I would like to go to the 2:00 p.m. meeting. Could I bring my 10 year old or should I find a sitter? Then I would need to know how long it would take. Let me know.

This statement is false…the ADC staff just completed training less than two weeks ago. In addition you mentioned the fact that illegals must be picked up by ICE officials within 72 hours. If you are referring to this statement under the guise of the 287g program you again are wrong. Any illegal and I say illegal with purpose, that commits a crime MUST satisfy their sentence whether it state or local first! Which means if an illegal commits rape and receives 20 years in the Virginia State Prison…guess what? Although a detainer may have been lodged by trained ICE officials that illegal is NOT being deported until he/she satisfies that 20 year sentence. If an illegal commits lets say a felonious assault and receives 12 months then once that inmate satisfies that 10 and 1/2 month time then in 72 hours he/she is sent to a deportation holding that is only if he/she wasn’t given a bond on the actual “detainer” which is plausible. Another very possible scenario is if an illegal commits a felonious assault and is given a bond by the local magistrate and an ICE detainer is lodged, he/she may be given a no bond detainer by ICE, which is plausible as well and lets just say hypothetically this happens around 50 times in a month, guess what? Chief Deane is right on target with jail overcrowding. These folks would have otherwise bonded and now they must remain at the local jail, wait on court and final disposition before answering to the ICE detainer. Now 99 percent of you are saying horray, but this will very likely to substantially overcrowd and already overcrowded jail. Then what? I highly encourage any of you that are going to speak at the BOCS familiarize yourself with the limits and constraints of the 287g program. It is very complex and not as simple as a police officer walking up to a possible illegal and determining that they are here illegal and lodging a detainer for deportation…it does not work that way. Homeland Security oversees illegal immigration and the 287g program, they call the shots! This is where the attention needs to be focused! I am in total agreement with the problems of illegal immigration, but I cannot stress enough that it seems that fingers are being pointed in the wrong direction.

And out of curiosity, how many of you have heard or know anything about a business on Peabody St. (Centro Hispanio) (I think) in the City of Manassas that is helping the illegals immigrants file paperwork to start the process for becoming a permanent resident????????? It would be interesting if this were true…Last Wednesday I drove by and the line to get in was at least 40 deep at 2:00 p.m. and again at 8:30…when I drove back by….

He then points out his officers need clear instruction on ICE warrant hits, when to call ICE about criminal suspects, and continue to make clear (because it obviously hasn’t been done yet) that officers need justification for an immigration inquiry.

Here it is……..without the spin:
Charlie Deane should have addressed all of these measures in the first general order regarding jurisdiction and arrest procedures of undocumented immigrants. When ICE was formed under Homeland Security, local law enforcement agencies were given federal guidelines that didn’t need to be rewritten as local law enforcement officials saw fit. Charlie Deane didn’t want his department to be seen as thugs who have nothing better to do than pick on your tired, poor, and hungry so he came up with this hands off approach of dealing with this issue. And why not, it seemed safe…….no headlines. I worked for him too long not to know how he thinks.

He’s now stalling and about to reverse his position because this topic has surfaced in the forefront of local issues. Does it really take 2 yrs. for your personnel to understand when they can justifiably check the immigration status of a contact? He also points a finger at jail overcrowding. My understanding of immigration detainees is that they are taken into custody by ICE officials within 72 hrs. Thus eliminating local crowding of jails. Charlie Dean’s response to the FOIA request was pure C.Y.A.

As stated before, taking a stance on an issue based on law and order isn’t what our Police Chief is about. This is another example of allowing public opinion and headlines to dictate policy. I hope he is finally being exposed as the ineffective police official he has been for years.

Under former Police Chief George T. Owens, illegal sanctuary wouldn’t be an issue today. It used to be a great police department, and a safe place to live.

CHARLIE DEANE CREATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO HEADLINES AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION.

It is time for him to go. He could care less about arrest numbers, enforcement, or individual safety unless a headline spins off. The reply he had for the Potomac News “Slamming the image of his department” tells you everything you need to know about him. It was a complete overreaction on his part because it’s really the only thing that remains important to him………image.

If the reaction to this General Order becomes headlines………..he will rescind or change it in favor the majority. It’s how he conducts business on a daily basis. Based on working for him for over a decade I can tell you every general order that ever came out of his office had “public perception first” issues written into them.

If you think this general order is screwed up………..you should get a look at the general order addressing departmental standards and conduct. Let me sum it up for you in one sentence. “If the Chief of Police interprets that you have become engaged in conduct that will help satisfy his urge to fire you without cause…….then brother pack your bags regardless of your employment history.”

Do you feel as safe as you did 20 years ago? If not you can point the finger at the man at the top. My advise is to put a FOR SALE sign in your yard and move to a jurisdiction like Stafford. Where the schools are not loaded with gang members, and The Sheriff of Stafford-Charlie Jett appears to at least appreciate the aggressive suppression of crime in his jurisdiction. I can at least find deputies on patrol when I drive through Stafford. Wish I could say the same about PWC police officers, they’re too busy answering calls.

When you control the language, you control the debate. And right now the free borders/amnesty crowd is winning the language battle.