Originally Posted by
halls120
No, you aren't. that you think you are demonstrates a considerable lack of judgment on your part.
I agree that one does not need to be a LEO to have suspicion. Since you are no longer a qualified LEO, do you bring every bag of white powder to the attention of your supervisor?
If you do not call a supervisor every time you encounter a suspicious item, you in fact are exercising your discretion, correct? And since you are no longer a qualified LEO, when you exercise this discretion, aren't you in fact conducting an administrative search beyond the scope of your authority?
If small bags of white powders are possibly explosive in nature why would any TSA employee call for a LEO instead of a person with BOA skills? What is the actual threat being mitigated?
Doesn't the fact that TSA is calling in LEO's in these situations indicate what the suspicion actually is?
I think Ron has boxed himself and inturn TSA into a corner on this matter. There is no way out short of admitting that some at TSA are in fact engaged in illegal searches for items not related to WEI.
Seems like an OIG investigation is in order.