Originally Posted by
collettex21
Please share your "knowledge" and enlighten us all as to the actual numbers of Rapists pornographers drug smuggling murderers arrested charged and convicted as a result of TSA calling over a LEO at Nashville over say the last 3 years. Thank you in advance. Their names would be useful as well. They are matters of public record after all.
To be a little more clear (since you may have missed my point) many here don't have a problem with some things being found and action taken, but they have problems with other things being deemed "suspicious" (i.e. money) where LE becomes involved. There is no feasible way a policy can be written that makes everything specific that TSA should or should not be looking for. Whether it is illegal or not, it will be the determination of the LEO on scene to make that call. As far as TSA not reporting anything (i.e. horse blinders) while screening for weapons/explosives, that will never happen. So boca and others who indicate such should forget about it.
A good citizen minds his own business and keeps his mouth shut unless they see a crime where someone will be hurt or there is property loss/damage.
Why am I not surprised this comes from you boca. If everyone were to be a little more savvy to their surroundings and reported suspicious activity, whether in an airport or out on the street, there would very likely be a lot less crime overall. Most criminal cases depend on witness testimony, even if the crime was not committed against those testifying. Let's ignore everything that occurs around us and hope for the best. People like that tend to be more victims than those who are aware.
They should not be reporting anything which is unrelated to aviation security. Period.
I'm glad you're not making the rules.
I hope you're not the one that has to make the determination. Neither melatonin (a dietary supplement) nor vitamins are prescription meds.
It seems that you and others are under the assumption that I or my counterparts come and yank you up should you have a pill in something aside from a pill container. Let's try not to assume shall we? It is relatively quick and easy to identify any type of pills, whether using the text we have available to us or simply calling the pill ID center at Vanderbilt. All of which takes a minute or two. As I've already stated once, it's rare I get called to the checkpoint in reference to just pills in a bag or other not-so-common pill container.
Please. Carrying cash is not suspicious. I'll write it again. Carrying cash is not suspicious. It doesn't matter who you are.
Your opinion definitely varies from those who work drug interdiction. Who, where (or where to), how, and when someone is carrying money can definitely be suspicious. Thousands upon thousands of seizure cases on the local and federal level have proven such.
OK... I try to stay out of these debates. However, this attitude just steams me. Most FFs are not on vacation. They are trying to do their job; same as you. Their jobs just happen to require they pass through airport security checkpoints on a regular basis. (And keep in mind that exceptions are made for most people who need to regularly access the airport secure area... making it seem "the rules" only apply to those who are actually paying to fly. Just a side Q: How often do you have to pass through the checkpoint? Empty pockets; take off jacket; remove shoes; etc. Weekly? Daily? Once a year on vacation?)
Whether on vacation or working, if there is such a problem with checkpoint screening, find something else that does not require you to fly so much. It seems that there is a very small percentage that have a big a problem as most on here would suggest.
As far as me personally, since I'm armed it kind of defeats the purpose to subject me to screening doesn't it? I fly maybe a half-dozen times a year. While I find some of the new policies (as I have indicated in the past) an inconvenience, I do not lose my head over it. There are far more things going on in my life then to waste time writing complaints about how screening SHOULD be done, or how I was stopped or "harassed" by TSA. This so-called harassment is very objective. Would a large majority of the flying public say that they were sometimes inconvenienced by the newer screening policies/procedures? Absolutely. Would the same bunch claim it was "harassment" or bad enough it would deter them from flying commercially again? Not likely. Now this could have swayed a little more true when the TSA was first put to work and no one knew what they could or couldn't do, and who to subject to certain types of screening, but I believe it has improved. At least they have attempted to give you "expert" travelers your own lane to keep you from getting held up.