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June 30, 2022 | Local Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security  hosted at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Headquarters today recognized more than 100 DHS employees for their outstanding contributions. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro…
June 29, 2022 | Local Press Release
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Burlington International Airport (BTV) is prepared for a busy summer travel season. TSA anticipates that daily average summer passenger volumes at BTV could match and…
June 29, 2022 | Local Press Release
NEWARK --Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Port Authority Police (PAPD) officials are highly concerned about the frequency that they are seeing travelers carry ammunition and handguns to security checkpoints at Newark Liberty…
June 29, 2022 | Local Press Release
NORFOLK, Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a local woman from carrying a loaded handgun onto her flight on Tuesday, June 28. TSA officers stopped the woman, a resident of Norfolk, Va.,…
June 29, 2022 | Local Press Release
WARWICK, R.I. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a male passenger from carrying a firearm onto an airplane at T.F. Green Airport (PVD) on Tuesday, June 28. On Tuesday afternoon during security screening, a TSA officer…
June 28, 2022 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – A Yorktown, Va., man was cited by the police after Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport caught him with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag. The 9mm handgun was loaded with 12 bullets,…
June 28, 2022 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented a District of Columbia resident from bringing a loaded handgun onto his flight this morning, June 28. It was the…
June 28, 2022 | Local Press Release
SAN ANTONIO —  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle an increase in the number of travelers who will be flying out of San Antonio International Airport (SAT) as well as other airports across South Texas as…
June 28, 2022 | Local Press Release
JACKSON, Wyoming - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began screening travelers earlier today in a renovated security checkpoint at Jackson Hole Airport (JAC). The airport has reopened following a planned 11-week closure. Travelers…
June 27, 2022 | Local Press Release
GYPSUM, Colorado - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that local residents can make an appointment now to enroll in TSA PreCheck® at Vail Eagle County Airport (EGE) the week of June 27, 2022. A temporary enrollment…
June 27, 2022 | Local Press Release
BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped another passenger from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane on Friday at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).  On Friday evening, during security screening in…
June 24, 2022 | Local Press Release
FORT WORTH – A collaboration between the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), American Airlines, Airside and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has resulted in travel verification technology through facial recognition. Travelers enrolled…
June 23, 2022 | Local Press Release
PHOENIX —  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle an increase in the number of travelers who will be flying out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) as well as other airports across Arizona as travel…
June 23, 2022 | Local Press Release
COLONIE, N.Y. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for an increase in travel volume out of Albany International Airport (ALB) as passenger volume picks up ahead of the Independence Day holiday weekend and into the…
June 23, 2022 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented a Prince George’s County, Md., resident from bringing a loaded handgun onto his flight this morning, June 23. It was…
June 23, 2022 | Local Press Release
BOISE, Idaho - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at the Boise Airport (BOI) detected an unloaded 9 mm Taurus PT709 handgun in the carry-on luggage of a female passenger ticketed for travel to Phoenix Sky Harbor…
June 22, 2022 | Local Press Release
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for the uptick in travel out of Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) as passenger volume picks up ahead of the Independence Day holiday…
June 22, 2022 | Local Press Release
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for the jump in travel out of Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) as passenger volume picks up ahead of the Independence Day holiday weekend and into the…
June 21, 2022 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a loaded handgun in the carry-on bag of a Washington County, Pa., man at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint on Saturday, June 19. The 9 mm gun was…
June 21, 2022 | Local Press Release
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for the influx of travelers who will be flying out of Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) as passenger volume picks up ahead of the Independence Day holiday…
June 21, 2022 | Local Press Release
LEWISTON, Idaho - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) detected an unloaded 9 mm Sig Sauer P290 gun in the carry-on luggage of a female passenger ticketed for travel to Salt Lake…
June 17, 2022 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeing an increase in the number of travelers who are flying this summer out of Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and is prepared to handle the…
June 17, 2022 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented a Stafford, Va., resident from bringing a loaded handgun onto her flight yesterday, Thursday, June 16. It was the…
June 16, 2022 | Local Press Release
LIT, Ar. —  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle an increase in the number of travelers who will be flying out of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) as well as other airports across Arkansas as…
June 16, 2022 | Local Press Release
HAYDEN, Colorado - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) advised travelers departing Yampa Valley Airport (HDN) in Hayden, Colorado, that due to construction in the security checkpoint over the next three weeks, it is…

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