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Customs and Border Protection Using UAVs on the Border

Four Predator B drones have become fixtures over Arizona since October 2006, and two more will join them soon, Juan Munoz-Torres, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman, said Wednesday.

April 3, 2008

Customs and Border Protection Arrests Murder Suspect in Mexican Border Town

Nogales, Arizona may not be the biggest port of entry into the United States, but when it comes to apprehending murder suspects, it may well be the busiest for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers.

November 2, 2005

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Use TRU4orce DVR

Tru4orce, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trivinci Systems LLC, has been awarded a contract to supply U.S. Customs and Border Protection with marine-grade multi-camera DVR systems to be installed on vessels used in the War on Drugs.

August 30, 2019

TASER International Receives U.S. Customs and Border Protection Contract

TASER International, a market leader in digital evidence solutions and electronic control devices (ECDs), today announced that it received an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract which can potentially extend for a five-year period from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The order received was for TASER X26 ECDs and related accessories.

September 28, 2009

Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Meth Flown Into US on Ultralight Aircraft

Officers with the Tucson Sector of the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency were able to track the flight of an ultralight aircraft crossing the border into Arizona.

May 27, 2019

Officers with the Tucson Sector of the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency were able to track the flight of an ultralight aircraft crossing the border into Arizona.

Customs and Border Protection Meets 18,000 Border Patrol Agent Hiring Commitment

U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) met the goal to hire 6,000 Border Patrol agents across the U.S. by year’s end. CBP reached its target weeks ahead of schedule and now employs more than 18,000 agents.

December 23, 2008

Armor Express Awarded Five-Year ID/IQ Hard Armor Contract from U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Central Lake Armor Express, Inc. (Armor Express), a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-performance body armor solutions, announced that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded the Company a five-year, multimillion dollar Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for its plate armor.

October 17, 2017

AS&E Receives Contract from Customs and Border Protection for Mobile Scanners

The AS&E Medium Energy Mobile Scanner will leverage the Company's detection technology on a new mobile platform and will be used by CBP to perform non-intrusive inspection of incoming conveyances at U.S. ports of entry beginning in 2016.

September 24, 2015

U.S. Customs Set to Classify All Folding Knives as Switchblades

United States Customs and Border Protection plans to classify assisted-opening knives and all one-hand-opening knives as switchblades, which are banned.

June 11, 2009

Gunman Attacks AZ Border Patrol Checkpoint

A man began firing at Border Patrol officers at an immigration checkpoint north of Tombstone, AZ, on Wednesday, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

May 18, 2017

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Alaska Customs Agent's Body Found In Submerged Vehicle

The body of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been found and identified as Charles Collins, who went missing in mid-July amid highway flooding.

August 23, 2010

Border Patrol Officer Killed in Plane Crash

Baray, a nine-year veteral of Customs and Border Protection was training to become a pilot at the time of the crash. The other agent injured was his instructor.

September 27, 2007

Whistleblowers Say Overtime Fraud Rampant in Border Patrol, DHS

The letter details the overtime abuse as an ongoing and pervasive problem at Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection and other agencies in the giant Department of Homeland Security.

November 6, 2013

CBP Officer Dies at Texas Port

A Customs and Border Protection officer died Sunday while on the job at a Texas port.

January 1, 2014

Border Agents Reporting Record Drug Seizures

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reporting record drug seizures for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30. The agency seized 3.3 million pounds of drugs.

July 16, 2009

Border Patrol to Wear Body Cameras

Customs and Border Protection has already outfitted an initial group of agents and officers with the cameras, and expects to deploy 6,000 cameras by year's end, the agency said in a news release.

August 5, 2021

Former Customs Agent Gets 9 Years for Bribery, Smuggling

A federal judge sentenced former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend, his nephew, and two of their associates Thursday for a bribery and illegal alien smuggling scheme spanning two years, the FBI announced.

July 17, 2013

Border Patrol to Deploy Elite Tactical Teams to Sanctuary Cities

President Donald Trump has ordered Customs and Border Protection elite tactical teams to relocate from the southern border to a host of cities across America to assist in the apprehension of illegal immigrants.

February 17, 2020

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