Press Releases

MIL WAUKEE -- Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 24 handguns at the Wisconsin airport checkpoints in 2019, an increase from the 20 caught in 2018. Wisconsin’s statistics mirrored the national trend of an increase in the…

DULLES, Va. – A Kearneysville, West Virginia, man was caught with a 9 mm handgun loaded with five bullets at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Monday, Jan. 13, after a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted the gun in…

WASHINGTON - Transportation Security Administration officers caught more firearms at checkpoints nationwide in 2019 than ever before in the agency’s 18-year history. In total, 4,432 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags or on passengers at…

NEW YORK - Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 27 guns in the New York City region’s airports in 2019. Overall it marked a notable increase from the 20 caught in 2018 and mirrored the national trend of an uptick in the number of…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 18 handguns at West Virginia airport checkpoints in 2019, a significant increase from the 10 caught in 2018. West Virginia’s increase mirrored the national trend of an…

PHILADELPHIA - Transportation Security Administration officers across Pennsylvania stopped 71 handguns at checkpoints in 2019, a slight decrease from the 75 that were caught in 2018.Nationwide, Transportation Security Administration officers caught…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 60 handguns at the Greater Washington-Baltimore area airport checkpoints in 2019, an increase from the 55 caught in 2018. The increase mirrored the national trend of an uptick…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 74 handguns at the Virginia airport checkpoints in 2019, a decrease from the 82 caught in 2018. Virginia’s decrease bucked  the national trend of an uptick in the number…

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…

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…

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…

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…

OM 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…