Princeton police are getting work done on their patrol pickup truck, and while that work is in progress, an unfinished decal on the side spells "ICE," as in the end of the word POLICE.

And that has some people in town a little nervous, causing the department to clarify a few things to the public.

It's not ICE, the acronym for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the department said in a Facebook post Wednesday.

"There have apparently been some people who have mistaken our recently repaired patrol vehicle as an Immigration Customs Enforcement Vehicle," the department said in the post.

To clear things up, Princeton Police posted photos of their completed vehicles, as well as real ICE agency vehicles.

"The repaired truck in the photo will be receiving the rest of its decal this Friday," the post said.

Princeton is often referred to as a "sanctuary" community in the ongoing immigration debate.

Officially, though Princeton is a member of the "Welcoming America" movement.

ICE, the federal law enforcement agency, has made several immigration arrests in the town in the past several years, like they often do in other New Jersey communities with known immigration communities.

There have apparently been some people who have mistaken our recently repaired patrol vehicle as an Immigration Customs... Posted by Princeton Police Department on Wednesday, August 8, 2018

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