Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux believes lack of enough training, investigations, holding people accountable explains fatal incidents involving ICE

In a social media post on Tuesday, Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux addressed why he believes people are dying in incidents with ICE despite other law-enforcement agencies dealing with people resisting arrest and interference from the public.

“First. Massachusetts police get 6 months of standard training, FBI and DEA agents get about 20 weeks plus other specialized training, Massachusetts jail corrections officers get 12 weeks.

“Many ICE agents received only 47 days (6.7 weeks) of training, down from 27 weeks they used to get. They were set up to fail…

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