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Carlsbad police describe panga boat landing, limits under SB 54 and ongoing officer-involved shooting probe
Summary
Chief Christy Calderwood told commissioners a panga boat landed near Carlsbad Village Drive on April 13 and occupants fled; Border Patrol assumed the scene. Calderwood also described a March 29 officer-involved shooting after an officer was attacked; the suspect is in custody and the investigation continues.
Chief of Police Christy Calderwood told the Community Police Engagement Commission that a panga boat came ashore near Carlsbad Village Drive at Ocean Street on April 13 and witnesses saw occupants running toward waiting vehicles. "When our officers arrived, all the occupants from the boat had left the scene," Calderwood said.
Calderwood explained legal limits on the department's role in immigration enforcement, referencing department policy 4-28 and California's SB 54 (the California Values Act), saying officers "shall not detain any individual for any length of time for a civil violation of federal…
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