Security Company Gets National Contract for Airport Screening

November 12, 2003

Security Company Gets National Contract for Airport Screening
Miami Today, FL


   Candidates for airport jobs will have to undergo the scrutiny of a new
company as Kroll Rick Management begins performing background checks
nationwide.
   Under a one-year, $4.8 million contract from the federal government,
Kroll will conduct background checks on all candidates for
security-sensitive airport jobs including Transportation Security
Administration screeners, federal security directors and their staff,
federal flight-deck officers and charter-flight crews.
   Miami-Dade County has the third-largest number of airport screeners in
the country. The county has 5,228 Department of Homeland Security
employees - 40% of them airport screeners, according to a Syracuse
University study.
   Kroll is considering moving part of its government-services operation
to Miami because its branch here has sufficient office space.
   Kroll's South Florida division will screen employees at Miami
International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
and Palm Beach International Airport, said Kroll spokeswoman Jacqueline
Kates.
   Screenings will consist of credit and criminal-history checks and an
analysis to determine if a job applicant is a potential terrorist
threat or tied to a terrorist organization, Ms. Kates said.
   "We want our airport screeners to be well-screened themselves, and we
want to be confident the workforce is up to that standard," said Jeff
Schlanger, president of Kroll Government Services.
   Most of the work will be done electronically, but some footwork will be
involved, he said.
   Previously, ChoicePoint oversaw job candidates' background checks.
Kroll was awarded the contract by the Transportation Security
Administration.
   "TSA screeners serve on the front line of homeland security, and the
American people need to know that they are of the highest caliber,"
James M. Loy, administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration, said in a written statement. "This contract will assist
TSA in quickly and accurately performing background checks on potential
TSA screeners prior to making them a job offer."

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