Glyn sez, "Passengers who buy a London train or tube ticket would automatically be giving their consent to be searched, under proposals now under consideration."
Senior British Transport police officials told MPs today that they wanted to change the railways' "conditions of carriage" to close a loophole that means officers using mobile knife-detecting arches at stations have no legal power to search someone who sets them off unless they have a reasonable suspicion that they are breaking the law.
Police seek new rights for searching rail passengers
(Thanks, Glyn!)
