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Police in Rhode Island’s largest city are in hot water with municipal investigators over their alleged presence and behavior at an immigration enforcement operation.
Providence’s External Review Authority, or PERA, found Friday that police in the Ocean State’s capital acted in violation of a city ordinance against cooperating with ICE while present at a July operation involving federal agents.
PERA found police “impermissibly assisted” ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations,” according to WLNE, which obtained a copy of the report.
PERA’s report claimed police wrongfully established a perimeter, gathered intelligence and generally aided ICE’s response to the pursuit of Honduran national and alleged fentanyl trafficker Ivan Rene Mendoza-Meza.
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The civilian board, which requires part of the police’s budget be allocated to its own, singled out one sergeant who had allegedly helped ICE confirm Mendoza-Meza’s location when speaking with a landlord.
The report suggested Providence Police put out clearer operational guidelines for situations involving federal agencies and hold training sessions with all officers.
Providence Police told WLNE in a statement that it reviewed PERA’s report and confirmed it is creating training materials as recommended.
“The Providence Police Department remains dedicated to fairness, accountability and building trust with all members of our community.”
Mendoza-Meza was listed as a “worst of the worst” candidate by ICE in a statement identifying him as a “documented MS-13 gang member” who goes by “El Negro.”
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On July 13, federal agents were chasing Mendoza-Meza when he crashed his vehicle.
Mendoza-Meza reportedly hit a parked car,…
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