Press Releases
July 12, 2024 | Local Press Release
ORLANDO, Fla.– Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Florida airports discovered a total of 382 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in the first half of 2024, down from the total of 396 found during the same time period last…
July 12, 2024 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted two firearms at checkpoints at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday, July 11, thus stopping two individuals from carrying loaded guns onto their flights.
A…
July 12, 2024 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, N.J., man was arrested by police Thursday, July 11, when Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport intercepted an unloaded .22 caliber handgun among the…
July 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
HONOLULU - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) set a single day record nationally on Sunday, July 7, 2024, when 3,013,413 people were screened through security checkpoints at airports nationwide. While airports in Hawaii did not set any…
July 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
DULLES, Va. – A South Carolina man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) intercepted a firearm among the man’s carry-on items on Wednesday, July 10.…
July 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
HARRISBURG, Pa. — New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in real time is now in use at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint at…
July 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
NEW YORK – A man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at LaGuardia Airport intercepted a loaded firearm and ammunition among the traveler’s carry-on items during routine screening at one of the…
July 9, 2024 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – A Berks County, Pa., man was cited by police yesterday (July 8) at Philadelphia International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a firearm among the man’s carry-on items at one of the airport…
July 9, 2024 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON —The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which has screened higher passenger volumes this summer and a record-breaking 3 million passengers on Sunday, July 7, intercepted 3,269 firearms at airport security checkpoints during the…
July 8, 2024 | National Press Release
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement following yesterday’s record three million passenger screenings by the Transportation Security Administration.
“Yesterday, for the first time since its founding…
July 8, 2024 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport stopped a local man from carrying his 9mm handgun through the busy airport checkpoint on the busiest checkpoint throughput day in TSA’s 22-year…
July 8, 2024 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – A North Carolina man was cited by police on Sunday, July 7, after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport intercepted a gun among the traveler’s carry-on items on what was the…
July 8, 2024 | Local Press Release
ROANOKE, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport prevented a Roanoke man from bringing his loaded gun past the security checkpoint today, July 3. The .380 caliber firearm was loaded with six…
July 2, 2024 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport stopped a West Virginia couple from bringing their .22 caliber handgun through a checkpoint July 1. The gun was loaded with five bullets.
The…
July 2, 2024 | Local Press Release
DULLES, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) prevented a Delaware man from bringing his handgun onto a flight on Monday, July 2. The 9mm firearm was not loaded. …
July 2, 2024 | Local Press Release
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are screening record numbers of passengers across the country. Passengers are reminded to arrive at the airport early and know what is in their bags. TSA officers at Gulfport-Biloxi…
July 2, 2024 | Local Press Release
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for high passenger volumes throughout the summer and especially during the Fourth of July travel period at airports nationwide including Frederick Douglass Greater…
July 2, 2024 | Local Press Release
DULLES, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) prevented an Indiana woman from bringing her handgun onto a flight on Friday, June 28. The .380 caliber firearm was not loaded.…
July 1, 2024 | Local Press Release
DENVER - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for high passenger volumes during the Fourth of July travel period at airports nationwide including Denver International Airport (DEN). With single day records being set over the…
July 1, 2024 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – An Indiana man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration officers intercepted a loaded firearm and switchblade among the man’s carry-on items at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport today, Friday, June 28…
July 1, 2024 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today the expansion of its TSA PreCheck® program with the addition of Aer Lingus, Air New Zealand, Ethiopian Airlines and Saudia. Nearly 100 airlines now participate in the…
July 1, 2024 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation security Administration officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport caught two firearms at security checkpoints on Friday, June 28—one in the early morning and a second one later in the evening.
In the…
July 1, 2024 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md.— The summer travel period has arrived in full force and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for the highest passenger volumes that the agency has ever seen at airport security checkpoints nationwide during…
July 1, 2024 | Local Press Release
HARRISBURG, Pa.– A Virginia man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Harrisburg International Airport detected a 9mm handgun among the man’s carry-on items. The firearm packed alongside a magazine loaded…
TSA officers prevent woman from bringing loaded handgun onto flight at Norfolk International Airport
NORFOLK, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Norfolk International Airport prevented a Chesapeake, Va., woman from bringing her revolver onto a flight yesterday, June 27.
The gun was detected as the woman entered the…
