Originally Posted by
armandov9
You're trying to say that she was properly searching because SOP called for the bag to be checked. But that she shouldn't have admitted to thinking "There's no WEI so I'm looking for contraband."
However, I think you're wrong. SOP calls for searching for WEI. Once you realize there is no WEI, you need to stop because your search is FINISHED. Anything beyond that is NOT PER SOP.
Or, are you in fact saying that if you visually clear an envelope, swab it and it does not alarm, and it has been cleared of metal/objects through the X-Ray and WTMD, that SOP calls for you to take the bills out and count them?
Incorrect; SOP in this situation called for all of her property to be searched. Opinion of the TSO does not matter.
And who said anything about counting "bills"? The SOP for searching a selectee is pretty clear, EVERYTHING on the passenger is to be searched, certain items ETD test, the passenger screened again even if no alarm at the WTMD, and so on. I just wonder where it says in the SOP that once a TSO thinks a bag is clear before the search is done then the search has to end. I checked before I post this, and all I found was what supports what I have been saying.
If a TSO were to end a selectee search before everything was checked, that would violate SOP - and so many people here have repeatedly said they just want TSOs to follow their own rules.