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My name is John Lowry.

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I'm a special agent with OPR.
My name is Robert Lowry.

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I'm a special agent with the Office
of Professional Responsibility OPR.

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So some of my favorite parts of the job
one with my brother is awesome.

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Our office is about three doors
down from each other,

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so we get to spend a lot of time together.

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We get to PT together.

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We're both fire arm instructors.

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We both get to work
training in that regard.

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So that's been a lot of fun.

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For me,
it's working for CBP has been really neat

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because I have experienced meeting people
from all different backgrounds

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and have had a lot
of different experiences

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starting out in Border Patrol
and going to polygraph

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and then coming over to investigations.

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I've met and done and seen

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a lot of things that I don't think
I would have ever gotten to do,

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if I was part of another agency
or another organization.

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We're tasked with enforcing
law and arresting criminals.

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Unfortunately, some of those individuals

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can make it into the greater CBP
and DHS organization, and our job

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is tasked to to stop those bad activities
by the bad actors.

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CBP is such a large organization.

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We do have internal complaints,
we do have internal issues,

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and there needs to be an opportunity
for those complaints

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or those issues to be investigated.

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And so there needs to be kind
of an impartial group that can look into

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either help clear somebody who
maybe has an allegation against them, but

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also look into a legitimate allegation,
whether it's administrative or criminal.

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There's still a job to do,
and without that, I, like John mentioned,

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I think we would have bad actors
continuing to run around.

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So why not have an organization like OPR
that can be there to,

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like I said, investigate
corruption allegations, but also

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potentially find out
if the allegation is is not accurate

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and be able to clear somebody
who might be suspected of doing something.

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Anybody that's that's looking to apply,
apply.

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CBP has no shortage of opportunities.

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I love CBP.

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I love the men and women we work with,

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whether they're in uniform or out,
and specifically with OPR.

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Again, it's a it's an organization that is
meant to maintain the integrity of CBP,

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and it's a necessary function,
and I'm glad to be part of it.