Originally Posted by
Often1
Officers often are deployed throughout the sterile area. Nothing to be particularly concerned about.
Please let's stop calling them by that title - it is neither appropriate nor deserved, and since they have no arrest or detention powers, it's not even accurate.
Since I can refuse additional screening after arriving from an inbound flight where I am not connecting onwards and can demand to be escorted out, there is really nothing they can do to anyone arriving from any flight who is not continuing onwards - so whether or not they are doing 'nothing' or 'something', if they want to talk to me or do a search, I can refuse and there is nothing they can do about it.