It is the policy of the city to respect the rights of and provide equal services to all persons regardless of appearance, ethnicity, gender, immigration status, manner of dress, national origin, physical characteristic, race, religious beliefs or sexual orientation; to ensure the enforcement of rights under the United States Constitution, including due process and equal protection; to promote community safety; to encourage victims of crime and witnesses of crime to cooperate with law enforcement authority without regard to immigration status or sexual orientation; to prevent bias-based policing; and to promote the cooperation of all individuals, regardless of their immutable characteristics, with our City Police Department and city government. In order to permit members of immigrant communities to access services, including, but not limited to law enforcement services, that are provided by the city to which they are entitled; and to ensure that city public servants are acting consistently with federal law regarding local governments cooperating with federal immigration authorities, the city enacts this chapter as an effective way to guide city public servants and police officers in adhering to rights under the United States Constitution, including, but not limited to, due process and equal protection and under federal law, while protecting the safety and health of all members of the community.
(Ord. 2008-1, passed 1-22-2008)