This is an intense firearms training program designed to prepare agents to act decisively within a split-second to make sound and legal decisions when to use or not use deadly force. Students are assessed on their performance and critical thinking skills while under stressful situations.
The U.S. Border Patrol Academy’s Driver Training Department (DTD) curriculum is designed to prepare students with the driving ability, tactical skills, and occupational knowledge required to work as a law enforcement professional. The 86 hours of instruction is 20% classroom time and 80% practical exercises. Core subjects include searching conveyances, safe driving principles, operation of patrol vehicles, four-wheel drive operations, and emergency driving techniques.
Students must pass three practical examinations as a condition of employment. Then, students advance to vehicle stops, pursuit driving, controlled tire deflation devices, and offensive driving techniques. Driver’s training culminates with post offensive driving techniques vehicle stop scenarios, as students must use a principle-based approach to resolve unconventional situations in real-time. The final eight hours, conducted during night hours, consists of four-wheel drive, vehicle pursuits, offensive driving techniques maneuvers, and low and high-risk vehicle stops.
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Tactics training consists of 107 hours of curriculum that bridges lessons from both firearms and physical techniques. Tactics lessons focus on the application (skills and knowledge) of
- law enforcement communications,
- critical thinking,
- risk management,
- sign cutting,
- interdictions,
- tactical awareness,
- active threat,
- tactical low light,
- basic ATV familiarization.
The Tactics Training Department now reinforces the elements of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) learned during IFAK training with PTD. This training provides trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to critical incidents properly and safely in hot zones (care under fire), warm zones (tactical field care), and cold zones (tactical evacuation). Tactics training also includes several integrated scenario-based training events that combine the learning objectives from all disciplines taught during Border Patrol Basic Training.
Spanish Language Training enables trainees to communicate effectively with those people they will encounter in the field who speak only Spanish. This is a critical element of the job because over 90% of the more than one million undocumented non-citizens apprehended each year speaks only Spanish.
The Spanish taught at the Border Patrol Academy is very specialized. Our staff provides 182 hours of program instruction.
Students must be able to understand and employ law enforcement-specific language unique to the Border Patrol Agent's work environment as well as be able to solicit information and use colloquial phrases and idiomatic expressions.
Additional content includes concurrent basic Spanish grammar to aid in language retention. Instructors use a wide variety of the most modern methods available in second language acquisition methodology to provide students with an exciting, creative, and challenging course that will enable them to remain safe and effective in the field.
The job has changed under Biden and this is one of the areas he has failed the most. The mission has completely changed. Look at the charts on the encounters, detained, You will se a very steep upslope under Biden. Absolutely he has to take a large portion of the blame for this.
The Biden administration has transformed and imperiled the mission of the Border Patrol through migration policies that have led to a crisis at the southern border, current and former agents say.
Border Patrol agents broke protocol to claim in interviews with the Washington Examiner that their jobs have been remade since President Joe Biden took office a year ago. They say that they have been redirected from fulfilling a law enforcement and national security role to working as though they were in an Ellis Island-style welcome center.
“While the Border Patrol has changed dramatically since its inception in 1924, its primary mission remains unchanged: to detect and prevent the illegal entry of individuals into the United States,” its parent agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, part of the Department of Homeland Security, states on its website.
The job has changed
Agents say their new responsibilities have little to do with the mission they signed up to perform. Instead, they're now focused on documenting and processing people who illegally cross the border, transporting them from the border to stations, and then releasing them by the hundreds of thousands.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/can-the-border-patrol-survive-joe-biden
It is NOT a case of 'not solving all of the country's problems in the first year'. It is a matter of solving the important ones or at least addressing them. Certainly, it should NOT be the case of turning one of the bigger issues into an abject failure.
It is a complete cop-out to deflect by saying no president has solved all of the problems in the country. And to say it like he just has not got around to this particular problem yet? Nonsense, he has got around to this problem -- HE made it WORSE.
Instead, he and the rest of the Left are very anxious to 'fix' Ukraine's border.
GREAT 1st yr for the Biden presidency!
• immediately hit the ground running with "Operation Ludicrous Speed".... got the vaccines [specifically engineered only to combat the then dominant Wuhan-Strain of covid] mass produced, distributed and injected at incredible speed, saving hundreds of thousands of American lives!
• over 55+ Executive orders just in his first few weeks, to help heal America and reverse harmful policies of the prior disasterous republican regime
• passing and immediately enacting the *ABSOLUTELY VITAL* American Rescue Plan, to save families, businesses, and the economy from near collapse
• restoring American respect and prominence on the world stage nearly eviscerated by trump-regime, including the World Climate accords
• confronting both China and Russia, unlike the previous guy who embraced them, including pledging much greater aid to Ukraine in its standoff with a very aggressive Russia - and he didn't insist on any "quid-pro-quo" to dig up dirt on his political opponents
• only president to get us out of a devastating and costly "nation-building war" in Afghanistan, first started by the 
republicans 20 years ago.
