Police expect only some minor training is needed for them to begin enforcing a portion of SB 1070 given Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling — but they aren’t yet sure when that provision will take effect.
Police across Arizona went through training after the illegal-immigration law was passed in 2010, but the nation’s highest court struck down some provisions that had been on hold. Police are now awaiting a new version that trains police on checking the immigration status of those they’ve stopped, said Jeffrey Glover, a Tempe police spokesman.
“We are still in a holding pattern, just like anybody else right now,” Glover said Monday afternoon. “We are preparing for it. We are getting our training ready to roll out.”
Tempe doesn’t expect the ruling will lead to significant changes in how officers perform their duties, Glover said. Mesa police Sgt. Tony Landato said his agency is still studying the ruling but he doesn’t expect any significant changes. Mesa’s policy is based on “reasonableness,” he said.
Police across the state received training in 2010 developed by the Arizona Peace Officer Standard and Training Board, which included a video.
Police across the state received training in 2010 developed by the Arizona Peace Officer Standard and Training Board, which included a video.
AzPOST issued an update Monday afternoon that advised the state’s police chiefs not to include training on the three provisions that the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional.
Officers have many questions about the ruling, but Glover said he anticipates AzPOST’s training will clear up how police enforce the remaining parts of SB1070.
“What I got out of the ruling is that it will be pretty straightforward as to what we get from AzPOST,” Glover said. “They usually are pretty good about making clear what is going to be enforceable.”
Several parts of the law were blocked from going into place in 2010 by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton. Monday’s ruling now allows one key provision to take effect, requiring police to make a reasonable attempt to check a person’s immigration status with federal authorities if there is a reasonable suspicion the person is in the U.S. illegally.
The court struck down provisions that required a person to have or carry immigration registration papers, or to seek work or have a job. And police cannot arrest a suspected illegal immigrant without a warrant.
AzPOST’s letter to law enforcement agencies said it may issue an update within 30 days.
Glover said he expects police will have a shorter version of the training they received two years ago.
“Most likely it won’t take long to bring the offices up to speed,” he said.
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Leon Ceniceros posted at 6:08 pm on Mon, Jun 25, 2012.
IF YOU ARE A K-9 POLICE UNIT AND YOUR CANINE BUDDY ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES BEZERK AND TRY TO BIT HIS WAY THROUGH THE REAR BULLET-PROOF GLASS SIDE WINDOW AS YOU PASS A WHITE OR DULL COLORED 20YO VAN WITH PAINTED OVER WINDOWS MAKING SPARKS AS IT'S MUFFLER DRAGS ON THE GROUND WHENEVER IT HIT'S A HIGH POINT IN THE HIGHWAY OR ROAD...CALL FOR BACKUP.
WHEN YOU PULL OVER A 20YO+ FORD, CHEVY OR DODGE PICK-UP WITH A CAMPER SHELL THAT SAW BETTER DAYS ABOUT 10YEARS AGO....CALL FOR BACKUP.
IF YOU SEE A 20+ FORD, DODGE OR CHEVY VAN OR PICKUP WITH A CAMPER SHELL AND THE REAR TIRES ARE BULGING.....CALL FOR BACKUP.
IF YOU ARE PATROLING SOUTH MESA, SOUTH PHOENIX ANY OF THE DESERTED ROADS COMING UP FROM PINAL OR PIMA COUNY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND YOU SEE SOME HEADLIGHTS THAT ARE NOT POINTING ON THE ROAD WAY BUT IN THE ON-COMING DRIVER'S EYES AND THE VEHICLE DRIVER DOESN'T MAKE EYE CONTACT AS HE PASSES YOU.....CALL FOR BACKUP.
AND OFFICERS (THE ONES WHO RESPECT AND ENFORCE THE LAWS OF THE LAND....ALL OF THEM), REMEMBER THAT BY NOT "CHERRY-PICKING" WHICH LAWS TO ENFORCE OR PLAYING OFFICE POLITICS AND SELLING OUT....................THAT YOU CAN KISS OFF ANY PROMOTIONS BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN LOOK YOUR SELF IN THE EYES IN THE MIRROR EVERY MORNING AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE A "REAL" POLICE OFFICER OR DEPUTY (THIS IS ONLY FOR THE DEPUTIES OF PIMA COUNTY..........THE DEPUTIES OF PINAL AND MARICOPA COUNTY HAVE BEEN ENFORCING SB1070 SINCE THE GET-GO).
Julio posted at 6:24 pm on Mon, Jun 25, 2012.
Leon Cenizeros you are talking in parabolas my amigo no te entiendo ni madre but i will adhere to say that almost 99 percent of the hispanic community will march from California all the way to Arizona just to back up the hispanic community here arpayo or clown no racist laws will ever get in effect we will defeat them amigo
Leon Ceniceros posted at 6:26 pm on Tue, Jun 26, 2012.
99 PERCENT OF THE MOJADOS Y MORENOS MAYBE............PERO LOS BLANCOS Y LOS GACHUPINAS COULD GIVE A RATON'S NAULGAS......[wink]