Press Releases
September 9, 2024 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – A Georgia woman was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport intercepted a teal-colored gun with black floral designs on it among the woman’s carry-on…
September 9, 2024 | Local Press Release
NEW YORK – A Suffolk County, N.Y., man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, September 5, when they detected a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag. The 9mm handgun was loaded with…
September 9, 2024 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport intercepted a handgun in a carry-on bag on Saturday (September 7) and another one on Sunday (September 8) at the main security checkpoint just days…
September 9, 2024 | Local Press Release
JACKSON, MS— The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) has begun installing new state-of-the-art advanced technology…
September 5, 2024 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md.—Thomas Battillo will never forget. He will always remember his son’s phone call. He will always remember the sound. He will always remember working on Wall Street. And he will always remember his colleagues who were not lucky enough…
September 5, 2024 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport intercepted a handgun at one of the security checkpoints yesterday. It was the 29th firearm detected at the airport checkpoints this year.…
September 3, 2024 | Local Press Release
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is looking to hire female TSA officers at Plattsburgh International Airport.
TSA officers screen thousands of airline travelers daily, ensuring they arrive at their destinations…
September 3, 2024 | Local Press Release
NEW YORK – A Florida woman was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted a handgun tucked into the woman’s purse at a security checkpoint at LaGuardia Airport on Monday, September 2.
When the purse…
September 3, 2024 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – A Newport News, Va., man was cited by police on Sunday, September 1, after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport intercepted a gun among the traveler’s carry-on items. The 9mm handgun…
August 29, 2024 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—John C. Allen will never forget how the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, changed our nation and impacted his career.
Allen was an avionics engineer in Georgia when he watched on TV as an airplane flew into the World Trade…
August 29, 2024 | Local Press Release
ALBANY, N.Y.—Transportation Security Administration officers are seeing a proliferation of “cat eyes” weapons being carried to checkpoints, items that are slowing checkpoint security lines.
“Cat eyes,” which perhaps are better known for their…
August 29, 2024 | Local Press Release
HONOLULU - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now accepting Hawaii-issued digital driver licenses and identification cards from travelers who have added it to…
August 27, 2024 | Local Press Release
SAN FRANCISCO - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is celebrating 5-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP) Barni, who was voted TSA’s Cutest Canine for 2024.
In two rounds of national…
August 26, 2024 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON — Barni, a 5-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, an explosives detection canine at San Francisco International Airport, is the winner of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) 2024 Cutest Canine Contest.
Last week, TSA held…
August 26, 2024 | Local Press Release
OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal jury has convicted OLUKAYODE ADURAGBENRO OJO, 36, of Dallas, TX, of two counts of making a false statement to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to obtain a medical certificate necessary to pilot a commercial…
August 21, 2024 | Local Press Release
SAN FRANCISCO – The final round of voting is underway in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) 2024 Cutest Canine contest, and you are invited to vote now for a TSA canine who works at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Barni…
August 21, 2024 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to screen more than 17 million people during what is expected to be the busiest Labor Day travel period on record, which will run Thursday, August 29 through Wednesday,…
August 21, 2024 | Local Press Release
CHICAGO - Voting is open in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) 2024 Cutest Canine contest, and Badger, a six-year-old Belgian Malinois who works at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), is one of four finalists in this year’s…
August 20, 2024 | Local Press Release
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Do you have a star on your Rhode Island driver’s license? If not, there’s still time to get your REAL ID-compliant driver’s license with that star on it. But it’s better to get it sooner, rather than later.
REAL ID goes into…
August 19, 2024 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – A Pitman, N.J., woman was arrested by police on Thursday (August 15) at Philadelphia International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a .22 caliber pistol among the woman’s carry-on items at…
August 19, 2024 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – A Port Jervis N.Y., man was arrested by police on Thursday (August 15), when Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport intercepted a firearm among the man’s carry-on items.
The TSA…
August 19, 2024 | Local Press Release
TAMPA, Fla. – Facial matching technology used in TSA’s credential authentication technology, along with the keen eye of a Tampa TSA officer, led to the arrest of an individual attempting to use identification and a boarding pass intended for another…
August 19, 2024 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport intercepted a firearm at the main security checkpoint on Sunday, August 18. The .38 caliber firearm was loaded with six bullets and was packed with…
August 19, 2024 | Local Press Release
SAN FRANCISCO - Voting is underway in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) 2024 Cutest Canine contest and Bay area residents are invited to vote now for a local canine who works at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Barni is a…
August 16, 2024 | Local Press Release
AVOCA, Pa.– Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport intercepted a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets at the airport checkpoint yesterday, August 15.
It was the third firearm…
