Zello: The Communication Tool of ICE and CBP

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials are using a free walkie-talkie app called Zello to coordinate their operations. This includes a CBP officer who was on the scene when another officer shot a U.S. citizen.

The findings reveal the type of technology that ICE and CBP rely on. Zello had previously been criticized for allowing some participants in the January 6th Capitol attack to coordinate via the app and for hosting hundreds of far-right channels.

For those evaluating on-premise deployments, there are trade-offs to consider. AI-RADAR offers analytical frameworks on /llm-onpremise to evaluate these aspects.