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From Fox News: Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will no longer wear body cameras during field operations after a social media post publicized how to identify individual agents.
“All U.S. Border Patrol Agents will cease the use of body-worn cameras (BWC) in all operational environments,” CBP said in a statement to NewsNation, which originally reported the news.
The directive comes after a post on Reddit claimed that the mobile application BLE Radar, which uses Bluetooth to scan for low-energy devices such as phones, smartwatches and speakers, can also track CBP body cameras from a distance of 100 yards and can also trigger improvised explosive devices.
CBP officials quickly informed agents in a memo, “Pending completion of investigation and risk mitigation, all Agents will stand down the use of their BWCs [body worn cameras] until further notice. Additional guidance and information will be disseminated as it is received.”
🛑OFFICER SAFETY ISSUE🛑
This is why the Body Cams have been removed from US Border Patrol agents.Someone created a way to track axon cameras up to 100 meters away. All they need is a cell phone to track it and then they post it on Reddit. https://t.co/FSwUSoGG3A…
— BWD by Old Patrol HQ (@OldPatrolHQ) February 15, 2025
Meanwhile, progressive Democrat Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY), a former illegal alien, wildly claimed, “Ending the use of ICE & CBP agents’ body cameras has a vile motivation: they don’t want the American public to witness the separation of families, kids in cages, or targeting of innocent individuals for deportation.
“This is maddening. I will re-introduce my body camera legislation this week to keep the cameras on while ICE and CBP conduct enforcement,” he fumed.
Ending the use of ICE & CBP agents’ body cameras has a vile motivation: they don’t want the American public to witness the separation of families, kids in cages, or targeting of innocent individuals for deportation.
This is maddening
I will re-introduce my body camera…
— Adriano Espaillat (@RepEspaillat) February 16, 2025
WATCH the news report below for more details:
This comes just as the Border Patrol has warned agents in the Reio Grand Valley Sector of Texas last week in a memo about a potential shooting attack on federal agents from cartel on the Mexican side of the border.
The memo reads: “The Rio Grande Valley Sector Operations Center (RGV OPEN) received information indicating that an organized group operating out of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, is allegedly planning to use a subject who will remain in Mexico to shoot at a U.S. Government, Law enforcement, or Military official on the U.S. side of the border. Additional information suggests that the shooter will attempt to make it appear as though the Government of Mexico were involved.”
NEW: @NewsNation obtained a memo warning agents on the border in the RGV sector in Texas of a potential attack on federal agents from the Mexican side by an organized group , the memo warns
“The Rio Grande Valley Sector Operations Center (RGV OPEN) received information… pic.twitter.com/kUL7hIyNvr
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) February 12, 2025
Sources confirmed to NewsNation that Border Patrol agents will stop using body cameras in the field amid social media posts claiming they can be located from at least 100 yards away, and even trigger improvised explosive device attacks.
MORE: https://t.co/FHmixaCgc0 pic.twitter.com/jpkx9fYmKO
— NewsNation (@NewsNation) February 17, 2025
Border Patrol agents to stop wearing body cameras after social media post reveals ‘security risk’ https://t.co/kglCH2tdoM
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 16, 2025
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