RE: X-rays or Strip Search? -Reply -Reply

["Dresios, Richard" <R_DRESIOS@Diatide.com>]

I agree with Mike considering all the dose that the general public
receives from medical procedures or from a family member having a
procedure done and then released, the amount of dose received from an
x-ray of this sort would be well worth the risk considering it may save
someone's life. After all isn't that the same reason that dosage
received in a medical procedure is not considered occupational dose.

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Mike Dupray [mailto:dupray@gat.com]
		Sent:	Wednesday, December 02, 1998 12:41 PM
		To:	Multiple recipients of list
		Subject:	Re: X-rays or Strip Search? -Reply
-Reply

		More times than not, hat pins and other seemingly benign
articles can and
		are made into lethal weapons and escape equipment.
Unless you've had some
		experience with prison inmates and the like, I would
think you would
		excercise some caution about the general publics safety.
Xray equipment is
		a very effective tool in preventing the introduction of
lethal weapons (and
		materials to make such) into the prison systems. If (and
they do) gang
		members can hide razor blades in their mouths what do
you think more
		hardened criminals can dream up??

		I speak from experience. I have friends who work in the
prison system. In
		Fresno, Edison High School is fenced in. There are
campus police (Fresno
		city Police). A few years ago a gangbanger was ordered
to kill my son as an
		initiation. This gang member was, at one time, my sons
best friend in
		elementary school. He brought a gun (found hidden on his
body...guess
		where?) and razor (found inside his mouth upon
arrest...at school) with him
		to school to do in my son. Fortunately somebody ratted
him out. We got him
		before he got us. Do you think it is too intrusive for
Xray equipment to be
		used to prevent this? Do you think the dose is to high
to prevent killing
		and attempted killings? In many inner city schools, this
is an every day
		occurance. Is an Xray for dental or medical work to
high?? Is it okay to
		inject someone with radioactive material to
treat/diagnose disease?? Cannot
		the same reason for medical uses be applied to
prevention of killings and
		injuries in our schools and the prison system?

		I like the idea of using Xray. got any better
suggestions....that would
		work as well?
		Michael R. Dupray
		Senior Staff Health Physics Technician
		General Atomics
		619-455-3561
		FAX 619-455-3465
	
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