Posted on 03/12/2020 12:11:56 PM PDT by BeauBo
Relocatable mobile surveillance towers that can be mounted on the backs of pickups are the latest high-tech innovation that Border Patrol agents are looking to help them patrol the Southwest border, agency officials said.
Border Patrol touted these compact towers as the singular piece of equipment they (most) want to deploy on the border...
“Reliable imaging can be relocated very rapidly and useful in rural terrain.”...
Bobby Brown, senior director for customs border direction for Elbit Systems of America... says the mobile towers can be up and running in four minutes and have multiple cameras and radar that can “see” up to 7.5 miles.
Shorter-range cameras also can be mounted on the unit, which comes with a night-imaging camera and a day camera “with a laser designator and top ground-based radar that can see out to 20 clicks,” Brown said.
The cameras also operate off renewable energy via battery packs charged by solar energy.
“ Border Patrol is (also) looking... into the relocatable, which is a (unmanned) tower mounted on a trailer that can... be set up in under an hour... and provide the assets of a permanent tower but it’s relocatable,” Brown said.
This can be useful in rugged and rural terrain and atop cliffs...
At least one relocatable mobile tower is currently being used in Roma (Texas).
Brown said CBP has purchased four units from his company and at the end of this month will deploy the units throughout the country, although the exact location is uncertain...
“operating off the grid on renewable energy,” (CBP Deputy Commissioner) Perez said...
his agency wants “to deploy 150 to 200 of these types of systems in these remote areas to improve our operational control.” He said under the Fiscal 2021 budget, his agency has slated $28 million for tower devices.
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Mobile Surveillance Towers:
Varieties of unattended sensors:
Big plus, they can see into Mexico just as far and can detect potential violations as they begin to approach.
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And how effective were the cameras in Epstein’s cell? HELLO, anyone home?
Some of the airborne sensors can see really deep into Mexico, for super early warning in remote rural areas.
Wait, so that wifi called “Mobile Surveillance Tower #14” isn’t a joke?
Liberals WILL shut down electronic surveillance. Bet on it.
The Squad will immediately introduce bills to ban these claiming they are either racist, Islamaphobic, or both.
They can't. Such systems are within the authority of the DHS.
Um.... Have you noticed other ABC agencies acting outside of the law? Just asking....
I doubt such legislation would make it through the House, much less the Senate. Reason: Border Patrol has been using such tech for sometime and the lawsuits get shut down by the USSC.
Granted, but it gives them another opportunity for free publicity. Even bad publicity is better than no publicity and the Squad is all about publicity.
Of course I have noticed. However, the USSC has supported the Executive Branch in many immigration cases. Think travel bans. Think asylum seekers being kept in Mexico. Think the Wall being built. Think using DOD funds for the Wall.
Unless veto proof legislation passes, Pres. Trump will continue to protect our borders through any legal means. He's doing an excellent job in keeping this promise.
They already have mobile towers mounted on trailers for agents, they also have camera and radar towers as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (predator & reaper drones) in the Tucson sector. Doesn’t do any good when there are no agents available to apprehend the border violators. This deployed high tech electronic fence doesn’t stop anyone from violating the border. Watch for a reduction in manpower as the new electronic border defenses are deployed.
Agreed. However, a wall never disappears. ES can augment.
If you go East out of El Paso on I-10 and just before the Hudspeth county line there’s a locked gate and a paved road. Most days you can see a BP truck with one of these pointed straight at downtown Proxedis Guerrero just across the river.
This has been done for a long long time.
The New Wall is freeing up agents for apprehension at the same time it is massively reducing crossings in areas that it exists.
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