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Border Patrol applicants flunk lie detector at twice the rate of other agencies
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:01 am
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:01 am
There was an article recently (sorry didnt attach) where border patrol applicants were flunking the test at 65% versus 30+% for SS, DEA, ATF, etc. It has since reduced to 50% (I would assume due to pressure given the aforementioned disparity).
The premise was that the testers were far stricter than with other agencies. A couple of questions I have.
One, arent they using similar agencies/companies to do the testing, why would CBP be an outlier?
Second, wouldnt likely applicants be located close to the border. That would likely mean two things:
First, they have relationships/knowledge/empathy with those across the border.
Second, the cartels are notorious for having their people work for Mexican law enforcement....wouldnt in stand to reason they are very actively flooding the CBP with applicants on their payroll?
The premise was that the testers were far stricter than with other agencies. A couple of questions I have.
One, arent they using similar agencies/companies to do the testing, why would CBP be an outlier?
Second, wouldnt likely applicants be located close to the border. That would likely mean two things:
First, they have relationships/knowledge/empathy with those across the border.
Second, the cartels are notorious for having their people work for Mexican law enforcement....wouldnt in stand to reason they are very actively flooding the CBP with applicants on their payroll?
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:13 am to trinidadtiger
CBP is at all international airports and the northern border, not just Mexico.
I think it has more to do with the folks that they attract. They seem to be having recruiting issues.
I think it has more to do with the folks that they attract. They seem to be having recruiting issues.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:15 am to trinidadtiger
We’ve seen video of a uniformed border agents letting in illegals, through the wall, then being handed a package from an individual on the other side, giving him the thumbs up and then leaving.
Who this person is and when this was taken, I can’t say. But I haven’t seen or heard anything about that video or if the individual has been identified and arrested.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:19 am to NYNolaguy1
Im aware we have CBP at other places than Mexico
We also have them outside the US...
If the hiring is the same why such a difference in test failures. Its not the number of applicants, its the failure of the tests that are hampering the hiring.
We also have them outside the US...
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In fact, CBP has more than 600 officers and agriculture specialists stationed at 15 airports hubs across six countries: Dublin and Shannon in Ireland; Aruba; Bermuda; Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates; Nassau in the Bahamas; and Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg
If the hiring is the same why such a difference in test failures. Its not the number of applicants, its the failure of the tests that are hampering the hiring.
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 8:27 am
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:23 am to SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEastern Kaiju,
That is what I was thinking as well, many hope to get a job with the intention of profiting from it, its not done after the fact.
I saw a DEA agent talking about drugs at the border. He said you dont need to bribe 100 people. Just one guy at the border, he calls with the time he is working that afternoon and the booth, bring your car through here. And once in a while they purposely let him bust a car so he looks honest.
That is what I was thinking as well, many hope to get a job with the intention of profiting from it, its not done after the fact.
I saw a DEA agent talking about drugs at the border. He said you dont need to bribe 100 people. Just one guy at the border, he calls with the time he is working that afternoon and the booth, bring your car through here. And once in a while they purposely let him bust a car so he looks honest.
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