CBP is charged with the dual mission of securing the Nation's borders while facilitating legitimate trade and travel. We accomplish this mission through CBP's six operational offices: the Office of Border Patrol, the Office of Field Operations, the Office of Air and Marine, the Office of International Affairs, the Office of Internal Affairs, and the Office of International Trade. These six offices receive critical support from CBP's other mission-focused offices. Since the publication of our first strategic plan in 2005, CBP has made steady progress toward protecting our country from the...

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) was commissioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to conduct a review of the Use of Force by CBP officers and agents. This review included all CBP use of deadly force events from January 2010 through October 2012 and CBP use of force policies, equipment, tactics, and training. Sources of information were government-furnished information, equipment and materials and CBP policy documents. PERF reviewed Customs and Border Protection Use of Force Policies and 67 case files related to Customs and Border Protection agents' use of deadly force....

The purpose of this manual is to help you prepare to take the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer Entrance Examination. This manual will familiarize you with the Logical Reasoning Test, the Arithmetic Reasoning Test, and the Writing Skills Test and will give you a chance to study some sample questions and explanations for the correct answers to each question. If you have not had much practice taking written, multiple-choice tests, you will have an opportunity to see what the tests look like and to practice taking questions similar to those on the tests.

This document provides our personnel with overarching guidance to counter the threats we face as a nation, outlines our primary core competencies, and establishes goals and objectives to successfully achieve our vision. These objectives are not all-inclusive; instead they represent the most critical steps we must take as we prepare for the future. AMO Vision 2025 was developed to support the goals and objectives described in CBP Vision and Strategy 2020, DHS 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, and the DHS Southern Border and Approaches Campaign Plan. In particular, it highlights the importance of...