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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 6:09 am
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Originally Posted by AArlington
How much of a reward bounty are screeners paid for finding dope? And is that bounty paid to both of them or just the X-Ray screener? (unless the x-ray screener kicks some back to the bag checker).

Then again, I doubt most screeners are practiced liars and would probably cave under *thorough* police questioning (doubtful to happen) or skillful cross-examination.
There is no bounty. Another popular urban legend.

I think that it's possible to find one overzealous screener who would take it upon himself or herself to initiate a bag check solely to find out if there were drugs in the bag. I don't think a second screener would go along with it to the point of lying on a sworn statement to cover for that first screener. Could be wrong on that; however, falsifying a sworn statement is grounds for immediate termination of employment as well as grounds for criminal charges.
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