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6 In the terminal's baggage-claim area, there's an emergency exit alarm that regularly gets triggered. It's gone off over 150 times during the course of just a week. Each time it happens, one of the security team members is sent to investigate. Each time, they find the alarm has been triggered by a person leaning against the door as they wait for their suitcase to appear on the baggage carousel. The team knows these are almost certainly false alarms, but they're obliged to investigate regardless. Even though they've become desensitized to the alarm, they have no way of telling for sure whether it's a false positive. There's an element of doubt and it's a drain on resources. Removing the alarm isn't an option because the door leads to a restricted emergency area. If someone were to pass through undetected, it could become a major security breach. With the help of Mission Control, the team identified the danger. Existing cameras, motion sensors and door sensors were optimized to detect actual breaches only – with the extra information helping determine exactly when a response was required. False alarms continued to be logged, but security personnel were now dispatched only when the door 'A single trigger doesn't always mean a genuine threat.' Global airport industry revenue ACI Airport Statistics, 2015 Security breaches every year TSA data from 2009-2015 $142.5b 2,500

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