Tag: Warrantless Arrest
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ICE ‘materially violated’ order on warrantless arrests, Colorado judge says
A federal judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday to immediately train its Colorado employees about how to lawfully perform warrantless arrests, after the evidence showed officers had little understanding of the requirements. U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson wrote that ICE had “materially violated” his prior order that directed immigration…
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Colorado justices find Fort Collins police lacked probable cause to arrest suspect in park
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that Fort Collins police lacked probable cause to arrest a man for a child sex offense based on his presence in a public park around the time they intended to meet with their unknown suspect. In May 2021, police interviewed a 14-year-old girl who alleged she met a…
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Federal judge ‘dumbfounded’ at government’s rejection of enforceable order holding ICE to its own policy
A federal judge on Friday grilled the government over its position that an internal policy defining the ability of immigration agents to make warrantless arrests should not be enforceable through a court order. “As a citizen of Colorado and of the United States, I am dumbfounded that the government won’t agree to a court order…