Verified 287(g) participation or qualifying implementation is documented.
Verified agreement models
Task Force Model (TFM) — Authorizes trained local officers to perform specified immigration-enforcement functions during their regular law-enforcement duties, under ICE supervision.
Law-enforcement structure
Municipal police department
The official Idaho State Police directory lists a municipal police department for this city.
Published sources document Post Falls Police Department with TFM 287(g) participation. Signed agreements remain useful for exact clause review, but are not treated as a prerequisite to publish the basic participation record.
Key facts
Formal agreement officially announced July 10, 2026
First Idaho municipal police department publicly identified as participating
Provisionally listed as Task Force Model
Agreement date provisionally listed as June 25, 2026
ICE accompanied selected officers during August 24-28, 2026 patrol operations for 287(g) onboarding and training
Department reported 15 immigration-violation arrests as of September 10, 2026: 13 during the joint operations and two during normal duties
Formal 287(g) partnership confirmed; Task Force Model corroborated
Model: TFM
Agreement signed 2026-06-25
Training: Unknown. Implementation: Operational.
Post Falls Police Department entered a formal 287(g) agreement with ICE.
The agreement is listed as a Task Force Model agreement dated June 25, 2026.
Post Falls Police Chief Mark Brantl supported the department’s formal participation as an additional public-safety tool.
Post Falls Police reported that ICE agents accompanied selected Post Falls officers during patrol operations from August 24 through August 28, 2026 as part of 287(g) onboarding and training.
Post Falls Police reported 13 immigration-violation arrests during the August 24-28 joint operations and two additional immigration-related arrests during normal duties the following week, for 15 total since joining the 287(g) program.
Mayor Randy Westlund publicly described Post Falls as fully operational under its 287(g) partnership with ICE, and the reported statement said the initial joint operation included checking some job sites and referenced the department’s reported total of 15 immigration-violation arrests.
The City of Post Falls confirms formal 287(g) participation, and credible local reporting identifies routine-duty immigration enforcement consistent with the Task Force Model. The department has publicly reported its own arrest totals under the program. The signed agreement has not yet been added to IIW’s document archive, so exact terms, training completion, officer count, and costs are not presented.
The reported June 25, 2026 agreement date has not yet been checked against a signature page.
Timeline
2026-06-25 — Agreement date listed in compiled 287(g) data
2026-07-10 — Post Falls announces formal 287(g) agreement
2026-07-10 — Public 287(g) position — post-falls-police-department
2026-09-10 — Post Falls Police report 287(g) joint operations and 15 arrests
2026-09-12 — Mayor describes Post Falls as fully operational under 287(g)
Mark Brantl — 2026-07-10
Post Falls Police Chief Mark Brantl supported the department’s formal participation as an additional public-safety tool.
Randy Westlund — 2026-09-12
Mayor Randy Westlund described Post Falls as fully operational under its 287(g) partnership with ICE and said the initial joint operation included checking some job sites, referencing the department’s reported total of 15 immigration-violation arrests. Reported by KHQ; no municipal transcript is archived.
