COBB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PUBUC SAFETY BUILDING. lB5 R05WE'"L STREET' MARIETTA. GA 30090-9650 TELEPHONE 770. 499-4.,00 • F,>..X (770, 499-4797
NEIL WARREN SHERIFI'
LYNDA COKER CHIEF DEPUTY
August 16, 2006
Assistant Secretary Julie Myers US Immigration and Customs Enforcement 425 I Street NW Room 7100 Washington, DC 20536 Dear Assistant Secretary Myers: I am writing to request participation in the Delegation of Authority Program pursuant to 287 (g) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. Given our past relationship with ICE, this partnership will enable us to better serve and meet the needs of the residents of Marietta and Cobb County Georgia. I have discussed the program with a number of representatives of ICE who have been very helpful in answering questions and explaining the application process. With their input, I am proposing the following: Establishment of an Identification Review Officer at our Cobb County Jail, located in Marietta. This is our central processing and pre-trial detention facility. Train (6) Sheriff's Deputies, with a minimum of two years experience, who have passed a security background acceptable to ICE. Training facilities are available at our Regional Training Facility located in Austell, Georgia where instructors will have access to classrooms-tind a variety of computer training aids, videos and any other materials they may need in instructions. This program will allow us to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to participate with ICE in identifying criminal illegal aliens who pose a risk to t;1e citizens of Cobb County. I look forward to your speedy endorsement of this request and moving fOlV.fard with this program for the benefit of all.
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