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Dallas oversight board hears public complaints over DPD ties to ICE, Flock cameras
Summary
Public commenters told the Community Police Oversight Board that Dallas Police Department data and camera systems are being used to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement and urged the board to end any collaboration; speakers also asked the board to press DPD for transparency on camera searches and data access.
Monica Solis, a resident of District 3, urged the Community Police Oversight Board on Wednesday to end any collaboration between the Dallas Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying she submitted photos showing DPD and ICE together at a north Dallas police station and that the presence of immigration agents is terrorizing communities.
"I am here to demand that you end your your collaboration with ICE," Solis said, reading remarks into the public record and adding that cameras and enforcement are traumatizing neighbors who live near stations and schools.
Sam Williams, a District 9 resident who said he witnessed a late-night abduction-style arrest, told the board he believed people identifying themselves as police were conducting questionable arrests and asked DPD to document and limit contact with federal immigration authorities. "As Dallas residents, we are put at risk anytime someone who is not a police officer identifies as such," Williams said.
Azael Alvarez, citing public records he…
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