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Minneapolis Police outline training, documentation gaps in separation-ordinance briefing
Summary
Assistant Chief Christopher Gaters told the Minneapolis City Council's Administration and Enterprise Oversight Committee on June 23 that MPD provides training on the city's separation ordinance and on the department's immigration policy, but identified documentation ambiguity, training gaps and external misunderstandings as obstacles to full compliance.
Assistant Chief Christopher Gaters of the Minneapolis Police Department told the Administration and Enterprise Oversight Committee on June 23 that MPD trains officers on the city's separation ordinance and an internal immigration policy and is revising its discipline matrix to explicitly address violations.
Gaters said recruits and officers receive academy instruction and roll-call updates on the department's policy and on U- and T-visa processes, and that "officers are also prohibited ... from initiating stops, detentions, arrests, solely based on one's immigration status." He said supervisors should be contacted if an enforcement situation "turns a corner" toward immigration enforcement so the chain of command can decide whether to continue the response.
Committee members pressed the department for…
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