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Originally Posted by TSA PR
Two VIPR teams, consisting of San Diego Police Department, San Diego Metropolitan Transit Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation/Joint Terrorism Task Force, Customs and Border Protection, Federal Air Marshals, TSA-certified K9 units, TSA Behavior Detection and Bomb Appraisal Officers and, conducted highly visible patrols and limited screening of suspicious passengers as well as covert operations.
The operation reported over 3,000 contacts with Trolley passengers on the first day, with 21 citations being issued, and four arrests for warrants, immigration issues and identification.
FAMs? On a trolley? Regardless of one's opinion on the FAM program, what a waste of resources.
Arrests for warrants and identification? How can you be arrested for identification when there is no law requiring you to carry ID and no requirement (implied or actual) to produce ID to ride the San Diego trolley?
And even in this screwed-up era, is a court really going to hold up what is essentially a roving team of law-enforcement accosting individuals in a public place in the city and checking them for ID and outstanding warrants. Papers please? Doesn't it shatter the whole "airports are a special case" argument if this sort of thing is allowed?