Originally Posted by Spiff
CBS News Article
""But when a crime of opportunity presents itself, individual loses his or her moral compass and makes a bad decision," said Mark Hatfield, with the TSA.
Passenger Bolanos believes screeners have more important work to do than fishing through his luggage. "
Crime of opportunity! Do you hear that, Admiral Stone?? Take away the opportunity before the next crime is a bomb being introduced into someone's checked luggage instead of valuables being removed!!!
1. Too many bags are being opened
2. The owners are not present
3. There is no oversight when a bag is opened
1 + 2 + 3 =
kaboom!
No such thing as "too many bags being opened" when it comes to security. However, I do agree with the other points. Again, as I've posted repeatedly, like it or not, many people simply don't stick around to watch their bags get screened at the checked baggage pods. They drop off their bags and leave the area without any second thoughts. Your third point can be resolved with CCTV coverage specifically aimed at the baggage pods and by keeping baggage pods out in the public area. The reason for the CCTV coverage is not only to protect passengers' property from theft, but also to have a video recording should there be an incident such as the exploding flashlight at LAX.