Read our Privacy noticeImmigration and Customs Enforcement is using numerous incentives to try to draw in recruits with law enforcement experience but that could leave local police departments hurting for staff. The federal agency's ideal candidates are current law enforcement officers and it’s been pushing hard to convince them to cover their faces and carry out Trump's will. Its recruitment push leaves ICE in a perilous place when it comes to its relation with local law enforcement, which it relies on for its operations. “We’re not trying to pillage a bunch of officers from other agencies,” Tim Oberle, an ICE spokesman, told the LA Times. According to the LA Times, the LAPD has only graduated, on average, 31 students in its past 10 academy classes.