Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake reiterated again Friday that his department didn’t work with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for traffic stops.
Since May 3, the Tennessee Highway Patrol partnered with ICE for what they called a “public safety effort,” which netted 369 traffic stops. Around 10 troopers were assigned to the operation, according to the THP. Those traffic stops resulted in the arrest of 94 undocumented people.
“Our police department had no knowledge of any ICE activity going into this weekend,” Drake said. In fact, I was not even aware of any actions going on until about midday Sunday morning when I was contacted by the mayor’s office about enforcement going on.”…