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County changes mind, keeping TSA screeners
Posted: Jan 9, 2013 6:43 AM by Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The county has dropped a proposal to replace federal Transportation Safety Administration screeners at Sacramento International Airport with private security officers.
Sacramento would have been the nation's third major airport to participate in a federal opt-out program that would turn checkpoint security over to the private sector.
But the Sacramento Bee reports the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday to withdraw its request to use private screeners instead of TSA employees at Terminal A and B checkpoints.
Supervisors approved the privatization plan a year ago without public discussion.
Now-retired airports director Hardy Acree contended private screeners could offer more staffing flexibility and likely would provide better customer service.
The opt-out program has been pushed strongly by congressional Republicans who claim the TSA is a bloated bureaucracy.
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