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Old Nov 3, 2013 | 8:29 am
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dustman81
 
Join Date: May 2013
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No. TSA agents are not LEOs, they have no arrest authority and are not authorized to use force.

Most airports have an airport division or at the very least have a LEO on site. Station a LEO at each checkpoint or give each TSA agent an alarm button that would alert the LEO to a problem.
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