Subway searches prove futile


It's not surprising that authorities would want to show they are "doing something" to try to reassure nervous riders. But these kinds of searches are a tactic of dubious value.

The haphazard searching in New York is merely cosmetic and about as effective as a scarecrow in a field. Two weeks of random searches, at a cost of more than $1.3 million a week in police overtime, have produced no arrests or weapons confiscated, an NYPD spokesman said.

Posted: Wed - August 3, 2005 at 12:25 PM          

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