"I like the way you think".
Posted on 12/28/2018 10:27:50 PM PST by BeauBo
The Border Patrol on Wednesday (19 Dec) unveiled a new mobile video surveillance system along the U.S.-Mexico border in California that can look into the mountains with infrared scopes in the day and at night. “It’s game-changer for them,” ...“One agent who goes on patrol can multiply his vision many many miles.” The camera systems are carried on Ford F-150 pickup trucks outfitted with surveillance towers. Five of the vehicles will be used by border agents along San Diego’s southern border beginning Friday (21 Dec).
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Sic ‘em!
Sad but true.
The 18’ bollards aren’t too impressive, but they are actually starting to build double barriers now? With at least one at 30’? (though the 30’ pics I saw yesterday were counting the 6’ underground, making for only 24’ in height.)
And a roadway in between? That would be starting to get serious—though of course on only about 1% of the border.
Better at least to bulk up on what they can while also trying to get the asylum ruling overturned.
I don’t know if I’d be very happy driving on a road between two barriers like that, especially if their design lets gun barrels be poked through. Too much like a trap for the BP agents.
And that inside barrier is going to stop them from getting an open hit? Or would you just have them not drive along the border at all?
I’d definitely want the border patrolled. Not sure what you mean by your first sentence.
I mean, if they are going to get shot at directly like that, I don’t see how the second barrier is going to increase the risk. Best escape still would be an acceleration in the direction they were already headed.
They could of course have bullet-proof vehicles, but double-wall barriers are pretty popular border designs for a reason.
(Alternatively, I wouldn’t mind filling the “moat” bottom with concertina wire and having them drive within the second barrier—but they would presumably need to have access to that moat space.
“If they had a tool to STOP illegal crossings rather than just watching them.”
They do, it’s called an M-60. They just won’t use it.
I see what you mean, but it’s still my opinion that being confined between the barriers would not be the best option.
As for what to put between the barriers, how about some buried fougasse-type devices to spray intruders with something like skunk scent ,possibly mixed with dye? They could be deactivated if the patrollers had to enter the space between the barriers (though you might want to send the new guy in first, in case they were still active).
Bingo.
Right—and as I said and the link I posted has, they could drive inside the second one.
If it were me and I’d come all that way, a little skunk spray wouldn’t deter me. I guess I’m a little more ruthless in this situation than you are.
This, of course, would be huge:
Adults crossing the border illegaly with children must be arrested for child abuse
Claymores and land mines would work better.
You are correct.
After a few deaths, the crossings would stop
"I like the way you think".
I remember reading articles about border entry and exit points. They have cameras that scan license plates for stolen vehicles. Due to lack of staffing, the positive hits were being ignored by staff. Drones, sensors and cameras are worthless.
Beat me to it.
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