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Board approves participation in state gang/immigration intelligence task force; sheriff says task force will not enforce based on immigration status
Summary
The Board approved an intergovernmental agreement to rejoin the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM/GITHIM) group; the sheriff told the board the task force targets gang, drug, human‑trafficking and train‑theft crimes and will not take enforcement action based solely on immigration status.
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Department of Public Safety to join a regional task force focused on gang‑related and transnational border crimes.
What the task force is: The sheriff described the multi‑agency force — commonly known by the acronym that includes “gang” and “immigration” in its name — as a partnership of state and local law‑enforcement agencies created to combat gangs, transnational drug and…
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