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It's not supposed to work, it's supposed to provide job security.
by bo1024 15y ago
It's not supposed to work, it's supposed to provide job security.
- jrockway 15y agoWhy can't the TSA rent-a-thugs be cops or something? At least they'd be deterring crimes that actually happen.
- arohner 15y agoYou want those imbeciles to have guns? And what crimes happen in the vicinity of their screening area that could be prevented?
- lloeki 15y ago> You want those imbeciles to have guns? No, he wants real cops. In France, in public places like railway stations, the "plan Vigipirate" makes use of the military (including gendarmerie)
- 46Bit 15y agoThe main crime in screening areas, beyond violation of people's rights, is probably TSA employees stealing things.
- mahmud 15y agoNo one is hiring cops. Listen to this week's This American Life; small-government fetishists are firing public workers, and for very good reasons.
- uxp 15y agoThe TSA _are_ deterring crimes. Drug related crimes (possession) has gone up substantially at airports, and there are known cases of credit card fraud, animal smuggling and child porn being found while searching belongings of travelers. Whether or not you think that the TSA should be involved in anything past securing the ability for persons to travel is the question.
- DanBC 15y agoerm, isn't "catching people committing a crime" proof that the crimes are not being deterred?
- vacri 15y agoCops have generalist training that can be used across a wide variety of situations where you have to think on your feet. It would be a waste of that training to just chain it to a scanner week-in, week-out.
- vidarh 15y agoHe meant the other way around. Train the TSA agents to be cops instead and have them do actual police duty instead of hanging around airports being annoying obstacles for travelers.
- ktizo 15y agoThousands Standing Around.
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