The Star: February 06, 2020

The Star Thursday February 6 2020
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NEWS
Detection officers
used worldwide
• From page 1
The New Zealand programme is
the most developed in Australasia,
an Aviation Security Service
spokesman said. It has ongoing
support from a multinational
working group, including
behavioural science experts.
In the United States, there
has been controversy over the
programme, with some believing
it encourages profiling based on
race, ethnicity and religion.
A Department of Homeland
Security document leaked to US
media in 2015 revealed a checklist
of 94 behavioural indicators its
BDOs searched for, such as exaggerated
yawning, excessive throat
clearing, widely open staring
eyes, exaggerated emotions and
improper clothing attire.
Others included having a pale
face from recently shaving a
beard, excessive complaints about
the screening process, whistling
while approaching the screening
process, gazing downwards,
appearing not to understand
questions, exaggerated or repetitive
grooming gestures, rubbing
or wringing of hands, appearing
to be in disguise and arriving late
for a flight.
An Aviation Security Service
spokesman said its BDOs would
never make assessments based
on the race, gender, or physical
appearance of passengers.
Due to security implications,
the spokesman was unable to
say what behavioural indicators
might be searched for at New
Zealand airports.
“Our officers understand that
flying and navigating airports can
at times be a stressful experience
for travellers, so they take that
into account and look for a wide
range of anomalous behaviour
which you wouldn’t normally expect
to see in an airport setting,”
he said.
The successful trial at Auckland
International Airport led to the
permanent establishment of an
Auckland team.
“The team successfully
identified a range of people
exhibiting suspicious behaviour
who were of concern to law
enforcement agencies. These
people included an outgoing
passenger who was trying to
travel with more than 500
credit cards, and others trying
to carry significant amounts of
undeclared cash, as well as illegal
drugs.”
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Contractor now fixing
fire protection problems
• From page 1
Issues were identified by a
consultant during a quality
assurance process and as a result,
a full audit of the passive fire
installations was ordered, a MOH
spokeswoman said.
“The contractor is now fixing
the issue, closely monitored by
our consultants to ensure its carried
out correctly.
“The defects are mostly minor,
where the fire engineer wasn’t
satisfied there was sufficient fire
sealant coverage,” she said.
The cost of the remediation
work will be met by the contractor.
The health board originally
planned to move into the
building in September 2018.
Construction began in mid-2015.
The handover was then pushed
back to May last year, then
September, then November and
then again, by the end of the first
quarter (March) this year.
Open days for staff and the
public and a blessing for the new
building were planned for October
and then cancelled.
CDHB board member Aaron
Keown said the delay was a “kick
in the guts.”
“We desperately need this
facility to be fully functioning.
It’s a facility that should’ve been
MORE DELAYS: A completion date for the $500m Christchurch
Hospital Hagley building has now been pushed back to the
middle of the year, not the end of the first quarter.
finished two years ago.
“I think all of the Canterbury
public are finding the delays
incredibly disappointing. Not just
the board, the public and staff, we
are all in this together, it’s everyone’s
facility.”
Board member James Gough
said the recent delay was a
“hugely disappointing scenario.”
Due to a combination of
factors, including population
growth, Mr Meates previously
said the new build will not
increase overall patient capacity.
While already operating
under “significant capacity
constraints” Mr Meates said
winter, being the busiest period
for hospitals, would be “not
the time to be moving complex
patients into unfamiliar areas.”
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