Privileged & Confidential
Procedure for In-Person Interactions with Non-Local Law Enforcement
Guidance for City Employees
As of: January 13, 2025
Follow these steps if non-local law enforcement personnel come to your workplace and ask to be given access
to non-public areas of your workplace to conduct immigration enforcement or ask for information to help
them conduct immigration enforcement.
1. Ask the officer for their name, badge number, and a business card.
2. Ask the officer why they need access to your workplace or why they need the information they have
asked you for.
3. Ask the officer if they have any documents that relate to their visit. Do they have a warrant or
subpoena? If they do, make copies or take a photo of them with your phone.
4. Inform the officer that you have been instructed to seek guidance from your general counsel (or the
person designated by your general counsel to handle these questions) about any requests that relate
to immigration enforcement. Your agency has designated the following people: Ann Marie Scalia, DSS
General Counsel at 917-624-0703; Paul Ligresti, DSS Deputy General Counsel at 347-831-5127 and
Velvaunche Priester, DHS Deputy Commissioner of Shelter Security at 917-594-1260.
5. Ask the officer to wait while you make that phone call.
6. Call your general counsel (or their designee). Tell them what the request is and give them any copies
or photos you have of documents that the officer showed you.
7. If the officer wants to talk to your general counsel (or their designee) directly, you should let them.
8. You should follow the directions you get from your general counsel.
9. If, at any time, you reasonably feel threatened or fear for your safety or the safety of others around you,
you should give the officer the information they have asked for (if available to you) or let them enter the
site.
10. Never engage in a physical or verbal altercation with any law enforcement officer.
11. If you feel you have to comply with the request in the absence of direction from your general counsel or
their designee, try to do the following if you can do so safely: (a) take photos or videos of what happened,
and (b) make a note of: (i) the officer’s name, (ii) the agency the officer is from, (iii) what areas of the
facility the officer accessed or what information was given, (iv) what the officer did in the areas accessed,
(v) the identity, if known, of any people arrested, interrogated, or detained by the officer, and (vi) the
basis for your determination that providing access or information was required or necessary. You should
retain any records you make in connection with the request.
In addition, it is important to understand that taking actions that are intended to conceal, harbor, or shield from
detection a person who is in the United States unlawfully is a federal crime. You cannot take affirmative steps
that are intended to help a person avoid being found by ICE.
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