WESTFORD — Westford Police Chief Mark Chambers spoke at the Westford League of Women Voters meeting on Nov. 20, answering questions posed by members of the league and other meeting attendees regarding the extent that both the Westford Police Department and members of the public can get involved during arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
The meeting took place one day after the league joined Westford’s First Parish Church United and St. Mark’s Episcopal church for the “Bearing Witness at ICE.” demonstration outside of the DHS ICE Boston Field Office in Burlington.
Questions included to what extent Westford police officers and members of the public can intervene during an ICE arrest, if ICE officers can enter certain town buildings, private properties or personal cars, the legality of ICE officers’ tactics, and what members of the public have the right to ask ICE officers at the scene of an arrest…