I feel sad for our country when an LEO says such things.


All I was requesting was the arrests (and convictions if they had so occurred) related to the "large scale criminal plans" you referred to earlier - nothing more. And now you say it was not a huge catch? :confused: I never asked for info on any other incidents. This board is pretty good at ferreting out and posting that information.

In my field, I don't have the hubris to believe that I know everything I can and cannot do. My field is always evolving and I learn from others. New cases and laws come out on a daily basis.

If you've ever wondered why some of the public really doesn't care how "dangerous" a job law enforcement is - look only to what you've typed for your answer.

I'll never give a dime to the FOP and keep right on reading when I see stories in the paper of so-called "dangerous" situations that law enforcement officers get into because they have chosen to harass the general public.

Aren't the cops at airports usually from the bottom of the barrel?

Well, statistically speaking, yes, it was. The ride to the airport has always been a far more dangerous venture than the flight itself.

Mike

NO.

I'm not following you. Why would you think that?

It depends on whether the airport cops are a detachment of a City or County PD or are a dedicated Airport or Port Authority PD. The latter are more likely to consist of personnel who could not get into a 'real' force. Gross generalization I concede, based solely on my local experience.

Either way it's a pretty cushy number compared to patrolling say, Compton or Liberty City. Not much chance of encountering serious crime, which is why they welcome the terrorist threat as it enhances their sense of self importance. In any case, Hill Street Blues they ain't.

I prefer you pull out the SOP book, review it and perform correctly than just wing it because you have too many SOPs to learn. Don't, for your convenience make up rules and demand shoe removal that is not required.

None of the above has anything to do with whether your airport is a public place.

The MNAA was created by the Nashville Council about 38 years ago, following passage of authorizing legislation by the TN legislature. MNAA is run by a 10 person board, nine of whom are appointed by the Mayor of Nashville, and the Mayor serves as the tenth board member.

Do you really believe that BNA is private property?

If so, you're sorely in need of remedial training. Oh, well. You're safe, since any damages flowing from abuses won't be paid by you personally - your employer, a government body, will pay those for you.

Why do I think that?

1. I believe that a couple of years ago there was discussion here about the cops at the airport which pretty much followed the line of Wally Bird's post.

2. The majority of the cops that I see at the airport (EWR so they are Port Authority cops) are grossly overweight. :D

The majority of america is grossly overweight!

BOS is staffed by Troop F of the Mass. state police and posting to the Logan barracks iis considered to be a plum assignment, you need to be connected if you have hopes of transferring there.

Which means overweight people are now average. :)

More than all that, as a Conservative, a supporter of consistent and appropriate law enforcement (and for the record for 8 years a City Council member and also a former member of an airport board and in my twilight years relegated to the second team as a member of the board of the Convention Center - security but not yet terrorists), I strongly suggest that to preserve the fiscal integrity of the local airport authority from costly litigation (and from the potential of his being named personally in a lawsuit), he would be wise to spend a little time, 2 or 3 hours of intensive briefing, with a skilled litigator with experience in municipal/governmental representation on the existence of a variety of federal and state court decisions (and even a few statutes on the books) that raise serious questions of his current perspectives and in some cases rash opinions.

Thankfully, be it in the military police, the shore patrol, the TSA or what is apparently an "Airport Police Agency" on an airport operated by a quasi-governmental authority, about as "private" as the water fountain outside City Council's chambers, SGTs don't yet make law, although have been known to impetuously and excessively enforce it.

Were I a hearty Libertarian searching for methods to demonstrate the sacred nature of individual rights, I'd encourage some young lass to whup out her digital and photograph away, simply looking to be apprehending for "blocking security", but accompanied by adequate witnesses to establish in court that the blocking alleged was purely a creation of the SGT's adversarial views toward permissible actions in public places. Ensuing would be one of those test cases which make the media ever so happy, cause city attorneys and prosecutors to tear out their hair, and insure that solemn judges meet out verbal chastisement against errant LEOs.

Sadly, I'm no longer that sort of crusader and will simply wait for the day when some poor buffoon gets unwarrantedly thumped by the SGT who is then transferred to painting the cross-hatching on traffic lanes where driving is banned...

Great post^^^