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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 8:28 pm
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HSVTSO Dean
 
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Originally Posted by nachtnebel
Saving this...so spd is opt out, targeted spd is resolution or...
Yes, and no.

Standard Pat-Down is for opt-out of the WBI, it's also for resolving alarms from the WTMD that can't be resolved by divesting more metal, it's also for, like, when a person has a pace-maker implanted.

Targeted Standard Pat-Down is far more specific. Like... say you come through with a baggy sweater on. The TSO would perform a pat-down of the upper body everywhere the sweater is loose on you - it's targeted. Same for baggy pants, only in that case it would be your legs that receive the pat-down and not the upper body. As I understand what Bob's said on the Blog, it's also for clearing anomalies from the WBI device. Like, say, there's an anomaly on your arm - your arm will be patted down. It's a "targeted search."

(Previously, this was called a "bulk-item pat-down," and still is by many TSOs.)


The Resolution Pat-Down is something else entirely, used, in my observations for ETD alarms on the passenger (such as from the ETD of a TSO's hands following a Standard Pat-Down). It is, literally, an alarm "resolution" procedure.
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