11 CBP: Real People, Real Stories

Some people end up wanting to provide feedback after entering the U.S. at one of our land border crossings. They may have a question, want to compliment a certain officer, perhaps even file a complaint. For all of these, there’s a mechanism in place to receive and follow up on incoming feedback from the traveling public. In this episode we sit down with a CBP Program Manager that handles some of these feedback submissions.

Employees tell their military background story and how they ended up employed with CBP in the Buffalo Field Office, and discuss CBP's Veteran Support Program.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. This is part 2 of a 2 part series on Suicide awareness and prevention. In this episode we talk about the Resilience Skills Training provided by CBP, the importance of financial planning and we hear again from Dr. Kent Corso. Please also check out the CBP Suicide Awareness and Prevention Podcast.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. This is part 1 of a 2 part series on Suicide awareness and prevention. In this episode we hear from a Behavioral Psychologist, and a few CBP employees that serve collaterally as Chaplain, Peer Support and Veteran Support Program members. Please also check out the CBP Suicide Awareness and Prevention Podcast.

This week we celebrate the 16-year anniversary of Air and Marine Operations, one of the three uniformed law enforcement components of CBP. In this episode Supervisory Marine Interdiction Agent Shawn Considine from the Great Lakes Marine Branch explains what it’s like to be an Agent with Air and Marine Operations.

Beginning November 8, 2021, foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. for non-essential reasons are required to be fully vaccinated. Listen to learn more about these new requirements and how to be prepared.

In this episode we meet a Special Operations Supervisor with Buffalo Sector Border Patrol to discuss the history of the Border Patrol, the role they continue to play in securing our nation's borders and we get some insight into what it's like being a Border Patrol Agent up here on the Northern border.

An off duty CBP Officer in Houston, TX leaves work to pick up his kids from daycare. When he gets there, he notices something strange. A man gets out of a car, announces "Hey, there's a kid in the car," and walks away. In this episode CBPO DeBottis speaks with Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner of Office of Field Operations, Diane J. Sabatino, and tells the story of what happened next. 

CBP has a story to tell, and that's what we try to do with this podcast. But to tell the full story, we must also drill down into the individual stories of those that make up the CBP workforce. This is the first in what will likely be a series of personal background stories, told by CBP employees themselves. This one comes from Assistant Director of Field Operations, Tinesha Cherry, from the Detroit Field Office. Her story is moving, inspiratonal and perfectly epitomizes the leadership qualities that CBP strives to foster and promote. 

We speak with the Buffalo Field Office, Director of Field Operations, Rose Brophy about the challenges CBP faced in 2020, and her hopes for 2021.