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Manchester police chief says department will not seek deputization for immigration enforcement, cites staffing and funding limits
Summary
Police chief told aldermen the department will not pursue deputization to enforce immigration law, citing about 23 vacancies and no dedicated funding; the chief described existing procedures for ICE detainers, fingerprinting and cooperation with federal officials.
Manchester’s police chief told aldermen the city department will not seek deputization to enforce federal immigration laws, citing staffing shortages and a lack of program funding.
When asked whether the department would request deputization to assist federal immigration officials, the chief said no. “We currently have 23 vacancies. We have a hard time getting to all the calls for service that we currently have,” the chief said. “There’s no funding for that program. It just didn’t seem like the best idea for our department.”
The chief described existing cooperation with…
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