SCOPE OF WORK Functions to be performed by the airport armed security guards at, or responding to, screening checkpoints: • Provide an armed deterrence to criminal activity. • Respond to situations where an individual is interfering with the activities of the screening checkpoint. • Request assistance from the local LEO if a violation of the law occurs. • When requested by an on-duty screener, assist in preventing prohibited items from entering the sterile area. • Provide for the overall security of the screening checkpoint, screeners, and passengers. • Take control of illegal items that are discovered at the checkpoint, such as firearms, and turn them over to appropriate law enforcement authorities. • Determine whether the credential and badge presented by an armed Federal, State, or local LEO, or an armed security company employee appears to be issued by the appropriate organization, including the review of a FFDO credential, without badge, when presented at the screening checkpoint. • Request assistance from the local LEO when it is determined that the credential and/or badge presented above does not appear to be official.