• passing and enacting arguably the most profound inrastructure bill in several decades: the *VITAL* American Infrastructure Plan! MAJOR, needed legislation supported in a *bipartisan* vote
• massive and immediate aid to tornado-victim communites in 5 states (most of them red states) - and he didn't hurl paper-towels at anyone, not even the victims!
• U.S. economy grew 5.7% in 2021 under Biden, fastest full-year clip since 1984, despite ongoing pandemic exacerbated by trump
• nominal wages and salaries were up 4.5%, the fastest increase since 1983! These increases bring nominal wages and salaries to 1.2% above their pre-pandemic trend under trump
.....and a new record for jobs added in 1st year!!!
best first year in american history by far
Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964: GREAT 1st yr for the Biden presidency! • immediately hit the ground running with "Operation Ludicrous Speed".... got the vaccines [specifically engineered only to combat the then dominant Wuhan-Strain of covid] mass produced, distributed and injected at incredible speed, saving hundreds of thousands of American lives! • over 55+ Executive orders just in his first few weeks, to help heal America and reverse harmful policies of the prior disasterous republican regime • passing and immediately enacting the *ABSOLUTELY VITAL* American Rescue Plan, to save families, businesses, and the economy from near collapse • restoring American respect and prominence on the world stage nearly eviscerated by trump-regime, including the World Climate accords • confronting both China and Russia, unlike the previous guy who embraced them, including pledging much greater aid to Ukraine in its standoff with a very aggressive Russia - and he didn't insist on any "quid-pro-quo" to dig up dirt on his political opponents • only president to get us out of a devastating and costly "nation-building war" in Afghanistan, first started by the republicans 20 years ago. • passing and enacting arguably the most profound inrastructure bill in several decades: the *VITAL* American Infrastructure Plan! MAJOR, needed legislation supported in a *bipartisan* vote • massive and immediate aid to tornado-victim communites in 5 states (most of them red states) - and he didn't hurl paper-towels at anyone, not even the victims! • U.S. economy grew 5.7% in 2021 under Biden, fastest full-year clip since 1984, despite ongoing pandemic exacerbated by trump • nominal wages and salaries were up 4.5%, the fastest increase since 1983! These increases bring nominal wages and salaries to 1.2% above their pre-pandemic trend under trump .....and a new record for jobs added in 1st year!!! best first year in american history by far While it remains to be seen how his full term goes, it's obvious no other president has achieved as much in their first year as Biden has
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Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964: GREAT 1st yr for the Biden presidency! • immediately hit the ground running with "Operation Ludicrous Speed".... got the vaccines [specifically engineered only to combat the then dominant Wuhan-Strain of covid] mass produced, distributed and injected at incredible speed, saving hundreds of thousands of American lives! • over 55+ Executive orders just in his first few weeks, to help heal America and reverse harmful policies of the prior disasterous republican regime • passing and immediately enacting the *ABSOLUTELY VITAL* American Rescue Plan, to save families, businesses, and the economy from near collapse • restoring American respect and prominence on the world stage nearly eviscerated by trump-regime, including the World Climate accords • confronting both China and Russia, unlike the previous guy who embraced them, including pledging much greater aid to Ukraine in its standoff with a very aggressive Russia - and he didn't insist on any "quid-pro-quo" to dig up dirt on his political opponents • only president to get us out of a devastating and costly "nation-building war" in Afghanistan, first started by the republicans 20 years ago. • passing and enacting arguably the most profound inrastructure bill in several decades: the *VITAL* American Infrastructure Plan! MAJOR, needed legislation supported in a *bipartisan* vote • massive and immediate aid to tornado-victim communites in 5 states (most of them red states) - and he didn't hurl paper-towels at anyone, not even the victims! • U.S. economy grew 5.7% in 2021 under Biden, fastest full-year clip since 1984, despite ongoing pandemic exacerbated by trump • nominal wages and salaries were up 4.5%, the fastest increase since 1983! These increases bring nominal wages and salaries to 1.2% above their pre-pandemic trend under trump .....and a new record for jobs added in 1st year!!! best first year in american history by far While it remains to be seen how his full term goes, it's obvious no other president has achieved as much in their first year as Biden has
Quote Originally Posted by baish2012: Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964: GREAT 1st yr for the Biden presidency! • immediately hit the ground running with "Operation Ludicrous Speed".... got the vaccines [specifically engineered only to combat the then dominant Wuhan-Strain of covid] mass produced, distributed and injected at incredible speed, saving hundreds of thousands of American lives! • over 55+ Executive orders just in his first few weeks, to help heal America and reverse harmful policies of the prior disasterous republican regime • passing and immediately enacting the *ABSOLUTELY VITAL* American Rescue Plan, to save families, businesses, and the economy from near collapse • restoring American respect and prominence on the world stage nearly eviscerated by trump-regime, including the World Climate accords • confronting both China and Russia, unlike the previous guy who embraced them, including pledging much greater aid to Ukraine in its standoff with a very aggressive Russia - and he didn't insist on any "quid-pro-quo" to dig up dirt on his political opponents • only president to get us out of a devastating and costly "nation-building war" in Afghanistan, first started by the republicans 20 years ago. • passing and enacting arguably the most profound inrastructure bill in several decades: the *VITAL* American Infrastructure Plan! MAJOR, needed legislation supported in a *bipartisan* vote • massive and immediate aid to tornado-victim communites in 5 states (most of them red states) - and he didn't hurl paper-towels at anyone, not even the victims! • U.S. economy grew 5.7% in 2021 under Biden, fastest full-year clip since 1984, despite ongoing pandemic exacerbated by trump • nominal wages and salaries were up 4.5%, the fastest increase since 1983! These increases bring nominal wages and salaries to 1.2% above their pre-pandemic trend under trump .....and a new record for jobs added in 1st year!!!
