Patrol

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment held from October 1972 and continued to 1973. The experiment was designed to test if an increase of police presence and police marked vehicles would reduce the likelihood of crimes being committed. The main point of the experiment was used to see if the community would notice changes in increased amount of police presences and if criminals would change their behaviors to reduce crime. After the conclusion of the experiment, surveys and data was…

and willing to risk their lives to provide a better life for their families. This is a story of the Mexican coyote network that preys on these desperate men with promises of an easy route to the U.S. It is also the story of the United States Border Patrol agents who…

There are people who I look up to for a better life. One of the people that I get inspired is my father. As a child, I would see him struggle for us to have a better life than what he had. My dad has been through a lot over the past 48 years of his life. Trying to be independent with no male role model in his life is hard since he didn’t have anyone to look up to. My father was born in a small town in Michoacán, Mexico called Capacho. He has one older sister and three younger brothers. He…

In early June 2010, a Border Patrol for the United States by the name of. Jesus Mesa Jr, while standing on US soil, fatally shot a 15 year old minor that was on Mexican soil. The Hernandez v. Mesa case was argued during October in 2016 at the Supreme Court on the argument if Mexican Nations had a right to legally charge a United States officer under the pretenses of the Rights contained in the U.S. Constitution. The 15 year old’s name was Sergio Hernandez, and he was hanging around with his…

making him look well built. His dark black sombrero, which he has never taken off. The most memorable feature of his is the deep, still red colored scar across his face from his right eye to his mouth. He keeps saying that it came from the border patrol. Which I doubt but who was I to question him? He slows down and runs at my pace, “Estas segura? Podemos regresar a tu pueblo.” I frown at how he’s not taking me seriously. “Estoy segura. Quiero ir con ustedes.” Why would I return back to Oaxaca…

While assigned as a Uniform Patrol Officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) I was faced with multitudes of incidents, both man-made and natural. I’ve worked evacuation and traffic control during a maritime barge incident on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The barge broke loose from its moorings and struck another object, causing a chemical known as benzene to leak. Also, I was assigned security during Hurricane Georges to aid in the influx of evacuees at a…

In the town of Tress Camarones the daily life of Nayeli and her friends is a simple life but it lacks adventure and the girl’s spend most of their free time dreaming of how beautiful things are in the United States. They absorb different cultures throw a computer that was given to them by a friend name Matt who was station there because he was a missioner. All the girls and Tacho have their own unique personalities and ideas of what life must be like in the United States. During one day when the…

I had many things in front of me which his life lessons prepared for me. After I crossed over from the Cub Scouts to the Boy Scouts in 2009, I had a lot to learn. One of my early positions of leadership that I was elected to was Senior Patrol Leader. A Senior Patrol Leader is a scout who leads the troop. This position was made to get scouts to understand the importance of leadership. The one thing that I learned while I was in…

Alicia Alarcón’s The Border Patrol Ate My Dust collectively organizes stories and experiences of immigrants from Mexico illegally entering the United States. Each story vividly describes the challenges and risks associated with attempting to cross the border. While each story is unique in relation to the distances traveled and various life backgrounds, a recurring topic in each anecdote is seen through each narrator’s paid help for a successful border crossing. The most common term used to…

With home invasions and burglaries becoming more and more prevalent, many homeowners are concerned about the security of their home and the safety of their family. Homeowners are now considering the option of installing home security systems to protect their family and their home. Home security systems are becoming more common and monitoring companies are becoming very popular as a way to increase the effectiveness of a home security system. Floodlights and alarms are good; however, a company…