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Resident urges Cheektowaga to suspend non‑mandated police cooperation with ICE after investigative report
Summary
Jessica Greenwald told the town board the Cheektowaga Police Department has assisted ICE more than other local departments and urged the board to suspend non‑mandated cooperation under policy 414, citing legal and financial risks; the board took no formal action tonight.
Jessica Greenwald, a lifelong Cheektowaga resident, asked the town board to immediately suspend non‑mandated cooperation between the Cheektowaga Police Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to revise police policy 414 to align with local immigrant‑protection proposals.
"I urge you to reexamine the Cheektowaga Police Department's policy 414 on immigration violations," Greenwald said during the public‑comment portion of the Jan. 6 meeting. She cited an investigative report that, she said, showed Cheektowaga police "assisted ICE in arrest more than any other…
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