Justice
Police Policy for Sale
Lexipol, a private for-profit company, has quietly become one of the most powerful voices in American law enforcement policy.
This story was co-published with The Appeal.
Gabriel Gomez Maciel was driving to church in Spokane, Washington, in 2014, when a minivan T-boned his pickup truck. The minivan driver apologized to Gomez, called police, and told the responding officer that he was at fault. But when the officer arrived, she detained Gomez while she contacted U.S. Border Patrol to ask about his immigration status.