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Man lived inside O’Hare for 3 months before detection
A California man who police said claimed to be too afraid to fly due to COVID-19 hid out for three months in a secured area of O’Hare International Airport until his arrest. Two United Airlines employees approached Singh and asked to see his identification. Singh showed them an airport ID badge that he was wearing around his neck, which actually belonged to an operations manager who had reported it missing Oct. 26. (www.chicagotribune.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
My question is, if the man who lost hi ID for this guy to find it, then why was the "lost, missing, stolen" ID not deactivated o it would not let anyone who possessed it access to those areas?
It may have been. Door drafting is not uncommon, especially when you see the person behind you with a supposedly valid ID.
It is entirely possible, I see the same at my apartment complex and the broken gate arm due to people trying to zip through after a resident uses the key card to open the gate. I know how to stop such, but most entities would not want to pay for damages to vehicles.
How to stop it at doors is a difficult issue, but surely someone could come up with a way to stop such.
How to stop it at doors is a difficult issue, but surely someone could come up with a way to stop such.
I know of 3 ways, but only one of them would be reasonable for an airport. Guards at all entry/exit points, secure entrances that utilize two doors and floor sensors to allow only one person through at a time, and cameras at all access points, along with a sample audit of camera recordings to check for people allowing door drafters and a penalty system for those caught allowing the drafters.
I was thinking along the lines of double doors with the first entrance only being big enough for one person to enter and locking when the card is swiped to unlock the secure door. Those who suffer from claustrophobia might have issues with that though.
Guards are an expensive proposition, but camera audits would be doable along with the immediate firing of those busted for such. It would take just a couple of people being fired before it would stop.
Guards are an expensive proposition, but camera audits would be doable along with the immediate firing of those busted for such. It would take just a couple of people being fired before it would stop.
"Catch Me If You Can" comes to mind. TSA should take Singh off the court system's hands and pay him to test airport security nation wide.