Behavior Detection Officers….

…will likely be at an airport near you, if you fly this holiday.

Here is an interesting article on it.

What do you think about BDOs?

I think the concept is great, but I believe similar to what Dr. Ekman said –that training is essential and I, more than that, personally, don’t think basic training will cut it. We need to screen people for this job who have above average ability to understand human behavior (I’m not saying Truth Wizard), and help them improve their abilities before we ever put them on the job. Just hiring anyone to do this job, in my opinion, is useless. But I think the idea has great future rewards if we refine it appropriately.