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Medford officials press police on ICE/FBI presence at station; police cite limits on federal notification
Summary
Medford councillors and residents pressed the police on May 7 after reports that federal agents were briefly at the police department earlier in the week; the police chief said federal agencies notify the department only to "deconflict," and he declined to promise routine advance notice to city leaders.
City councillors and residents pressed the Medford Police Department on May 7 about reports that federal agents were present at the police station earlier in the week. Councillor Singh and other members said residents reported seeing federal vehicles and agents in the police lot and, in one instance, an agent walking through secured interior areas.
Chief Buckley told the Public Health and Community Safety Committee that the department received an early‑morning notification from a federal immigration enforcement office that they would be in the city; he described the department’s practice of being informed only to "deconflict" operations and said the department often receives similar notices from multiple federal agencies. "We were notified yesterday morning from, immigration ERO, that they would be in the city of Medford,"…
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