Employment of Personnel at the Tucson Border Patrol Station

The Tucson Border Patrol Station runs its daily operations on the U.S. and Mexico border over a span of 20 miles between Nogales, Arizona and Sells, Arizona. Tucson Station Border Patrol Agents BPAs drive to the border to perform their duties each day and night in different forms of personnel employment once arriving at the border. There are small teams at the Tucson Station that have been successful at performing the duties of the Border Patrol. Examples of small teams are the Tucson Station Horse Patrol Unit HPU, all-terrain vehicle ATV unit, disrupt unit, and a Tucson Station mountain team. Drug Trafficking Organizations DTOs, and Alien Smuggling Organizations ASOs have made the border more complex providing guides with deterrence equipment, like carpet booties and camouflage gear. Combatting the DTOASO complexity, while working within both a rural environment and an urban one with the heightened scrutiny of small teams is an effective method of personnel employment in the Tucson Stations area of responsibility AOR.