She drove from her 850 person village to three Cincinnati Public Schools on April 15 2026.
ICE Proxies in Price Hill Schools
Rural police are targeting schools under new federal agreements.
The Incident: An officer in a Gratis vehicle attempted “ICE wellness checks” at Western Hills University High, Rees E. Price, and Roberts Academy.
The Result: Staff blocked entry; no students were reached.
The Threat: These “micro-departments” became federal proxies via 287(g) deals signed by Lamanna in Oct 2025.
Action: Schools are safe zones. Do not admit officials without a judicial warrant.
Gratis Police Department operates from a single building at 100 North East Street in Preble County.
Rural Police: The New Deportation Subcontractors
The Strategy Marked patrol vehicles from departments over 50 miles away are now operating in urban Cincinnati. Under 287(g), these “micro-departments” receive:
ICE salary reimbursements
Performance bonuses tied to detentions
The Impact
Taxpayer-Funded Muscle: Local police are being converted into federal subcontractors.
Economic Fracture: This system pits native-born and migrant labor against one another, protecting the “cheap labor” profits at the top while destroying working-class solidarity.
The Reality This isn’t about safety, it’s an extraction model funded by your taxes.
The Target Zone The Price Hill corridor is now a focal point for surveillance, specifically affecting:
Western Hills University High School
Rees E. Price Academy
Roberts Academy
The Community These schools serve the diverse West Side student body, which includes a high percentage of immigrant families. These neighborhoods are now facing direct pressure from local departments acting as federal proxies.
Chief Lamanna’s History of Falsification
While she currently lacks a criminal record, her professional history is defined by documented “dishonesty” and “falsification,” as upheld by the Ohio court system.
Dishonesty & Falsification: Fired from the Dayton Police Department on October 3, 2017. An internal investigation proved she accessed Chief Richard Biehl’s personnel file following the theft of his service weapon, then lied about it and filed false statements.
Brady List Placement: Due to her history of untruthfulness, she was placed on the “Brady List”—a designation for officers whose testimony is considered unreliable in court due to past misconduct.
Failed Litigation: Lamanna filed multiple suits alleging gender discrimination and “hostile work environment” following her termination; the courts dismissed these claims, affirming the firing was based on her own misconduct.
⚙️ The Deportation Machine: A Systemic Pattern
The promotion of an officer with a documented history of falsification to “Chief” (following her CLEE training in January 2026) is a feature of the system, not a bug.
Weaponized Proxies: Within one month of taking office, Lamanna signed the 287(g) memorandum, turning the Gratis micro-department into a federal subcontractor for ICE.
The “Wellness Check” Loophole: By framing school intrusions as “enrollment verification” rather than “enforcement,” the state tests jurisdictional limits to normalize the presence of police in immigrant spaces.
Economic Extraction: These tactics serve a dual purpose:
Reimbursements: The department receives ICE salary reimbursements and performance bonuses tied to detentions.
Labor Control: Constant surveillance weakens the bargaining power of the migrant workforce, which in turn lowers conditions for all working-class labor while preserving “cheap labor” profits for construction and agribusiness.
This is not community policing.
