Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced last week the deployment
of the Remote Video Surveillance System in the Detroit Border Patrol
Section. This new system is part of CBP’s Secure Border Initiative’s
Northern Border project; the goal of the greater initiative is to use
technology to secure the northern border against any illegal activity.
“The Northern Border Project technology deployment provides immediate
capability to help Border Patrol agents expand their ability to detect,
identify, classify, respond to and resolve illegal cross border
activity,” said Mark Borkowski, Executive Director of the Secure Border
Initiative. “At the same time, this deployment will provide lessons
learned that will enable CBP to design better-tailored, longer-term
technology options for the northern border.”
Each of these new security systems includes two day cameras and two
night cameras, enabling 24/7 monitoring. Ten systems have been deployed
in the Detroit region; an eleventh will be officially completed by the
end of this year.
