Friday, August 17, 2007
Police chief takes hands-off stance on immigration

By Mark Melady TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
mmelady@telegram.com
http://www.telegram.com/article/2007081 ... 70737/1116

WORCESTER— Police Chief Gary J. Gemme said last night that city police officers should not enforce immigration laws because doing so would threaten a basic civil right to privacy and wreck community policing.

“This is not a country where we ask to see papers,â€