[FedCom] Re: US Customs (ICE-CBP)

[Ben Russell]

Your comment about not using "radio protocols" made me wonder if this was maybe ICE (their Office of Investigations).  

Locally, the ICE special agents are frequently heard on surveillance ops and they have what I would call horrible radio etiquette.  They swear constantly.  I don't care, but it makes it easy to figure out who you're listening to if a new frequency pops up.  I've only ever heard ICE use first names.  Some of their recent ops have been joint with FBI and PA State Police with everybody working with ICE radios.

I've confirmed that the groups I hear locally are ICE and not CBP by cross referencing news articles on major arrests with what I hear during the ops.


Ben

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:38:09 EDT
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Surveillance operation in Southwest, Missouri on 168.8875 P25 Clear /  
Encrypted mode simplex.  I have that frequency listed as Department of  Homeland 
Security, US Customs (ICE-CBP).

Signal500



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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:26:21 EDT
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Subject: Re: [FedCom] US Customs (ICE-CBP)
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Thanks Chris for the info,

There were no radio numbers or names  during this surveillance.  Usually I 
hear 500 or 700 unit numbers when the  Springfield/Kansas City, MO FBI does 
surveillance or first names when I  hear the DEA or BATF, and the USSS uses last 
names.  I suspect that they  were from out of state and tracked a target to my 
area.  The surveillance  moved into Arkansas.  I am not sure who it was, but 
they were not following  the usual radio protocols.

Signal500

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