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Sheriff briefs board on limited 287(g) warrant‑service model as legal questions persist
Summary
Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson outlined a narrow, jail‑based 287(g) warrant‑service officer model intended to allow trained correctional staff to serve federal detainers inside the jail. He said training has not yet been offered and Minnesota attorney general opinions and pending litigation leave local authority unresolved.
Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson told the County Board on Feb. 3 that the sheriff’s office investigated the federal 287(g) program to address instances when immigration detainers were not executed before a person’s release from local custody.
Tollefson said the county considered three 287(g) models — a task force, a jail‑enforcement model and a warrant‑service officer model — and opted for the warrant‑service officer option because it is administrative and confined to the secure jail environment. “This particular one only allows for the enforcement or the serving of these detainers…in the area that generally the public isn’t allowed to be,” he said.
Tollefson described the practical driver: correctional staff told him that on some occasions federal…
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