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USBP
is part of U.S. Customs and Bor-
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der Protection (CBP), the largest federal
law enforcement agency of the United
States Department of Homeland Secu-
rity (DHS), and is the country’s primary
border control organization.
System’s long-range
geospatial video
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analytics.
The MVSS program, won by Tactical Micro
of Fredericksburg VA, a division of Bench-
mark Electronics, consists of a complete
mobile surveillance platform to aid the
The priority mission of the USBP is prevent- U.S. Border Patrol to track and identi-
ing terrorists and terrorists weapons, in- fy Items of Interest (IOI) along the U.S.
cluding weapons of mass destruction, from southwest border.
entering the United States, and this inno-
The “Eagle” Mobile Video Surveillance
vative solution offers significant value to
Border Patrol agents in the field towards System (MVSS) stand-alone mobile sur-
that end, including rapid deployment and veillance system includes an all-terrain
pickup with a surveillance sensor pay-
ease of use.
load mounted on a pneumatic mast
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The MVSS from which includes the PureAc- system, capable of raising the sensors up
tiv Command and Control and PureTech to a height of 30 feet.
(Learn More about the Mobile Video Surveillance Program (MVSS). Courtesy of Fox 5 News, Benchmark Electronics
and Vimeo.)
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