Inspector's Field Manual - Gani

Inspector's Field Manual
and is often summoned by the courts, as well as other government agencies, including foreign, to identify
fraudulent documents, e.g., visas, passports, marriage licenses, divorce papers, birth certificates, death
certificates, adoption records, etc. Resolves difficulties which arise between inspectors and passengers/persons
entering the country. Provides guidance and oversight if needed in the preparation of reports and documents
pertaining to the apprehension, interrogation, exclusion, and/or detention of an alien; approves recommendation
for final disposition of a case, in accordance with standard operating instructions, to the prosecuting officer for
review and execution. Provides oversight and monitors inspection, enforcement, and facilitation activities in
one or more stations, and performs a variety of administrative, advisory, and coordination tasks. Provides
daily assignments to members of the assigned group, balances workload, identifies areas of special emphasis,
and assures that work is completed in accordance with prescribed regulations. Approves actions involving
sensitive and unique conditions, e.g., people or situations requiring special handling. Clsely monitors training
needs of assigned officers according to type of work performed, cases encountered, and officer expertise.
Assures required post-academy training is completed, coordinates training needs with training officer. Handles
sensitive situations including difficult individuals, which may result in disputes or create chaos between
passengers/aliens and individual inspectors. Performs necessary actions to avoid and/or alleviate altercations
in the primary inspection area.
3. Rover. In large airports, roves and mingles among passengers. At land border crossings, mingles among
those awaiting entry prior to primary inspection to identify suspicious individuals who warrant secondary
questioning. Those duties may be performed undercover. Incumbent is responsible for profiling and evaluating
incoming traffic to identify potential and/or known violators/criminal activity. Develops necessary plan of
action; carries out needed/proactive operations; writes reports; determines/recommends corrective action
and/or legal penalties to be assessed. Maintains the security of the inspectional area by adhering to established
guidelines, and recommending penalties and/or disciplinary action for violators. Ensures the integrity and
sterility of the inspectional area and makes recommendations for improvement. Coordinates and participates in
arriving aircraft and ship searches; makes recommendations regarding the assessment of penalties for
violations. Handles sensitive situations, e.g., need-to-know travel of prominent individuals, foreign dignitaries,
and identified politically sensitive travelers, to alleviate confusion or a situation which could cause
embarrassment to the agency and consternation by the press; resolves difficulties which arise between inspectors
and passengers or pedestrians entering through the port; provides guidance and assures that all procedures for
inspection, examination, seizures, penalties, arrests, etc. are properly effected. In a secondary inspections area,
observes that all legal requirements are satisfied, and coordinates actions with the inspectors, Customs
personnel such as special agents, and with other Federal and non-federal agencies such as APHIS or local police.
Resolves unusual problems and defuses tense situations.
4. Special Studies Relating to Inspections Program. Plans and carries out assignments, projects, studies, or
investigations to explore and resolve major problems in the Inspections Program's operations and enforcement
activities and to develop new operational procedures/techniques which will result in more efficient and effective
program operation. Specific projects may include reviewing inspection operations, developing and
recommending improvements in processes, and designing more efficient ways to use personnel and facilities
and presenting those recommendations to superiors. Also may include determining impacts on resources;
developing local methods for implementation considering local conditions; and identifying trends or patterns in
problems, determining if proper procedures were used and providing written guidance on proper techniques
and methods to avoid such problems. May perform cost study/analysis to develop accurate cost per passenger
processed, including overtime, specialized training, and/or unique resources needs, security, etc.
5. Terrorism, Drug, Fraud Task Force. At ports-of-entry which do not have senior immigration inspectors,
serves as a specialist regarding inspection, enforcement, and facilitation functions on the Inspections National
Terrorism, Drug, and Fraud Task Force (TDF) to support special/particular law enforcement operations, e.g.,
organized crime, fraud/document fraud, smuggling of aliens or drugs. Serves as a team leader in secondary
inspections and continues the questioning of subjects suspected by primary and secondary inspectors of being
involved with the organized smuggling of aliens and/or drugs, terrorism, fraud, and/or organized crime.
Responsible for the resolution of conflicting facts or evidence uncovered during the interrogation. Incumbent
advises applicant as to the availability of administrative relief to overcome factors of exclusion and executes
proper documentation; prepares and presents sworn statements in accordance with the rules of evidence and the
Administrative Manual, and prepares documents to support excludability of aliens, Records of Deportable
Alien, Orders to Show Cause, and/or Warrants of Arrest. Provides guidance as needed and if necessary
oversees the preparation of reports and documents pertaining to the apprehension, interrogation, and exclusion,
and/or detention of an alien; makes recommendation for final disposition; forwards the case, in accordance