Personal security

Woman who applied to become border patrol gets tasered by border patrol for knowing her rights

Jessica Cooke, a recently graduated 21-year-old from Ogdensburg, New York, was driving from Norfolk to Ogdensburg to see her boyfriend when she was pulled over by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent. This could have been exciting for Ms. Cooke since she had recently applied for a job with the CBP (her degree is in Law Enforcement Leadership). Ms. Cooke understood that she was within 100 miles of the Canadian border and therefore subject to an internal immigration checkpoint.