Gs4 Security: Tsa Badge

Friday 7 December 2012

Tsa Badge

The bill,which has 25 co-sponsors,would prohibit airport screeners from using the title "officer"and would ban them from wearing a metal badge resembling a police badge or a uniform resembling that of a federal law enforcement officer unless they receive law enforcement training.When the TSA was formed after the 2001 terrorist attacks,screeners wore white shirts with embroidered patches.But in 2005,the TSA reclassified screeners as"transportation security officers,"and in 2007 introduced new uniforms in an effort to professionalize the workforce and boost morale.In 2008,metal badges were added to the uniform.At the time,the association representing federal law enforcement officers opposed the badges,saying that they would mislead the public into believing the screeners had traditional police powers.Transportation security officers are unarmed,do not have arrest powers and cannot use force,the association said.