A Transportation Security Administration officer was arrested for allegedly stealing items from a traveler's suitcase at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said Monday.
The LAX Crime Task Force, composed of airport police and Los Angeles Police Department officers, investigated a report that Driscoll had stolen items from a passenger's bag, leading to his arrest May 10 at Terminal 6, said Sgt. Belinda Nettles of the LAX police department.
Driscoll was hired by the TSA in 2002 and the agency has a "zero-tolerance" policy for theft in the workplace, said TSA spokesman Nico Melendez.
TSA officers have screened 90 million travelers and more than 70 million checked bags at LAX since March 2007, when another officer was arrested for allegedly stealing items from a suitcase, Melendez said.