Officials confirmed that the Los Angeles subway will become the first mass transit system in the U.S. to install body scanners that screen for weapons and explosives, The Associated Press reports. Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske explained the devices target weapons that have the ability to inflict “mass casualties” rather than smaller weapons. Signs will be posted to alert passengers that they are subject to body-scanner screening, and while the process is voluntary, those who opt out will not be able to ride on the subway. Pekoske said, “We’re dealing with persistent threats to our transportation systems in our country,” adding, “Our job is to ensure security in the transportation systems so that a terrorist incident does not happen on our watch.”
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