CBP Use of Force Case Summaries
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In the early evening of June 17, 2021, U. S. Border Patrol (USBP) tower cameras observed a vehicle picking up two subjects on the side of the road just north of the international border near Lukeville, Arizona. The…
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On his way home from work on May 5, 2020, an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent was alerted by local police that they had been searching for an armed suspect in his neighborhood earlier that day. Later that evening the…
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On April 15, 2019, at approximately 4:30 a.m., an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer (CBPO) was at a 7-11 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when two armed, masked subjects entered the store. The first…
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On the afternoon of Nov. 29, 2018, the Campo Border Patrol Station received a call from a concerned citizen regarding two vehicles that had broken through a gate and illegally crossed the border in Campo, California.…
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On the morning of Sept. 8, 2018, two U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered two suspected undocumented non-citizens near Arivaca, Arizona. The agents attempted to arrest the subjects and a physical struggle ensued.
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On Aug. 23, 2018, at approximately 5:15 a.m., an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer (CBPO) interrupted a vehicle burglary in progress in the driveway of the officer’s residence.
The two subjects…
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On Aug. 16, 2018, at approximately 5:25 a.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent stopped to render assistance to three San Diego Sheriff's Department (SDSD) Deputies, who were struggling to control and arrest a male subject on…
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In the early morning hours of February 12, 2018, a Supervisory CBP Officer (SCBPO) was awoken in her home by the sound of an intruder. The intruder gained entry into the SCBPO’s residence by breaking the glass in a…
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On the morning of Nov. 29, 2017, two Border Patrol Agents from the Three Points Border Patrol Station encountered a group of people suspected of crossing the border illegally on the Tohono O’Odham Nation Reservation in…
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On Sept.7, 2017, a U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agent from the Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station attempted to stop a vehicle suspected of smuggling narcotics near Garceno, Texas. The driver failed to yield, and…
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