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* CanadaEh: Naturally.
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* CoolGuns: The CBSA's standard issue pistol, the Beretta [=Px4=] Storm (with the double action-only bobbed hammer), appears in the opening sequence, either with a magazine being inserted or the slide being racked, depending on the episode.
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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. After CBSA canned the show, it moved south to become ''Border Security: American's Front Line''.

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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. After CBSA canned the show, it moved south to become ''Border Security: American's America's Front Line''.
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* GunsAkimbo: An American family accidentally crosses into Canada while driving to a park in northern Washington. The father has two pistols in cross-draw shoulder holsters (and a concealed carry license), which he declared immediately. The were seized for the duration they were in Canada, then returned (via US CBP) when they re-entered the United States. Evidently, the park they going to was on the WrongSideOfTheTracks.

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* RealSongThemeTune: "Would I Lie To You" by the band Eurythmics.

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* RealSongThemeTune: "Would I Lie To You" by the band Eurythmics.Music/{{Eurythmics}}.
* ReTool: After CBSA's withdrawal from participation, focus was shifted to US Customs and Border Protection.
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The show moved south of the border and continued as ''Border Security: America's Front Line'', featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at land crossings on the U.S.—Canada border (mainly in Washington and Detroit) and international airports (JFK International in New York, Detroit Metropolitan and Chicago O'Hare).

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The show moved south of the border and continued as ''Border Security: America's Front Line'', featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at land crossings on the U.S.—Canada –Canada border (mainly in Washington and Detroit) and international airports (JFK International in New York, Detroit Metropolitan and Chicago O'Hare).
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The show moved south of the border and continued as ''Border Security: America's Front Line'', featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at land crossings on the U.S.-Canada border (mainly in Washington and Detroit) and international airports (JFK International in New York, Detroit Metropolitan and Chicago O'Hare).

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The show moved south of the border and continued as ''Border Security: America's Front Line'', featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at land crossings on the U.S.-Canada —Canada border (mainly in Washington and Detroit) and international airports (JFK International in New York, Detroit Metropolitan and Chicago O'Hare).
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The show moved south of the border and continued as ''Border Security: America's Front Line'', featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at land crossings on the U.S.—Canada border (mainly in Washington and Detroit) and international airports (JFK International in New York, Detroit Metropolitan and Chicago O'Hare).

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The show moved south of the border and continued as ''Border Security: America's Front Line'', featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at land crossings on the U.S.—Canada -Canada border (mainly in Washington and Detroit) and international airports (JFK International in New York, Detroit Metropolitan and Chicago O'Hare).

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[[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/border-security-cancelled-1.3632468 It was cancelled in 2016 following privacy concerns]] relating to an arrest made in 2013.

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CBSA withdrew its participation in 2014 following privacy concerns relating to an arrest made in 2013, and the series (in Canada) was officially [[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/border-security-cancelled-1.3632468 It was cancelled in 2016 following privacy concerns]] relating to an arrest made 2016]].

The show moved south of the border and continued as ''Border Security: America's Front Line'', featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at land crossings on the U.S.—Canada border (mainly
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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. A third show, titled ''Border Patrol'', has since been made detailing New Zealand's customs and immigration.

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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. A third After CBSA canned the show, titled it moved south to become ''Border Patrol'', has since been made detailing New Zealand's customs and immigration.Security: American's Front Line''.
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** Later seasons go to UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} and UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}}, as well as a small town named Coutts located at the northern end of I-15.
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It was cancelled in 2016 following privacy concerns relating to an arrest made in 2013.

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[[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/border-security-cancelled-1.3632468 It was cancelled in 2016 following privacy concerns concerns]] relating to an arrest made in 2013.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[TagLine Thousands of men and women dedicate their lives to protecting Canada's border crossings]].]]

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->- Lori Miller, Border Services Officer.

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->- -->- Lori Miller, Border Services Officer.



Cameras shadow Canada Border Serices Agency (CBSA) officers as they interrogate suspicious passengers who may or may not be hiding something. Passengers react in a variety of unpredictable ways - they lie, argue, play the victim, plead ignorance and even threaten legal action. But they are no match for the investigative tactics of the CBSA officers. After all, the law is on their side.

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Cameras shadow Canada Border Serices Services Agency (CBSA) officers as they interrogate suspicious passengers who may or may not be hiding something. Passengers react in a variety of unpredictable ways - they lie, argue, play the victim, plead ignorance and even threaten legal action. But they are no match for the investigative tactics of the CBSA officers. After all, the law is on their side.


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It was cancelled in 2016 following privacy concerns relating to an arrest made in 2013.

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* CoolGuns: The CBSA's standard issue pistol, the Beretta [=Px4=] Storm (with the double action-only bobbed hammer), appears in the opening sequence, either with a magazine being inserted or the slide being racked, depending on the episode.



