Idaho Immigration WatchAction MapIdaho Immigration Watch ↗

← Back to map

County record

Kootenai County 287(g) Status

Participating

Verified participation

Jail Enforcement Model (JEM) & Warrant Service Officer (WSO)

Verified 287(g) participation or qualifying implementation is documented.

Verified agreement models

  • Jail Enforcement Model (JEM) — Authorizes trained local correctional officers to perform specified immigration-enforcement functions for people already in the agency's jail custody.
  • Warrant Service Officer (WSO) — Authorizes trained local officers to serve and execute certain ICE administrative warrants within the agency's jail or correctional facility.

Law-enforcement structure

County sheriff's office

The county sheriff's office is the county-level law-enforcement contact for this directory action.

  • Kootenai County Sheriff's Office

Verified official contacts

Sources

  1. ICE-hosted 287(g) JEM agreement — Kootenai County Sheriff's Office — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — 2025-08-28
  2. ICE-hosted 287(g) WSO agreement — Kootenai County Sheriff's Office — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — 2025-08-28
  3. Risch Introduces Bill to Strengthen Local, Federal Immigration Enforcement Efforts — Office of U.S. Senator Jim Risch — 2025-07-23

Documented 287(g) agreements; implementation not yet confirmed

Published sources document Kootenai County Sheriff's Office with JEM, WSO 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

  • Provisionally listed with Jail Enforcement Model
  • Provisionally listed with Warrant Service Officer
  • Both agreement dates listed as August 28, 2025
  • County record remains separate from Post Falls Police Department

Documented 287(g) JEM agreement; implementation not yet confirmed

Model: JEM

Agreement signed 2025-08-28

Training: Unknown. Implementation: Unknown.

Both model-specific agreements are listed with an agreement date of August 28, 2025.

Kootenai County Sheriff's Office is listed with a Jail Enforcement Model agreement.

Timeline

  1. 2025-08-28 — Two model-specific agreements listed

Documented 287(g) WSO agreement; implementation not yet confirmed

Model: WSO

Agreement signed 2025-08-28

Training: Unknown. Implementation: Unknown.

Both model-specific agreements are listed with an agreement date of August 28, 2025.

Kootenai County Sheriff's Office is listed with a Warrant Service Officer agreement.

Sheriff Bob Norris called 287(g) a structured, transparent framework and urged Congress to preserve the program.

Timeline

  1. 2025-07-23 — Public 287(g) position — kootenai-county-sheriffs-office
  2. 2025-08-28 — Two model-specific agreements listed