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Police chief tells Grand Rapids: department will not perform immigration enforcement; commissioners press for expanded co-response and community trauma supports
Summary
The police chief reiterated that the Grand Rapids Police Department does not enforce federal immigration laws. Commissioners also prioritized expanding co-response mental-health teams, domestic-violence supports and establishing community gathering or vulnerable-person check lists to address trauma and extreme-weather risks.
Grand Rapids Police representatives told commissioners that the department does not act as an immigration enforcement agency, and commissioners used the workshop to press for expanded co-response mental-health teams and other community safety investments.
"The Grand Rapids Police Department is not in the business of immigration enforcement, period," the police chief said, emphasizing that department policy prohibits asking about immigration status and that…
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