Tuesday, March 11, 2008

New threat

As security professionals, we're always on the hunt for the latest threat out there. The video below shows a threat which is well..pretty unique. It appears someone on the Internet is selling plastic knuckles. They are similar to brass knuckles and cause an equal amount of destruction and pain.

Disclaimer: Watching the video, I was a bit dismayed by the lack of knowledge the reporter seemed to have about plastic and METAL detectors. He was shocked that these knuckles had bypassed the checkpoints.

TSA doesn't have a body-scanner (that we know of) at Cleveland International so its METAL detectors wouldn't detect PLASTIC. Even if it could, that would mean a lot of people would lose a lot of valuable time getting to their gates delaying air travel even more and perhaps stifling our delicate economic growth.

The best advice I have is to be aware these sort of things do exist. You should follow the same rule I've always followed: If it looks like a weapon and acts like a weapon, then it more than likely is a weapon.



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