FliesWay2Much

Also on our very own FT front page this morning.

I guess being arrested on multiple felony counts only gets you suspended. I wonder if he's suspended with pay?

I'll bet he was first in line for the new groping training.

Boggie Dog

Another success for the TSA Background Check program.

petaluma1

Would be interesting to find out why he left his job with the Pittsburgh PD.....

GUWonder

Got enough years in as an officer to cash out as a fully-vested retiree, collect that nice pension and then move on to get another salary, earn towards another rich pension and who knows what else? Given his age and his move into the TSA from the Pitts PD, that's my bet.

This creep in the TSA knew full well that this girl was barely a teenager.

petaluma1

You are correct. I got this scum mixed up with another much younger perv.

Boggie Dog

Recent graduate of the TSA Academy?

chollie

TSA was in a hurry to claim that he's an explosive expert who was not in charge of fondling pax privates.

TSA once claimed a child-molesting ex-Catholic priest was not in a position to grope pax - but the local news photographed him clearly on duty at a checkpoint.

I wonder when TSA made this guy an 'explosive expert' - and how long he was groping pax and going through their bags and cellphones whenever he chose. This is the kind of predator that strolls the sterile area on his break, exercising his 'screener discretion' to subject any pax to a full search at any time based on his fabricated 'reasonable suspicion'.

I'll bet he got top scores at the 'academy' for groin handling - and witty exchanges with underage female pax travelling alone.

mauve

He was only about 42 when he left, and you probably need to be 50 to retire from Pittsburgh PD. Unless of course, there was a disability claim, but then his TSA job probably reduces his benefits.

The girl was his daughter's friend, rather than someone he met at work. Not sure if that makes it better or worse.

Boggie Dog

Have to be concerned for the daughter. Why did it take a year to develop enough evidence to bring charges? Shouldn't one request for a naked picture be enough and did the police have some naked pictures of young girls just sitting around?

Stuff like this should disqualify TSA from touching anyone.

GUWonder

The girl's father seems to have been the one to turn in this TSA creep.

Cases being investigated do involve the police or prosecutors holding evidence of the crime. It can take some time between a crime being reported, an arrest being made and a prosecution commencing. And sometimes the police don't investigate reported former police officers as extensively as they do various others -- a twisted form of professional courtesy perhaps.

I was under the impression (which may well be non-representative) that 20 years of employment was sufficient at some PDs for full retirement benefits, with as few as 5-8 years being sufficient for at least partial retirement benefits.

The girl being his daughter's friend is an indication that he knew she was barely a teenager.

mauve

It frequently is, but there's still usually a minimum age to collect. Fifty is typical and Google suggests that's how it works in Pittsburgh.

FliesWay2Much

For those of you who haven't yet been banned from TSA social media, please saturate @AskTSA, the useless Propaganda Village, and the @TSAMedia_<Spokeshole(ess) name> about this scumbag.

All of my "friends" have been banned (1st Amendment???) but, to the TSA I would say: "You can run but you can't hide."

FliesWay2Much

I'm wondering if a convicted felon can lose his police pension in Pittsburgh? (I hope so, in the worst way!)

GUWonder

Unless and until he is convicted for a crime where the court-ordered sentence includes a financial penalty, can't say I'm a fan of clawing back people's already earned compensation -- especially those portions meant for retirement. The more desperate a criminal suspect is likely to be made, the more dangerous the criminal will likely be. And I'm not sure how good that is for victims and potential victims. A former police offer turned TSA employee "going postal" when the person realizes they are in a corner and it's "game over" even for their pension? It would not surprise me.

gsoltso

If the individual is a Transportation Security Specialist-Explosives Commonly referred to as a TSSE), they are not regularly tasked with bag searches. They are not tasked with pat downs. They are assigned to a different set of responsibilities - you can see more by visiting this link.

https://www.tsa.gov/videos/tsa-job-t...t-explosives-0

If things have happened as they are described in the articles, then this guy should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law - with no mercy.

In some cases, if an employee is accused of something, they are placed on administrative leave until a decision can be made about employment based upon Federal regulations and MDs/ODs/HR regs, etc.

If it is an unsubstantiated accusation and the individual is fired without due process, it can open up the organization to lawsuits that turn 2 weeks of administrative pay into a bargain (comparatively speaking).