Another Bradley guard caught sleeping, airport says WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) =97 For the second time in recent weeks, a Bradley= =20 International Airport security guard has been accused of sleeping on the=20 job, airport officials said. The security guard was stationed at the west=20 end of the airfield, where he assigned to check vehicles and drivers moving= =20 between the terminal and remote parts of the airfield, The Hartford Courant= =20 reported. State Police Capt. Robert Duffy told the newspaper a trooper=20 discovered the guard "apparently asleep" at about 3 a.m. Tuesday.=20 Authorities declined to name the guard. State Department of Transportation= =20 officials said they were investigating the incident, which involved a=20 worker for Murphy Security Service of New Britain. Duffy stressed that the= =20 private company is not charged with regulating access to the airfield. The= =20 guard in question denied he was sleeping, according to airport security=20 coordinator Lisa Fazzino. She said her investigation was not complete=20 Tuesday afternoon. She was awaiting a written report from the state police.= =20 Another Murphy Security guard stationed at the east end of the airport was= =20 found asleep March 27. Fazzino said this man admitted he was sleeping.=20 Airport officials, citing personnel confidentiality, have not said whether= =20 he was fired. The state police union has complained about the use of Murphy= =20 guards at checkpoints formerly staffed by state police. The private service= =20 was hired last month to reduce state police overtime. State police union=20 president Mark Wallack said Tuesday that unarmed security guards should not= =20 be doing jobs that had been assigned to armed troopers. Early last month, a= =20 federal security screener was caught sleeping at an X-ray machine, forcing= =20 officials to clear an entire concourse and delay two flights. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.carstt.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************