Orange County Sheriff’s Department Investigates Possible ICE Collaboration
An internal investigation is underway at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department following allegations that two employees may have facilitated a federal immigration detention.
An internal investigation is underway at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department after surveillance footage captured two department employees briefly speaking with federal immigration agents shortly before a man was detained while leaving the jail (Source ID: 1). The department stated in a written statement that it had received a complaint early this month about the Halloween incident, alleging that the two employees may have alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, enabling them to detain the man. The department said it had launched an internal investigation to determine if the employees had violated state law or department policy. [1]
A state law called the California Values Act prohibits local police and sheriff’s departments from using public resources to help enforce federal immigration laws, such as detaining people solely for immigration purposes or sharing certain personal information with ICE. The law allows limited exceptions, including cooperation involving people convicted of certain crimes (Source ID: 1). The department identified the two employees only by title. They said one was a deputy and the other was a sheriff’s special officer. [1]
An internal review found that surveillance video from the Oct. 31 incident showed ICE agents parked on a public street outside the Orange County Jail in an unmarked black SUV. The deputy and special officer are seen exiting the sheriff’s building before approaching the black SUV, and engaging in what appeared to be a 5-second conversation with the agents inside the vehicle, video released Friday by the department shows (Source ID: 1). Footage shows a man who appears startled jogging to a corner of the courtyard and standing and waiting as federal agents approach and then arrest him. [1]
An internal investigation is underway at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department after surveillance footage captured two department employees briefly speaking with federal immigration agents shortly before a man was detained while leaving the jail (Source ID: 1). The department said in a written statement that it had received a complaint early this month about the Halloween incident alleging that the two employees may have alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, enabling them to detain the man. [1]
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An internal review found that surveillance video from the Oct. 31 incident showed ICE agents parked on a public street outside the Orange County Jail in an unmarked black SUV. The deputy and special officer are seen exiting the sheriff’s building before approaching the black SUV, and engaging in what appeared to be a 5-second conversation with the agents inside the vehicle, video released Friday by the department shows. [1]
Footage shows a man who appears startled jogging to a corner of the courtyard and standing and waiting as federal agents approach and then arrest him. Shortly after the deputy and sheriff’s special officer left, a second vehicle arrived. ICE agents exited both vehicles and entered the public courtyard outside the visitor’s entrance. The ICE agents contacted and arrested a man who appeared to be hiding in the public courtyard. [1]
An internal investigation is underway at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department after surveillance footage captured two department employees briefly speaking with federal immigration agents shortly before a man was detained while leaving the jail (Source ID: 1). The department said it had received a complaint early this month about the Halloween incident alleging that the two employees may have alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, enabling them to detain the man. [1]
An internal review found that surveillance video from the Oct. 31 incident showed ICE agents parked on a public street outside the Orange County Jail in an unmarked black SUV. The deputy and special officer are seen exiting the sheriff’s building before approaching the black SUV, and engaging in what appeared to be a 5-second conversation with the agents inside the vehicle, video released Friday by the department shows (Source ID: 1). [1]
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Footage shows a man who appears startled jogging to a corner of the courtyard and standing and waiting as federal agents approach and then arrest him. Shortly after the deputy and sheriff’s special officer left, a second vehicle arrived. ICE agents exited both vehicles and entered the public courtyard outside the visitor’s entrance. The ICE agents contacted and arrested a man who appeared to be hiding in the public courtyard (Source ID: 1). [1]
The department said upon receiving the complaint it immediately opened a personnel investigation into the conduct of the employees and placed both of them on administrative leave. Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes emphasized that the department does not enforce federal immigration law and will continue to cooperate with ICE to the extent the law allows to prevent serious criminal offenders from returning to communities they have preyed on (Source ID: 1). [1]
An internal investigation is underway at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department after surveillance footage captured two department employees briefly speaking with federal immigration agents shortly before a man was detained while leaving the jail (Source ID: 1). The department said in a written statement that it had received a complaint early this month about the Halloween incident, alleging that the two employees may have alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, enabling them to detain the man. [1]
An internal review found that surveillance video from the Oct. 31 incident showed ICE agents parked on a public street outside the Orange County Jail in an unmarked black SUV. The deputy and special officer are seen exiting the sheriff’s building before approaching the black SUV, and engaging in what appeared to be a 5-second conversation with the agents inside the vehicle, video released Friday by the department shows. [1]
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Footage shows a man who appears startled jogging to a corner of the courtyard and standing and waiting as federal agents approach and then arrest him. Shortly after the deputy and sheriff’s special officer left, a second vehicle arrived. ICE agents exited both vehicles and entered the public courtyard outside the visitor’s entrance. The ICE agents contacted and arrested a man who appeared to be hiding in the public courtyard. [1]
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