(A) The city commits to working with community advocates, policy experts, and legal advocates to defend the human rights of immigrants.
(B) The City Police Department will continue to respond to requests from immigrant communities to defend them against all crimes, including hate crimes, to assist people with limited language proficiency and to connect immigrants with social services.
(C) (1) The city recognizes the arrest of an individual increases that individual’s risk of deportation even in cases where the individual is found to be not guilty, creating a disproportionate impact from law enforcement operations.
(2) Therefore, for all individuals, the City Police Department will recognize and consider the extreme potential negative consequences of an arrest in exercising its discretion regarding whether to take such an action and will arrest an individual only after determining that less severe alternatives are unavailable or would be inadequate to effect a satisfactory resolution.
(D) The City Police Department will make available and provide material at all city police stations concerning this subchapter and information concerning rights of all immigrants.
(Ord. 17-0010, passed 6-26-2017)