Overview
- Police Chief J. Noe Diaz said officers will call a sergeant when an administrative immigration warrant appears and will give ICE 30 minutes to respond.
- Diaz issued an immediate directive that officers will not transport people solely based on an immigration warrant.
- Mayor John Whitmire said two officers who drove drivers to ICE violated HPD policy and pledged corrections.
- HPD’s current order requires officers to contact ICE when such database hits occur, a practice gaining urgency after 700,000 administrative warrants were added to national systems last year.
- Council Member Letitia Plummer proposed changing "shall contact ICE" to "may contact ICE," while the police union objected and noted only eight people this year were taken into ICE custody following HPD notifications.