(The Hill) – Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed on Sunday that the agency is conducting an internal review of the actions taken by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer involved in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good and said he was placed on a three-day administrative leave after the incident, as protocol dictates.
“We are following the exact same investigative and review process that we always have under ICE and under the Department of Homeland Security and within the administration,” Noem said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”
“The exact same policy that the Biden administration used, the exact same review, so we haven’t changed any of that,” she continued.
Noem pushed back on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) statement that “The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.”
“I would not listen to Governor Walz,” Noem said in response. “He has a very bad track record.”
“Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan read from part of the agency’s handbook. She asked whether the Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting its own probe to determine whether the ICE agent violated protocol and was on three days of administrative leave, as is stated in the handbook.
“The protocol and the advice and the guidance within that handbook and within our policies is being followed exactly like it has been for years,” Noem said.
Brennan confirmed once again: “Okay, so there is some review of his actions, is what I understand you saying there.”
“Margaret, there always is,” Noem said. “Every law enforcement officer knows that when they take the oath to step up and to protect the public and put their lives on the line, they absolutely know that everything that they do will be analyzed and investigated.”