Originally Posted by
Good Guy
I've been a cop for 20 + years. I've been called a helluva lot worse. Now if a TSO called me over to complain that someone had called them an idiot, I would probably try to calm both parties down and send them on their separate ways.
Personally, I'd like to see an LEO tell the TSO, "Well, you mean you're NOT an idiot?"
Originally Posted by
HawaiiTrvlr
As for the LEO and his lecture, he did ask for my ID. He did not write anything down but did tell me that he could have called my employer and reported that I had an incident at the airport. "Just this once, I will cut you some slack and let you go."
I can tell you that I'd be speaking to a lawyer about that one. There is absolutely no justification for the cop making a threat like that, or even implying he has that ability, either. Calling your employer?
Looks like the TSO isn't the only person who was an idiot here; the LEO deserves that same label.
Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
The same rules ought to apply to both parties. Either both incidents are cause for further "sanctions", or neither are. And I'm not sure I care which way it's resolved ... as long as both parties are treated equally.
I'd go so far as to say the same rules don't apply to both, and that the behavior of the TSO and LEO in such an encounter should be held to a higher standard. It is, after all, their job to handle situations like this at all times, and they're acting on behalf of the government. That carries much stricter rules of conduct than an average Joe undergoing screening.
Originally Posted by
law dawg
Hypocrisy, IMO. Dish it out but can't take it and hiding behind nonsense (he's not petitioning for anything, he's acting out of either arrogance or frustration or some other emotion. He's not Rosa Parks, let's get real). So the passenger can act out of emotion but the TSO can't.
As with my comment above, responding in kind is childish, and the TSOs and LEOs have to deal with being held to a higher standard. And I don't just mean they shouldn't engage in name-calling or other expressions of sour attitude ("don't go away mad; just go away" for example), but that passive-aggressive, vindictive actions like retaliatory secondaries, NCIC checks and threats to call employers, etc., simply are not acceptable behavior, no matter what the provocation.