Criminal activity allegations and charges against TSA employees [merged threads]
Jun 4, 2011, 4:59 pm
#91
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I think it's time to figure out a way to rig a camera, so that when your luggage is opened it immediately starts filming and streams the images to a secure website... Time, location, sound, images, the whole works as well as a GPS locator in the device to locate where it is at all times.
You could even place a sticker on the bag, "be advised, this bag visually records all openings, legal or otherwise"
You could even place a sticker on the bag, "be advised, this bag visually records all openings, legal or otherwise"
Jun 4, 2011, 6:26 pm
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I think it's time to figure out a way to rig a camera, so that when your luggage is opened it immediately starts filming and streams the images to a secure website... Time, location, sound, images, the whole works as well as a GPS locator in the device to locate where it is at all times.
You could even place a sticker on the bag, "be advised, this bag visually records all openings, legal or otherwise"
You could even place a sticker on the bag, "be advised, this bag visually records all openings, legal or otherwise"
Jun 5, 2011, 1:21 pm
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Light or Motion Activated Cameras
Cameras like these are available from sporting/hunting catalogues/locations.Cabelas comes to mind, also Outdoor Outfitters.
Though the question is: What stops someoneone from taking the camera if your luggage is opened? Unless it is mechanically attached to suitcase perhaps?
Jun 5, 2011, 3:47 pm
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Cameras like these are available from sporting/hunting catalogues/locations.
Cabelas comes to mind, also Outdoor Outfitters.
Though the question is: What stops someoneone from taking the camera if your luggage is opened? Unless it is mechanically attached to suitcase perhaps?
Cameras like these are available from sporting/hunting catalogues/locations.Cabelas comes to mind, also Outdoor Outfitters.
Though the question is: What stops someoneone from taking the camera if your luggage is opened? Unless it is mechanically attached to suitcase perhaps?
Jun 5, 2011, 4:31 pm
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Cameras like these are available from sporting/hunting catalogues/locations.
Cabelas comes to mind, also Outdoor Outfitters.
Though the question is: What stops someoneone from taking the camera if your luggage is opened? Unless it is mechanically attached to suitcase perhaps?
Cabelas comes to mind, also Outdoor Outfitters.
Though the question is: What stops someoneone from taking the camera if your luggage is opened? Unless it is mechanically attached to suitcase perhaps?
I've never seen a "game camera" that automatically uploads its images or video to the network, though.
It wouldn't be hard to do with a Canon running the CHDK firmware with an Eye-Fi card in it. An external battery pack and a GPS unit and you'd be good to go.
IF such a package were detected in checked baggage, I'd be disappointed if the TSA didn't open it up to look. It'd look an awful lot like an IED on the X-ray.
Jun 7, 2011, 1:29 pm
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Jun 8, 2011, 12:22 pm
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Do we need another thread for convictions?
Sep 4, 2011, 1:21 am
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Sep 4, 2011, 1:39 am
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TSA is made up of pretty much high school/college drop outs... $8/hour jobs, all they do is mess around at the screening areas.
TSA is a joke
TSA is a joke
Sep 13, 2011, 10:45 am
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Sep 13, 2011, 1:46 pm
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By my count, this is the 23rd TSO arrested or convicted since December 2010. My guess is that there will be between 35 and 40 by the end of the year.
Great employees screening program they have. What are those "high standards" again? Looks like they're getting screeners fresh out of general population as part of some criminal rehabilitation program.
Great employees screening program they have. What are those "high standards" again? Looks like they're getting screeners fresh out of general population as part of some criminal rehabilitation program.
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Sep 13, 2011, 2:05 pm
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You mean something like this? http://www.homesecuritystore.com/p-1...ra.aspx#tabtop
Sep 13, 2011, 2:48 pm
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Does anyone mind if I add thefts by CATSA screeners to the thread? I don't know if it deserves a thread of its own.
Sep 20, 2011, 10:03 am
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CBS12.com: Neighbors shocked TSA officer arrested for moving drugs (PBI)
Here's the link to an article posted on CBS12.com, about the arrest of 45-year-old Chirstopher Allen, a Transportation Security Administration Officer at PBIA:
CBS12.com: Neighbors shocked TSA officer arrested for moving drugs (September 14, 2011 7:24 PM)
A short quote from the article:
CBS12.com: Neighbors shocked TSA officer arrested for moving drugs (September 14, 2011 7:24 PM)
A short quote from the article:
CBS 12 spoke with one of Christopher Allen's neighbors, he did not want to go on camera, but he tells us that he and others in the neighborhood are stunned by Allen's arrest.
"He was proud of his badge, proud of what he was doing. He was a pillar of the development here. If anyone's in trouble they go to Chris," said the neighbor.
"He was proud of his badge, proud of what he was doing. He was a pillar of the development here. If anyone's in trouble they go to Chris," said the neighbor.