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After the September 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Towers, the United States government reacted quickly in order to increase the aviation safeties at the local airports (Robert W. Poole, 2012). Congress designed the Transport Security Administration (TSA) in November 2001 (Chris Edwards, 2013) with the main purpose of protecting the nation’s transportation system acting as an efficient and effective counterterrorist organization through screening of passengers at the airports (TSA, 2001). However, due to some problems and monopoly on behalf of the TSA, some airports such as San Francisco International Airport (SFO) were demanding and were granted a private airport security screening contract from…
The main argument of this article is that the rituals that the TSA do to check and make sure everyone is safe are violating our personal civil rights. It says that when the TSA officers do the screenings or pat downs that we lose our right to personal privacy. The main point discussed in this article is that since the attacks of September 11th, 2001 most people have become more worrisome and fearful of things like 9/11 recurring. According to the article this has caused them to lose trust in counter-terrorism policies in general. This piece states that there was a 75 percent failure rate at the Los Angeles airport in 2007 in locating weapons or other harmful substances. Because of this, the TSA programs to step up its intensity of their protocols…
As we approach the 13th anniversary of 9/11, America’s air security is more stable. We are more prepared to confront any threats against our airlines. Prior to September 11, 2001, there was only limited technology in place to protect the threats to passengers or the aircraft. Prior to 9/11, security had been handled by each airport, which outsourced to private security companies. Immediately following the attacks, congress created the TSA agency. The new TSA implemented procedures that included stricter guidelines on passenger and luggage screening. Only ticketed passengers could go through security, and an ever-changing array of machinery and procedures were introduced to scan for weapons and destructive items. As new threats were discovered after 9/11, new procedures were introduced, including removing shoes and banning liquids.Second, we’ve improved security with technology that provides advanced screening for explosives. For example at theEven though the pain caused on September 11, 2011 will never be taken back, the American people have taken action to make the United States stronger and more determined to preserve, protect and defend the freedoms which have always defined our nation. checkpoints nationwide, “TSA utilizes Advanced Imaging Technology – among other advanced technologies such as Explosives Trace Detection and Bottle Liquid Scanners–“ that provide us with the best opportunity to detect explosives. With upgraded software, safety is even more efficient, while at the same time ensuring privacy protection for all passengers.Third, TSA now screens all air cargo transported on passenger planes domestically and we are working with our international partners to achieve this level of screening for all international inbound cargo on passenger planes. Airplanes themselves also underwent major overhauls: Fortified cockpit doors were introduced, and first-class cabin curtains were dropped by some airlines. Pilots can now apply to become a federal flight deck…
The time is 3:00 AM on a Saturday morning and Officer Smith is a couple hours shy of completing his shift. Suddenly, his radio crackles to life directing him to respond to a domestic call in a dangerous area of his jurisdiction. Officer Smith is met in the darkened Livingroom by a bloody and naked woman, and his functioning body camera captures the scene in front of him. As he is attempting to calm the distraught women, his peripheral vision captures a man lunging at him with a metallic object from an adjoining room. Officer Smith leaps aside, pulls his weapon, and fatally shoots the man only to find the metallic object was a broken metal towel rod. Even though his body camera was functioning correctly it did not capture the totality of the event, and the alleged victim fails to corroborate his story. This story relates the cameras’ inabilities regarding privacy concerns, failure to capture the incident as a whole, and camera limitations inherent with its usage. Therefore, instead of pushing for nationwide implementation of body cameras it is likely that other alternatives are required until these issues are resolved.…
There are many risks taken when it comes to officers wearing body cameras and one of those risks are Privacy Implications. According to Policemisconduct.com,…
Travelers must check in at least two hours before their flight takes off, and family can no longer walk with you to the gate; only ticketed passengers go through security. There are restrictions on what travelers can bring, which can be an inconvenience. Liquids and toiletries have to be a certain size and placed in clear, sealed bags if placed in carry-on bags. Drinks are not allowed through security; if you want to bring a drink on the plane, it must be purchased once you cross through security. We must remove our shoes, belts and empty pockets. Full body airport scanners, which has received complaints of not being safe, are now used as they can detect much more than metal objects. Many government buildings and schools have since installed security devices and scanners to enhance protection. The assumption that we are safe is gone; we must be proactive and be…
