Slain Border Patrol agent known as cop's cop

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If Central Casting were looking for a prototypical officer, they would have found it in Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, a former colleague said.

"He had a very impressive presence in his uniform," said Chief Thomas Karnes of the Lincoln Park, Mich., Police Department, where Terry previously served. "That had a lot to do with his Marine training. He always looked very sharp."

Terry, 40, a border agent for three years, was fatally shot late Tuesday patrolling near Peck Canyon in a remote area off Arizona 289. He was possibly killed by "bandits" who roam the border area, stealing from illegal immigrants, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.

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The border is safer now than it's ever been

U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Lloyd Easterling