Originally Posted by
thadocta
As an example, members of the Australian Protective Service (a division of the Australian Federal Police) have to go through screening, they do not have to remove their side-arm, but the rest of the body is screened. (They tend to get wanded, it goes berserk at the waist, due to the sidearm, handcuffs and quick-load ammunition, not to mention the retractable baton). But the fact remains that they are screened. But they are not on board an aircraft.
As I said, in short, EVERYONE should be screened, passenger, burger-flipper, screener, pilot, gate-agent, it is the ONLY way of making sure the sterile area is in deed sterile.
Dave
When the wand goes bereserk at the waist is the waist area checked for handguns that could be carried behind the baton, handcuffs, and extra magazines in a in the waistband holster? If not what was the point? After all that officer could be bringing in another handgun to give to someone else in the sterile area correct?
FB