Managing risk at the Tucson Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol.
This article describes a risk analysis used to inform resource allocation at the Tucson Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, the busiest sector for alien and drug trafficking along the Southwest land border with Mexico. The model and methodology that underlie this analysis are generally applicable to many resource allocation decisions regarding the management of frequently occurring hazards, decisions regularly made by officials at all levels of the homeland security enterprise. The analysis was executed by agents without previous risk expertise working under a short time frame, and the findings from the analysis were used to inform several resource allocation decisions.
Office of Risk Management and Analysis, National Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USA. elevine30@gmail.com
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D001130:Arizona; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D008800:Mexico; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States