Border security is a multi-faceted undertaking
CIS tour group was shown the wide variety of tools, besides the fence, used by law enforcement to secure our border.
Many law enforcement officers told us that drug cartels and human smugglers that cross our border illegally often have better equipment and technology than they do. "We zig, they zag"...it's an everchanging game of cat and mouse.
February 19, 2012 to February 25, 2012
 "Charlie poles" keep a constant eye on our border with high intensity cameras.
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 Footprints give border patrol agents a great deal of information
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 Border agents use many tools to smooth sand so any activity is recognized and tracked. Our tracks were raked out when we left.
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 A helicopter "dust up" assists border patrol in apprehension of illegal aliens crossing the border
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