I believe the CBP is the agency best
suited to provide support for this event,
whether it’s field operations
scanning all the deliveries
coming into the restricted area,
or Air and Marine providing air support
and securing all the perimeter
around the stadium, or Border Patrol coordinating
with all our law enforcement partners
to provide public safety.
CBP’s role in this year's
Super Bowl is very important
and very complex.
This is a very large operation
that is brought to bare
to secure the Super Bowl,
and it involves
federal, state and local partners.
My role in Super Bowl LVII
as the lead field coordinator,
I coordinate the efforts of CBP
to ensure that we have a safe Super Bowl.
For this year's Super Bowl
Air and Marine Operations
providing aircraft to enforce the temporary
flight restrictions zone
as our primary mission.
Secondary, we provide video downlink capabilities
from each of our aircraft to
our mobile command center,
and we'll also have our medium lift
helicopter being the UH-60.
We'll have tactical teams on-board
with the ability to respond
to any law enforcement emergencies.
The importance of us providing
the aircraft is to provide
safety and security
for those who are attending
the Super Bowl.
CBP is also providing
non-intrusive inspection of vehicles
entering the Super Bowl.
The mobile entry equipment
is able to scan
the deliveries coming into
the restricted area very quickly.
The officers are trained at
interpreting the images,
looking for anomalies.
They're looking for anything
that could indicate dangerous material.
Whether it's explosives, ammo,
or ammunition,
or any kind of unmanifested
merchandise in those deliveries.
CBP will also be involved
in looking for violations
of intellectual property rights.
The most commonly seized
intellectual property right
or trademark violation items are really
the NFL jerseys,
the NFL Super Bowl rings.
Anything from caps, to shirts, to souvenirs
or memorabilia.
All of that is what we're looking for
in this operation.
I think it's important
to recognize the hard
working men and women
that are vigilant and will secure this Super Bowl,
are the same hardworking
men and women
that every day are out there
on the front lines
securing the border of
the United States as well.