Voting is highly emphasized in American culture. Asking questions related to public policy takes a lower priority.
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?
March 21, 2019 Kitsap Sun
Kilmer praises SAFE Boats, talks border security
“Go SAFE Boats,” penned Kilmer, a Gig Harbor Democrat, on an inside panel of a 41-foot Coastal Interceptor Vessel bound for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.
Also in Congressman Kilmer’s district:
US Border Patrol, Port Angeles, WA
An upgrade in staff requiring a new, $11.9 million, 50 agent facility. Secret arrest statistics, denied FOIA requests, heroin in the community, no cross-border USBP arrest in more than 8 years, fraudulent overtime claims, 1,200-horsepower interceptor boats and zero questions from the press.
Newspeople,
Why did the Blaine Sector Weekly US Border Patrol blotter go extinct?
When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest of any kind?
Any arrests connected to the US/Canada border?
Any arrests connected to a Homeland Security mission?
Are fraudulent overtime claims still the norm at Port Angeles?
Border Patrol whistleblower pays price for refusing overtime pay
More here:
Question for newspeople:
What role do Port Angeles based 1,200-horsepower Border Patrol Interceptor boats play in keeping heroin away from the Puget Sound area?
2011-
2013-
Heroin epidemic gripping Port Angeles
2015-
Port Angeles residents fed up with heroin problem
2017-
“Residents who filled the Port Angeles City Council chambers and lobby Tuesday night said they were fed up with the heroin epidemic in Clallam County and asked what is being done to stop opioid abuse and what they can do to help.”
2019-
KING 5 News
“Jail staff are now using medication to help addicts detox from heroin while in custody.”
Peninsula Daily News
Clallam health official: Narcan helping to cut overdose deaths
“About half of the overdoses have been from prescription drugs, not heroin, she said.”
Love to see newspeople ask: Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security patrol boats been used to intercept any inbound meth or heroin?
Even one time?
March 21, 2019 Kitsap Sun
Forum provides overview on opioid use in Kitsap
“Prescription opioid sales are declining. More people are accessing treatment for dependence to opioid drugs.
But as of 2017, overdose deaths from drugs like heroin and fentanyl remained elevated.”
Recovery, rehab, treatment, & addiction are important parts of this story.
What part of the story is missing?
Has anyone ever seen the press question the US Dept. of Homeland Security/CBP on their role in keeping heroin away from the Puget Sound area?
More here:
Port Angeles Heroin – Newspeople Remain Silent
Newspeople Ask Questions If It’s A Sports Story
Newspeople Remain Silent – Missing A Chance To Ask Questions
Talk Of Border Walls As Cartel Moves 180 Kilograms Of Meth From Mexico To Canada by Rail
Opioid or Heroin? Meth or Amphetamine?
Bremerton Homeland Security Jobs Program
Puget Sound Coastal Patrol Boats
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Whidbey Island
2014-
Island county to purchase new patrol boat to help with Puget Sound security:
Federal grant money goes to “…gain a better grasp on cross border activity and to prevent illegal crossings.”
“Funding for the boat was issued through the Homeland Security Grant Program under Operation Stonegarden.”
Has there been any post 911 history of maritime “cross-border activity” on Whidbey Island?
Has the Island County Homeland Security-funded patrol boat been involved in any arrest or seizure related in any way to the US/Canada border?
Background: Whidbey Homeland Security Grant Money- Newspeople Remain Silent