Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com CBP is grounding its remaining fleet of nine drones after one of them crashed off the Southern California coast because of mechanical problems, Reuters reports. Monday’s crash was the second involving the agency’s drones since it began using them in 2006. “While on patrol off the Southern California coast, the unmanned aircraft,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A whopping 95% of employees at the Department of Homeland Security’s offices in Northern Virginia are accused of hiking their pay by 25% through overtime abuse, the Washington Post reports, citing a report from the Office of Special Counsel. Special Counsel Carolyn N. Lerner said allegations found that CBP employees “improperly claim”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are increasingly using drones to spy domestically, the Washington Post reports, citing newly released documents. The agencies are borrowing drones from Border Patrol in what could become more commonplace in the future, the Post wrote. CBP has the largest domestic drone fleet and flew…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An inebriated U.S. Border Patrol agent is accused of breaking into the home of an elderly woman in New Mexico before being Tasered by police, the Silver City Sun-News reports. Authorities said Agent Nicholas Barton, 34, threw a pricey turquoise rock through the glass sliding door early Saturday morning in an attempt…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Alabama man who assaulted Border Patrol agents in Texas and then caused a crash that killed two people and severely injured another, will spend 20 years in prison, Al.com reports. David Steiner, 39, charged at three Border Patrol agents with a stolen car while trying to flee from a traffic stop…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Customers and Border Protection has been helping illegal immigrants find their missing children across the country at taxpayers’ expense, the Washington Times reports. A federal judge in Texas said the agency has sent agents on numerous flights to find the children, which enables the illegal activity. In the latest case, the…
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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents rarely face repercussions for using deadly force, even when the shootings are questionable, the Arizona Republic reports. At least 42 people, including 13 Americans, have been killed by on-duty Border Patrol agents and CBP officers since 2005. The deaths range from justifiable to highly questionable, the Republic wrote. Although…
