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More Cameras & Police to Monitor US-Canada Border!
Posted by FoM on July 09, 1999 at 09:05:25 PT
July 9th, 1999
Source: Oregon Live
VANCOUVER, British Columbia A sophisticated camera system set up at the U.S.-Canada border at Blaine, Wash., is the latest aid in the war on drug-smuggling.
A 25-mile stretch of the border from Blaine to the foothills of the Cascade Mountains will be monitored by the new system, Doris Meissner, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services commissioner said Thursday. The system will be used to combat illegal smuggling of drugs and aliens in both directions over the border. Meissner made the announcement at the Pacific Highway border crossing, which she said also will receive seven more agents to combat the illegal cross-border trafficking. The high-grade B.C. marijuana that is shipped south to the United States is one reason for the $4.5 million surveillance system, she said. The system -- an improved version of that used along the U.S.-Mexico border -- is expected to be in place within a year, said Eugene Davis, U.S. border patrol deputy chief. Much of the Canada-U.S. border where the system will be used is already monitored with motion or pressure sensors, but these often trigger false alarms when they are tripped by animals. Dispatching border agent to verify such alarms can strain resources, Davis said, adding that the cameras -- which may have night vision -- will enable agents to see what is moving across the sensors. In more accessible areas, the 30-40 cameras will be linked by fiber optics; otherwise they will be linked to border patrol headquarters by microwave transmitters. In May, about $2.5 million worth of illegal drugs was confiscated from smugglers by U.S. officials patrolling the border in the Blaine area. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We welcome your feedback. ©1999 Oregon Live LLCCopyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Comment #1 posted by Fate on January 04, 2001 at 22:45:43 PT:
don,t let the americans have it !!!
I find it totally stupid that we would have to supply the americans with pot anyways..why can,t they supply there own?> Why is it that a few idiots seem to be ruining it for everyone? I say keep the pot here,Don,t let them have it they don,t deserve it ! And after watching a recent show about the crap the dea is pulling by spying and investigating in our country all i have to say is don,t be surprised that when you {DEA ] Look threw your night scopes to see if any of us are coming your way keep this in mind , WE HAVE SCOPES TOO!!!Only there attached to something that can fire over to your side ...Then come and get us !!!It will be hard when ya got a hole between your eyes!!The War has begun and its gonna get bloody before it gets better..GO GET THE CRACK AND COcaine and hard drugs leave the pot alone..its about time ya get your heads out of your asses and take a look around pot never hurt anybody and is even used for medicinal uses now so wake up!!!!Leagalize it now before to many other peoples lives are waisted sitting in a jail sell for growing a plant!
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