Oscar
Charleston, SC
Male, 31
Spent a bit over four years (2006-2010) serving as a Border Patrol Agent in Tucson Sector, AZ: the busiest sector in the country. Worked numerous positions, and spent the last year and a half operating/instructing ground radar installations. Duties included: field patrols, transport, processing, control room duties, transportation check, checkpoint operations, static watch duties, etc.
Remember ultralights are little flimsy aircraft run by lawn-mower motors etc. I don't know how soon we'll be seeing unmanned drones from the cartels. Now, cheap little camera-helicopters you can fly from your iPhone? Maybe. Maybe even some of the smaller, cheaper propeller driven ones eventually (the kind you can deploy as a single person, and control with a little control box from a backpack). But genuine, long-distance, heavy duty drones with sophisticated cameras/weapons? I wouldn't worry about that anytime soon.
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Tattoos are not a concern, unless you have obscenities or graphic content displayed on your neck/face/hands etc. If you have "normal" tattoos which are reasonable it is not a problem.
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All of these questions are completely dependent on the station/sector and the needs of the shift. You could have over 100 agents per shift. Agents operate singles or in pairs, but when a task is called out on the radio who knows how many could show up. Bike teams and horses were often 4-8 agents depending on the shift. It also depends on how many agents were available, how supervisors preferred to work an area, and how busy traffic was in certain areas.
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Getting into the USBP is not overly difficult. You are perfectly qualified. The only issue would be whether or not the USBP is hiring or not. The academy is always running in some fashion. Classes are put through to fill slots as agents retire/transfer to other agencies.
Like every other politically-volatile agency the BP goes through hiring phases, and hiring freezes. When I joined it was part of the push from 8,000 agents up to 15,000+. The academy was absolutely packed, running overtime. Since then numbers have gone down a bit at the academy.
I would see if you can contact a recruiting agent. They may be able to start the hiring process and have you wait to finish your degree (above al things - finish your degree!) to report to the academy.
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Toll Collector
Do you think there will be a time where all tolls are automated?
Lifeguard
Did you ever have to perform CPR or mouth-to-mouth on a swimmer?
Flight Attendant
How do you handle belligerent passengers?
That's a question for a BP recruiter. I think it would depend entirely on the type of felony. My gut instinct says "nope", but I could be wrong.
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Never worked with the US Marshals. You could apply direct to the Marshals though, unless you don't believe you have the resume to do so.
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No idea. That's a customs question, so I'm not sure. Mexican customs is pretty lax.
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