Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced last week the deployment of the Remote Video Surveillance System in the Detroit Border Patrol Section. This new system is part of CBP’s Secure Border Initiative’s Northern Border project; the goal of the greater initiative is to use technology to secure the northern border against any illegal activity.

“The Northern Border Project technology deployment provides immediate capability to help Border Patrol agents expand their ability to detect, identify, classify, respond to and resolve illegal cross border activity,” said Mark Borkowski, Executive Director of the Secure Border Initiative. “At the same time, this deployment will provide lessons learned that will enable CBP to design better-tailored, longer-term technology options for the northern border.”

Each of these new security systems includes two day cameras and two night cameras, enabling 24/7 monitoring. Ten systems have been deployed in the Detroit region; an eleventh will be officially completed by the end of this year.