Is Bob getting hypersensitive?
#16




Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Greensboro
Programs: TSA
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Most of those are simply statistics released to show what the agency is actually preventing from getting on planes. Some are more detailed than others, but if someone brings a gun or explosives or something of that nature into the checkpoint, it is just reported as that. I don't see much info released on the majority of people that have done that. The only place most of that info comes from is blotter reports or FOIA requests that are responded to... Most of that stuff is beyond my scope of ability to explain, I don't work at HQ so I am not privy to all the reasoning behind the release of info. I am merely observing what I interpret to be trends by the agency.
#17
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: DFW
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Most of those are simply statistics released to show what the agency is actually preventing from getting on planes. Some are more detailed than others, but if someone brings a gun or explosives or something of that nature into the checkpoint, it is just reported as that. I don't see much info released on the majority of people that have done that. The only place most of that info comes from is blotter reports or FOIA requests that are responded to... Most of that stuff is beyond my scope of ability to explain, I don't work at HQ so I am not privy to all the reasoning behind the release of info. I am merely observing what I interpret to be trends by the agency.
No names, locations or other information that could lead to identifying a person.
#18




Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Greensboro
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If you were accused of beating an old lady with her own pocket book, when all you did was assist her across the street when she stumbled, wouldn't you mount a defense to the best of your abilities?
As for the Acting administrator, I can not presume to speak for her or the direction she is taking the agency, merely my opinions and interpretations.
I have already indicated I would like to see more transparency, but I don't know all the implications of that type of info release or the legal issues involved.
#19




Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Greensboro
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I have already indicated that I would like to see that. It would go a long way towards transparency, but again, I do not know the legal aspects or provisions that would hamper that.
#20
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 3,657
That doesn't mean it couldn't be done, of course. It just means that you may have to aggregate in much larger units ... say, nationwide.
#21




Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Sydney (for now), GVA (only in my memories)
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I suspect, but do not know for certain, that posting such statistics on a per-checkpoint basis could be problematic. If the actual rate of TSO wrongdoing is low (as, after all, we all hope it is), publishing such statistics might actually end up inadvertently releasing confidential information. E.g. if you post that one TSO at this checkpoint was involved in X this month, it becomes a little easier to figure out who that one person was.
That doesn't mean it couldn't be done, of course. It just means that you may have to aggregate in much larger units ... say, nationwide.
That doesn't mean it couldn't be done, of course. It just means that you may have to aggregate in much larger units ... say, nationwide.
Right after "nn passengers were arrested after investigations of suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents"
it could list:
"nn TSA employees were arrested for theft."
and
"nn TSA employees were suspended or fired for their actions while at work."
But that's a level of accountability we'll never see. 4, 8 and 17.

