My name is John Lowry.
I'm a special agent with OPR. My name is Robert Lowry.
I'm a special agent with the Office of Professional Responsibility OPR.
So some of my favorite parts of the job one with my brother is awesome.
Our office is about three doors down from each other,
so we get to spend a lot of time together.
We get to PT together.
We're both fire arm instructors.
We both get to work training in that regard.
So that's been a lot of fun.
For me, it's working for CBP has been really neat
because I have experienced meeting people from all different backgrounds
and have had a lot of different experiences
starting out in Border Patrol and going to polygraph
and then coming over to investigations.
I've met and done and seen
a lot of things that I don't think I would have ever gotten to do,
if I was part of another agency or another organization.
We're tasked with enforcing law and arresting criminals.
Unfortunately, some of those individuals
can make it into the greater CBP and DHS organization, and our job
is tasked to to stop those bad activities by the bad actors.
CBP is such a large organization.
We do have internal complaints, we do have internal issues,
and there needs to be an opportunity for those complaints
or those issues to be investigated.
And so there needs to be kind of an impartial group that can look into
either help clear somebody who maybe has an allegation against them, but
also look into a legitimate allegation, whether it's administrative or criminal.
There's still a job to do, and without that, I, like John mentioned,
I think we would have bad actors continuing to run around.
So why not have an organization like OPR that can be there to,
like I said, investigate corruption allegations, but also
potentially find out if the allegation is is not accurate
and be able to clear somebody who might be suspected of doing something.
Anybody that's that's looking to apply, apply.
CBP has no shortage of opportunities.
I love CBP.
I love the men and women we work with,
whether they're in uniform or out, and specifically with OPR.
Again, it's a it's an organization that is meant to maintain the integrity of CBP,
and it's a necessary function, and I'm glad to be part of it.