Policy Advisory Report Examining Local Law Enforcement Policies and Immigration Enforcement Actions

his policy advisory report was drafted by Metro Nashville Community Oversight (MNCO) in response to a policy advisory request from Community Oversight Board (COB) Vice Chair Andrés Martínez. The MNCO was tasked with examining all Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) policies related to interaction with federal immigration enforcement, training MNPD officers receive related to federal immigration enforcement, and the resources MNPD has expended responding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests for assistance. Once adopted, this report and its recommendations become those of the Community Oversight Board. To develop this report, MNCO research analysts reviewed media reports on immigration enforcement in Nashville, academic research on local police and immigration enforcement, the MNPD policy manual, requested information on MNPD officer training, incident and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) and incident reports for all instances where MNPD officers responded to a call from ICE, and interviewed community leaders who work with and advocate for immigrant and refugee communities.