TSA to replace NYPD?
 

I read about this a few days ago. What do you guys think?

http://www2.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/loc...way_Bag_Checks

So...pretty much if it's not shampoo or toothpaste the TSA is SOL.

The Ministry of Love expands it's reach.

In other words, they have way too much money on their hands.

Pretty much, if its dangerous you call a LEO. There is always supposed to be a LEO with them so I'm really not sure what the issue is. Then again people are a lot more volatile on the streets than the airport. A guy shot 2 cops after they caught him jumping the turnstile imagine if a cop and those TSOs approached him at random.

I am wondering by what authority they are doing this under. (statute)

If they have the statutory authority then it looks like it would be just another administrative search. I wonder what the limitations are on the search.

The real danger to TSA: When Curtis Sliwa hears they're muscling in on his turf.

NYC Subways: No Place for Amateurs

I am wondered why TSA will be leaving from JFK due to financial costly. So I think it would be too much time TSA is wasting the taxpayers. So I think it would be replacement back to non-federalization. I think NYPD will have training to be improvable better aviation security and NYPD is taking more responsibilities for passengers screening at checkpoint.

Could one just say "No" to a search and keep on going? With a LEO one could be charged with a failure to obey a "lawful" order. With a TSO, well, [thumbs nose].

Will the TSOs be partnered with LEOs? What law gives cops the authority to order you to submit to a search by some random federal employee?

"The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association is blasting the plan, saying despite the city's financial crisis the city needs to hire more cops. According to the PBA, the city has 4,000 fewer cops on the street than it did in 2001."

No, idiot. This means that the subway bag harassment needs to be terminated. It's a stupid program that is a clear infringement on civil liberties and the Fourth Amendment.

At my home station there was a table with 3 NYPD set up two evenings (6PM ish)in a row last week. They were not checking anyone's bags and just standing around.

My station for work is Rockefeller Center and about once every two months there is the same set-up. Have never seen a bag checked once. Including mine- which is a medium size totebag.

A total waste of time and resources.

I don't think you can do that, but you can turn around and leave the station.

What used to amuse me the most, when I lived in BOS & rode the T every day, was that when the T police would do something like this, they never started much before 8am (& long after I was in my office). I guarantee you somewhere there is a tewwowist who is an early morning person :p

And, since many stations in the NYC system have multiple entrances, just find a different one and go through that.

Heck, even if there is only one entrance (and you happen to be a suicide bomber who wants to succeed, not saying you are doober, of course), just walk 8-10 blocks over to the next stop with no bag checks and get on there.

Just like the TSA, a complete waste of money and resources for feel-good security theater. :td:

In other words, NYPD will focus on real threats, and let the TSA waste taxpayer money for security theatre.

The TSA is not NYPD. They are biting off more than they can chew & will get themselves killed on the NY streets & subways. I can't post what I would tell one of them:D