LA Airport Police Back Effort To Ban Badges For Non-Sworn TSA Screeners
Jul 25, 2015, 3:07 pm
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The MSY "You goona respect this badge right here" TSA screener has been removed from passenger screening functions.
http://wn.ktvu.com/story/29618200/ts...-film-pat-down
This person is a STSO, a 3 stripper, and should know TSA policies. So how come this guy wasn't fired?
http://wn.ktvu.com/story/29618200/ts...-film-pat-down
This person is a STSO, a 3 stripper, and should know TSA policies. So how come this guy wasn't fired?
Jul 25, 2015, 5:00 pm
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Because, as the article says, the investigation is still ongoing. Nothing says that the agent won't be fired. But the last thing you want is for the agent to be fired while violating his due process rights, which would probably lead to the agent being reinstated, all the while leading armchair quarterbacks like us to ask "why can't they conduct an investigation properly"? Give it some time.
Jul 25, 2015, 5:54 pm
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Because, as the article says, the investigation is still ongoing. Nothing says that the agent won't be fired. But the last thing you want is for the agent to be fired while violating his due process rights, which would probably lead to the agent being reinstated, all the while leading armchair quarterbacks like us to ask "why can't they conduct an investigation properly"? Give it some time.
Much better than prior TSA responses to undeniable employee misconduct.
Jul 25, 2015, 7:02 pm
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Because, as the article says, the investigation is still ongoing. Nothing says that the agent won't be fired. But the last thing you want is for the agent to be fired while violating his due process rights, which would probably lead to the agent being reinstated, all the while leading armchair quarterbacks like us to ask "why can't they conduct an investigation properly"? Give it some time.
Barely controlled anger issues.
Pretty strong evidence supplied by the screener.
Should make short work of any investigation.
Jul 27, 2015, 10:15 am
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Jul 31, 2015, 8:03 am
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Question: I sometimes see little kids walking around with those TSA stickers that they got at the checkpoint. Does that make them TSOs, also? And if not, shouldn't they be arrested for impersonating a LEO?
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Jul 31, 2015, 8:56 am
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But would a reasonable and prudent person suspect that a minor wearing a sticker is impersonating a LEO? I think that's the legal argument and the threshold that would have to be overcame.
I would say not.
I'll standby though and wait for the FlyerTalk lawyers to chime in.
Jul 31, 2015, 3:36 pm
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I am neither condoning or criticizing the shooting with this statement... Only the posters ignorance of the facts that can inflame a situation such as this.
Jul 31, 2015, 8:27 pm
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While the shooting was tragic it was a mistake. On what order of magnitude a mistake is certainly debatable, however, the man shot most certainly was not innocent. The video of the sting clearly shows him committing a crime as well as other evidence obtained before.
I am neither condoning or criticizing the shooting with this statement... Only the posters ignorance of the facts that can inflame a situation such as this.
I am neither condoning or criticizing the shooting with this statement... Only the posters ignorance of the facts that can inflame a situation such as this.
