This is just getting ridiculous!  What the heck is wrong with these people?

http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/xrated.security.screenings.2.777423.html

From the article:  "She was yelling 'I have power, I have power, I have power," 

Apparently power is standard, but brains are optional.

Is it any wonder that real LEO's despise people like this?

I checked in my badge(spare generic) with my firearm last year when I flew to California. The screener who inspected my luggage out of the regional airport then chose me, who was last mind you.....of all the passengers for the advanced search. She knew full well I was a LEO, not only from the checked luggage, but from when I worked there back in 03 when they invaded Iraq and beefed up protection at the airport.

Gotta love TSA, they'll check the cops who checked their firearms, but not anyone else.

I do not like the TSA. The dad in the article said it best, the key word is reasonable, and they are not. When asked for a supervisor, one should comply, but it should not ever get to that.

The TSA is a WASTE of my TAX PAYER money, To many of them are bafoons and idiots.

You know what is so rediculous about TSA? Thing about all the things that people caryy every day that can be used as a weapon. Don't know ask I'll tell you.

TSA.....................Taking scissors away................To many standing around. It is bad when I talk with a tsa supervisor who is a great guy and he tells me thank god we don't carry guns!  To many morons who think they have power!

ccso8462 says ...

This is just getting ridiculous!  What the heck is wrong with these people?

http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/xrated.security.screenings.2.777423.html

From the article:  "She was yelling 'I have power, I have power, I have power," 

Apparently power is standard, but brains are optional.

Is it any wonder that real LEO's despise people like this?

 

HONESTLY?

it's quite simple honestly.

• They hire people who can not get any other kind of work.


• They like to hire welfare rejects so that said welfare rejects can try to get off of welfare.


• They hire people who do NOT qualify to be Pre-School Security Guards, yet they can EASILY get a position with the TSA.


• The TSA just LOVES to keep up with Affirmative Action, so they hire the WORST OF THE WORST OF THE WORST!!


• They hire people who have GED's when in reality, they shouldn't have even gotten past the 7th grade.


• They hire people with Fake Gold Teeth and 2lb Fake Gold Loop Earings.


• They hire people who talk like this: Youz gotz to be taken dem shoz off becuz I had to be chekins you for weaponz and shit YO!


• The people that actually DO qualify to not get the proper training, low pay and get treated like shit.


• Affirmative Action.


• It's a forced job for those who like to collect Unemployment ike it was a damn pension.


• Affirmative Action.


• DID I MENTION AFFIRMATIVE ACTION?!?!

 

BTW: THE TSA JUST LOOOOVE TO HARASS LAW ENFORCEMENT!!! God FORBID you're wearing your agencies shirt, hat, polo, boxers, whatever or your wallet just happens to open when you place it down in the bin... oh hell no... prepare to get tortured.

They take their lack of power out on those who have power. It's just too bad that airport Law Enforcement Officials will back up a TSA employee over an LEO... at least those ALE Officials that I have ran into at Newark, JFK, LGA, Philly, Boston, etc.

Allen705 says ...

I checked in my badge(spare generic) with my firearm last year when I flew to California. The screener who inspected my luggage out of the regional airport then chose me, who was last mind you.....of all the passengers for the advanced search. She knew full well I was a LEO, not only from the checked luggage, but from when I worked there back in 03 when they invaded Iraq and beefed up protection at the airport.

Gotta love TSA, they'll check the cops who checked their firearms, but not anyone else.

FURTHER PROVES MY POINT.

nikkochey says ...

You know what is so rediculous about TSA? Thing about all the things that people caryy every day that can be used as a weapon. Don't know ask I'll tell you.

Oh now you hit it right out of the ballpark with that comment Nikko. If some terrorist receives even mild training he is going to be able to do tremendous damage onboard a plane and the only hope in hell that they might have is a Sky Marshall onboard or a trained LEO or Military person. I would LOVE for the TSA to ask me to run crap through the TSA security. I have no doubt that I could get so much stuff by them including bombs, guns, knives, garrotes, heel you name it and I could probably get it through them and only a fluke chance of getting caught. They are a joke and yes they do love to have power over those that they dislike and LEO's and even servicemen and women are often targets. I get angry every time I think about all those people who do not deserve to be doing this work.

TSA is pretty much a big joke! It was a good idea to have Federal Security Officer policing the airport, but there training is inadequate. They're hiring the same idiots as these run down security companies ang giving them authority. Stupid! Hire qualified personnel and train them. Show them how to handle different situations and how not to abuse the power they have. They're all pumped up on ego and there superiors in TSA only make it worse. I went through the TSA hiring process and it was a load of shit really. There prescreening was semi alright but the test and evaluations you go through are bs, and you don't get a psych check or anything. If these idiots are goin to working in a federal capacity then they have to go get with the program.

I flew in my class A uniform 8 time and every time I had a random security check.

I understand the frustration for the experiences that some of you have personally had, but can you REALLY believe what you read from the media?  The same media that nine times out of ten slants stories against law enforcement?  My husband is a behavioral detection officer for TSA.  When he was a TSA he was on a team with several retired military (from all four branches) and with a couple of young guys who were waiting to go to the police academy.  I'll grant you that like any agency TSA has its share of less than stellar employees, but in a lot of situations they aren't given the freedom to use their own judgement.  They aren't allowed to look at a pen and say "this should be taken away" because someone, even one of you, would say that it's only a pen and be upset that their pen was taken.  As for the uniforms, I don't know how much respect for TSA will change, but my husband has received many good comments about the uniform.  Sorry for the long post but my husband and his co-workers are trying to make sure each plane gets safely to it's destination.  Also, if you are wondering whether or not I understand the LEO side of this you can see that I am a federal Special Agent. 

"...only 110,000 abuse complaints".   I've got the Power!

 

tjlato says ...

I understand the frustration for the experiences that some of you have personally had, but can you REALLY believe what you read from the media?  The same media that nine times out of ten slants stories against law enforcement?  My husband is a behavioral detection officer for TSA.  When he was a TSA he was on a team with several retired military (from all four branches) and with a couple of young guys who were waiting to go to the police academy.  I'll grant you that like any agency TSA has its share of less than stellar employees, but in a lot of situations they aren't given the freedom to use their own judgement.  They aren't allowed to look at a pen and say "this should be taken away" because someone, even one of you, would say that it's only a pen and be upset that their pen was taken.  As for the uniforms, I don't know how much respect for TSA will change, but my husband has received many good comments about the uniform.  Sorry for the long post but my husband and his co-workers are trying to make sure each plane gets safely to it's destination.  Also, if you are wondering whether or not I understand the LEO side of this you can see that I am a federal Special Agent. 

It's not just the press that  is saying bad things about the TSA.  Just look at all the posts here from personal experiences.  Perhaps you husband is one of the good ones, but it appears that TSA has a mojority of yokels and a minority of professionals.  You can't disregard personal experience.

Well for starters, they hired people who were rejected by other police departments. Plus 90% of their management has no law enforcement back ground and come from the airline industry. They have no clue about law enforcement and how it works