Overview
- Chief Jim McDonnell said confronting ICE over a misdemeanor would escalate risk and called the law poorly conceived.
- The “No Secret Police Act” requires visible identification and bars most on-duty face coverings, with exceptions for undercover work, medical needs and protective gear.
- The law took effect Jan. 1 but is under a legal stay as the Justice Department challenges California’s authority to regulate federal officers.
- DHS has refused to comply, citing rising threats to agents and doxxing concerns, according to Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department also said it will not enforce the ban, as recent protests in Los Angeles included clashes outside the Metropolitan Detention Center.