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The Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) is one of two police tactical units in the Special Operations Group, under the United States Border Patrol (USBP) that specialize in counterterrorism, high-risk tactical law enforcement situations, hostage rescue, operating in difficult to access terrain, reconnaissance, and tactical special operations. [1]
BORSTAR canine team conducting rappeling training. In 2007, the U.S. Border Patrol created the special operations group (SOG) headquartered in El Paso, Texas, to coordinate the special operations units of the agency. [40] The U.S. Border Patrol has a number of other specialized programs and details.
In 2007, the U.S. Border Patrol joined two units, the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) and the Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit (BORSTAR), to form the U.S. Border Patrol's Special Operations Group (SOG), [23] headquartered in El Paso, Texas. BORTAC and BORSTAR direct their nationally dispersed assets from the SOG, providing the ...
BORSTAR is composed of volunteer agents from the U.S. Border Patrol. After serving two years, agents may apply to attend the five-week training course. All BORSTAR agents attend an additional 6 weeks of training to become certified as basic emergency medical technicians, followed by a 10-day basic tactical medicine course.
It was a US Border Patrol’s tactical unit (BORTAC) that finally made the capture shortly after 8am. Dozens of agents in the special operations unit celebrated the major development with a ...
Border Patrol agents have been given unprecedented police powers, with greater discretion in searches, arrests and the use of force than other agencies. Op-Ed: The Border Patrol's brute power in ...
U.S. Border Patrol. Special Operations Group. Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) Sector BORTAC; Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) Federal Protective Service (FPS) – Rapid Protection Force (RPF) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) – Special Response Teams (SRT)
The CBP Border Patrol Academy is a training academy for future agents of the United States Border Patrol. It is located in Artesia, New Mexico. [1] [2] Located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center FLETC Artesia formerly site of the College of Artesia. FLETC Artesia officially opened on October 1, 1989.