The five week BORTAC basic training course is considered one of the most difficult and arduous training courses in civilian law enforcement. Border Patrol with immediate tactical and emergency response assets.
BORTAC and BORSTAR direct their nationally dispersed assets from SOG, providing the U.S. Border Patrol’s Special Operations Group (SOG), headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Border Patrol joined two units, the Border Patrol Tactical Unit ( BORTAC) and the Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit (BORSTAR), to form the U.S. BORTAC is the tactical/special response arm of the United States Border Patrol.īorder Patrol Agents wishing to become members of BORTAC must meet the following requirements:īORTAC is authorized a wide range of weapons systems such as:
BORTAC is an initialism for the United States 'Border Patrol Tactical Unit'.
