{"id":16683,"date":"2025-10-23T03:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/16683\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T03:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:40:07","slug":"tallahassee-city-commission-declines-to-end-tpds-agreement-with-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/16683\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee city commission declines to end TPD\u2019s agreement with ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Tallahassee city commissioners declined to end the Tallahassee Police Department\u2019s 287(G) agreement with ICE<\/a> in a tight late-night vote. <\/p>\n

The final vote was 3-2, with Mayor John Dailey, Commissioner Williams-Cox and Commissioner Curtis Richardson voting against. <\/p>\n

Commissioner Jack Porter and Commissioner Jeremy Matlow voted in favor of ending the agreement. <\/p>\n

Over 40 people spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting, with many impassioned speakers asking the city to end the agreement. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ashamed of our city,\u201d Commissioner Porter said.<\/p>\n

The majority did not provide a reason for their votes to keep the agreement in place.<\/p>\n

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Things turned heated as Wednesday night\u2019s meeting entered its eighth hour. At one point, Mayor Dailey called for a recess after multiple personal attacks from public speakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to attack you from all sides!\u201d a speaker said. \u201cYou\u2019ll lose your office and the people will be in power! Your time is coming to an end!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell signed an agreement with ICE without a vote by the city commission. He previously told WCTV that\u2019s in his purview as the appointed chief of police.<\/p>\n

He also made it clear that he believed he could be removed by the governor for failing to sign. TPD\u2019s agreement is fairly narrow, and currently, only one officer, a detective, is cross-deputized to conduct immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

Revell said TPD does not plan<\/a> to do door-to-door sweeps, and the department did not choose a beat cop to go through the training.<\/p>\n

Some city commissioners had previously floated<\/a> the idea of ending the agreement, or at least reviewing it, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed in state court by the City of South Miami.<\/p>\n

The city attorney provided the commission with analysis that said they could end the agreement, but they would likely face a warning letter from the attorney general because it\u2019s illegal for a Florida city to be a \u201csanctuary city.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, the city attorney said the City of Tallahassee could challenge any warning letter in court.<\/p>\n

The suit in South Miami was dismissed because that city had not yet received such a letter. There, South Miami did not rescind an agreement but rather declined to sign one in the first place.<\/p>\n

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