Query regarding ROC questions "were u ever detained, cited,arrested, etc."

[nona12 1]

The only incident we could think of was when Once at a domestic airport, forgot water bottle in the luggage so it was pulled for extra checking. Them being new to US and not understanding the layout of the airport, they thought the checking was done when luggage was set in an area with no "keep out" thing or anything stopping entry, so they picked it up. The airport staff explained that they weren't done with the screening yet and made them go through the entire screening process and metal detectors again. Didn't ask for name,ID or anything else. Is that considered detained? Should they tick "yes" or "no" to thr question?

[Mike E 11,739]

Answer no

[SalishSea 17,829]

17 minutes ago, nona12 said:

The only incident we could think of was when Once at a domestic airport, forgot water bottle in the luggage so it was pulled for extra checking. Them being new to US and not understanding the layout of the airport, they thought the checking was done when luggage was set in an area with no "keep out" thing or anything stopping entry, so they picked it up. The airport staff explained that they weren't done with the screening yet and made them go through the entire screening process and metal detectors again. Didn't ask for name,ID or anything else. Is that considered detained? Should they tick "yes" or "no" to thr question?

LOL, no.   I’ve even done stuff like that.   

[nona12 1]

2 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

LOL, no.   I’ve even done stuff like that.   

So tick no to the question? Lol yeah, probably just overthinking.

[SalishSea 17,829]

Just now, nona12 said:

So tick no to the question? Lol yeah, probably just overthinking.

Yes, the correct answer to that question is No.   It’s easy to overthink, we all do it!

[Bavarian91 59]

23 minutes ago, nona12 said:

The only incident we could think of was when Once at a domestic airport, forgot water bottle in the luggage so it was pulled for extra checking. Them being new to US and not understanding the layout of the airport, they thought the checking was done when luggage was set in an area with no "keep out" thing or anything stopping entry, so they picked it up. The airport staff explained that they weren't done with the screening yet and made them go through the entire screening process and metal detectors again. Didn't ask for name,ID or anything else. Is that considered detained? Should they tick "yes" or "no" to thr question?

clear NO. Officers (who have the authority to detain you) have to actually inform you that you are currently detained (or worst case - arrested). I was overthinking as well about a simple speeding ticket without any points on my license 😎