[Nfbc-info] profiling?

[Jim Barbour via Nfbc-info]

Hello All,

So, I am in San Diego quite often for work, and interpret this slightly differently.

As I interpret this, If you are an individual making use of subsidized or reduced fare services offered by MTS, then your compass card must have a photo.  If you don't use these service, and have a disability or are over 65, then you're not required to have a photo on your card.

So, I think this isn't so much about profiling, but more about fraud prevention.

Does that make sense?

Jim

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 09:32:58PM -0700, Lisa Irving via Nfbc-info wrote:
> Hello Federation family, 
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> I'd appreciate your feedback about the requirement of a photograph on some
> bus passes but not on all bus passes.  
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> The local Metropolitan Transit System requires persons with a disability,
> Medicare recipients and individuals over the age of sixty to have their
> photograph on their COMPASS Card, (bus pass). The MTS justifies this
> requirement for the purpose of preventing this particular population from
> sharing of one's COMPASS Card. On the other hand, all other adults are not
> required to have their photograph on their COMPASS Card. Evidently, MTS
> doesn't think this segment of the population will lend out their COMPASS
> Card. 
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> Is the local transit administration profiling a specific population by
> requiring a photograph on the owner's COMPASS CARD? Why or why not? 
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> Thank you.
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> From,
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> Lisa Irving
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