‘Remove your name tag:’ Email appears to direct troopers to take off nameplates when working with ICE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – One day after more than 100 undocumented immigrants were arrested in Tallahassee with the help of the Florida Highway Patrol, an email shared with News 6 appears to show some troopers in Central Florida may have been given direction not to wear their name tags during future ICE operations.

News 6 spent hours calling and emailing both the FHP office in Orlando and the headquarters in Tallahassee on Friday after a source shared the email with our team.

It reads in part: “There has been a lot of activity and many recordings of us posted online when working with ICE. For officer safety, remove your name tag from your Class B uniforms only when working Operation Closeout.”…

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