{"id":2562674,"date":"2026-02-02T19:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-chief-refuses-to-enforce-gavin-newsoms-crackdown-on-ice-agents-it-doesnt-make-any-sense-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:29:11","slug":"lapd-chief-refuses-to-enforce-gavin-newsoms-crackdown-on-ice-agents-it-doesnt-make-any-sense-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-chief-refuses-to-enforce-gavin-newsoms-crackdown-on-ice-agents-it-doesnt-make-any-sense-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Chief Refuses to Enforce Gavin Newsom&#8217;s Crackdown on ICE Agents: &#8216;It Doesn&#8217;t Make Any Sense&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flapd-chief-refuses-to-enforce-gavin-newsoms-crackdown-on-ice-agents-it-doesnt-make-any-sense-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2562674&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Los Angeles Police Department says it will not enforce California\u2019s No Secret Police Act, a state law that bans federal agents from wearing masks during law enforcement operations. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell argues that enforcing a misdemeanor against another agency would be counterproductive and unsafe, emphasizing the department\u2019s role in de-escalation rather than confrontation at the scene. The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department reportedly shares a similar stance, noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-chief-refuses-to-enforce-gavin-newsoms-crackdown-on-ice-agents-it-doesnt-make-any-sense\/\" title=\"... ... Refuses to ... Gavin Newsom&#039;s Crackdown on ...: &#039;It Doesn&#039;t Make Any Sense&#039;\">federal law governs civil immigration matters<\/a> and that local agencies cannot create federal policy. The law, which took effect on January 1, is intended to curb ICE activities but is facing legal challenges from the federal government. Critics, including a New York Post editorial, claim the measure is perilous and poor policy, while supporters argue it targets radical actions against law enforcement. The piece also references social-media reactions and media coverage that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >illustrate ongoing public debate<\/a> over the policy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The chief of the Los Angeles Police Department said his agency will not enforce a state law backed by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans federal agents from wearing masks during law enforcement operations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reality of one armed agency approaching another armed agency to create conflict over something that would be a misdemeanor at best or an infraction, it doesn&rsquo;t make any sense,&rdquo; Chief Jim McDonnell said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dapper_Det\/status\/2017966997603021155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a good public policy decision and it wasn&rsquo;t well thought out in my opinion,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: LAPD will not enforce California&rsquo;s radical ICE Agent mask ban.<\/p>\n<p>Chief McDonnell said that the federal mask ban, signed into law as the &ldquo;No Secret Police Act&rdquo; is not a good public policy decision, and it wasn&rsquo;t well thought out &mdash; a big &#128405;&#127995;to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?\">@GavinNewsom<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yhETVBFF2f\">pic.twitter.com\/yhETVBFF2f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dapper Detective (@Dapper_Det) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dapper_Det\/status\/2017966997603021155?\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From a practical standpoint, our role when we get to a scene is to de-escalate the situation, not to ramp it up,&rdquo; McDonnell said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/lapd-chief-defies-newsoms-mask-ban-federal-immigration-agents-citing-safety-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trying to enforce a misdemeanor violation on another law enforcement agency, that&rsquo;s not going to end well. And that&rsquo;s not going to be good,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-paris-dennard-on-mlk-day-shocking-to-see-discriminatory-vaccine-mandates-excluding-vast-amounts-of-black-americans-from-being-able-to-work\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Paris Dennard on MLK Day: &#039;Shocking&#039; to See &#039;Discriminatory&#039; Vaccine Mandates &#039;Excluding Vast Amounts of Black Americans from Being Able to Work&#039;\">public safety standpoint<\/a> for anybody in that environment. Potentially you have a crowd that could be agitated and trying to get their point across,&rdquo; McDonnell said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then you have the ICE agents who are doing their job. And for us to come in then and try and create an enforcement action for wearing a mask, it&rsquo;s not a safe way to do business.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/los-angeles-police-will-not-enforce-california-federal-agent-mask-ban\/18512599\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KABC-TV<\/a>, Newsom signed the &ldquo;No Secret Police Act&rdquo; this past September in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/01\/opinion\/mask-comes-off-useless-anti-ice-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> wrote that the California law comes at a time when &ldquo;radical activists have been stalking and targeting ICE agents &mdash; and people they wrongly believe to be ICE agents, like the air marshals that a mob trapped in a restaurant in Lynwood this week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post wrote that the law &ldquo;was always terrible policy, and put law enforcement officers &mdash; local and federal &mdash; in danger.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is just the latest example of bad law, passed for symbolic or ideological reasons, or for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-fed-nominee-lisa-cook-criticized-for-being-unqualified-embellishing-resume\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Fed Nominee Lisa Cook Criticized For Being Unqualified, Embellishing Resume\">short-term political expediency<\/a>,&rdquo; the article added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;California has enough real problems for legislators to deal with, rather than passing pointless and even dangerous laws.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles County Sheriff&rsquo;s Department likewise said it will not enforce the ban, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/01\/29\/lapd-wont-enforce-ban-on-federal-law-enforcement-officers-wearing-masks-chief-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Federal law governs civil immigration matters, and under the U.S. Constitution, federal authority supersedes state and local laws. As a local law enforcement entity, we do not create federal policy, but we are required to operate within the legal framework it establishes,&rdquo; the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Current federal law will not allow us to enforce the proposed ordinance on federal agents, should the courts decide differently we will adjust accordingly,&rdquo; the department said.<\/p>\n<p>The law took effect on Jan. 1, and is currently facing legal challenges as the Trump administration fights it in court.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Police Chief Jim McDonnell argued that sending armed officers from one agency to confront armed federal agents over what would amount to a misdemeanor or infraction makes little sense and is not good public policy. He emphasized that officers should de-escalate at the scene, not escalate it, and that pursuing enforcement actions over mask-wearing would be unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the so-called No Secret Police Act (California\u2019s mask ban on ICE agents) last September in response to ICE activities in the state. The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department also said it will not enforce the ban, noting that federal law governs civil immigration matters and that federal authority supersedes state and local laws. If courts rule differently, they will adjust. The law took effect on January 1 and faces ongoing legal challenges from the federal government. Some conservative outlets, like the New York Post, criticized the law as dangerous and counterproductive.<\/p>\n<p>In short, local police chiefs are choosing not to enforce the state ban on mask-wearing by federal agents, citing safety and policy concerns, while the law itself is contested in court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2562675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-02T190559.906.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[71496,8364,3813,14928,70003],"class_list":["post-2562674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gavinnewsom","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-lapd","tag-law-enforcement-3"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-02T190559.906.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562678,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562674\/revisions\/2562678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2562675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}