Stupid TSA Regulations

[ElgynSpyder]

Same thing happened

Iam a former police officer and was in Austin, Texas with my 10year old nephew. We were picking up my sister at the airport. I also had my keys on a kubaton. We went through security, with me laying my keys in the tray. After I picked up my keys and was walking towards the gate, Two TSA agents came up to me and detained me. They were going to arrest me for carrying the Kubaton. Again I had my 10 year old nephew with me. They said he could not come with me to their offices...so he was left in the airport unsupervised. I told him the gate number hoping my sister would find him. In the office I asked to call my husband who happens to be on duty with the sheriffs dept....yes he is a deputy sheriff.... He along with his Sgt. talked to them......long story short I was not arrested...but did have to go put the kubaton in the car. None of this would have happened if when I laid it in the tray they would have said...sorry you can not take that into the secured area....

Just had to pass this on, if you have a similar situation please post it.

Kubaton = close quarters fighting stick, usually about 6 inches long.


My partner and I are flying to another state to pick up a prisoner (we are both Full Time Certified Police Officers) and bring him back to Arkansas to stand trial. We arrive at the aiport for our initial flight, we are both in full police uniforms, on our duty belt we have handcuffs, pepper spray, Glock 40 caliber sidearm etc. as we go through the TSA security, they check our police credientials and verify who we are and all seems well until ........ along comes a TSA Supervisor and he notices a Kubaton hanging from my duty belt with keys on it, the Supervisor informs me that it is against TSA regulations for anyone to carry a Kubotan on commercial aircraft. After 15 minutes of arguing with this fool, i decided to leave the kubaton at their security desk until i return the next day. i am carrying a semi automatic pistol, pepper spray, handcuffs etc, but it is against TSA regulations to carry a Kubaton. (Our Goverment at work). (this was several years ago)

Let me hear your TSA stories.


Cruzr Joe

 

[SpyderDen]

I also seem to garner more attention than I'd like to think is necessary... :shocked:
But the TSA guys in Orlando DID find and return my ring to me when I lost it while getting everything (I thought!) stuffed back into place after the usual "inspection"... :yikes:

The Orlando airport caught 3 loaded guns in the last 3 days. Totaling 35 so far this year. Most are law abiding citizens with permit to carry. Just forgot to unload before flying. :dontknow: happens I guess. So far it's not happened to me.

 

[bruiser]

Never wear steel toe boots with steel reinforced soles. Never, ever, ever, put shooting gloves in your flight bag. Especially after shooting the day before, it sets off all kinds of bells and whistles. Don't keep a safety pin on your flight bag.

 

[Bob Denman]

The Orlando airport caught 3 loaded guns in the last 3 days. Totaling 35 so far this year. Most are law abiding citizens with permit to carry. Just forgot to unload before flying. :dontknow: happens I guess.

I just don't buy that line of thought; hopeful as it may be. :shocked:

If you know that you're going to an airport; it's already a given that any sidearms that you get caught with, are going to cause you more grief than you ever imagined possible... Most reasonable folks will (or should!) take the extra step to store them before the TSA get to tap-dance on top of their bleeding bodies. :shocked:

 

[Captain Fin]

Don't get me started

But I really think TSA gets their jolly's off asserting their authority on other uniformed police. Also I had them take my Colombian wife away for 9 hours with no reason given on her first trip to the U.S.. TSA ordered me out of the terminal while they had her detained in the Orange Room. Oh yes, our government has color coded rooms. The instruction book for TSA was written many years ago in Germany.

 

[USAFE7RET]

Geez, you don't think they got the name Totally Stupid A:cus:les for nothing, did you? When I look at most of them, I wonder who they are going to protect? I'm going to shut up now before my blood pressure goes too high thinking about these rent-a-cops

 

[JJW SpyderRider]

Just had to pass this on, if you have a similar situation please post it.

Kubaton = close quarters fighting stick, usually about 6 inches long.


My partner and I are flying to another state to pick up a prisoner (we are both Full Time Certified Police Officers) and bring him back to Arkansas to stand trial. We arrive at the aiport for our initial flight, we are both in full police uniforms, on our duty belt we have handcuffs, pepper spray, Glock 40 caliber sidearm etc. as we go through the TSA security, they check our police credientials and verify who we are and all seems well until ........ along comes a TSA Supervisor and he notices a Kubaton hanging from my duty belt with keys on it, the Supervisor informs me that it is against TSA regulations for anyone to carry a Kubotan on commercial aircraft. After 15 minutes of arguing with this fool, i decided to leave the kubaton at their security desk until i return the next day. i am carrying a semi automatic pistol, pepper spray, handcuffs etc, but it is against TSA regulations to carry a Kubaton. (Our Goverment at work). (this was several years ago)

Let me hear your TSA stories.


Cruzr Joe

I fly most weeks. The full body scanners pick up my kidney transplant so I have to get the pat down about 70% of the time.

I get a kick out of the TSA 311 announcements at O'Hare. Every few minutes they announce what you can carry past the security check points. The funny part these announcements are made after you have gone PAST security :dontknow:

 

[wyliec]

Geez, you don't think they got the name Totally Stupid A:cus:les for nothing, did you? When I look at most of them, I wonder who they are going to protect? I'm going to shut up now before my blood pressure goes too high thinking about these rent-a-cops

This is how I feel sometimes when I read these posts where people are stereotyped based on their job, and following the written instructions/rules that go along with that job.

 

[DJFaninTN]

flying these days is like getting on Greyhound with wings. It just isn't worth the hassle anymore.