Overview
- Mayor Jane Castor told Attorney General James Uthmeier the Tampa Police Department’s updated policy takes effect immediately and reaffirmed the city’s intent to follow state and federal law.
- The revision confines immigration-enforcement powers to ICE‑trained Designated Immigration Officers, limits status questions to lawful enforcement encounters, and requires officers to document such inquiries.
- Language previously discouraging information-sharing about cooperative victims and witnesses and barring broad sweeps was removed and replaced with citations to Florida Statute 908.104(7) and (9).
- Uthmeier had set a March 31 deadline and warned of civil penalties, including possible removal of the mayor, if the city did not reverse policies he labeled illegal.
- No state enforcement action was reported after the changes, and TPD said six officers and two supervisors currently participate in the federal 287(g) program.