Airport Safety & Security

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Safety Being our Priority in Airports Safety is more important than Privacy. When it comes to protecting our airport passengers against terrorist attacks safety is something that should be number one on the priority list, and second on the list should be passengers rights to privacy. The scanner is a device that passengers walk through and x-ray type pictures of the human body are checked for contrabands on all passengers. The scanner blurs out private parts and face to protect passenger’s privacy and increase their safety. Bringing the high tech scanners to the airport will help passengers to feel safe and still have their privacy. Mohammed Khann who wrote, “The need for Safety is Paramount” talks about using high tech scanners to help our airports with safety. By using theses high tech devices TSA agents can find contrabands that are normally difficult to detect such as plastic, wires, and other unusual items that can be used as a threat to passengers. And with these high tech scanner devices the airport would be providing additional safety. Some may say that privacy is important, but they don’t say safety of airport passengers is just as important. Having the biotech machines or any of the screening devices will help improve our privacy and safety concerns. Although some people feel that these devices violate their privacy, maybe they should take a closer look at our past terrorist attacks that didn’t have these great devices. One good example would be the passenger who had explosives sewn in his underwear, this type of contraband would be identified immediately with the new scanners that can detect items that normally get passed by the old traditional security pat down, and protect the passengers safety. Privacy and Safety has been an ongoing problem for many years in our airports. With the new and improved scanners that are being placed in the airports,

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