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News Release
Thursday, October 4, 2012 Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie
Beck announces proposed changes to the way the Los Angeles Police Department
handles Immigration and Customs Enforcement detentions of some undocumented
immigrant arrests NR12460as
Los Angeles: At a Media Availability Briefing at11 a.m. today at the Los
Angeles Police headquarters, Chief Charlie Beck announced proposed changes
to the way the Los Angeles Police Department handles Immigration and
Customs Enforcement detentions of some undocumented immigrant arrests.
In the spirit of keeping with the intended purpose of the Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) Secure Communities program (S-Comm) signed into
law by the President of the United States September 30 2008, in which “ICE
prioritizes the removal of criminal aliens, those who pose a threat to
public safety, and repeat immigration violators,” the LAPD is proposing to no
longer grant an ICE Detainer Request without first reviewing the
seriousness of the offense for which the person is being held as well as their
prior
arrest history and gang involvement.
The Department is currently developing the list of criminal offenses which
in its view do not meet the intended purpose of the S-Comm program (e.g.
public nuisance and/or low-grade misdemeanor offenses).
Under the new proposal, individuals arrested for one of these low-grade
misdemeanor offenses will not be subject to continued detention on the basis
of an ICE Detainer Request absent additional information from ICE and/or
prior felony arrest(s), or if the individual is a documented gang member.
The Department will still honor detention requests on all felony and
high-grade misdemeanor arrests.
Our goal is to implement the new protocols by January 1, 2013. We will be
meeting with stakeholders’ representatives, and the specific protocols
developed will be sent to the Board of Police Commissioners for their review
and for public comments prior to implementation.
If you have any questions regard this proposed policy change, please call
LAPD Media Relations Section at 213-486-5910.
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