Here's how it goes for us at our airport.

If during the process of screening a bag or person and you stumble onto drugs you are to contact a supervisor and have them contact a LEO. It may be our job to catch problems with planes but if we willing let someone leave with drugs and are caught, we as screeners may face possible criminal charges.

The money thing is this, if you travel out of country with more then $10,000 dollars you must declare it to Customs and if we screeners find a large sum of money, we call for a supervisor.


Saying that a screener shouldnt report this stuff in my mind is stupid thats like saying that while on shift early in the morning I was down stairs and saw a man shot someone but since that man didnt fly, he wasnt a threat to aviation, so no reason to report it.

If I see a human head in a bag, its suspicson to me at that point and at that point needs to be address.

Even though we're screeners doesnt mean we are trying to be cops. All screeners are US citizens and some us feel its our duty as US citizens to report this stuff.

[This message has been edited by Screener (edited 08-26-2003).]