Dallas Police Department Chief Daniel Comeaux revealed this week that his agency turned down $25 million in federal funding to assist U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with immigration enforcement in the city.

Comeaux made the comment Tuesday evening during a meeting of the Community Police Oversight Board. It came in response to a question from board member Brandon Friedman, who asked about the extent of DPD's involvement with ICE.

Friedman pointed to multiple instances where DPD officers were reported to have been helping ICE agents make immigration arrests. He also brought up the department's slow response times to lower priority calls, suggesting officers should be helping Dallas citizens instead of ICE.

Comeaux replied that there were instances where people had p

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