The Longmont Department of Public Safety has received complaints and inquiries about a public Facebook post indicating the Department of Homeland Security—Federal Protective Service (FPS) was in Longmont near 9th Ave and County Line Road 1 and/or Trail Ridge Middle School, stopping cars and asking driver(s) about their immigration status.

These stories and rumors are not accurate and completely unsubstantiated. Longmont Public Safety has talked with Regional Officials from the Federal Protective Service and learned an FPS employee resides in Longmont and drives a marked FPS vehicle. The photo being circulated was taken as the employee traveled to work and appears to have been stopped at an intersection when the photo was taken.

The FPS does not investigate immigration status. The Federal Protective Service protects federal facilities, their occupants, and visitors by providing law enforcement and protective security services.