lose homeland security funding and Local Government Fund distributions
The development comes days after ICE sent similar subpoenas to Denver, a move reflecting the agency’s frustration with ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
The department said that the Operation Stonegarden border security grant program runs counter to TPD’s mission ‘and the expectation of the community we serve’
Matthew Albence said the killing of a 92-year-old-woman could have been prevented if city officials had complied with a request to turn over the assailant for deportation
This is the first time subpoenas have been sent to a law enforcement agency — an escalation of the conflict between ICE and so-called sanctuary cities
The police departments and sheriff’s offices can have access restored if they certify the records they access won’t be turned over to federal immigration agencies
The judge sentenced Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes after hearing tearful statements from the sisters of Brian Terry, the agent who was fatally shot
Over his 35-year career, Arnold has watched the border terrain transform into one of fences and roads, surveillance cameras and sensors
ICE spokespeople say city sanctuary policies allow immigrants to break the law, will not deter immigration enforcement from doing their jobs
Wolf Valmond had previously served as a Va. police officer and sheriff’s deputy
Investigators in ICE’s Child Exploitation Investigations Lab blend old and new technology to identify children and their abusers
An agency spokesperson said ICE turned to courthouses for arrests after county and state prisons haven’t cooperated
The officers will be designated to identify and process undocumented immigrants
Sheriff Daron Hall said the county will no longer host detainees for the federal government, a practice started in 1996
The FBI is investigating the Sunday death of Agent Robert Hotten
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