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Detroit council lifts privilege on memos, orders review after reports of DPD-ICE interactions
Summary
City council voted to add and approve resolutions to waive attorney-client privilege for two memoranda about Detroit Police Department interactions with federal immigration authorities, after residents and members pressed for transparency following two recent incidents; DPD said investigations are open.
Council President James Tate presided over a packed public-comment period on Feb. 17 before the Detroit City Council voted to add and approve resolutions that remove attorney-client privilege from two legal memoranda concerning Detroit Police Department (DPD) interactions with federal immigration authorities.
The action followed sustained public comment and questions from council members about two recent incidents in which DPD officers contacted a unit under the federal Department of Homeland Security. Assistant Chief Charles Fitzgerald told the chamber: "We're not in the immigration business at DPD. We never have,…
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