TUGGS, RODNEY A.

CBSA-EST-1147 | 23 YRS SERVICE

RODNEY TUGGS

INDEPENDENT BORDER SECURITY CONSULTANT

"If I can get through, anyone can. I'm basically a one-man audit."

PERIMETER ASSESSMENTS

YEARS OF SERVICE

QUALITY ASSURANCE DETENTIONS

OPERATION LOG

SELECTED PERIMETER ASSESSMENT REPORTS

OPERATION PRAIRIE GHOST

SUMMER 2014 | COORDINATES: 49.0024°N, 102.4842°W

TERRAIN Canola Field

DISTANCE 6.2 km

DURATION 4 hrs 23 min

DETECTION None

Crossed through active canola field utilizing summer wheat ghillie variant. Maintained prone position for 47 minutes when agricultural vehicle passed within 30 meters. No alarms triggered. No drone response. Perimeter remains vulnerable. Submitted formal report to Ottawa. No response.

UNDETECTED

OPERATION COLD BEAVER

WINTER 2017 | COORDINATES: 49.0156°N, 103.2847°W

TERRAIN Frozen Creek Bed

DISTANCE 3.8 km

TEMP -27°C

DETECTION Wildlife Only

Night crossing via frozen creek bed. Deployed winter snow ghillie and snowshoes. Nearly compromised position when stepping on sleeping coyote at 0247 hrs. Animal fled; maintained operational silence. Border sensors did not activate. Added "wildlife awareness" to pre-mission checklist.

UNDETECTED

OPERATION DOUBLE STACHE

AUTUMN 2019 | COORDINATES: 49.0012°N, 102.7734°W

DISGUISE Prosthetic + Natural

DISTANCE 0.4 km

COVER ID "Gerald"

DETECTION Immediate

Attempted crossing via vehicle approach with identity modification. Wore prosthetic mustache over natural mustache to create "different person" effect. Colleague Dale on duty. Approach terminated when Dale stated: "Rodney, why do you have two mustaches?" Identity concealment methodology requires revision.

DETECTED — DALE

OPERATION GRAIN TRAIN

SPRING 2022 | COORDINATES: 49.0089°N, 102.5521°W

METHOD Rail Transport

VEHICLE Empty Hopper Car

DURATION 12 min

DETECTION Allergic Response

Infiltrated empty rail hopper car carrying residual grain dust. Crossed border successfully but position compromised 400m past checkpoint due to involuntary sneeze. Detained for 3 hours by colleagues. Formal warning issued. Added antihistamines to standard loadout. Rail methodology: viable with proper pharmaceutical support.

DETECTED — SNEEZE

TACTICAL LOADOUT

STANDARD EQUIPMENT MANIFEST — THE SITUATION ROOM

Night Vision Binoculars

Amazon-sourced optics for nocturnal reconnaissance. Essential for low-light perimeter assessment.

NOTE: Left lens blurry. Compensate by closing left eye.

Ghillie Suit Collection (3)

Seasonal variants for optimal terrain integration. Summer wheat, autumn stubble, winter snow.

Winter variant requires dry cleaning after each deployment.

Scent-Blocking Poncho

Custom fabrication. Carhartt jacket base with integrated cedar chip liner. Masks human scent profile.

Darlene called it "the worst thing I ever smelled."

Mission Journals

Detailed crossing logs. Weather conditions, terrain assessments, detection risk matrices. Laminated.

47 operations documented. Zero lost to weather damage.

Identity Modification Kit

Prosthetic mustaches (7), wigs (3), one pair novelty Groucho Marx glasses.

Groucho glasses: INEFFECTIVE. Do not deploy.

"The Truth"

Casio digital stopwatch. Primary timing device for all operations. Measures crossing duration to the second.

Battery replaced annually. Non-negotiable.

OPERATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

CORE PRINCIPLES & MISSION STATEMENT

The border is a concept. I'm just… testing the concept.

— R. TUGGS, 2018 ANNUAL REVIEW

People ask me, 'Rodney, why do you sneak into your own country?' And I say, 'Why does the salmon swim upstream?' They don't have an answer for that. Neither do I, actually. But it feels right.

— R. TUGGS, IN CONVERSATION

Fourteen detentions. Zero convictions. That's a batting average, my friend.

— R. TUGGS, POST-OPERATION GRAIN TRAIN DEBRIEF

My ex-wife called it 'a cry for help.' I told her, 'Darlene, if I needed help, I wouldn't be so good at this.' She didn't like that.

— R. TUGGS, PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

PENDING REVIEW

Nine formal security vulnerability reports submitted to CBSA leadership.
Zero responses received.
All correspondence archived in THE FILE.