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Are Air Marshals worth the expense?

April 10th, 2010 | By Nick in Economy, Misc | No Comments »

It turns out that the air marshals (all of them in total) have arrested an average of 4.2 people per year since 2001, and ironically, more of these air marshals have been arrested themselves, than the total arrests they’ve made.

Again to restate, the whole air marshal system resulted in 4.2 arrests per year. That’s not 4.2 arrests per individual air marshal–the whole system.

Then to learn that more of them get locked up for misdemeanors and felonies alike, at a rate faster than they are locking terrorists or intoxicated passengers, is stunning.

Considering we spend around $200 MILLION DOLLARS PER ARREST MADE, its certainly worth reexamining.

Check out Schneier on Security and Congressman Duncan’s site for more info…