Another Unguided DHS Border Effort -- $165 Million for Vague Police Program

Another Unguided DHS Border Effort
$165 Million for Vague Police Program

Arizona Daily Star -- November 16

"In order to make the assessment that it's being used wisely, you have to lay out what 'being used wisely' really is." – Doris Meissner (Should the same apply to the border fence?)

Border program has vague goals, little oversight
    A federal program touted as a model for using local law enforcement to help control our borders is handing out $165 million — but with little tracking of how the money is spent, no clear objective and no benchmarks for success, an Arizona Daily Star investigation has found.
    The Department of Homeland Security's "Operation Stonegarden" gives border law enforcement agencies money to pay officers to work overtime shifts aimed at enhancing border security. The money also lets agencies buy equipment such as four-wheel-drive trucks, radios and night-vision goggles. [...]
    The paper's investigation reveals a program so loosely managed that it's nearly impossible to determine its goals, much less measure whether those goals are being met.

American Patrol Report Comment -- Daily Star quotes Doris Meissner: "In order to make the assessment that it's being used wisely, you have to lay out what 'being used wisely' really is." The same applies to the border itself. That is why American Border Patrol crafted Operation Hidden in Plain Sight.