January 15, 2020 | Local Press Release
BOSTON - Transportation Security Administration officers across New England stopped 36 handguns at checkpoints in 2019, a significant decrease from the 45 that were caught in 2018, which bucked the national trend.Nationwide, TSA officers caught more…
January 15, 2020 | Local Press Release
ALBANY, NY - Transportation Security Administration officers in Upstate New York stopped 13 handguns at checkpoints in 2019, one less than the 14 that were caught in 2018. Nationwide, Transportation Security Administration officers…
January 15, 2020 | Local Press Release
BOISE, Idaho - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at six Idaho airports discovered a total of 24 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2019, three fewer than were discovered at the same six airports in 2018.
In every…
January 15, 2020 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at five South Carolina airports discovered a total of 63 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2019, an 53% increase over the 41 firearms discovered at the same…
January 15, 2020 | Local Press Release
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AHA -- Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 15 handguns at the Nebraska airport checkpoints in 2019, a decrease from the 18 caught in 2018. Nebraska’s decrease bucked the national trend of an increase in the number of…
January 13, 2020 | Local Press Release
WASHINGTON – An Arizona resident was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a loaded handgun in the woman’s carry-on bag at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Friday, Jan. 10. It was the…
January 13, 2020 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH – Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport caught two guns in the last three days at the airport checkpoint.A woman from Cartagena, Columbia, was caught on Saturday, Jan. 11, trying to bring her…
January 10, 2020 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration saw a record-breaking number of travelers during the end-of-year holiday period that included Christmas and New Year’s travel, screening more than 43.8 million passengers and crew members…
January 9, 2020 | Local Press Release
NEW YORK – Individuals passing through New York Penn Station will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the United Airlines ticketing office from Jan. 13 to Feb. 21, where…
January 9, 2020 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a Harford County, Maryland, man with a 9 mm handgun loaded with seven bullets at a security checkpoint this…
January 9, 2020 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that TSA PreCheck™ enrollment services will now be provided by Alclear, LLC; Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC; and Idemia Identity & Security USA, LLC, expanding…
January 6, 2020 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston, West Virginia, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Yeager Airport on Sunday, January 5, when they detected a .22 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets in his carry-on bag.It was…
January 6, 2020 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – A Virginia man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration officers at Philadelphia International Airport detected a 9 mm handgun loaded with 16 bullets in the man’s carry-on bag this morning (Jan. 6).It was…
January 6, 2020 | Local Press Release
MANCHESTER, N.H. – A Manchester, New Hampshire, woman was caught with a loaded handgun at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport security checkpoint this morning (Jan. 6) after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a 9 mm handgun…
January 3, 2020 | Local Press Release
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment event on Jan. 30, to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a TSA officer at Plattsburgh International and/or Adirondack Regional…
January 2, 2020 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – An Alabama man started the new year on a sour note when he brought his loaded handgun to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on the first day of the new year.The man was cited by airport police after a Transportation…
January 2, 2020 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, VA — A Transportation Security Administration officer who questioned the identity of a Richmond International Airport traveler who presented what she believed to be a fake ID, turned out to have come face-to-face last week with a man…
