Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Show Us Your Papers, Citizen

Random Pat-Downs Turn PATCO Into Police State | NBC Philadelphia: "Commuters who ride PATCO trains between southern New Jersey and Philadelphia should expect random searches of their clothing, pockets, bags and vehicles on their morning trip to work.

Twelve Transportation Security Administration screeners, armed with an explosive-sniffing K-9, checked 663 commuter bags randomly selected from the morning rush at the Lindenwold station Tuesday.
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“We can conduct any kind of search we want,' said McClintock. 'We could ask TSA to bring wands or X-ray machines like they have in airports, though we don't think that's appropriate for PATCO riders at this time.'"

1 comment:

Todd Mason said...

You can imagine how safe we all feel this week. Looking forward to my PATCO tumor.