TSA puts more pats in pat-downs

BTN News

Tuesday, 07 March 2017

The USA's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has responded to a Department of Homeland Security study that claimed some of its agents failed to find hidden weapons during basic pat-downs, by introducing a 'more rigorous' regime.

Prior to the initiative, agents had five options for patting down travellers, but this has been replaced by a single procedure that takes longer.