The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday called for the city’s Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission to conduct a “thorough investigation” of St. Paul officers’ use-of-force during Tuesday’s federal immigration enforcement operation in St. Paul.

All seven city council members, Mayor Melvin Carter and Mayor-elect Kaohly Her, and community members have raised concerns about St. Paul officers deploying chemical irritants and projectiles, along with questions about the presence of the city’s officers when ICE agents were in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood Tuesday.

The city council will also be asking the PCIARC to examine the police department’s adherence to the city’s separation ordinance and seeking an audit of the public cost incurred. A resolution is planned for next Wednesday’s

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