Border Patrol
The Border Patrol topic provides current news and information about ongoing border protection issues and challenges.
Although they’re great roadblocks against improper use of LE information, sometimes that constant stream of little hiccups can complicate an already complicated job
OTM is a delightful little acronym for illegal immigrants who are ‘Other Than Mexican’ — SIA stands for ‘Special Interest Aliens’ from terrorist nations like Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, and Yemen
While the sheriff never changed, the landscape around him slowly did
The longtime sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has been charged with criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring a judge’s order in a racial-profiling case
No officers were injured
The report does not identify any of the immigrants by name, but the audit found they were all from “special interest countries” — those that present a national security concern for the U.S.
Manuel Alvarez was involved in a motorcycle crash Thursday
The sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has raised close to $10 million in his bid for a seventh term, a stunning collection of campaign riches for a local police race
The findings were released Thursday by the agency’s National Use of Force Review Board
Lawsuit says the government should have known the methods used in “Fast and Furious” would have created a risk to LEOs
Michael Steven Sandford was charged with an act of violence on restricted grounds and was assigned a court-appointed attorney
Told an inmate to dress as a fellow deputy and help him transport U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees
Mark Morgan, who briefly led the internal affairs department at the Border Patrol’s parent agency, will oversee the agency
In training, ambushes are detected early by the flankers when utilizing the “Y” formation
Officer Brian Beliso was part of a wide-scale operation targeting undocumented criminal fugitives
The man assaulted the agent after illegally crossing the frontier near Yuma, Arizona
The man raised his knife and moved toward the inspector, who was backing away when the shots rang
The numbers come amid intense scrutiny from critics who say agents have been too quick to draw guns and other weapons
Evidence and witness statements showed the agent was ‘justified by the laws of self-defense’
An officer went fishing on his day off and ended up discovering a massive amount of drugs
A new sheriff is coming to clean up the nation’s largest law enforcement agency
The bill would block certain federal grants to cities that don’t honor federal immigration requests
Gun belonged to a federal agent — the latest twist in a case that has become a flashpoint in the country’s debate over immigration
Sheriff said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency should have issued an arrest warrant earlier for shooter
Suspect has seven felony convictions and has been deported five times to his native Mexico, most recently in 2009
Out of five shots believed to have been fired at the helicopter, two are confirmed to have hit their target
20-year-old Canadian man crossed the U.S.-Canada border illegally in March and sprayed the agent with bear spray
Customs officials at Kennedy International Airport say they discovered shrink-wrapped cylinders in the underwear of a Colombian man
Family’s attorney believes gas inside the vehicle was ignited by the ECD, causing the deadly explosion
When approached by officers, the man sprayed an “incapacitating” spray and was fatally shot
Man was shot in the head Thursday after an officer reported shots had been fired and asked for backup
