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State police hosting training seminar on immigration issues

6:11 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink
By Cynthia Needham

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It's hard to escape the immigration issue these days.

Recognizing that local police departments may encounter immigration matters in their daily policing, the State Police say they will work to help local police departments handle such situations.

That starts tomorrow morning when the agency will host a training seminar called "Basic Immigration & Best Practices" for police officers from local departments across the state.

Speakers will include Governor Carcieri, U.S. Attorney Robert C. Corrente, State Police Col. Brendan P. Doherty, and Julie L. Myers, assistant secretary of homeland security for the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).

(The seminar is Doherty's idea. He had state troopers go through an "ICE 101" training that explains different immigration documents, document fraud and other issues.)

But don't expect much of a back and forth discussion, at least not with the media. A press release about the event notes that the panel members will not take any questions or comments during the training.