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Airport self-screening security lanes being tested in Las Vegas
KTLA ^ | Mar 7, 2024 | : Brian Will, Greg Haas, Cameron Kiszla

Posted on 03/07/2024 1:26:06 PM PST by BenLurkin

The Transportation Security Administration began developing the new system five years ago to make screening more efficient and give passengers more autonomy and control over the pace of their screening.

The TSA checkpoint being tested in Las Vegas — initially only for TSA PreCheck customers and only in the English language — incorporates a screen with do-it-yourself instructions for travelers on how to smoothly pass themselves and their carry-on luggage through pre-flight screening with little or no help from uniformed TSA officers.

Testing is being done at a unique “innovation checkpoint” the TSA unveiled in 2019 in Harry Reid Airport’s sprawling international arrivals terminal. The checkpoint already features screening lanes with instruction displays and estimated wait times.

It works like this: A passenger approaches one of six automated stations and places items in a bin like normal. But passengers will notice fewer security personnel...

Travelers step into a separate clear glass body scanning booth with a video display inside showing how to stand when being sensed with what officials said is the type of “millimeter wave technology” already in use around the country. A reporter with the Associated Press found it sensitive enough to identify a forgotten handkerchief in a pocket. He did not have to remove his shoes.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: airport; lasvegas; selfscreening; tsa

1 posted on 03/07/2024 1:26:06 PM PST by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 03/07/2024 1:26:37 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

What could possibly go wrong???.................


3 posted on 03/07/2024 1:27:09 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: BenLurkin
But passengers will notice fewer security personnel...

So, less stolen items is the upside here?

4 posted on 03/07/2024 1:31:02 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: BenLurkin

“Welcome to self-serve security. Whites and U.S. citizens please go to TSA manned security lines, for your convenience.”


5 posted on 03/07/2024 1:32:26 PM PST by sonova (No money? You're free to go.)
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To: BenLurkin

I suspect they will be about as successful at the self-check-outs in Walmart and other stores.

Said self-check-outs are being or have been removed in dozens of stores because THEY DIDN’T WORK.


6 posted on 03/07/2024 1:34:38 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: 1Old Pro

No govt stooges there to cop a feel.


7 posted on 03/07/2024 1:36:13 PM PST by No Party Affiliation
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To: TomGuy

Self checkout at Lowes works extremely well.

If you’ve ever used it, you know why.


8 posted on 03/07/2024 1:36:28 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BenLurkin

If they want faster lines, stop with the stupid shoe removal.


9 posted on 03/07/2024 1:37:44 PM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: Fledermaus
If they want faster lines, stop with the stupid shoe removal.

That'll cost you $80 for 5 years.

10 posted on 03/07/2024 1:38:55 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: BenLurkin

Oh, just like the border. Nice.


11 posted on 03/07/2024 1:55:40 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: BenLurkin

Where will unemployable angry fat black women work if TSA checkpoints are automated?


12 posted on 03/07/2024 2:05:16 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: BenLurkin

The Las Vegas airport was originally named McCarran Field after Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) an American patriot and a Cold War hero. However, to Nevada’s eternal shame, the airport was renamed for that corrupt sleazebag Harry Reid.


13 posted on 03/07/2024 2:38:34 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: BenLurkin

We get to grope ourselves?


14 posted on 03/07/2024 6:08:48 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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