As volatile high-profile clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters erupt on city streets, San Francisco police have issued new guidelines on how to navigate their role as peacekeepers in a sanctuary city.
In a department-wide memo Wednesday, Interim Police Chief Paul Yep instructed his officers to neither help nor hinder U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they make immigration arrests, and to only take action when “necessary to safeguard life and property.”
“This may include rendering aid, responding to criminal activity, continuous observation and reassessment, maintaining a perimeter, directing traffic, de-escalating conflict or communicating with the public,” the guidelines said…