Security, tracking device, and data collection

A system comprising:

• a plurality of processors associated with at least one of:
• an airport computing infrastructure, airline computing infrastructure, or a baggage handling system infrastructure;
• and at least one non-transitory, tangible memory communicatively coupled to each processor of the plurality of processors, the at least one non-transitory, tangible memory storing at least one instruction, wherein the plurality of processors are configured to execute the respective at least one instruction to:
• scan a checked luggage item by an X-ray or computed tomography imaging system to capture a security screening image of the checked luggage item, wherein the scanning is performed at a first location and according to a first security screening regulation;
• generate, by a baggage handling system infrastructure, a baggage information message including an International Air Transport Association (IATA) bag tag data that includes an IATA license plate number uniquely identifying the checked luggage item and a pseudo ID, wherein the pseudo ID identifies the checked luggage item of a passenger screened by the X-ray or computed tomography imaging system and links the checked luggage item to the captured security screening image of the scanned checked luggage item;
• communicate, by at least one processor of the plurality of processors, the baggage information message to a network;
• a pre-programmed computing device comprising at least one processor and at least one on-transitory, tangible memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory storing at least one instruction configured to:
• receive a plurality of baggage information messages, including the baggage information message, from the network;
• sort the plurality of baggage information messages, for subsequent security screening purposes at a second location based on a flight manifest;
• match a first data field including the IATA license plate number in the received baggage information message to a second data field including an IATA license plate number in a manifest to extract the pseudo-ID from the received baggage information message that corresponds to the checked luggage item;
• retrieve the security screening image from the network, the security screening image being previously created by the X-ray or computed tomography imaging system using at least one of:
• (a) the extracted pseudo-ID or (b) the matched IATA license plate number;
• and
• provide information associated with the security screening image to a security screening workstation for bypassing or expediting a subsequent security screening evaluation at a second location according to a second security screening regulation and on the basis of the security screening image created at the first location;
• determine whether to clear the checked luggage item at a second location on the basis of the retrieved security screening image, the second location having a second security screening regulation,
• approve the checked luggage item based on determining to clear the checked luggage item at the second location:
• based on approving the checked luggage item, bypass or expedite a subsequent security screening evaluation at the second location without requiring rescanning of the checked luggage item by another X-ray or computed tomography imaging system associated with the second location,
• wherein the pre-programmed computing device is separate of the airport computing infrastructure, the airline computing infrastructure, and the baggage handling system infrastructure and is pre-authorized to access the network;
• wherein the pre-programmed computing device is configured to access the network and process data associated with the baggage information message;
• wherein requirements of the second security screening regulation are the same as, different, or lower than requirements of the first security screening regulation;
• and wherein the checked luggage item remains with trusted custody at all times between the first location and the second location.