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Police commission hears audit of Secure Communities; department says SFPD does not enter ICE's civil warrants into local NCIC/CLET
Summary
The San Francisco Police Commission received a department audit showing 122 ICE-SCOM matches in the sampled period and heard staff say SFPD policy prohibits officers from asking immigration status or enforcing ICE administrative (civil) warrants except in limited, emergency circumstances. Commissioners asked staff to verify whether ICE administrative warrants ever appear on officers's NCIC/CLET screens and requested a department bulletin and refresher training.
The San Francisco Police Commission on July 14 received its first bimonthly audit of the federal Secure Communities (S-Comm) fingerprint-sharing program and urgent clarification of how the department handles civil (administrative) immigration warrants.
Captain David Lazar of the SFPD operations bureau told the commission that the city's sanctuary policy and department general orders prohibit officers from asking about a person's immigration status or detaining someone solely to determine status. "No city resources and city funds are to assist in enforcement unless assistance is required by federal or state statute, regulation, or court decision," Lazar said, summarizing departmental guidance and the city's sanctuary policy dating to 1989.
Gordon Brusso, SFPD's identification manager, presented the audit figures compiled for the commission under Resolution 73-10. Brusso said the SFPD recorded 1,655 live scans in the sample period and that ICE reported 122 S-Comm…
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