Originally Posted by frequentfoulup
Umm, they can see in your bag. How did she expect to get away with possession? Keep your pot at home if you are so inclined. It wouldn't surprise me if the stuff could be electronically scent detected nowadays. It's just not worth the risk.
Actually, it's not our job to look for illegal drugs. In other words, we cannot initiate a search because we believe that there may be illegal drugs inside of the bag. However, if we initiated a search for a pair of scissors, for example, and came across a bag of a suspicious-looking leafy substance, then we are obligated to notify the airport police. From that point, it's their baby.
The usual suspects will challenge this as none of our business, but they have yet to come up with anything more than just an opinion that we shouldn't notify the police. By the way, the police don't always take action. But that's their call not ours. I've has screeners complain when they saw the airport LEO let something go, and I remind them of their responsibilities and their "running lane." It's no different than not everyone who speeds is given a traffic ticket. It's all about police discretion.