PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence External Review Authority (PERA) has determined that a Providence Police Department response to an area where ICE agents were conducting enforcement action on July 13 on Alverson Avenue violated city ordinance and Providence police policy, according to a report from PERA.

The report’s introductory letter, signed by Executive Director Ferene Karoly, reads in part:

We have determined that the police department was in violation of both city ordinance and police department policy when they impermissibly assisted ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations.

The organization reviewed police bodycam video, police reports, and interviewed witnesses in the incident, according to the statement.

The PERA report alleges that Providence

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