The Border Patrol has stated they cannot afford body cameras, yet they can spend $600,000 each to build $80,000 houses in Ajo, more than $100,000 per foot to repair the fence in Nogales, more than a million for a canopy over I-19, a billion dollars for a virtual fence that was a failure from day one, and an extremely conservative estimate of more than $250 million per year for agents to do absolutely nothing at next to useless checkpoints miles from the border. Yet, all Sens. McCain, Flake, and the rest of Congress can do is throw more and more unrestrained money at them.
Sadly, over the past 15-20 years the BP has become grossly mismanaged, inefficient, and out of control. I say that as an old white guy’s personal experiences and observations. I can’t imagine what occurs with people who are less white than I. The BP won’t wear cameras because they can’t afford them, they won’t wear cameras because they won›t be able to lie and deny. They will have to be accountable for their actions.
—Dave Rollins
This article appears in Dec 24-30, 2015.
This reeks of the “white guilt/privilege” narrative.
Wanting to hold law enforcement officers of any kind to high standards of ethical conduct is motivated by rational self interest, Mr. Old Pueblo.
I’m curious what motivates your comments. Did you lose your job to an undocumented worker?
“Yet, all Sens. McCain, Flake, and the rest of Congress can do is throw more and more unrestrained money at them.”
Border security funding is simply the easiest way for these greedy pandering “leaders” to appear to their fearful constituents like they are actually doing something about the problems that plague our border. It is, by all accounts, just another instance of American security theater.