Checkpoint Doctrine
This military checkpoint features
an active millimetre wave scanner
for personnel and a combination of
X-ray and explosive detection
capabilities for hand baggage. No
operators are at the checkpoint;
they are in a safe location behind
the window (which is visible in the
picture) and can talk via intercom
to those being screened.
(Photo credit: L3)
Another disturbing trend (certainly a US The checkpoint must be safe as well as
The rest of the world seems to have problem, but one that is also growing fast, and effective.
noticed European developments and worldwide) is domestic violence and
are using them as their reference reprisals against real or imagined slights Safety
points. So in what ways are we seeing in the workplace or schools; the larger the What do we mean by safe? The
European leadership? target population, the more vulnerable technology itself has to be safe for
the site. human screening, both in reality and in
The Threat When designing a new checkpoint, a perception (and this is a subject of a
Let’s start with threat recognition. One of good place to start is by identifying the separate article in this issue of ASI).
the starting points, for both the threat. What are you afraid of? Is it that Just as an example, millimetre wave
Europeans and the Israelis, is the you may be the target of a suicide imaging systems are making real
absolute recognition that people bomber, or the subject of data theft, or a progress, especially in Europe, because
themselves may be the weapons system. disgruntled employee or spouse? And they are inherently safe in both the
They also recognise that they see just as what threat vectors does that create? Are passive and active modes; the signal
much smuggling of money, drugs and you looking for something hidden on their
person, in their baggage or both? How
large is it and where might it be hidden?
“identifying the Identifying the threat is the critical
threat is the critical
first step to being able to start to
develop the operational and deploy-
first step to being
ment doctrine, which includes the
actual process, throughput needed,
able to start to
technology determination, training
regime, and policies.
develop the
Emergency Response
operational and Surprisingly, one part of the checkpoint
process that is most frequently
deployment
overlooked is the response should one
doctrine…”
actually find a prohibited item or
substance. In the era we live in, ignoring
humans as anywhere on earth. Mass this element of the process can have
migration from Eastern Europe and Africa disastrous consequences; for example, if
into Western Europe has brought with it there is physical danger, such as a suicide
new problems of a diverse population and bomber, any attempt to disarm that
a small minority of people who are person at close range normally leads to
challenging the old order and are willing the death of the security personnel and
What should the screener do if a threat
to smuggle, steal data or even bomb. anyone nearby.
object is detected?
24 www.asi-mag.com February 2007 Aviationsecurityinternational
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