OSSIPEE — Town meeting voters recommended ending the Ossipee Police Department’s cooperation agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but Police Chief Donald Babbin said he has no plans to withdraw and credits the program with helping remove a dangerous criminal from the community.
Petitioned Article 26, calling for an end to the Police Department's 287(g) contract, passed 75-56.
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