Originally Posted by
TSORon
TSA does not “confiscate” things at the checkpoint. Each and every passenger is offered choices, only one of which would end up with the passenger not retaining their item. 1.) You can take the item out of the sterile area and deal with it as you choose. 2.) You can mail it to yourself. 3.) You can abandon the property here and TSA will deal with it. Claims that the TSA “confiscate” items from passengers is an outright lie.
So much for you supposedly taking the high ground, TSORon. Nice to read that Randy will protect you by making people use your correct name, but you will not be corrected for blatantly inciting issues with obvious insults.
I am insulted by your accusation that I am fracking lying. As far as I am concerned, your posts are
BS of the highest order.
I have had over $300.00 of tools
CONFISCATED (taken under dubious color of authority) by TSA BWI over the past 7 years. Every time, the tool has been COMPLETELY within the limits espoused by your employer. Every time, the TSA employee physically removed them from my bag, showed the item to the x-ray operator and then immediately tossed the item
directly into a bin behind the x-ray machine, told me that I could not do anything about it when I complained and that I would be arrested for interference if I complained any further. The one time I called a LEO was fruitless, as the TSA employee stated that the item was
CONFISCATED in accordance with policy and that my actions constituted interference with screening in calling the LEO. That LEO looked at me, told me these "folks" were out of his control and to move on or he would be required to cite me for criminal trespass.
Written complaints to the FSD office were met with, in one case, "we checked the tape and saw nothing, and our "officer" stated that he gave you an opportunity which you declined". All of the other complaints were met with absolute silence. Written complaints to MdTA for the LEO conduct were never responded to at all.
Telling me that I have options is a nice platitude on an anonymous forum. BWI TSA has NEVER offered me that option. I take it this is driven from the top, since the lousy FSD for that airport has verbally threatened me with arrest for carrying LEGAL scissors beyond the C/P. In that particular case, once I complained vociferously there and then, the LEO backed me up, stating that he would not arrest me for carrying an item that was not against the law in MD and which was just visually inspected by one of the FSD's own personnel.