Los Angeles Will Be the First City to Use Body Scanners on Subways. Which Could Be Next?
"Several cities and transit agencies have been working with the TSA to test the security devices.
A passenger arriving at Los Angeles' Union Station is screened using the city's new body scanners, in a demonstration by the Transportation Security Administration this week. (AP/Richard Vogel)
Los Angeles will be the first U.S. city to deploy body scanners, similar to those used by airport security, in its sprawling transit system.
The city last fall partnered with the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to test a portable body scanner at one of its busiest light rail stops, the 7th Street Metro Center Station.
On Tuesday, Los Angeles announced that it is making the scanners a permanent part of its transit security..."
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