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100 Years: Stories from the Border Patrol - Dispatchers Randy Love and Pearl Strom

By Chris McDaniel
Published May 28, 2024 at 6:03 PM MST
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LOGO COURTESY US BORDER PATROL

BY CHRIS McDANIEL
KAWC NEWS

Over the past 100 years, the agents who have served with the United States Border Patrol have shared one common thread — a love of the frontier.

In the days leading up to the 100th birthday of the Border Patrol, which happend on May 28th, Arizona Edition sat down with former civilian dispatchers -- Randy Love and Pearl Strom -- to discuss their work supporting agents in the field.

Both, now retired, joined the Border Patrol in the 1980s.

From the old Yuma Sector Border Patrol headquartes in the downtown area, Love and Strom supported agents in the field, providing them with information, and keeping them in contact with other agents and agencies.

This is their story...

Look for other extended interviews with former and current agents in future editions of the Arizona Edition Podcast.

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Chris McDaniel
Chris McDaniel is a Yuma native and fourth generation graduate of Yuma High School. He began his print journalism career at the Yuma Sun as a reporter in 2009. He later worked in the Pacific Northwest as an editor for Peninsula Daily News, as arts editor for The Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader, and as publisher for a small weekly newspaper in the badlands of Montana. He is a graduate of Peninsula College, where he earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management degree. He has served as host for KAWC's Morning Edition and All Things Considered and spends much of his time gathering reports from the field in Yuma and La Paz Counties.
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