Press Releases

APPLETON, WI – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a male passenger from carrying a loaded 9mm firearm onto his flight at Appleton International Airport (ATW) on Friday, Mar. 12. The firearm was the first one detected at…

ALCOA, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) checkpoint this morning.  At approximately 6:30 a.m., a Smith & Wesson handgun with a loaded magazine was detected in a…

LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport prevented two individuals from carrying loaded guns onto their flights on Friday, March 12. The…

JOHNSTOWN, PA –  Donna LaMonaca hasn’t gotten much sleep lately, but she isn’t complaining and neither are the more than 60 senior citizens who she has spent her nights registering for their vaccine appointments. LaMonaca, a Supervisory…

ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a Delaware resident with a 9mm handgun loaded with 20 bullets among the man’s carry-on items at a Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport security checkpoint on Thursday…

ALBANY, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is looking to fill approximately 25 positions at Albany International, Syracuse Hancock International and Buffalo-Niagara International Airports within the next few months. It’s part of…

COLUMBUS, Ohio— The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Columbus to fill more than 40 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) full- and part-time positions by summer 2021 at John Glenn Columbus…

LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 12 bullets at the checkpoint on Thursday, March 11. A TSA…

LATROBE, Pa. – A Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport checkpoint on Wednesday, March 10, when they detected a .380 caliber handgun loaded…

NEW ORLEANS – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is ready for an anticipated surge in spring break travelers.  Acrylic barriers and upgraded technology now reduce or…

MARTINSBURG, PA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Altoona-Blair County Airport as part of the agency’s continued efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the…

PEORIA, Ill. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Illinois to fill full and part-time Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer at ten different airports throughout the state.…

RICHMOND, Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport caught a King William County, Virginia, man with a .22 caliber handgun loaded with 11 bullets among his carry-on items at the security checkpoint this…

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Fort Dodge Regional and Mason City Municipal Airports as part of the agency’s continued efforts to implement…

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport as part of the agency’s continued efforts to implement initiatives to help…

MILWAUKEE – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Wisconsin to fill part-time Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer in Rhinelander, Appleton, La Crosse, Mosinee and Green Bay.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for spring break travel, but what can travelers do to be…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched a recruitment effort to hire more than 170 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) in Alaska before summer 2021. Full- and part-time positions are available at 14…

NIAGARA, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Niagara Falls International Airport as part of the agency’s continued efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent…

PITTSBURGH, Pa. –  Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught an Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, woman with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with seven at the security checkpoint on Saturday, March 6. It was the eighth handgun…

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and TechConnect Ventures announce that 11 technology institutions won the crowdsourcing competition “Power of the Passengers Challenge” campaign. “Co-creating and crowdsourced…

DETROIT. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Michigan to fill Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer at Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport. Based on anticipated seasonal…

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across New Hampshire to fill Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport and Lebanon Municipal Airport by…

DETROIT – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), in cooperation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Delta Air Lines, is beginning a new round of testing of a biometric…

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A Dubuque County, Iowa, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the Eastern Iowa Airport on Tuesday, March 2, when they detected a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets in his backpack…