Mayor Dyer addresses ICE tactics, trust at U.S. Conference of Mayors

WASHINGTON (KFSN) -- Federal operations successful Minnesota are the absorption of conversations arsenic Mayors from astir the federation stitchery successful Washington, D.C.

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer is 1 of the starring voices astatine the United States Conference of Mayors.

Today, helium shared his position arsenic a constabulary main turned person connected the tactics being utilized by ICE agents.

"After spending 40 years successful the Fresno constabulary department, past 18 arsenic constabulary chief. There is 1 happening I've learned that is cardinal for policing and that you person to gain the spot of the radical successful which you serve. And that spot is precise delicate and it's hard to summation and casual to lose," Mayor Dyer said.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors has antecedently enactment retired a connection calling the decease of Alex Pretti a "tragedy" and advocating for de-escalation efforts.

Today, Mayor Dyer complimented the Trump Administration connected efforts to unafraid the border.

He besides called for a pathway to citizenship and migration enforcement with tactics that inactive support communities safe:

"We enactment morganatic enforcement efforts by ICE to region superior criminals, but we privation them to beryllium held to the aforesaid modular we clasp our section constabulary departments to successful presumption of being professional, well-trained, and de-escalating situations if possible."

Mayor Dyer is simply a Co-Chair for the Mayors and Police Chiefs Task Force.