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Residents press DeKalb police on ICE stops, patrols, noise and traffic at town hall
Summary
Residents raised concerns about ICE activity, patrol responsiveness, abandoned vehicles, speeders, noise and informal street vendors; Chief Padrick said federal immigration enforcement is outside county authority, encouraged 911 reporting and referred patrol/traffic requests to public education specialist Danae Weber and Traffic Engineering.
Residents at the East Precinct town hall pressed DeKalb County Police on immigration enforcement, patrol responsiveness and local quality-of-life concerns.
James Jackson asked what would happen if ICE were conducting stops that required passports or birth certificates and whether local policehands would be tied. "We know ICE is all over the place," Jackson said, describing a church notice and a recent case he cited. Chief Greg Padrick replied that DeKalb has no federal immigration authority and that the department had no confirmed reports of ICE operations in the county. "We operate under…
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