The PEACE Arch....
Blaine had some excitement a few days ago. Two guys wanted for murder trying to go North to Canada via I-5 which starts or ends(depending on your perspective) at the Blaine, WA Peace Arch port of entry. The ATCET team set up for a hard stop and did a hell of a good job. Some shots were fired by some of the good guys when the bad guys rammed the vehicle providing cover. One of the bad guys was wounded, but lived. They were stopped just this side of the border.
Folks that is what we do, we catch bad guys. If you take all the other federal agencies and combine the number of wanted criminals they apprehend, it doesn't even come close to the numbers we apprehend. This is why we need to stop hiring old people, now I like old folks and am getting there myself, but what we do is for the young. USCBP deserves 6c law enforcement retirement, it would benefit everyone. You would have a younger workforce willing to work a career rather than looking for a covered position as soon as they make probation. So we wouldn't have the turn over we have now. When you hire someone in their sixties, how many years will they give you. The approximate $100K spent on their background investigation, basic and post academy training would be amortized over a career instead of a few years. Not only that, without the continual turn over, you would have employees that know the job better and can provide better service to the country.
The Blaine incident is just one example of the dangers we face on the border daily. If you think
that it is about a paycheck every two weeks, you are wrong. It is about serving your country and through that sacrifice, being able to support your family modestly, but with the honor and dignity that is brings.
This is why you see me bemoan the bureaucrats and those bureaucrats they create and promote, because they wouldn't know cutting edge training or enforcement if it bit them in the ass. The have to advance the "burros", because we make them look bad as we push the envelope to a more secure nation. Recent local promotions are a good example of the "burro"mentality. You know, "if we promote them we won't have to work harder and there won't be any problems". The old adage fits, big seizures-big problems, little seizures-little problems, and of course NO SEIZURES-NO PROBLEMS!
BT
Folks that is what we do, we catch bad guys. If you take all the other federal agencies and combine the number of wanted criminals they apprehend, it doesn't even come close to the numbers we apprehend. This is why we need to stop hiring old people, now I like old folks and am getting there myself, but what we do is for the young. USCBP deserves 6c law enforcement retirement, it would benefit everyone. You would have a younger workforce willing to work a career rather than looking for a covered position as soon as they make probation. So we wouldn't have the turn over we have now. When you hire someone in their sixties, how many years will they give you. The approximate $100K spent on their background investigation, basic and post academy training would be amortized over a career instead of a few years. Not only that, without the continual turn over, you would have employees that know the job better and can provide better service to the country.
The Blaine incident is just one example of the dangers we face on the border daily. If you think
that it is about a paycheck every two weeks, you are wrong. It is about serving your country and through that sacrifice, being able to support your family modestly, but with the honor and dignity that is brings.
This is why you see me bemoan the bureaucrats and those bureaucrats they create and promote, because they wouldn't know cutting edge training or enforcement if it bit them in the ass. The have to advance the "burros", because we make them look bad as we push the envelope to a more secure nation. Recent local promotions are a good example of the "burro"mentality. You know, "if we promote them we won't have to work harder and there won't be any problems". The old adage fits, big seizures-big problems, little seizures-little problems, and of course NO SEIZURES-NO PROBLEMS!
BT
posted by Border Train at 9:39 PM
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