In a statement released Tuesday, the Turlock Police Department denied it notified Immigration and Customs Enforcement of an encounter officers had with Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez days before he was shot by ICE.
Mendoza Hernandez’s family and his attorney allege ICE may have been tipped off by TPD after what they described was a tense encounter with one of its officers during a traffic stop. If true, it would violate California’s strict laws around how local law enforcement can interact with federal immigration authorities.
However, TPD says it did not share information with ICE, stating “no such notification was made” and that the department “had no involvement in (the FBI’s) investigation before, during, or after the April 7 incident.”…