CIVLIB.SantaFeResolution

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### 1st Rough Draft Version of the Resolution, derived from the Resolution unanimously passed by the City of Northampton, MA. on May 2,2002. Whereas, the City of Santa Fe has a long and distinguished history of protecting and expanding civil rights and civil liberties, often being a beacon for our country's citizens when liberties are threatened; and Whereas, several acts and orders recently enacted at the Federal level, including sections of the USA PATRIOT Act and several Executive Orders, now threaten the fundamental rights and liberties of our citizens: Therefore, we the City Council of Santa Fe, New Mexico, acting in the spirit and history of our community, do hereby request that: 1. Local law enforcement continue to preserve residents’ freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and privacy; rights to counsel and due process in judicial proceedings; and protection from unreasonable searches and seizures even if requested or authorized to infringe upon these rights by Federal law enforcement acting under new powers granted by the USA PATRIOT Act or orders of the Executive Branch; 2. Federal and State law enforcement officials acting within the City work in accordance with the policies of the Santa Fe Police Department, and in cooperation with the Department, by not engaging in or permitting detentions without charges or racial profiling in law enforcement; 3. All Federal and State police and investigative authorities working within Santa Fe, including but not limited to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and New Mexico State Police, report to the City Council regularly and publicly the extent to and manner in which they have acted under the USA PATRIOT Act, new Executive Orders, or COINTELPRO-type regulations, including disclosing the names of any detainees held in northern New Mexico or any Santa Fe residents detained elsewhere; 4. Our United States Congressman and Senators monitor the implementation of the Act and Orders cited herein and actively work for the repeal of the parts of that Act and those Orders that violate fundamental rights and liberties as stated in the Constitutions of the State and the United States.