Exclusive: ICE officers can only conduct vehicle stops if they complete certain training, new guidance shows

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will only be allowed to conduct vehicle stops if they have completed related training courses and must ensure that vehicles used for stops are equipped with lights and sirens, according to new internal guidance reviewed by CNN.

The guidance comes on the heels of multiple controversial vehicle stops that have resulted in fatal, and non-fatal, shootings and against the backdrop of internal tension within the Trump administration over how to proceed with the stops, which the administration considers a key tool as it ramps up immigration arrests.

According to the guidance, only Enforcement and Removal Operations officers, who have “successfully completed” one of six agency training courses, can conduct “traditional vehicle stops, and call-back vehicle stops commonly known as high-risk or felony vehicle stops.”

Those who have not completed one of those courses can only participate in a support capacity.

The guidance states that all officers on scene “must have an agency-issued and activated body worn camera.” It also states that “under no circumstances” are officers authorized to engage in vehicle pursuits in instances where people fail to pull over, but instead to take down information for further investigation.

CNN reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for comment.

Earlier this summer, Trump was furious over a pause on most vehicle stops conducted by ICE following fatal shootings in Texas and Maine. The decision to pause those stops, which Trump ultimately overturned, immediately received pushback from his political base, who believed it was a sign of the administration going soft on its immigration crackdown.

The new guidance doesn’t prohibit vehicle stops but lays out who is allowed to participate — and in what capacity — and how to perform them.

The guidance, for example, also weighs in on vehicle stops that involve the pinning of a vehicle and use of tire deflation devices.

Officers are permitted to pin a vehicle “for the safety of the suspected vehicle and its occupants, the ICE officers engaged in vehicle stops, and other motorists on the roadway.”

It describes pinning as using a vehicle or physical barrier to trap or stop a car.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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据 CNN 查阅的最新内部指南显示，移民和海关执法局官员只有在完成相关培训课程后才能进行车辆拦截，并且必须确保用于拦截的车辆配备警示灯和警报器。

此前发生了多起备受争议的车辆拦截事件，导致致命和非致命枪击事件。与此同时，特朗普政府内部也因如何进行拦截而产生紧张关系，而政府认为拦截是其加大移民逮捕力度的关键工具。

根据该指南，只有“成功完成”六门机构培训课程之一的执法和清除行动人员才能进行“传统的车辆拦截和回访车辆拦截（通常称为高风险或重罪车辆拦截）”。

未完成上述课程者只能以辅助人员身份参与。

该指南规定，现场所有警员“必须佩戴并启用由警局配发的执法记录仪”。指南还规定，“在任何情况下”，警员都无权在车辆拒不停车的情况下进行追逐，而只能记录信息以供进一步调查。

CNN已联系国土安全部和移民及海关执法局征求意见。

今年夏天早些时候，在德克萨斯州和缅因州发生致命枪击事件后，美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）暂停了大部分车辆拦截行动，这激怒了特朗普。这项暂停行动的决定（尽管特朗普最终推翻了该决定）立即遭到其政治支持者的强烈反对，他们认为这是政府在打击移民问题上态度软化的迹象。

新的指导方针并没有禁止车辆拦截，而是规定了哪些人可以参与——以及以何种身份参与——以及如何执行。

例如，该指南还对涉及车辆被固定和使用轮胎放气装置的车辆拦截方式提出了要求。

执法人员有权“为了嫌疑车辆及其乘员、参与车辆拦截的移民执法人员以及道路上其他驾驶员的安全”而拦截车辆。

它将“阻挡”定义为使用车辆或物理障碍物来困住或阻止汽车。

这是一则突发新闻，我们将持续更新。