Orlando International Airport TSA Agent Caught Stealing Cash From Woman’s Luggage

I had an inkling something like this was going to become commonplace. TSA hires untrained, uneducated people with no law enforcement or investigative experience
What did the DHS expect? DHS gave these people an incredible amount of power and a wide latitude of discretion. And as anyone knows, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
BTW, it appears that DHS is using affirmative action quotas in their hiring.

Why does the TSA exist again? I'm pretty sure we had airport security before 9/11. Then they made up this redundant federal agency which employs less qualified and lower paid people to do a job that has supposedly become more serious. Brilliant.

The TSA is so remarkably bad at its job that it would be a waste of time to try and recall every egregious security breach or instance of theft or groping.

Yes, this particular TSA employee did a very bad thing. Add it to the list, and have a nice flight.

My wife has 2 artificial hips and after going through the x-ray device, she still has to be "wanded" and patted down. I always proceed her so that I can reclaim our scanned items including her purse, while she waits for a female TSA agent. Now, I am also patted down EVERY time we fly. We are both detained before either can claim our scanned items sitting at the end of the conveyor. We are both 80 and statistics show that the elderly are considered easy targets for theft, so we have to be extra diligent. We will only fly if it is an emergency.

That must be breaking a Federal law. Jail time would send the correct message to TSA employees...

My wife once had a can of Diet Coke in her luggage and when she arrived in Orlando either an airline employee or TSA had deliberately and obviously run a screwdriver through the can while it was still in the bag. Minor inconvenience but still a violation of trust.

The newsworthy element was the fact that the agent was terminated. Misconduct by the TSA is about as normal as speeding at the Indy 500.

Should be fired on the spot

Want to keep TSA out of your luggage unless you are present? Fly with a checked firearm in your locked (and a non-TSA compliant lock) bag.

Most experienced travellers realize that violations of both Federal and Airline rules and regulations occur frequently and daily at both Orlando International and Miami Internation Airfport. Any agent for the TSA or Law Enforcement or Airline Security can remove their uniform, stand by the counter and observe egregious violation of the Law and Airline policies on a daily basis. Your personal security as well as our National Security is at risk. Traveller Beware.

It's always hard to get good help. Most security ( rent a cop ) jobs are "High End Menial". It's the luck of the draw. When you are hired they place you where they are short that day. Could be the Rest Room Orderly or checking people/luggage at the Airport. Some are good, however you can't expect too much from most of them.

there is nothing special about being a TSA agent in this instance. Just run the judicial process , run the job termination process, and take out the trash. You can not easily test for integrity, but given the salary of these agents, does this or even worse actions seem that remarkable? No excuses- out the door, and show up for your court date, and bring a toothbrush.

He should be hung ASAP at the terminal, then given a fair trial.

as with any job/position,there are tests,screenings and interviews, and you will get both good and bad people,because some are just better at doing a resume or being interviewed (and they all must past security screenings themselves)..when tsa first came into existence, there were a ton of applicants,and the majority of new hires I saw were ex airline employees,retirees and some ex policemen or military (they do not carry a firearm) ..as time went by, there seemed to be a more diverse group and a lot of younger people, both male and female..yes, there were and still are some who might abuse the position,but I saw them on a daily basis,and most just did their job as they were trained to do..i might also add that on occasion,airline employees have been fired for stealing items from baggage that is checked and does not go through the tsa line, but only the loaded baggage x ray machine..

"Security footage from the checkpoint later determined that Johnson did indeed extract the cash from Duddleston’s bag and stuff it into his pocket... The TSA has since released a statement reiterating its “zero tolerance policy for misconduct.”

If they have a zero tolerance policy, why are they not reviewing their own security tapes for staff violations?

Soo we are not secure from the TSA staff Not Good!!👎🏻👎🏻😳

Indeed another overpaid Idiot