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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 9h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

This is important

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

We can assure you people are very much smashing windows and ICE does not need to fake it.

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 10h

A few takeaways:

— Every police agency was wary re: TRUST Act, and sought out ILAG assurance
— NIPAS is effectively a partner in the Unified Command, and is aware of the tension that could cause with members
— NIPAS could be held in reserve for when things are esp. hot, or as a shift change relief.

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 10h

Acouiple things to note:
— Per @capitolfax.bsky.social, Broadview's mayor first requested NIPAS help on Sept. 12: capitolfax.com/2025/09/23/b...
— ISP/CCSP were absolutely "in the vicinity of ICE Officers", there are many pics/vids showing this! Here are three by Ashlee Rezin in CST coverage alone:

ISP and Border Patrol agents standing side-by-side in Broadview on Oct. 3. Taken by Ashlee Rezin for the Chicago Sun-Times.

An ISP officer and federal agents push protesters back side-by-side in Broadview on Oct. 3. Taken by Ashlee Rezin for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Federal agents arrest protesters directly behind a line of ISP officers in Broadview on Oct. 3. Taken by Ashlee Rezin for the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 10h

First is a letter from NIPAS Pres. Patrick Kreis (also Chief of Vernon Hills PD) to member chiefs. He calls TRUST Act compliance (i.e. no assistance to fed immigration actions) a "pertinent issue" in responding to the "unprecedented public safety challenge" (the protests). (Repeated for alt text)

A letter dated October 3, 2025, with the letterhead of the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System, or NIPAS for short. Included along the left side is a shield emblem for the NIPAS Emergency Services Team, which to my knowledge has not actually deployed to Broadview, as well as the current NIPAS leadership and command staff. The letter is written by Patrick Kreis, the current NIPAS president and Chief of the Vernon Hills Police Department. The letter reads:

Dear NIPAS Chiefs,

Over recent weeks, I have been in consultation with the Broadview Police Department as they struggle with an unprecedented public safety challenge in their community. The NIPAS Board has also discussed this issue at length. Until this morning there had not been any formal request for a NIPAS Mobile Field Force deployment to Broadview, although a MFF Team Commander previously responded to consult on at least one occasion. A pertinent issue on Broadview PD's response to the public safety challenge (and by extension NIPAS') is compliance with the Illinois Trust Act, which was adopted to ensure that local police departments take no steps to assist in Federal Immigration enforcement.

This morning, in anticipation of further protests in the vicinity of the ICE Detention Facility in Broadview, the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff's Police deployed personnel to assist the Broadview Police Department. The ISP/CCSP deployment only happened after those agencies received guidance from the Illinois Attorney General's Office that certain assistance to Broadview PD to assist in crowd control measures would not be in violation of the Illinois Trust Act.

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Protest activity escalated early and quickly this morning and NIPAS Vice President Matt Buckley and MFF Team Commander Dave Clark responded to the Broadview Unified Command Post. They kept me appraised of the developments and communicated closely with Broadview PD, ISP and CCSP. NIPAS leadership also engaged in direct conversation with the Illinois Attorney General's office regarding concerns on limits of assistance due to the Illinois Trust Act. NIPAS was requested (by Broadview) to stage MFF in order to assist ISP and CCSP MFF Officers should those officers become overwhelmed or in need of back-up. I authorized the staging of NIPAS MFF as a result of the formal request.

On scene NIPAS leaders continued their communication with local officials and assessed that the ISP and CCSP were deployed to protect Broadview residents, businesses and to keep 25th Avenue open to the public. ISP and CCSP were not in the vicinity of ICE Officers or ICE property and were not engaged in activities to assist ICE operations. However, protesters in the area did see ISP and CCSP MFF personnel as an attractive target and some unlawfully engaged those personnel, leading to crimes directed against the police. Several arrests were made by ISP and CCSP as a result.

Continued conversations with the Attorney General's office resulted in a written notice by that Office to NIPAS (that NIPAS MFF assistance in the same role as ISP and CCSP would not violate the Illinois Trust Act. Once written notice was received, deployment of NIPAS MFF personnel was authorized and some members took positions to relieve ISP and CCSP personnel that were fatigued after hours of deployment.

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 10h

🧵Just got some records back today on the NIPAS deployment to Broadview last Friday, including two interesting letters dated that very same day which shed some light on the decision-making behind the "Unified Command" deployment vis-à-vis the IL TRUST Act. See below ⬇️

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7d

Cops with NIPAS—Northern IL Police Alarm System—just arrived to switch out with state troopers.

This is our first time seeing them out here; they're cop "mutual aid," assorted officers from other suburban departments called up specifically to assist Broadview PD.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 9h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 9h

As evening fell on the site of an ICE abduction at Lincoln and Foster, a lone protester held a vigil.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

A tow truck is bringing an ICE/CBP vehicle back to the facility—and its back window has been completely smashed out.

Front driver's side window is cracked, too.