Originally Posted by
Hawk87
IND, today.
There was a TSA dog sniffing luggage/passengers (pretty discreetly I might add) at the entrance to the line. I got the the document checker and was told no laptop out, no shoes off, no belt off, no light jacket off and the only things that had to come out of pockets was metal. All passengers were being directed through the WTMD.
While this is refreshing to hear on one level, it does raise an issue. We have been told by the TSA that the administrative search does not begin until we either present ourselves for the WBI or the WTMD, or place our items on the belt (both of which occur after the TDC). The dog begins the search outside of that area, which is problematic.
What happens if the dog alerts? Can I walk away at that point? Am I physically searched at that point? Does this mean that I have to get a secondary? (And in all of this, I am assuming that the dog is trained to detect explosives and not, for example, drugs.)