Border Patrol?

Question

When in training for border patrol are you allowed to leave base at night and weekends or is it military style and your there 24/7?

Answer 1

great question and Yes, you can leave also the bp is federal

Answer 2

Trainee agents are housed in a dorm style building and will report for duty in uniform as well as stand formation at scheduled intervals. However, the border patrol trainee is considered to be a professional, is treated as such and is expected to conduct him or herself as such. Consequently trainee agents are permitted to leave the academy grounds at the conclusion of duty hours. However, it would be very wise to limit weekday excursions from the base to basic errands. The training is intensive, some of the most comprehensive in the government, and requires a lot of study time. No matter your current level of proficiency in the Spanish language you will be required to attend the Border Patrol Spanish training which carries 2 years of equivalent college credits. Additionally, you will be trained and tested in the areas of Immigration Law, Criminal Law, Statutory Authority Law, Constitutional Law and Nationality Law. Oh, did I mention? That's not all. There are numerous other courses you will have to master and pass in order to graduate.

Upon graduation you will be put into a field-training unit where you will get on the job training. While participating in this unit you will also attend additional classes in law in Spanish, culminating in a 7-month probationary exam, which must be passed to keep your job. It doesn't stop there either. If you pass the 7-month exam you return to class and prepare for an 11-month probationary exam, which you must pass to keep your job. Through all this more senior agents, post-academy instructors, field training officers and supervisors will continually evaluate you. These men and women will complete Conduct and Efficiency reports detailing your development and potential. Poor performance before these folks can result in termination.

Providing you pass the academy, your 7-month exam and your 11-month exam, field evaluations and are finally put on patrol in a vehicle by yourself you will still be on probation for a second year. During this year your knowledge and work ethic will continue to be evaluated by Service management. Poor appraisal has the potential to result in termination as well. So, even though you are not required to stay on the academy grounds at the conclusion of duty hours, more than running errands during the week probably isn't a good idea.

Answer 3

It's a mix between a college and a military atmosphere. You have a dorm room on base that you share with a roomate. You can leave whenever you aren't working (7-4). Artesia, NM isn't the greatest place to be training at though, there isn't anything to do or any nightlife around. You can go home during your weekends if you wish, you just need to write a memo to your supervisor if you are planning to travel further than 100 miles.

Answer 4

You can leave the base. You should however check out the webpage for the unions. There you will find information that the "Brass" won't tell you about., Certain rights that you have that they will try to strip you of. Once out of the Academy you will find that you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. Your family will be put through pure hell by the powers that be, and there is nothing you can do about it without help from the Union.

Answer 5

the academy varies in any organization. contact the academy that you are going to.

Answer 6

I think so.