“Unwanted or criminals – these are a kind of people who walk on my ground to reach Canada.”
thus Cardstone County Rancher Layne Cook’s reaction to the news was that RCMP now had Black Hawk helicopters to help in the Canada border patrol and the United States between Alberta and the state of Montana.
The Cook family settled in the area in 1889 and there are just over three kilometers from its land, which is located along the border.
To date, if Cook sees something suspicious, the closest RCMP detachment is in Cardston, about 25 km north.
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“We have many people crossing the border from the coming United States to Canada. We have called RCMP and most of the time, by the time they arrive here, there is not much that they can do because they have left.”
Cook added: “It is my safe area – and possessing people who do not want to walk in your death is not a good feeling.”
“It is not very different from living in the city and making someone walk through your backyard, and he intrudes at your door.”
Although it is common for Cook to see people coming north across the border, Cook saw people heading south, in an attempt to reach Canada to the United States.
Cook said: “It was not like the United States, because they knew that the American border patrol is running,” Cook said.
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“I have seen the American border patrol along the fence several times while I was outside and I know they have cameras, so they have ways to track and see who will come to the United States, where we have nothing.”
RCMP said flights along the border in the United States and Canada began on Tuesday. Such flights have already started in Manitoba.
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The helicopter will patrol on the wild borders to search for illegal activity and the goal along the border area.
The Black Hawks domain depends on the fuel, allowing them to travel about 590 km, although the range can be extended to more than 2000 km if auxiliary tanks are added.
This includes the search for people who illegally crossing to Canada between border crossings and human patients who facilitate these trips.
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RCMP said that Black Hawk will also be used to discover smuggling and smuggling from smuggling such as illegal drugs in Canada.
Helicopters will include police officers on board who can respond to any spot near the border in which illegal activity may occur.
Helicopters can also be used to help direct integrated border enforcement team officers, who patrol the Alberta border in vehicles on the ground, to any suspicious activity.
The police added that the black hawks allow those on board the plane to quickly solve the helicopter, which gives them the ability to extract and raise people as well.
Cook said: “I am happy because our government is finally playing its role.”
“This is something that was lenient and should have been taken care of for a long time. So, the more people began to realize that we are running our borders – beside us – the security security will be much better.”
Cook’s comments by Murray Milward, chief administrative official of Cardstone CountyWhich shares in the range of 91 km with Montana.
“I think they are (black helicopters hook) is a good thing,” Meldard told Global News.
Daniel Smith, Prime Minister of Alberta, said her government has invited the American Network Fox News to Courts Border Crossing to help show Alberta’s efforts to enhance security.
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The helicopters are part of the Canada plan to strengthen the United States and Canada border patrols.
The government is also publishing a set of other security measures, such as using drones and surveillance towers, acquiring new technology such as X -rays, X Mobile and portable chemical analyzes.
As a person who crosses the border often, Milward said he also saw US helicopters on a patrol.
“In fact,” I was) wandering on the border once and one headed, “Milward added.
“I’m sure it is just a regular routine trip they do, but yes, we were on the border and I do not know if they have sensors or what, but you can be there and suddenly something will come – a helicopter – so I think they have sensors and screens .
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Murray Milward, Murray Milward, Cardstone, Alta, says he is happy to see patrols along the border between Canada-the United States-which describes it as “good neighbors” who help each other.
“To be honest, people come across Canada to reach the states – if we can help stop it – or if we can stop someone who wants to leave America and go here and have an inappropriate past, why do we want him in a state?”
“Knowing the fact that someone might deter something is the best thing, right?” Cook added.
“They never know when the helicopter will fly, but they know that we ascended our game, which will help deter people.”
Alberta RCMP said that people who live near the American border may hear and see the helicopter regularly. This will be the regular police operations and there is no reason for any public safety concern.
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Global News has already stated that a large government source has been ready to enhance border security by purchasing new patrol helicopters. A national security source said at the time that RCMP had requested the capabilities of the helicopter for years.
In December 2024, the federal government said it proposes a joint strike force and a “clock” air control unit for entry outlets as part of its plan to address issues on the borders of the United States and Canada amid increasing pressure from Trump.
The power of the joint strike in North America was planned to be one of the many advertisements that came from the government’s economic statement, which witnessed $ 1.3 billion that was announced for additional border security measures.
– With files from Karen Barto, Shawn Brefel and Aud Rana, Global News
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