Who's Policing The Pretend Police?
The AP reports that yet another TSA worker (they aren't "officers" -- just unskilled workers in police-like costumes) was nabbed for stealing money from a passenger -- $5K from the passenger's jacket:
Alexandra Schmid took the cash from a Bangladeshi passenger's jacket as it went along an X-ray conveyor belt Wednesday night in Terminal 4, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's police force.Surveillance video showed Schmid taking the money from a jacket pocket, wrapping the cash in a plastic glove and taking it to a bathroom, Della Fave said.
The money hasn't been recovered, he said. Police are investigating whether Schmid gave it to another person in the bathroom.
The 31-year-old Schmid was arrested on a charge of grand larceny and suspended pending an investigation. Her attorney's name wasn't immediately known.
Schmid, who lived in Brooklyn, had worked for the TSA for 4½ years, TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said.
"We do hold our officers to very high standards, and we have a zero tolerance policy for theft in the workplace," Farbstein said.
Farbstein continued, "Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah." And everyone just nodded their heads like bobblehead dolls.
via @mpetrie98







My strategy; a little cash in my pocket, wear a plastic watch, carry a cheap camera and a disposable cell phone, one carry-on bag only.
Trust no one.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at February 3, 2012 11:25 AM
When I was in high school, they were having trouble with someone stealing money in the dorms. One smart guy took a $20 to the chem lab, soaked it in silver nitrate, then left it laying around in his dorm room. When it disappeared, they immediately called an assembly and made everyone hold their hands under a UV light. The perp was caught black-handed, so to speak.
Cousin Dave at February 3, 2012 4:33 PM
Cousin Dave I probably would have used something that would have cased chemical burns
lujlp at February 3, 2012 7:17 PM
And according to my local news the TSA covered up the fact that one of their own brought a gun past security
lujlp at February 3, 2012 9:12 PM
And it turns out both the guy who covered it up and the gy who brought the gun to work "accidentally" have been promoted
lujlp at February 3, 2012 10:23 PM
Hey, they do have some standards!
Radwaste at February 5, 2012 12:23 PM
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