rocmoc wrote:
Do notice the use of the word, Might!
http://azstarnet.com/business/local/border-wait-times-could-drop-with-addition-of-agents/article_ebc...
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
They do need a lot more lanes to process everyone. Otay Mesa about 25 miles east of San Diego had only a couple of lanes last time I was there in 2004, and the wait was miles long. They checked each vehicle quickly, but still if there are 300 cars in front of you, it takes a long time. Better to have more lanes, and process 30 or 40 at a time.
From the Arizona Article.
'The two border crossings in Nogales will get 120 officers, while 25 will be assigned to the Douglas port and another 25 to San Luis near Yuma, U.S. Rep. Ron Barber announced.
“Customs and Border Protection officers are essential to the smooth flow of legal goods and commerce across the border,” said Barber, a Tucson Democrat who is on the House Committee on Homeland Security. “I have been working to ensure that as we work on border security, we also ensure that we have economic security — which is possible only if ports are staffed so there are not excessive wait times.”'
So I wonder how many of those 120 will be supervisors? How many will be out there checking cars, VS how many patrolling the border looking for illegal crossing by foot or 4X4? Sure it is great to get more help, but still I think that you will not see that much change on a normal day. Each agent will work about 200 days a year, for 8 hours. There are over 7,000 hours per year, and each one will be on station about 7 hours, (meal breaks, and time for the RR ect) or about 1,400 hours. It takes 5-6 full time officers to make up 1 additional person there 24/7, because of weekends, time off for vacations, training, ect. Out of 120 officers, I can see the need for about 10 supervisors too. Supervisors typically will not be asking the person for a drivers license and did you just buy this car? That is left to the rank and file officers.
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