Patricia McGurk-Daniel, a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, has been selected to head the San Diego Sector office, where she will be the first woman to serve in the post.
As the Border Patrol made the announcement Thursday, McGurk-Daniel described her new role as an opportunity to help “create a unified front against the transnational criminal organizations that operate in the California corridor and beyond.”
“San Diego Sector has one of the most complex and challenging border environments in the United States, and partnerships with local, state, federal, tribal and foreign agencies are an integral part of securing that environment,” she said.
McGurk-Daniel joined the agency in 1999 after graduating from the 406th session of the U.S. Border Patrol Academy. She initially was assigned to the Nogales Border Patrol Station in the Tucson Sector.
She also has served in the agency’s El Centro, El Paso, San Diego and Spokane sectors and completed assignments at the USBP Academy, headquarters, Customs and Border Protection Office of Intelligence, and CBP Office of the Commissioner, according to the the Border Patrol’s public affairs office.
She additionally served as commander of the CBP Migration Crisis Action Team, patrol agent in charge of the Border Patrol’s Brown Field Station, deputy chief patrol agent of the USBP Academy, acting chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol Spokane Sector and deputy chief patrol agent of the San Diego Sector.
She most recently held the post of chief patrol agent of Yuma Sector.
McGurk-Daniel, who holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Phoenix, is a graduate of the CBP Leadership Institute and the Department of Homeland Security Executive Capstone Program.
– City News Service
