Tuesday evening was cool with a low of 6C but the day time
temperatures are slowly rising with Wednesdays high getting to 17. We also saw
the sun for the first time in awhile. (Nice!)
We were up early to catch a ride with Tanya and Don to go to
Brownsville (just under an hour drive) to take a tour of the Border Patrol Facility.
This was a very interesting tour. We joined about 50 other people in a class
room and met several Patrol Officers. They also had the Supervisor from the Brownsville
Border Bridge come in and speak on their responsibilities. They were a great bunch, very personal, down to earth and even threw in some humour.
These organisations do not have to follow the 4th
Amendment, which is part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable
search and seizures without any warrant. They also have to carry two other
weapons other than their guns which include a taser and a baton (the kind that lengthens
with a flick of the wrist). Their finger print data base is connected to all
other Policing data bases including INTERPOL.
Their training is for 6 months and if not fluent in speaking
Spanish they take another 2 months to learn it.
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| Detention Area |
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| Lock boxes for their guns to go into before entering the detention area. |
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| Camera Room - they also do thermal and night vision. |
When we arrived back at the Resort, Don who has a remote
control truck and is part of a RC group noticed
they were starting to install the track. The Resort put in $1000.00, provided
the area and will be running some water over to the site to help maintain it.
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| It seemed like there were more Chiefs than Indians. |
All for now...