* EatTheEvidence: A tourist found with a baggie containing a white substance swallowed the entire bag on discovery. [[RealityEnsues He went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital]], and officers searched his car for any sign of what he ingested. Fortunately, they were able to determine what it was so he could be treated properly.

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* EatTheEvidence: A tourist found with a baggie containing a white substance swallowed the entire bag on discovery. [[RealityEnsues He went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital]], hospital and officers searched his car for any sign of what he ingested. Fortunately, they were able to determine what it was so he could be treated properly.
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* DraftDodging: A Korean man was mistakenly thought to be attempting to avoid military service by studying in Canada. He eventually reveals he was trying to defer his service long enough to apply as a CombatMedic, which takes months to process.

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* DraftDodging: A Korean man was mistakenly thought to be attempting to avoid military service by studying in Canada. He eventually reveals he was trying to defer his service long enough to apply as a CombatMedic, which takes months to process.process, and everything is cleared up.
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* DraftDodging: A Korean man was mistakenly thought to be attempting to avoid military service by studying in Canada. He eventually reveals he was trying to defer his service long enough to apply as a CombatMedic, which takes months to process.
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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. A third show has since been made detailing New Zealand's customs and immigration.

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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. A third show show, titled ''Border Patrol'', has since been made detailing New Zealand's customs and immigration.
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Focus is mostly on land crossings in mainland British Columbia, ships coming into Vancouver, Vancouver International, Pearson International in Toronto and CBSA Mail Centre in Toronto.

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Focus is mostly on land crossings in mainland British Columbia, ships coming into Vancouver, Vancouver International, CBSA Mail Centre in Vancouver and Pearson International in Toronto and CBSA Mail Centre in Toronto.
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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. A third show has since been mad detailing New Zealand's customs and immigration.

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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. A third show has since been mad made detailing New Zealand's customs and immigration.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}: Much of the focus is there and the surrounding area.
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* CanadaEh: Naturally.
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* RealityShow: About the only difference between this and ''Series/{{COPS}}'' that ''Border Security'' has a narrator and is about customs and immigration.

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* RealityShow: About the only difference between this and ''Series/{{COPS}}'' is that ''Border Security'' has a narrator and is about customs and immigration.
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* SpinOff: Of Australian ''Border Security''. A third show has since been mad detailing New Zealand's customs and immigration.
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* RealSongThemeSong: "Would I Lie To You by the band Eurythmics.

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* RealSongThemeSong: RealSongThemeTune: "Would I Lie To You You" by the band Eurythmics.
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[TagLine Thousands of men and women dedicate their lives to protecting Canada's border crossings]].]]

->Every passenger has a 'story'...it's our job to dig deeper for the truth.
->- Lori Miller, Border Services Officer.

''Border Security: Canada's Front Line'' is a Canadian SpinOff of an Australian production of the same name by Force Four Entertainment.

Phony tourists here to work, belligerent visitors smuggling contraband, toys packed with heroin, weapons disguised as cell phones: all are just another day at the office for the Canada Border Services Agency.

Every day, twenty thousand passengers request entry into Canada by way of Vancouver International Airport (YVR), and many more at land crossings in the Lower Mainland of BC. While most experience the usual uneasiness that comes with passing through immigration and customs, others have more legitimate reasons to feel nervous.

Cameras shadow Canada Border Serices Agency (CBSA) officers as they interrogate suspicious passengers who may or may not be hiding something. Passengers react in a variety of unpredictable ways - they lie, argue, play the victim, plead ignorance and even threaten legal action. But they are no match for the investigative tactics of the CBSA officers. After all, the law is on their side.

And unfortunately for the passengers being questioned, so is technology. Throughout the episode, officers question, cross-examine, inspect, pat down, swab, search and x-ray suspects and their belongings, chipping away at the holes in their stories. For viewers, it’s a wild, unpredictable ride as each passenger’s secret is finally revealed.

Focus is mostly on land crossings in mainland British Columbia, ships coming into Vancouver, Vancouver International, Pearson International in Toronto and CBSA Mail Centre in Toronto.

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* TheCameo: Corey Feldman appears in an early episode. He is able to enter Canada.
* EatTheEvidence: A tourist found with a baggie containing a white substance swallowed the entire bag on discovery. [[RealityEnsues He went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital]], and officers searched his car for any sign of what he ingested. Fortunately, they were able to determine what it was so he could be treated properly.
* {{Pixellation}}: Used to protect the identities of anyone who doesn't wish to reveal their identity. Everyone must sign a consent form before their story airs on television, but can ask the cameras to stop filming at any time. Additionally, license plates and addresses are also blurred.
* RealityShow: About the only difference between this and ''Series/{{COPS}}'' that ''Border Security'' has a narrator and is about customs and immigration.
* RealSongThemeSong: "Would I Lie To You by the band Eurythmics.
* SoundEffectBleep: People tend to swear when arrested or when something is found in their possession.
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