Well, it has been well over a year... but today I got an offer of employment from Border Patrol. It also followed with one for a CBP Officer. Extremely happy to get this far, but looking for information from people either in BP or know the area of NM and West TX.
For CBP, I only have one location... Houlton, ME. Keeping it open just to have a fall back, but academy would be April 2019. Plus, I’m tired of NJ winters... so ME likely isn’t going to be much better.
For BP, I was given a list of eight stations... which I have to pick two for Monday.
-Eagle Pass, TX (not South)
-Carrizo Springs, TX
-Marfa, TX
-Presidio, TX
-Alpine, TX
-Sanderson, TX
-Sierra Blanca, TX
-Lordsburg, NM
I know there are some BP and CBP guys on the forum, so hopefully I can pick your brains.
In regards to the area, I have an understanding on it being very different than NJ. I am doing as much research as possible on my end to get an idea of what I’ll be facing in regards to relocating in all of these areas... but if anyone does have any insight of them, definitely would like as much information as possible.
My main question... out of these stations, which ones are in need of people more than the others? I can look up real estate, crime, population, schools, etc... but unsure if there is any other way of finding out agency needs.
The woman from the hiring center asked me which position I was siding with (BP or CBP)... which I replied that I know people are needed more in that area, so leaning towards BP. She commended me on my answer. I originally had a start date in October (like a week and a half), but did have an issue that I couldn’t easily get out of (think they need an answer for Monday, and wouldn’t be able to get it squared away over the weekend; stupid as it sounds... jury duty). Scheduled for end of November, with a May graduation.
Thanks for taking a look.