DATELINES

Dec 1, 2002 12:00 PM

Miami — A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security screener forced the evacuation of five concourses and delayed 41 flights at Miami International Airport when he fell asleep on the job. The officer was supposed to be guarding the exit of a concourse, and security personnel had to review video to make sure nobody walked past him and into the concourse.

Philadelphia — A 17-year-old Philadelphia boy escaped from a juvenile detention complex, the third such escape there in as many weeks. The boy smashed through a window and escaped. Two weeks ago, seven boys at an adjacent unit punched a pregnant staff member, then attacked a security guard with a flagpole during an attempted breakout. They were quickly apprehended in the front of the building. A week before that, four youths broke a window and escaped from the Pennsylvania Clinical School, a privately-run center for juvenile sex abusers. They were found hours later hiding in a trailer park.

New York — The Westchester District Attorney's Office is sending special flashlight scopes to 2,300 bars, delis and other establishments to make it easier to detect fake driver's licenses. When the scopes are held to the eye and flashed onto a New York license, they can show tampering that might not be seen in normal light. Fake identification is among the issues contributing to an apparent increase in teen drinking.

San Francisco — Nearly 500 former screeners at San Francisco International Airport were fired by SFO's former security contractor, International Total Services, because Congress barred non-citizens from joining the new federal airport security force. Now, workers contend they are getting less than half the unemployment compensation they're due because their employer failed to pay state unemployment taxes since January. The majority are only getting about $133 a week in jobless benefits when the amount should be about $330. The problem is that state unemployment officials are basing the benefit on what ITS reported paying workers in late 2001 — not their higher earnings from the end of this year.

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