Arizona Border Patrol
The Border Patrol is a strategic group of specially trained people who prevent terrorists and terrorist’s weapons, including weapons of mass destruction, from entering the United States. The Border Patrol is specifically responsible for patrolling nearly 6,000 miles of Mexican and Canadian international land borders and over 2,000 miles of coastal waters surrounding the Florida Peninsula and the island of Puerto Rico. Agents work around the clock on assignments, in all types of terrain and weather conditions. Agents also work in many isolated communities throughout the United States.
Mission Statement
Their three main core values are vigilance, service to the country, and integrity. This is all explained in their mission statement which is the picture below.
History
In 1904 the government created mounted watchmen of the U.S. Immigration Service to patrol the border because of Chinese immigrants trying to avoid the Chinese exclusion laws. Originally, the main headquarters for the Border Patrol was out of El Paso, Texas. Only 75 people out of that headquarters patrolled as far west as California. Then in March of 1915, Congress authorized a separate group called Mounted Inspectors who rode on horseback around the border. This created a more efficient way of getting around the border, than just on foot patrol. In 1928 they then expanded to 450 officers who were provided with a badge, a revolver and a salary of $1,680 annually. Soon after in December 1934 President FDR opened the first Border Patrol Academy as a training school at Camp Chigas, El Paso. During the training and as time went on the Government established a law in 1952 that first permitted Border Patrol agents to board and search a conveyance f...
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... 40 years old, have a high school diploma, speak some Spanish, obtain an associate degree or more in criminal justice/law, and pass the written, physical, and oral examinations in the academy. Lastly, you can’t have National Security without Border Security.
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In 1884 they had 3 patrolmen besides the marshal and by 1886 as needed they got 3 more policemen. The marshal and on other guy had the day shift while the others had the night shift. In 1890 they decide to pay the policemen $2.00 per night. By the turn of the centry they finally got a patrol wagon and got paid $55.00 a month. As years went by the department grew as the cities grew.
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Officers would patrol the political boundary, known as line watches, between the two nations. These line watches were ineffective because of the size of their jurisdictions and the sheer size of the borderlands between Mexico and the United States. Soon it became clear to Border Patrol officers that most illegal migrant activity developed in the greater borderlands regions than along the boundary between Mexico and the United States. “Instead of enforcing the boundary between the US and Mexico, BP officers patrolled backcountry trails and conducted traffic stops on borderland roadways to capture unsanctioned Mexican immigrants as they travelled from the border to their final
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“Together with other law enforcement officers, the Border Patrol helps maintain borders that work—facilitating the flow of legal immigration and goods while preventing the illegal trafficking of people and contraband” (Overview). Or so their official website states, but evidence would suggest that they are part of a corrupt and violent system; they have dehumanized themselves due to their existence as an extension of government regulations; they have been placed at the border to guard it from the illegals who try to break through to the American side and some abuse that power. The government pays extremely generous sums for their operations, but their effectiveness and moral practices have been questionable. The victims—those apprehended during their journey across the border and the families of those killed by the officers (among many others)—claim that the BP exists outside of the law, but it is also true that not all officers violate human rights, not all go rogue. What determines who becomes the conductor of power is the hiring process as well as the honesty and diligence of the administrative personnel. The qualifications to become a border patrol officer (as listed on the official PB website) are
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Firstly, I will begin by identifying my core values. These values can be put into two separate groups. Firstly, there are instrumental values: courageousness, intellectualism, and helpfulness. When considering the myriad of ideals, many others were eliminated
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