{"id":107391,"date":"2016-01-04T00:41:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T07:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/body-scanner-returns-to-durango-la-plata-county-airport\/"},"modified":"2016-01-04T00:41:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T07:41:49","slug":"body-scanner-returns-to-durango-la-plata-county-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/body-scanner-returns-to-durango-la-plata-county-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Body scanner returns to Durango-La Plata County Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9c317fbf-6962-4f3c-a3af-49f929f0960e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9c317fbf-6962-4f3c-a3af-49f929f0960e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9c317fbf-6962-4f3c-a3af-49f929f0960e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9c317fbf-6962-4f3c-a3af-49f929f0960e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"1522\" height=\"1038\" alt=\"A full-body scanner, similar to the one installed in 2012 at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, has returned. The scanners reduce the amount of time it takes to go through security and reduce the number of pat-downs.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A full-body scanner, similar to the one installed in 2012 at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, has returned. The scanners reduce the amount of time it takes to go through security and reduce the number of pat-downs.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Passengers departing from the Durango-La Plata County Airport may have noticed something new: The Transportation Security Administration has reinstalled a body scanner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt allows TSA to process our passengers faster,\u201d said Airport Director Kip Turner. \u201cIt\u2019s the same kind of equipment you see at most airports now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The body scanner also reduces the number of pat-downs, he said.<\/p>\n<p>TSA installed a body scanner in January 2012 at the airport, but the unit was removed after several months to be relocated to a larger airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have it back, I can tell you that,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n<p>The airport expanded a wall, relocated the United Airlines counter and reconfigured the security checkpoint to make room for the body scanner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t relieve any of the space restrictions we have in the departure lounge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Full-body scanners were introduced about 2007 to replace metal detectors. But they quickly became a source of controversy, in part because they allowed screeners to see a nude representation of the body, including breasts and genitalia.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the scanners have been modified to detect irregularities, which can then trigger a pat-down. A screen shows only a Gumby-like image identifying where the anomaly is located on the body.<\/p>\n<p>The scanner was installed at the airport earlier this month, just in time for the busy holiday traveling season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equipment speeds up security checks for passengers, official says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5742,5735],"tags":[915,13,70],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-107391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","tag-durango-la-plata-county-airport","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-news-lead"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107391"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=107391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}