Agents with the US Customs and border protection (CBP) will no longer carry body cameras during field operations after publication of social media how to identify individual agents.
“All American border patrol agents will cease the use of cameras carried on the body (BWC) in all operational environments,” CBP said in a newsnation statement, which initially announced the news.
The directive comes after an article on Reddit said that the BL radar mobile application, who uses Bluetooth To search for low energy devices such as phones, smart watches and speakers, can also follow CBP body cameras at a distance of 100 meters and can also trigger improvised explosive devices.
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A border patrol agent stands on a cliff in search of migrants who crossed the border wall between the United States and Mexico near the city of Sasabe, Arizona. (Salwan Georges / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
CBP managers sent a directive following the position informing agents of a “potential security risk” while immediately pulling body cameras from the field.
“Pending the completion of the investigation and the attenuation of the risks, all the agents will summarize the use of their BWCS [body worn cameras] until further notice. Additional advice and information will be disseminated as they received, “said the directive.
Sources have told Newsnation that the cameras used by CBP agents are Avon Body Cams, which, according to the social media post, are blue radar devices, which has been developed by F-Droid, can detect.
The agents of the border patrol save a migrant child abandoned by the smugglers. (American border patrol)
The directive occurs while CBP and US immigration and customs (ICE) agents increased application efforts in the weeks that followed President Donald Trump took office, an effort that was the cornerstone of the president’s campaign to return to the White House.
Since the beginning of February, the daily average of Gotaways, or illegal immigrants who have successfully entered the United States without being apprehended, on the southern border fell to only 132 per day, a 93% drop in summits observed under the ‘Former president Joe Biden, one told Fox News, in Fox News, in Fox News.
President Donald J Trump signs a decree in the oval office of the White House on January 31, 2025. (Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The data obtained by Fox News have shown that during the financial year 2023, 670,674 known Gotaways were recorded by the agency, more than 1,800 per day.
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CBP did not immediately respond to a request for digital comments from Fox News.
Bill Melugin and Greg Wehner of Fox News contributed to this report.
