The police forces at National and Dulles Airports. who once were charged mainly with directing traffic into and out of the airport facilities and passengers onto and off waiting passenger planes. are now called upon to defend passengers. crews. airport personnel. international travelers. and all who do business in this Nations Capital from an almost unlimited variety of offenses against person and property. The force at Dulles has been called upon three times to handle skyjacked planes. the force at National has lost count of the number of bomb threats they have handled with maximum efficiency and minimum inconvenience to travelers. All members of the Dulles force are sworn in when hired as special deputy U.S. marshals so that they can patrol the 14 miles of highspeed highway on the Dulles access highway and be prepared to assist Customs and Immigration personnel in handling attempted smuggling and other violations by both domestic and foreign travelers. Few of the officers at either airport would benefit from inclusion under provisions of this bill but the forces themselves would be drastically improved in the months to come. At National only 12 men could qualify for hazardous duty retirement. because the remainder of that force of 42 men7 under authorized strengthare retired military men who can combine their military retirement with the miserably inadequate police pay to provide a reasonable income for themselves and their families.
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