Lead Editorial
on passenger intent, will only be that an integrated checkpoint is more “...in an age where we
considered as being supplementary than a pipe dream.
to the existing process once they Conferences that address aviation can condense hundreds
reach the age of maturity. security focus, arguably excessively, on
It is a brave manufacturer that the passenger and cargo screening of applications into
invests in the lengthy research and processes, whilst the really innovative
development process necessary for a solutions on offer in the, often adjoining, a single palm-sized
new technological concept when the exhibition floor tend to relate to airport
chances of seeing the solution ever access control and surveillance. Away personal organiser, one
deployed are so limited. One hopes from the checkpoint, airport security
that it will be the regulators vision of of 2009 is significantly different to that would hope that an
the checkpoint of the future that will of forty years ago. Intelligent CCTV,
encourage the industry to continue biometric identifiers imbedded into integrated checkpoint
their investment in the seemingly smart cards, crash-proof bollards, scale-
never-never and that they will be proof fencing, sophisticated perimeter is more than a pipe
willing to deploy their vision once it intrusion detection systems and state-
becomes a realistic proposition. of-the-art communication tools have dream...”
The ideal checkpoint is likely to be all enhanced our airside operations.
one that integrates a host of detection Granted the advances made in this health and safety requirements) to
capabilities – from explosives (in all their area, it is all the more surprising that see some of the more innovative
forms) to metals, from weapons (made the development of the screening products placed in an operational
of whatever substance) to chemical and checkpoint has been so slow. environment. Deployment will
biological agents, and from narcotics There are ideas aplenty, but we make the screening process less
to intent – into a single system that will need to see them utilised. Regulators predictable and, providing the basic
screen people on the move, perhaps maintain that the deterrent factor is screening process is maintained,
without their knowledge. In an age a fundamental part of the screening will encourage the research and
where we can condense hundreds of process; if this is so, then we need development that will, one day, result
applications into a single palm-sized not await certification (of detection in the integrated screening product
personal organiser, one would hope capability rather than the necessary we wish to see deployed.
December 2009 Aviationsecurityinternational www.asi-mag.com 3
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