you are preaching to the choir here i live near the san diego tijuana border and have many friends who are BP agents/retired. I know first hand how dangerous it is to be a BP agent. one of my friends had a steel plate put in his head after he was hit in the head with a rock by an illegal. he lost his sense of smell and was very fortunate to have lived. if other agents were not nearby, who knows what would have happened, he could have died or been killed in a remote canyon.
......”he could have died or been killed”....
So too this agent who protected himself and others from being killed.