best first year in american history by far
Yep, he has achieved an unprecedented level
Nevada had all these rules that required county low transmission rates for two weeks before dropping indoor mask mandates. Suddenly right before the Superbowl they are dropped, not by doctors or scientists, by a Governor.
Transmission rates high in all counties. With hoards of gamblers decending on Las Vegas and Reno from all over the country you would think masks needed more than ever. Unless of course they really don't work.
It's been a complete farce out here, glad it's over!
56% of Americans can't think of one thing Biden has done right. Meanwhile, blue states are now quietly following the lead of the Govs. like Desantis & doing away with their mask mandates. Biden & pSaki are still bumbling around yelling "follow the science! CDC! Fraudci!"
I can think of one.
HIS SUCCESSFUL " BUILD CRACK BETTER"
Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964: GREAT 1st yr for the Biden presidency! • immediately hit the ground running with "Operation Ludicrous Speed".... got the vaccines [specifically engineered only to combat the then dominant Wuhan-Strain of covid] mass produced, distributed and injected at incredible speed, saving hundreds of thousands of American lives! • over 55+ Executive orders just in his first few weeks, to help heal America and reverse harmful policies of the prior disasterous republican regime • passing and immediately enacting the *ABSOLUTELY VITAL* American Rescue Plan, to save families, businesses, and the economy from near collapse • restoring American respect and prominence on the world stage nearly eviscerated by trump-regime, including the World Climate accords • confronting both China and Russia, unlike the previous guy who embraced them, including pledging much greater aid to Ukraine in its standoff with a very aggressive Russia - and he didn't insist on any "quid-pro-quo" to dig up dirt on his political opponents • only president to get us out of a devastating and costly "nation-building war" in Afghanistan, first started by the republicans 20 years ago. • passing and enacting arguably the most profound inrastructure bill in several decades: the *VITAL* American Infrastructure Plan! MAJOR, needed legislation supported in a *bipartisan* vote • massive and immediate aid to tornado-victim communites in 5 states (most of them red states) - and he didn't hurl paper-towels at anyone, not even the victims! • U.S. economy grew 5.7% in 2021 under Biden, fastest full-year clip since 1984, despite ongoing pandemic exacerbated by trump • nominal wages and salaries were up 4.5%, the fastest increase since 1983! These increases bring nominal wages and salaries to 1.2% above their pre-pandemic trend under trump .....and a new record for jobs added in 1st year!!! best first year in american history by far While it remains to be seen how his full term goes, it's obvious no other president has achieved as much in their first year as Biden has
56% of Americans can't think of one thing Biden has done right. Meanwhile, blue states are now quietly following the lead of the Govs. like Desantis & doing away with their mask mandates. Biden & pSaki are still bumbling around yelling "follow the science! CDC! Fraudci!"
Since your post the numbers have moved to 63% and growing.
Some quotes I saw:
Remember when president Trump lost both Kabul and Kiev in under 6 months?
The Delaware Dummy has a nearly 50 year career of being the most outrageous foreign policy nitwit in the history of the republic. This is simply another example of the gross ineptitude his speech writers will attempt to spin into a plus for his State of the Union address, an event that may be postponed when POTATUS calls a lid for his afternoon nap...
Are there any real journalists who will ask Traitor Joe why it's OK for foreign invaders to cross our southern border but not Ukraine's border?
Russia is attacking Ukraine, China will attack Taiwan, and the Moron in Chief is attacking Americans.
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