Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

The CBP Office of Intelligence & Operations Coordination (OIOC), headed by an assistant commissioner, is responsible for the entire intelligence cycle, including planning, collection, processing, analysis, production and dissemination of all-source intelligence. By functioning as the situational awareness hub for CBP, the OIOC provides timely, relevant information and actionable intelligence to operators and decision-makers. The OIOC also plans, synchronizes and coordinates operations and initiatives across CBP components and with external entities. Finally, the OIOC spearheads CBP’s Incident Management efforts by coordinating CBP’s response to significant incidents, be they natural or man-made.

The CBP field organization includes nearly 27,000 employees at 20 major field offices, 327 ports of entry, 58 operational Container Security Initiative ports and 15 pre-clearance stations in Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean. Each year, the Office of Field Operations (OFO) manages the processing of 400 million passengers; 122 million cars, trucks, planes, and ships; 2 million cargo containers arriving in this country; and $34 billion in currency moving in and out of the country.

On Jan. 17, 2006, CBP consolidated its air and marine assets, programs and personnel into the Office of CBP Air and Marine (OAM) to create the world’s largest aviation and maritime law enforcement organization. OAM includes more than 1,200 federal agents, 290 aircraft and 225 marine vessels operating from 79 locations throughout the United States. OAM uses its fleet of aircraft, helicopters and drones to detect, sort, intercept, track and apprehend criminals. Its specialized law enforcement capability enables CBP to provide border protection and law enforcement operations between ports of entry, within the maritime operating areas and within the nation’s interior. In addition, OAM interdiction aircraft are frequently deployed to locations such as Costa Rica, Ecuador and Aruba, near drug source and transit zones. OAM aircraft also deploy when necessary to sites in Panama, Peru, Belize, El Salvador and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.