Since airplanes became the weapon of choice for the terrorists, there is now more airport security. Responsibility for airport security screening after 9/11 was handed over to the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Passengers since then have been subjected to much more vigorous screening procedures. “Some security measures require passengers to remove their shoes and jackets before walking through x-ray machines” (Delgadillo). These new procedures allow for TSA workers to screen passengers in a more detailed way, to find out what exactly a person is carrying with them…
"Officers are supposed to start recording “at the initiation of a call for service or other activity or encounter that is investigative or enforcement-related in nature,” and during any other confrontational encounters, according to the police department’s body camera policy.” Police can also turn off the cameras when a citizen requests them too (Fenton). Body cameras on police officers will decrease the amount of police aggression, unarmed deaths, and complaints, as well as improve the documentation of evidence, therefore helping clear up discrepancies in cases. However, there are purchasing, storage, and privacy concerns involved with body cameras. Body cameras, if worn correctly, will decrease the amount of police aggression, unarmed deaths,…
However, not only is the device itself expensive but the cost of the maintenance that may be required for the camera is as well. The cost of storing and maintaining the video footage that’s recorded is another factor too. In an article I read called, “Police Body Cameras: Do They Reduce Complaints of Officer Misconduct,” stated that the body cameras can range from four hundred to seven hundred dollars each. However, it can cost up to twelve thousand dollars per unit when the additional costs I mentioned previously are added to it. The article also stated that it can be costly when retrieving footage from the cameras when there’s a subpoena out for it or an…
Freund, K. (2015). When Cameras Are Rolling: Privacy Implications of Body-Mounted Cameras on Police. Columbia Journal Of Law…
Profiling has been a method to address security airport’s concerns during the past fifteen years; this method was implemented in order to prevent another tragedy after 9/11. No matter what, safety always comes first, and while it is very understanding why people would not like the government judge them by the way they look, or how they behave, surely everyone appreciates the safety that profiling provides. Nonetheless, this method is not even close to being popular among people, that’s why is essential to understand how it works, which we will discuss later in this essay. We will also talk about what happen to those people that are identified as criminal through profiling, and…
We need to remember that the government has advanced the security of our nation for the safety of its citizens. Airports have had one of the largest changes to their security. Before 9-11 the only security was a metal detector.“Due to events that have occurred such as the terrorist who attempted to blow up an airliner with explosive chemicals in his underwear” (How Has National Security Changed Since). We as America have changed the security. Now when you go into an airport you are scanned patted down and your luggage is searched. The changes that have been made to our national security have helped to protect the lives of innocent people of the United…
On June 24, 2010, senators Amy Klobuchar and Bob Bennett introduced a bill to the Senate called the “Securing Aircraft From Explosives Responsibility: Advanced Imaging Recognition Act,” also known as “SAFER AIR Act of 2010” (Taylor 3). The bill aimed to mandate the use of full-body scanners in airports as the primary method of screening by 2013 (Taylor 3). The passing of this bill threw fuel on an already firey debate as to whether full-body scanners should be the main method of scanning in the United States.…
Police body cameras make it more difficult for police officers, and they will not do their job as well wearing the body cameras. Some people might believe that they actually improve how the police officers work, and that it is fair for the victims. However they do not think much about the police officers, but they only mainly focus on the victims. Justin Ready and Jacob Young, two Arizona School of Criminology assistant professors, conducted an experiment that states key findings like, “officers who did not wear body cameras conducted more ‘Stop-and-frisks’ and made more arrests than officers who wore the video cameras. Officers who did not wear cameras performed 9.8% more stop-and-frisks and made 6.9% more arrests” (Kelsh). With that statement we should not have police body cameras because they are not helping police out in any way.…