Saratoga County Sheriff Jeff Brown says he’s “signing on” to a planned lawsuit against The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act. Police departments and sheriff's offices have until Aug. 25 to withdraw from existing 287(g) agreements under the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act. Saratoga County does not have a 287(g) agreement with ICE, but 12 law enforcement agencies – including the Rensselaer and Otsego county sheriff's offices – do. The Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office’s 287(g) agreement allows deputies to identify immigrants in the Rensselaer County Jail and initiate immigration proceedings against them on behalf of ICE. Other 287(g) agreements allow officers to make immigration-related arrests and/or serve and execute immigration warrants on those in their custody.