Austin police don't know when ICE is coming. The chief says that could be dangerous.

Police in some Texas cities get a heads up before ICE raids and arrests. Austin is not one of them.

In an interview with The Texas Newsroom, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said they are not warned ahead of time when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to conduct sweeps in city limits. Davis said this lack of communication causes confusion and threatens to create dangerous misunderstandings between local and federal law enforcement agencies.

People who witness ICE arrests have even reported them as assaults or kidnappings, she added, prompting local police to investigate what happened. Davis said APD often only finds out about raids at all because of the public attention they draw.

The Travis County Sheriff's Office said it also doesn't hear about impending immigration rai