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    A security manager position is one of the most important jobs that you will find in any organization today. Recent events over the past few decades, have called for more re-amped security measures and procedures throughout facilities. The demand for this position was not the same as it was, twenty or thirty years ago. However, not every company operates on the same level and the position of a security manager may differ from company to company. The main objective of the job is to oversee the security

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    by an agency. The Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) promulgated rules that place limitations disclosing “sensitive security information.” In Maclean, a federal air marshal publicly disclosed that the TSA decided to cut costs by scaling back the number of federal air marshals on long-distance flights. The federal air marshal revealed this to a reporter who subsequently published a story about it. Basing its decision on the text of the statute, the Court held that the numerous references

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    My First Day In My Life

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    As an infant on my mother’s hips lying against her shoulder at the airport, it never crossed my mind that things in my life were certainly never going to be the same in the year to come. My very first time at the airport was with my mom when I was eleven days old. I was more than likely kicking, wailing, and sobbing, trying to do anything I could to get her attention because I was a terrible baby. After finally getting me settled down, we were able to saunter right up to my grandma’s gate to meet

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    Essay on Guns in the Cockpit

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    When the craft was in the air, the terrorists took the initiative and stormed into the cockpit and took over the controls, turning the aircraft into a guided missile (CBS 1). Increasing security immediately became an important aspect of airports shortly there after. Adequate security ensures the safety of the people in the air and citizens on the ground below. It is expected by passengers, that they are boarding a craft that

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    were killed, airlines across the United States set out an initiative to boost their security, one being to arm the pilots. Arming pilots wasn’t some new idea that someone came up with after 9-11. Actually from the first time planes were put in the air for commercial aviation to 1987, pilots

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    weapons for air marshals for each flight. As an elite group, highly trained, the air marshals will set with the passengers and have the advantage of knowing what is going on inside the cabin at all times. Carol Hallett, head of the Airline Transportation Association said “The wisest investment in improving security is hiring more air marshals because they are highly trained to provide professional protection.” (Renna, 2003) This protection is costing the airlines approximately $3,000 per air marshal

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    security of aviation and border protection in the United States. Three agencies were significantly impacted by these changes and the aftermath of 9/11: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Federal Air Marshal (FAM). However, 14 years later is important to review the changes which were implemented by sweeping popularity following 9/11 and evaluate their effectiveness. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was established by the Aviation

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    employed into law by President George Bush on November 19, 2001. It was first placed in the Department of Transportation, later on, it was placed in the Homeland Department. The agency is mostly concerned air travel and the provide the screening activities in the airport, ensure ad provide armed Federal Air Marshal’s on different planes and ensure there is no illegal weapon which may cause harm to the people on board. They also maintain a system of the wanted individual and the ones which might cause security

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    blacks if they feel safe I this country, many of them will say “no”. In the country, the growing rate of police brutality against the young black continues to be an issue. Many blacks had been killed by the police officer for reasons that were not good enough for them to be shot and killed. According to the data collected for the counted, black males aged 15-34 were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by the law enforcement (Jon Swaine and Ciara McCarthy). An example is the

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    wasn’t even a thing like it is today. On September 11th of 2000 tragedy struck this nation and nothing has been the same since. My father received a call the morning of the 11th to load up in a P-3 Orion with 10 other people and was set up to be in the air by noon. They flew up and down the coast patrolling for 11 draining hours. They had loaded up the plane with missiles and were told to fire them at any plane in sight. As you can imagine my mom was terrified, because all of what was just listed was

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