Overview
- The council voted unanimously to request a POST Board investigation into officers’ use of force on Nov. 25.
- The resolution also directs a fiscal audit of the police response and a review of the city’s separation ordinance.
- Leaders scheduled a January public hearing to consider strengthening the ordinance and setting limits on where federal agents can stage operations.
- Council President Rebecca Noecker said the city cannot compel a state probe, with a formal request expected to be sent this week.
- Police Chief Axel Henry maintains officers did not violate city policy and cited reports of rocks and sticks in the crowd, as footage and witnesses described pepper balls and gas striking protesters and journalists during an ICE arrest of a previously deported Honduran national.