[FedCom] Smoke & Mirrors Game!!!

[Christopher Handisides]

> This is a job for a skeptical person with a lot of experience.  My vote
> would be to hire retired big city police officers.  The only requirement
is
> that they have to had worked both patrol (min 10 years) and narcotics or
> vice (min 5 years)..  Then we would have folks who keep us safe and know
the
> difference between an electric shaver and a handgun.
>
> And... until ALL the airport workers, including the in-flight food
stockers,
> baggage handlers, and maint folks have to go though the same front end
> security screen, we will continue to have HUGE security holes...

Heck, it would be a massive improvement if the people that were doing the
screening weren't the lowest paid rung of the entire security industry.
Increase the pay dramatically, revamp the standards so that they're not
funneling back the same people that were there before (the KSAs are so damn
specific that someone with a few weeks of airport experience would look
better than a veteran Secret Service agent), and attract a higher standard
of people.  Make it a job that will attract the far more qualified people
that are in the upper echelons of private security, armored car, and the
like.  I agree that it would be great to staff the posts with veteran cops,
but are there really enough of them to go around?

--Chris