Butler Co. Sheriff Reveals Federal Partnership

POSTED: 6:01 pm EST January 9, 2008
UPDATED: 6:58 pm EST January 9, 2008


HAMILTON, Ohio -- Eight Butler County Sheriff’s deputies will return next month from training in Georgia with some new authority.

The deputies will be given limited federal power to combat illegal immigrants after their training exercises with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and Jones told News 5 that six ICE agents have been working from his office for two months.

“We are connected to the federal government; we are a part of them at this point,â€