Press Releases

NEW YORK – Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 20 guns in the New York City region’s airports in 2018, the vast majority of which were detected at Newark Liberty International Airport, which recorded 14 gun catches. Overall it…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 10 handguns at West Virginia airport checkpoints in 2018, an increase from the eight caught in 2017. West Virginia’s increase mirrored the national trend of an uptick in the…

ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 82 guns at the Virginia airport checkpoints in 2018, an increase from the 71 caught in 2017. The increase was mainly attributable to the more than doubling of the number of…

PITTSBURGH - Transportation Security Administration officers across Pennsylvania stopped 75 handguns at checkpoints in 2018, a slight decrease from the 80 that were caught in 2017.In total, 4,239 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at…

BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration officers across New England stopped 45 handguns at checkpoints in 2018, a significant increase from the 29 that were caught in 2017.In total, 4,239 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at…

LINTHICUM, MD – Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 23 guns at Maryland airports in 2018, 22 of which were detected at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport checkpoints and one at Salisbury Regional…

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Residents of the Lehigh Valley area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA Pre✓® application program at Lehigh Valley International Airport from Feb. 11 – 22, where officials will host a…

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. – Residents of Long Island will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Long Island MacArthur Airport terminal Feb. 11 – 22, where officials will host a…

DENVER – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day, “fast track” hiring event on Saturday, February 9, to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Denver International Airport (DEN).…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.99 million passengers and crew yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 24. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 95.4 percent of passengers waited less…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.76 million passengers and crew members yesterday, Wednesday, Jan. 23. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 96.3 percent of passengers…

NEW YORK – The Transportation Security Administration is partnering with United Airlines to host a “pop-up” enrollment center to provide a convenient location to enroll in the TSA Pre✓® program. Individuals passing through New York Penn Station will…

COLUMBUS, OH – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment and hiring event Saturday, Jan. 26. The event will provide interested individuals the opportunity to begin the application and hiring process to become…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.8 million passengers yesterday, Tuesday, Jan. 22. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 94.8 percent of passengers waited less than 15…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 2.18 million passengers yesterday, Monday, Jan. 21. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 93.1 percent of passengers waited less than 15…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.78 million passengers yesterday, Sunday, Jan. 20. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 93.1 percent of passengers waited less than 15…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.6 million passengers yesterday, Saturday, Jan. 19. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 93.8 percent of passengers waited less than 15…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 2.27 million passengers yesterday, Friday, Jan. 18. Overall, 99.7 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 91.2 percent of passengers waited less than 15…

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration expects a high volume of travelers this weekend, today being the busiest day with over 2 million passengers being screened at security checkpoints nationwide. TSA estimates that between today,…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.79 million passengers yesterday (Wednesday, Jan. 16). Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 95.4 percent of passengers waited less than 15…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, TSA screened 1.60 million passengers yesterday (Tuesday, Jan. 15). Overall, nearly 100 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 97.3 percent of passengers, less than 15 minutes. In TSA Pre✓® lanes, passengers on…

Agency looking to fill many positions at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International AirportMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a fast track hiring event this week to recruit multiple full-time and part-time…

WASHINGTON – Nationwide, TSA screened 1.89 million passengers yesterday (Monday, Jan. 14). Overall, 99.1 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes; 94.3 percent of passengers less than 15 minutes. In TSA Pre✓®lanes, passengers on average…

Agency looking to fill dozens of positions at Nashville International AirportNASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a Fast Track hiring event this week to recruit full-time and part-time transportation…

PITTSBURGH – A Mississippi man was cited by airport police after he was caught by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) with a loaded gun in his carry-on bag on Wednesday, Dec. 19.  The…