LA Times: Border Patrol Must Continue Accountability, Use of Force Improvements
The government has forced some improvements in both transparency and accountability, as well as reductions in the use of force.
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Los Angeles Times: Border Patrol Needs to Move More Quickly with Body Cameras
The nation’s largest law enforcement agency, the U.S. Border Patrol, is moving so slowly to adopt this new technology that it appears not to be moving at all.
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Another Failure of Drug War is Lack of Accountability
Each year, the United States spends more than $51 billion on the war on drugs — a war we’re clearly losing.
Dallas Morning News: Time to Hold Border Patrol More Accountable
By Editorial Board The Dallas Morning News Thousands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers face a difficult mission as they work daily to halt illegal immigration and drug smuggling on America’s southern frontier. But there’s no excuse for the dozens of suspicious shootings and other abuses in recent years by minimally accountable border officers….
Border Patrol Slammed in Report for Corruption, Coverups, Excessive Force
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is so entrenched in corruption and coverups that it would take nearly 350 criminal investigators to adequately investigate the wrongdoings, according to a sharply critical report by the Homeland Security Department. The Los Angeles Times reports Border Patrol agents are vulnerable to “systematic corruption” by drug cartels and…
Washington Post: Reforms Could Usher in Accountability for Border Patrol
By Washington Post Editorial Board Few federal government agencies have grown as quickly as U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which includes the 21,000 agents, double the number in 2004, who patrol the nation’s frontiers with Mexico and Canada. That growth has been accompanied by an alarming number of incidents involving the use of lethal force,…
CBP, Border Patrol Fail to Deliver on Promise to Be Transparent About Shootings
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Customs and Border Protection pledged to become more transparent and accountable when it comes to agents using deadly force, but the USA Today reports that the agency is struggling to meet that promise. At least 46 people – 16 of whom were Americans – have been killed by Border Patrol agents and…
Arizona Republic Editorial: Don’t think Border Patrol Impacts You? Arizona Republic Spells Out Reasons To Care
By Editorial Board The Arizona Republic You might shrug off concerns about how the Border Patrol operates. After all, it’s just the border. Migrants. Smugglers. Lawbreakers. It’s not about you and me. Well, yes it is. We hold police to high standards to protect everyone’s civil rights. Exempting the nation’s largest police force…
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