The Transportation Security Administration was formed as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act after the attacks of 9/11. It was created to oversee security for highways, railroads, buses, mass transit systems, airports, and water ports. The majority of the TSA efforts, however, are airport security. This organization is responsible for screening passengers and baggage prior to being loaded onto commercial planes. Since its inception, there have been many issues in regards to the TSA and its inspectors. The following are items of airport security controversies within TSA. These controversies involve police organizational issues and administrative challenges for criminal justice administrators. This paper will discuss how a potential …show more content…
This is due to low morale and low pay. “A 2008 investigation by DHS (Department of Homeland Security) OIG (Office of Inspector General) found that TSA suffers from low employee morale, resulting in a 17% voluntary attrition rate” (Committee on Transportaion and Infrastructure, 2011, pg 8). Often time officers are working hours on end looking at screens that are xraying baggage. This type of work can be monotonous. “It will surprise few then that TSA agents have among the worst morale and highest turnover of government employees” (Calabresi, 2015). Adminstrators should be willing to cross train officers and allow them to change duties during the course of their shifts in order to keep them alert to suspicious items and people. This would improve morale. This mass turnover in personnel is a budgetary strain on an already highly budgeted agency. When trained employees leave, the agency has to train a new employee. The cost involves salary of the employee, the salary of the trainer, and cost associtated with equipment for training purposes. The avaerage pay of a TSO is $28,000 “which is below the federal povery level for a family of five” (Clalabresi, 2015, pg 50). The saying goes “you get what you pay …show more content…
The standards for officers should be risen. Right now the general qualifications to be a TSO is to be a citizen over 18, to speak English, and to have an equivalent to a high school diploma (tsa.gov). Salaries needs to increase in order to bring more highly qualified applicants in. With a higher salary, higher standards should be qualifications. Those standards could be some higher education completion, military service, and passing of a standarized training program. This program should challenge the applicants and test their loyalty to the agency. The agency should “have an organizational culture that supports a good selection process…have a validataed job related selection process using psychological test, background investigations, and interview. A training and evaluation system to support the selection process is required to teach the correct skills and evaluate early and often” (Schupp, 2015). There are many qualifications when looking for the right canidates for the position. According to Dennis Nowicki an applicant should be enthusiastic, have good communications skills, must have good judgement, a sense of humor, be creative, a self-motivator. He must know the job and the system, an ego, and couragious. The candidate must understand discretion, must be tenacious, and have a thirst for knowledge. (Peak, 2016, pg 125) With an increase in salary and an increase in expectations of applicants, the agency
One of these agents once told me that they had to do their job but they were also proud of the work since they believed they helped to keep our flights safely. Even though, we all hate to go through TSA scanners for they are time-consuming and so annoying. I certainly won’t convince anyone who despises those TSA scanners. Luke 6:31 says, “Do to others as you would like them to do to you.” Eventually, those TSA agents should get compliments from us for keeping flights safely. I often wonder if there is a better way to go through these obnoxious
This purpose of this paper is to interview a former Sergeant (Sgt) in the New Jersey police department, James Garber, to determine his thoughts on the current state of the criminal justice system. During this interview, Sgt Garber was asked several questions regard the current state of the criminal justice system; specifically, in what ways is the system working, in what ways is the system failing, and what direction he sees the justice system going. As part of this, he explains why he feels this way about the justice system, to include specific examples to support his belief. In addition to Sgt Garber’s opinion on these matters, this analysis includes real world examples that support the problems he identifies. Lastly, this paper
...Territo, L., & Taylor, R. W. (2012). Intelligence, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Police administration: structures, processes, and behavior (8th ed., pp. 90-99). Boston: Pearson.
After 9/11 there was a great increase in security nationwide. One major example of this is the number of agencies created as a result of 9/11. Among these agencies include the creation of the TSA (Transportation Security Administration), the DHS (The Department of Homeland Security), the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), and lastly the massive advancement of the US Coast Guard. Every one of the budgets of these agencies has doubled since 9/11. The creation of the transportation and security administrations primary goal is to improve the safety of all American Citizens traveling by plane. The TSA started implementing, new policies and new technological advancements.
Stopping crime, drugs and terrorist from entering this country would be very satisfying to me. Also, Custom officers get paid very good with a minimal amount of education and training
Every day law enforcement officials are faced with the possibility of being assaulted or killed while in the line of duty and when off duty. Officers are faced with the harsh reality that today may be their last day alive. This leads to a rush of adrenaline when responding to crimes or when they encounter various situations. Often this rush of adrenaline can cloud an officer’s judgment. Officers are then faced with the possibility of being accused of excessive force. Citizens often call an officers use of excessive force “police brutality” (Petrowski, 2005). Citizen’s opinion of law enforcement has often been linked to the media’s tactics of displaying officers using what appears to be excessive force during an arrest. This typically leads to citizens becoming outraged and creates an issue for the force. The question then arises as to what exactly is excessive force? While many citizens may characterize force as excessive, the law reflects the realities that officer’s face in making decisions to use force (Petrowski, 2005). Each complaint of excessive force has to be examined and a decision made based on the evidence and circumstances surrounding the case. It is the agency’s duty to gain control of police officers use of force in order
Everyday law enforcement personal have the possibility to face dangerous events in their daily duties. In performing such duties a police officer could come by a seemingly ordinary task, and in a blink of an eye the event can turn threatening and possible deadly. When or if this happens to an officer they won’t have
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Time may pass and personal morals may change, but one of the strengths of the United States of America is its unwavering dedication to justice. Throughout time, this country’s methods and laws have grown and adapted, but the basis of the law enforcement’s work has remained the same: the safety and interest of the people.
Voluntary and involuntary turnover have an effect on organizations. Rapid changes in job descriptions, organizational structures, and inter-organizational competitiveness increase the importance of studying turnover and its relationship with organizational change. According to Leana and Van Buren (1999), "the loss of key network members can severely damage an organization 's social fabric and perhaps eradicate its social capital altogether." When businesses lose a high number of employees, problems can occur, costing the company time and money. Some of the costs incurred are associated with training, drug testing, physicals, and orientations to hire replacements that may take several months to learn the job and to achieve competency. There is a saying, “Good help is hard to find---and harder to keep”. This saying refers to good organizations trying to reduce turnover when the competition for retaining good employees is intense.
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