Providence police violated city ordinance by assisting ICE operation, investigators find

Police in Rhode Island’s largest city are in hot water with municipal investigators over their alleged presence and behavior at an immigration enforcement operation.Providence’s External Review Authority, or PERA, found Friday that police in the Ocean State’s capital acted in violation of a city ordinance against cooperating with ICE while present at a July operation involving federal agents.PERA found police "impermissibly assisted" ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations," according to WLNE, which obtained a copy of the report.PERA’s report claimed police wrongfully