Originally Posted by goalie

any armed leo must i/d themselves at the checkpoint tho i doubt you saw a fam as making a statement that obvious in front of other pax is "not a good idea" (and fwiw, the fam's i've seen go thru security, generally go thru the exit after i/d'ing themselves and showing a bp to the tsa employee guarding the exit [at sfo & lax, it's very very very obvious])