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Commissioners approve ICE warrant-service memorandum of understanding
Summary
After an ICE representative described three program models and funding/training provisions, the court approved a memorandum of understanding for the warrant service officer program to allow ICE to serve administrative warrants following local custody/time served.
The Sheriff and Bud Bradley, an ICE representative, briefed the court on three models for ICE participation — a jail enforcement model, a task force model and a warrant service officer model — and recommended the warrant service officer arrangement as the least intrusive for county operations. Bradley said the program includes online eight-hour training, and he told commissioners a funding stream is available to offset costs when a county signs the agreement.
Bradley summarized the program and said, “There is a funding stream that comes with SGA, for each county that enters into one of the program agreements, and that is allocated to offset any cost that may be incurred for the officer joining our program.” Commissioners asked clarifying questions about authority limits, whether officers would act outside jail custody, and how detainers and transfers would occur. After clarification from the sheriff and ICE staff, the court made a motion, seconded and carried approval of the MOU as presented.
The MOU as approved delegates limited warrant-service duties under the warrant-service officer model and does not grant ICE unrestricted authority outside its specified scope, according to county staff. Commissioners and the sheriff requested continued oversight and clear procedures for coordination with the county attorney.
