Fort Collins Police Chief: We Don’t Do Immigration Enforcement

Fort Collins Police Chief Jeff Swoboda says he wants people to know that his agency is not participating in immigration enforcement efforts.

And the chief say if emotionally charged situations were to develop in regard to immigration enforcement, his officers would work to calm things down and de-escalate the situation

The chief made the comments in a video that was posted on the Fort Collins Police Services Facebook page. You can see the video below.

''Immigration Enforcement Is Not Under The Purview Of Local Government"

In the video, the chief says ''Many of you have reached out with serious and thoughtful questions about what's happening in Minnesota. And your questions are, 'well, what happens if we start seeing similar instances here, in our community?'

I want you to know we've had similar conversations here, inside Fort Collins Police Services. First and foremost, one thing that has not changed is that immigration enforcement is not under the purview of local government and Fort Collins Police Services will not participate in immigration enforcement."

But Swoboda says he wants people to know that his officers will show up on every call for service. ''And when emotions are high and crowds are gathering, we need to slow down. We need to de-escalate. If we were to see increased enforcement efforts in our community, our response would be the same. Our mission is simple and unwavering: to protect life."

You can see the video here.