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<section number="18-125" name="Federal immigration enforcement activity verification" law="code" slug="sec-18-125" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_18PO_DIV4MIPOMA_S18-125FEIMENACVE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Legislative Findings. The County Council finds that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>federal agents disguising their identities and using ruses such as the impersonation of local police officers while engaging in immigration enforcement activity poses a significant threat to the safety and well-being of County residents and visitors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the normalization of the seizure and removal of individuals by armed masked men without appropriate identification increases the risk of kidnapping and human trafficking of County residents and visitors; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Prince George's County Police Department General Order Manual requires officers to "serve to protect and safeguard lives and property; protect the community from deception, oppression, intimidation, violence, and disorder; and protect the Constitutional rights of all citizens to liberty, equality, and justice."</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Definitions. In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Immigration enforcement activity means any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, and also includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person's presence in, entry, or reentry to, or employment in, the United States, including but not limited to efforts to identify or apprehend persons for purposes of subjecting them to immigration detention and/or removal from the United States.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Police Chief means the Chief of the Prince George's County Police Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Police Department means the Prince George's County Police Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Calls for Service. A person observing immigration enforcement activity in the County may call 9-1-1 to request assistance from the Police Department to verify the identity of persons engaged in such activity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Police Response. Upon receipt of a call for immigration enforcement verification, responding officers must:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>request identifying information from any person engaging in immigration enforcement activity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>request to see any judicial warrant or other source of authority for the action; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>document the names, badge numbers, and agencies of the individuals engaging in immigration enforcement activity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>when applicable, provide the caller with materials related to available immigrant legal resources; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>when necessary, ensure that emergency medical response is provided.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Outreach. The Chief of Police shall institute a public outreach program to inform County residents and business owners of the Department's immigration enforcement activity verification service.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Reporting. The Chief of Police shall report to the County Council quarterly on the number of calls received for immigration enforcement activity verification and the outcomes of the Department's responses.</text>
  </level>
</section>
