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Originally Posted by Bart
In all honesty; there is absolutely nothing to prevent an overzealous screener from doing this other than the follow-up interview. The LEO and supervisor will obtain a sworn statement from the screener who initiated the search, and that screener will have to explain why he/she requested the bag check. Here's where things get dicey because, according to correct procedure, the x-ray operator should have shown the x-ray image to the physical search screener and pointed out the prohibited item on the screen so the physical search screener knows what to look for and approximately where to find it. THAT screener ALSO has to submit a sworn statement. Unless there's a conspiracy between the two, this is where the hole in the "I thought I saw it" story may be revealed. It also may not.
Conspiracies are harder to form and keep with more people involved. |
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. They get to keep whatever they find, but must share with the police officers. Then they usually fire up during the "police questioning" which is where they practice lying and get their stories straight. This is taught in the police academy. :D |
I saw a guy get nailed in Amsterdam for taking pot through the screening machine. The airport cop wrote him a ticket. I thought it was kind of funny since pot is sold and smoked openly in Amsterdam.
As far as the TSA is concerned, I would be more concerned about them stealing the pot than to report you. :cool: |
Originally Posted by Braddelauter
They get to keep whatever they find, but must share with the police officers. Then they usually fire up during the "police questioning" which is where they practice lying and get their stories straight. This is taught in the police academy. :D
However, I'll use your little attempt at humor as a segue into something I have observed at my airport. We do not keep any prohibited items. At the checkpoint, we put them inside a prohibited items container which, for lack of a better term, is like the old amnesty box I used to see at military checkpoints. We log them in for two reasons: to account for the item and to keep the bean-counters who love to brag about how many scissors we've detected over the past month happy. At checked baggage, the only items we really pull out of the bags are matches. However, some passengers will voluntarily give us their lighters as well. These are all turned in to the airline GSC. On one occasion, I noticed that an airport police officer was fascinated by one of the leatherman-type tools we detected and expressed an interest in it. I told him that TSA policy prohibited us or anyone else from keeping these items for personal use. He just smiled at me and said that he'd get it eventually. This bothered me because I know that prohibited items are turned over to the airport police for final disposition. I would hope that he was the one exception to the rule because I do place a lot of trust in the airport police we work with. I expressed my concerns with my supervisor but never got any feedback. It's something that still bugs me to this day because even if it's not a TSA screener, it still reflects on the integrity of the organization. Never had a repeat incident like that, so I don't know if it was handled, if he was just joking and said that to me to keep me in doubt, or if he actually got what he wanted anyway. At checked baggage, I normally notify the GSC who comes to my location to pick up whatever prohibited item I find, mostly hazardous materials consisting of flammables, corrosives, toxics and lighters. One time, however, I had to take my collection of items to the GSC and entered their employee lounge. Can't say for certain, but it certainly appeared to me that the airline employees were picking out which lighters they wanted from my collection of lighters. Again, couldn't tell if they were joking because they didn't actually take anything. And because of my confidence in the professionalism of this particular GSC, I don't believe he would have allowed it. Still, it left a nagging doubt in the back of my mind. This problem has gone away because of our new and revised don't-ask-don't-tell policy. (That's all I'll say about that.) |
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