Policy Section

Declan L.

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Policy section, border patrol, staffing, training, surveillance technology, infrastructure, interagency collaboration, community engagement, corruption, drug

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To overcome the relentless challenges of drug smuggling in the Laredo Sector, a holistic and multifaceted approach should be deployed. The accordant policy recommendations that follow represent a solution to established threats and opportunities.

Increasing Border Patrol Staffing and Training
Enhances Surveillance Technology and Infrastructure
Foster Interagency Collaboration and Community Engagement
Implement Robust Anti-Corruption Measures
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[...] However, the most crucial suggestion is to invest in technological surveillance and rehabilitation of the infrastructure. Technological innovations, better monitoring systems, and the needed support strategy of recruiting and training more staff would form the solid ground upon which the community would be protected and guarded (Canning, 2021). With an effective close watch and observation system, as well as a speedy response and transportation system, law enforcement agencies may be able to detect and dismantle drug smuggling schemes on time. [...]

[...] Partnership with the community will allow security forces to acquire useful intelligence and support, consequently ensuring the interruption of drug smuggling operations. Besides that, it serves as a means to increase the community's strength by countering the influence of crime and criminal organizations and, at the same time, stimulate public engagement and transparency. Implement Robust Anti-Corruption Measures Border security in the Laredo sector necessitates teamwork and cooperation among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as community involvement. [...]

[...] Inter-agency collaboration and intelligence sharing is the way forward in law enforcement. Through cooperation and the sharing of resources and capabilities, agencies will come up with a more comprehensive and effective way of fighting drug trafficking. Furthermore, such policy interventions should include initiatives targeted at residents to endow them with agency and develop trust and partnership between law enforcement and border communities. This can be made possible through managing neighborhood watch programs, citizen patrols, and regular community outreach campaigns (Reyes & Olvera, 2021). [...]

[...] V. (2021). US Power over Canadian and Mexican Policies in International and Domestic Security (2001-2019). Canning, B. M. (2021). The Mérida Initiative and the Violence of Transnational Criminal Organizations in Mexico. [...]

[...] Increasing the size of the hiring pool while enhancing the overall training will augment the vulnerability level of the operations at the border and the safety of the agents. Enhance Surveillance Technology and Infrastructure Technological limitations and the use of outdated infrastructure have been extensively cited as major obstacles that affect the execution of border security operations in the Laredo sector (Reyes & Olvera, 2021). To strive to eliminate this problem, it is suggested that a significant amount of spending should be added to the enhancement of surveillance technology and infrastructure within the boundary. [...]

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