For more information on policing in Massachusetts, see entry on Boston Police.
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Until recently, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) held a 287g contract with the Bristol County Sheriffs Office (ended May 2021). Through the 287(g) program, state and county agencies are deputized to perform the roles of ICE agents as well as share information on arrested and detained individuals with ICE to assist ICE in tracking, detaining, and deporting these individuals. As reported by GBH: "287g agreements allow officers to interview already-detained people in county jails about their immigration status, check the Department of Homeland Security’s databases for information on those individuals, issue detainers to hold individuals set to be released so that ICE can then detain them, and share any information with ICE. They can also recommend and begin the process of deporting individuals."