Last February, nearly all of Pinellas County’s 10 local police departments signed “287(g) agreements,” which deputize local police to do some of the jobs of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Records obtained by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay show that the agreements were signed within days of each other—right after Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri […]
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Pinellas police chiefs signed ICE agreements following sheriff’s ‘removal’ warning, records show
PCSO’s Bob Gualtieri told all Pinellas police chiefs, ‘the consequences for not doing so include removal from office by the Governor, including his power to remove police chiefs.’
