Press Releases

GREEN BAY, WI — Transportation Security Administration officers at Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) are lending a helping hand to airport employees through a voluntary program they have dubbed “TSA Gives Back.”Airport employees…

BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration officers remain vigilant in their duties during this pandemic, and on Tuesday at Boston Logan International Airport, a TSA officer prevented a man from bringing a 9 mm caliber handgun loaded with five…

HAMBURG, Wis. —  Bobbi Birk-LaBarge is an animal lover who owns eight dogs so when she spotted a loose pig on the side of a country road nibbling at the gravel, she pulled over to take a closer look.Birk-LaBarge, a Lead Transportation Security…

PITTSBURGH –  Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport continue to remain vigilant during the COVID-19 pandemic and earlier this morning stopped a Connecticut woman from bringing a handgun on an…

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The temporary TSA Pre✓® application center planned for late March at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU) has been cancelled. ###

ERIE, Pa. – Residents of the Erie area and northwestern Pennsylvania region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside Erie International Airport from April 6 to 10, where…

WASHINGTON – It proved to be a truly bad Friday the 13th for a Fairfax County, Virginia, man this morning when Transportation Security Administration officers detected a 9 mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets in his carry-on bag at Ronald Reagan…

NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey man was arrested by police after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer caught him with a 9 mm handgun along with an additional magazine loaded with eight hollow-point bullets in his duffle bag at a…

SOUIX CITY, IOWA– A Nebraska woman was caught with a 9 mm handgun loaded with eight bullets including one in the chamber by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Sioux Gateway Airport early this morning (March 11).The TSA officer…

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Residents of the Chippewa Valley area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® program at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU) from March 23 to 27, where officials will host a…

PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration officers at Philadelphia International Airport detected a 9 mm handgun in the man’s carry-on bag in addition to a magazine loaded…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A Salem, New Jersey, woman was caught with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Atlantic City International Airport on Friday, Feb. 28.The TSA officer…

WARWICK, RI –A Cranston, Rhode Island, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) today after they caught him with a .45 caliber handgun loaded with nine bullets in his backpack at…

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Harrisburg International Airport prevented a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, man from bringing a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets onto an airplane yesterday, Feb. 26.…

NEW YORK – A Kentucky man became the first individual caught by the Transportation Security Administration with a firearm at a LaGuardia Airport checkpoint this year. He was stopped with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with seven bullets in his carry-…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a Memphis International Airport (MEM) checkpoint this morning.  At approximately 5:30 a.m., a loaded DB 9mm handgun was detected in a passenger’s carry-…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded California residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license, identification card or another acceptable form of…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s photo identification and confirms their flight information is being used by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at some of the security checkpoints at…

BOSTON —  New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time is being used by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at several security…

PITTSBURGH –  A Butler County, Pennsylvania, man was stopped at Pittsburgh International Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers caught him with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets, including one in the chamber…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Huntington, West Virginia, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Yeager Airport today (Feb. 25), when they detected a 9 mm handgun loaded with five bullets in his carry-on bag.TSA officials…

LINTHICUM, Md. – A Sussex County, Delaware, man was arrested after Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught him with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with four bullets…

NEWBURGH, N.Y.—A Dutchess County, New York, woman was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration after a TSA officer spotted her with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber, at the New York Stewart…

NORFOLK, VA—A North Carolina woman was cited by airport police after a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted her with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets at the Norfolk International Airport checkpoint on Friday, Feb. 21…

PHILADELPHIA – Residents of the Philadelphia area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside Philadelphia International Airport from March 23 to 27, where officials will…