These responsibilities include training and equipping the sector teams as well as developing and implementing policy and standard operating procedures. The national BORTAC command has administrative responsibilities over sector BORTAC units stationed along the southwest border and in certain areas along the northern border. Border Patrol, Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, Texas, also serves as the national BORTAC operations and training center. In addition to serving as the Special Operations Group (SOG) headquarters for the U.S.
BORTAC is also one of the most active and diversified tactical units in the law enforcement profession. Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, was established in 1984, which makes the unit one of the oldest law enforcement tactical teams in the U.S.
