A male security screener at Denver International Airport schemed to pat down the groins of male passengers he found attractive, a Denver police report said.
In a statement, the TSA said two employees have been fired following the “egregious and intolerable” allegations.
The TSA told police that a male security screener would signal to a fellow agent when he saw a passenger he thought was attractive. The other agent would then indicate the passenger was female, instead of male, causing the scanning machine to record an “anomaly” in the genital area.
A TSA investigator caught the agent in action in one instance on Feb. 9.
“[The investigator] observed [the agent] conduct a pat down of the passenger’s front groin and buttocks area with the palms of his hands, which is contradictory to TSA searching policy,” the police report said.
The agent who helped the security screener arrange the pat downs said she had helped him about 10 times in the past, according to the police report.
The TSA told police that a male security screener would signal to a fellow agent when he saw a passenger he thought was attractive. The other agent would then indicate the passenger was female, instead of male, causing the scanning machine to record an “anomaly” in the genital area.