An increase in assaults on Customs and Border Protection law enforcement personnel between 2016 and 2017 has prompted the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to request information to determine measures that could be taken to mitigate these threats.
Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., have sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth requesting he review the number of assaults on CBP personnel — including Border Patrol agents, CBP officers and air and marine officers and agents — since fiscal 2010.
Roth has been asked to report the location and type of each assault, days lost to injury, any trends that have emerged and the percentage of incidents that resulted in prosecution (including average sentence given to offenders). He has also been asked to audit the methods CBP uses to collect, compile, track and report data on field injuries, as well as any measures taken and training instituted to improve personnel safety.
Senate wants info on spike in Border Patrol assaults
