https://www.apnews.com/0277303b776445c5948a2be33de5af8e/LA-to-become-first-in-US-to-install-subway-body-scanners
Los Angeles’ subway will become the first mass transit system in the
U.S. to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and
explosives, officials said Tuesday.
The deployment of the portable scanners, which project waves to do
full-body screenings of passengers walking through a station without
slowing them down, will happen in the coming months, said Alex Wiggins,
who runs the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s
law enforcement division.
The machines scan for metallic and non-metallic objects on a person’s
body, can detect suspicious items from 30 feet (9 meters) away and have
the capability of scanning more than 2,000 passengers per hour.
“We’re dealing with persistent threats to our transportation systems
in our country,” said Transportation Security Administration
Administrator David Pekoske. “Our job is to ensure security in the
transportation systems so that a terrorist incident does not happen on
our watch.”
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