Tue, Jun 14, 2011
Some Checked Bags Loaded On Airplanes Without Proper
Inspection
TSA announced late last week that it has proposed the removal of
more than 30 Honolulu International Airport (HNL) TSA employees
following an extensive investigation into allegations of improper
screening of checked baggage. “TSA holds its workforce to the
highest ethical standards and we will not tolerate employees who in
any way compromise the security of the traveling public,”
said TSA Administrator John Pistole. “We have taken
appropriate action through our newly established Office of
Professional Responsibility and are committed to ensuring our high
security standards are upheld in Hawaii and throughout the
country.”
TSA Administrator John Pistole
As announced earlier this year, TSA placed several officers in
non-security related roles pending the outcome of the internal
investigation. The investigation determined that some checked
baggage during one shift, at one airport location was not properly
screened, impacting a limited number of flights each day during the
last few months of 2010.
TSA has taken the necessary steps to ensure every bag has been
screened properly at HNL since the agency identified the issue. TSA
routinely tests security operations to ensure that proper protocols
are being followed, and investigates any indication of misconduct.
TSA also utilizes a number of checks to ensure bags are being
screened properly including the use of CCTV, random inspections,
covert tests, as well as peer and management oversight.
TSA management-level staff and National Deployment Force
officers have been temporarily assigned to HNL to augment the
current staff and continue to ensure that a high level of security
operations continues. An effort will commence to hire local
permanent replacements in the coming weeks.
Stanford Miyamoto, currently the Deputy Area Director, has been
named Acting Federal Security Director.
Meanwhile, an ANN reader in Honolulu said in an e-mail that TSA
was making things "painful" at the Honolulu airport as late as
Sunday night, subjecting all passengers to screening by backscatter
scanning devices and causing what he called "massive lines" at
security.
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