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12-24-08, 22:43
If you like cop shows, this one looks promising.
ABC has announced the airing, starting Jan. 6, of Homeland Security USA, an hour-long reality series that features behind-the-scenes glimpses of the law enforcement activities conducted by Department of Homeland Security agencies. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is featured prominently in the show.
Based on a successful Australian show, Border Security, the series is produced by Arnold Shapiro, Oscar and Emmy winner and producer of reality shows Scared Straight and Big Brother. ABC reports that the producer “takes cameras into situations never before seen on television, with each episode covering eight or more locations on the ‘front lines’ where the officers and agents work each day.”
Other agencies featured include Coast Guard, Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Service. ABC has committed to running 13 of the hour-long shows this winter and spring.
“We are very excited to provide America with a true picture of the challenges and contributions of CBP’s men and women,” said Jeff Robertson, assistant commissioner of public affairs. “This was more than a year in the making, and public affairs officers throughout the country worked hard to ensure that we met the needs of the agency and the production crews.”
Here’s how ABC describes the first show: “The premiere episode, ‘This is Your Car on Drugs,’ takes viewers inside some of the busiest international entry points to the U.S. At Los Angeles International Airport, a voluptuous 20-year-old woman arrives from Switzerland with no working papers but a suitcase full of titillating surprises! In the Pacific Northwest, at the Blaine, Washington border crossing, smugglers attempt to foil DHS canines by packing narcotics in baby diapers. Along the border between the U.S. and Mexico in the scorching heat of the desert outside of Tucson, Border Patrol agents race the clock to find six undocumented immigrants lost in the barren wilderness. In one of the most dramatic stories at the San Ysidro, California border crossing, a fake license plate tips a border officer off to a life-threatening situation. Meanwhile, there are some unusual illegal items intercepted at the International Mail Center in Carson, California, including a “delicacy” officers are shocked to discover is actually barbecued bats.”
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ABC has announced the airing, starting Jan. 6, of Homeland Security USA, an hour-long reality series that features behind-the-scenes glimpses of the law enforcement activities conducted by Department of Homeland Security agencies. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is featured prominently in the show.
Based on a successful Australian show, Border Security, the series is produced by Arnold Shapiro, Oscar and Emmy winner and producer of reality shows Scared Straight and Big Brother. ABC reports that the producer “takes cameras into situations never before seen on television, with each episode covering eight or more locations on the ‘front lines’ where the officers and agents work each day.”
Other agencies featured include Coast Guard, Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Service. ABC has committed to running 13 of the hour-long shows this winter and spring.
“We are very excited to provide America with a true picture of the challenges and contributions of CBP’s men and women,” said Jeff Robertson, assistant commissioner of public affairs. “This was more than a year in the making, and public affairs officers throughout the country worked hard to ensure that we met the needs of the agency and the production crews.”
Here’s how ABC describes the first show: “The premiere episode, ‘This is Your Car on Drugs,’ takes viewers inside some of the busiest international entry points to the U.S. At Los Angeles International Airport, a voluptuous 20-year-old woman arrives from Switzerland with no working papers but a suitcase full of titillating surprises! In the Pacific Northwest, at the Blaine, Washington border crossing, smugglers attempt to foil DHS canines by packing narcotics in baby diapers. Along the border between the U.S. and Mexico in the scorching heat of the desert outside of Tucson, Border Patrol agents race the clock to find six undocumented immigrants lost in the barren wilderness. In one of the most dramatic stories at the San Ysidro, California border crossing, a fake license plate tips a border officer off to a life-threatening situation. Meanwhile, there are some unusual illegal items intercepted at the International Mail Center in Carson, California, including a “delicacy” officers are shocked to discover is actually barbecued bats.”
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