Originally Posted by
WillCAD
Now we come to the real motivation - MONEY. You're naturally supportive of any endeavor that would allow your brothers in blue to collect fat OT paychecks for doing nothing more than sitting on their butts for 4 or 8 hours at a c/p. Easy duty, even easier than spending the morning in court or doing desk duty, because there's no paperwork involved. Heck, it's even easier than working a sporting event, because you wouldn't even have to be on your feet the whole time.
...and the considerably lower risk of personal injury - brawls, fights, and other "violent occurrences" that take place with a certain frequency at "sporting events" are
incredibly rare at the airports.