ICE officers' use of force and training: ICE retiree sees agency he doesn't recognize “There was never this thirst for numbers that I’m seeing now,” Darius Reeves told the News4 I-Team. “Three thousand arrests per day? That’s insanity.”

ICE officers' use of force and training: ICE retiree sees agency he doesn't recognize

“There was never this thirst for numbers that I'm seeing now,” Darius Reeves told the News4 I-Team. “Three thousand arrests per day? That's insanity.”

#FLETC surge

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ICE branded 'dangerous husk' of an agency that will 'get people killed' in damning report A whistleblower who passed comment on the state of Immigration and Customs Enforcement believes the agents are inadequately trained to the point of endangering people. ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank p...

On the ICE training, Marc Brown, a former #FLETC instructor said, "They’re not being adequately trained for what they’re being tasked with. Some of the mistakes you would make in training, now you’re making them in the field."

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The ICE hiring boom : Planet Money Live event info and tickets hereICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost? Also, the Trump administration has plans to pour billions of dolla...

The Trump administration's massive tax and spending law gave $750 million to something called the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. These are the facilities that train recruits for ICE, US Border Patrol, and US Customs and Border Protection. #FLETC surge.

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ICE whistleblower shares insight into training at Georgia facility A former ICE attorney is testifying before Congress about training directives taught at a Georgia facility. What is the Glynco center?

Schwank trained new ICE recruits at #FLETC in Glynco, GA - large enough to have its own zip code. It includes 1,600 acres of "classrooms, dormitories, and administrative and logistical support structures," along with a dining hall that can serve thousands of meals.

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ICE whistleblower testifies about ‘secretive orders,’ curtailed officer training program Ryan Schwank, a whistleblower who recently resigned from ICE, told congressional Democratic oversight leaders Monday that he was given “secretive orders” to teach new officers to violate the Constitut...

“This means that cadets are not taught what it means to be objectively reasonable, the very standard which the law requires them to meet when deciding whether or not to use deadly force.”

Training staff share “widespread concerns”…

#FLETC surge

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Former ICE instructor at #FLETC says agency slashed training for new officers

“ICE is teaching cadets to violate the Constitution and attempting to cloak it in secrecy by demanding I lie about it,” he said.

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Former ICE instructor will testify as whistleblower that agents taught to violate Fourth Amendment WASHINGTON — A former ICE teacher at a Georgia training center will tell a forum called by congressional Democrats on Monday that new agents are trained to run roughshod over

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“ICE is lying to Congress and the American people about the steps it is taking to ensure its 10,000 news officers faithfully uphold the Constitution,” Schwank, who joined ICE as legal counsel in 2021, said in the draft.

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Former ICE instructor will testify as whistleblower that agents taught to violate Fourth Amendment WASHINGTON — A former ICE teacher at a Georgia training center will tell a forum called by congressional Democrats on Monday that new agents are trained to run roughshod over

“ICE is lying to Congress and the American people about the steps it is taking to ensure its 10,000 news officers faithfully uphold the Constitution,” Schwank, who joined ICE as legal counsel in 2021, said in the draft.

#FLETC surge
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ICE whistleblower comes forward to testify before Congress Ryan Schwank, a former ICE academy instructor, is expected to testify that ICE “is lying to Congress and the American people” about its training program.

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ICE whistleblower comes forward to testify before Congress on DHS #FLETC surge

Ryan Schwank, a former ICE academy instructor, is expected to testify that ICE “is lying to Congress and the American people” about its training program.

ICE whistleblower warns new recruits are receiving "defective" training Documents given to Congress appear to show courses involving use-of-force were eliminated from ICE officer training.

A former ICE instructor responsible for educating new ICE officers on proper use of force at #FLETC said the agency's efforts to rapidly scale up its ranks will place recruits on the streets without the training they need to lawfully carry out immigration enforcement.
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#Whistleblower prepared testimony calls the training program “deficient, defective and broken.”

“Deficient training can and will get people killed,” he wrote.

“It can and will lead to unlawful arrests, violations of constitutional rights, and a fundamental loss of public trust…”

#FLETC surge

As ICE scales up hiring, whistleblower documents reveal deep cuts to training program The Trump administration made significant cuts to the training requirements for new immigration officers, according to new whistleblower documents made public Monday.

New whistleblower documents detail substantial cuts by #ICE to the training requirements for new immigration officers.

Cuts incl the elimination of practical exams, use of force & legal training courses, and an overall reduction in training time

#DHS #FLETC surge

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Evidence Shows Feds Lied To Justify Shooting Marimar Martinez, Lawyer Says Body camera footage shows Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum yanking his steering wheel toward Marimar Martinez's car, hitting her, before getting out of his car and shooting her.

Evidence Shows Feds Lied To Justify Shooting of Martinez, Lawyer Says

A former #FLETC instructor testified that vehicle-related use of force training indicates that Homeland Security policy discourages & prohibits firing into moving vehicles, Dr Brown said.

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Former law enforcement trainer sees "unanswered questions" in Alex Pretti's shooting A former federal law enforcement trainer says the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers raises serious concerns about their tactical decision-making and use of f...

Former #FLETC instructor says the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by CBP raises serious concerns about their tactical decision-making and use of force.

— why officers confronted Pretti, who appeared to be filming a deportation operation using only his cellphone.

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I’ve attended training at #FLETC. Nobody washes-out because they’re too stupid.

This administration breeds and breathes ignorance and incompetence.

Open book, for crying out loud. It doesn’t get easier than that.

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Can we stop calling these masked rent-an-iceman “federal agents?” It’s kind of a slap in the face of all the federal law enforcement folks that actually go through #Quantico and #FLETC. #showyourface

What #DOGE will cuts like those mentioned below mean for #coastalgeorgia?

Will #FLETC see major layoffs?

How about the #Brunswick port operations?

How about access to Social Security services?

Medicaid cuts for access to hospital and medical care?

#trumpeconomy
#muskeconomy
#GOPeconomy

UNICA-BPA JV, LLC (B-422580.3) You should care. Category: SAM registration, discussions Date: 8 January 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422580.3 UNICA-BPA JV, an 8(a) small business, protested its elimination from a…

Part 15 #discussions trip up #FLETC as #GAO upholds UNICA-BPA JV’s #protest; an accepted #FPR determines timing of #compliance with #SAM registration requirements, not initial proposals.

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