Profiling For Security Purposes
Survey says airport safety trumps political correctness
A new survey indicates that an overwhelming majority of human resources executives may favor the judicious use of profiling when it comes to airport security. The survey was conducted by BackTrack, an employment screening firm based in Mentor, Ohio. BackTrack CEO Robert Gandee says that of the 546 survey respondents, most said they would support the use of profiling for security purposes in airports.
"We found this interesting on several fronts," Gandee said. "First, the survey results were incredibly decisive. Of those expressing an opinion, 77 percent said they'd support profiling. Second, we believe that the nature of the survey audience is significant here. These are human resources executives - many of whom work for very large companies that do business on an international basis. So the respondents are folks who are very aware of HR-related ethics and norms. They understand the importance of treating people equitably, and not jumping to conclusions about books based on book covers. And yet these professionals apparently also believe that airport safety trumps political correctness - that when it's logical and pragmatic to use profiling to enhance airport security, we should do so."
The online survey was conducted during December 2009 and January 2010. It was distributed to 3,800 management professionals with hiring and/or other HR responsibilities at USA-based companies.
Gandee adds that a more serious focus on security issues is a trend he has noted among clients.
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I agree even without a survey every single person I know supports profiling during airport security - lets face it, who are the terrorists? Little old lady from pasadena or a somali native returning from a trip to Yemen? Its ridiculous that muslims (of any race) claim they are being discriminated against when every single plane bomber, hijacker who means to simply destroy the plane & kill everyone in it, has been a MUSLIM. Now recently, the american born black muslim whose own father had reported him to officials, who ignored him, and thank the lord whose bomb materials didn't work to explode - HE had been traveling in yemen (now a known taliban training ground) second a sudanese man who behaved suspiciously at an airport in Sudan was pulled aside, and he has the same type of device in his clothing - and even tried to BRIBE the gate officials into letting him through !!! The same taliban organization in Yemen claimed responsibility for training BOTH of them. It is a SAD day for the world when political correctness becomes so idiotic it puts our lives at risk. Did you know that an airport security screening actually held RAY CHARLES for bodily search? HAHA well known respected BLIND & like almost 80 yrs old at the time? Its a bloody joke; except its so ridiculous as to be unbelievable.
Would it be possible to get a copy of the survey questions used to obtain these statistics?
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