Lt. Jeremy Williams: I’m not aware of any interaction we’re having with ICE. I don’t even know who their agents are. They act independently of us… without much interaction with local law enforcement.
Presenter: The Eugene Police Department says that ICE is acting independently and does not share its plans in advance with EPD. At the June 17 meeting of the Eugene Human Rights Commission, Lt .Jeremy Williams took questions. Here’s HRC Chair Blake Burrell:
Blake Burrell (Human Rights Commission, chair): This may or may not be something that you can speak to, but I think a lot of us are interested on what the Police Department’s interaction with ICE has looked like, and what systems of notification for any ICE activity in the community look like, and how your department is engaging those agencies, if there’s anything that you can share about the interaction between those municipal bodies.
[00:00:41] Lt. Jeremy Williams (EPD): Yeah, I’m happy to talk with you about it. But I’m not aware of any interaction we’re having with ICE. I don’t even know who their agents are. They act independently of us. I think there’s been activity around the country that has made them take an approach of solidarity, solitarity—they’re acting within their own agency without much interaction with local law enforcement outside their federal partners…